THE CEO BRIDE - CHAPTER 12&13
“Are you going to keep acting this way?” A lady asked when she entered the room and met Helena’s body stuck in the duvet.
“He chased me out! He chased me!” Helena’s voice rang in the room. The lady sighed before walking closer to the bed, she made a pose and placed her arms across her chest.
“Then, why did you cheat in the first place? Even with a guard?” She scoffed.
Helena removed the duvet from her body and sat up, her hands falling to the side
“Not even once, not twice but countless times? That’s totally bad,” the lady shook her head.
“Do you think it’s easy to keep your body under control? It’s not, Adele. I’m a woman, I have hormones and I can’t control myself!” Helena fired, defending herself.
“And when he was back, you still went ahead and f-__-ked the guard? That’s lame” Adele snorted.
“Romeo is every woman’s dream, he’s handsome. He’s rich, f-__-king rich, he’s one of the top ten Billionaires in Italy and you just had to ruin everything up? This man was devoted to you, always giving you what you always wanted and you had to spoil things with just few minutes pleasure??” Adele scolded. She’s Helena’s best friend and they had been on the issue since Helena returned from Romeo’s place.
Helena sighed before covering her face with her palms. She had been expecting Romeo to propose to her soon because she knew their relationship was enough for that, and…
“Urgh!!” She screamed into her hands.
“That’s not gonna do, you know? I suggest you go back to him and apologize, and you know… Give him what you’re best at” Adele shrugged.
Helena removed her hands to stare at her.
“S*x?” She asked aloud.
“Yea. Romeo doesn’t joke with your body, right? I’m pretty sure he won’t be able to resist, just make things right this time around” Adele said.
Helena smiled. Romeo is so obsessed with her body and she knew she had to follow Adele’s idea. Yes, she can’t just give up like that.
“Rosetta isn’t here today, do you think everything is fine with her?” A girl who’s also a cleaner asked Anna.
“And how’s that my business?” Anna rolled her eyes.
“Who knows if she got fired for trespassing. How could she spoil the Boss’s wristwatch?” Anna scoffed.
“Do you think she was fired? Oh no,” the girl gasped, having a sad expression on her face.
“Are you worried about that filthy thing?” Anna asked, staring at the girl in disgust. How much she despises cleaners, so wretched.
“Rosetta is not a filthy thing, watch your mouth!” The girl glared at Anna before walking away.
“Tch. Poor rat,” Anna fanned her face with her hands before resuming back to her business. If Rosetta was truly fired from the hotel, then she’d be the happiest person on earth.
Shock was an understatement of what Romeo felt at the moment. He was still staring down at Rosetta who had a determined look on her face.
Suddenly, Rosetta blinked her eyes when the reality of the word she uttered dawned on her. Did she just address him by his name?
She gasped and quickly lowered her gaze to the ground, unable to stare at him in the eyes.
“I’m sorry, sir Romeo. I didn’t mean to call you by your name,” she apologized, holding her breath while waiting for his reply. Was he going to hit her, or yell at her?
To her surprise, a smile formed on his handsome face and he let out a chuckle.
“Romeo? Where’s that boldness suddenly coming from?” He muttered. Rosetta raised her head to stare at him.
“I’m sorry,” she apologized again.
“I’ll send a maid over to you,” Romeo simply said and left the room. Immediately he left, Rosetta let out a deep breath she didn’t know she was holding. Everything felt so soon to her, she left her house and became a bride to her Boss. The well known Billionaire in the whole of Italy.
Slowly, she walked to the bed and sat on it. It was surely a new beginning to her. She’d be getting married soon to a man she doesn’t even love, a man she knows nothing about. If it was surely up to her, she’d never give in to this idea, but… Her parents need to regret ever maltreating her. They needs to regret ever thinking of selling her off as a s*x slave, she needs to show them she can do without them. In all this, she needs Romeo’s help because she can’t do this alone.
Her thoughts were disrupted when a maid entered the room, holding a big box in her hand.
“Good morning, Mrs. Castillo,” the maid greeted and Rosetta choked on her breath. That definitely sounds odd to her ears. Mrs. Castillo?? Humph!
“Master asked me to dress you into this,” the maid went further. She dropped the box on the bed and brought out a red strappy gathered dress. Rosetta gasped as she stared at the gown, was this for her?
“Let’s get you dressed up, ma’am” the maid smiled. Rosetta got to her feet and at that time another maid entered the house, she dropped another box beside the bed and carried the tray of plates out of the room.
Romeo was in the living room, typing fast on his laptop when he heard the clicking of heels. He raised his head and a light “wow” escaped his lips when he saw Rosetta descending the dress with the gown which fitted her perfectly. The gown brought out her curves and Romeo was amazed with that.
Rosetta got to his front and swayed, landing on his laps. Her eyes widened when she felt his hand on her a*s with her hands on his chest.
“I’m sorry,” she quickly stood up from his lap and tucked her hair to the back of her ear. Her cheeks were flushed pink, that was the closest proximity she ever had with a guy.
“I’m sorry, I’m not so good in heels” she stuttered, biting her lips.
“Then you have to master that” Romeo faced a guard who was beside him.
“Get a tutor for her,” he ordered.
“What?” Rosetta’s eyes widened. A tutor?? Just for heels?
“You need to master how to be good in heels, you’d really need them” Romeo said.
“For now,” he stood up and held her hand gently which shocked Rosetta. What was he doing?
“You should manage this,” he muttered without looking at her. Rosetta couldn’t understand how his face could be controlled when he was this close to her.
A guard came and quickly bowed his head to Romeo
“The car is ready, Boss,” he announced.
“Good.” Romeo faced Rosetta.
“Let’s change your wardrobe, tesoro {darling}” with that, he went out with Rosetta with his hand still right around hers.
Rosetta watched as Romeo engaged in a serious conversation with the attendant in the boutique. Here, everything in the boutique screamed wealth. Everywhere was classic, the dressing shining brightly. Each jewelries had their sections.
Soon, the attendant walked to her with a smile on her face.
“Welcome, Mrs. Castillo,” she smiled.
“You should follow me, I’ll select your dresses for you, you won’t regret them trust me” she added.
Rosetta stood slowly and followed her to the room while Romeo stayed behind. He went to a chair and sat on it, glancing at the wristwatch in his hand. He bought another one already.
Soon, Rosetta appeared in a green doss dress, with the left side slanted till it exposed her laps. She looked nervous as Romeo’s eyes raked her dressing.
“Perfetto,” He said after a long while. The attendant smiled and took Rosetta into the room again.
By the time they were done, it was past 3pm and Rosetta was already tired. Her body felt numb as she had been walking around. Romeo kept bossing her around as he declined all dresses she found beautiful and cheap. Rather, he wanted expensive dressings.
The guards came and carried the bags where the clothes contained. Romeo paid with his black card and before they knew, they were back on the road.
Rosetta exhaled loudly and rested her head on the chair, closing her eyes tiredly.
“Hai fame? {Are you hungry?}” Romeo asked with his eyes focused on his phone. Rosetta opened her eyes to stare at him, noticing he wasn’t looking her away, she took her gaze elsewhere.
“No, sto bene {No, I’m fine,}” she replied. She was just tired after trying countless dresses and heels, all she wanted at that moment was to sleep.
Getting to the house, they alighted from the car and the guards brought out the bags from the car.
Romeo started walking inside with Rosetta walking slowly behind him. She was tired coupled with the fact that she wasn’t good in heels.
Romeo entered the house just in time to see Helena scolding a maid. His gaze suddenly hardened as his eyes switched to a dangerous one.
“Cosa stai facendo qui??!! {What are you doing here??!!} He thundered.
Helena stood up and let out a smile when she saw him. She had been waiting for too long!!
“Romeo!!” She screamed. She attempted to rush to him but froze on the spot when she saw Rosetta, dressed in an expensive dress.
Romeo turned to find Rosetta who was still struggling with the heels, he went to her and placed his arms around her waist, shocking Helena.
“Avresti dovuto chiedere il mio aiuto, tesoro {You should have asked for my help, darling}” he smiled sweetly down at her.
“Mi dispiace {I’m sorry,}” Rosetta mumbled.
The guards entered at that moment, carrying the shopping bags with them.
“Drop the bags in my room and ask the maids to prepare a hot bath for my wife,” he instructed. Rosetta stared at him in shock. Wife?? His room??
Helena staggered back in shock, her mouth flew open in shock. Her eyes nearly bulged out from its socket as she stared at Romeo.
Was she replaced so easily? So soon??
TBC