Chapter 2

Fernando's POV Cont'd

"Fernando Perez!" Antonio yelled to my ears and hits his fist on the table and I jar out of my deep thoughts and glance at him with a frown.

"What? You don't have to scream like that" I said and took a sip of my whiskey.

"That was the only way I had to bring you back to our conversation, man. You were lost in thought while I was here talking to myself all along. Where the hell was your mind?"

"Uhmm, nothing...i mean I was just...just thinking of my business. You know owning a big hotel and having a mining industry isn't a child's play, sometimes you need think we'll you know" I lied. Of course I had to lie because I don't want to bring up my past or let me say our past because Antonio was also badly affected that night of the incident. Those son of bitches lay him on the frontage of his house like some stray dog!

"Oh, I thought is something big. You of all people shouldn't even complain about that because you're a genius in every thing you do. Like buddy, seriously I can't handle all that you except from being an attorney here in Madrid".

"Don't hype me bro, you are as good as I am that's why I partnered with you in the mining industry because you have the skills I seek for" I replied.

"You're just saying that to make me feel better" he fake frown and I chuckled and shook my head.

"Stop acting like my kid bro right now, it doesn't suit you, you're a father of two remember" I said and we both burst into laughter.

"That reminds me, do you remember Micaela Alvarado in highschool?" he asked and I thought for a moment trying to recall her face.

"Micaela Alvarado? I don't really know if I can remember her. You do recall I made up my mind to cut off all friendship and non-friendship ties back in highschool after that unfortunate incident that happened to you and I. Not even Miguel and Alverez escaped my wrath back then.

"Buddy, of course I do remember all that. I was just thinking maybe you'll remember the nerd girl with brown hair".

"Nerd girl? Is it the nerd girl that was always being bullied?" I asked with a brief description I could remember.

"Exactly! She's the one" he exclaimed and I shrugged.

"What about her?" I asked wondering why he was bringing up her topic now.

"I saw her on TV earlier this morning. She's now a famous author and her book came #1 this week on New York bestsellers" he replied with a wide grin.

"Okay, that's good to know" I replied in a bored tone and took another sip of my drink.

"Well, that's not the only thing I want you to know about her, there's more to it" he said and I glanced at him. What would be more of importance in knowing more about some author? I wondered inwardly.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Hey handsome, would you like to get some massage?" A lady's voice rang in my ears beside me.

I gritted my teeth with anger, I hate to have stupid conversations like this with women. All they think about is sex, there's no time I'll step out that a lady won't act all flirty with me, it really pisses me off. Was she just hired in my club? Doesn't she knows I'm the boss? Who even gave her access to my private bar room? I squint at my left and I saw the lady dressed in some shining curvy gold gown that exposed half of her boobs and her thighs were damn exposed. Her face was overly masked with make-up. I almost wanted to call my guards to escort her out, but I kicked against it guessing she might be one of my club strippers.

"How about if I give you the best massage instead?" I asked smirking at her. She bent lower and brought her lips closer to my ears. If only she knows who she is trying to flirt with. Is quite unfortunate for her to think I'm a customer here, I really don't get what Araceli was doing before she allowed her to commence work here as a stripper.

"I'll really love that" she replied and almost kissed my ears but I doged it.

"Would you like to know what my massage would be like?" I whispered to her.

"I'm dying to know, my sexy king" she whispered sexily and her breath fans my face. I sat up and brought my lips closer to her ears.

"If I go up there with you, I'll tie you down and use a dagger to slice all your goddamn body into pieces then I'll call my guards to clean it up and bury your useless body somewhere no one will ever know what happened to you. How about that? Erotic isn't it?" I whispered to her and she stared at me petrified.

"Now, before I shut my eyes closed and snap it open, I don't want to......" My words hung on the air as she scurries off before I completed my sentence.

"What happened? What did you say to her?" Antonio asked staring at me weirdly.

"I told her to go find someone else that I'm not interested" I replied and took a large gulp of my drink.

"You're lying, that wasn't what you told her that got her so scared and scurries off" he argued and I shrugged.

"Just forget about the bitch and tell me about your author friend. You said there's more to your story, what else is there to know?" I asked switching to our initial discussion before the interruption.

"Do you really intend to stay single forever?" he asked me and I raised a surprise brow at him.

"Is that part of what I needed to know or find answer to about your author friend?" I returned his question.

"I'm serious about this Fernando Perez" he said sitting up while I relaxed my back to the couch.

"You're already married Antonio, you have two lovely kids and you made me their godfather. So what again am I looking for?" I asked in an exasperated tone. I'm tired of always having this conversation with him.

"Buddy you can't keep holding on to your past, you have to let it go. All women are not the same, there is still someone out there who is ready to love you wholeheartedly. Stop torturing yourself with meaningless vow you made thirteen years ago. It's not...."

"Enough, Antonio! I'm sick and tired with your constant reminder of my past and my vows. I owe you no explanation whatsoever with the vow I made. If you're not cool with it, then go drown in the sea!" I barked at him and stood up. I grabbed my jacket from my seat and I stormed out of my bar.

To be continued in the next episode....