The Woman Of THREE CROWN PRINCES
LOVE ME OR KILL ME Part 71. Catania 1's
Nathan POV.
He fell asleep in my arm in that Milan flight to Catania. Pity for sure he was tired of that long flight. This tough girl has gone through a lot.
He expects nothing from me. I don't blame him for not trusting me, our relationship started from investigating each other, he's got a lot of things he hasn't done, he's got a lot going on in his life, I won't force her into anything here, I just want to make her happy. The other girl might have expected a lot, asking for commitment, but she was content to just consider our relationship a good friend, not even protesting when I told her to pretend to be my lover.
Maybe his experience taught me that I was something that was difficult to achieve, and he considered me too tall like Tyson. I understand his thoughts and will support him and let him finish his business first. But no, I won't let her mind guess I'm playing a prank and just want a payback from her, I'll tell her in Catania that I want her to be my real lover, not just pretend...
Now seeing her happy makes me smile too. I love her and will make the girl I love happy. Although in front of a lot of things he wants to get with his own hands, right now I just want him to enjoy his vacation. Take a break from all his work and complicated thoughts.
"We're here, wake up ..." I told him by patting his delicate cheek.
"Ehm...have arrived?” He pranks and looks confused looking around him, he travels five hours longer than me. I feel sorry for him, I'll make it to New York first when I get home. Not with a full day flight like this across two continents.
“In ten minutes we will land. You want to eat a little first?" I offered him the pastry we got on the plane.
"Ehm I want to eat pasta, airplane food is not good, you say their pasta is good. Is it far away their place?"
"It won't be an hour's drive."
"I can't wait now. I'll eat a little on the way." His smile made me smile.
We rented a car at the airport, and Howard was the only one who followed us while the others were on leave driving to the beautiful farm area of Linguaglossa, more than three times I've come here before. The owner was his little friend Monica Minetti Guilio and his future wife. Even reportedly they already have a baby, it seems they are very happy now.
"It's really beautiful." He was fascinated by the scenery as we approached our inn, not once feeling tired as it seemed. The extensive vineyards pamper the eyes and at the other end of the hill is an olive plantation. "It's all theirs?"
"Yes, this belongs to Monica, she runs this farm. It's Monica's father's legacy, but Guilio also has a stake here."
"God, this farm is so big, and the hotel must have a great view. This place is so amazing." He looks enthusiastic, he sits in front with Howard to have the best view, his smile expands perfectly here, it seems his dream of having his own plantation is very affecting him now. His eyes lit up and he even opened the window of our car to take a closer look.
We arrived later at the Monica inn, Monica herself greeted us.
"Nathan, you're finally here." Monica who was always friendly to her guests extended her hands hugging me warmly.
"The last of you, Philip and Hisao came yesterday. They go somewhere, I don't know I think they're at the end of the garden or in the city. And this is not Kate, your lover. Guilio will be here any minute ..."
"It's nice to meet you too...I congratulate you and your baby." Kate's replacement is hugging him now.
"Ahh so apparently you already know." Monica laughs happily now, the bride-to-be and mother to Guilio are seen enjoying the moments of her marriage.
“Ahhh, you, .. handsome young man. Nathan, you're finally back here.” Now it's Monica's mother who still remembers me.
"Have you had lunch?"
"Not yet said your most famous restaurant here, I expose myself." Kate answered him immediately, Monica laughed.
"It's true that my mother is the main chef if you don't already know. Come-ayo we eat, you guys fit to come after lunch. Let the staff take care of your suitcases. Mattia, please suitcase them into VIP room 10,..." Monica had the others take care of our luggage while she took us to her restaurant.
Before long Guilio came apparently to coincide with Philip and Hisao returning from the city, they also came with their wives.
While the women chattered cheerfully, getting acquainted with each other, we all joined one table.
"At last you brought someone here, Kate this is what you said the agent was following you? Why did you finally fall into your arms? You're not afraid he'll kill you?" Guilio asked excitedly so everyone laughed. Of course we separated ourselves from the women's group.
"You've never taken a woman with you if you're not serious with her, you've taken her this far means you're serious about this?" Hisao asked now.
"Yes, I'm still trying. He's quite difficult, a lot of things haven't allowed us to be blatantly together now, but yes I'm serious with him. Otherwise I wouldn't have introduced her to you."
"He's agent? Did ya? FBI, CIA, or maybe Interpol. We could all be targets of investigation after this after you brought government agents here." Philip asked curiously.
"He's the FBI, white collar crime, he's being sent by opposing political opponents in NY who are trying to find a merit tag, you know right now the mayor of NY, you know, well he was sent by that alliance, but so it's boomerang now, because my lover was apparently aware of the opponent's dirty secrets, so now in NY we're making headlines based on that. He's now my team, and his contribution this time will get him into the calculated circle in NY." I explained what Kate's position is now to them so they don't have to be afraid even if she's a government agent.
"I read it yesterday in the New York Times? The dark child who was thrown away, right? Like the scandalous soap opera drama."
"How did he know?" I told you the story of who his friend who was the son of the mayor candidate and how we had the news of this scandal finally . They all nodded in understanding.
"She had big ambitions to overthrow Callaway's dominance in her office, a very brave girl."
"Hmm. All our women have their own ambitions. We've never been interested in a barbie girl who likes expensive cars." Everyone laughs.
"Except for the unpretentious Guilio." Hisao accused Guilio. All of us are laughing again now, leaving Guilio speechless as we all laugh at his past conduct involved with many women.
"Hey you guys I've already gained enlightenment. I've finally ended up with a nice woman and I trust." This talkative and most lively Guilio defends himself now and does not accept our accusations.
I'm actually a CIA agent, of course my friends don't know I'm a CIA agent, we don't open up who we are to anyone for their own security. Thanks to my relationship with these gangsters I was able to organize a lot of things about CIA operations abroad, solve a lot of intrusion problems, disguise it into a business trip to my company, ask for help with unofficial routes to local people, because these people are people who have 1001 ways to manage everything well through their network.
And my hidden investment company is a dark corporation that orchestrates the escape of money, the formation of a fake shell company in exchange for 3% of all funds to be embezzled and invested, embezzlement of property and tax evasion from millionaires, officials, reinvestment, capital market games, many secrets in my company. It's not registered in my name of course.
It is registered as a regular law office in the US, the company actually exists in tax heaven countries. And those who know it hold our secrets tightly because they don't want them to be open either. That's how I became an important asset behind the scenes, I very much avoided appearing and being in the spotlight at any event. But maybe someone ended up curious about me, because I had access to those special bodyguards.
But outside of that law firm, all businesses registered in my name are legal.
"We pray you catch up as soon as possible, and your girl's problem quickly settles, change you who invited us to your wedding, so that all of us have children soon after Giulio and Philips.”
All of us are business friends, friends between countries, know each other and help each other. They also introduced people who were my clients. Our network is a network between countries. Tax evasion, shell companies, all millionare doing it. As Guilio said, we are Italian, we don’t pay tax. We’re Catholic. Everyone laughed at the idiom of massive tax evasion in Italy.
I saw Nathalie aka Kate laughing out there with her friends. Hopefully everything in NY will be done quickly and he will finish it all. I hope all his business is done soon, I will wait for him.