The Billionaire's Little Secret | RBS 2

CHAPTER 2

NAKANGITING nagpasalamat ako kay Dave nang inalalayan niya akong bumaba ng SUV. Nakarating na din kami sa PR Moretti.

"Thank you, Dave."

Binalik niya din sakin ang kanyang ngiti.

Hawak ko ang aking purse at umakyat sa hagdaan patungo sa entrance ng building. It was a massive infrastructure, I must say. The Moretti is really one of the most powerful and well-known business globally. 

Nang makapasok sa loob ay ramdam ko ang mga titig ng buong paligid. I held my chin up. Tinuruan ako ni Tita Lianilda on how to handle myself in different kinds of situations. She taught me how to be a lady with class.

Kaya nga narito ako ngayon. Para magkaroon ng linaw ang estado namin ni Rafaelle. At para narin sa kanyang nobya. Ayoko magkaroon ng bigat ng kalooban bago man lang ako umalis. I want things to go smooth. Just as how I wanted things to be.

I smiled to everyone who greeted me. Taas noo ko silang hinarap sa kabila ng mga bulong-bulongan. I guess everyone knew about me being their CEO's fiancé. Oh gosh, ang laki pala ng pinasok kong kalokohan kasama ni Realandro.

I went to the lobby's receiving area.

Ngumiti ako at bahagyang yumuko, "Is Rafaelle here?"

Kumurap-kurap ang lalaking nasa harap ko. Napangiti ako nang makita ang bahagyang pagpula ng kanyang mga tenga.

Napansin kong siniko siya ng katabi niyang babae.

"A-ah! Yes ma'am. Give us a minute and I'll call him for y-you." I nod.

Pinagpag ko ang suot kong ankle length yellow long sleeves dress habang naghihintay.

I roamed my eyes around. Some men are looking at me with smiles on their faces while the women, with arched eyebrows. Okay?

"He already left, ma'am. I'm sorry. If you'd like, you can come here tomorrow."

Oh, wala pala siya dito. Dapat pala tinawagan ko muna. I shrugged and smiled at the man. He looked shocked by it.

"Oh, no need. Thank you, by the way." I give him and the woman beside him a smile and exited the building.

My eyes went to the handsome man confidently walking towards the entrance. Biglang bumagal ang buong paligid at parang siya lang nakikita ko. Nanikip bigla ang dibdib ko nang magtama ang paningin namin. I held my breath when I saw his blue eyes. It held a playful glint together with his thick eyebrows.

His hair danced with the wind. Bahagyang napatigil ako sa kinatatayuan ko nang lagpasan niya ako at tuluyan nang pumasok sa building.

Okay? What was that? Ang weird naman ng pakiramdam na iyon.

"Signorina." I pulled out from my reverie when I heard Dave called for me.

He reached out his hand to me. I smiled and took it. Inalalayan niya akong makasakay sa SUV. Nang maisara niya ang pinto ay mabilis na nagtungo siya sa driver's seat.

"Where to, signorina?" His eyes look at the mirror.

"Let's go to Rafaelle's penthouse. I badly need to talk to him."

Tuwid na inayos ko ang pagkakaupo ko nang magsimula nang umandar ang sasakyan. Hindi parin mawala sa isipan ko ang mga matang iyon. It sent me chills.

Mabilis na iniling ko ang ulo ko. Why am I thinking of another man, when I already have one?

Raven. We've been together for three years now. Tago ang relasyon naming dalawa. I tried so hard to keep him in the dark, pero malalaman din pala ni Realandro.

Ngayon namin napagdesisyunan na maging malaya. I mean, you know, like what normal couples do. Go out and date.

Hindi kasi namin nagagawa iyon dahil sa lagi akong nasa mansyon ng mga Moretti o di kaya naman ay sa ancestral house nila sa Italy. Well, of course, I lived with them. Hindi kami malayang dalawa ni Raven. Isa pa, he can't date in public. Isa siyang sikat na actor and nakalagay sa contract niya na bawal siyang magkaroon ng karelasyon dahil makasisira iyon sa image niya at sa kanyang ka-love team.

Raven is very professional to his work. That's why we kept our relationship a secret. But not until now, his manager, who became my best friend, Hannah Wills, told me that Raven wants to date in public. His contract is about to end which means, we can finally be together 'publicly'.

Though I'm fine with being, you know, private, but of course, I want to walk with him, have a date with him, go watch movies with him, have a vacation with him, and many more that we doesn't need to hide away from all the people and his fans.

We're planning to tell everyone our relationship on his press conference in Paris three days from now. And I'm gonna to go there.

My thoughts were distracted by a pair of blue eyes, again. Oh gosh! I should stop this!

"Signorina, we're here."

Agad naman akong pinagbuksan ni Dave ng pintuan. He reached out his hand to me but I smiled and shook my head.

"No need to do that always, Dave." I chuckled at him. He just smiled at me and nodded.

Dumiretcho na ako sa elevator. The staffs knows me already. Alam ng mga employees ng hotel na ito ang bawat taong pinapayagang pumasok ng mga Moretti dito. And of course, the Moretti treated me as one of them. I'm really happy and grateful to that family.

I clutched my purse and pressed the letter M on the buttons. I waited patiently.

When the door opened, I strode out the elevator and saw Levir and George guarding Rafaelle's doors.

I smiled at them and waved my hands. Kilala ko na din sila, matagal na. They are the best of the bests Moretti's men that's why Rafaelle hired them as his most trusted guards and assistant, especially Levir.

"Lady Aria. Good afternoon." bati ni George.

"Signorina," I smiled when Levir acknowledged me.

"Is Rafaelle here? I need to talk to him."

They nodded. Tinawagan muna ni Levir si Rafaelle gamit ng phone. Nang kumpirmahing pwede nang pumasok, agad naman nila akong pinagbuksan.

Dahan-dahan akong pumasok sa loob at nilibot ang tingin sa buong floor. He's really a Moretti. Expensive things and furnitures. It's like telling the visitor who and what kind of man owns this building.

My eyes darted to a woman. Gulat na gulat ang mga mata nitong nakatingin sakin. I genuinely smiled at her. She's really stunning with her yellow summer dress. We have the same dress color.

Now I know why Rafaelle got madly in love with her. She's purely simple yet stunning. She looked like a goddess with her long brown hair cascading her sexy figure.

Napapitlag ako nang bigla niyang nabitawan ang baso na hawak niya at nabasag ito sa sahig.

"Hi." I greeted her.

Lalapit na sana ako sa kanya nang may marinig kaming boses galing sa kusina.

"Is everything okay, cara?" Rafaelle enterd the living room.