VENDETTA: Destructive Love

Chapter I

CHAPTER  I

The mansion was calm, despite all the maids and workers that were running everywhere doing their tasks before anyone of the family woke up.

The smell of coffee and cake were filling the air, and the huge table was being set with cups and silverware, dishes and breakfast meals, fresh bread, jams, butter, cakes, and finally when the coffee has been set at the head of the table, the first awake member of the family walked the stairs down.

It was still dark outside, but he had to wake up early and go to work, because that's what the head of the family would do, and he is the heir of the family, after the death of his grandfather, his father took after, and then, since the death of his father, he is taking care of the family's business, and it has been twelve years already.

His father died a few months before he turned eighteen, so his grandmother decided to put him as the head of the family on his Eighteen birthday.

Dressed in his black Italian suit, adjusting his dark brown necktie, with his signature dark brown Leather  classic shoes, he walked gracefully down the stairs taking them calmly one by one like an out of a magazine cover Calvin Klein model, his hair flipped backwards to show a clean face, a handsome one with wide beautiful jaw and high cheekbones, a light subtle, and gorgeous dark eyes with long dark lashes and thick eyebrows, a masculine beauty with a sun kissed skin.

He walked in steadily to his seat as a servant pushed his chair from the table and helped him sit, and then, started pouring him a freshly brewed coffee.

The smell was heavenly, but he never complemented them or thanked them, he doesn't even acknowledge their existence, let alone look at them or even smile.

Light footsteps were heard from the stairs, and he was just sipping his coffee calmly and continued putting some butter on a piece of fresh bread.

-"Like a young Master out of a classic book, an angelic face and graceful acts, a charismatic personality, as if made from sugar and spice and everything nice, no one would doubt you to be the merciless leader of the most dangerous gang in the country and the heir in charge to accomplish the Vendetta" Said the soft voice.

He didn't have to lift his eyes from his piece of bread that he finished spreading butter on it, and just took a spoon to spread some abricot jam on it.

-" Oh, that's so sweet of you dear cousin to wake up earlier and share breakfast with me, and bid me goodbye" he said in fake happiness.

The other person just laughed simply and approached a seat near him as a maid rushed in to push back the chair.

-"Where is grandmother? she usually wake up before us"

-"I put some extra pills in her drink before she went to sleep, I grew tired of her nagging" he said and the other person laughed softly.

-"Want some?" He asked as he sipped his coffee.

-"You know I don't touch anything coming from dirty money"

-"Sara, it's about time you leave this mansion, you know you can't survive here anymore, we are dirty from head to toes, we were raised like that and you are different" he said seriously.

She tucked a bit of her super long silky hair behind her ear, adjusted her beautiful long dress and leaned on her hand where she looked at him with her azure eyes, her long dark lashes putting on some innocence to her face.

-"I am only staying here for you, your mother made me promise to help you get free from these damn family" she said with a small warm smile.

She is the only source of warmth in this huge cold mansion that he couldn't get away from.

He finished his breakfast and stood up, took his suitcase and walked to the door.

-"Have a nice day" she whispered as he got out of the door.

-"And be careful of the pedophiles" he said with a smirk.

-"Yes I look so young and people mistook me fora teenage, but I am forty, don't forget that" she said and surprised him with a light hug and pushed him away.

-"Now, put on your hard mask and go on with your day" she said seriously and he switched to the serious leader and walked to the car where the driver was waiting with the door open ready for him to get in.

The car left and the huge gated closed behind it, and she sighed and walked inside and the mansion doors closed.

The road was empty, so he reached the company early and went to his office.

He turned on the coffee machine and started making a cup of double espresso, took his iPad and started looking through magazines and news.

And then, he did something he do from time to time...no, always, that it became his daily.

He typed the words without looking, his fingers got used to it, and he started his stalking routine through all the social medias, and never left until he feels satisfied.

He looked through the status added, and the pictures added, the places visited and the feelings mentioned and the people tagged.

And his finger stopped scrolling at a certain photo, her green eyes were of an Aurora borealis beauty, her fair skin with rosy cheeks and bloody lips, and her wavy long hair that reached her waist, and he found himself hating her for making his heart beat in a different rythme.

-"I don't know what to do anymore, you drive me insane, but know that I will break you and make you mine, I will make an end to the damned Vendetta that our families carried for a long time." He said and threw the iPad away and it landed on the leather couch.

He sighed and inserted his fingers in his hair as he went to ruin it, but then, he heard knocking on his office door.

He adjusted his clothes and hair, and put on his cold mask and took his seat at the desk and ordered whoever was behind that door to enter.

He started typing on his computer as the footsteps approached calmly and stopped in front of his desk.

Without looking up, he hummed and waited for the person to talk.

-"Umm, we tried our best, but, our offer got refused" the secretary said.

-"You are fired" He said calmly and heard his retreating footsteps.

Firing was a daily in his work, that's why his companies are classed between the best around the world, because he got fondamentale rules: Efficiency is a must, time is currency, and business isn't a fair game.

He only leave the best candidates to work for the company, others are just a wast of time.

He sighed, called the HRM and asked them to hire a new one, hang off and went on with his work, until he felt a bit tired, he looked at the time and it was already lunch time, so he lifted the phone to order them to bring up his meal, but then, he remembered her instagram  post about a nice restaurant that she is a regular at, so he put down his phone and stood up, took his wallet, phone and went for the elevator.

Once he reached the first floor, they spotted him and went to call the driver but he stopped them, the restaurant was just around the corner.

He walked out of the company and a lot of eyes followed him, it was the first time he walked out, he always use the car, for security measures.

He reached the restaurant and received a great welcome, chooses a table in a strategic position to observe all the space.

He ordered the same plate she mentioned ordering in her instagram with some strange hashtags of #foodlover #lunch #food=happiness #pasta&pizza and so on, and soon after, his pasta and pizza arrived, and he looked at them.

What was she feeling when she was eating these? He wondered.

And as he was about to taste the pasta, the jingles went on indicating the coming of a customer.

He got this tingle at the back of his neck, and lifted his eyes to spot those fierce green eyes and a smiling bloody lips directed to the reception stuff, a smile that he will never receive.

She is here.