A Mafia's Obsession

CHAPTER 7

I woke up in the middle of the night because of a bad dream. I didn't know if it was a dream or something that happened. I looked at the clock and it was three in the morning. When I woke up, Mateo wasn't beside me, and I saw Alicia sleeping soundly. I just ignored it because I was tired and my whole body still ached.

I don't know how many hours I slept, but my whole body still felt like it had been beaten, and I wanted to sleep more because I was probably exhausted. I peeked at the wall clock and my eyes widened when I saw it was three in the afternoon. I quickly took a bath and went downstairs.

I didn't know where to look for them because I had been wandering around the hotel for hours. So I decided to search by the beach.

"Hi miss, why are you alone?" A man approached me. He looked nice, but I ignored him. I was about to walk away when he pulled me by the arm.

"I'm talking to you. Don't turn your back on me, pretty." He said forcefully, smiling. I tried to pull my arm away.

"Ano ba bitiwan mo nga ako, I'm married! May asawa ako!" inis na sabi ko.

"'Wag ka ng magpakipot miss, hindi naman malalaman ng husband mo. Sumaama ka na lang sa akin. Enjoy natin ang hapon hanggang gabi- Fuck!" Suddenly, someone punched the man. I was shocked.

"FRANCISCO!!" I shouted when he didn't stop punching the man. I tried to pull him away.

Francisco threw the man to the ground. People were starting to stare at us.

"Are you okay?" He asked emotionlessly. I nodded. He checked my arm, which was red.

We were in that situation when someone called my name.

"Zylene," When I turned around, it was Mateo. He hugged me, but my attention wasn't on him. It was on the woman with him, who had heavy makeup.

"Where have you been? I didn't see you in our hotel room," she said, which made me turn to her, but their attention was on Francisco.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, frowning and turning to me.

"Ah, I've been looking for you, but I didn't know where... you," I said, staring intently at the woman. She raised an eyebrow, but I didn't back down. When she looked away, that's when I looked away. "Where are Mommy and Alicia?" I asked, looking at the woman with Mateo. She discreetly rolled her eyes.

"We are also looking- What happened to your arm?" He took my arm and examined it. His jaw clenched, and he glared at the man who was walking away.

"Ah, Ito? Wala 'yan... ano lang naibanga ko lang ito kanina" pagsisinungaling ko, dumilim ang awra nito at umintig ang panga nanahimik mukhang nag uusap sila ni Francisco gamit ang mata, tumango si Francisco.

"Who are you?" takang tanong ko sa babaeng kasama ni Mateo.

Nag lakad ito papalapit sa akin at nag abot nang kamay.

"I'm Chatalina Monteverde, Mateo's friend. You are?" she said with a fake smile. It was obvious that it was fake because I saw her roll her eyes at me. So I looked at her from head to toe.

I accepted her hand and introduced myself.

"I'm Ashianna Zylene Montevallo, Mateo's WIFE," I smiled back at her, a fake one too. Her eyebrows were furrowed, looking like an angry bird from the cartoons.

This is what Alicia was talking about when she said she has a bad attitude. Well, it's true, we just met, and her true colors are already showing.

"Let's go. They're looking for you," Mateo pulled me along and fell silent again, as if thinking about something. I didn't know where they were, so I just let him pull me.