both of you will live with me.”
Nikos clenched his teeth. How dare she agree without telling him about it?
“I’ll speak with her,” he grated in a rough tone.
“She also expressed her disinterest with bearing your heir at this point. I do hope that you will respect that wish. She is young after all and she still has her life ahead of her. Maybe after three to five years?”
“If she wants all of that, why can’t she tell me herself?” Nikos spat as he found himself growing angrier with each word.
“She’s still a bit shy and she doesn’t know how you’ll handle it. I’m really sorry about this, my boy...but there’s one more thing: about your mistresses and your lifestyle. She respects your way and I already explained it to her. I spoke to her before I went down this morning and she wasn’t really big on how your wedding night went. She told me she’d respect it if you still wanted to go with your mistresses. Just that you do it discreetly and keep her in the lifestyle she is used to.”
Nikos finally understood. He stood up abruptly and his coffee spilled on the table. He clenched his fist. How could he believe they could have had a chance when she was one huge liar and schemer just like her grandfather!
“Now I think I know what you are getting at, Costas. Cassia wants to be married to me but she can’t give up her extravagant lifestyle. She’s not ready to work with the company yet that’s why she still wants to stay with you rather than be a wife to me. She does not want to have my son and so she wants me to run along to my mistresses? Also, I have to keep giving her the lifestyle she craves which I think would cost me millions of dollars a year. Do I have it right?” Nikos snarled.
“Well, I really wanted to phrase it delicately...but you are correct. I am really sorry about this but this is how my granddaughter was brought up. I tried changing her but her ways are instilled in her. And I love her too much that I am afraid I also spoiled her.”
Nikos threw his napkin on the table.
“Well if that’s what she wants then that’s what she’ll get,” he whispered in a deadly tone.
Without another word, he turned his back and left.
“Come in,” Cassia said and the door opened.
A chambermaid came in bearing new linens.
“Housekeeping,” she answered and looked at Cassia with something like pity.
Cassia dismissed it and grabbed some water from the fridge.
“Have you seen my husband?” she asked.
The woman’s lips pursed and she turned to Cassia again with both pity and concern in her eyes.
“Mrs. Demakis, he is in suite three. But please don’t say that this came from me,” the woman said.
Before Cassia could ask more, the woman dashed out of the room.
Why did Nikos go to another suite? Was that one of his friends’ suites? Cassia sighed and resisted the urge to pull at her hair. She didn’t have time for these things now. She could not let the events from last night deter her from what she was supposed to do today.
She had to talk with Nikos and tell him about the divorce.
On the way to Suite 3, she encountered her grandfather.
“Good morning, Cassia,” he said with one of his malicious smiles Cassia hated so much.
“Good morning,” she replied tersely.
“Where are you off to little one?” he asked in a mocking tone.
“To find Nikos.”
“I’m so sorry, Cassia...I didn’t want you to find out this way...but Nikos is in suite three.”
“And what about it?”
“It’s not my place to tell you this...but you’re my granddaughter. So you must know the way of things. Men are never going to be satisfied with just one woman. They will always stray. Remember that when you face him.”
Cassia gritted her teeth and ignored her grandfather. She continued on her way towards Suite 3 and refused to think about her grandfather’s words. He knew this was another one of his ploys to kick her harder when she was down. She knocked on the door but no one
Nikos clenched his teeth. How dare she agree without telling him about it?
“I’ll speak with her,” he grated in a rough tone.
“She also expressed her disinterest with bearing your heir at this point. I do hope that you will respect that wish. She is young after all and she still has her life ahead of her. Maybe after three to five years?”
“If she wants all of that, why can’t she tell me herself?” Nikos spat as he found himself growing angrier with each word.
“She’s still a bit shy and she doesn’t know how you’ll handle it. I’m really sorry about this, my boy...but there’s one more thing: about your mistresses and your lifestyle. She respects your way and I already explained it to her. I spoke to her before I went down this morning and she wasn’t really big on how your wedding night went. She told me she’d respect it if you still wanted to go with your mistresses. Just that you do it discreetly and keep her in the lifestyle she is used to.”
Nikos finally understood. He stood up abruptly and his coffee spilled on the table. He clenched his fist. How could he believe they could have had a chance when she was one huge liar and schemer just like her grandfather!
“Now I think I know what you are getting at, Costas. Cassia wants to be married to me but she can’t give up her extravagant lifestyle. She’s not ready to work with the company yet that’s why she still wants to stay with you rather than be a wife to me. She does not want to have my son and so she wants me to run along to my mistresses? Also, I have to keep giving her the lifestyle she craves which I think would cost me millions of dollars a year. Do I have it right?” Nikos snarled.
“Well, I really wanted to phrase it delicately...but you are correct. I am really sorry about this but this is how my granddaughter was brought up. I tried changing her but her ways are instilled in her. And I love her too much that I am afraid I also spoiled her.”
Nikos threw his napkin on the table.
“Well if that’s what she wants then that’s what she’ll get,” he whispered in a deadly tone.
Without another word, he turned his back and left.
“Come in,” Cassia said and the door opened.
A chambermaid came in bearing new linens.
“Housekeeping,” she answered and looked at Cassia with something like pity.
Cassia dismissed it and grabbed some water from the fridge.
“Have you seen my husband?” she asked.
The woman’s lips pursed and she turned to Cassia again with both pity and concern in her eyes.
“Mrs. Demakis, he is in suite three. But please don’t say that this came from me,” the woman said.
Before Cassia could ask more, the woman dashed out of the room.
Why did Nikos go to another suite? Was that one of his friends’ suites? Cassia sighed and resisted the urge to pull at her hair. She didn’t have time for these things now. She could not let the events from last night deter her from what she was supposed to do today.
She had to talk with Nikos and tell him about the divorce.
On the way to Suite 3, she encountered her grandfather.
“Good morning, Cassia,” he said with one of his malicious smiles Cassia hated so much.
“Good morning,” she replied tersely.
“Where are you off to little one?” he asked in a mocking tone.
“To find Nikos.”
“I’m so sorry, Cassia...I didn’t want you to find out this way...but Nikos is in suite three.”
“And what about it?”
“It’s not my place to tell you this...but you’re my granddaughter. So you must know the way of things. Men are never going to be satisfied with just one woman. They will always stray. Remember that when you face him.”
Cassia gritted her teeth and ignored her grandfather. She continued on her way towards Suite 3 and refused to think about her grandfather’s words. He knew this was another one of his ploys to kick her harder when she was down. She knocked on the door but no one
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