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Chapter Thirty Five
Giovanni was fuming in anger; he had gotten a call from the principal of the school Bianca attended and he was informed that he would no longer be controlling the affairs of the school. When he inquired into the reasons, he was pissed to discover that Amore had used his influence to overrule his contract. Could it be Bianca behind it? Giovanni thought to himself. Clearly, Amore was not the type to take school seriously and so would definitely not be interested in making school an investment.
“Greetings” the speaker said after Giovanni had picked up.
“Who is this?” He enquired looking at the call tag which indicated unknown
“Boss wishes to meet with you at the school immediately”
“Which boss are you talking about?” Giovanni asked, even though he knew it was Amore.
“The leader of the family’s business of course” What an arrogant fellow Giovanni thought to himself.
“I will be with him soon” The speaker hung up afterwards. Giovanni had intended to confront Amore about the situation and knowing that he had called, he grabbed his keys and headed out of the house.
Bianca had resumed school after what seemed like two years of staying away. As obvious as it would get, he had been met with lots of eyes, some wanting to get an autograph. She never believed that some people still liked her. Entering the school building, she was the center of attention as gossips and murmuring flew round the hall. One peculiar trait that Bianca had learned is the art of ignoring people regardless of how negative their talks could get. Her bodyguard of course was beside her and nobody dared mess up with her.
As she was about entering class, her bodyguard stopped her, handing her the device they used in communicating
“Sorry to interrupt your class, I need you to come over to the administrative building” Bianca sighed; she was genuinely grateful to Amore for allowing her resume school but it sounded like she would not attend classes.
While on her way to the administrative building, she came across the one person she least expected to see. Giovanni.
Giovanni had given Micheal a day off and so drove himself to the school premises. Upon parking his car by the parking lot, he stepped out of his car and the first person his eye landed upon was Bianca.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
She had grown quite tall and looked as beautiful as ever. Giovanni thought of approaching her and making some enquiries considering the fact Imade wasn’t here with him.
Bianca wanted to walk away from him when his deep voice, the voice she had missed so much, spoke up to her.
“Are you going to pretend that you did not see me?” Bianca turned around and looked at him without an expression written on her face. She knew if she broke out of her act, she would go all emotional and Amore might do something drastic to her.
“Well good afternoon to you Giovanni” He was thrown aback by the reply from Bianca. How did she get so bold to even mention his full name? Giovanni wasn’t surprised though, she was the same Bianca that slapped him in the midst of his family.
“We need to talk,” He stated.
“Miss Bianca would not speak with anybody at the moment as the boss is waiting for her by the administrative building” Bianca wanted to speak but Antonia happened to have beat her to it.
“And you think Amore’s call would stop me from speaking with her?” Giovanni asked the bodyguard who was rather rude to him. He wasn’t surprised though, Amore hired people with the same type of blood like he had.
“It’s okay Antonia, just step aside and give me five minutes and if Amore calls, tell me I was stuck up with my friends” Bianca instructed her before she turned her gaze to Giovanni.
“Yes? Am all ears” Giovanni waited for Antonia to leave before he said anything.
“Look Bianca, I know you well enough and I understand that this is all a script that you are acting. But it is hurting me babe, I mean look at what it has caused me, I miss you, I miss us” Bianca resisted the urge of breaking out of character as her emotions overwhelmed her. She wasn’t surprised that Giovanni had been able to see through her, she was just emotional because he was speaking the truth. She truly misses Giovanni so much that it hurts.
“We can make a run for it Bianca, you and I for good. I am willing to leave all this work and my money to spend time with you and my son Alonso” Giovanni held her hand and stared at her.
“Giovanni, I…” She was about to break out of character when she saw Amore coming out of the administrative building. Shit! She needed to act fast before he saw them together. She slapped Giovanni for the second time so hard that her hand itches her from the effect of the slap.
“What was that for?” Giovanni. asked soothing his cheek
“I hate you, I hate everything about you. I saw the stunts you pulled on television, announcing to everyone that I was your baby mama? And now, here you are saying you love me? Giovanni, you are nothing but a two sided son of a bitch who is just overwhelmed by his money and doesn’t know he is acting stupid” Every word Bianca spat out was like a spear and it hit him so hard that his mood changed.
“I hate you and for the last time, don’t you ever come close to me again!” Bianca raised her voice high enough so Amore would hear her speak and not think otherwise of both of them.
“Ah brother, I see you are enjoying the company of my wife while I had sent for her” Amore interrupted the tense moment.
“Oh darling, don’t use such words, you and I know that I cannot be in the company of a man who shattered my life” Bianca replied, playing with Amore’s hair while she looked on to Giovanni.
“Don’t you think that was too harsh? I mean Giovanni is technically my brother” Giovanni was beyond pissed, he felt like punching Amore in the face so hard that two of his teeth would grace the ground.
“Why have you called for me?” Giovanni suppressed the anger within and decided to act cool.
“Well i believe you may have heard, I own this school right now and as your leader, I am ordering you to terminate your ownership with the school” Giovanni maintained his cool posture watching from Bianca to Amore and then back to Bianca.
“Did she order you to take control of the school?” Giovanni asked.
“Why of course! I mean when she related to me how you stopped her from going to school, I felt sad knowing that my beloved wife was refused a fundamental factor in her life” At this point, Giovanni could not resist it, and so he blew hot
“You know Carl, you are nothing but a stupid idiot. This girl here urged you to take control of the school and you did? This goes to show that most of the decisions we make at the round table are influenced by this stupid thing over here” Giovanni pointed to Bianca. She gasped in disbelief; Giovanni just insulted her.
“I mean I think at this point, I regret even venturing to marry you. I was better off okay with Imade” Bianca felt like tearing up but acted cool.
“You are just mad for no reason Giovanni, the girl says she doesn’t like you, so she may be speaking the truth, why don’t you accept it” Giovanni smirked and approached both of them.
“What belongs to me belongs to me Amore, but at the moment, I guess it’s your turn to enjoy. I will advise you to do it while it lasts because if I take over, you will be begging on your knees to have it back and I will be the one mocking you” Amore wasn’t moved a bit by Giovanni’s word.
“You see the thing about you Giovanni, you know how to be without actions. Haven’t you heard the saying action speaks louder than voice? Tell me, all the time she was with you aside the sex did you ever offer her a life that she always dreamed of? Clearly you denied her so many things because of your selfishness. Oh! And for your information brother, we would soon be having our own baby” Amore held Bianca to himself. Giovanni held her in his sight for a moment and scoffed, ignoring what Amore had said.
“You may be a man of action Amore, but I am not sure it applies to the bed too” Bianca had to admit that was the biggest shade thrown at anybody in a long while.
“And like you said, I am . So, how about I also have our first child together?” Bianca felt like losing consciousness as the air around her tightened. Imade is with his child? His first child? She wondered if he thought about her.
“Anyways, since you don’t have anything tangible to say, I beg to take my leave, Leader” Giovanni mockingly bowed to his step brother before heading towards his car and speeding away afterwards.