Bonds Built (Completed)

25. Face it

Mateo sat at his island as he watched Sofia move around the kitchen. She had decided to cook for him since he was back. She knew how much he loved a home cooked me so she wanted to surprise him with it. He had arrived that afternoon and would be free for the next few days and she was more than excited to get some alone time together, even if it was shortly spent.

The food smelled good, Sofia could throw down when she wanted to but Mateo's mind was in other places it had been weeks too long and after doing some googling it was clear the video was no longer posted but it definitely had existed. There were screenshots of it and even some short clips, but the whole thing wasn't up there.

He'd been home for all of an hour, he showered and threw some clothes in the washer and now he was watching her cook. But he couldn't wait any longer he had to bring it up.

"Why did you move from LA?" He questioned. They had the conversation before but he wanted to see if she would be truthful or change up the story.

She turned looking at him for a quick second before she went back to stirring her rice up before cutting it off. It was the last thing that needed to be finished. "I wanted a change, something new. I told you that."

He nodded. As he rubbed his chin. "So you wasn't fucking with a whole bunch of dudes or nothing? That change you wanted didn't have anything to do with trying to change your reputation?"

She looked over at him confusion on her face. Offense lacing her voice, "what?"

"I was told you got around in LA. Even had a sex tape. I even found a few clips." He nonchalantly stated as his eyes were zoned in on her reaction.

Sofia looked sick. It was beyond surprise. "Where the fuck is this coming from?" She questioned quickly changing her facial expression. Dwayne automatically coming to mind, making her think he told Jessica and Jessica told Mateo.

She crossed her arms, "your hating ass baby mama say something?"

Mateo kept his eyes on her. "This don't have shit to do with her. We talking about you. Why wouldn't you tell me this type of shit? Like a sex tape?"

Sofia rolled her eyes, "what the fuck am I supposed to say? I have a sex tape that got leaked when I was younger? I was stupid as fuck and regret it. It's my past and I wanted to leave it there. I did everything I could to make sure it wasn't on the internet still."

"Everything like what Sofia?"

"What the fuck do you mean?"

"I mean who the fuck are you?" He stood up, "who the fuck am I dating? Why the fuck can somebody come to me about shit pertaining to you that I don't fucking know? It's your past Sofia I probably would've and could've looked past the shit had you kept it real from the jump!"

"Or not! You could've used it as a reason to look down on me too! Like that's not me anymore Mateo! It's my fucking past!" Sofia's voice started to crack, it was clear she was getting emotional.

He shook his head, "don't even try that shit Sofia. I can't do this shit. I've been trying to look past it and I've been telling myself that I can, but I can't. All I see is you with a mouth full of another dudes cum and that shit is sickening."

Sofia couldn't believe this was happening, but she knew this would happen if he found out. She was pissed. She was angry. She was hurt.

"Mateo please don't do this." She begged. "Please. I'm so sorry," her tears were flowing. "It was so embarrassing and-d-d," she started stuttering over her words as her tears poured. "I just didn't want to be looked at that way."

He felt bad for her, and he got it. No one wants to be remembered by their past and everyone wants it be over looked. But it was a lot for him to take in. It was something he felt like he could have possibly got over had he been told from the jump. But by this point he felt dumb, betrayed and lied to. By googling her name you couldn't find it, but putting sex tape behind it some stuff definitely came up.