Cassandra ReidI lean my head against the car window and stare at it as if I could get past bulletproof glass. Now tension between us is bigger than before. We can't even cross more than three words and every action seems forced.The day after the 'no wedding night', he left me with the kids and just disappeared. I tried to entertain myself with them decorating house for New Year's Eve, I even spent hours trying to understand each other with Xbox, but everything has been in vain, because the Italian does not come out of my head.I almost slept with him. In less than forty-eight hours I have reconsidered my behavior more than a hundred times. What would have happened if I hadn't stopped him? Why did I stop him? Where does this irrepressible desire come from that takes my sanity away?My cell phone vibrates, notifying a message entrance. Screen says 'Private number', but I read it anyway.'Soon you will receive your wedding gift. I hope you like it'I don't even care who this is, so I p
Cassandra ReidThe car stops in front of the facade fountain and I am exasperated by the gorillas's ridiculous security protocol to get out.At the end of litany, I take the steps two at a time and enter the house like a gale."Good afternoon, Mrs. Di Lauro", The house keeper keeps up with me. "How...?""Where is my husband?" I cut her off instantly."Mister Di Lauro has not yet arrived. Do you want to...?""When he arrives, tell him to look for me in the library", I interrupt her again. I am aware that I am being very rude, but I don't care. My blood boils with rage.I walk from one side of the library to the other as I go through the documents again. Adriano has bought thirty-five percent of the hospital and he has put them in my name, which makes me the majority owner of it.'Why has he done it?''Does he intend to control me?''If so, I'm not going to leave him.'It's ridiculous that he stresses over and over again the need to stick to stipulations of our contract when he's the fi
Cassandra ReidStrawberries exude an incredible aroma and look just as appetizing... but not more than my husband. I stand in awe as he cuts them into small pieces and picks one up with his fork, bringing it to his lips extremely slowly.'How can a simple movement awaken so many sensations in me?'Suddenly he fixes the blue of his eyes on me before popping the fruit into his mouth. Then, he chews slowly without taking his eyes off me in a provocative gesture.'Since when has food become a sexual instrument?'I shift restlessly on my spot to combat sudden burning feeling, then wince.A simple movement and every muscle in my body aches. I have been sleeping very little for two days, since my husband does not give me any respite.Not that I can complain either. If I had known pleasure that awaited me when making love, perhaps I would not have expected so much... Although something tells me what I experienced with Adriano, I will never experience it with any other man."Is everything okay
Cassandra ReidI look at him and I am not able to believe he is in front of me.I feel a tension in my abdomen that does not let me breathe.In the beginning I thought to be hallucinating, but he is him. The paralyzing voice, indecipherable face next to the voluminous body that makes me feel tiny and diabolical appearance of him always.His ambering eyes observe me restless from head to toe, making me feel naked.A little tremor is installed in my hands and intersects them so as not to show weakness I feel.He is here! Dean is here."Mrs. Di Lauro, are you still there?", I hear my secretary's voice on the other side of the line very distant as well as the noise of the party. I am like in a kind of trance. "Doctor?"I hang without even having awareness of my actions. I think I've stopped breathing."How...?""Happy New Year, Love". He doesn't let me finish. "Did you miss me?"I want to talk, but my mouth refuses to move. What has he come for?"I ... ". I am interrupted by my husband's
Adriano Di LauroAs soon as the car parks, I rush towards house's entrance without even waiting for security protocol.My instinct tells me that her attitude is related to that idiot's arrival and if she doesn't tell me, it's because she's hiding something.I hear a noise behind me and I turn on my feet to find my wife whiter than a sheet of paper.I see the damn phone on the floor and I rush to pick it up. So, I come across an open chat full of messages.As I read on, rage grows until it becomes a ball too big to control.It's him, it can only be him.I hear my name in a whisper far away and I see everything red. I'm going to crush it, I swear I will.I clench my jaw until it trembles as I shatter the phone with my hands. "We need to talk" I don't like that words at all.Yes, I am made of steel, but even the most powerful metal melts with fire and I am burning with flames.I roar as I walk through the door and head straight for the mini bar in lounge to pour myself a cognac without
Cassandra ReidI throw the door as I enter my room resonating throughout walls. Fury, fear, bewilderment, desire and other emotions I don't want to put a name. They all mix up with each other until they make my head explode.Too much for one night.Why did my ex have to show up right now when I was starting to adjust to my new reality?The text message is drawn in my mind and I shudder inside.'If you don't come I'll get mad and go find you and you know I don't behave very well when I get mad, love'A part of me was always afraid of him. Although with me he behaved differently from the rest of the world, I witnessed his cruelty, his aggressiveness and his lack of compassion. Dean Frost doesn't give second chances, he doesn't care about collateral effects and above all, he doesn't threaten in vain... However, I was his weakness. I became his obsession from the day he met me.During these two years I have not stopped thinking about him, about how my flight affected him emotionally as
Adriano Di Lauro'Damn it! She found out a way of going to the meeting. I arrive at the place and I immediately get down to burst in without paying attention to anything else than my wife. "Cassandra!"I find her standing, nailed to the ground and...Rage shakes my body from head to toe until I feel spasms of pain when I see the American place his hands on my wife's delicate skin. The metal that covers my appearance vibrates and the beast inside me escapes.Killer instincts take control of my body, propelling me toward them in a hurry."Get your hands off my wife!"I land a punch that knocks him to the ground, taking a table with him.I kick him before he gets up and hits me in the stomach.Then I bring his back against the wall and slam my knuckles into his jaw. He may match me in strength, but not in rage, and a raging beast is unmatched. With an unexpected movement I fall on a table, however, I compose myself in time to prevent his next attack, kicking him in stomach and then he
Cassandra ReidSold...My parents sold me. Oh my God! I was only seventeen years old. In exchange of what? Why? I can't understand it, but worst of all, it doesn't surprise me.I go straight to my room and lock myself in there. I am aware neither of them deserve my tears, but I cannot stop crying. I'm not made of stone like them.I don't even know how I feel. I just want to lock myself in a Christmas crystal ball and never come out.I spend rest of the day in bed and at night I go to sleep without having dinner. Next day I wake up with a horrible headache and without encouragement. However, I must continue, although my body only works halfway. I eat what is fair and I play with children without paying much attention. Anyway, I don't think I'll ever dominate the Xbox. Also, they are happy when they win and they end up infecting me with their happiness.I hardly see my husband and I exchange few words with other ones. I don't feel capable of seeing or talking to anyone. Questions conti