Chapter 6
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To get revenge, he pulls the duct tape in one go and Maria screams in pain.
“Ouch! How dare you just pull that!" Maria yelled, kicking here and there hoping to hit Lorenzo.
Lorenzo grinned when the duvet fell off the floor and Maria's leg exposed showing her underwear.
Maria who is still blindfolded feels the cool air from the air condition touching her open leg.
“C-Can you put back the cover?” Maria asked, begging as if she was innocent.
“No,” Lorenzo answered shortly, laughing in his thoughts. He just wanted to talk to Maria and planned to court her, to win her love but it seems Maria has no interest in him.
Lorenzo's heart clenches in pain when he remembers why Maria and he had that one nightstand. Maria was so in love with her boyfriend who is now a priest. But why is Maria still hoping for a second chance with Val?
Feeling uncomfortable with the sight, Lorenzo silently places back the duvet and covers her exposed lower part.
“Come here, let me bring you to the toilet.” saying so, he removed Maria's blindfold slowly but their hands were still tied up.
Maria blinks her eyes several times until she gets used to the brightness of the light. The moment her eyes open and see, the handsome face of Lorenzo registered with a wide killer smile. Maria's heartbeat skips for a while. His hazelnut eye color, the pointed nose, and that red lips almost stretch to his ear. The cleft chin, thick brows, and perfectly trimmed beard give manly features to his face.
This is the first time she saw the man as close as he is.
“Too handsome to handle?” Lorenzo speaks full of himself.
“So what, you are nothing compared with Val.”
Maria answered but bit her lower lips realizing what she just said.
“Maria, I don't need your opinion and s**t about your ex,” Lorenzo said with an irritated voice. He untied Maria's hand and let alone go to the toilet. He is not in the mood to play a fool especially when Maria is slapping him the reality that he has no place in her heart.
“Groom yourself, the clothes are prepared. Drink that water on the nightstand. Come down when you are ready.” Lorenzo instructed without any emotion and turned his back, slamming the wooden door as he left.
“What is that? Why is he mad?” Maria mumbled and saw the water with a medicine beside the glass.
Maria slowly walks to the toilet and does her thing. When done, she goes to the walk-in closet. Her eyes were almost out of their socket when she opened the huge wall closet. Designer's clothes and bags, shoes and accessories. Every collection is a woman's must-have.
Feeling disappointed, Maria picks the simplest above-the-knee dress and brushes her hair after putting them on.
She doesn't need luxurious things. But she has no choice but to use one of them. Besides, she wanted Val to see her in simple clothes.
Maria suddenly remembers her son and wonders where Morris is. She quickly prepares herself and goes down to the living room. Morris isn't there.
“Morris! Morris!” Maria shouts hoping his son isn't tied up just like her earlier. She finally decided to look for every room. She believes Morris has been awake longer than her.
As she entered the elegant dining room, she saw her son happily eating his late breakfast. Morris saw her approaching and screamed in happiness.
“Mommy!”
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“Mom, you know? I got so many toys and it's awesome!” Morris giggles showing his handy Gundam toy.
Unaware that they were kidnaped yesterday, he is a kid who just adores toys and the presence of his mother
“Oh wow, that is great. But hurry, we must leave.” Maria said and hugged her son, giving a death glare to Lorenzo.
“No!” Lorenzo's voice echoed in the spacious dining room that made Maria and Morris jolt. Even the bodyguards who are just standing watching them carefully feel the creep on their bodies.
Lorenzo has never been strict like this but after his father's death, he is more serious than ever.
“We are leaving!” Maria insisted, she doesn't care even their son watching their bickering.
“But Mom, I like it here..” Morris becomes sad knowing they will not stay long in the house.
“No honey, we are not going to live here.”
“But Mom. He said he will buy more toys for me if we stay here,” Morris looks at Lorenzo and smiles sweetly.
“Maria, I brought you here to offer you something.”
“I don't care. This is kidnapping!” Maria tried to pull Morris that made the kid lose his balance and fall to his knees on the marbled floor.
“Is that how you treat the kid?” Lorenzo's fist balled as he got mad seeing him dragged by Maria.
“I can handle him, we live alone for five years. We don't need you. I don't need you.” Maria explained and wanted to cry as if she had been feeling burdened for the past five years.
She feels that way because of Val, the man she cared for and she can't show up to him because of Morris.
Seeing Maria's tears, Lorenzo's heart melted and his throat.
“I don't mean any harm, Maria. I just want to take responsibility and start anew if I missed those five years with Morris. I was wrong back then, forgive me. But truly am, please give me a chance to Morris and let me show how much I am sincere to you.” Lorenzo said, despite his men watching them. He is not ashamed to confess what he feels. No time for hiding.
“I am sorry, I have never been attracted nor feel anything to you. It's just Morris is already here and I can't go back and correct my mistakes either. You know and it was clear that I was under the control of alcohol when that happened. This is not my dream. It wasn't my plan and I still love him.” Maria's tears finally rush to her cheek as she hugs her son.
Lorenzo tried to suppress the mixed emotion he had right now as he is being rejected by the person he loves for a long time. He didn't expect that Maria would be this stubborn and still insist on her ex-boyfriend.
“Maria, but he is a priest,” Lorenzo added hoping Maria will be shaken.
“No, he isn't anymore. He is free and we are going to meet and continue the plan we had before. Please, Lorenzo. Don't rain on my parade. I love him so much.” Maria doesn't have any care at all whether she is hurting Lorenzo so much or if Morris understands what is happening between them.
Morris' mouth quivers and starts to sob seeing his mother cry, thinking Lorenzo hurt his Mom.
“You are a bad boy, you make my Mom cry,” Morris said and throws the Gundam toy on the floor and hugged his mother's leg.
Lorenzo's body became stiff, he was hurt to the core. He didn't expect to see his beloved hating him. He just wants to have them back and build a family.
Feeling defeated, Lorenzo heaves a sigh and flicks his finger, asking his men to escort the two and send them to their house.
For now, he can't speak about his feelings. Maybe he made it rush, which is why his plan didn't work. He will give them time to think.
“Is that what you want? How about Morris?” Lorenzo asked for the last time.
“You can visit him if you want. You can be a father to him. But don't expect I will be a wife to you. My heart belongs to Bal, I'm sorry.” Maria said nonchalantly.
Everything would be perfect if her heart is beating for Lorenzo, but her case has no guarantee if she has a chance for Val. From the start, she only loves Val and she will understand and embrace the man if he decides to come back into her life.
As soon as Maria and Morris left, Lorenzo went upstairs to his home office and dialed a friend.
“Hey, what's up! Please, can you look for the name Val Roberto? A parish priest.” Lorenzo said and leaned his back on the swivel chair after he ended the call.
He regrets missing the fives years without even chasing Maria, but he is still full of hopes to tame Maria. This will be a big challenge for him as he never tailed a woman after he bedded them. One thing he is sure of, his father was right. Falling in love is the most beautiful experience but for Lorenzo, it is not.
He doesn't know why he ended up in this tangled situation. Chasing after a woman whose heart is taken already and he still keeps insisting on himself. He must be insane for loving Maria. Lorenzo took out his e-cigarette and puffed on it and for a while he played with the smoke and blew them, trying to form a circle.
He must know the truth and wanted to see personally who this guy is, who stole Maria's heart as he put Maria in vain for loving him and still hoping for his attention.
Val Roberto...Val Roberto…
Lots of names in Italy are almost and the same so Lorenzo thought, this guy must be another person whom he thought he knew.
The name sounds familiar to him but he doesn't remember exactly when he encountered that name aside from Maria who almost spent her life loving the man.
After a few minutes, Lorenzo receives mail from the person he contacted earlier.
As he opened the email attached with an image of the said person, Lorenzo eyes wide in shock as he now remembers who this person is.
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