Chapter 43

Angrily I pushed the unwelcome thoughts aside taking a deep breath before pushing open the double doors to the drawing room. The Italian woman looked just as beautiful and elegant in the bright lights of the morning as she had in the evening before. Formally dressed in a pink-colored dress with a perfectly beautiful matching pearl around her slender throat. "Forgive me for coming late," I said more politely than I felt, knowing instinctively that this visit will be an unpleasant one for me. I didn't want to entertain her but I was just a guest here and since Marc was not around I had to tolerate her. "It doesn't matter, Ada told me that you had just had your breakfast and went into the room," Bella said haughtily. Her cold eyes flickered over me like a snake preparing to strike. I suppressed an inward shudder certain now what Bella intended to make my mood into." I don't wish to be rude Bella but shall we get to the point of your visit? I can't honestly believe that you have come here