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
Chapter 35The ride to the hospital was quiet except for Hazel’s silent sobs. “Her son must mean a lot to her.” He thought in his head.He didn't know why he was in the car, driving all the way to the local hospital in his old neighborhood. He could have asked his driver to take her.A part of him wanted to see the boy that she had claimed looked like him. He had so many questions to ask her.He really wanted to know when they had sex and silently hoped that his dream was just a dream.Asking her about it was out of his options. He would be too embarrassed to hear that he did something like that.“We are here,” He announced and opened the door of the car. He didn’t realize he had gotten to the emergency room until he looked around and Hazel wasn’t with him.He smacked himself in his head when he looked back and saw Hazel by the car. He was making his actual feelings obvious. His curiosity was pushing him too hard.He waited for her to join him. She hurried into the emergency room and
Chapter 36“Your mistress?” Hazel yelled and her son woke up, startled from his sleep.“Sandro,” she put his head on her chest and stroked his back to calm him.“Yes, be my mistress,” He said shamelessly.“Shut up.” She barked at him. “Are you even listening to yourself?” She asked in dismay.He was worse than what she thought he had turned to. His Physique and Aura speak of his growth, she also heard of his achievements too. She doubts that people know this side of him. “Alessandro, Can you please go to the room? I need to have some private talk with this oldie here.” Alessandro nodded in approval. He got down from his mother’s laps and took a quick glance at Lorenzo before he entered the room.“Watch what you say around my son. He is smarter than you think and he picks up conversations real fast.”Lorenzo removed his hand from his pocket and sat on the only chair the fire didn’t affect, opposite her.“Well. I wasn’t aware, and he is not just your son.” “You denied him just a few
Chapter 37He removed his tie as he entered his office. He still had a few files to review before flying to New york. Daphne had arranged the files according to how urgent they were, he had let her off work early and told her to meet him at the airport over text. He had a hard time focusing on his work, his mind kept drifting to Alessandro and he was starting to believe that his dream wasn’t an actual dream. It really happened.Hazel was hiding it from him. She could have threatened him with that to get all she wanted. “What is her goal?” He asked him, running his pen into his hair.“A shower should calm me down,” He sadi to himself. Hee took his blazers off and opened the door to the hidden suite in his office.His father had a huge empty space in the office so he converted it to a five star hotel suite so he would not have to go home when he had serious work to do.He flung his blazer on the chair and stripped himself naked then entered the bathroom for a bath. While he was soapin
Chapter 38Hazle stared at the card he left on the table. She was fully aware that her decision was going to affect her future and her son’s own.Being Lorenzo’s mistress meant that she was going to be at his mercy and he could treat her the way she had treated him in the past.She also thought of Alessandro, he needed to go to a special school for smart kids which is very expensive in Delaware. She was stuck between picking a good life for son and her freedom. She picked her phone and dialed her cousin's number.He picked on the second ring. “Hello, Hazel,” He breathed into the speaker.“Harold, How have you been?”“Great, you?”“Not so good. My house burnt down and I need…”“I am out of town and I don’t have any money on me. I will call you back as soon as I get on my feet,” He hung up right after.He didn’t even give her a chance to ask for anything. Her pride didn’t want her to call her parents but it was of no use anymore.She dialed her mom’s phone number, it rang severally but
Chapter 39Hazel got into the front seat while Lorenzo tucked their son in the backseat, to her surprise.After ensuring the boy’s safety, he joined her in the front seat. He looked different from the way he was when they returned from the hospital. His distressed face was calm but he wasn’t smiling. He used to smile a lot when they were married.“Business probably changed him.” She thought in her face and continued to ogle him shamelessly. He looked good in his gray shirt and joggers, she wondered how someone could look classy and fresh in a simple outfit.“I see you can’t wait to have a taste of me,” He said.Her face turned red instantly. He had caught her staring. “Was he flirting with her?” She asked herself.“I didn’t get that.” He replied to her little murmur.“Eh… I wasn’t staring,”“I didn't say you were,” Another wave of embarrassment flushed through her. She didn’t know why she wasn’t being like that.“Don’t worry. I am happy to see that you are eager to begin your job
Chapter 40 His sixth sense clicked that he was hugging Hazel to himself. The heat from her body had warmed up his cold body under the duvet. He remained in that position, pretending like he wasn't awake. Just then his morning glory decided to act up. Her soft bottom grinded against his crotch. It didn’t help matters. “Stop moving,” He groaned and she stiffened in his arms. He had not said that out loud, did he? He let go of her and fell off the bed, face flat. “Are you okay?” She got up from the bed immediately. He looked at her, his eyes were on her tits that the robe was clearly exposing. The rope must have loosen over the night. They were firm to her chest and didn’t seem like she breastfeed before. She traced where his eyes went. “You pervert,” She kicked him and she covered herself up. He got off the floor. “We are in a sexual relationship now, get used to me staring,” She turned to see if her little boy could hear their discussion but he was too engrossed with the sho
Chapter 41“You need to return to Delaware, Casino,” Leonora’s icy tone said into the phone and she hung up immediately.Lorenzo felt so disturbed and he called her back but she didn’t pick up. He rushed his shower and came out of the room.Daphne was waiting by the door side.“There is an emergency at the headquarters.”“What emergency?” “Someone is claiming that he is the true heir of Rossi’ family and even the press has gotten wind of this.”“The shareholders have been calling our business line, they are probably thinking that our stock price might fall because of this.”“Give me a minute to think about this.” He excused himself and entered the other compartment of the room to put on his clothes.He came back outside fully clothed. “Put Ms Conor on the line. Tell her to stop promoting our brands and engage the security and legal team to get the press off our neck.”“Got it,”Hazel watched how he handled the situation like a professional, she didn’t know the details of what was go
Epilogue Five Years Later. Leonora had forced us to come down to Delaware for Father’s memorial, instead of doing it separately, depending on the country. “I do not appreciate being here when I have a meeting in France,” Lorenzo whined over Lunch. “How do you cope with this rascal?” Nora faced Hazal with a disapproving look. “He is addicted to work as always, talking about being in France while we celebrate our father’s ten years memorial.” Hazel giggled, “You know how he is.” “Sweetie, are you taking sides with her? This is why you should never trust women.” Lorenzo pointed his fork at Nora. “She told me I could work as much as I wanted before I retire.” Then he continued eating. “I did tell him that, he kept saying he was bored at home and all.” “You are in this together. Nice. How is work though? I heard you have opened an IT center in New York and it is making waves.” “It’s all thanks to my husband and your husband too, he helped out with the set up and internal works.”
Chapter 76(TWO DAYS LATER)Hazel stirs in bed, her first movements since her emergency surgery two days ago. She slowly opens her eyes but can’t open them fully because of the brightness of the room. Lorenzo notices that she is trying to open her eyes and rushes to her side.“Hazel… Hazel, can you hear me?” he asks, his tone laced with desperation and worry. “I…can…hear…you.” She replied weakly.Tears of joy rushed to his eyes as he broke down in front of her. “I thought I was going to lose you. I really thought I was going to lose you.” He said in between loud sobs.Hazel watched with tears in her eyes as her man wept in front of her. Being too weak to do any other thing, she reached for his hand with a sense of longing.“I’m here, Lorenzo. I’m here.” She reassured him. This little action made Lorenzo cry harder.Hazel then remembers that she is with child. Panicking, she touches her stomach. “My baby, is my baby okay? Did anything happen to my baby boy?”“Our baby is fine. The do
Chapter 75As he got into his car, the incident with Daphne was already behind him, he gripped the steering wheel in anger as he tried to calm himself. He didn't know what he would do to Aurora when he found her, but he didn't trust himself not to hurt her. He parked his car in front of his Company and rushed out. He rushed towards the elevator, ignoring the greetings of his staff. Before he got into the elevator, he stopped one of them and told her to call the police. She nodded weakly and ran to do that.The elevator door closed and he punched in the button that took it to the basement floor. He knew that if Aurora was here she would make sure that none of the staff had seen her when she was coming so asking them was pointless. She wasn't stupid and she knew her way around the company. The elevator dinged and he stepped out. He looked around but couldn't find anything, he only saw metal pipes and heard water dripping somewhere. He looked around and saw a small light coming fro
Chapter 74Lorenzo took his car keys from the chauffeur and ran towards his car. He couldn't believe he hadn't thought of this before. Daphne and Aurora had worked together even if Aurora was only using daphne, she was the most likely person to know where Aurora was. He needed to get to the detection center as soon as possible, or else Aurora would get away with what she had done. He couldn't let her get away with it. She put the woman He is in love with in the hospital and took his child away from him. He owed it to Hazel to make her pay for what she had done. He couldn't even begin to imagine how broken Hazel will be when she wakes up and her child is gone, and it was all his fault. If only he had seen the signs earlier, he could have prevented this from happening, Hazel would be fine and their child would be alive. Aurora had to pay.He hastily parked his car and jumped out and ran inside to the reception."I need to see Daphne Giovannì " He said, out of breath.The lady at th
Chapter 73He sank into the chair, tears moved freely from his eyes as he mourned his baby in his heart. He had not gotten the chance to give it a name like Hazel wanted.Work had taken all his time that could not make time to have a talk about the baby’s name with his baby mama and girlfriend. She mentioned it a few times and he had told her to pick any names she wanted since she did a good job naming Sandro.She refused and offered to pick out some names then they would select the best ones of the baby which he agreed to but he never did.He had seen a tweet that Elon musk has many companies, 10 kids and he still replies to random tweets on twitter, no one is ever too busy to make time.He was rich, very richer than Elon Musk but he didn’t have ten kids nor did he use twitter, he had no excuse for not making time for his family.What was he running from? Was he scared that Hazel would treat him like she used to? Does he still have PTSD from the situation?He needs to see a therapist
Chapter 72Lorenzo tossed the cup to the floor and picked his wife up, Luca and the other guards rushed in. “get Alessandro and one of you should get the car.”“Yes sir,” Luca replied as a maid opened the door for him to go out. The maybach was sitting in front of the house, the chauffeur opened the door to the car. Luca put Alessandro in the backseat with his parents then he went to the back seat. He dispatched about thirty other guards to follow them while seven of them remained at home to watch over Nana.“Daddy, what’s wrong with mom?” Sandro rubbed his eyes, he was just waking up and trying to register what was going on.“Please put the car on lock,” Lorenzo asked the driver for Sandro’s sake. He was sitting beside the wall. “Luca, please call the hospital to wait for us at the entrance.”“Mommy is a little sick, we need to take her to the hospital for treatment.'' He hopes that Sandro buys his story because he was a smart boy and was going to read the situation.“She had blood
Chapter 71Lots of things ran through Lorenzo’s mind as he drove on full speed home. Aurora was a dangerous person. It’s like she had a venom in her.Something strange had bitten her overnight. she felt so different than she used to be. He never thought he would meet that shade of her.Hazel and Alessandro filled his mind. What if she had kidnapped them? Poisoned them or even killed them. His grip on the car steering tightened. He was aware that he was breaking traffic rules but his family’s life was at stake. His heart felt like it was going to leap out of its spot.Going to see Aurora made him hear things he never thought he would hear, but he should have made sure his family was okay. What if he lost contact with Sandro and he had to suffer like him?This was a time for him to lose contact with his son, he didn’t obviously want that. He remembered his promise to keep his son under wings and raised him into a fine young man without following the family’s tradition.Universe gave hi
Chapter 70“It’s not too late for you to change your ways. You can still be loved, I can forgive you.”“She put out the stick of the cigarette she was smoking and opened a pack of gum then she threw a piece into her mouth.Watching Lorenzo’s movement, a grin formed on her face. “It would be great if you just stop all these like a preacher, it suits you" She said "maybe that's what you should have been doing instead of playing dress up as the CEO" "Watch what you say, Aurora." Lorenzo said, straightening his back, he wished she would see what she was doing was wrong but he knew he couldn't let her talk to him like that.He had worked hard on the Company for a long time and she had seen it all. She knew how much he loved the company "Or what?" She said, Her mouth pulled into a sneer,"what exactly would you do?" "Aurora…" "Do you remember that day?" She said, cutting him off."What day?" "The day you carried me to my hotel room, the day you ruined everything" she asked, her voice
Chapter 69“Why did you try to be friends with me in the first place? You didn’t want anything to do with me. I can remember how you made me go on that date with you. You were literally begging me.” He was furious, she wasn’t even showing signs of remorse. Her intentions were showing clearly on her face, how heartless and selfish she was.Her kind face was now dark. Lorenzo felt like he was seeing her deeds on her face. They were hidden, that was why he never saw them. It is better to say she was hiding them.He had never met someone that was so pretentious. Hazel’s family never hid their hate from him, this was pretty different to him.“Do you know the extent I go when I want something? Mind you, Michael and I had not broken up officially at the time he was seeing your wife, I planned to take you to make him jealous.”All Lorenzo could see was her pathetic face and the pathetic words flying out of her mouth. She was talking with pride and a sense of accomplishment. He should have j