Vincenzo woke up and opened his eyes to see Martina lying next to him. He furrowed his brows at first, but later smiled after staring at her sleepy face. She looked so calm and beautiful.
He ran his finger on her smooth fair face, and tucked the strands of her hair at the back of her ear.
Martina felt a touch on her face, and she opened her eyes. She opened her eyes and saw Vincenzo staring at her, with a huge smile on his face.
“Hey,” He uttered with an hearty smile.
“Hey…” Martina covered her face with his pillow shyly, and he laughed at her cuteness.
“Why are you covering your face?”
“You are staring at me with those alluring eyes of yours. I can’t but get shy.“
Vincenzo burst into laughter after hearing her statement. “Alluring eyes? I don’t have alluring eyes.”
She moved the pillow off her face and looked at me.
“Don’t ever say that again. Have you looked at yourself in the mirror? You are so handsome.”
Vincenzo giggled shyly and covered his face with the other pillow.
“Look at who is shy now.” Martina teased, and they both laughed. They stopped laughing and an awkward silence filled the room.
“I didn’t know when you came in here last night. I was fast asleep.” Vincenzo looked at her as he spoke, and she nodded.
“Yes, you were fast asleep. I didn’t want to bother you because you seemed to be enjoying your sleep, so I crept into your bed, and slept next to you.“
“Uhm.” He raised his head. His smiled faded slowly as they stared at each other.
“What’s wrong?” She asked after seeing the change in his facial expression.
“What did he do to you, Martina. I know how Mr. Roberto can be. Did he hurt you?”
Martina heaved a sigh and shook her head. She divulged a feeble smile and lowered her head.
“He didn’t hurt me. You shouldn’t bother.”
“Are you sure?”
Martina bounced her head and looked at him with a beaming smile on her face. “I am very serious, okay? He didn’t do anything to me.”
Vincenzo bounced his head and yanked the duvet off his body. He sat up and bowed his head. He felt quite dizzy as he sat up, and she placed her hand on his back.
“Are you okay? Do you need me to get you some water?” She asked moving closer to him. He shook his head and looked at her over his shoulders. He saw her face was a few inches away from his. He gazed at her lips, and she looked into his eyes.
The door of the room opened suddenly, and they both flinched. They looked at the door and saw Roberto walk in.
Roberto creased his brows immediately after he saw them so close.
“What is going on here?” His voice filled with anger as he spoke. Vincenzo sprang to his feet and bowed.
“Mr. Roberto, good morning, sir.”
Roberto shifted his gaze from Vincenzo to Martina who was staring at him.
“Come with me.” He said to her and turned to leave. Vincenzo looked at Martina with fear in his eyes.
She exhaled and got out of bed. “He won’t hurt me, Vincenzo. Don’t bother.” She held his hand for few seconds before walking out of the room.
She got to the hallway and saw one of his men approach her.
“Mr. Roberto asked me to bring you outside,” He told and Martina furrowed her brows.
“Outside?”
He bounced his head and began to walk. She walked behind him and they both headed out of the house.
She found herself at the back of his villa. He stood in front of the pool with his night robe on.
When they got there, his man left and left two of them alone.
“Wow. I never knew you had such a beautiful view outside the house.” She walked away from him, staring at the green trees and colorful flowers that surrounded the place.
“What were you doing with him?” Roberto looked at her.
“Doing with who?” She lowered her head and sniffed one of the yellow flowers she saw. She smiled widely as she kept sniffing each flower she saw.
“I am talking to you! I expect you to pay rapt attention to me!“ He smacked, and she looked at him.
“I don’t understand you, okay?”
“What don’t you understand? Why did you leave for his room after we finished having s•x?” Roberto stormed to where she stood. Her heart was beating very fast but she stood her ground.
“I left because I wanted to. Isn’t that how the women you f••k leave? Why are you so mad about it?”
“I asked them to leave! They don’t just leave.”
Martina heaved a sigh and bounced her head. “I’m sorry, okay?”
“Did you kiss him?”
“What?” Martina scoffed.
“Tell me! Did you kiss him?!”
“I didn’t!” She smacked back, and Roberto gulped hard. He turned and began to walk away. Martina stared at him as he walked. He turned to look at her, and her eyes widened.
He walked back to her and pointed his finger to her.
“Stay away from Vincenzo. As of today, I don’t want to see you two together.”
“But…”
“Stay away! And that is final, okay?” He wanted for her to respond, and she nodded slowly.
“Good. Go and prepare. We are leaving in an hour.” He turned and walked out on her.
When he was out of sight, a smirk crept up Martina’s face. She could smell jealousy in him.
“This is what I wanted.” She thought to herself, giggling evilly.