Episode 13

FIORELLA FERRAZ

If you put me in the sun, I'll melt, because I've turned into a stone of ice with that confession. He put my cell phone that he had taken earlier on the table and left me alone.

I took advantage and ate until I couldn't handle it anymore. The atmosphere was so tense that I couldn't even swallow the food. It's better to have a bodyguard than to beg Argo to let me leave. Hearing him confess that his son is not right for me whetted my appetite. Maybe by then, my future father-in-law will cancel this wedding and I'll be free from both Jared and Victor.

I ate this feast alone and went upstairs, surprised to see Jared waiting for me leaning against the door of my room.

"Jared?" When I get closer, he grabs my hand. "What are you doing here?"

"My father argued with you when he left my room?"

"Oh, no. He... he just asked if we kissed."

"Fiorella, don't be like Loretha, don't let him control you."

"Why don't you get along?"

"Can we go into your room?"

"No!" I spoke too quickly. "If your father finds out he..."

"Are you afraid of Argo?"

"I just want to avoid fights, Jared."

"My father doesn't like me." He leaned against the wall, and I leaned beside him.

"Do you think so?"

"I'm sure. He's always getting on my case."

I remember what Argo had just told me. "He's not the right man for you," and I try to extract some information, something that will make me understand the reason behind these words.

"Jared, do you help your father with his business?"

"You mean, the organized crime?"

"Uh-huh."

"No. I don't agree with the way he runs our family. He does everything his way, regardless of the consequences."

"I heard from my father that he has been leading the Romanovs for 20 years, you've never been discovered, and it's the biggest organization in Australia, expanding to other countries."

"I thought you were against it," he looked at me confused.

"And I am. I'm not defending his actions. But maybe, they have all this because of the way he leads things. And he's not that bad, really."

"I understand where you're going. Men in that position need to be selfish."

"No, Jared. I also don't like his ways, but he's your father, and you need to get along. My father is also a very difficult man, I would say he only thinks of himself, and yet I love him, our relationship was reasonable despite everything. You won't be able to change your father with this attitude."

"You're clever, Fiorella," he smiled at me. "You'll still see what he's capable of."

"Jared, can I ask you a question? Do you intend to continue your father's legacy?"

"No."

"I thought you helped him with the business, I see you leave early and come back late, do you attend college?"

"It's complicated to explain." Jared kisses my cheek. "Goodnight, beautiful."

"Goodnight, Jared Romanov."

I enter my room and lock the door. I hold the cell phone that the angry man gave me. Why did he take my phone and return it an hour later? I search through everything and don't see anything different except for his number saved. Did he take my phone just for this? To save his number?

"Daddy." I answer at the moment I see him calling me.

"Why do you need money, Fiorella?"

"You answered my message from earlier just now? I need new clothes, I don't want to wear flowery clothes and loose dresses anymore. And I'm a woman, I need money to take care of myself."

"What's that for?"

"To look beautiful for my fiancé, Daddy. I'll be a married woman, I can't walk around like a teenager."

"I'll send you an amount."

"An amount? You're rich, stop being stingy."

"Alright, Fiorella. I hope you're not causing trouble."

"I'm the least of their problems," I say, thinking about the argument at dinner.

I have an excellent plan in my mind. I have already decided that I won't get married without experiencing the best thing in the world, s&x, and after today, I am more certain of everything and know exactly what to do.

My cell phone unexpectedly rings with a new message. The name Argo Romanov appears on the screen.

Leave this room now and meet me on the third floor.

I felt dizzy and euphoric at the same time, this crazy person wants to see me in the middle of the night. If he starts yelling at me, I will scream even louder and I don't care if his wife and child hear. Now, he is the one at my mercy.

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