Suspicions

Suspicions

~Antonio's POV~

The phone in my pocket vibrated and I put my hands into my pocket to bring my phone out. It was Mateo.

He's calling me and I answered the call.

"Boss, they're walking towards the garden right now, just laughing and gisting and nothing more. But they seem really close" he informed me.

"Keep watching them and keep reporting back to me" I instructed.

"Okay boss" he said and I ended the call.

~Gemma's POV~

Luca and I were walking towards the big garden in the house. We had left the room to have our privacy because I told him I needed some fresh air. Meeting all those people was awkward for me.

The sky was dark already but the lights in the compound made everywhere bright.

We walked side by side holding our wine glasses filled with wine and taking sips as the cool breeze touched our faces and body.

"So how do you feel Gemma? You're being celebrated" Luca asked.

We're alone now, so he can call me Gemma as he likes.

"I don't know, but I think I feel great. I know I'm not supposed to be happy being celebrated for the wrong purpose but I can't help it" I replied, taking a sip from my wine.

"That's nice to know," he said, smiling. "It doesn't matter what you're being celebrated for"

"But Gemma, I still think this is too risky for you" He said. "It's trying to change you from the person you used to be"

"I've gotten used to it already, Luca. I can't go back even if I wanted to. You know how Antonio is, I don't have a choice. Besides I have you here with me, it can't be too risky if you're here with me, right??" I said and he smiled.

"Don't you have a family, other relatives?" He asked.

"I have nobody. I'm all alone. You know of my father, he's the reason why I'm in this mess now. My mom abandoned me when I was still very little. She left me and my father and till now I haven't seen her. I don't think I would be able to recognize her if I saw her now" I replied.

"I'm sorry," he said.

"It's fine. You know what? You've filled up the empty space in my heart. Now, you're my family" I told him

"Family? Hmm…is that how much you love me?" He teased.

"You think I love you??" I teased back. An evil grin was starting to come up on my lips.

"I don't think so, I know you love me," he said.

"You must be joking if you think I…."

"And I love you too" he interrupted me and I suddenly stopped walking. I was about to deny my feelings for him when he said this.

He stopped walking too and turned to face me. We're staring at each other now.

He came closer to me. I knew what he wanted to do, so I brought my lips closer to his, but then he whispered inaudible words in my ear and stepped back immediately from me.

I was confused at his sudden reaction.

"What's wrong?"I asked.

"I don't know, I just have a feeling that someone's here," he replied. He's searching the whole environment carefully with his eyes.
I looked around too, but we saw nobody.

"No one is here. No one would be here by now, everyone's busy having drinks inside" I replied.

"Yeah. Maybe I was just imagining things" he replied.

"But we almost kissed, fuck!! We shouldn't do things like this in the house. Someone might see us" he told me.

"Yeah, you're right," I replied.

"Let's head back inside before people start noticing our absence" Luca said and I nodded. We walked back to the main house and went inside.



Mateo was watching Pink butterfly and Luca prior to Antonio's instruction.

Then he saw them about to kiss, wow!!

He quickly brought out his phone, turned on his camera and took pictures of them. Luckily for them, they didn't kiss but the pictures of them were intimate.

He's finally gotten the evidence Antonio wanted. Part of him didn't want to send the pictures to Antonio because it could put them both in trouble but the other part wanted it.

He's always been jealous of the special care and attention his boss always shows Luca. Maybe this is the right time to prove to his boss that he's better than Luca and that he could trust him more than Luca. And so, he sent the pictures.

~Antonio's POV~

I was having drinks with Margaret when my phone rang. I checked the caller and saw that it was Mateo.

"Hello Mateo"

"Boss, I sent you some pictures," he informed me.

"Good. I'll check them now" I replied.

"Okay boss," he said.

I ended the call.

"Excuse me" I said to Margaret and walked away from her to a secluded place.

I opened the pictures and my mouth went open.

"What????" I stuttered.

The pictures I was staring at made me speechless.

How dare Luca go so close to my wife?

What the fuck was he whispering to her??

It was almost like they kissed.

"Damnit Luca!! You son of a bitch" I screamed, and punched the wall hard.

I knew something was up but I wasn't expecting something like this.

I felt betrayed by Luca and Gemma. Luca's my right hand man, a man I trusted with everything, business, family and all. And he's fully aware that Gemma's my wife.

"How could he do this? Why is he getting so close to my wife??" I asked.

"Damnit!!!" I screamed again, then suddenly calmed myself down when I remembered that I was close to Isabella's room and I might wake her up from sleep if I kept screaming.

I asked Nanny Emilia to spend the night with her and prevent her from coming downstairs to the living room where the party is going on. It's also another way of preventing Nanny Emilia from seeing the crime family and becoming suspicious.

"Antonio, is everything okay?" I heard a voice say, a voice I knew too well and I turned