EPISODE TWENTY SEVEN
“You’re just one pathetic chic. Hazel.”He huffed before letting go of my hands.
“What did you expect me to say? All I did was try to make things better between us and I’m the one that got hurt.”I say in a slightly high tone. It’s too hard to keep my posture in front of him. He makes me nervous.
“Just leave.”He points to the door calmly.
I took a deep breath and walked out of the room sobbing.
*
Two hours later, Stefano’s Mom urged everyone to pack their camping materials, Marcos and Labrinth left earlier to get some raw meats and camping materials for us.
“They will join us later.”Luca says, noticing me. I’ve been looking at the gate waiting for them to come.
I don’t want to go with Stefano.
“I won’t let you go in the same car with him. I know you’re nervous as hell.”He chuckled patting my back.
He’s been in the room with Stefano for the past two hours, Only God knows what they were doing.
He just came out minutes ago.
“How do I avoid that?”
“I will tell Amanda to take you along. Or can you drive?”He asks, I nod, confused.
“I will arrange your own car for you. If you want to have your own privacy.”
“No. Don’t do that. I will go with anyone. I don’t want to trouble you.”I stutter, turning down his offer immediately.
He nodded with a small smile and patted my back.
Stefano came down the stairs, I could not almost recognize him.
He got a new haircut. A wolf cut at that. He looks so hot and handsome. His siblings ogle around him annoyingly, Swooning over him.
“I swear. If I see any man as handsome as you. I will do everything in my powers to have him.”Amanda says dramatically, touching the bangs that trimmed down to both sides of his forehead down to the back of his ears.
“I’m not as handsome as him?”Luca asks, folding his arms dramatically.
“10k bucks for an honest opinion about it.”She stuck her hand out to Luca which caught me off by surprise.
How could she ask such a whooping sum of money because of this?
“100k bucks.”He bets on bringing out one of his cards.
He gave it to her without any second thoughts.”Oh my Goodness!”She squeals, pocketing the card into the back of her pockets.
Stefano was already getting tired of their argument.
Surprisingly, He didn’t look annoyed. His expression softened as he folded his arms, leaning against the wall.
I’ve been staring at him since and I can’t help it.
“Stefano is more handsome than you, Dumbass.”She huff, sticking her tongue out to Luca who looked like a ghost.
He got duped.
Megan burst into laughter including their Mom. Stefano cracked a bit and shook his head. He walked out of the living room with his portable bag and car keys.
I stared at him as he walked past me but he stopped for a bit.
“Are you not going with me?”He asks, looking back at everyone who’s busy jeering at Luca.
“I.. I… I will go with Mom.”I say clumsily.
“No. You’re going with me. Get your bags and meet me at the car.”He insists. I nod slowly and watch him leave.
I don’t know why he’s acting this way. I don’t want to go with him so I won’t make him feel uncomfortable. Why is he doing this to me?
“I hate you so much!”Luca yells glaring at Amanda who was busy squealing around the room.
I can’t believe she’s older than Stefano. She looks so young and childish.
“Why do you like extorting money from these men?”Stefano’s Mom asked amidst laughter, She only shrugged.
“Their life is boring. They don’t have anything or anyone to spend money on. I’m only doing them a favor, Mom.”She rolled her eyes ecstatically.
“I’m leaving with Stefano.”I announced to them.
They all turned to me at once grinning.”Sure. We will meet you there. Persuade Stefano to take you out for shopping. He needs to get some air.”Megan wink at me.
I nod knowing so well that I will never do something like that.
I don’t even have the courage to.
Stefano was staring at me all along. I picked my bag and the old headphones on the table with me.
“I’m ready.”I mumble. His sparkling eyes bore into my small frame. It was as if he’s thinking about something.
He took his eyes away and cursed silently before leaving me in his car.
This is the first time I’m in the car alone with Stefano. He’s a very sick driver. Two different cops stopped at two intersections demanding fines from him.
He pays them immediately and writes down his report. He continued this until we started getting close to the outskirts of the city.
Suddenly, He stopped driving and turned off the car engine in the middle of the road.
“Aren’t you going to ask me to take you shopping?”He asked, staring at me in an amused manner.
I pressed my lips nervously and rubbed my hands together.”It’s not necessary since Marcos is bringing us some food. We can save money by that.”I mumble.
He scoff in surprise, His eyes weren’t leaving my body.”You’re such a character. Hazel.”He huff before igniting the car back to life.
“I don’t really need anything. I’m fine.”I insisted but he didn’t reply again.
Stefano stopped at a medium supermarket, I got down as soon as he stopped driving.
He led the way to the entrance while I followed him.
The receptionist welcomed us warmly but ended up flirting with Stefano. I got jealous but I couldn’t say anything about it. We are not in a happy marriage. He can do whatever he wants without caring about me.
“Give me a shopping basket.”He says. The girl gave it to me, staring at me in a rude manner.
God. The audacity.
“Do you want me to pluck out those eyes and feed it to the dogs?”He snapped, staring at the girl.
“I’m sorry sir.”She muttered nervously.
“You can go take anything you want.”He said, turning to me.
I nodded with a small smile on my face, I was satisfied with what he did to the sales girl. I didn’t expect him to stand up for me in this manner.
The supermarket isn’t actually a medium one, It’s more expanded in the interior filled with lots of expensive products.
I couldn’t pick any of them even though I needed them badly. They are just too expensive.
I went to the cookies section and picked some snacks, canned milk and juice with other simple stuff.
“I’m done.”I announced, raising the half filled small baskets to him.
“This is all you want?”He asked, staring around at the products displayed.
“Yes.”I lied.
I wanted lots of things but I don’t want him to spend too much because of me.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I’m really okay.”I mumble.
The girl checked the price and gave him the slip.
“How much?”he asked, not sparing it a glance.
“$120.”
“What?”He turned to me.
“I’m really okay with this. Let’s go.”I smile slightly at him. The girl packed them inside a fancy bag and handed it to me.
“I’m sorry for treating you like that earlier. I didn’t know you’re his wife.”She apologized in a more respectful manner.
“It’s really fine ma’am.”I wave my hand dismissively at her.
Did Stefano introduce me as his wife to her?
“We can go now.”I mutter, referring to Stefano, who was busy on his phone.
He pushed his hair back and collected the bag from me. We both walked out of the supermarket. Leaving me in awe.