Chapter 3: Sicily, Italy

I was looking at the private jet that will be flying me out to Sicily, Italy. I was nervous if you asked me when I was smiling at the captain that will be flying out the plane.

"First time in a private jet?" He asked me as I was looking at the jet. I sighed before I was smiling nervously at him. I don't know what to say actually.

"It's alright, everyone was afraid for their first time, especially when Mr. Zeus never lend it to anyone. Well, anyone except you," the captain said as I was nodding. Even when he said that I don't feel special after all.

I don't want to be associated with this…Mr. Zeus guy.

"Good to know then," I said as I was looking at the jet before he ushered me in. I was going inside the plan before a flight attendant was greeting me. I was looking at her before she asked me to get to the seat and put on the seatbelt.

"Do you want any refreshment, ma'am?" She asked as I was asking for a ginger ale. That would calm my nerves a bit.

"Of course," the flight attendant said as she went to greet the captain. And just then, I saw that they were intimate with each other. Maybe they were married or something. I did notice a big stone on the flight attendant's left hand.

And my thought was right before she was kissing the captain's cheek as she went to get my refreshment.

Well, I felt like a lonely woman right now.

But it all changed when the flight attendant gave me the ale and we were off from the tarmac as I was looking at the Eiffel Tower that was standing tall as I was looking below me.

"Goodbye, France. I will come back soon," I mumbled before I was sipping on the ginger ale and rested myself for the problem that I will face in Sicily then.

I was sleeping when I felt someone was shaking me. I groaned before I was leaning away from the touch. Then, I fell again and this time it was more frantic than before.

"Ma'am, we're here. You have to get up," the flight attendant's sweet voice was getting into my eardrum before I was opening my eyes slowly. I blinked as there was dim light surrounding our place right now.

Or the private jet.

"Where are we?" I asked as I was opening my eyes, sitting up on the chair as I was rubbing my face.

"We have arrived. Your car is waiting for you," the flight attendant said as I was yawning and stretching. Then, I forgot that I was in a foreign country before I was looking outside the window. Huh, weird when I looked at my phone it was only 11 AM.

"Why are we in the dark?" I asked the flight attendant before she smiled at me.

"We're in the private garage of Mr. Zeus. You will be staying at his manor as his honored guest," the flight attendant said as I was fumbling with my seatbelt and I was standing in front of her. I gulped.

"Honored…guest?"

"Yes. For your collaboration and effort for the Ancient Greece exhibition. Mr. Zeus was thrilled to have you in his house," she said before I was getting up and walked to the door before I was looking at the space in front of me.

Except for one limousine that was waiting for me with a driver standing next to the backseat door.

"After you," the captain said as I was turning to look at him and his…flight attendant.

"Thank you so much for flying me out here," I said as I was smiling and nodding at them both. They smiled before I was descending the stairs and I saw that someone already loaded the trunk with my luggage.

I don't bring much but it was enough for my stay. And I don't think I would be staying after the grand opening of the exhibition.

"Ms. Ferranti. Mr. Zeus sent his apology for not personally pick you up as there was something that he cannot avoid. So, I will be escorting you back to his manor and he will greet you then," the driver said as I was smiling at him. I nodded at him.

"This is more than enough. Please send my regard to your employer," I said as he opened the door for me.

"Certainly, ma'am," he said as I was sliding into the car and he closed the door. My heart was beating fast as I would be seeing the man that was responsible for my trip but now I was disappointed but relieved that he was not here. Yet.

I felt like I was going into my doom right now.

I was looking around before I was looking outside the car as the driver pulled out of the private hangar and we're going to our next destination: his manor.

Now, as far as I'm concerned, if someone was staying in a manor, that said much of his status. But to call it as a manor was an understatement.

It was a fucking castle, I tell you. Like the one that you saw in Ancient Greece.

It combined the modern architecture and the style of Ancient Greece Parthenon. It was grand and I loved it. It also overlooked the cove of Sicily Island. No doubt, this Mr. Zeus was rich and a fucking Croesus.

I wondered if there was a Mrs. Zeus as well.

Woah, where did that thought come from?

I was blinking at myself before I was focusing on the iron gate that opened for us as the limousine was getting out of the front gate into the beautiful courtyard that has a fountain at the center of them.

I was looking at them before the limousine stopped in front of the grand entrance of the castle. I gulped as I felt hyperventilated right now.

Calm down, Lena. It's nothing. This is nothing. I remind myself before the driver was getting out of the car and he went to my side as I was looking at the fucking castle. Then, the cold air was hitting my face as the sea breeze was coming into the car.

"Welcome, Ms. Ferranti," he said as I was getting out without taking his offered hand. I don't want him to think that I was a damsel in distress as I was looking at the castle. I was trying to calm my nerves as I was breathing deeply right now.

"This way please," the driver said as I saw someone was pulling my luggage out of the trunk before we were getting on the steps and the entrance was opened in front of us.

"Well, it's due time for you to arrive," the baritone voice was coming from the front door as I was taking in the presence of the butler in front of me

And he was not happy to see me.