CHAPTER 74
Elena could not place the look on Angelo’s face as he just sat there staring at her in her white towel.
“What happened?” He asked after he forcefully pulled his eyes away from her half-naked form.
“What do you mean by what happened?” Elena asked as she approached her dressing mirror with calculated steps.
She was scared for a bit and wondered if he knew something about what she had done. She hoped not; if not, she would be in deep trouble.
Angelo was upset, and she could see that in his eyes. He had probably been waiting for hours, and her response wasn’t helping matters either. What was she supposed to say? That she had been fucking Dominic while he waited for her?
The thought of Dominic made her insides churn. The guy was good in bed. Too good!
“I waited three hours, Elena. Three hours at the rooftop for you and all you can say is what do I mean?” Angelo snapped at her, glancing at his wristwatch as he spoke and bringing her out of her outrageous daydream as well. She paused her walk to the dressing mirror halfway and turned to look at him.
“I’m sorry, Angelo. I don’t know… I don’t know what happened. I just kind of… I’m sorry, Angelo.” She tried to beg him but the look on Angelo’s face didn’t seem like a forgiving one.
She knew she was in trouble the moment he stood up and began walking towards her, so, she took a few steps backward.
“Did I do something?” Angelo asked as he stood in front of her half-naked body with only a towel to cover her. ‘Was it too much to ask for a little time with you?” His voice was lower this time, almost whispering dangerously and she felt herself continue to cower away as he took those steps with her until her back hit the wall.
“Talk to me, Elena. Did I do something wrong that I don’t know about which would make you keep me waiting for that long?” He was dangerously close now, and Elena could not find a way to escape as she just looked into his eyes pleadingly.
She could see the pain in them, the agony he was going through because of her, and her heart sank. She had hurt him badly this time.
“Say something and not just stare at me.” He suddenly snapped in a loud voice as his fist hit the wall behind her in anger, making Elena lower her face in fright.
“I didn’t mean for that to happen. I’m sorry, Angelo.” She apologized in a low shaky voice with her head low.
“What now? Do you think I’ll hit you? You think I’ll lay a finger on you?” Angelo’s was hurt and she could hear it in his voice.
He hissed at that moment and took a few steps away from her to give her space to breathe.
” Why don’t you prioritize what I want Elena? Why do you make me feel like I’m forcing things on you? Am I?” He queried her while she brought her distraught face up a bit.
“No! No! It’s nothing like that. I just…” She was stammering now and it annoyed him the more.
“I’ll just… leave. You do not have anything to say to me.” He hissed and turned to leave but before he could get to the door, Elena had caught his hands.
“Please, Angelo. It’s not what you think. Listen to me.” She tried to pull him back, but Angelo was not having any of it as he shoved her away and walked out of the door angrily.
“Shit!” Elena hits the wall in agony as he bangs the door in her face. She hated herself in that moment.
What had she done?
She lowered herself to the floor and sat on it for a while with her head bowed. After a few minutes, she stood up and wiped her eyes which had tears hanging around them. She was not going to cry.
She stood up and began walking towards her wardrobe to change into her clothes when her phone beeped, indicating that a message had been sent to her.
She changed paths and strolled to the phone instead to check it out and who the sender was.
When she picked up her phone and opened it, her heart almost stopped beating as she stared at the video in front of her.
It was a video of her and Dominic earlier on.
No! No! This couldn’t be true. There was no one there. She was sure of it. So, how on earth…?
She felt her hands shake, almost dropping the phone as she tried to message the number but it refused to connect. The sender had blocked every means of responding.
But there was another message attached to it.
It read;
Meet me at The Club tomorrow at 8 pm otherwise, this video will get to Angelo. We both know how he would feel once he sees this, and I’m sure you don’t want that as well.
Who was this? And how had this person gotten this video? She wasn’t safe anymore, even in her own house.
She was so scared that she strolled out of her room, looking for fresh air to breathe and calm her mind.
She went straight to the living room but almost jumped into Angelo and Dominic conversing but she was lucky she paused in her steps. Dominic saw her first, and he raised his eyebrows in concern, but she rushed back into the room, refusing to face any of them.
The moment she got into her room, she got a message.
“What’s wrong? It’s me, Dominic.” The message read.
How had he gotten her number? She wondered as her suspicions were raised.
What if he had recorded their moment together?
“So it was you.” She texted back and waited impatiently while tapping her feet for him to respond.
“Me that did what? What did I do?” Dominic texted back.
“You recorded our moment. I just knew you were not to be trusted. How could you do a thing like that?”
” I’m confused at this point. What do you mean? I didn’t record any video, I don’t know what you are talking about. ” Dominic was fast to defend himself.
” This. You sent this to someone right? If not, how did the person get it?” She forwarded the video to him alongside the message.
Dominic was confused at this point as he didn’t even know what she was talking about.
“This isn’t a video, Elena. It is a CCTV footage. Someone must’ve hacked into it. And that person is not me. What did the blackmailer say?”
” Threatened to tell Angelo. That cannot happen, Dominic. Angelo cannot know we had sex.” She was scared, and from the message, Dominic could tell that. He didn’t need to be told what to do as it was his mess too. He would also be in trouble if that video got out.
“I will take care of it, Elena. Be calm and do anything irrational.”
Even though he knew Elena would not just sit back and let him take care of it on his own. He just hoped she didn’t do something to rile up the blackmailer and make him release the video before he could do anything about it.
And he was right about his thought when he got the next message from her.
“Do you part while I do mine? This video cannot get to Angelo, if not, I’ll be dead meat before you realize it.”
She was scared of Angelo and he could sense it from her message.