His Perfect Secret

The Side Effects.

I do not really want to go home. I want to stay here with him, at the same time, I don't want things to get awkward between us and I'd still like us to be friends. I packed all the clothes Ricardo bought for me; bearing in mind that I'd never come here again, to stay.

I took a quick shower before heading to down to tell the maid to inform Ricardo about my leave. I forgot about my annoying bodyguard. I stayed indoors for too long, Matteo didn't get a chance to follow me around since Ricardo was with me.

I took a last glance at his house, all the memories in there. The kisses! We kissed thrice, Three solid good times. Normal friends don't do that except they are friends with benefits and no way! We aren't friends with benefits.

He started it, the hot stranger came into my life, kissed me and now he's on my mind 24/7. I shook my head not wanting to think about him. Matteo dropped me at my porch and parked in the garage.

I slumped on my bed trying to get that jerk out of my mind. I shut my eyes, clearing my mind from every possible thought of Ricardo. My phone rang, interrupting me. I peeked at the screen on my phone, it's Adony. Well, someone is feeling sorry, huh?

"Hey Leona." She sounded down, not her usual lively self. "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have hid something so important from you. I promise I'll never do it, never ever again. I love you so much Leona and I can't stand you being mad at me." She wailed. "You've been a huge part of my life, a big sister to me and you've always been there for me. I'm so sorry Leona, please forgive me." She sniffed.

Is she crying? Gosh! I didn't expect her to cry.

"It's alright Adony, I've forgiven you. I love you too, dear." I smiled over the phone.

"Thank you so much, Leona. You sure you aren't still mad at me?"

"Yeah love. I'd love to keep chatting but I'm really tired and I need to rest. I'll call you." I hung up.

Ha! I then continued trying to block him but that seems like a mission impossible, why? My phone rang again. Seriously, who could it be this time? Lorenzo?

"Hola mio hermanita." He sure is getting the hang of me being his sister.

"Hey Lorenzo. How are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm fine but you sound so blue. ¿Cuál es el problema?" (What's the problem? ) He asked sounding concerned.

I'm totally over whatever Adony did but do I still sound angry? I can tell him, right? I mean his my brother and part of the family.

"I'm fine really." I groaned. "It's just that Adony annoyed me. I just found out she's six months pregnant today! She didn't even tell about her boyfriend then one day, she called and said she was getting married!" I paused.

"Woah! That's a bummer." He interjected.

"Yeah but she called earlier to apologise, that's the good part and I guess I've forgiven her."

"I'm happy she admitted her faults and apologised. You should calm down and some rest, ok?" He replied. He didn't yell or ignore me the way Ricardo does.

"Thank you so much Lorenzo, I'm so happy to have you as my brother."

He really has the calm side of my father but I'm happy he isn't a coward like my father.

"I'm delighted to have such a lovely sister like you Leona. Now take a peaceful nap and ease your mind." He said in a calm and slightly worried tone.

I hung up and decided to do what he said and before I knew it I was falling into a deep sleep.