Mateo

Emily steps out the car and my heart stops a beat when I take her in; a black, cute suit that hugs every curve like perfection, her soft, brown hair floats every time she takes a step towards me and lastly her beautiful face that I can't seem to stop staring at makes me want her...More than I ever thought.

"Long time no see, Mateo" are the first words in 4 days she says to me.

"Emily, I'm happy to see you" Olivia replies when I don't say word; I just can't stop straring at my wife...ex-wife...the thought makes me sad to know that after a few days we aren't married anymore and that she's never going to be mine again...

"It's..." I take a deep breath. "It's nice to see you back, butterfly..." her eyes turn harsh, like the nickname doesn't mean a thing anymore.

"Let's go" Enzo interrupts me, a relaxed expression on his healing face; so the fight he and I had wasn't so bad after all...I walk ahead but soon Emily walks next to me in her high heels and I can't help wondering why she's dressed like this. Does she want to torture me? Because if that's the case, it's sure working. Or is it because she's really growing up? That wouldn't surprise me; Emily looks different, like she finally got that click in her head turned on and she's being more mature...The Elevator's door opens, two business man both look shocked to see me but soon run away, their whisper a little too loud.

"Is that really him?" the old one says.

"Yes, and isn't that Vincent's daughter?" the other one replies; how do they know Vincent, Emily's dad?

"After you" I say, holding my hand out in a gesture for Emily to step in first and she does, the slightest smile forming on her dark red lips.

The door opens on the top floor, the floor where Henk, the boss of ProtectPower, is currently working. In the corner of my eye I see Emily biting her bottom lip and playing with her hands; she's nervous.

"Don't" I say and she turns her head. "I got this" she nods and I want to hug her but she's on the other side of the elevator, avoiding me. We all step out and the receptionist has a shocked expression on her face.

"Mr-Mr. El Ricci wh-what are you doing here?" she stands, holding her hand out for me to take but I ignore it and talk.

"We're here to speak with Mr. Magetta"

"D-Do you have an appointment with Mr. Magetta?" she asks but looks at the agenda anyways.

"No, I don't but I don't need one" I reply.

"L-let me c-call him, Mr. El Ricci" taking her phone she looks around us, not meeting our gazes. "Sir, Mr. El Ricci is here" she waits. "W-with your cousin, and some other people" she looks at Emily and nods. "Mr. El Ricci, s-sorry but he doesn't have time today" feeling irritated, I stalk over to her.

"Tell him he's either volunteering to have a talk with me or I'm storming inside his office and believe me, I don't go gentle on the walls" she nods fiercely and whispers something through the phone.

"H-he, will see you in a bit" she replies and finish the phone call; I don't have time to wait any minutes, I need to talk now an get this over with...the sooner the better. "H-have a seat" she gesture at the couch behind a glass wall but I shake my head.

"No need for that" a woman voice says and when we all turn around we spot Stephanie walking towards us, a big smile forming when she sees me. "Mr. El Ricci, nice to see you" she wink and turn my back to her, focusing on the woman I still have feelings for, Emily, and she looks pissed off.

"Stephanie" Emily says in a harsh tone, looking down at her.

"E-Emily, is that you?" Stephanie replies shocked.

"Indeed cousin, how is life?"

"G-good, how about you?"

"Amazing, for some reason I feel like I'm unstoppable" Emily's grin widen and I feel proud for her. So weird to think 3 months ago this girl turned into this woman; my butterfly finally learned how to fly.

"You can follow me"

We step inside the conference room and Henk, his wife and his lawyer are already sitting inside, waiting for us.

"Mr. El Ricci, so nice to see you again" Mary, Henk's wife, says with a big fake smile on.

"Wished we could say the same" Olivia whispers next to me, a disgusted expression on her face.

"To what do we own this pleasure?" Henk says and we all take a seat, Emily on me right side and Enzo on my left. Olivia and Sebastian choose to stand in the corner of the room, hidden from everyone while Henk, Mary and Stephanie sit opposite us, their faces surprised when they stop Emily a well but she grins, an evil expression making her way out.

"So" Enzo starts, his lawyer-personality taking control again. "You know or not may know but exact 11 months and 28 days has passed since you, Mr. Magetta, had a deal with Mr. El Ricci" he takes out the papers. "The deal consists that Mr. El Ricci will lend you money for exchange to marry your cousin, Emily Magetta, am I right?"

"You are" Henk replies, his face furrows like he can feels something is wrong.

"In the contract the deal can last 12 months, so in 2 days the deal is over which mean you need to transfer the money back with interest of course-"

"-That's not possible!" Henk yells and stand up, his chair flying backwards with the force. "What kind if sick game are you playing!?"

"Calm down, Mr. Magetta" his lawyer says and begins to talk. "There must be a misunderstanding"

"I'm afraid not" Enzo replies and stays calms. "12 months ago we gather all together, you, me, you client and mine and we all came to the same conclusion that this was best for the company but now we need the money back, fast"

"Mr. El Ricci, maybe we can figure something out-"

"-No" I say and let Enzo do the further talk. In the corner of my eyes, I feel Emily shifting in her seat and without thinking I place my hand on her tight. She relaxes immediately.

"What are you doing!?" she whispers annoyingly just loud enough for me to hear.

"You're tense, just relax, we got this" I reply and she tries to pull my hand away but soon gives up, leaning into my touch; this feels good.

"Deal is Deal"

"And what if we don't pay back?" Henk's lawyer asks, taking the contract for inspection.

"That's also in mention in the contract; if you don't do it, then Mr. El Ricci will get 25% of the company" Enzo replies and Henk laughs. "Care to share why you're so happy, Mr. Magetta?"

"It's just 25% anyways, I got another 75% so Mr. El Ricci doesn't have much power aside from the profit we make"

"And that's where you're wrong" Enzo smiles at him evilly, making everyone in the room silence. "We did some research and found out that your brother also ruled ProtectPower, am I right?"

"You are" Hank says, sweat coating his face. "B-but what does that has to do with this?"

"Well, Mr. Magetta, so your brother and you both stated this business which means you own 50% and your brother the other half" Enzo throws the papers on table that confirm it. "Sadly enough he's dead but" he looks at Emily. "His daughter isn't"

"What do you want to say?" Henk's lawyer asks, his lips forming a thin line.

"What I want to say is that 50% goes to Emily, she's the manual owner, and the other 25% goes to Mr. El Ricci and the other 25% goes to Henk"

"You son of a bitch..." Henk whispers and sending me a dead glare but I can't help but to grin.

"You can't do this, the company can't pay it back...that means it's the end; is that what you want?"

"Not at all" Enzo replies. "But look good at the contract. We made this contract with Mr. Magetta, not with the ProtectPower. So Mr. Magetta needs to pay the debt back not the Company"

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US!?" Mary yells out of nowhere. "We are just a normal family, why do you want to break our happy life?"

"Because I can" I answer honestly.

"Emily, help us!" Stephanie pleads, walking towards us and takes Emily's hand. "We're family, right?" Emily pulls her hand away and stands up, coming eye to eye with her cousin.

"If we were family than you all would put me to hell by marrying Mateo" she replies and I can't help but to feel pain shooting through my chest; did she really mean that? "You have no idea what I've been through! Not only did I marry an egoistic control freak, I also witness the dead of people I cared about" she takes a step closer towards Stephanie while she takes one back. "After everything you all put me through, you now think I should help you?" Emily sneers. "Go to hell..."

"Well, sorry to interrupt" Enzo says. "Mr. Magetta...you have 2 days to bring us the money and if you don't...Then the company is ours" finally my plan got the result as I predicted...