The Woman Of THREE CROWN PRINCES
LOVE ME OR KILLME Part 70. Meet in Milan
He didn't call me, he didn't send any messages. Just asked me to go with him through Howard.
He had landed in Milan two hours ahead of me according to Howard and I was looking forward to meeting him now, wondering why he had this trip with me. Best friend's wedding? I didn't think he would take me to his circle of friends.
What does this mean to him? A friend is a close circle, sometimes closer than a family relationship, what he expects by taking me to his close circle. I think about this too much. It feels so thrilling when you're trusted like this but also too scared to be sure of something you don't know. Can I hope for him? Or it's just a payment for the help it provides. I don't know the answer to this question or I have to ask him why he set me up in Sicily for days.
“Howard, doesn't Nathan have anyone he meets? Don't be afraid to tell the truth I just want the truth, actually I'm guessing what it means to take me in this circle of friends, sometimes I'm too afraid I suppose.”
“As far as my knowledge is not. She's a very picky lady in hanging out, she'd rather spend time with her job than hang out with an obscure girl she doesn't know. He never responded to the girl who suddenly tried to get acquainted with him.”
That's right, so until now he hasn't got a replacement for Amanda. Then me? Did he just maybe just want her not to be alone at the wedding? Now I'm looking for the reason in my mind. Even though I know I can only guess, without knowing the truth.
I saw him sitting on a lounge sofa with a headset attached and closed his eyes. My heart was pounding, his casual appearance with a dark jacket and a slightly long sideburn, that somewhat messy hair made anyone turn to him, and made him like a bad person . It was like he was trying to sleep, my heart was pounding staring at him, it felt like I hadn't seen him for a long time. I didn't know seeing him again made me feel this kind of erratic pounding.
"Hi, ..." I sat down and put my hand on his arm, next to him on the lounge's comfortable sofa and saw him open his eyes. Her small smile was created and her eyes were looking at me warmly. My body gets a warm look like that.
"Finally you arrived..." Her familiar embrace on my waist gave me goosebumps all over my body, she pulled me leaning against her body without hesitation. "You look tired Kate..." I actually don't know how I should behave in front of him. But this warm attitude made me wonder what he had in mind.
"The journey is long." I comfortably leaned on him. But he accepted it without protest, was he this warm to every woman he vacationed with. Although Howard said only women he trusted could touch him. “You made me sit for hours on the plane without any notice. I need to finish my job as soon as possible for the sabbatical.”
"Didn't you already have a new assistant.” He offended the assistant sent to watch over me.
“She's useless, why did you mention her.” He laughed and looked at me beside him. Her warm gaze made me drunk and blushing, feeling like I wanted to hide my heated face around her neck and hug her like it was just the two of us now.
“I promise the length of this trip will pay off later. You're gonna love it..." His eyes and lips smiled at me, while his hands tidied my hair like we were lovers who were longing for each other after a long time without seeing each other.
"We're going to the beach in Sicily?" I've imagined the beautiful beaches of Sicily, the blue sea of the Mediterranean, the warm weather and the wonderful Italian cuisine.
"No we're not going to the beach, we're going to the vineyard and winery near the Etna mountains. You're gonna love, big olives and grapes, vegetables and berries and wine and olive oil processing..." I'm surprised? That's a picture of my future retirement.
"Really, we go to winery isn't this your best friend's wedding? They're married in a winery or your best friend has a winery in Italy?"
"Yes he's got, but we're staying at his wife's hotel, he's got a beautiful hotel and a restaurant with a view of Catania's famous vineyard."
"That sounds so wonderful..." Now I'm looking forward to getting to that amazing place.
"It's beautiful I guarantee you'll love it." I smiled at him.
"thank you. You did all this for me, took me on a vacation like this..." I don't know what to say to her, just say thank you to her.
"No need to thank me." Maybe pretending to be her boyfriend is okay. It's our vacation, even though he didn't say anything, there was no commitment, but he did everything for me. It's worth more than just the fake words and promises Tyson made, but he never even made any promises to me, just considered a friend and then forgotten, there is no point in ruining this happiness by remembering your friend. If Nathan wants me to act as his girlfriend, whether it's just pretending to give him face in front of his friends, I don't think I'd mind.
"Come here..." I slipped into her arms as she opened her arms letting myself close my eyes to smell her body. It's very comfortable. Even though I can only enjoy this for a while I think that's enough.
"Nathan, why are you so nice to me? I was sent as a spy you didn't realize that." I spoke while leaning on him.
"You helped me a lot too." He's stroking my hair.
"Thank you Nathan..."
"What am I supposed to be in front of your best friend?"
"Be my lover." I knew she wanted me to be her lover now. I don't mind, friends pretending to be lovers isn't bad. He did a lot for me, even considering I liked the estate and took me on vacation here.
"You know, you better find someone to attend this. They're your best friends don't you think pretending in front of your best friend is bad." He smiled as I looked at him.
"They won't know if you don't tell them. You can't do that..." He asked with a smile he had hidden.
"I will do it willingly..." She smiled at the end, making me fascinated with her sweet smile... I'll lose this warm smile later. What like Tyson I'll fall in love with his warm smile.
I'm afraid this one is harder to forget.
"I'm not that cruel, but I like it when you agree." And I got a little kiss on my forehead. Isn't this too sweet. What does it mean he's not that cruel. This isn't cruel. Why should he behave this sweet. Now I close my eyes and let this dream last even longer.
"How does everything work?" He doesn't take care of Garcia Int anymore, Louis has already taken over the CEO, he's rising to be one of the commissioners now.
"Hmm well, everything is good later..."
"Good if so. Yesterday they started to riot, you know. Sean's been taking care of everything in secret."
"I saw it all on television, starting with the New York Times, it was huge, almost like an ad everywhere yesterday. It even came up with a headline on the Times Square screen." Only one week behind the election, semassive news will destroy a person's character by a landslide.
"If you want to go back for a minute and say hello to your Tyson, that's fine. Let's just say you're reporting to Garcia's headquarters in New York. This Thursday's election, we'll be back Thursday, on paper they won't be able to win it with that semassive attack. Plus the fact that his son even went to school on the outskirts of Harlem and even his mother still had to work in the same bar. No one can be saved by his perfect image."
"It's okay if he finds out I leaked, ..."
"Actually if he knows it's too late, you just want to see the face of his defeat. Don't look for trouble. Come sympathize a little, it'll be nice to stop by your office for a while. With the specs you mentioned he only used his father's name to rise so quickly, after his father lost and had no chance to return because of the scandal that had become public consumption, he said, then it was the same that he would only be the head of the unit for the rest of his life. Indulge yourself by witnessing the results of your revenge."
"Ehmn.it." I laughed in the shadow watching Tyson's grim countenance at his father's immediate defeat. And maybe if he knew it was because of me, he'd be willing to kill me. But it's his own fault for being ignorant of our friendship after all these years, what you sow you'll reap as soon as possible.
"Well, I'll stop by NY for a second, it'll be nice to think."
"And you will enjoy this holiday..."
"I've always loved big farms. It was a childhood dream that seemed like it was about to materialize. I dreamt I'd have a big farm someday buy a wineyard in Napa or in the Bay Area of San Francisco. I'm collecting my pension..." He smiled at my dream.
"In the next two hours we'll get to Catania. You'll see how beautiful that place is. It will fit your shadow. It's a shame we don't have long transit times in Milan, if we have time we'll be in town for a while."
"You go there often?"
"Guilio was my college friend. With Hisao, Hisao two months ago just got married, I went to Tokyo because of that. Now it's Guilio's turn, I hear they'll soon be born too, Guilio can't wait to be a father.."
"Truely, they seem very happy. Hopefully after this you find someone too." He smiled and looked at me who was in his arms.
"Thank you for your prayers..." I wish the best for my friend.
This is going to end anyway. This holiday is considered a beautiful holiday. Don't fall in love with Nathan.
You have no future. Enough of what happened in Catania to stay in Catania later. No matter how beautiful it is, no matter how romantic he treats you.