Investigating Sophia

She walked towards the study with her laptop in one hand and a plate with two cups of coffee in other, which she fetched from the kitchen just now. She entered the study without knocking as she pushed the door with her back.

Daniel looked up from the laptop hearing the door opening and seeing her enter with her back towards him he looked at her with interest. But then when he saw her holding the tray in one hand and laptop in the other, he stood up hurriedly and walked towards her.

Daniel took the coffee tray from her hands, "Why didn't you ask someone else to bring it? What if you scalded yourself with it while carrying it in one hand?"

"I thought I will just get it for us.", Sophia said and gave him a sheepish smile. She hugged the laptop with both hands and walked towards the sofa to sit there.

Daniel shook his head helplessly and followed her and kept the coffee on the table, "You can use my table if you want. I will get a desk set up for you by tomorrow."

Daniel realised he didn't even get a study desk for her in the room. He noted to get it done by tomorrow.

"It's okay. You can work on the desk. I will be comfortable enough on the sofa. Don't worry.", Sophia said settling herself there and opened her laptop.

"Sure?", Daniel asked again and Sophia gave him a reassuring nod.

Daniel picked up his coffee cup and walked back towards the chair he was earlier sitting on and messaged Aunt Marry to set a desk for Sophia in the study room.

They both worked on their own stuff, enjoying the presence and silent company of their partner.

...

(Hotel Russotto)

Tracy entered her presidential suite and she threw her purse on the floor in anger. She was fuming mad due to the earlier incident.

"Who the hell was that woman? Daniel was different around her. Is he in love?", Tracy said to herself and then she shook her head in denial.

'I will have to find out about this woman. She can't destroy my plans.', Tracy thought and made a call to someone.

"I met a woman today during lunch in front of Mia Restaurant. I want all the details about her by tomorrow morning.", Tracy ordered and hung up the phone, tossing it on the bed.

Tracy threw her heels and stripped out of her clothes and walked towards the washroom to take a shower. Her phone started ringing after about quarter of an hour and she walked out wearing a bathrobe and looked at the caller id.

Tracy picked up the phone, "Hey Margret", she said while walking towards the closet with the phone in her hand. She put the phone on speaker mode and started wearing her clothes.

"Hello Tracy, how are you?", Margret asked and Tracy. She was sitting in a balcony of a huge mansion, somewhere is Italy. She is the only daughter of Michael Petrov, the younger brother of Italian mafia head, Nicholas Petrov.

"Fuming mad.", Tracy said in an irritated voice as she thought about the cold treatment that Daniel gave her. He didn't give her any heed and yet he just went with some girl out of nowhere.

"What happened?", Margret asked with concern in her voice but internally she was rolling her eyes. She would never bother with the bratty Tracy but she was the only one who could give her the personal information of the person she needed to know.

"I came all the way to the States to meet Daniel after convincing my father with so much difficulty but he didn't even spare me some minutes of his time. He was so impatient seeing me there as he was supposed to meet my father instead of me.", Tracy blabbered and Margret scoffed at her confidence.

'Do you even see yourself in mirror before eyeing Daniel? He would never like someone like you.', Margret thought to herself. She felt happy every time Tracy said that Daniel wasn't interested in her and he remained away from all woman. She considered that he was only hers and hence no one could have him.

'Even if he did get involved with someone, she won't mind killing that woman. He can only be hers.', she added to herself.

"Don't be angry. You know he is like this only. He is just too focused on building his career that he is not interested in anything else. It's not that he is ignoring you but he is ignoring all women equally.", Margret said in a soft voice trying to make it seem like she was consoling Tracy.

"It's not that. I know his nature and I liked his attitude only but today I saw him with a woman.", Margret paused hearing Tracy's words and stood up with a jerk. She controlled herself with difficulty from lashing out as she didn't want to make it obvious that she was interested in Daniel as she still needed Tracy for getting the information needed as she can't leave for the States herself for now and she was smart enough not to spy on him as Daniel was no fool. He will find out very easily if someone tried to get his information through shady means.

"He has a girlfriend?", Margret asked carefully without giving away her emotions but she was clutching the phone so tight as if she will break it soon.

"I don't know. She came out of nowhere and asked him to give her a ride to his house and he actually did without any objection.", Tracy said as she picked up the glass of whisky, she poured for herself just now. She took a sip and felt a little relaxed after the alcohol entered her system. She drinks whenever she feels frustrated with things.

"OH! Maybe you are just overthinking. You shouldn't come to any conclusion without knowing the whole thing. You should first find out about the identity of that woman." Margret tried to probe Tracy to tell her if she had any information on that woman.