Book 2: What Happens Here - Chicago (What Happens Here Series)

Chapter 15 - Valentina

After a long hot, and relaxing shower, Valentina stood by the window sipping on a mimosa. She'd just finished her breakfast of eggs and prosciutto, and after the wild night and early morning that she'd spent with Luke the Bartender, Valentina had worked up quite an appetite. A slow smile spread across her face as she replayed the morning's events in her mind, and she laughed to herself as she thought about the thrill that she'd gotten after completely destroying that so called "relationship" that Ethan had flaunted in her face all damn weekend. The look that Jasmine Ellis had on her face as she'd walked away, devastated and utterly heartbroken had Valentina bursting into laughter.

Jasmine Ellis was pathetic, and there was no way in hell that Valentina was going to allow that Buchiach to just flounce her way into Ethan's life and take him from her, especially not after the four years that she'd invested in him. Valentina had expended a great deal of time and energy into helping Ethan to see how good they could be together, and even though he'd continued to fight what they both knew he felt for her, over these past few years, she'd made sure to remove all of the "obstacles" that tried to interfere with her plans.

Obstacles.... like Jasmine Ellis.

An hour and a half later, Valentina was boarding a private flight to Paris, where she would be spending the next week shopping, when she wasn't in meetings with their Moretti Wine distributors. While her brother Giorgio was the VP of Sales and Distribution, Valentina was the Senior VP of Marketing and International Relations. Valentina was responsible for the branding of Moretti Wines as well as building relationships with their international partners and local subsidiaries.

The flight would be a long one, and as Valentina relaxed in her leather seat, she pulled out her cell and sent a text message to Roger Martin, the private investigator that she'd hired to watch Ethan. In her message, she informed him that she wanted his reports to include the movements of both Ethan and Jasmine Ellis going forward. She did this because she wanted to make sure that Jasmine was completely out of the picture. Although Jasmine had appeared to be devastated when she'd left Ethan's suite after Valentina had led her to believe that Ethan had sex with her right before Jasmine had arrived, she didn't want to take any chances that the Cagna would continue being as weak and desperate as she'd been so far, instead of growing a damn spine and walking away from Ethan. After all, as far as Jasmine was concerned, he'd left her suite that morning, only to fuck another woman an hour later. Any other woman in Jasmine's shoes would wash their hands of a cheating ass man like that, but she had a feeling that little Miss Jasmine Ellis wouldn't walk away so easily. Maledetta patetica stronza! Therefore, with that being the case, she needed Roger to keep her updated on Jasmine's comings and goings.

After sending the message with her instructions to Roger, Valentina turned off her phone and smiled to herself as she settled into her seat for the long flight to Paris.