Chapter 51


    LORENZO POV


    Ever since Ari revealed to us about the imposter, my time at thepany was cut off as I was helping


    Verzi to catch the mole. It wasn’t like he needed help, he was perfectly capable of doing it all by himself. I


    just wanted to share the burden with him, more so because Ari was involved. And wherever she is


    concerned, it goes without saying; I had to be there.


    If it were just anything, he would have had the reigns all to himself.


    We‘ve been doing things secretly, not showing because there were eyes and ears everywhere. And if


    that was how things were, we weren’t going to just go head-on towards this issue. We did most of our


    talking in Tower Lounge because it was private. We didn’t trust anyely around the west wing,


    because maids were parading the whole wing and who knows, (This novel will be daily updtaed at


    .noveljar) the mole might be just anyone of those. So the Tower Lounge was the safest ce to


    go about the


    issue.


    After making the thorough ns, Verzi would go out to dig, and then we’de to discuss his findings.


    That routined just fine.


    And Ari, our baby girl was doing very well with her training. I loved her enthusiasm and the fact that she


    didn’t need to be reminded about something she had to do. On more asions than one, we found her


    in the gym on the treadmill, and then this one time she was sparring with Ciello and I was really proud of


    her. Raquel took her smoothly on a match but I was proud of her improvements. Her speed has


    improved a lot and she was so alert and sharp. Things were going really well.


    I can still remember her first day of training. She had looked like a train wreck. Just the mere thought of it


    sent me doubling up withughter.


    I was currently typing some document when Verzi burst through the door looking so furious like he’d


    butcher anything in his way.


    “Found something?” I asked even before he could say anything. He didn’t need to. It was written all over


    his face and whatever he found, it wasn’t good.


    “You’ve got to see this one.” He said and then turned back to leave. I shut off myptop and followed


    him. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)  He was stomping angrily as we made our


    way to the security room. As soon as we entered, he barked to the poor guy who was on duty, and he in


    return didn’t even question, just scurried off silently leaving us in the room.


    I turned the lock on and it made a soft clicking sound as it shut us inside.


    “What have you found?” I asked walking closer to where he was. He was typing insanely fast a t the


    keyboards, and after a few heartbeats, a few clips appeared on the huge screen that marred the entire


    wall.


    “No fucking way!” A shocked gasp tore out of me. It couldn’t. It just couldn’t!


    “These are the deleted clips. I don’t know why, but Valerie has been up to something very shady.” He


    pointed to the small box which showed Valerie sneaking out of her room, at night. And she was sure to


    avoid all the cameras and be in their blindspot.


    “But why? I don’t understand.” I said defeated. I couldn’t have thought that of all people, SHE, I mean


    She, Valerie Romano would be plotting something against our woman.


    “Shit!” I cursed and slowly sunk into the chair while staring defeatedly at the monitors, showing her as


    she sneaked out of her room at night. These were just a few clips Verzi managed to retrieve, although


    they didn’t show the whole picture, the truth was right in front of our eyes.


    The whole videos have been deleted, leaving just a few clips. They could mean anything, just anything at


    all which had nothing to do with the imposter. But why were they deleted? What was it that she’s been


    doing in secret that had to be deleted from us?


    “I am going to kill that son of a bitch.” Verzi yelled as he mmed his hands against the keyboards.


    “But why would she want to get rid of Ari? I thought she knew her ce?”


    “I don’t care. I don’t give zero fucks if she knows her ce or she doesn’t. But she is going to exin


    what she has been doing when everyone went to bed. See? All of these clips show that she sneaked off


    around 1 am. Why? Because all of us are sleeping at that time. Yes. And she thought she could take that


    as an advantage and n something evil against Leigh. Oh, God help her.” Verzi let out a series of


    curses as he began pacing up and down. I was just as baffled as he was.


    I tried to find reasons why she could possibly hate Ari to the extent that she wants her dead, but I came


    off with nothing. I thought they were cool? I mean they hung around a lot, they had fun when they were


    together and I’d find them gossiping andughing on more asions than one. Didn’t that mean


    anything to Valerie? Like she hated Ari so much that she bared her teeth to her while being in cahoots


    with her? Who would hate someone to that extent? And Ari liked her.  (This novel will be daily updtaed at


    .noveljar) I have seen how she looks at her with appreciation. And all along this bitch has


    wanted to get rid of her? And Xander, how the hell did she even manage to get Xander scooped in all of


    this? Has she been nning it all along? Because if Xander was in the picture, it meant things weren’t as


    simple as they looked. But why? Just why would she want t o take Ari from us?


    The more I thought about it, the more my blood boiled. I couldn’t begin to think of the things I was going


    to do to her if Iid my hands on her. She could steal my wealth, sell off mypany’s biggest trade


    secrets, kill me for all I care, but for goodness sake,ying a hand on Ari meant doom for her and


    everyone she cared for.


    “This is going to crash Ari.” I pointed out. My girl was so pure and so kind. And this world


    didn’t deserve her. No one deserved to be Ari and her pure heart Heck, even the wretched us weren’t


    worthy of her. We were sinful, full of hatred and scars, impure, unworthy of redemption. But she, our


    beautiful angel chose to love and ept, despite everything we’ve put her through. Since the very


    beginning, we have always been full of greed when it came to her. Possessiveness, being territorial,


    that’s how it has always been because that’s how fucked up we were.


    In middle school, we crippled a fucker with braces because she put a fake rose in her bag on Valentine’s


    Day. We beat every asshole who imed to love her to poop. And she never knew a thing about that.


    She didn’t have to. Because she has been ours. And we even went on by taking her innocence, even


    when she was unwilling. But we forced ourselves on her You see that right there? That showed we never


    deserved her. For all the things we have done, we never deserved her. But our girl still epted us,


    regardless of us being so ruined and damaged. 1


    “More reasons to kill the bitch before she knows.” Verzi spat and halted his steps.


    “You know she’s going to ask where Valerie is. She will be suspicious if she just disappeared into thin air.


    You know her.” I said staring at him. He was right on the verge of losing it. He was at the pinnacle, just


    waiting to tip over the edge. And if he did, God help whoever stood in his way!


    “We don’t say anything. I get rid of Valerie and it’s all done Simple. The bitch deserves to burn in Dark


    Woods. Even burning is a smooth way to die. I have to cut every finger from her hands, and then break


    every single bone in her. One by one. If she passes out from pain and shock, I will put her in a tub of ice,


    let her freeze until she is blue and frosted….”


    “Guys…” A soft muffled voice followed by a small knock sounded on the door.


    “Hello, are you in here? I am done with Ciello, ready for the next round” Ani’s angelic voice prated


    through the door, reaching to us and freezing us in our positions. Verzi stared at m e with wide eyes and


    then looked back at the monitor.


    “Shit!” We both cursed and jumped onto the keyboards, then typed hurriedly as to hide the clips on the


    monitor.


    “Vernero why is the door locked?” She asked in a much louder voice this time.


    “Are you doing something shady in there? I bet you have a girl with you.” She said in a sing song voice.


    “What? No…. I am just deleting these clips.” Oh, fuck!


    “Shut up.” I whisper yelled and kicked his leg. This fucker couldn’t take a joke. Ari was joking, and he got


    so worked out and even spilled that he is deleting something.


    “Enzo is that you?” She asked and that’s how I knew we were fucked. She heard me too.


    “Yes, Tesoro I’m in here,” I said and got from the seat Verzi looked at me like I was crazy


    “I have to open for her,” I whispered and pointed at the door. If I didn’t open while she was still in a good


    mood, then we were all as good as dead.


    “What? We have to get rid of this before she enters in here.”


    “I am waiti n g!” Ari taunted from the door and I couldn’t help myself. My feet moved o n their own ord


    and I unlocked the door, and then softly opened it. I found her seating down with her back against the


    door. As soon as it creaked open, she jumped up and smiled, then stood on her tip-toes and sneaked a


    quick kiss on my lips that shot a sharp shock of electricity to my brain; and then pushed me to the side


    and maneuvered inside.


    “So, whom are you shagging in here?” She asked as she walked towards Verzi and hugged him from the


    back.


    I shook my head and closed the door, then walked further inside. Leigh-Ari was one hell of a kitten full of


    curiosity. She was just so full of energy and always supercharged like oh my goodness. And seeing her


    in the cute tights and bra with trainers, her hair all messy on her head, I just had to remind myself how


    blessed and lucky we are every day to have this woman by our side. She had on this pair of gloves that


    she was so obsessed with. She always put them on and imed they give her some energy! As to how


    they do that, only she could answer that question.


    “What are you doing?” She untangled herself from Verzi and walked beside him, then stared a t the


    screen as Verzi typed furiously at the keyboards. Why were these things taking forever?


    “Wait, that’s Val?” She pointed out and ced her hands on and stopped him,  (This novel will be daily


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    typing.


    “Nope. That’s not her.” I said casually and walked to her, then pulled her so that her attention was all on


    me while Verzi finished up.


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    “Hey, I am not stupid. I saw Val. What was she doing? Show me.” She turned in my hold and stared at


    the screen. Luckily, Verzi had justpleted deleting everything and then strained up and looked at her.


    We had to change this system. Itplicated things!


    “It’s nothing. Stop being so nosy.” Verzi said in his usual cold tone. She thinned her eyes at him and


    stared at him for a good minute, and the said:


    “You are hiding something from me.” She pointed out in, and t.


    Verzi seemed to be caught off guard. He opened his mouth to say something, then looked at m e with a


    bewildered look and closed his mouth yet again. We were caught!


    “Enzo, what is it?” She stared at me from her shoulder.


    “It’s nothing to worry your pretty head with.” I leaned in to kiss her neck, but she turned full and looked at


    us, then bundled her arms across her chest.


    “Lorenzo, Vernero, I am not going to ask again. What are you hiding from me?” She asked in a


    much more serious voice this time. I looked up at Verzi to find him staring at me. He wiggled his eyes


    urging me to say something. I arched my brow at him because there was no way I was going to walk into


    the lion’s den. How could I possibly tell her that Valerie, whom she held in the highest regards was the


    one who wanted to kill her?


    “Fine! Since you all don’t want to talk, and then just keep with it.” She said and angrily walked away, after


    bumping us with her small body.


    “It’s Valerie.” I blurted out just right before she yanked the door open. She huffed and turned, then ced


    her hands on her waist.


    “Yes I saw that it was Valerie on the screen. What about her?” She was pissed off right now.(This novel


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    “We did a little digging and it’s her.” I tried to exin in a much smoother way, but my brother had a very


    different n.


    “She’s the imposter!” Verzi ripped off the band-aid, causing her jaw to drop with shock ! “What?”