Falling For The Blind Billionaire (Book 1)

Chapter 2: The Setup

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water! - Unknown

GISELLA

It was windy outside, and I felt strange and cold; my head hurt. I opened my eyes a little with my hand reaching to my head slowly. "Erm..." I opened my eyes fully.

"Ah, where am I?" I jumped up furiously, realizing that I was half-naked; whose room is this? I ask myself. " Last night... was not a dream," I turned around to see a man shirtless, sleeping peacefully. My eyes trail his body up to his lips and closed eyes and hair.

He looks pretty handsome. His lips are the pink, plump smallest pair that I've ever laid eyes on, his hair is a shade of coffee brown, and it's way longer than my problems. My hair is short anyways.

Then it hit me again about my current state. I got up in a hurry picking up my t-shirt and shoes.. ' Who is this Signore?' I whispered to myself. ' where is this place? What I'm I doing here?

I hurried up, leaving my questions unanswered before he woke up. Immediately I turned around to walk straight to the door, and it sprang open to reveal Mrs. Caterina Moretti Viola's mamma.

"Gisella?" with a wide trembling mouth. " Signora. Moretti?" I replied, surprised by how she was here.

"You unfaithful friend!" immediately she slaps me right across my face, it hurts a lot, I touched my cheeks with dazzlement in my eyes.

"With all Viola has done for you, you are having an affair with the man she's about to marry? You are half-naked in his hotel room. I've never judged your character Gisella. How could you stoop so low?" she breaths in anger. I don't understand what is going on right now.

First of all, I don't know whose room is this and how I got here and was accused of having an affair with Viola... wait a minute, who is Viola supposed to marry? Signore Nicolo Caruso? This is Signore Caruso's hotel room? Oh my goodness, me, how on earth did I find myself in this situation.

Immediately Viola ran out from nowhere, holding my hand. "Gisella, why did you do this to me? Is it because you heard that Mister Nicolo is rich? That's why you betrayed our friendship and Pietro's trust."

She started crying with her mamma behind her. with a whisper in my ear, she continued.

"Or is it because Pietro confessed his love for me and that he'd ask me to marry him; he is my fiance. Just that I've not told my parents yet, still, he has told his parents," the words came out from her mouth as a low whisper.

I clenched my hand. This all makes perfect sense to me now; it was part of their plan to ruin me and make sure that I get married to this man, so they drug me and set me up? who does that? "Viola Moretti, Do you dare to speak of what you said and did last night?" the words didn't come out the way I wanted them to.

She noticed her mom walking closer to where we were; then, she changed her acting immediately.

"Gisella, what are you talking about? what happened last night was that you came to our friendship villa where Pietro and I were waiting for you, you came we laughed and talked, a few minutes later you got up to get a drink, and you brought for me and Pietro, I asked you for water, but you bought red wine and persuaded me to drink...I...I... fainted and I..." she halted and started crying with her arm wiping her face. Her mamma held her shoulders to comfort her.

"Gisella Molinero! kneel and apologize to Viola now." Mrs. Catrina Moretti ordered with her fingers pointing at me.

I was tense for a minute, trying to understand what was happening. The last time I checked, Viola should be the one apologizing to me because she's the one who betrayed me and set me up. I grit my teeth angrily.