THALIA

I decided to go in extra early so that I could sort my desk out and give myself time to prepare for this confrontation.

I rode the lift up to the executive floor and was pleased to see Katie already at her desk.

"Thalia! You're back, how were your exams?"

"They were fine thank you, how are things around here. I hope everything didn't fall apart without me?"

Katie rolled her eyes, "Regardless of how important you think you are, Nico got a part time assistant while you were gone: A Lad a bit younger than you called Roberto; excellent young man."

I nodded, "That sounds great but I hope I still have my old job?"

"Of course, you're probably the best assistant he's had ever. The rest of them have always been too artificial but you, I think he genuinely respects."

That made me smile and blush and in response, Katie winked. Her phone rang at that moment so I took that time to escape to my desk.

I sat down and arranged the stuff in my desk and then I made sure I looked calm and collected. I didn't need him thinking I was falling apart just because of his absence.

At exactly Nine thirty AM I was surprised to find that instead of Nico Di Angelo; Pluto Di Angelo walked out of the lift and made his way into his son's office only stopping to beckon me into the office with his two fingers.

I scrambled out of my seat and followed closely behind him: I entered the office and made sure to shut the door behind me. I walked forward to the centre of the room and he stopped me with a hand as he reached the desk and sat on it.

"Good morning Thalia."

"Good Morning Mr Di Angelo."

"I'm going to get straight to the point and I would like to ask you some questions and I hope you answer them truthfully. I would also like to ask that you do not interrupt me until I am done. Also I hear you had some examinations, how did they go?"

Thalia had a feeling she knew where this was going but she answered his question, "They went well sir, thank you."

He nodded. "Now, you know my son is a young billionaire and from what I heard when he hired you, you were in need of a source of extra finances when he hired you."

Thalia could only nod.

"Good, you also know that he is only a few years older than you and was without a partner when you began working for him. So I think that you could have seduced him if you tried and thus gotten him into bed with you."

Pluto Di Angelo looked straight at her without breaking his gaze. "I hear that you may be pregnant and if that were to be the case, the child would be Nico's?"

I thought I was going to die of anger, embarrassment and frustration but I nodded in response.

"So now I want to ask you honestly, was this your plan from the offset to get wed to a wealthy young bachelor so you wouldn't have any worries in the world?"

He thought I was a gold digger? Thalia was frozen. Is this how Nico presented me to his father just some whore who he sleeps with and thought she wanted to rid him of all his money. Did he send his father to do his dirty work?

When she didn't answer Pluto Di Angelo continued, "Nico is my son Miss Grace, the one thing I care about most. I must ensure his safety and wellbeing. I don't want him falling for the same ruse many men have fallen into before him. I have seen friends of mine fall into the same trap and some of the signs and similarities where there. "

I had to admire him then; he was only doing this to protect Nico. But something else he said triggered my memory. I gasped as the pieces fell into place. Nico couldn't have believed I was a gold digger could he? I remembered that morning when he had lied to me that nothing was going on. His father had used these same words then.

I could not believe this, my entire frame shook with anger and sadness. The tears welled up in my eyes but I looked up long enough to answer his question. "No I am not a gold digger who tried to ensnare your son."

At that moment Nico walked into the office and the only thing I could think to do was walk over to him and slapped him across the face. "That morning before we left Rome you told me it was nothing but really you and your father were discussing how I was a gold digger, I thought you held me in higher regards than that!"

Nico rubbed his face in confusion and noticed his father sitting there looking slightly worried. "What did you say to her?!" he asked his father.

Before he could get a response I answered him in a venomous tone. "He asked me if I was a gold digger trying to milk you of all your money with my baby."

She walked closer to him, "Well I'm not pregnant I took a test and wanted to tell you as soon as you arrived but I was subjected to this." She couldn't stop the tears in her eyes from flowing down her cheeks anymore.

"I'm not pregnant for you Nico Di Angelo and you're too much of a bastard for me to want to have your babies." Thalia was walking out of the office but Nico grabbed her arm.

"Thalia you don't understand, that morning on the balcony we weren't talking about you." He rambled on desperately before realising what he had just said. "Wait we were talking about you but not to decide if you were a gold digger. My father had a background check done on you when I hired you and he found out who your father was!"

"You did a background check on me why?"

"Standard procedure for every secretary I have"

I rolled my eyes in disdain but calmed down a bit. He knew who my father was? I was curious now. "So who is my father?"

"Zeus is your father Thalia."

I can't say I was expecting that one.

Aloha everyone. I apologise profusely for my long absence. I had my final exams which I have now finished and I also completed my Duke of Edinburgh gold expedition. Yay! So it has been busy for me. I am back now and I have loads of ideas for new stories. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. It is a bit sort but the next one will be longer. This story is coming to an end soon. Probably over the next two three or four chapters but I'll start the next one straight away.. Love you all thanks for the support!