Temptation

Chapter 52 - trust fund baby

It's been two weeks since I've been single and oh trust me life's gotten more wilder. It's been shopping sprees, parties, and sometimes even big meltdowns but no one ever sees them. Me and Andrew have been exclusive and yes I've been handling my work.

Some may even say I've gotten bitcher but I've taken it as a compliment. I've taken back my old personality before I arrived at kings dominion.

I'm no trust fund baby, I make my own money. I never once asked for money from my uncle, I learned the value of money by earning it myself. Now I do whatever the fuck I want with it because there's not a single dent in my bank account.

"It's finally girl's night!!! So Esmerelda give us the gossip between you and Andrew, loves in the air?" Maria gets all excited.

"Fuck no, he likes me I know that. Between you gals and me, there's no room left in my heart for another heartbreak. Hot and sweet guy but-"

"He's not Marcus, girl go back to him he's managing but we can tell he's in pain." Saya puts her hand on mines.

"Esme, you know deep down that it'll always be Marcus. Regardless of how much of a dumbass he is, he still loves you and would sacrifice himself for you."

"I do still love him but I need him to feel the pain that he put me through. I'm not going to let him get away with it that easily, if were to go back to him, would it make me seem weak?"

"No, You never needed a guy before. You just learned to adapt with one who wouldn't let you go through shit alone. Now that's a fucking man right there, well in this case guy because we are talking about Marcus." Saya laughs.

"What am I gonna do about Andrew?"

Saya and Maria both look at each other and sigh, their faces soften and they move closer to me.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, we think that Andrew is deep undercover with the FBI and he's lying about mostly everything."

"Wait what? I knew something was off with him but how did you guys find out and how long have you known."

"Two days ago because we hired a private investigator. He seemed familiar to me, I just thought I was going crazy until the last time I was in your room I found his hair strand on your bed, so we went to go test it out. We think that his dad wants to send you off to a psychiatric facility in the middle of nowhere and shut down your whole business. He wants you dead Esmerelda and will stop at nothing until your blood is on his hands."

"He thinks that you are crazy and killed your parents. The man also has a weird vendetta against your uncle, that's all we could find out." Maria says.

"What the fuck? I understand prison, but a psychiatric facility is just cruel. Does he not know that I get along with them very fast? The nerve! I rather have people hate me than like me. No fair! And? How old is Andrew?"

"He's about to turn 21 in a couple of months, we're so sorry Esmerelda."

"Gee I thought he was gonna be 30, you fucking scared me. So who is he?" I cross my arms in disgust.

"His name is Xavier Morales and he's from Madrid, Spain. He didn't lie about his parents though, they are powerful especially his mother. Although we do believe that he has feelings for you, that sure as hell can't be a lie."

"No way his mother is Catarina Morales, she was my mom's maid of honor at her wedding. When I was at my old house, I was scrummaging through old photos and found a bunch of wedding pictures. Her name was on the back of the photo that my mom took with her bridesmaids. my mom would always talk about her how did I not know? She would talk about how Catarina would babysit me sometimes, what the fuck is going on!!!"

I put my face in my hands as a sign of frustration and start to think of what my next plan is. I take out a cigarette and open up my window then I release the smoke in my mouth.

"I can't let him know that I'm onto him, I need to catch him in some sort of an act. Is there anyone else that you told about this?"

"No, we wanted to tell you first in case some part of the story was wrong."

"if you are right about this then we're all in big danger, they could be coming after all of us."

I need to break my uncle out of jail as soon as possible I will not be able to do this alone. Marcus needs to be prepared, as much as I hate and love him. he deserves to know that he's in danger too, as soon as girl's night is over. I get up and make sure I don't run into Andrew, I run to Marcus's dorm room and start knocking hard, he opens up the door and immediately my eyes go to his sculpted abs.

"What the hell it's 3 am.... Esmerelda do you
Need anything?" He rubs his eyes.

"I need to talk to you it's something important it can't wait."

Once I tell him everything his eyes go wide and he is in a state of shock, then His expression soon turns into anger.

"That fucker, and I'm sorry about your uncle that's my fault."

"Whatever Marcus it's fine, I swear it's always one thing after another. How the hell does his dad think that I killed my parents? I was six years old that night-"

"Wait What happened to the gun that you used to shoot one of Chester's men?" He places both hands on my shoulders to get my attention because I was rambling.

"I don't remember."

"Then we'll just have to see for ourselves, that's if the police didn't find it around that time." He gets changed and then grabs his jacket.

"Where are you going?"

"We're going to your old house, Cmon let's go." He grabs my hand and leads me to his car. We try our hardest to not let the guards catch us.

We hear footsteps coming and there are no places to hide except lockers. I grab his hand and we both are inside the locker, our faces
are only a few centimeters away from each other.

"Why are looking at me like that?" I whisper.

"Because you're beautiful." And like that, I start to get those same butterflies I got when we first met. I give him a soft smile and I remember what we're trying to do right now.

I take a quick peek out of the locker and signal to him that the coast is clear. Once we make it to the parking lot, I suddenly remember that my car is getting fixed because it was hit by a couple of bullets.

"Oh my god, I forgot my car isn't here."

"It's fine we can take mine." He grabs his car keys and opens his car, I stand there in shock.

"This is your car?! puta madre! Did you steal it?"

"Actually the comic store has been doing great and after that dick head ruined my old car, I decided I needed an upgrade."

"I'm proud of you Marcus, good for you." I look up at him and see the smile on his face, I can tell he's blushing.

"Thanks, means a lot from you." He says then gets in his car and I climb in the passenger seat.

"Nice to know that I still have an effect on you, don't act like I didn't see you blushing, Arguello." I wink at him and we both laugh, fuck I missed this.