Chapter 27Lorenzo was nervous while the cast and crew were setting the lighting and camera up in his office.He didn’t know where the fear came from. His thoughts didn’t help the matter.He thought people would not care if he was a Quadbillonaire anyway. Nobody has ever cared about who he was.If nobody cared about his identity, it meant that their whole plan was in Jeopardy.Canceling the whole thing was no longer an option, his sister wasn’t even there to comfort him.Daphne came close to him and whispered in his ears. “Ms Gates will be here in 10 mins sir.”“How are things at the launch venue?” He rubbed his cold palms against each other for warmth.“Lady Leonora, I mean, Ms Rossi and the project team are handling it.” “Reports on the proceedings?”“The A&D has begun the livestream for their launch and celebrities are starting to arrive at their venue.”“What is going on in ours? The livestream has begun but we have less than one hundred viewers due to lack of publicity.” Lo
Chapter 28“Welcome back. I hope you had a good time at our launch event.” The interviewer started as soon as the Head of PR gave the directive to start.“You can pick up your tickets on our website for a cheap price, or at the ticket for a higher price to watch the testing of the AI glasses.”“Who knows, you might be one of the lucky people to go home with a pair of AI glasses.”“Back to spilling the tea. We still have Mr Lorenzo Rossi here with us.”“Mr Rossi had a little surprise for us.” The interviewer looked at Lorenzo.The camera was on Lorenzo again. “Hello everyone,” he said with confidence and a bright smile this time. Daphne had handed him his tab according to Ms Conor’s orders. She wanted him to see and reply to the viewers' comments on the livestream.He let out a brilliant smile as he read the comment. “I can see your comments.” He looked up at the cameraman.“Thank you for the compliments. I see more people are more concerned about my looks, even when I have an exquisi
Chapter 29Leonora kicked her heels off her feet and put them together by the door. Her little action reminded him of Hazel.The only difference is that Hazel never picked her shoes up after her.She went straight into their father’s room and Lorenzo followed suit. She had managed to hold a conversation with Aurora before they dropped her off.Her weary was written on her. She could not hide her emotions as she saw her father. She laid on chest as tears crawled out of her serially.Lorenzo asked the caregiver to follow him outside. “What did the doctor say when he came? How is his condition?”“The chairman isn’t improving. The doctors took him to the hospital to run some tests on him.”The caregiver went into the room and came back. “He handed a file to Lorenzo.”Lorenzo open the file with mixed feelings. “The chairman has had multiple heart attacks in the past, which he managed. The doctors said he might not survive this attack.”Lorenzo yelled. The file fell from his hand. He sat o
Chapter 30Five years later. Lorenoz looked around his office with satisfaction in heart. The smell, the interior reeked of perfection.He could not remember the last time he spent up to a week in Delaware.The last five years have been the busiest period in his life. He went to several summits all over the world, business meetings, forming alliances with the most powerful people in the world.It felt nice to be back in Delaware for good, he knew he was going to be staying for a long time.Work was the only thing he used to ease this stress and conceal his emotions, the weak and poor Lorenzo had become a ruthless and wealthy Quadbillonaire.He had made his sister retire from work and placed her on a monthly pay. She almost crashed from the shock of their father’s death.She developed psychological issues, her boyfriend Thomas was her major support because he wasn’t available to console her.Someone had to take the reins of the company, Lorenzo did just that. They got married two yea
Chapter 31“Alessandro, turn off the TV, we need to leave.” Hazel yelled from the room she shared with her son.She contemplated on if she was going to wear perfume or not. She didn’t want him to think she was there to impress him.At the same time, she didn’t want her problems to reflect on her. She had been through a lot in the last five years.“I am not going there to impress him, not like he even cares anyway.” She convinced herself in front of the mirror and sprayed a reasonable amount of perfume on her body.She carried her cross bag and slipped in some candies for Alessandro in her pocket.“Sandro, I told you to turn off the TV.” She scolded her five year old son. He quickly turned it off.“Mama, are we going to see grandma and grandpa today? I don't want to see them.” He complained bitterly. “They don’t like me.”She knelt in front of him and held his hands “C'mon, Alessandro. They love you.”He jerked his hand from his mother’s grip. “That is a lie.” Hazel was aware that h
Chapter 32“I heard you flew in yesterday.” The familiar voice caught Lorenzo’s attention, and he raised his head up.He had spent the whole day reading every report that came from every one of their businesses. Being a conglomerate was not one easy job.“You didn’t knock on the door.” He got up from the chair and headed to the coffee machine to make some coffee for them.He knew about her habits of taking off her shoes when she wants to be sneaky.“I did. Someone was just too engrossed in their work to notice me.” She settled in his chair and spun around. “Weee.”“I was just looking at a few things.” He handed her a cup, and he laid down on the sofa. “You are a child, gee.”“This doesn’t look like a few things,” she looked at the heap of notepads and files sitting on his table. “Yes. I don’t look like I’m 29 :), do I?”“You don’t. How did you know I had returned?” He folded his arms and closed his eyes.She smiled in response to his answer.“I ran into Leonora at the pharmacy this mo
Chapter 33 Hazel knew Lorenzo was in his office and she was determined to see him, she woke up early and called work to inform them that she would not come in. She didn’t have friends and dropping Alessandro at her parent’s place was going to lead to questions. He wouldn’t like that idea anyway. “Are you going somewhere?” Alessandro asked his mom while she was dressing. “Did daddy ask us to come today?” “No,” She kissed his forehead and tucked him into bed properly. “I need to get some mommy stuff at the store.” “You are putting on formal clothes, mama.” He asked with his sleepy eyes. “Detective Rossi, Can you stop interrogating me? You need to sleep.” She waved his question. “I will be back soon.” Not content with the answer he got, he held his mom’s hand. “Stay safe mom, the crime rate in our neighborhood at dawn is higher than any other time of the day.” “My so clever son, Nothing can happen to your strong mom.” She cajole him, pressing a wet kiss on his head and he wiped it
Chapter 34Laughter erupted from his stomach. “Oh my days, it's been a while I had a good laugh.” He held the side of his stomach because of the sharp pain he got from laughing so hard.“I should pay you for making me laugh today. Should I give you a stack?” he asked sarcastically. “I forgot you don’t spend dirty money,” he scoffed.She didn’t find what he said amusing, and she made up her mind that he was going to be childish and petty. She was ready for him. “I am not joking, Lorenzo.” She said with a straight face. “Stop with the dirty money joke. You are being childish. You are 35 years old, even your son isn’t this petty.”He came closer to where she was sitting and leaned against her. The air between them became tense. He drew a line on her face and saw her face turn red.He had an effect on her and he was going to use it well.“I have no son, Hazel . We both know that. We never had sex throughout our marriage so what are you saying?”He pulled away from, “You should think we