I find myself sitting in front of him with a glass of champagne in my hand. His penetrating gaze on me, "I should consult with a lawyer to know how to make that will invalid," he comments.
I still don't understand how he hasn't thought about this before. “I thought you were an intelligent man. Didn't you notice the minor detail that we should have a child before seeking revenge and getting me into this?" I ask sarcastically and take a sip of the exquisite champagne.
His silence makes me think I'm right. He didn't think about it. "I wanted my parents to mistrust you when they met you; so, they won't name the clause. But I don't know why, they liked you from day one. Maybe, if they knew that your father was responsible for my sister's death, they would change opinion "he explains, and this information it's new for me.
"They don't know?" I ask, totally surprised, and he denies it. "My sister never told them she was pregnant, she half confessed that secret and
Five days laterAfter that afternoon, nothing was the same again. I hardly exchanged the necessary words with Lucas during the moments with his parents; I had barely eaten. I don't want to look at him or listen to him. I want him to disappear, and I want to do it too.I sneaked out of the house to see Sebastian. My plan is no longer the same. Now I want to believe that he can help me escape from this nightmare. I will not endure a year with Lucas, not with the fear that it gives me that he will repeat once more what happened on the yacht.I stir the coffee over and over with the spoon until a hand stops me. When I look up there, I see Sebastian. His green eyes look at me lovingly, and I stand up and hug him with all my might."Sebas!" I express with relief, and his arms wrap around my waist tightly."Sienna, how nice to see you," he says without letting me go."I really needed to see you," I confess. He lets go of me to look
"Is that why you left the house as a fugitive?" he claims while the limo takes us home.I don't want to answer or look at him."Speak!" he demands again, and I have no choice but to fix my gaze on his."Yes! I went with him because I never want to see you again in my life. I suppose you will be happy that you achieved your assignment before the end of the year, right? You have done to me more harm than you could do to anyone in record time "I reply and look away from him again."Sienna ..." I hear him say to me in a small voice."Don't tell me anything. I don't want to know anything about you," I reply immediately and cross my arms."I'm so sorry about the other day," he says suddenly, and I can't understand how he can be so hypocritical.I decide to keep quiet and turn to look at him to let him know that I don't believe a single word of what he has said."I was carried away by anger ... by the pain it caused me to rem
"Daughter," I hear a voice repeat it over and over again, "please wake up."Is my father here? Where am I? I can not see him."Mauricio, you don't know how sorry I am," I hear Lucas say.What is he doing here? No, not him, please.I move to try to flee."Daughter, calm down," he tells me, and for the first time, I feel his hand touching me.Am I not dead? I want to open my eyes to see my father, but I can barely lift my eyelids, "you can do it my girl," he encourages me, and I can notice his broken voice.I try one more time and finally manage to open them. My father smiles at me and squeezes my hand. "What a joy to be able to see you in the eye!" he says happily, and I smile shyly, but when I see Lucas, it vanishes."I want him to go!" I manage to say, even though I think they barely heard me"You mean Lucas?" my father asks me, and then he looks at him.Lucas's gaze met mine, no more w
A week laterLeaving the hospital was not an easy task. Besides recovering physically, it took me several psychological studies, therapy, and telling part of the story to convince the doctors that I would not try again. So after a week hospitalized, I finally finished fixing the bag with the clothes Lucas sent me through my father. For the last time, I look at myself in the bathroom mirror. My dark circles are still there but, it is not that I have spent my days having fun in a spa, much less resting in a hotel."Daughter, are you ready?" my father exclaims from the room. I immediately get out of the bathroom.He smiles at me, but his tired face makes me understand that what I did hurt him more than I could imagine. He did not move from this room while I was hospitalized. As I listened to him cry at night and say my mother's name, I realized that I didn't think of anything at all when I tried to kill myself. I didn't remember that I am my father's only thing in
Four weeks laterAnother day at the office. A week ago, I became interested in learning about everything that happens here, so I am still trying to understand how my father's company works. I decided to stop being the millionaire girl who only helped her father when necessary. Also, stop being that woman who knew more about fashion than what happened around her. I admit that I have also decided to occupy my mind to stop thinking about everything I experienced and especially about Lucas, who, for some stupid reason, does not leave my head.I walk down the long corridor of the company towards my office when Ana stops me on the way. "Miss Di Marco, there is a man who is looking for you at the reception," she tells me, somewhat agitated. “Has he told you who he is?" I ask, confused."Yes, his name is Fabián Ferro and he says that he is your husband's lawyer, Mr. Lucas Sandonini."Just hearing his name was enough for me to feel this strange sensat
We arrived at my favorite restaurant, the one facing the bay. Matías, the restaurant manager, greets us friendly; we are regular customers of the place. "Mr. Di Marco, good afternoon, the same table as always?" asks my father."Yes, please," he answers, and we follow him around the room until we reach the patio, where right next to the glass railing is what we call our place. The following table is occupied by a man wearing a straw hat with a black bow typical of many in Miami. I am surprised to see him reading the newspaper at this time of the day and much more in this place.I am about to move one of the chairs away when a voice interrupts me and does it for me "allow me, miss."That voice and accent. I turned around, and to my surprise, the man sitting at that table was him. "Lucas, what are you doing here?" I ask in a small voice.I look at my father, and he shrugs his shoulders. "I'm sorry daughter, I think you t
I couldn't sleep thinking about everything Lucas told me yesterday. Here I keep tossing and turning in my bed, taking the courage to stand up and go to the office, knowing that I will see him there.A knock on the door breaks into my mental chaos. When I open the door, I see my father in his gray suit, ready to go to work "good morning, daughter, are you still up?" he asks me with a shy smile. “Good morning, father, I'm late, but I can meet you at the company, okay?" I explain and nod slightly."See you there, please remember that we have a board of directors at eleven o'clock and that you must be present" he lets me know, and I nod.Since yesterday my father has insisted that I be present at that meeting since he will report some changes in the company."I'll be there," I affirm and blow him a kiss like I did when he was a child.[...]I get out of the car and then adjust my knee-length black dress; I take courage to enter the buildin
I ran out of the building with the excuse of going to lunch, but the truth was that I wanted to avoid Lucas. Unfortunately, my lunch didn't last all day. The peace that I felt while sitting in my favorite ocean view restaurant shattered when I walked into my office and saw him sitting there at his desk. He's very focused on his computer until he looks up and smiles at me.I don't understand how he can smile as if nothing had happened between the two of us. What part of my hatred has he not understood? Perhaps, it is the same part within my heart that refuses to hate him equally.I completely ignore his insistent gaze and sit in the chair behind my desk. I put my bag aside and moved the computer mouse to enter my password and start working. I do my best not to speak or ask him to stop looking at me. I don’t want to claim him why he agreed to work here. I think I'm going crazy. I can hardly focus on the numbers of the sales reports that the administrative