Chapter 15

***Maddison***

I want to be away from here. Forgetting Massimo and what I just saw in his office.

How was I so dumb?

How did I let myself be fooled like that?

I'm stupid, there's no other word that can define me right now. No one with a little intelligence would believe that a handsome, millionaire man of forty years would be faithful to a young woman of twenty-two.

We don't even have a relationship.

What was i thinking?

While driving I ask myself a thousand questions and the saddest thing is that I have no answer to any of them.

I need to go to a place where Massimo won't find me, I know he will try to find me, but right now I don't want to talk to him.

I'm going to quit the job. It's a drastic decision, I know, but i can't be in the same place as the other woman Massimo has sex with, I can't be in the same place as the man who drives me crazy.

I take out my phone and call my father, I will go to see him and ask him to stay at his house. I won't tell him something is wrong, I'm just going to tell him that I miss him so much.

"Hi Dad," I say when he answers the phone.

"Honey. How are you?" He ask.

"Well, what about you? Are you at home?"

"Yes."

"I'm going there," I say.

"Perfect! Here I wait for you. "

I hope my father doesn't have the idea of inviting Massimo.

I turn onto the next street and drive to my father's house. The road is short, so in less than ten minutes I'm already there.

I get out of the car, but before I enter the house, my phone vibrates from a call.

"Leave me alone, Massimo," I say as I answer.

"I want to talk to you, things are not like that."

"I know what I saw."

Does he think I'm crazy? I saw him devouring Sonya's mouth on her desk.

"It's all out of context." He say

I laugh at his answer. All out of context? What kind of explanation is that?

"Forget about me," I say.

"Open the door, I'm out of the room."

"I'm not there. Goodbye."

I hang up the call and turn off the phone. I don't want Massimo to keep bothering him.

He rang the doorbell and my father soon opened.

"Did something happen? You have a scared face."

I shake my head.

"Everything is fine. I missed you," I tell him before I hug him.

We entered the house and sat in the lobby.

"What do you want for dinner? I didn't know you were coming so I didn't prepare anything."

"Pizza," I say.

"You seem to have read my mind."

My father orders pizza and while we wait for food we talk about our lives.

"Do you plan to date anyone at some point?"

My father lowers his head.

"I don't know."

My father has had no luck with relationships. Since my mother left us, my father has tried a few times to have another relationship, but it hasn't worked.

"Dad, you're still young, you've got money, you're handsome, don't close yourself off to the possibility of a relationship. "

He smiles.

"Better tell me about yourself. How are you doing with your... groom?

"Good,"

At this moment I regret having told him that I had a partner.

How am I going to explain that I don't want to have anything with that person anymore?

"Just fine?"

I smile nervously.

"Yes, I mean, we're still getting to know each other, to say it's a relationship is an exaggeration."

"If you're not sure you're with that person, you don't have to force things."

"You're right."

The pizza arrives and we prepare to eat. My father is happy as he tells me about a new business in which he is going to invest an exaggerated amount of money.

"Speaking of work, did you get the apprentice job?"

"Yes.

"Great! I knew Massimo was going to hire you. And how is he as a boss?"

The only thing I can think of to tell him is that Massimo fucks very well.

"Well, I guess," I say.

My father laughs, but at that moment the doorbell of his house rings.

"Lorena, who is?" He ask the maid who runs to the door to open.

"Your friend Massimo, sir."She replies.

No way.

What the fuck did he come to my father's house for?

"Oh, how unexpected," my father says.

"Not so unexpected, Dad," I say.

"What do you mean?"

"He's your best friend. It's normal for you to get dressed, isn't it?"

"You're right."

My father runs to the entrance and hugs him while telling him I didn't expect to see him here.

"Don't see that I came for you, I knew Maddison would be here," he replies.

My nerves are activated and my heart becomes alert.

Why the fuck did he say that?

He's crazy?

Does he want my father to kill me?

To my surprise, my father doesn't get angry, he laughs and taps his friend's shoulder..

"What a good joke, I hope it's the last."

Massimo laughs and nods.

"Maddison," he greets me formally.

It bothers me to see her pretty smug face

.

Does he think you are the only one who can play this?

Does he think I'm going to act submissive and stay quiet while he acts like nothing?

The damn son of a bitch knew I would be here, that's why he just decided to come. He is the one who is acting like a child.

"Massimo," I get up and hold out my hand to him.

"What a good meeting!" says my father.

"That's right, but I must go," I say.

I take my wallet and get ready to leave.

"No, why?" my father asks.

"Tomorrow I have university, besides, I have a very demanding boss."

I look directly at Massimo as he says the last sentence..

"Don't worry, we both want you to stay," he says.

The son of a bitch keeps pulling hints.

"Don't worry, continue with your evening."

I give my dad a kiss and a hug before I leave.

I know that it will not be long before Massimo knocks on the door of my room, therefore, when I am already in my room, I inform the guard of the residential complex, that I will not be accepting visitors, whoever it is.

"Don't worry, Miss Becker. No one will go to bother."

I thank the man and go inside my room.

I hope I can be calm tonight. Tomorrow I will submit my resignation, I will forget Massimo and everything will be solved.

The best thing will be that he forgets about me, that he continues to fuck with Sonya and leave me alone.

I take off my coat and lingerie and look for comfortable pajamas. I want to sleep, forget about this shitty day.

I close my eyes and surprisingly sleep is not long in coming. Unfortunately, my moment of peace is interrupted by a scandal outside my room.

"It can't happen, sir!" cries the watchman.

"You're no one to stop me. Get out of my way!"

"Stop! I'll call the police."

"Don't you know who I am? The police won't do anything to me, but I can get you fired for insolence."

It's Massimo!

Damn wretched man.

I get out of bed and open the door. I see Massimo trying to hit the man, but what surprises me is to see Massimo in that drunken state.

What the fuck?

How much time passed?

I look at my phone and notice it's two in the morning.

Damn!

I go out to the place of the fight.

"What the fuck are you doing?" I ask my boss.

He, seeing me, is calm.

"Maddi" he Say.

"Are you crazy?" I ask, "What is that scandal?"

"I wanted to see you, but this dwarf man and panzón would not let me into the room. "

"I gave him the order not to let you in. Why were you going to hit him? It stops acting like an idiot."

"Why wouldn't you want to see me?" he asks.

"Do you have the nerve to ask?"

"I already told you that things are not like that."

Massimo staggers back and forth while the guard looks at us surprised by the things Massimo says.

"You kissed her, yes or no?"

"Yes, but…

"So I'm not misunderstanding things."

"I didn't do it because I wanted to, she forced me," he says.

I laugh.

"Do you think I'm going to believe that lie?"

"Are you listening? You were devouring her mouth and you tell me that She forced you? I'm not stupid Massimo.

"Maddison, it's true. Why would I lie to you?"

"Because you're a man, and that's what they do. Go away, I don't want you here."

"I won't leave," he says.

"Then I'll go to sleep. Stay here, if you like," I say. .

I turn back, but Massimo takes my arm.

"Wait Maddison, I'm not lying to you. Do you want me to prove it to you? I don't lie to you, I can do it."

I begin to doubt.

What kind of explanation does Massimo have to justify what he did with Sonya?

I really don't think she forced it. Massimo is big, he can push her away.

"Yes. Show me," I say.

He surprises me by throwing his car keys at me.

"Come on, you drive, I'm not fit to do it.

Full of curiosity, I lock my room and walk with him to his car and get into the driver's side.

I had never driven a Ranger Rover before. It is a vehicle animal.

"Where to?"

"I have security cameras in my office, I'll show you how things happened."

I didn't expect that.

"Oh" I say.

I keep silent until I reach the building.

"Are you going to apologize when you see how things happened?"

"You would like to. Come on, I want to see the excuse you have to justify yourself."

Massimo laughs, but calmly gets out of the car to his office.

I won't deny that I'm nervous. He matters to me, more than I thought. In my heart of hearts I do want all this to be solved, I want the situation to be clarified.

We went up to the office. Massimo sits in front of his computer and types in a strange password. Many files appear and Massimo searches for the one he needs. Within seconds a video of him and Sonya appears on the screen.

I am surprised to hear them both talk about a lawsuit. She explains what happened to that artist and explains that soon, the officers will give their result on the elevator.

"What do you mean?"

"They imposed a lawsuit on us," he says, "Keep watching the video.

He fast-forwards the video to the moment things happen.

I see Sonya trying to take off her clothes and Massimo ignoring her. Things happen very fast. I see them arguing and I hear my name in that fight. I'm surprised to see Sonya's jealousy when referring to me.

What the hell did I do to her to make her hate me that way?

I watch as she puts her arms around Massimo's neck and forces him to kiss her. My boss tries to push her away, but after a moment they kiss.

"Is this your justification?" Yes, you kissed her.

"I did it to leave me alone. Didn't you see that I tried to push her away? Didn't you hear when I said I didn't want to have sex with her?"

He's right. He made it very clear to her that he didn't want to fuck her.

"But you kissed her," I say.

Deep down, I know Massimo wasn't trying to have anything with Sonya. I know I didn't even want to kiss her, but my pride prevents me from recognizing that he was right.

"I don't want anything with her, Maddison. I just want to have sex with you, I just want to kiss you, I just want to spend my time with you."

His words surprise me. I've never said anything like that before.

"Are you in love?"

He laughs.

"Yes, I think so.