Lost in Italy

Chapter 6

Hi guys ok so here we are back where we left them enjoy.

Peyton just stared at him. The world gone mad she thought. She just hoped that she had the strength to deal with Paolo Caspari. Goodness even his name sounded arrogant.

“Paolo” Antonio’s voice broke her out her thoughts. Wait she didn’t introduce them so he knew him? She started to break out in a sweat. Paolo was bad news and for some reason she didn’t want Antonio talking to him. For some reason she didn’t want him to think bad about her. When she gets home she will analyse the reason behind the thought.

Paolo gave Antonio his smirk “Tony when they said you were doing business in the states I didn’t think I would find you in my woman’s office” Somehow she found her voice after that Ludacris statement. “Not only are you a chauvinistic pig but you seem to have hit your head really hard if you think that I’m going to marry you. So stop playing around and tell us why you’re really here?” She was not going to let this spoilt brat intimidate her.

She missed the small smile that was on Antonio’s face. He was proud that she could handle herself around big fish. He had put the puzzle pieces together as Paolo being the man her father had intended to marry. Never in his life was he so happy that she left them and ran that night.

Paolo Caspari is a man who takes pleasure of having something nobody has ever had. So all his expensive painting hanging in his house are one of a kind, the cars her drives there are only a few made. The woman infront of him intrigues him. She is beautiful and he is almost certain that nobody has touched her. She isn’t like the others beautiful on the outside but empty inside. She has a mind of her own and is strong. Good enough to stand by his side.

“My dear Peyton I know we had a misunderstanding when we first met but I am willing to forgive your indisgression. That is if you ask nicely” He knew she didn’t want him hell that was the problem but he wouldn’t be an Italian man if he walked away because she said no. He had another plan up his sleeve; she would have no choice but to become his wife.

Peyton was seething at this point if she had a gun she would empty all the bullets into this man who thought he was God’s gift to woman. She slowly walked up to him she was five feet away and standing right infront of him and next to Antonio who had been silent apart from greeting Paolo.

“I’m going to say this once and not repeat myself. I will not marry you. Whatever delusions you have you better stop right now. I would rather sell my soul to the devil before I accept you proposal. Now if you don’t mind. GET. OUT.” Paolo smiled yes this was the woman he wanted in his bed for a while atleast. She would be very entertaining.

“We shall see my love” He walked out but the smile he gave her left her worried. Somehow she knew it was over. Her problems were beginning and it seemed as if no one was in her corner.

“Arg. Who does he think he is walking in here like he owns the place” She asked no one in particular. When she turned to face Antonio he was smiling at her. That smile seemed to cause her to forget he worries. “What?” he walked towards her “you are very strong Cara, most woman would fall at his feet” she couldn’t look away from him “Im not most woman Antonio” he cupped her cheek “no mi amore you are not”. He was leaning in she wanted this kiss to happen she felt her heart beat pick up pace. He was so close that their breaths were one.

“Peyton” her brother’s voice broke the spell she was in. Antonio pulled back; she thought she saw disappointment flash through his eyes. She turned to face her brother. “Sorry I just saw Paolo leave thought you might need me…” he let the sentence hang. He was looking between her and Antonio.

“Cara I must leave” She turned to face him she didn’t want him to go she wanted him to kiss her. But he probably has a lot to do she has been with him for hours. “I understand. Thank you for lunch” He kissed her hand and kissed her knuckles “It was my pleasure, Mr Frost” With that he walked out. She watched him until she could no longer see him.

“Really Peyton?”

“What?” Alec watched as Peyton began to clean out her office. “It looks like you had an intimate lunch with him” She didn’t say anything because that is what it felt like to her. “Nothing is as it always seems” She smiled “look it was nothing ok. I needed his input on what we are going through seeing that no one can explain how the hell our information is being sold” She felt all the worries that had evaporated during her time with Antonio all return.

 “Oh God Alec, how are we going to fix this?”  She dropped on her couch with her hands over her face. “I don’t see how things can worse sis. They can only get better from this point on” She let out a massive sigh “Your right. What else could go wrong?”

Antonio was like a bear with a thorn in his paw. He was absolutely livid that, that criminal thought that he would get Peyton she was his. “Amy!” He needed to find out what Paolo really wanted. Any thing he did it was for himself so the question was what would marrying Peyton get him. “You called me “

“Call my brother-in-law and tell him I need him here by the end of the week”. Paolo Caspari was a problem. He was a criminal and a good one at it. He was a lawyer but also ran a company on the side. People would assume that his business was illegal but it wasn’t. Paolo was the most corrupt criminal lawyer.

The murders and thieves that people are so afraid of?  Yeah those are the people who fill Paolo’s pockets and it made Antonio sick. He couldn’t do anything about it now anyway. He had to wait until his brother-in-law got here. Until then he would have to keep an eye on Peyton.

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“Gwen you can take off. Im going to leave in about twenty minutes or so” Watching her assistant leave, she was happy for the peace and quiet. After the day she’s had all she wanted to do was go home and soak in her tub. As she watched her father walked in “today is not my day” she mumbled under her breathe. He was angry that much she could see as he stomped his way to her office.

“Peyton” What was it with people with saying someone’s name as a greeting. “Dad, Im on my way out. What can I do for you?” She watched as he perched himself in her chair, rolling her eyes, it’s obvious that he was still upset that she got most of the shares. “I heard Paolo was here earlier, apparently he walked in on you and the Augello fellow” he finally turned to look at her “it looked very cosy in here by the sound of it” releasing a breath she did not want to deal with him right now “I needed his help and perspective on things”

He stood up and walked over to her “You know your mother talked me out of contesting the will. I can’t say that Im surprised that you did this. I mean I was surprised at what you have accomplished over the past ten months. But you know what they say about what goes up, and you my dear are coming down hard and fast. But I have a safety net for you” She narrowed her eyes at him, what was he up to.

“What are you talking about?” She knew very well what this man was capable of, and underneath the tough exterior that she always had around her was a girl terrified of the man that was supposed to protect her from the world. The only problem was that the love he may or may not have for her was overpowered by his hunger for power and he would take it any way he could get it.

“What Im talking about is me calling Paolo for your childish behaviour and telling him that you changed your mind, that I talked to you” She was frozen from the betrayal, does he want the company so badly that he would ship his only daughter to someone who could easily be mistaken as the devil

She asked the only question that seemed acceptable at this moment

“Why?”

Carl walked over to her took her hands in his as he spoke with hollow eyes he stared at her “You stole something from me Snow and I want it back” With that he stood and walked away. With his hand on his knob he turned “Paolo will be here on Monday to talk about the wedding arrangements.” He walked out. “Make daddy proud” He laughed all the way until he got in the elevator.

A/N so there we have it. Her father is a cruel man isn’t he? Let me know what you think VOTE COMMENT

Pashi