A sudden child crossed in front of the car, luckily the driver immediately hit the brakes, Lucas’s reflexes to protect Victoria in the sudden incident. When he saw that no one was hit, Lucas was about to move away, but his heart beat rapidly when he saw Victoria’s beautiful face up close. He swallowed hard after seeing her beautiful eyes, he looked at Victoria’s lips and felt tempted to kiss her.
Just as the two were about to kiss, the driver suddenly shouted, “Hey, pay attention to the road if there’s a vehicle passing by, don’t sneak in and out, what if you get hit? Huh!?” He scolded the child who crossed before continuing to drive, “Are you okay, sir?” he said but stopped when he saw the situation of the two in the back through the mirror, he smiled, “just continue, I didn’t see anything,” he added before driving off.
The atmosphere between the two became awkward, Lucas didn’t know what to do, he took out his cellphone as if someone was calling but the screen faced Victoria, revealing its wallpaper with no one on the line, his cool image seemed shattered.
Victoria blushed, embarrassed, her cheeks warm and her heart beating fast, ‘my husband is handsome,’ she thought, biting her lip as she remembered their delightful night at the hotel.
After a few minutes, they arrived at Lucas’s grandfather’s villa.
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On the other hand, in the Casella villa, a very chaotic scene can be seen, with people frantically trying to take down the headline and stop the spammers from commenting, which has caused Bella’s scandal to become a hot topic.
“What foolishness did you do last night, Bella!” Benjo shouted in an irritated voice, Bella’s father, after trying everything to put out the fire but to no avail.
“What’s wrong, Benjo, it’s not the time to scold your daughter!” Perla retorted, Bella’s mother.
“Dad, I don’t know what happened last night, all I know is that I was with three people last night to pay them for the job I asked them to do because they said they had a video and photo of Victoria, then I don’t know when I was drugged,” Bella said, confused, unable to explain.
“What job did you ask them to do?! Why did they target you!” Benjo burst out in anger.
Bella was at a loss, not knowing how to explain, “I ordered them to assault that wretched Victoria, then take a video and photo of her,” she said sheepishly.
“You’re so foolish, we’ve told you many times not to trust just anyone, especially people you barely know!” Benjo said angrily, pointing at Bella.
“What’s wrong! Stop it, Benjo” Perla interjected after seeing Benjo’s anger.
“Dad, I never thought they would turn against me and use what I asked them to do against me!” Bella explained.
“You said they had a video and photo of Victoria? Where is it so we can cover up what happened to you?” Benjo said after remembering Bella mentioning it.
Bella bowed her head, “They fooled me, Dad. They have no video or photos of Victoria, but I later found out, they used drugs on me,” Bella said with embarrassment.
Slap!
Benjo slapped Bella hard, unable to contain his anger at his daughter’s foolishness. “You brainless child! You are tarnishing the Casella reputation!” he angrily exclaimed, glaring and pointing at Bella, trembling.
Held in her swollen cheek, Bella could not speak, her eyes flushing with anger, feeling only anger towards Victoria. She thought that it was Victoria’s fault, that Victoria should be the one with the nude photos and embarrassing video spreading around the internet, not her.
“Mom! This is Victoria’s fault!” Bella snapped.
“Victoria, this female dog is not even in the house and yet she still manages to cause trouble!” Perla’s eyes glared angrily.
“It’s always Victoria! Blaming others for your own foolishness!” Benjo said after seeing his wife and daughter still looking for someone else to blame.
“Exactly! Find that female dog, make her confess that she drugged her own innocent sibling out of jealousy!” Perla suggested, seeming to have found a way to save her child from embarrassment.
“Let her pay and be blamed by the public!” Bella angrily declared, her eyes reddening.
“Will that work?” Benjo asked.
Perla grinned, “Just show her the whip, I doubt she won’t obey,” she said before displaying a wicked smile.
“Mom, let’s go to her husband’s house,” Bella hurriedly said.
Perla nodded before instructing, “Prepare the car, we’re going to the countryside where Victoria lives!”
Perla and Victoria left and headed to a farm where Victoria resided. Upon arriving at the location and seeing the vast grass outside, Perla grinned, “This place still hasn’t changed,” before instructing the driver to drive the car down a path surrounded by tall grass.
The car drove inside, and Bella was getting bored as they’ve been on the grassy road for fifteen minutes. “Mom, you didn’t mention how deep the place where Victoria lives is,” she complained to Perla.
“Just be quiet for about ten more minutes before we arrive,” Perla replied.
“So long!” Bella said irritably and took out her phone to stay silent, but quickly hid her cellphone upon realizing they were talking about her in their circle, which only made her more annoyed and angry.
After a few more minutes, they noticed the surroundings had changed, and they thought they might be seeing things. The mother and daughter rubbed their eyes and noticed the beautiful scenery they were passing through, a far cry from the tall grass they had seen on the initial road. At this moment, they reached a large space filled with various plants and a huge villa in front of them.
Bella and Perla got out of the car, startled by the unreal scene in front of them. “Mom, did we come to the right place?” Bella asked, thinking they might have gone to the wrong location, because according to her mother, the person Victoria married is poor and they live in an old, dilapidated hut with the old man, his grandfather.
“Who knows?” Perla said with suspicion, approaching a gardener and arrogantly asking, “Excuse me, is Mr. Piluca here?” She asked, appearing disgusted when she saw the gardener’s dirty appearance.
“Huh? Who is Mr. Piluca?” the gardener asked.
“Mom, did we end up in the wrong place?” Bella whispered to Perla after hearing that the gardener didn’t know who her mother mentioned.
Perla shook her head at Bella before responding to the gardener, “The old man with a single grandson is Mr. Piluca,” she said.
“Miss, there is no Mr. Piluca here, but there is an old man with a single grandson living here, and the man is already married to a beautiful and elegant lady,” the gardener explained, thinking that the woman, standing in front of him, wanted her daughter to marry the villa owner’s grandson when he caught sight of Bella.
“Mom, the gardener said the man is married to a beautiful and elegant woman. It’s unlikely that Victoria is that woman; Victoria looks like a beggar, not an elegant lady,” Bella said, suspecting that Victoria was the woman the gardener was referring to.
“Make sense,” Perla thought, “What is the last name of the person living here?” Perla asked.
“De Luca,” the gardener replied.
Perla facepalmed as she realized she was looking for Mr. De Luca, not Mr. Piluca. “Sorry, it’s Mr. De Luca that we are looking for,” she said, showing an awkward smile.
Upon hearing that they were looking for De Luca, Bella had a bad feeling. ‘Could it be that Victoria is the elegant woman the gardener referred to?’ she thought but dismissed the idea, considering that the gardener might be confused.
“Whose Mr. De Luca? The old man or the young one?” The gardener asked.
“The old man,” Perla replied.
“He’s inside,” the gardener answered.
“The young man?” Bella asked, hoping to see who the young man living in such a grand villa was.
Perla looked at Bella. “Why are you still asking? Most likely, the young man isn’t here. The gardener wouldn’t ask which of the two we are looking for if they were both inside-” Perla said, but she was interrupted when the gardener answered, “He’s also inside.”
Perla gave the gardener a strange look. “Both are inside, why are you still asking who?” she said, sounding impatient.
The gardener just smiled and didn’t answer. When Perla saw this, she felt the urge to pull the hair of the gardener, but she restrained herself and walked to the villa’s door, pressing the doorbell.
In just a few seconds, the door opened, and Bella saw a handsome man standing there, who had opened the door. She paused, mesmerized by the man’s handsome appearance, unable to speak.