Cassandra Reid

The 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