Gabriele's PoV
"I hope whatever it is... is good news for your own safety," I hissed as I walked into my office.
Basilio was sitting with a smug face. He had his hands sprawled across the couch like he owned the place.
Of course, the news had to be good for him to be this cocky so early in the morning.
Yet I refused to make him believe I was no longer angry with him for disturbing my time with Arianna.
I scoffed and walked past him to my chair.
"It is good news alright," He said with laughter coating his voice.
"Then let's hear it!"
He left the couch and came to the seat across the table right opposite me.
"Why do you always get so cranky when I pull you away from Arianna and then at the end, you will say you don't care about her? Huh?"
"She is just one of my women..." He said m
