Lorenzo Mancini is cold, heartless and ruthless, in the business world he's known as always being merciless and unfeeling in the boardroom. Until a chance encounter with a woman with the most mesmerizing eyes catches his attention. Aella, she's the...
We both sit in the living room in silence. "What are you going to do?" Melanie asked, crossing her legs on the couch. I ponder her question, what will I do? I'm only 20 years old, would I be ready for motherhood? Never mind me what about Enzo, we've only known each other for about two months now. I know I should tell him, keeping secrets between us would put a strain into our relationship. "I have to tell Enzo, I have to tell him today." I can tell I stunned her with my answer. "Aella, shouldn't you give yourself a week to think on it, to let your brain process that you're pregnant." I shake my head, I refuse to keep something big like this from him, I have to tell him. "No, even though it's unexpected I have to tell him, keeping something as big as this would damage the trust we built between us, we tell each other everything." She just nods, she knows I don't like secrets or lies.
"Ok, when are you going to tell him?" "I'm going to tell him in person at his office, I should probably grab one of those pregnancy tests and just hand it to him." Hmmm I should do that, just hand him the stick and see if he can figure out what it means. "That actually sounds nice, I know you're stressed about this but knowing Lorenzo and how he treats you he's obsessed with you, and anything that's you. He's going to love that baby the same way he loves you." She reassures me with her words, lifting this weight off my shoulders. The more I think about it, the more excited I start feeling. Yes Enzo will love this baby. I reach across and grab Melanie into a fierce hug.
"Thank you so much Melanie, you don't know how much your words mean." I feel myself crying, damn these hormones. No wonder I've been so emotional I'm pregnant, I wipe my tears "Ok girl, don't squeeze me to death." I laugh as I let her go. "I'll call you later and tell you how it went." I tell her, putting the pregnancy test into my purse and making my way out. "You better!" She shouts, I close the front door and rush to the car.
Thirty minutes later I arrive in front of Enzo's building, leaving the car parked by the curb. I go in the front and spot Larry the security guy, he knows me since I visit Enzo twice a week in his office. "Hi Larry, just here to see Enzo." I wave to him and make my way to the elevators. "You go on right ahead Ms.Brennan." He yells from afar, I snicker. How many times do I have to tell him to call me Aella. I step onto the elevator and press the button for the 75th floor, Enzo has a whole floor to himself it makes sense that it's all the way on top, almost like a King on his throne. I make it in what feels like hours, I step off the elevator and note that Taylor's not at his desk, hmm he probably went home early. I walk towards his door and see he's left it cracked open, peering into the crack I glimpse Luca and Enzo talking in hushed whispers. From their tense body language it's most likely a touchy topic. I move in a little closer trying to hear what they say, that's when I hear everything. "Don't you feel guilty keeping this from Aella?" What?, what is he keeping from me. Enzo shakes his head. "No, as soon as Elisa signs on the line, Dominic will have them finalized and there would be no reason for her to know." He raised his voice at Luca. "That shouldn't matter, Aella has the right to know that you're married, she shouldn't be kept in the dark, I'm sure if you explained it to her she'll understand." Luca spreads his arms showing his displeasure. "I do not want to repeat myself Luca lik-"He doesn't get to finish what he says because I slam the door wide open, crashing into the wall behind it. They both look to me wondering who disturbed their conversation, Luca has I can almost say relief in his eyes but Enzo's eyes are full of fear like he knows he's going to lose everything at this moment. "You're fucking married?" You can hear the pain in my voice, the revelations of what I just found out breaking my heart. "No Amorina, let me-" He tries to walk to me with pleading eyes. "You stay right there! Don't come towards me!" I am full on crying now, tears flowing down my cheeks. "Were you ever going to tell me?" I ask him "No" He whispered, anguish clearly heard in his tone. His answer shatters me, the memories of these two months seem irrelevant now, like they don't have anymore meaning. All the I love you's just goes down the drain. "Aella I tried to have him tell you from the start." Luca breaks my thoughts. "It doesn't matter, you both decided to keep this from me." My voice sounds broken, no more life in it. "Amorina please" He beggs me. I dig in my purse in search of my car keys once I grab a hold of them I toss it at his chest as hard as I can. He flinches from the impact. "I'm going to grab my belongings from your house, don't follow me, don't look for me and don't call me because I will have your number blocked." My words wounds him, his eyes filling with grief I'm sure mirrors my own. As I leave his office he tries to follow me but Luca holds him back and whispers something to him, he nods his head to whatever he said.
I exit the elevators, ignoring everyone around me. When I get outside I realize I don't have a car anymore. I call myself an Uber and wait to go home, with just me, Melanie and Mom, I rub my belly "I didn't forget about you little beanie." I whisper to my flat stomach.
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Lorenzo (10 min. before Aella barges into his office)
I'm in the middle of signing some documents when Luca walks right in. "Can I help you?" I ask. He continues staring at me, with a grim look in his eye. "Why haven't you told Aella that you're married yet?" He gets straight to the point. I lean back in my chair leveling him with a look. "If you must know I had my lawyer send the divorce papers to Elisa, as soon as she signs them he's going to have them finalized, I'll be a divorced man by the end of the week. It would be moot to tell her." The tone I use is humorless, so he knows I'm not fucking around. "That doesn't make it right." His eyes are disappointed. "My business is not yours." I stand to my full height towering over him a good four inches. He steps closer to me until a foot separates us. "Don't you feel guilty keeping this from Aella?" No I really don't, what she doesn't know is for the better, I don't voice my thoughts though. "No, as soon as Elisa signs on the line, Dominic will have them finalized and there would be no reason for her to know." I raise my voice getting pissed he's getting into my business. "That shouldn't matter, Aella has the right to know that you're married, she shouldn't be kept in the dark, I'm sure if you explained it to her she'll understand." He spreads his arms wide open in annoyance. "I do not want to repeat myself Luca lik-" Before I can finish my sentence the door to my office slams open and bounces of the wall. Standing there is my beautiful Amorina, eyes red, tears brimming. Fuck! She knows. "You're fucking married?" She asked, her voice breaking. Fuck! Fuck! I say a quick prayer in my head hoping she lets me explain. "No Amorina, let me-" I try to speak, walking to her, but she cuts me off with a yell I've never heard her voice reach before. "You stay right there! Don't come towards me!" Tears continue flowing down her cheeks, I messed up Fuck! There's no coming back from this, I only hope that she forgives me and let's me grovel. "Were you ever going to tell me?" "No" I whisper, I thought it would've been for the best. I should've told her, regrets are a heavy burden to bear, now I have to suffer the consequences of my actions. She shatters at my answer changing into something I've never seen of her, she shuts down her eyes going cold and her body goes rigid. "Aella I tried to have him tell you from the start." Luca breaks the quietness. "It doesn't matter, you both decided to keep this from me." Who stands before me couldn't be my Amorina, the woman in front of me speaks in an expressionless manner not giving anything away. It's at this moment I realize I broke her. "Amorina please." I plead with her hoping to undo the damage and pain I've done. She digs in her purse looking for something until she pulls out her car keys. She throws them at my chest and the impact cracks something inside me, my heart breaking from her actions. "I'm going to grab my belongings from your house, don't follow me, don't look for me and don't call me because I will have your number blocked." Her words are like a knife just stabbing into my already broken heart, she turns to leave my office. I try to follow her but Luca stops me. "Give her some time to cool down, let her process things in her own way. It's better to check back with her tomorrow, explain to her why you did what you did, she'll understand." I collapse to my knees, feeling broken, dejected. Not knowing how I'll go on without Aella in my life. All our memories from these past months somehow seem tainted with my lies. I've been lying to her from the very beginning . I can't help but wish that I could go back in time and do things differently. I can only hope that she forgives me, with time she will she has to because a life without Aella is a life not worth living.
