Snowfall

8 - The Beginning of the End

Photo above is Castle Linderhof in Ettal, Germany. What I viewed as Lucca's mansion in France.

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It's been a while since she took the plane. Her last flight were years ago when her family went to Paris for a tour. A birthday gift from her father.

Now here she is sitting with Lucca as his private jet fly across Europe. They are bound to land in Paris, France where he is residing. He decided that if she will continue with her plan of taking back her family business, she has to change.

The idea is to immerse her into his world for her to know firsthand what it feels like to be in this industry. Due to the fact that they have almost the same clique in the business as both own hotels, knowing the right people will give her the leverage against Svetlana.

Snežana stared out the window seeing only clouds and the land below when Lucca spoke.

'Once we get there, we need to find a new name for you. Even though your father has shielded you from the paparazzi, they might still recognize you as the daughter of Pietro Orlov. If that happens, we won't be able to proceed with our plan.'

'I know. I have the perfect name to go by. And I'd like to change my hair color too.'

Lucca frowns. He doesn't like her idea of changing her hair color. She is perfect with her black hair. But he knows it has everything to do with her retribution. Snežana saw his expression and raised a brow. He just shrugged.

'Are you sure? You look perfect with your hair.' He said coolly underneath a tone of disapproval.

Snežana blushed. The way he said it seems like he love her mane.

Shaking the thought out her head she replied, 'Very. As you said, I might be recognized. And this is the only way for them not to know who I really am.'

'If you are sure about it then okay. How about your name?'

'Ivana Ravalli. Ivana is my middle name and Ravalli was my mother's maiden name.'

'Beautiful.'

'Uhm, thank you.'

'Once we arrive, I'll introduce you to my butler as well as your tutors.'

'Tutors? Seriously? Last person who taught me ended up as my stepmother's lover. Besides, I don't think I need one now.'

'Don't worry, they are all women.'

'Were any of them your woman?'

Lucca cocked a brow and smirked at Snežana. Upon seeing it, she recognized the look and blushed hard.

'Oh no, don't ever think of that. I am not jealous. I just don't want to have any arguments with your women and of course I don't want them to know who I really am and... oh dear, forget it!' she stammered nervously.

Lucca laughed but stopped when he saw Snežana glaring at him. The girl literally wants to cut his head off his shoulders. As soon as the laughter subsided, he grinned at her.

'Don't worry sweetheart, you're going to love them. They are the people who taught me all about this business. It will be a great advantage to learn from them.'

'Do I need to re-learn all those stuffs? I've had enough of it at home before. I don't need another lesson about marketing, or politics or any business related stuffs. What I need is to do is experience it personally. Besides I'm supposed to be graduating next month.'

Lucca wasn't surprised to learn that. She is basically knowledgeable with the academic part. Now all she has to learn is to deal with the real businessmen.