Opulent ~Rafael Solano

Chapter 2

I walk up to the Solano's suite and am met with Zaz

"Hey Zaz"

"Hey"

He knocks on the door. Rafael opens the door and they hi five and he hugs me.

"Hey man how you holding up" Zaz asks

"Good yeah we're good" he responds but by the look on Petra's face I can tell they are not good.

"Hey Petra you look great given how early it is." I say trying to compliment her.

"Well thank you you look nice too, also it it 8:30 it is barely early." She says a bit of her accent coming out.

Suddenly Petra's phone dings

"She's just texted me. She'd like to meet. Sounds lovely." She walks over to the couch and takes a seat.

"Well right now let's hope Jane isn't suing Luisa." Rafael says

"What happens if Jane sues Luisa?" I contribute

"I put my shares up as a collateral the hotel could be on the line." Raf says and looks down avoiding eye contact

"You put your shares up as collateral?" Zaz asks

"In case of a lawsuit, yeah. Look, no one would insure Luisa with her history of addiction. She's my sister. And I believed her when she said she'd changed." Raf says as Petra shakes her head and Zaz stands up

Look all you can do is talk to her see if she wants to sue or not." I say

Rafael sighs

Later in the day Rafael,Zaz and I are standing on the balcony watching Petra organise for the party.

"So, I just stood there, talking to her about money and lying about my marriage." Raf says

"Well, at least Petra's trying driving my staff crazy, wanting everything to be perfect for the party tonight." Zaz says defending her.

"She's trying to impress my father."

"Yeah so you look good. It's his first time seeing the renovations. He's got to be blown away if he's gonna trust you to run things here." Zaz says

"Petra knows how important this is to you." He says and I look at him weirdly since when has he liked Petra enough to defend her.

"Yeah maybe, or maybe she knows that if she gets my father on her side, it will be that much harder for me to leave her."

"So you're pretty much done then, huh?"

Those words keep ringing in my head. I remember when he called me told me she said yes to going on a date with him and he asked me where he should take her.

"Eva you ok." Raf asks slipping his hand onto mine noticing I haven't said anything.

I am about to answer when a giant ice sculpture catches my eye.

" Why did she order an ice sculpture of a wizard?" I ask confused

The boys look at the ice sculpture while I notice our hands still intertwined. I look down to see Petra yelling at someone for the ice sculpture and I pull away my hand.