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2025-03-23 16:51:54Lila.
I woke up to the unfamiliar bedroom walls, I was still in Lucas childhood home, the events of the previous night started coming back one by one, and could instantly feel my face turning pink from the humiliation he had put me through.
A big part of me wished all this was a bad dream, but the more I registered the surrounding the more real it got. I almost had sex with Luca last night and when he found out I was a virgin he humiliated me.
I slowly got out of bed, putting on my robe, l needed to get ready and get out of here as soon as I possibly could.
I was about to get in the shower, when I heard a gentle knock on the door.
"Come in" I yelled from the bathroom, and I heard the door open slowly.
Luca never did anything slowly, so I definitely knew it was not him.
"Excuse me miss." I got out of the bathroom, and it was Maria, the house keeper.
"Good morning Maria, you can just call me Lila please." I said with a smile,
"I am supposed to get you to come down for breakfast." she said casually, my heart instantly skipped a beat.
"Is Luca already there?"
"No, he left yesterday, his father sent me."
My heart sank, I didn't know why but a big part of me wanted him to be still here. But if he left I knew exactly where he went, right into Vanessa's arms.
That thought alone made me flinch with anger, why did I even care? This was not areal relationship, nothing about this was real, I was just a pawn In a game playing my part.
But why did it feel like I was selling my soul in the process?
"Thanks Maria, I will be down in a few minutes." I said trying to keep a straight face.
She just smiled and left the room.
I sat back down on the bed and picked up my phone, there was no missed call from him not even a text.
I slowly put on some pajamas and went down for breakfast.
Richard, Luca's dad was already sitting in the dining room table.
"Good morning sir." I said with a forced smile as I joined him.
He looked up at me for what seemed like eternity, his face indifferent, he did not seems so happy to see me.
"Where is that good for nothing son of mine?" he asked looking around like he was expecting him to make an appearance.
"He is not here sir, he left." I said sitting down avoiding his eye contact.
"Where did he go?"
"I don't really know sir, he didn't say." i amswered genuinely.
"You are his fiancée, soon to be wife."
"Yes sir, I am.."
"And yet you have no idea where your soon to be huaband is?"
"He doesn't tell me everything sir."
"He is with that married woman, isn't he?" he asked with a straight face.
"I really don't know sir." I said feeling uncomfortable with the whole conversation
He laughed sarcastically and went back to eating his food like it was nothing.
We ate in total silence, the only visible noises from the cutlery.
"How much did he pay you?" Richard finally said, catching me off guard, I almost choked on my food when he suddenly asked that, a part of me. Had wished that he had finished grilling me.
"Excuse me sir." i asked, acting oblivious to what he was asking.
"How much did he pay you to act like his fiancee, because I can double that." he said, "And Lila, don't play dumb with me, how much?"
"I don't know what you are talking about sir." I said, my hands sweating now, if Luca knew I was having this conversation with his father, things could get ugly for me.
"Don't do that." he said, his eyes on me now, he looked furious.
"You should maybe talk to your son sir, I don't want to get in trouble with him and he will not be too happy with me for talking to you about this. ."
"I am talking to you about your relationship, you are in love with him right, I mean you are marrying him."
"I really don't want to get in the middle of this...please sir " I begged him.
"You came into my house, I welcomed you with open arms, you are my food, slept in my bed, the least you can do is be honest with me." he said angrily, "How much did he pay you to pretend to be his fiancee."
"He didn't pay me I promise," I blurted out. "he just paid for my mother's hospital bills, my mother she is sick, cancer. I had no other option I swear."
"I am not condemning you Lila," he started, his tone softer now. "I just want the truth that's all."
"My mother's bills was about one hundred thousand dollars including the chemo she will undergo, he paid for it and all I had to do was act like his madly in love fiancee. That's all."
"Which hospital is she in? Your mother I mean."
"St Mary's"
He did not say another word instead he just got up and left leaving me there confused and terrified at the same time.
He was about to open the door when he turned back and looked at me our eyes locked.
"You are too good for that good for nothing son of mine Lila," he then left without saying anything else.
What did he mean I was too good?
As soon as he was gone, I got up and headed back upstairs, this time I decided to call Luca and let him know his father knew the truth about our fake relationship. But his phone went straight to voice mail.
I had to get out of this house, I needed to go back to the hospital and see my mom.
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