Vendetta: Mysteries that surround it

Chapter 13

When Alexa walked down the next morning she saw her uncle boiling in anger while sitting at the dining table and glaring at her.

She had an amused expression on her face. 

Alexa raised her eyebrows a little and started speaking, "What gets my dear uncle boiling early in the morning?" She asked while walking towards him. 

She knew why he was mad but Alexa just enjoyed his frustrated expression.

"What did you tell Bianca about your parents? Why was she asking about your dad ?" He questioned with a red face, trying to keep his calm.

"Oh! She did ask you. That was unexpected." She bent down a little to reach his level and whispered 

"What are you so afraid of? Afraid that she discovers, that maybe the hero of her life might turn out to be a villain in a thousand other lives, or maybe someone accidentally slipped the truth about what happened to her uncle ?" Alexa saw him turn pale, she knew how to push the buttons.

"Y-you wouldn't dare," he said with his lips trembling a little.

"Watch me," she said while straightening her posture.

"We had a deal!" He shouted while standing up," She was supposed to be kept out of all of this!"

"SO WAS I !" Alexa snapped at him," EVEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KEPT OUT OF IT, I was four." her voice cracking a little by the end.

"SHE AND YOU ARE DIFFERENT!"

"HOW?! SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER, THE SON WHO STAYED AND I AM THE DAUGHTER OF YOUR BROTHER, THE SON WHO BETRAYED ?!!"

Their voices were getting louder now, they were echoing in the entire mansion. Servants halted their work to look at the fight.

Maria Angello hearing their voice came running downstairs to stop her husband and niece from fighting.

" Stop it you two!" she said while holding back Federico and pleading with Alexa with her eyes," servants are watching ." She said in a low whisper.

Alexandra shot a glare at her aunt and questioned,

" Why are you interfering now? I thought you had no say in this house? Why don't you ignore these little fights too, just like like you have been ignoring the things happening in this house for the last twenty years?"

Alexa had nothing but disappointment on her face when she walked out of the house.

Maria had tears in her eyes as she saw her husband storm back to his room.

She knew she was helpless then and is helpless now.

She knew she was a coward then and is a coward now.

 And she knew she had her share in destroying a child's life completely and there was no denial and only regret.

Maria wiped the lone tear that had fallen down her eyes and walked back inside.

A month went by and the new collection of designs was prepared. 

Today was the launch of the Angello Fashion Week. 

There was a ruckus at the Angello enterprise. People were running errands throughout the building.

Angello's had business in almost every field out there. 

They had factories, land, and malls. But their Fashion business and hotels were the ones that filled their pockets with real money.

As Alexandra stepped out of her car in front of the venue, she was mobbed by the media.

Her bodyguards tried very hard to keep them away from her, but there were so many that it got difficult.

"Ma'am, are there any new kinds of designs?"

"Were the old designs really leaked by the Belincias?"

"Are your designers sticking to the same concept or made something new ?!"Ma'am!! MA'AM!"

The voices started fading away as she walked into the building. 

The moment she entered, the first person that caught her eye was the man who was wearing sunglasses in a closed venue and a very expensive tuxedo. 

He was talking to the most important people in the room.

Alexa chuckled softly as she saw Christian Belincias attending the fashion show as if absolutely nothing happened a month ago.

My...my... that man had some nerve to come here in front of so much media after the mess he created during the plagiarization scandal. Alexa thought.

She walked up to him and tapped his shoulder,

" May I help you Señorita?" he said while turning around with a smile on his face. His smile dropped to see who it was," Oh! It was you, Ms. Angello, I wasn't expecting you."

"I am pretty amazed Mr.Belincias that you are surprised to see me in my fashion show." She said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

He smiled at her awkwardly and rubbed his hand on his neck," Right! It is your fashion show, Ha...Haa..."

But then he remembered what happened at her place a month ago and his eyes turned sad, really broken.

"I will let you handle your event, Ms. Angello. I was not planning to show you my face, but my grandpa forced me to come." He said diverting his eyes from her intense gaze.

"Christian-" She began talking while extending her hand to hold him, but he backed off. Leaving her hand hanging mid-air.

"Have a great show, Ms. Angello." And he left.

Alexa sighed and shook her head lightly.

She saw her phone buzzing: Maria Angello

Just then Francesca walked up to her and said, " Ma'am it's getting late, you need to prepare for your speech." She said.

" Yeah, I was leaving ." Alexa walked backstage handing over her phone to Francesca.