Chapter 3 Ricardo

CHAPTER THREE

Riccardo's pov

I stood by the window, looking at the busy landscape from my office. God, how much I love the view, but right now, that's not what I am bothered about.

That troubling email I got from the said lawyer of Elsa, my ex-wife. She has just come straight out of the blues and she is determined to take the kids with her.

It has been three years and it has been a long time. It was an unfortunate situation, but some things happened.

She has changed so much. Whenever I am alone, I surf the internet for photos and videos of her and I must say that she has changed very much.

Her boobs have gotten bigger and her hips more curved. She is no longer the good girl he married when she was eighteen, she shows a lot of skin. How dare she?! That is my property, how can she show it to the whole public? This crazy woman!

What can I do? Does she still consider herself to be mine? Very unlikely. She is now like a wild horse off the leash. No man can control it.

I looked at my desk, the screen of my laptop still contains the email. She is going to be here in a matter of hours and I was feeling all nervous already.

This would be our first meeting after years. I missed my kids’ mother.

I knew that she had come to rain brimstones on me because I kept her children away from her, but it's a good thing that I was ready for her.

I still have my ego and since she chose to leave me, I am not going to plead with her and I am not going to give the kids to her. Alex and Alison are better off with me.

My secretary knocked and walked into the office. She smiled at me and nodded, and that makes my heart jump a beat

" Don't tell me that she is here already. " I sighed.

"No, sir. Your ex-wife isn't here yet. " She shakes her head with the smile still on her face. " I was only going to ask if it's okay for me to bring you tea. "

"Tea? No, please. " I waved my hand. " Send me the file from Texas instead. Let me bury myself in that for the meantime"

"Okay, sir. I will do that right away. "

" And you have to inform me before you let her in. " I reminded her and she nodded.

She left and I settled myself in my seat. Normally, I was a very busy person, but my ex-wife's unexpected coming has me all tensed up.

*****

Elsa looks into the mirror of her hotel room. Her long army green gown has holes on both sides, from under her arms down to the rim of the dress and the result is that the sides of her breasts and her hips are all on display.

A very confident look for a very confident woman, she is going to show Ricardo just how much she has changed.

She retouches her makeup, runs mascara over her lashes, and reapply powder and the end product is gorgeous.

She hears a knock on her door and she picks up her bag. Her lawyer, Diego, will be on their way to Ricardo's office in a few minutes.

As soon as she turns the knob and lets the door open, Diego's eyes widen and he takes a step back. She knows that it's because of what she is putting on so she smiles and turns around for him to have a better look.

"Tell me that you like this. " She winks. " It looks good, doesn't it?"

" Yes...s" He stammers with his eyes blinking rapidly. " Don't you have something else?"

"Something else?" She frowns. " This dress alone cost me five thousand dollars and that doesn't include my shoes and bag. "

He takes a look at her fork her head, down to her toes and the confused look on his face only intensifies.

"This is a great look, Mrs. Elsa, but there is too much skin on display. " He swallows hard. He doesn't know how well she is going to take this.

"Okay. " She shuts her eyes and holds her hand out, telling him to be quiet. " First of all, I am trying to not get angry at you for using the wrong title on me, it's MISS Elsa and secondly, there is nothing like too much skin on display, I will walk naked if I fucking want to. "

"But, madam, don't you think that this is going to give your husband the wrong impression of you? " He says.

"What impression? " She frowns. " The only impression he is going to get from me is the fact that he can't push me around the way he used to. "

Her lawyer nods as she speaks. This is a fight that he is not going to win with her.

Hope you brought your A-game, Diego. " A wicked smile creeps up her face. " We are going to take him by the storm. "

Yes, madam, I am ready to negotiate a term. " Diego flips through a file in his hands. " This is something that can be settled amicably. "

"Amicably or not, he will have no other choice than to give my children to me."

She steps out of her room and they both head to the elevator. There was going to be a lot of drama between husband and wife, the lawyer could see it.

He was a sucker for love. Hopefully, he would be able to bring them back together as one big happy family. *****