dangerous curves -Lando Norris (English Version)

Part 66: How often?

''Excuse me?'' I barely managed to get it over my lips.

I no longer understood the world. Lando had told me that he had never slept with a woman again.

''I'm so sorry, dear...'' he says to me frailly, taking a few steps towards me.

I immediately step backwards.

''Is that true?'' I ask him, once again on the verge of tears.

His eyes show remorse. I recognized the answer. It was in his moist eyes.

''I'm so sorry...'' he repeats to himself.

''I'm such an idiot for trusting you again, norris...'' I tease myself about my own naivety.

''dear please...'' he comes closer to me again.

''I hope she was worth it...'' my deeply disappointed voice now rings out.

''dear...please, just listen to me...'' he begs me, a few tears leaving his face.

''You lied to me and now you're having a child with another lady...'' I react unintentionally.

''I don't even remember that, dear...everything I said to you is true. I love you, please Amalia...just give me a minute...'' he tries to convince me of himself.

My eyes wander between the lady outside the door and Maria, next to me.

''You said you hadn't slept with anyone else...you lied...I thought we were past that, norris...'' I answer him.

''We've had sex several times...'' the lady intervenes.

''Shut your mouth...'' Lando says unkindly to the lady.

He closes the door behind him.

''It's always the same...you'll never be able to give this up, norris...I'm not what you need...'' I say, feeling deeply hurt.

''Stop saying that..you are exactly what I need..please believe me when I tell you that I can't even remember the night with her...'' Lando speaks up.

''Unfortunately, your past speaks against you, Lando...'' I can barely get it out.

''So you don't trust me, amalia?'' his shaky voice rang out.

I take a deep breath.

''You got another woman pregnant, lando..damn it. I thought we had finally made it. But you keep fucking up...'' I respond anything but calmly.

''I'm just fucking up? Exactly. I'm the broken one here. You never make mistakes...you're Miss Perfect...The only problem from the beginning was that you think you're too perfect for me...'' he says frustrated.

''Stop blaming your mistakes on me now...And I definitely don't think I'm perfect...and if you seriously still think that after all these years, then I was very wrong about you...'' I reply, struck.

''You never trusted me..and I opened up to you. I said from the beginning that this is and will be a mistake...'' his voice rings out.

Ouch.

''right..i never trusted you..that's why i trusted you with my body and had my first time with you..and that's why i went against my own brother for you..forgive me for being a mistake..it won't happen again...''i spoke through tears.

''Dear...I didn't mean it like that...'' he said, but it was too late.

''Congratulations for the child...'' I said painfully to the lady who was still standing outside when I left the apartment.

''Thank you...'' she responds.

''He's yours...'' I reply weakly.

''amalia..please!'' he called my name in the background.

Sitting in my car, I left it behind me. Him. Once again.

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Days to follow. Countless messages and calls covered my cell phone. I thought about everything in peace, retreating to my apartment in Paris. I didn't tell anyone about it. It hurt, a lot. Was it my own fault? Possibly. It was in the evening when I finally opened my cell phone again. His messages flooded it.

''Dear...where are you?''

''Please come back...''

''we need to talk...''

''I know I made a mistake...''

''I love you so much...I just want to know where you are and if you're okay...''

''dear?...''

''I'm such an asshole..I don't deserve you...''

''I love you..so much, amalia...'' he wrote to me last.

I wiped away my tears and took a deep breath. But I couldn't really rest because my cell phone received a new message. This one was from Lewis.

''hey, amalia..I don't know where you are and if you're okay..but if you are, we're having a party this weekend..Maria and I have something to announce..maybe you'd like to come around...'' Lewis wrote to me.

''I'll think about it, okay? I'm okay...'' I answered him, after countless thoughts.

''Good, amalia. I don't know what happened between you and Lando, but you should talk to each other. I changed my mind for a reason, not to make you hate each other again. It's affecting both of you. Call me if you want.

I love you...' Lewis wrote back briskly.

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*doorbell rings*

My heart is pumping. I hold a bag in my hand with some of his things inside. My body is covered by his summer dress.

''amalia...'' Maria's voice sounds as the door opens.

''Hey...'' I say softly, hugging her.

Stepping inside, the usual voices sound familiar. Lewis, Charles, Alexandra, Lando.

''Hey...'' I say friendly to the group.

They greet me with a smile and a hug. But he stares into space. I throw his bag at his feet.

''You left it with me...'' I say, not very warmly.

All eyes are on me now. His broken eyes too.

''Thank you...'' he says frailly.

I rake my hair.

''So...Lewis, are you feeling any better?'' I ask him as I accept a coffee from Charles.

''Of course I am...with the help of my beautiful wife...'' he says softly, placing Maria on his lap.

My gaze lands on him again. His stare outside. But he had made the mistake this time. Taking a deep breath, I sit down. After a few minutes, we all sat down around my table in the garden, as the weather gave us reason to do so. We ate and drank a little.

''amalia...forgive me for asking...but you look thin...have you eaten enough the last few days?'' Lewis asks me.

''I'm fine, my job is just a bit tiring at the moment...'' I respond.

''You have a new job?'' Lewis responds.

''It's just a mini job, in a bar...'' I reply.

His gaze lowers to me now, my eyes lingering on Lewis.

''Then why did you take the mini-job?'' Lewis asks.

''Well, I can't pay my rent without money...'' I answer him.

''You could have asked me or us...'' Lewis says, never liking the fact that I've been working so much lately.

''I'm old enough to have my own responsibilities...''

''Okay, guys...Lewis and I want to tell you something...'' Maria says as she raises her glass.