Chapter 124“Minister..”, Maria said, faking a smile. “I didn't think you were the one here”“Good to… see you, Mrs. Rodriguez”“Same here”, Maria said in a subtle manner. “And your lovely wife? It's a pleasure to meet her”“Yes, this is my wife. Alessia, this is Mrs. Maria Rodriguez”“It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Rodriguez.”, Alessia said, leaning forward a little and nodding her head. “It's a … pleasure too”, Maria said, faking her usual smile but acknowledging the young lady for the first time. She looked quite expensive and the necklace she happened to be wearing was a Piaget Possession pendant - a rose gold malachite diamond with matching bracelets and earrings. It was one of the most expensive jewelry brands and they came limited. Always. So, she damn well had the money to spend on that. Maria didn't even want to get started on her dress. Although she already had that particular dress- a Gucci original straight out of the limited editions from the summer collection last
Chapter 125The sound of the gunshot from over the phone resounded in Maria's ear and her hands felt like jelly. They shook vigorously and so did every other part of her body. Her face was white with fear and Maria just stood there, fixated to the spot, her phone in her ear.“It didn't have to be like this, Maria. He was your best bodyguard”, Wyatt said, an underlying sarcasm to it.“But now he's dead because your selfishness shortened his days.” Wyatt sat up to pick up the cigarette on the table. He put it between his lips and one of his men lit it up with his lighter. Wisps of smoke danced out of his mouth almost immediately and his face was clouded with it. “Clean up the mess boys”, he said before returning back to his conversation with Maria.“Maria, oh Maria. So I guess I'll be seeing you soon?”Maria was still panting, breathing heavily like she'd just run a thousand miles. With shaky hands, she brought the phone in front of her and terminated the call. She tried to calm down b
Chapter 126Maria breathed slowly, quite unnerved by the gun placed on her neck. Wyatt moved towards her slowly, his sturdy build and muscles popping out of the shirt he was wearing. He came to stand in front of her and at the snap of his fingers, a white small stool was brought for him so he could sit before her. He took his seat, the V- neck of his shirt exposing some nicely curled chest hair. His hair was slid perfectly to the right and some of it fell in front of his forehead. At probably forty-five, Wyatt still looked as young and as handsome as he was in his 20’s.“Maria, Maria, Maria”He slurred his words, saying her name slowly. He steadied both elbows on his knees.“So what's it going to be Maria? Huh?”Maria may have been afraid but she was damn well manipulative. Why should she be afraid? The bastard couldn't kill her even if he wanted to. And she was damn well sure why.She didn't speak but just stared in his face. He gestured to the guy behind him to hand him the gun.“Yo
Chapter 127Wyatt had his driver ready a car for Maria.“You looked resplendent by the way.”, Wyatt said as he put an arm around her waist. “Who took you out? That old man?”“I was at a lunch date before your men gunned me down here”“Forgive me, Maria. Didn't I already apologize?”He ran the back of his fingers across her cheek and leaned in. Just then, one of his men came in and whispered to the other at the door. “Mr. Oril?”“Yes?”“The car is ready”“It's time for me to leave, Wyatt”, she said, attempting to withdraw their proximity.“Not even a goodbye kiss?”, he asked, maintaining his hold at her waist. He leaned in and kissed her passionately - their tongues intertwining and superimposing each other. The kiss deepened and Maria's hormones were on rampage, every inch of her body wanted to take him to bed. It had been so long since she did this. Moreover, she didn't have time on her hands for that today.And Eventually, she was going to have to kill the guy. He was a stumbling b
Chapter 128 The investigator walked into the building in casual clothes. He didn't want to attract too much attention wearing his police uniform. He walked up to the receptionist. “Welcome to Skyrock Incorp sir. How may I help you?”, Kally, who was busy punching in some things in her computer said, looking up immediately from the computer screen.“Hey, I'm the investigator and I have an appointment with Mr. Emilio Rodriguez”.“Oh, an appointment..”, she said slowly. She turned to her computer screen, clicking on the soft copy of the schedule.“Uhm, I'm sorry sir. But I don't see your appointment here. I can squeeze you in. What time was the appointment supposed to be scheduled for?”“Right about now”, the investigator said, glancing at his watch.“Okayy..”, Kally said, leaning into her desktop.“Oh okay. Appointment with the investigator by 2.00”, Kally said, reading out the schedule. She gave him a quick glance and returned her eyes to the image on her screen. “Okay. I've verifie
Chapter 129“Come on, Maria. Take a chill pill. Stop trying to be so tough. You know you still got that soft spot for me”, Wyatt said in a groggy, deep voice. Maria said nothing, not wanting to admit to the fact that new feelings had been welling up in her since he reappeared in her life.“So how do you plan on killing the old man and succeeding?”“Leave that to me. I'll have it done and then we can go on with the rest of the plan”“Okay. At least you got the contract through so I think I can believe you when you say, you'll get it done”“I've always been a woman of my words”“Of course. Especially when you attempt to kill them so you don't have to go back on your words”“Exactly. I'll do anything to keep my word”“Well, good luck on that, Maria”“Goodbye”She hung up, consciously taking in air before turning away from the window. Surprisingly, she turned to meet Andrea in the room.“Andrea. Mio figlio. I didn't hear when you entered”, she said, trying not to stutter and reveal her s
Chapter 130“Why should I listen to you now? Huh? Tell me Mother. Why should I trust you now? I know you Mother and I don't think I can believe a word you say”“Please Andrea, I would never lie to you”“But you did! You didn't tell me the truth”“I would have. Eventually. I just wanted to wait for the perfect time. Please Andrea, listen to your mother.”“No! You are supposed to be my mother! You're supposed to inspire me ”“I am your mother! How selfish of you! I've always been your mother. I have gone through hell in this life. Fell in love with an abuser and then I got married to one who's clearly not gotten over his late wife! The moment his son rises from the dead, he throws you into the sidewalk. Is that fair?! Here I am, trying to ensure you get what's rightfully yours and now you are acting all up? I did this for us Andrea! For both of us! Not your father or Vincenzo but me! You think he loves you? He only wants you for the inheritance that Vincenzo doesn't even picture you in
Chapter 131Sofia woke up suddenly, her heart pounding loudly and beads of sweat all over her forehead. Despite the fact that her room was fully air-conditioned, she felt hot and suffocated. She got out of bed and opened the glass door window in her pajamas, going out into her verandah.She tried to calm herself down, stressing desperately to get the thoughts out of her head. She'd had one of those nightmares again. The images of herself pleading for mercy, trying to get away from her molesters and trying to fight back played over and over in her head like a slideshow. An overwhelming shudder came on her and she shook vehemently for a short time. She really needed to see her therapist.She stayed in the verandah for sometime before going back into her room. She slid her fingers over the keypad of her MacBook.3.38 a.mShe still had at least an hour to go before she could even think of preparing for the office. To wile away her time, she decided to run another review of the data analys