Adopted novel Chapter 30

"I get emotional meeting close families especially a beauty like you, I am Richard Rossi your mothers childhood friend and her best friend, I knew you will turn out to be more beautiful than your mom." He said to me with a longing smile on his face while he moves a hair strand behind my ear, "thank you sir, I am Diamond Aurora Marshall and It's a pleasure to meet you sir" I responded to him shyly. "She takes your shyness Liv, no wonder those guys can't stop talking about her. She's a keeper just like her momma." He said to Mom holding one of her hand, I looked at her to see her looking at me with pain, regrets, longing, admiration and happiness in her eyes.

She cups my hurt cheek with her other hand with unsaid words dancing in her eyes and tears flowing from it, I wipe her tears with my thumb. "Mom, why are you crying?" I asked in curiosity.

She shakes her head in response and pulls me into a hug, it was as if she was pushing all her feelings into the hug. It was motherly, warm and also, I felt as if a hole in me is been mended. "I am very sorry my nino, can you ever forgive this good for nothing woman, who isn't fit to be called a mother?" She whispered but everyone in the room heard her clearly still hugging her, "Mom, what do you mean by that and why are you saying sorry?" I asked her. "I should have protected you from the thing, but I was too late she slapped you baby and she will pay for that." She answered me immediately, I know she just lied to me she's covering up something else entirely, maybe she isn't comfortable telling me in front of my friends. She pulls away from the hug to examine my cheek.

"Mrs. Marshall, sorry for intruding but what will happen to Mia, Cindy and Kim" Ava asked shyly. "Ava, you are family and you know what I mean so you can call me mom or Olivia but as for Mia and Cindy, they are in police custody right now but for Kim I can only withdraw all my contracts with her my husband promise to deal with her," Mom said to her, making Ava look like someone who is about to faint but she kept her cool.

"A perfect punishment for them, thank you Mrs. Marshall and I am Mila... Mila Lopez mam" Mils said looking at her as if she was staring at a goddess, "I still feel it isn't perfect enough, I know who you are Mila, I hope the boys are taking proper care of you? and please like I said earlier Olivia or Mom you are family." Mom said to her with a smile, leaving her also starstruck.

"Let's take a look at the cheek, shall we?" Dr. Rossi said making everyone laugh, he wears a glove to examine the cheek after few minutes of poking "She's fine just the red mark, I will drop an ointment for that red mark and it will be gone within three days." He said opening his suitcase and pulls out an ointment, which he gives to Mom.

"Thank you, Richard girls the day is still young and I promised you a fun weekend so get your butts up to your rooms and change your outfits. I will be waiting for you downstairs." Mom tells us, while she and Dr. Rossi walks out of the room. Our luggage is brought in by some maids and we all went to our rooms to dress up, after dressing up we walked downstairs to meet mom seated with Dr. Rossi and Dad surprisingly having a hush conversation, they keep whispering among themselves, I stopped at the bottom of the stairs scared of Dad's reaction if he sees me and angry at the same time for his statement to me.

LORENZO'S POV.

I am always seen as a child who has it all, from the wealthy parents to being wealthy myself. Made my first fortune from age 16 and two years later, am ruling the young adult industry which a net worth of One hundred billion dollars and lots of assets to boast of, not even including my inheritance as an only child of my family.

To the media and everyone out of my circle of friends, am known to be heartless, arrogant, spoilt and merciless. Is that who I am? Yes, but it also helps in the business world, awarded the richest youth by Forbes and sexiest youngest bachelor three years in a role with no relationship to boast of.