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Chapter 2

Mister? This gentleman man has nothing, for how much he must take me about twenty years, the man is handsome, what follows from that. He is tall, even when sitting down, his hair is totally blonde, and his eyes are blue, a very intense blue.

"Don't worry, Mr. Mason, besides, if someone had to apologize, it would be them, right?" He said taking me out of my thoughts, with his gaze fixed on me.

"Ah... yes," I said a little nervously, "I apologize for our tardiness, Mr. Smith."

He stared at me, my sister also apologized receiving a slight nod in response, his eyes are on me, dammit! He is making me nervous.

Without further ado, the meal passed in a normal and calm way. Boring, would be the right word to define dinner for everyone outside of the talk that the three men will have, since dad, my brother and Smith talked about business as if instead of a dining room they would be in the boardroom of the most important company of the planet.

However, on my part there was not much attention; My thoughts went to Gareth, I found myself sad about it, I loved him, but I'm not willing to forgive him one more betrayal, it would be unfair to me after having given him so many opportunities. I loved him, I loved him very much, not even a day had passed since what happened and I missed him like she had for years, she hadn't seen him, she was used to me, after all, two years don't go by in vain.

On several occasions, I felt Smith's gaze on me, but I didn't care, my brain could only come up with some idea to tell my family that my relationship with Gareth was over.

"Daughter, are you okay?" Question from my father and when I get out of my bubble, from my thoughts, everyone was looking at me.

"Yes, dad." I tried to smile to add credibility to the lie.

“You are pale princess, do you want to retire?” I just nodded, I was sure if she said one more word I would cry.

“You can make it small, then I'll go to your room” I nodded again and apologized to the rest, Smith felt me watching and that made me more uncomfortable. Ever since we made eye contact, he wouldn't stop doing it.

I ran up the stairs before the tears came out, when I got to my room I closed the door and put the latch then I jumped on the bed and began to get all the tears that I had been holding back until now.

Woke up by incessant knocking on the door, I quickly got up and opened it.

"What's up little girl? You were crying?” It was the first thing my father asked when he saw me.

All I could do was hug him. He hit me a lot more to his chest saying in this way that whatever happened he was there, that he would always be there.

"I need to tell you something.” I said with a shaky voice, he nodded and we left the room.

It took us a few minutes to get the whole family together in the living room, everyone was sitting talking to each other, this is how our parents notified us of things, this is how we were taught to communicate with the family in general.

"I'm break up with Gareth" I said out of nowhere, managing to get the attention even of little Lorenzo who looked at me while nibbling his bottom lip.

The news caused a massive silence in the room, making me feel small being the focus of so many glances.

None of them showed any emotion on their faces, because Gareth wasn't a bad guy in the eyes of my parents, in fact, on some occasions they even mentioned a wedding whose protagonists were the boy and me. His youngest daughter with the eldest son of a wealthy family, he wasn't a bad boy, he wasn't a bad catch either and they knew it.

“But why? You were fine..." My father was the first to speak and in response I shrugged my shoulders, looking away when my eyes began to burn.

"Just... we're nothing anymore, dad." I concluded by lowering my head when I felt rebellious tears on my cheeks.

"What did that bastard do to you, Laura?" Asked my brother angrily and I denied, of everyone in the family the only one who didn't like Gareth was my brother.

Liliam among all of them was the one who was saving the words and got up to hold me tightly in her arms, and then the sob that I had been stifling left my throat resounding with force through the room.

“God, my little baby.” My mother squealed and then she felt her arms around my sister and me, a hug that seconds later my father joined and then my brother who left a kiss on the head of my mother, my sister and mine.

I found myself in my room, after confessing everything to my family, everyone went back to their own. Alexandre was angry, he said that when he saw him he would break his face.

"Laura, are you okay?" Asked my sister entering the room.

“Yeah.” I said in a whisper trying to smile, she looked at me and lay down next to me.

"Don't worry little girl, everything will be fine," she told me, I smiled. Liliam was three years older than me, but we were always very close, apart from my sister she was also my best friend.

“And dad?” I asked trying to avoid the subject. She smiled sadly and kissed my forehead.

“He is with Ale, Leandro and Mr. Smith in the office.”

“Mister? He has nothing of a lord, Liliam, haven't you seen him? At most he must be about forty years old.” I said and she laughed.

“Yes, Laura, I know, but he hasn't asked to be called something else.” She told me with an amused look.

"Well, anyway, how long are you going to stay here?" Asked.

"From what I hear, three weeks and he won't stay here but in the little house in the garden, silly." She said rolling her eyes, I imitated her gesture and we both laughed.

"Well, what about Sarah? That's weird, she's not crying.” I laughed and she did the same.

“He's with mom, Amanda, Liam, and Katherine in the kitchen, I went upstairs so you could go downstairs for dinner “ He said getting up and heading to the door “Quick, Laura! Dad and the boys will be here soon.” And he left laughing

I went into the bathroom and showered, when I came out I heard my cell phone, I looked for it with my eyes and took it. It's Martha, my lifelong friend.

"Hello, Martha..." I don't finish speaking, since I hear the musical din in the background.

"Laura," she shouts excitedly, "Laura, I'm waiting for you, they'll be splitting the cake soon!” She yelled, making me remember that two days ago I had promised her that I would go to her boyfriend's birthday.

"I'm sorry, Martha, I'll be there in half an hour, wait for me" I said and she blurted out "you'd better" and then cut the call.

I hurried to get dressed, putting on a black lingerie set, a red dress that was tight to my body that made every one of my curves show, and black stiletto heels. I just put on my makeup and that's it.

I took a handbag and put my cell phone, money and my red lipstick. I took my car keys and left the room.

When I got to the ground floor, I visualized my father, my brother-in-law, my brother, his wife, and Mr. Smith talking in the living room of the house.

“Good night” And just mentioning those words, I have everyone's gaze on me, but the most penetrating of all of them is that of Smith, who seemed to undress me every chance he had.

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