“Well I can’t be dripping blood all over” I said stretching my hand out to her.
She smiled briefly, as if she was relieved and grateful that I let her take care of me.
She brought everything back on the counter and she brought two chairs. In not time, my hand was bandage and it didn’t feel so sore.
“Don’t you think it’s too dramatic?” I asked staring down at my hand.
She laughed.
“I think it’s just fine”
My phone rang.
I glanced at the screen.
It was Marcellino.
“Did I tell you that Marcellino found out?”
“About you and Jenna?” Kylee asked nonchalantly.
“Yes”
“It was fated to happen. What was his reaction”
” He punched me.
“That explains the cut at the side of your mouth. What did you do to him?”
“I punched him back, softly. Enough to hurt, not enough to knock him out”
Kylee stared at me in disbelief.
“What?” I asked her.
“You’re sleeping with his daughter, he finds out and punch you but you punch him back?”
“She’s not his daughter, there is no blood relation between Jenna and I. She’s his step daughter but we’re practically half brother so…”
“See what he has to say” Kylee urged.
The phone was ringing yet again.
I picked it up.
“I thought about telling Elisa” Marcellino said, he sounded angry and bitter.
This had to be more than just me being with Jenna.
“Why didn’t you tell her then?” I asked him.
Kaylee paced the bathroom, listening to my end of the conversation.
I put it on loud speaker so I don’t have to go through the stress of filling her with the words later.
“I did not want her to hate her own daughter. And she would be furious, Jenna would be broken too”
Kylee raised a brow at me but she said nothing.
“Why did you call?” I asked him.
“Mum called me. She said she told you”
“How long have you known that Alexander wasn’t my dad?”
“The moment you were born. No one is blind. You look nothing like any of us. I was the one that told my dad about her affair because I found out of her cheating”
I didn’t want to ask how he found out, I did not want to know.
I raised my brows at the revelation, he was the one that made my mum cut my dad off.
“Just as how I caught your own father cheating. I’m sure he started the entire thing ” I said, slightly angered.
I could hear the accusation in his tone, as if our mum was nothing but a cheat.
“Why are you taking her side. She left your father as if he was a worthless piece of trash” Marcellino said to me, I could hear him shuffling around his office. “I need some help ” he added.
I turned to Kylee, she looked concerned.
“I need your help Christian. Elisa and I had bought a mansion, it’s summer home. It was too beautiful and we couldn’t let go, not just that.. Elisa has a spending habit. I need your help, with money”
I was not surprised that he was asking me for money, that was how it’s always been.
“How much do you need?
“Just a couple of millions ”
“How much Marcellino ”
“Seventy million dollars Christian ”
“What makes you think I would want to help you?”
“You can’t say no”
“Of course I can. Actually, I’m saying no”
“You’re the only one I’ve got. You always help me clear my debts!” He yelling now.
“And maybe if I didn’t help you clear your debts, you wouldn’t keep falling into more debts. I gave you enough Marcellino, I started your company, bought a huge share… The house, the cars .”
“You will help me or I’ll tell Elisa what you’ve been doing with Jenna?!” Marcellino shouted.
“What you don’t understand is that I’m not concerned. Tell Elisa anything you please ” I ended the call because I was beginning to feel disgusted by him.
“Sheesh, he’s gone mad” Kylee said.
“Hmmm” I replied walking out of Jenna’s bathroom. I needed to find a way to wipe the blood from surface.
“Do you think he would tell Elisa ”
“I hope so” I said walking to my bedroom.
Kylee followed behind me.
“So you made two bedrooms, one for you and one for her… Why didn’t you just tell her you wanted the both of you to live together, like a married couple”
I lifted a pillow from the bed and threw it on Kylee.
“Ouh!” She yelled. “Who knew a pillow could hurt so bad” she said rubbing her sides.
“It would have scared her away, don’t you think. And I don’t stay here every day of the week”
“I don’t think you understand that nothing care scare her away. She knew you burnt Harrison and Greene and yet she still loves you”
I snorted.
“I don’t want to hear those names”
“Sorry sir”
“How about we go get my girl ” I said and Kylee giggled.
“Please, you’re a mess when she’s not here”
****
JENNA
I ate breakfast with Jay, it was delicious according to Jay and a girl named Bo. But to me it tasted like chalk. I realised that coming on the cruise ship was a mistake. I was so far away from Christian.
I wanted to talk with Christian, ask him why he went out with her, ask him if he slept with her… I wanted him.
Being with Jay when I didn’t even when I didn’t love him was going through excruciating pain. Bo, on the other hand, was charmed by him. Every girl would be if they met him.
She had concerned him and trapped him in the cabin and I used the opportunity to slip out. I walked past a couple sitting quietly eating lunch and I decided that I was hungry.
I went to the cafeteria, everything was laid out for anyone to pick from, it was a buffet service. I was supposed to be drooling over the wide range of dishes, instead I sulkily grabbed a plate from the side and started shuffling some food into my plate.
“We’re back on route, we apologize for the alterations but we had a very important person we need to pick up” the captain’s voice sounded through out the place.
I wondered why they changed route in the first place, nobody was particularly offended by it though. I went to have a seat and I started eating.
“My god, Jenna . I found you!”