Chapter 7 Get Rid Of Him
Lucas POV
“Why were you lying Miss Moretti?”
“You were celebrating last night, before the accident. Did you plan it?”
“Did you kill her so no one would drag your brother with you? I heard you don't like other women close to him.. How true is this?
“ There were rumors about your deep hatred for her.. Is that why you killed her?
The reporters fired different questions at her and the hall became noisy and rowdy.
The security personnels couldn't get them under control as they were desperately surging forward to get good angles for their shots.
“Mr Moretti has to leave now as he isn't feeling well after his wife's death” Brian said while leading me down from the podium with Sasha following behind.
“Miss Moretti”
“What do you have to say in your defense?”
“Why did you hate her?”
I had to walk back to help Sasha get past the reporters while Brian and the other bodyguards restrained them.
The Ricci family seemed too stunned to respond or they didn't expect me to leave them in the middle of the press conference.
“The Moretti family had nothing to do with my daughter's death, her husband loved and respected her but she single-handedly threw all of it away” Mr Ricci said with an angry voice that made the hall to fall into a deep silence.
I looked back and stared at him for a while before walking out of the hall with Sasha.
The Old man never ceases to amaze me, he will do anything for a little benefit.
As soon as we got into the car, I glared at Sasha, who already had her head lowered.
“What's wrong with you? Do you know the mess you have created?” I asked her angrily and she didn't look up.
“You know how our enemies always find every opportunity to take us down, haven't you learnt anything all these years? Why do you always create unnecessary mess for me to clean up?!” I yelled at her angrily but immediately calmed down when I saw the drops of tears on her hands.
“I'm sorry brother” she whispered amidst sobs and handed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
She is the only family I have left and the only one I truly care about, so seeing her in tears makes my heart to tighten painfully.
“Boss, things are not looking very good online, what should we do?” Brian asked me from the front seat.
I brought out my phone and checked the situation online, after a few minutes of scrolling, I saw that it was worse than Brian had made it sound.
Our family was being dragged and tied to Bella's death and some people were already posting hashtags to boycott Moretti industries.
This is definitely going to affect the company stocks and I felt a slight headache.
“Call our people to take it down” I instructed but Brian just shook his head at me and sighed.
“I have called and after several tries, they couldn't take it down. Whoever is responsible for leaking the video definitely has a strong hacker behind him or her” he reported and I frowned.
I tried to think of our enemies and rivals that might have such a good hacker but there were none, which made the whole situation even more weird.
“Did you offend anyone new recently?” I asked Sasha as that might be the only reasonable explanation for what's happening.
“No brother, you know we have been busy with the plans to get rid of that bitch, so I didn't go out at all” she replied angrily.
“She does not want to leave us alone, even in death she is still tormenting the living” she said through gritted teeth, the hatred was raw and undisguised.
I know she has always hated Bella but I never really understood why.
“Boss!” Brian suddenly yelled while staring at his tab.
“The company stocks are dropping fast” he reported before I could reply.
“What did Mr Ricci do? Wasn't he trying to explain to the reporters before we left?” Sasha asked with a frown.
“That old man will never implicate himself, what he did back there was just eye service, once he is out of our view, he immediately separates himself from anything” Brian replied her and brought out his tab to show us what was happening after we left the conference hall.
“Mr Ricci, why are you defending them?”
“You just saw the video of Miss Moretti celebrating your daughter's downfall but instead of being upset, you are defending the Moretti family”
“Did you get any benefit from your daughter's death?”
Once a reporter asked this, the other reports immediately followed with similar questions.
“Mrs Ricci doesn't look like a mother that just lost her daughter… She is dressed so extravagantly while others are on black”
“Did you have an agreement with the Moretti family to get rid of her?”
The questions were quite overwhelming and the reporters were desperate to get a good attention grabbing scoop for their headlines.
“I am not defending anybody, I just wanted everyone to know that whatever happened between the Ricci and Moretti families in the past three years has been pleasant, despite the different issues that arose.
With regards to the displayed video, I will leave everything to the police and they should conduct a thorough investigation before arresting anyone” Mr Ricci replied with a calm expression.
“Mrs Ricci, why didn't you put on black clothes like everyone else? Don't you want to honor your late daughter?”. A female reporter asked madam Ricci but she didn't reply.
“No comment” she said after a few minutes.
Mr Ricci gestured to his bodyguards to clear a path for him and his family to leave.
“Mr Ricci, I have a piece of evidence here that proves that you deceived your late daughter into a three year marriage contract with Mr Lucas Moretti and you got a lot of projects and contracts in return.
How true is this sir? And did you people arrange her death to silence her?” One of the reporters suddenly asked and the hall was thrown into a frenzy.
I frowned when I saw the reporter's confident stand and the file in his hand.
If he really has the contract then things might take a turn for the worse and I couldn't allow that to happen.
“Get rid of him!” I ordered Brian.
“Boss, he is on a live broadcast, killing him will only show our guilt” He quickly explained and I sighed in frustration.
“Find a way to get that file from him. You must get the file no matter what!” I instructed and he immediately got down and hurried back to the venue.