An Italian's Conceited King

Chapter 5

　　Arsenio Point of View

　　“Hello there, Cadence; I see you got rid of another few inches of your skirt? How fascinating!” I whistled as I trailed my eyes along her long limbs as I passed by her.

　　A couple more inches taken, the world would finally see the beauty of her v****a, all in the name of fashion.

　　“Mr. Garcia, good evening. You noticed?” She giggled, albeit like a possessed person, as she asked me right in the middle of my office building right in front of many passerby employees.

　　And she missed the sarcasm behind my fascination again.

　　Cadence! Cadence, you cannot attract me with those legs. When I say I have seen better, I mean it.

　　“Hard not to notice the humanly possible bite marks on your inner thigh. You took flaunting to another level, dear. Impressive!” Saying with a wild grin, I walked to my private elevator, greeting my employees on the way.

　　Javier followed me closely sneezing a snicker at the incident that just took place. Once I and Javier rode the elevator, he cleared his throat for a couple of times giving me a reason to smirk.

　　“You don’t need to know the answer, Javier.” I finally said after seeing him struggling to ask me something he shouldn’t.

　　“You knew what I was itching to ask?”

　　Well, it’s not too tough to deduce where his thoughts were going.

　　“Of course. Reading people comes with being a ruler. You don’t have to know if I was implying to Valentina or not just now.” I retorted back with a low rough tone laced with anger.

　　If the better version of a woman I knew of was Hottie or not, I didn’t want another male specie to have ideas of it.

　　That’s inappropriate. Quite improper too.

　　“I apologize, sir.” Javier bowed a little and I hummed back in reply.

　　Once in my office, I took no time to take my large throne that I specifically had it custom made just so I could put it in my office. Thrones are my favorite places to sit.

　　Comes with the feeling of being a King!

　　“What happened with the task I gave you?” The past humor is subdued by the seriousness of the matter.

　　There were heaps of files on the table waiting for me to read and sign them and there is a lot of other works and matters I have to look into closely.

　　With everything coming at me in full force, I cannot slow down the issues anymore. I have to get rid of the obstacles and dangers as soon as possible before they could touch my heart.

　　“All set in motion, Majesty. You shall have the daily reports on it.” I nodded, leaving it to him to deal with the task.

　　Javier is one of the very few people I trust my secret missions with and with him on the head of the security tier, I feel a little reassured.

　　“I really hope we could resolve the problem before it is too late and you loose what is important to you.” Javier’s words brought me a bout of chuckles.

　　“We shall. I will never let something or someone come in between me and my future. I will trample them enough to kill their zeal to stand back.” Assuring him, mostly to myself, I waved my hand asking him to leave to complete the tasks I gave him.

　　How I wish to have someone to warm my bed right now! If not for the heaps of work waiting for me, I would’ve worked on ways to relieve the sudden rush of desire and lust I have been feeling after meeting Hottie.

　　Two years, it’s been two years we saw each other, heard from each other and she still has this influence of me.

　　The familiar delicious feeling of consuming her completely woke up again inside me after I had her petite body in my arms after years.

　　How come she still has this effect on me?

　　I thought we are done and nothing could defer me again but just a simple glance at her, just an innocent touch with her and I’m already sporting an arousal that I hadn’t felt in the past couple of years.

　　These past years after our divorce, I hadn’t felt any desire to take a woman to my bed, heck I lost the lust and animalistic desire I was always proud of.

　　At one point of time, I thought I had gone celibate by the will of nature, all thanks to that woman who had made my life a lot interesting when we were together.

　　Did I do wrong in divorcing her?

　　Should I have not done what I had which led her to be heartbroken?

　　Today, when I saw the depths of despise she has for me in her eyes, I realized how much she was affected by her past with me. With the mutual dislike between us, I should be happy to have her away from me, but the moment my eyes were filled with her this morning, it almost took my breath away at the sudden rush of desire.

　　“Seeing the smile on your royal face, I know who is behind it.” My smile turned into a full blown grin heard Lucinda, my very personal assistant paraded into my office without even knocking the damn door.

　　Lucinda is also one of those very few people I traded my trust in. With her skin aged correctly for a woman in late thirties, she is the nagging type of woman that one gets annoyed as hell after ten minutes with her.

　　But damn she is smart and crafty as heck!

　　“Luci, why are you here, without knocking the door?” I averted the subject successfully and opened the document folder she placed on the table.

　　“Whenever had I knocked the door? Get used to it already.” She remarked back without a pinch of respect for my royal position.

　　This woman really takes me too lightly!

　　When did she get to the point of throwing snide remarks at me?

　　Ah, I think I know from when. After her very close friend was out of my life for good, she had been very spiteful towards me.

　　Hottie has too many followers in my own flock. If I’m not careful, they might as well plan an assassin on me.

　　“By the way, your uncle has sent the recent information on the royal gathering that would be taking place in a month. Also I got something.” That got my attention.

　　The royal gathering is a grand meeting that is held once a year for all the aristocrats to meet and acquaint with each other. It is a ritual that has been going on from centuries but that is not what got my attention.

　　When Luci’s tone turned grave at the mention of having found something, I sat straight and stiff, ready to hear what it is.

　　“About?” I asked, pouring hot cup of tea for the lady. I led her to the couch in and both of us sat closely so we could talk in whispers.

　　When they walls have ears, I have no doubt in it. The walls around me do have several ears on them.

　　“About the assassination of your parents but what I have to say is connected to –“ She stopped hesitating to complete what she was about to.

　　Madre and Padre’s assassination has been uproar in Spain and Malaga had gone haywire crazy after their favored royal couple passed away in a murder.

　　“Connected to?” I inquired curiously.

　　What is it that is making even Lucinda worried so profusely about?

　　“Valentina.” She spoke reluctantly.

　　Hottie? What does she have to do with the assassination at all?

　　“Two years ago, before what you did to her and before you broke her with a divorce letter, she hid two things from you. One is the evidence on the person who assassinated the late Majesties.” Lucinda knocked the breath out of me with the new revelation.

　　Valentina had the evidence of the murder? How?

　　What the hell does she have anything to do with the assassination?

　　“Luci, my parents were murdered ten years ago. How can Valentina have anything to do with it?” This woman makes no sense.

　　How can she suspect her best friend in the murder of a royal couple that took place ten years ago?

　　Heck, Hottie has anger in her but there is no evil cell in her body.

　　“You mean she covered the evidence for the culprit? Have you lost your mind?” I asked exasperated at the riddles she is giving me.

　　How dare she point a finger towards Val. If it was someone else who uttered this nonsense, I would’ve beheaded them without a second thought; law can suck my armpits for all I care.

　　“Not really. Valentina apparently found the evidence by accident and she was preparing to hand it over to you at that time but somehow she suddenly chose not to. I think there is something big that took place for her to hide the evidence. Later on when you suddenly divorced her, she buried the concern altogether.” I already had a notion that there was something going on with Val before we chose to leave each other but it came as a surprise that it has something to do with the evidences.

　　Is Val carrying a burden she shouldn’t?

　　“And what is the second issue you wanted to say is?” Luci gulped in fear, this time she looked almost sorry and guilty towards me.

　　“You should know about it from Valentina herself. I suggest you to ask her in person or else you will regret it.” She left behind yet another puzzle for me before leaving.

　　What is it that Valentina is supposedly hiding from me apart from the evidences?

　　What is it that I still don’t know about you, Val?

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