THE HEART OF DECEIT

Chapter3

The following day, she woke up feeling refreshed and quickly freshened up. She got downstairs and saw Antonio still sleeping, she didn't even bother with him and left. There were only a few maids in the mansion who were already busy with their jobs.

FIRST CITY HOSPITAL

Chiara packed her power bike, went into the hospital, and went straight to pay the surgery fees. After paying, she found out that the surgeon assigned to her was currently operating on another patient in another hospital, and her surgery was to be done in three days.

Chiara did not mind as long as it did not affect Anna's health. She checked up on Anna and spent time with her before leaving for work.

Where she was working in is a small restaurant that was not popular, so the salary was low, but she did not mind. When she got to work, she saw her manager and a strange man talking at the entrance of the restaurant.

When she got closer, the manager turned and gestured to her to come closer.

"This is Chiara," the manager said, introducing her to the man.

Chiara looked at the man; he was wearing a black suit, and he looked like a foreigner. Merely looking at him, she quickly deduced that he was not an ordinary person.

"Hello, Miss Chiara; I was sent here by Mr Salvatore to pick you up," the man said politely, smiling as if afraid of saying anything that would offend her.

"Sorry, I don't know you, and I don't follow strangers," Chiara said bluntly, not changing her calm expression.

The manager looked at Chiara and wondered what kind of business she had with Salvatore.

"Oh, I am sorry, Miss Chiara, I am Zhang Min, the assistant of Mr Salvatore," Mr Zhang apologized and introduced himself, bringing out his ID card.

Chiara looked at him; after seeing the ID card, she didn't have any choice but to follow him. At least she would see the kind of man she's getting married to.

"Alright let's go", she said and turned to the manager and said" Mr Emmanuel, I am sorry but I will have to take a leave today"

Emmanuel, looking at Zhang, did not hesitate to release her. Perhaps if she said a good word to Mr Salvatore, his restaurant could come to limelight.

With this thought, she said, "You can g. It doesn't matter.".

Chiara and Mr Zhang got in the car and left while the staff in the restaurant couldn't help but gossip.

"I wonder who she wants to meet in the Salvatore family," one of the staff who has a dark complexion, said.

What do you mean?, I am pretty sure she hired someone to act for her to deceive our manager " a chubby lady said. It was obvious she was jealous.

"I heard that her father no longer takes care of her, could it be she has started hooking up with rich men using her body?" another staff said.

"What do you mean?, Chiara is not that kind of person, and be careful with your words," a slim lady with a unique temperament said, defending Chiara.

"Ji yoon, what do you mean? She can pretend to you but not to us," the chubby lady said, looking at ji yoon with a look of contempt.

Ji yoon is a mixed race and her beauty is only inferior to Chiara but superior to the other staff.

"It seems I have been lenient with you guys, and you have nothing to do but gossip," Mr Emmanuel said, and the staff members quickly dispersed.

At a private restaurant, Mr Zhang stopped the car and got out. Chiara also got down. Mr Zhang led Chiara to the top floor where Mr Salvatore was and entered.

"Sir, she is here," Mr Zhang said and left.

Chiara twitched her lips and was surprised for a moment when she heard a voice

" Why don't you sit down, young lady?" Michael said, looking at Chiara with a calm expression.

Chiara, who was still lost in thought, looked at Micheal and wondered what kind of sin she had done in her past life for her father to arrange an old man for her.

Nevertheless, she sat down on the couch opposite Micheal and said with unwillingness

" Sir, I know your preference is for young girls, but can you choose another person? I don't want this marriage and I hope you can cancel it"

Micheal looked at Chiara who was still smiling with a hint of interest,

"What if I said no"

Chiara's smile faded. Michael seeing her speechless expression, chuckled and said

"You don't have any choice, young lady; if you are scared of being maltreated, you can rest assured it won't happen."

Chiara looked at Micheal and thought of how shameless he was, wanting a young lady like her to get married to an old man.

She looked around the restaurant that was screaming wealth and turned her gaze to Micheal.

Something clicked in her mind; she remembered the guy she met at the gate of the Salvatores and saw that they had a striking resemblance.

Micheal brought out a black card and placed it in front of Chiara

"The card is limitless; you can take it as a token and can purchase whatever you want before the wedding," he said.

Chiara scoffed and thought it was not bad; she was indeed short of money. She took the card put it inside her bag and smiled

"Thank you, I guess you won't change your mind," she stood up." I have things to do; I am leaving first." With that, she left the restaurant.

Micheal, looking at her retreating figure, concluded that they were still young, which is why they were acting recklessly. He also left the restaurant.

Days passed by quickly, and Anna was able to do her surgery; after the surgery, Chiara received a phone call from Antonio.

"Dad, what do you want from me," she asked impatiently, obviously getting pissed.

"Have you forgotten tomorrow is your wedding?" Antonio replied angrily.

Chiara furrowed her brows." Wed... wedding? Oh I totally forgot," she said casually, clearly not remembering.

"It doesn't matter. I will send you an address, and I want you to be there right now," Antonio said and hung up.

Chiara left the hospital on her power bike after making sure Anna was okay and headed towards the address. It was a bridal shop which surprised Chiara.

Is her father going to buy her a wedding gown? , she thought as she entered the shop. It was big and classy. She doesn't even have any idea how the wedding is being prepared.

After shopping for nearly 3 hours changing clothes, she became exhausted. Antonio went to pay when her eyes caught a particular dress and she made a mischievous grin and smiled knowingly.