Chapter 20: Chapter 20
AIDEN SMIRNOV’S POV
I am working with my puzzle box when one of my men walked into the room.
He better has something good to say otherwise he will join his colleagues in their graves.
"я прихожу с миром и ухожу с миром [I come in peace and I leave in peace]" He says with his gaze down. No one dares to look me in the eye
"Поговори со мной [Speak to me]" I say
"Каждое их движение фиксируется, как вы и сказали. Я просто жду приказа, как только вы дадите мне слово, я приму их все [Every movement of theirs is being captured like you said it should. I am just waiting for orders, once you give me the word, I will take them all]"
"Я не хочу их всех, по крайней мере пока. [I don't want them all, at least not yet.]" I say with an expressionless smirk. I continue to play with my puzzle box. Two more sides left to complete this damn thing.
"Убедись, что с моими дамами ничего не случится. Я позабочусь о них сам. [Make sure that nothing happens to my ladies. I will take care of them myself.]" I say referring to Alice and Rachel.
Alice thinks she’s smart, running away from me and marrying an Italian Mafia. Of all Mafias in the world, she married someone from the Moranzino family. She knows how much the Russian Mafia doesn’t get along with the Italian Mafia yet she went ahead and got married to a stupid bastard that can’t even take care of her.
It seems like she has forgotten all about the rules, but not to worry, I will teach her all about them again.
No one, absolutely no one dares to leave me. Alice is mine and I will use all my power to get to her. I will take her away right in front of her little saviors and of course, she won’t be the only one that will be taken, I will make sure I take Rachel with her. I will love to have a taste of Richie Moranzino’s fiancé.
I finish the puzzle and I keep it on the table. I take a dart arrow and shoot directly at my aiming board which has Richie’s photo on it.
"Я позабочусь о твоем женихе, прежде чем иметь дело с тобой, Ричи Моранзино. [I will make sure I take absolute care of your fiancé before I deal with you Richie Moranzino]"
His and mine dispute began years ago so I will handle that separately. And as for John, a trigger is enough to take him down, he is just a bastard even my fingertip is enough to make him out.
Moranzino family, your time starts now.
I turn the hourglass upside down.
~ RACHEL’S POV
My eyes flutter open as the sound of my alarm gets louder and louder, the ray of sunshine peeps through the curtain, and I reached out for my phone to turn off the alarm. I slam my head back on the pillows as a sigh escapes my mouth.
I feel so tired even though I just woke up from sleep. Throughout last night, I have been thinking of how to get the cabinet keys. I even checked Richie’s closet later at midnight, yet I found nothing.
I don’t know why, I feel like I’m missing something, it's almost like I’m not taking my revenge the right way I should. I need Richie to trust me so much that he will want to share everything with me. Then will be the right opportunity to get into him and ruin him.
I take a moment to relax and think before standing up and heading into the bathroom. Richie isn’t in the room and I am not surprised because I know he’s in the gym room exercising. He always does that every morning.
Taking a quick shower, I wore a brown sweater dress that didn’t reach my knees. I put on an over-the-knee boot. Since it’s Sunday, I planned on meeting Rebecca at a cafe after breakfast, we made some plans today. Angelina is also coming with her, this is literally the longest time Angelina spent with Rebecca. She normally stays for two to three days and then she’s gone back to Miami but now she’s spent almost two weeks.
Stepping out of the room, I walked into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.
"Good morning guys," I say to Alice and John.
Alice is sitting behind the counter while John is cooking something.
"Rachel, I’m so glad you’re here," Alice says grinning
I sit next to her and ask "Why are you so glad to see me?"
"Well, John and I have been thinking and we want you to make the final decision. Sho-"
"Should we go to Hawaii or the Bahamas?" John cuts her off
"Hey, I was going to say that." Alice grins slightly hitting him on his chest. John holds her hand and leaves a peck on it.
They are adorable.
"Both places are great but I think I will go with Hawaii. I find that place exciting, I’m sure you guys will enjoy it." I say
"See, told you Hawaii is better," Alice says to John
"Hawaii or Bahamas, I don’t mind, so far you’re with me, I know it’s gonna be great," John replies Alice. "Aww John." She kisses him
The maid walks to me and hands me the coffee I told her to make earlier when I walked into the kitchen. I thank her for it before taking a sip. Hot and cream-free, just like I wanted.
"We are gonna have so much fun together," Alice says to me.
"We?" I questioned
"Yeah, we are going on a vacation. Didn’t Richie tell you?" She asked
"We?" I ask again in confusion.
"Yeah, Richie-" Alice halt the sentence as Richie interrupted
"Hey guys, I just spoke to the manager, the plane is ready for boarding so I think it’s time we pack our bags." He says
He approaches me and pecks me on the cheek.
"Great, we are going to Hawaii, Rachel gave the final answer," Alice says
"Alright then, Hawaii it is," Richie says
"I better go start packing," Alice pulls John with her as they walk out of the kitchen.
I pin my gaze on Richie waiting for an answer
"What?" He asks
"What?" I say questionably
He can not be serious right now. He told me nothing about the vacation and here he is acting like he doesn’t know what I’m talking about.
"Care to explain the vacation thing?" I ask
"Oh yeah, that. Have you packed?" He asks ignoring my question
"No, I haven’t packed, you know why? Because I didn’t know about it." I screech "Why didn’t you tell me about it, Richie?"
"I didn’t tell you about it?" He questions
"Richie," I say with a questioning look
"Okay fine. I didn’t tell you about it because I know you will reject coming with us." He says
"What makes you think I won’t reject coming with you now?"
He smirks "Because you can’t say no to me or this." He takes a few steps closer to him, his lips grazing my neck, as he trailed soft kisses on my nape, sending my skin and heart into overdrive.
"You won’t reject coming with us if I keep nipping on you like this." He huskily says kissing my shoulder. He runs his lips on my skin towards my ear but doesn't quite make it that far. I tilt my head and suck in the air.
Richie slips his arms around my waist and nuzzles my neck with his nose before kissing me repeatedly up to my ear, where he whispered "Can you reject this?"
Our bodies pressed together heatedly as Richie sucks on my lower lip.
"Richie-" I breathe out.
"I love how you call my name." He huskily whispers as he nibbles my ear lobe, making this weird sensation run down my stomach. I gritted my teeth together, trying to stop the sound that was about to erupt from my mouth.
Richie continues his gentle assault on my neck as I feel a delightful moan trying to escape my mouth.
He leans to kiss me and I halt him to that putting my hand on his chest. I take a moment before I speak "Richie, what’s going on? Why do we have to go on vacation suddenly?” I ask
He sighs "Nothing."
"Really?" I give him a questioning look
"Okay fine. I’ll tell you." He takes a deep breath before speaking "I was informed that we are on supervision. The Russian Mafia have their eyes on us and for that, we have to leave the country for a week or two."
"I didn’t tell Alice about it because I don’t want her or anyone else to be worried." He continues
"Ohh" That was all I could say. I thought the Russian Mafia aren’t going to come but I guess I was wrong.
"Rach, you don’t have to worry about anything. I’m here with you." He comforts me.
"Okay." I smile, but it didn't quite reach my eyes. I just wore it.
"Go pack, we will be leaving in three hours." He says and I nod.
I go back into the room and call Rebecca, I told her about the change in plans before I start packing my clothes.
No sooner did I finish packing than I brought my suitcase down to the living room where I saw three other suitcases arranged at the front door?
"Please tell me all those aren’t your bags," I say and he gives me a knowing look.
Yep, those are his
"It’s just for a week, you don’t need that many clothes." I say
"Ohh, I do. I’m Richie Moranzino, I need as many clothes as possible." He says.
I roll my eyes. He is just too proud of himself. I turned in the direction Alice and John were coming, they have one suitcase each.
"See, that’s how normal people pack their clothes," I say to Richie.
We bid Emily and Emma goodbye before heading out of the house. Richie says they will be going to the Bahamas for a week. He can’t let anyone’s life at risk.
***
The door of the private jet lift as we walk up the small stairs, my hair flew around from the wind. Taking a seat inside the private jet, I make over my hair from the tornado it looked like it was just in.
"How many private jets do you have?" I ask Richie while he was taking a sit across from me.
"Uhm...Four to five. I don’t keep counts." He responds casually.
"What do you even do with four to five private jets?" I ask curiously
"Nothing much, I just enjoy collecting things." He shrugs
"You guys what some wine?" Alice asks holding two glasses of wine. I nodded and she hands me a glass before giving Richie his.
"So you just love to collect things?" I ask taking a sip of wine.
"Yeah, reasonable things actually," Richie responds
Normal people collect keychains, snow globes, and shells but the Moranzino family has to show that they are different. Collecting planes, I never thought people do that.
Before I could say anything else, Richie’s phone began ringing and he looked down, sighing. I gave him a questioning look and he shook his head, answering the call.
"Richie Moranzino," He spoke. I didn't get to hear the rest of the conversation before he got up to walk away and continue speaking to the person.
We soon took off and were in the air. I look down and watch the city disappear as we enter the clouds.
I sit back and relax. I think it’s high time I do something that will affect Richie badly. Something that can give me joy but I know it’s so hard to do that especially when Richie hides everything from me. It’s high time I become the fiancé every man dreams of but that might be hard because I have to please Richie to his satisfaction.
~ RICHIE’S POV
I sigh looking at the number calling.
God! I am so exhausted by this. Can’t he just stop calling me already? I look at Rachel as she gives me a questioning look. I shook my head and pick up the call.
"Richie Moranzino." I speak out standing up. I walk far away from her because I continue to speak.
I don’t want Rachel to know anything about this.
"Why are you calling me? I told you not to call me didn’t I?" I rant
"Cosa sta succedendo laggiù Richie? [What is going on over there Richie?]" I hear Papa’s voice.
Oh shit! I totally forgot that Papa was going to use Rosco’s phone to call me.
"Siamo in onda, nessuno sospetta nulla. [We are on air, no one is suspecting a thing.]" I respond to him
"Fantastico, Ezra è con me. Dammi un aggiornamento sul piano una volta arrivato. [Great, Ezra is with me. Give me an update on the plan once you get there.]" He says
"Ok, papà [Okay, Papa.]" I say and he ends the call.
I lied, I lied about everything. The Russians don’t have us on supervision and even if they do, they can’t do anything to us. The Italians aren’t that weak. They can’t hurt us even if they try.
I am so sorry Rachel, I had to lie to you and everyone else. Papa doesn’t want anyone to know about Ezra and If the only way to make that happen is by lying to you and sending everyone out of the house then I will do it and I will keep doing it. Anything that makes papa happy, makes me happy.