All Chapters of Zesa: Love on papers: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

ZESA RUSSO It would appear Levi was serious about what he told me at the contract signing event. One month after our wedding and his behavior toward me had yet to change. Before the press, he was the sweetest, most caring husband a woman could ask for, but behind closed doors; I was nothing to him. His heart was somewhere else. With Nina Meyer. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Levi and I knew each other since we were eight, making it over twenty years since we met. With Nina, it was different. They’d met each other last year. On my birthday. Nina was to serve drinks and instead of doing her job, she bumped into Levi, spilling the drinks all over him. Did she think she was in a movie? When I realized they were getting too close, I did a background check on her. It turned out she was the daughter of a restaurant owner. It made me wonder if she blackmailed Levi into loving her. Then again, Levi wasn’t the type of man to be blackmailed. He was righteous. Too righteous. I f

LEVI DEL CAMPA Never in my wildest dream did I believe Nina would let go of me for money. I always knew she was a materialistic woman, but I refused to think that she would do such a thing to me. I had that much faith in her, so imagine how broken and foolish I felt as I watched her shake hands with Zesa. It was a lot worse when Zesa tried comforting me. She was rubbing it in my face that the woman I loved would rather have millions in her account than be with me.“You can’t stay here like this.” Zesa said, hands on my shoulders. We were still in the restaurant and Nina had returned to her work. “People are looking at us. It’s as if I said something hurtful to you.”If there was one thing I disliked about Zesa, it was her selfishness. It was always about her. She was always worried about the image of her that people saw.I threw her hand off my shoulder. “I want to be alone.”“And wallow in misery? No, darling.” She sat down beside me. “Look at me.”Instead of doing as she

ZESA RUSSO After explaining myself to the protesters, I went home. Today was extremely stressful for me. As I watched the news, I couldn’t stop thinking about what the protesters had said and their anger toward me for closing down Techya Bio without giving them a heads-up. It was not my first time shutting down a subsidiary, but this one went south. Perhaps I did not do a good enough job with this one. I needed to fix this mess because the workers were right. They had families looking up to them for survival, and it was wrong of me to dismiss them like that.My phone rang, forcing me back into reality. I swiped my thumb across my screen to pick up after reducing the volume of the television.“You asked me to call you when I’m ready to sign the contract.”Ah… Nina Meyers.“Are you ready to sign it? Can you really give up Levi?”“Money is more important than love. You should know that. You’re a businesswoman. Did you make Techya a global company by choosing love every time?”

ZESA RUSSO It was time for me to leave for the event I was invited to. Clad in my beautiful, black dress from earlier with silver earrings dangling from my ears and the same colored necklace resting on my collarbone and wrist, a black purse and silver heels, I was ready to live with my hair in soft curls. I’d visited a salon to get my hair and makeup done, as I was in no mood to do it. I was afraid I would mess it up out of anger.After ensuring I had my phone, card, and lipstick, I was ready. Thankfully, Levi was not home, which meant he changed his mind about coming as my plus one. I guess I would end up attending the event alone. Edwardo had my limousine parked out front when I came out the front door. He silently opened the back door for me and I got in.Just when he was about to close the door, I heard approaching footsteps before I saw the face. Levi. What was he doing all dressed up in a black tuxedo? He motioned for me to scoot over. I didn’t.“What are you doing?”

ZESA RUSSO I hardly ever spoke about my parents. It often brought tears to my eyes, but today, I remembered them. My mother was a beautiful and kindhearted soul who went by the name Ozora. My father, Luca, was a strong willed and hardheaded man who had a soft spot for the one he loved. According to my mother, she and my father met at the movies. He’d gone on a blind date with the daughter of a noble family when he caught a glimpse of her throwing popcorn into her mouth as she mumbled to herself. According to my mother, my father fell in love with her at first sight and followed her about, ignoring the woman he’d gone to the movies with in the first place.My father had a different point of view, though. He said he didn’t follow her about. She just happened to be wherever he wanted to go. When she reminded him of how he followed her to her home, he laughed it off, saying he did it out of love. Looking at them back then, I wanted what they had. I wanted to live with someone