AURORA

VINCENZO'S POV

I was taken aback by how she looked. I had never seen her dressed up or have any makeup on her face. I always thought that she was beautiful but I was just caught off guard.

I wanted to tell her how it felt to have the prettiest woman in my arms but I knew she didn't care about that. She did t even want to go to the ball in the first place.

She has just agreed to it because she didn't want to fight with me. She had found me with a woman on my head and didn't say a thing. Just stood there when Aurora called her my maid and didn't say anything.

How stupid of me to think that she would even want me? She only married me because she was benefiting something from our union.

I could see all the men looking at me wishing they were the ones that were with her and not me. She looked anxious as she took a glass of champagne and drank it.

"Are you okay ?", I asked her.

"Yeah ", she said as she smiled at me.

I saw Arturo with some of the board members and I had to go say hello. It was a shame that even at a party I had to work. No one came to these things to have fun. People were looking for new opportunities.

"Don't go anywhere I'll be back in a moment ", I said to her and she just nodded her head.

I walked over to them and said hello. I wondered who had invited Arturo since he had lost a lot of shares in various companies.

"Who is that girl you are with ?", asked Arturo and they all turned to look at Anna.

"What are you asking ?", I asked him.

I knew him very well and knew he was going to suggest something stupid.

"Maybe when you are done with her you can bring her to me she looks like she is fun ", he said.

"She is my wife ", I said trying to keep my cool.

"You married and you didn't invite me ?", Arturo asked acting like he was hurt.

"Well the invitation was only to family members ", I said smiling at him and he didn't say anything back.

"Did you manage to close the deal with Aurora's father", asked Steve Harrington one of the board members.

"No not really you know to sign a deal with him you have to be in his close circle or know someone who can vouch for you ", I said as I took a drink from the waiter who was passing by.

"Well I hear his daughter is in town you could try here but I think that is going to be hard since you are married now ", said Arturo.

"I'll try and see what I can do ", I said.

"Well, it looks like my son fancies your wife ", said Steve laughing and we all turned to look at Ana.

There she was grinning at whatever Dylan was saying. I had never seen her smile like that when she was with me

She laughed at something he said and he grinned shrugging his shoulders. I had told her to behave and there she was flirting openly with the son of the richest man in Kansas.

"Hey ", said someone on my side and I looked to find Aurora.

"Hey, "I said back as I kissed her cheeks.

"This is Aurora Mc Ckay am sure all of you have heard of her, and this is my board members I think you know almost all of them ", I said to Aurora.

"Yeah I have seen them around it's nice to meet you ", she said as she greeted them.

"Will you please excuse me ", I said to the board members as I held Aurora's hand and led her down a corridor so that we could go outside.

"I can't do what you're asking me ", she said the moment we got away from all the noise ", she said.

"Why I thought we both could get what we wanted, you will be the one in charge of the company if we merge and you would talk to your father about my offer ?", I asked her looking confused.

"Here is the thing, you will get what you want and I won't get what I want. My father might say yes to letting me run the company but once it's big he will take it I know him too well", she said.

"Is there anything else that you want ?", I asked her.

There had to be something else that she wanted.

"Yes I want two nights with you where I get to do whatever I want without you saying no ", she said as he moved closer to me.

If it had been a year ago I would have jumped to that offer. Everyone wanted Aurora Mc Ckay but things were different now. I was not the same man I was, I had a wife.

"I can't give you that Aurora", I said.

"Why is that? Am I not attractive to you anymore? You are the same guy who begged me to give you a chance a year ago and now you don't want me anymore ?", she asked me to hurt all over her face.

"This isn't how I do business. I don't sleep around so that I can get what I want you won't reduce me to that" I said.

"Oh so now am a hoe ?", she asked me filled with anger.

"No I don't say that it's just that you can't use this so that I can have sex with you, you are an attractive woman anyone would want to have sex with you", I said smiling softly hoping to smoothen things.

"Everyone except you, you might as well forget about working with my father, "she said as she stormed off.

Now I had also lost a deal because of her, great. What was I even going to tell the board members?I had to find some way to talk to Mr. Mc Ckay. This was a huge deal that we had to secure.

I returned to the party and the sight I saw infuriated me even more. Dylan's hands were all over my wife as they danced on the dance floor like they see a couple that was in love.

"I see you've met my wife Dylan ", I said as I reached where they were and he let go of her.

"Hi Vincenzo it's been a while since we last saw each other, "said Dylan.

"Yeah well I've been busy, your father tells me you've been traveling around the world", I said smirking.

"Yeah well not everyone wants to be like you ", he said smiling at me.

"I would love to stay and chat but I need a dance with my wife ", I said as I held Anna's hand and led her to the dance floor.