ZESA RUSSO It was time for me to leave for the event I was invited to. Clad in my beautiful, black dress from earlier with silver earrings dangling from my ears and the same colored necklace resting on my collarbone and wrist, a black purse and silver heels, I was ready to live with my hair in soft curls. I’d visited a salon to get my hair and makeup done, as I was in no mood to do it. I was afraid I would mess it up out of anger.After ensuring I had my phone, card, and lipstick, I was ready. Thankfully, Levi was not home, which meant he changed his mind about coming as my plus one. I guess I would end up attending the event alone. Edwardo had my limousine parked out front when I came out the front door. He silently opened the back door for me and I got in.Just when he was about to close the door, I heard approaching footsteps before I saw the face. Levi. What was he doing all dressed up in a black tuxedo? He motioned for me to scoot over. I didn’t.“What are you doing?”
LEVI DEL CAMPA She obviously thought I wanted to kiss her. I had a reason for doing what I did, though. There was nothing on her face, but someone was looking at her with emotions in his eyes. A man who had feelings for her and had just confronted me about it, even though I was her husband. Alejandro Ortega had feelings for Zesa and he made it clear to me. It seemed their meetings together turned into feelings for her. Even if he did like her, why would he confront me? Unless he knew I wasn’t with her out of love. If that was the case, he was asking me to leave her alone. He wanted me to move to the side so he could be by her. Although I didn’t have feelings for Zesa, it made me angry to think he had the audacity to talk to me about such a thing. Whether I married her because of a darn contract or because I loved her should be none of his business, because in the end, I was her husband. Me. How dare he tell me to my face that he had feelings for her? I looked at Zesa. S
ZESA RUSSO I hardly ever spoke about my parents. It often brought tears to my eyes, but today, I remembered them. My mother was a beautiful and kindhearted soul who went by the name Ozora. My father, Luca, was a strong willed and hardheaded man who had a soft spot for the one he loved. According to my mother, she and my father met at the movies. He’d gone on a blind date with the daughter of a noble family when he caught a glimpse of her throwing popcorn into her mouth as she mumbled to herself. According to my mother, my father fell in love with her at first sight and followed her about, ignoring the woman he’d gone to the movies with in the first place.My father had a different point of view, though. He said he didn’t follow her about. She just happened to be wherever he wanted to go. When she reminded him of how he followed her to her home, he laughed it off, saying he did it out of love. Looking at them back then, I wanted what they had. I wanted to live with someone
LEVI DEL CAMPA I stayed at the hospital for about an hour with Louryn before telling her I would leave. I’d barely slept last night, and I was exhausted. But before leaving, I gave her some money just in case something came up. By the time I got home, it surprised me to hear laughter and grunts coming from the living room. I opened the front door and entered the house, shutting the door before me. I froze for a moment at the sight before me.The living room was a mess, with caviar on the white couch and on the color, two bottles of champagne on the floor and one on the table, half of its content drunk. What was more shocking for me was Zesa, who was sprawled out on the floor with Finn, trying to lift her up. He, too, was drunk, but not as much as she was. Wasn’t he supposed to be at work? Today was a Friday.“What’s going on here?”Their eyes snapped to me. Finn hurried to his feet and adjusted his tie that was already a mess. There was a stain on his white button-up shirt
ZESA RUSSO Earlier, I woke up with a brain splitting headache after being woken up by a call from Neviah. A friend I met while I was in college. We had the same major, but unfortunately; she had to drop out of school after her father passed away as there was no one to pay for her tuition. I couldn’t help her back then because my business was still growing and there was not much I could do. I had suggested taking a loan from the bank but she refused, afraid she would be unable to pay back later.A year after she quit school, she became pregnant. Her boyfriend of three years was the father of her twins—Amaris, her daughter, and Asher, her son. He broke up with her when she told him about it. Since then, Neviah became a single mother who avoided any man that came her way because her mindset changed. To her, any man who came to her in the name of love only wanted to hit and move on. At the moment, she worked as a stripper at the club. It paid well, in her opinion.Despite her
ZESA RUSSO I couldn’t wait to see the anger plastered on his face, so I went home as he wanted. The guards were at their positions, head up as they scrutinized everything in the surrounding area. I would have dozed off a long time ago if I were to be in their shoes. I went into the house to see that the living room was empty, so my guess was he was in the bedroom. While going up the stairs, I pulled my lower lip in between my teeth as I tried to keep from laughing. My hand found the doorknob, and I twisted it, letting myself into the room.Levi sat at the edge of the bed, his phone in hands as he twirled it around. He lifted his head when he heard me come in. Pretending to not notice the anger rolling off him, I took off my denim jacket, so I was in denim pants and a white tank top.“Why aren’t you sleeping?” I questioned, putting my hair in a bun.He came to his feet, his eyes a glare. “Who was it?” I bit back my smile. “Who was who?”“Don’t
ZESA RUSSO What in the world just happened? Even though my exposed pussy was screaming the answer to me, I did not want to believe it happened. I did not want to believe that the Levi Del Campa just finger fucked me in here. I rose from the bed and went to the door, ignoring the flow of juices running down my legs. I opened it and peeked outside. He was nowhere to be seen after grabbing his shirt.I shuddered when I remembered his words. “You were touching yourself last night to get a reaction out of me.” How in the world did he know? It wasn’t as if he had spy cams on me. So, how did he know I was not with a man? Most importantly, how was I supposed to face him after what had just happened?I went into the bathroom and washed off. By the time I was done, it was as if my brain was recollected. I put on a new set of underwear, a brown skirt and a beige shirt. Yes, a skirt. For easy access just in case the spirit that possessed him earlier possesses him again and maybe I’d g
LEVI DEL CAMPA To say I was taken aback by her question was not an understatement. I wondered if she meant having kids with her or with someone else. Having kids in general was something I wanted because I grew up as an only child—mostly lonely and with no one to talk to. Having a family of my own was always a dream. Yet, when she asked me that question, I wasn’t so sure. “Is something bothering you?” I flicked Zesa a glance. She was seated beside me in the car as I drove to my mother’s house. I lowered my eyes to her exposed thigh. She wore a black bodycon lace dress that with puffy sleeves and a V-neck that showed little cleavage. It was as if she was inviting me to repeat what had happened today. I still didn’t understand why I did what I did today. What I know is, I couldn’t stop myself when I saw her in that skirt after putting two and two together. I felt like a fool for reacting the way I did, so I wanted to make her understand it meant nothing to me. Sure, I was worried wh