Chapter 71: Overthinking

Mateo in his office, staring at the photo of Isabella and Roman, that he's actually trying not to look at since then. After some time, he played and listen into the voice recorder came from Isabella herself years ago.

"Damn it!" he yelled, slamming the phone down. He leaned on his swivel chair with his eyes closed, breathing heavily. It took him some minutes to open his eyes again. He thinks of how he treated Isabella. Her words were still ringing in his ears, making him feel like a bad person and a jerk all at once.

"Why you keep on pushing your damn reasons, Isabella? How can you think that I can easily believe in your lies when I have this?" he said to himself, rubbing his forehead, and then his eyes soon caught Roman's side on the photo. He started to think about what happened to that man.

"Yet... if she really cheated on me, why I didn't even see her with him?" he asked out loud for a couple of seconds and continued with a quiet tone.

"No! It doesn't make sense, Mateo. Just.