Marino's Heir

Chapter 3

One day later...

I stayed in this big room thinking, crying, hitting the pillow whenever I'm angry, and doing the same mistake that I forgot.

I opened my diary to write in it. Dear Diary,

Again and again, I keep sending her texts then deleting them. Again, I forgot what she did to me.
Again, I forgot what I did to her.
But I just can't seem to forget what happened to me this day. I don't study anymore; I live in this big mansion, and I don't even know to whom it belongs. My parents left me or those who raised me.  My best friend left me. My real father left me. I wish I know what happened to my real mother, but they said she left me too. What is going on?! Do you know?! Can you guess?! Can you tell me anything? I don't think so....
It seems those who I love left me. It's been a day and I'm stuck here. No one knocked or explained to me anything, my mom who always reassures me didn't come and do anything...

I tear fell from my eye on the paper. I can't help it. I closed it and buried my face in the pillow. I just want to know why my life changed all of sudden. After a few minutes of crying someone opened the door. Enzo came and sat at the end of the bed. I looked at him and sat well. "Cleo yo--- This is your fault." I cut him before he said anything. "What?" He asked. "YOU brought me here. THIS IS BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU SAID YOU'LL TELL ME EVERYTHING BUT YOU DON'T! What is everything, Enzo? Where is it? YOU FUCKIN' PROMISED! That's it, you brought me here to know I'm adopted or.... whatever!" I snapped at him. He put his hand behind his neck and stayed silent for a second. "I had an order... And it was to get the boss's daughter from her school.... Other than that, I had to lie so you could come. But no, Cleo, I'm not the one who'll tell you everything or anything at all." He said and opened the curtains. "It's morning though.... My job is to keep you safe, princess.... You should wear this then come downstairs, there's a meeting and you should be there." He said stopping between the sentences. We stayed in silence for a few seconds, him looking at me and me looking at the bed. "I have to go now. See you downstairs." He said and left.

I dressed up what he left for me and did what he said. But this place is so big, I got lost not only one time but three until I bumped into someone very hard hearing, "Hot damn!" I fell on the floor. And it was man. His comment was annoying enough. I was already exhausted from walking around to find this room, I'm probably late for this meeting anyway. "Ugh now what?" I got on my feet and looked in front of me with a *not ready for this* look and my jaw dropped.
"Wow che ragazza!" A shirtless guy with water dripping from his dark brown hair over his face. He said something I didn't understand and smiled a bright sexy smile. "Starai a fissare ancora a lungo?! Hm?" He said and winked. I gulped and looked away. "Huh? What did you say?" I asked and he started laughing. I rolled my eyes at him. "I said will you stare for a long time?" He said and laughed. "Haha..very funny." I said and rolled my eyes but found myself looking at him again. He smirked. "Yeah, you are." He said and winked. I looked away and felt my cheeks burn. "Carino timido!" He said and played with his hair down to his neck with a smile then bit his lower lip. "What? You know what I don't want to know whatever language you're talking or what you said, I'm late." I said then walked from beside him. I could feel him staring at me from behind, but I ignored him anyway. "You're new here?" He asked and I stopped and looked back at him. "Yes." I said and walked. "Maybe I could help you find your way; you should be lost if you're new." He spoke. I'm late maybe I could use some help so I wouldn't be SO late. I turned and walked to him but looked away, his abs are too distracting. I could feel him smirk when I did that. "Fine I'm trying to find the way to.... I honestly don't know anything, but I should be at a meeting." He didn't say anything for a second. He put his finger under my chin and made me look at him. "This meeting is for important people.... who told you to go there?" He asked and his smile faded into something else. I don't know what it is, But I felt worried. This tone and stare turned my stomach. "I... It... was--Cleo! There you are.... YOU....STAY AWAY FROM HER!!" Enzo came from behind us and yelled. The guy looked at me with doubtful look. "Don't worry, piccola. I'll find out later. I don't trust him or...trust you now." He said then Enzo came, held my shoulder and hid me behind him.

"Enzo." The guy said and crossed his arms still looking at me. "Ryder." Enzo said and made him look at him.

His name is Ryder. Not bad but I feel uncomfortable in this situation right now. These two seem to hate each other so much. "You should stop walking shirtless in the hallways." Enzo said. "Well, you're not my boss so I could do what you say but either way I'll do whatever I want if it'll end up making this cutie nervous." Ryder said then winked at me, Enzo's face turned red. "You'll never stop fucking other men's girls, huh?!" Enzo said almost wanting to punch him. "Oh, and You'll never stop making fake relationships, huh?! So what, is this your new girl? She's pretty by the way." Ryder said and winked at me. "YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER!!" Enzo yelled at him. Is he jealous? Why though?
"Or You'll do what? Oh, Enzo you just proved me how much of a special one she is. I can't wait to have fun with her." I couldn't help but feel nervous and shy at the same time. He is good like so fine, but he seems to be a player at the same time. "She is special but not for any of us, so if you fuckin' touch her, you won't even imagine what I'm going to do to you." Enzo walked closer to him and pointed his finger threatening him. He pushed Ryder very hard then came to me and held my hand, taking me away from Ryder.

We walked in silence for a long time. I expected him to say anything about what just happened but no he didn't. "So...why were you so angry back there?" I asked but he didn't answer or say anything. "Okaaay.....you don't do relationships or you do but they're not serious?" I asked but he also didn't answer. "Was anything he said true or..woaaaaah--listen very carefully, you are not going to do anything with this asshole and you'll stay away from him because he's not good for you." In a second he pushed me to the wall and held my wrists beside my head and said. The way he said it made it pretty clear that he's jealous. "And you are good for me?" I said, and he still looked at me, angry or... jealous. "Huh, tell me Enzo. Are you? So now you're jealous?" I said and tried to free myself from him. "No, I'm not good for you either. No one is cause...." He said and looked at my lips kind of sad. Just now, I noticed that he was so close to me, Our faces were just a few inches apart. "... You're just too perfect." He whispered.

"Enzo...I..." I spoke. "I'm late." His gaze moved from my lips to my eyes again. I slowly removed my hands from his, still looking at his eyes. "We're probably late for this meeting." He moved his hands and put them in his pockets and looked away. "You're right." He said. And walked again, I didn't move for a minute, then I followed him.

After a few minutes of walking around this big place, we finally reached this meeting. He took out an earpiece from his pocket and wore it. "Apri la porta." He said, and I didn't understand anything from what he said again.
Someone opened the door from the other side, and as soon as this door opened, Enzo turned from casual into formal. He crossed his hands on his stomach and made a straight face, then looked at me. "You first, princess." He said and raised his hands, welcoming me. I looked at him surprised because of the change of mood, then looked at where he raised his hand.
I entered and saw a larege table in the middle of a larger room. "Oh my god, seriously Enzo, where am I?" I asked and looked to him, but he wasn't beside me. "What..." I searched for him, and when I saw him, he was at the end of the room standing straight like a bodyguard.
I saw my parents....sitting on the table with the same faces I saw one day ago. I looked at them for a minute, then took a breath and looked down.
"Welcome, my daughter." I saw a man standing giving his back to everyone. He called me daughter, is he my father? I walked to him slowly. "Uhh....Hi?" I said, trying to look at him. From behind, he looked so big and strong, almost...scary. I wanted to really know who he is and how he looks like. I have a feeling that somehow this place belongs to him.

He turned around, and when I saw him, my eyes widened.