Chapter 20
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Alaria walked inside with a man. The two of them smiled and nodded at one another, and I watched as she went to hand him a handkerchief only for him to reject it.
Katherine, following my gaze, frowned in confusion and shook her head in question.
“What’s bothering you?” Katherine asked, catching my attention. I looked at the woman for a second and shook my head in question.
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“What are you still doing here?” I asked, and she frowned.
“My husband is in a hotel with his ex wife, am I supposed to be expected to leave?” She asked, and I rolled my eyes at her question..
“Yes, and you are expected to not speak back to me when you are asked a fucking question.” I said, and she frowned. I watched as she took a deep breath, pinching the bridge of her nose as she tried to calm herself down. The fact that she was growing annoyed was even more annoying to me. I gave her specific orders and yet, she chose to deliberately disobey them. The audacity that she had amazed me at this point.
“Enzo, I am your damn wife, not a mistress for you to be treating me this way. I didn’t even do anything…”
“Do not get me started on what you did and did not do. When I say a word, I expect it to be respected. Now, get the hell out of this hotel and back to the pack. Alonso shouldn’t be alone for this long.” I said, looking down at my phone. She. frowned, shaking her head at me before she got up. I expected her to leave, but instead, she sat beside me, taking my hand in hers, making me raise an eyebrow.
“Enzo, you know that Alonso is not alone. The two of us can stay together for a night. The whole pack can watch him and the number of maids, nannies, and tutors that are around him will be taking care of things until I am back. Please do not deprive me of this; it’s been a very long time since we’ve had any private time together.” She said, and I looked at the woman for a second. I looked down at her hand which was on top of mine before getting up from the couch that I was sitting on in the lobby.
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She held her breath as she avoided looking at me and I walked toward the bar, needing a drink.
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“You can stayi
you want. But I have things to do and won’t be spending time with you. Therefore, do not expect anything that is intimate.” I said, not bothering to wait for her to respond. “I think that you would enjoy a night in the hotel. You might as well get yourself tended to. They have a few spas here, I think that you can make use of them.”
I walked inside the bar to find Yaroslav Petrov, one of my partners and enemies, sitting there. His eyes met mine for a second before he raised an amused eyebrow as he got up from his chair.
“Enzo D’Angelo, it’s a surprise seeing you here.” He said, extending a hand to me. “I take it that you are tired of the life of settling down already? Or has your wife gotten into another argument with the number of women that you have in your house?”
“You are an amusing man, Yaroslav. Katherine is here with me. You know, you reach to a point in your marriage when your wife would not mind clinging to you everywhere you go.” I said, and he scoffed.
“Well, if Lady Katerina has gotten to that point, then I will wish you the best of luck.” He said, choosing to call her by her original Russian name. It was a reminder to me that her father was an enemy. With our marriage, we have bonded two families despite me breaking the marriage that I had with Alaria, thus creating a small gap and problem with the Venier, but that was quickly solved when we chose to keep our mutual benefits in stance.
“What are you doing here?” I asked, choosing to change the subject. The last thing that I wanted to speak of was my issues with Katherine. They were countless and they just kept bringing me more of a headache that I didn’t want to deal with.
“Sabrina saw me with Inna. She is not very happy and is choosing to cause a fuss. I am not willing to deal with her mess for the night and I am going to choose to just ignore it until she calms down. Normally, a present does it, but she needs to stay calm before that can happen.” He said, and I nodded. The fact that he was as blunt about it told me that he and his maiden had an agreement, silent or spoken, I knew not to address to it. “I hear that your ex is in the city,”
“She arrived yesterday. You know, her father passed away and things are going to be complicated on her side. But then again, I shouldn’t be caring about that right.
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now. I have other things to tend to and take care of.” I said, and he nodded.
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“A son might be one of them,” he said, and I raised an eyebrow at him. “Word travels fast amongst the ladies. Alaria spoke to Yildez, who happened to speak to Inna, who told me. There is a lot going on, and you might need to end up dealing with the press. But I am curious about how you’re sure that the child is yours.”
“Alaria is not like the other women that I know.” I said, nodding at the bartender to get me a drink. “She was far too honest. A trait that I found boring when it came to what I was used to.”
“Yes, but when you deal with liars all your life, honesty seems to be a trait that you would search for.” He said, and I scoffed, knowing that he was right. It was something that I knew not even Katherine was toward me.
The man nodded behind me and I frowned in confusion before I saw the same. man that was walking with Alaria earlier walking inside.
“My son, Damon.” He said, smiling proudly at the man. I frowned involuntarily but I chose to stay quiet as he walked toward us. “Damon, this is my partner, Enzo D’Angelo…”
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