Chapter 59 It's Been a While

The night in Rehma glowed with dazzling lights, and a lively business cocktail party was underway at one of the city's most luxurious hotels. All those in attendance were the elite of the Iberny business world. The scent of champagne and expensive perfume drifted through the air. Alessandro stood on the second-floor balcony with a glass of wine, his sinister gaze sweeping over the hall below. He had been there for an hour. After seeing Lucia on television that day, he went crazy trying to contact her. He had called her office, only to be blocked icily by her secretary. He had sent letters to her apartment, but they were returned unopened the next day. He had even sent people to intercept her, only to find that she had an astoundingly high level of security, all of whom were elite mercenaries. She had blocked him. He was shut off entirely from her world. The helplessness he felt irritated Alessandro intensely. No one had ever dared to treat him like that before. He was the D