The Grand Mistress

Gabriella stared at the man, not sure what to feel about his profound affection. Isn't it too much with the fact they had just recently met? Didn't they say El Tigre does not take women seriously and this was the main reason he only has occasional dalliances with few socialites?

"I know these are all new to you and if you are not that comfortable with me, you can stay in the other rooms. My house is big, you can have all the room you want including mine," Primo told her and even teased. "But of course if you stay in my room I can't promise you'll have a good night sleep,"

Her stares turned into glares and  but Primo did not retreat. "Dulzura, you can't expect me to play nice if you on my bed,"

Live in your house and have shameless conversations like this everyday? Heck no!

"This is the exact reason why I don't want to live with you," She rolled her eyes and Primo grinned. Gabriella felt his sincerity, especially with how serious he sounded earlier and as much as she wanted to deny it, she felt really strange drawn to him.

"And you'd rather live in your friend's house? How have you been living there? Why are you even living there in the first place," Primo asked questions successively. His subordinate had a file of reports sent to his office about the girl but because he didn't go to work that morning, he had not read it yet.

"We are friends for me to narrate my life story so casually," Gabriella brushed off his curiosity although she knew it wouldn't take long for him to find out  how a messed up woman she was. She thought then what his reaction would be when he learned she had a ten long year relationship yet she ended up giving up her first time to him.

"But we're a couple," Primo tried to make her reveal it herself.

"We aren't. You are just assuming," Gabriella retorted with a fact.

Hearing her denying him again, Primo sighed. "What does it take for us to be a couple then?"

"Mutual feelings obviously," Gabriella could not believe what she was hearing. Wasn't this El Tigre? The nation's husband? Why does it feel like he had no real experience with handling women or any relationship when almost half of Devon City's population claims to be his woman.

"Don't we have mutual feelings," Primo's brows creased. "We seemed to always agree on everything whenever we make love,"

"Primo I'm serious," Gabriella's tone was telling him she wasn't happy at all anymore with his folly. 

"And how many times should I tell you I am serious too?" He replied as upset as her and his expression went dim "God I hate it! I hate the one who made you this—who made you too distrustful! 

Gabriella fell silent. He was never a man hater but yes, she was distrustful of them. Would she not be with how things went between her and Erwan. Knowing that Primo wasn't letting it all go, she tried to make him understand. "Men are men. Your interest in me will eventually fade away once you have your fill. I am not that naive Primo. I mean I had always been naive, but not anymore,"

"Dulzura—"

"My last lasted for ten long years. I was about to be married. Even so, that ten years long relationship didn't weigh much when he jumped into another woman's bed," Gabriella had gotten so upset that she ended up telling him her personal feelings. Primo mader her feel like she was being too unreasonable and she was trying to make him see where her stand was coming from "How much more will ours be when we just met and you had my virginity like you just picked up some coins rolling on the street. I climbed and went to your yacht and you had your lucky night. All was too easy for you Primo and it's not that I blame you for it, it's just that for me, it's hard to believe that you'll take seriously a woman like me—a woman with basically nothing, not even a family to rely on."

"I had never once thought that you were too easy," Primo was a bit surprised at the words Gabriella expressed. He never thought she felt that way on how things started between them and he never intentionally made her feel that way.

"Come one Primo. Let's be real and just let me go home. You are El Tigre, you can have all the women you want in Devon City. Just not me please, my life is a mess, I'm just even living in my friends house. I can't have any more complications," Gabriella almost begged. True, to live with Primo might be the most practical and smart thing to do but she had some conscience she couldn't dare to use the privileges he was offering when she knew she wasn't at all worth it.

"Just let me go and find someone else that suits you" She added and for some reason she felt like crying on her own words. She sighed frustratedly and brushed her face with her hand.

"Gabriella!" Primo didn't like his words and although she said it innocently, it kind of hurt him in a way that when she called for, her voice went on heavily. Gabriella who was bit surprised turned to look at him and he returned her stares with deep devotions,"I just want you,"

"I know I have been fast and I might have overwhelmed you. I just thought you'd be comfortable with this kind of set up. I admit I had been with a couple of women before but I never really have some sort of relationship with them. I don't know how it's done but I am willing to adjust on how you prefer it to be. If you like it the traditional way, then I'll give you my love. Just stay in my house, I'll promise to court you everyday," He added in an expression that showed all his sincerity.

"Primo—"

"Why don't you let me prove it to you then," Primo frustratedly brushed his mouth with his hands and slightly shook his head before he looked back at her,"Take a chance on me. "

Gabriella' heart didn't know how to take all of his assurances. She was almost close to believing him but she was uncertain—not sure of what she really felt and what she really wanted right then.

"Live with me. I'll show you I'm not just playing around. I'll court you" He begged and took her two hands on his and gave it a one emotional, sincere kiss that warmed up Gabriella's heart. I'll make you see I am worth banking on,"

Gabriella just looked at the man who was begging her to stay. It was such a bizarre sight because Erwan had never even apologized for what he did to her when all this time she was waiting for him to get down on his feet and ask forgiveness. However, such never happened. All she got from him after his betrayal was a blank look that bore no regrets and his shamelessness.

"Gabriella please?"

The Monteria heiress was about to open her mouth to answer when their suddenly stopped. She looked and saw that they were already at the gate of Primo's house and yet suddenly, the car stopped a few meters from the entrance.

"What happened? Primo pulled the partition only to see at the front window that something was going on outside.

"There's a commotion sire," The driver told him and went to look more outside. "I think we have some uninvited visitors and they seemed upset. Do you have some home appointments set?"

"Not that—"

Before he could answer, their car had been bangged and they all flinched out of shock. Who dares to assault them in the middle of the day? Gabriella tried to look outside but as she pulled down a little of the car's window, she heard a very familiar, all demanding call.

"Gabbie! Gabbie!" The call resounded to the bangging of the car  that says whoever was there outside was so damn serious on seeing her. Who would have looked for her in broad daylight and how did they find out where El Tigre lived?

Primo was about to exit the car to confront the assaulter but before he could completely mount down off, Gabriella seemed to have recognized who their assaulter was.Immediately she fled to the door and hurried to pacify the one who was calling her.

"Lucy?" Gabriella was so surprised. How did she know where she went?

"Ah you still remember me?" Lucy raised a brow at heel, ready to chastise her. "Did you know I looked for you everywhere since last night because I thought you had been kidnapped! And yet you are just here, flirting around with that old man!"

Lucy pointed to El Tigre's face who was already standing next to Gabriella. She glared at him, like a dog ready to kill and tear him down into pieces. Just last night, he was still her crush but the moment he had kidnapped her friend and brought him to his mansion, she had forgotten how she loved him. She sees nothing on him now than an old pervert who seduced her little poor Gabriella!

"Come on! Let's go home!" Lucy dragged Gabriella's arms  ready to leave the place with her.