EPISODE TWENTY THREE
STEFANO.
I felt uneasy throughout the night, I’ve never felt guilty for my actions before but hurting her like this made me feel so terrible. I wished she could sign the divorce papers right away so we can part.
Hazel would probably hate me now, And I hope she continues hating me forever, I don’t want her to forgive me for doing this to her, I feel so fucking bad for her.
She cried for hours under me because I was trying to pleasure myself. I was angry earlier when she confessed to me that she’s a virgin. Why did she make such a decision to beg me for sex if she’s a virgin?
Does she not care about her dignity at all? I thought she was indirectly calling me a coward for not taking her to bed right away the moment we were back from the party, I wanted to do it so badly with her but I felt bad for the past events.
I even let Nora body shame her in my presence. She caught the person who disrespect her on my bed even though it was a misunderstanding.
If I’d respected her, I shouldn’t have let that happen, But I was trying to form the hard guy.
Mom’s call was the first thing I received the next morning.
Luca had already prepared one of the jets to take her, Amanda and Megan, Our last born to Rome.
“You can take your time with Hazel. If she doesn’t want to come, let her be. We will be fine.”She said sadly after noticing my voice.
I was talking coldly to her.”It’s fine mom. We will join you later in the afternoon.”I say and drop the call.
I walked back to the room, She was still fast asleep.
Hazel is still in the same position, The way I left her after sleeping with her yesterday.
I sigh tiredly before going to the bathroom to take my bath.
I took my bag out of the room hoping she would wake up soon so Luca could come pick her up.
I don’t want to see her face, I should avoid her.
Luca came to pick me so we could stock the warehouses with the new goods that arrived this morning.
“Where’s Hazel? I should greet her,”He say happily.
I sigh and push him back inside the car.
“Let’s just go.”I mumble.
“Did something happen?”
“I will tell you later in the car.”
“You better do.”He huffed before igniting the car back to life.
He drove out of the compound hurriedly.
“Is Marcos there already?”
“Tell me what happened.”He diverted the topic.
I sigh before facing the window feeling guilty.
“We fucked. And it was so bad. Brutal and painful for her. I didn’t hold back. I wanted to ruin her. She made me feel guilty for not telling me that she’s a virgin.”I confess.
Luca stopped abruptly in the middle of the lone road making the tires screech annoyingly.
“What the hell are you talking about? You forced her to sleep with you and you hurt her because she was a virgin?”
“No. She came to my room begging me to let us have sex. I was in the middle of it when her hymen or whatever cut. I got so mad and ended up losing control. It was so bad.”
“Christ.”Luca mumbled in a faint voice and buried his head on the wheel.
“I want her to hate me. I don’t want to care about marriage anymore. We should just divorce.”
“Then force her to sign the fucking papers! You even left her at home.”He roared angrily.
“What did you expect me to do? Prepare her for a bath? You should have seen how bad it was. Don’t make this feel awkward. I was already awkward by the time I released her this morning. If I start acting caring, She will misunderstand me.”
“You don’t deserve any bits of affection. I hope you die.”Luca cursed me angrily and drove away down the street.
After three hours, we were able to stock the goods into the warehouses. Luca was the most stressed here. He kept working just to let off some steam, not after giving me some few punches making my lips burst. My left cheeks were reddened and they were swelling, annoyingly.
I was able to return a few punches which gave him only a busted lip. He does this anytime he’s angry at me. I don’t blame him, He cared for Hazel so much and wished I did the same to her.
“How many are the gold bars?”I ask, spitting out blood while Marcos stares at me pitifully.
He dared not offer me a napkin, Luca would kill him.
“Over 1000.”
“Their worth?”
“$1M each.”He reports,”I pushed my hair back tiredly.
“Take one each for the vacation in Rome. and prepare for the trip. We are moving by 12PM.”I order checking my time.
Labrinth sequel happily and dragged Marcos out of the warehouse.
They worked their asses off in the past month and deserved so much better than the life they are living with me.
I hope they don’t get hurt.
“Can you pick her up by 11?”I ask, referring to Luca who was busy receiving some calls.
He nodded before sliding his phone back to his pockets.
“I really hope you make changes, Stefano. Hazel deserved so much more than what you gave her.”Luca said in his most sincere voice.
This is the first time he talked so softly and seemed genuine.
I nod solemnly and watched him leave.
HAZEL.
I woke up the next morning feeling terrible. I struggled to sit up and after a few attempts, I was able to take a few steps.
Last night’s activity started coming back to me. He was a different man when it comes to sex.
He didn’t even mind the fact that I was a virgin. He treated me so badly as if I’m a piece of trash.
He called me sort of names and derived pleasure from him at my own expense.
Merely thinking about this brought tears to my face. I want to hate him so bad for this.
Stefano wasn’t in the house by the time I woke up. Tears welled up my eyes again when I noticed this.
He didn’t even care to take care of me this morning knowing how sore I will be.
After doing some laundry, I cleaned his room the same way he left it before walking out of his room to take my bath for the trip.
I immersed myself into the warm water for minutes, hoping the pains would leave for a while.
My body was covered with red marks and bruises on my butts. I wore baggy jeans with small tops and a matching jean jacket to hide it.
I wore the white sneakers his mom got for me. After making sure I didn’t forget anything including my old headphones and phone. I hope mom will be able to call me as the reception of the phone isn’t working efficiently these days.
My online class will start in two weeks and I don’t have any gadgets for it, I really hope Stefano will become nicer to me so I can get what I need.
I dragged my small bag down to the stairs and waited patiently for him to come pick me up.
Surprisingly, It was Luca that came. He smiled softly at me.
I felt so awkward as he noticed me take slow steps closer to him.
He collected the bag from me and stared at me for a while.
“Good morning. Luca.”I greeted with a small smile on my face.
“Are you okay?”He asked worriedly, I nodded and made to leave but he held my hand.
“You can tell me what’s wrong. I promise not to let you feel awkward.”It was as if he knew what was going on but was hesitating to apologize for what his friend did.
It will be so awkward.
“I’m really fine. We can start going now.”I mumbled but he was still holding my head.
He raised my chin slowly making my hair fall to my back, The red lines on my chest were a little bit visible.
He looked at me for a while, contemplating going on with whatever that’s going on his mind.
And, slowly. He locked our lips together.