Georgina laughed "He is not around. Is he? Besides I don't mind him to know. I want him to get jealous. He is making me jealous with all those girls he is mingling with tonight. Whats wrong with me ever talking about Costanzo or maybe flirting with Costanzo?"

Lorraine gasped "You will be playing with fire Georgina. Don't do that."

Georgina spoke "What goes around comes around. Besides I actually fancy Costanzo. He is a gentleman and he doesn't cheat on his woman. But Antonio is a womaniser."

Laura spoke "But Antonio is not mingling with any women tonight. Look at him now. He is sitting next to Costanzo. I am sure he wont cheat on you if you give him a chance. You told us he asked you to dance with him tonight. Try it. Maybe if he treats you gently you wont be so doubtful about him."

Georgina spoke "But if I dance with him then I have to also commit to his private self defense lessons also at a Rosario mansion. I don't want that. I don't want him to dominate over me and makes fun of my defense skills."

Nora rolled her eyes " But there is nothing wrong with your defense skills. Don't you see? Antonio just wants to spend time with you. That's an excuse to have some contact with you. Give him a chance."

Gloria spoke " I agree with Nora. Besides your type of man is not gentle. You like much tougher men than Costanzo. You want romantic men but ones that are a bit rough too. You know I am right. I know you."

Georgina remained silent and looked away. She then pointed at the first floor " Look. That's Anna Rosario leaving the bar and dragging this guy by the arm towards the Rosario tables. What is wrong with her? She just wants to force men to go out with her. the guy doesn't look happy at all. Oops. he dragged him to Francesco's table. What does she try to do?...."

Adele gasped " Angelo.... That's my brother there." She then stood up. " I have to go down there. What if she gets him hurt."

Georgina spoke " Sit down Adele. You will make Angelo look weak in front of others who work for Francesco if you go to his rescue in public. Angelo would be fine. Anna seems to like him. Look. She is wrapping her hand around his waist."

Adele sat back down and worriedly stared at Angelo and Anna standing in front of Francesco's table. The worried looks on Antonio's and Costanzo's faces as they looked on didn't help calm her down.

Gloria spoke " Don't worry Adele. Anna is most likely asking him out in front of the big boss, asking for permission to date one of Francesco's men..... Oh look. She doesn't seem to like the answer. Look at the frown."

Adele watched as Francesco pointed to a table not far from his table. Angelo, then headed to that direction and sat down on a table with other men who worked for Francesco. Anna seemed to be not so satisfied with whatever Francesco was telling her. She was rolling her eyes and standing stiffly as Francesco was speaking to her from his seated position. It went on for minutes and then suddenly Francesco stood up. That was when Anna put her hands up in surrender and stepped away backwards and then walking towards the stairs connected to the ladies floor. Francesco watched her with narrowed eyes and then sat down sipping from his wine glass and looking up at Adele's table again.

Adele spoke nervously " What do you think happened there?"

Georgina shrugged " We will find out in a minute. Look. Anna is coming to our direction." She then waved Anna over.

Anna's eyes fell on the group as she was climbing up the stairs. She waved at them and smiled warmly and made her way towards them.

Anna spoke " Hello my women. What is going on." She then took a seat next to Georgina and facing Adele. As she looked directly at Adele, she spoke " Hi. You must be Adele. Nice to meet you. I am Anna Rosario. Francesco's cousin."

Adele raised an eyebrow " How do you know me?"

Anna laughed and looked at the other women at the table " She is asking how do I know her? Seriously." She then turned to Adele " I have seen your portrait that Costanzo painted. That's how I recognised your face. But I have heard your name alot. You are the only woman Francesco ever talks about. I have heard so much about you. But I had no idea you had such a handsome twin brother. He is so gorgeous. I asked Angelo to move into our mansion and live with my mother and i but he said he is not allowed to and so did his boss, my joyful, grumpy cousin."

Adele spoke with surprise " Is that what you were talking to Francesco about just now?"

Anna nodded " That and more. I asked Francesco if I could date Angelo. I really didn't want to ask him that. But I was worried Angelo could get into trouble if I didn't check if he is allowed to date. You know, some roles in Francesco's organisation requires men to stay single and have no attachment but luckily Angelo seem to be allowed to date. But .... Francesco told me that I can date Angelo but before getting ahead of myself, I must know that Angelo's heirs would be joining Francesco's organisation. That's very annoying. Francesco is boss from hell. My poor babies would be toasted and roasted under his dictatorship. There is no way in hell that would be happening."

Lorraine spoke " So. What are you going to do?"

Anna smiled " What do you think I am going to do?.... I am going to do what I always do..... Fight... I will fight for my man. I will get him out of whatever debt he is in with Francesco. I am actually serious about this relationship with Angelo. He is a good man. He is a gentleman and he is very funny too. He makes me laugh."

Adele was looking at Anna with her mouth open " But you have just met Angelo. How can you talk about your relationship like this and talk about having a family even and what you want for your children?"

Anna sighed " Because Sweetie.... My momma has taught me that life is too short and I shouldn't waste it. I just have found a man who can make me happy and respects me. The question is why shouldn't I think of having a family right now? What does it matter when I have met him? I have met him an hour ago. So what? Love is love. It doesn't matter if it happened an hour ago or ten years ago. It's still love."

Suddenly the lights changed and ball room music started to play interrupting them.

Anna spoke " Yes. Finally it's time to dance... with my man." She then got up and spoke " See you later ladies. Wish me luck. Lets hope Angelo falls for me as hard as I have fallen for him."

As Anna walked away, Adele noticed everyone else started to get up and made their way towards the stairs.

Georgina got up alongside Lorraine, Laura, Nora and Gloria and turned to Adele " It's time to go downstairs. The Hollywood stars are coming and live music has just started to rock the party. Before we go, I want your opinion. Should I dance with Antonio or should I make him jealous by asking Costanzo to dance with me?"

Adele got up and smiled " You heard Anna. Life is too short. Don't waste it ... Especially with games to make the one you want jealous."

Georgina sighed " Thank you for the prescription doctor."

Adele then followed the girls down the stairs while looking directly at the standing form of Francesco who was waiting for her. She thought back to Anna's words as she separated herself from the other women and approached Francesco. Anna had made her deep in thought with her words " Love is love. It's still love. It doesn't matter if it happened an hour ago or ten years ago."

Francesco walked to Adele and embraced her. He planted a kiss on her lips and spoke as he pulled away " Remember you promised to make it up to me if I let you walk off with Georgina an hour ago. I was in the middle of something with you sweetheart when she interrupted. I expect you to keep your word."

Adele smiled " I haven't forgotten. I will make it up to you. What do you want me to do?"

Francesco raised an eyebrow " Are you sure you want to leave it upto me sweetheart to decide how you can make it upto me? I warn you now. I would make the most of it. I am an opportunist sweetheart."

Adele blushed under Francesco's intense and mischievous glare and whispered " I ..... trust you."

Adele had no idea what those three words meant to Francesco. She had no idea how she had made him feel. Francesco was so overwhelmed to finally see some evidence that his angel trusted him and she seemed to have felt safe around him. More importantly, his angel didn't fear him like she did before.

Francesco smiled brightly and held Adele's hand. He whispered " Do you want to dance sweetheart. You don't have to if you don't want to. But it will be our first dance after ten years. Do you remember the last dance that we had? That was on the night we said goodbye. I just held you in my arms and we danced to a tune and then we held each other in total silence for as long as we could stay awake. That was the last time I touched you, the night we had to say goodbye."

Adele took a deep breath and whispered " Yes I remember that dance clearly. You taught me how to dance .... I remember every move."

Francesco spoke " Maybe we should dance again exactly like that night."