Dominic
Vanessa just keeps staring at me and parts her lips to speak, but it seems she can't find her words.
"Hey, tell me what happened." My voice is urgent.
Shutting her eyes, she says, "I was in the ladies' room and Carmella passed by the bodyguards only because she was in disguise and I was the only one who could identify her."
Disappointed in the bodyguards, I say, "Then what's the point of having bodyguards if-"
"I'm not finished," she cuts me off, her tone a little harsh. "There was a moment where I thought she was going to attack me with an object or whatever because she lowered her hand and in the pocket of her coat, but she chose not to do so. She said it was because she had something else that would hurt even more."
"And what was that?" I cross my arms.
Opening her eyes, she says, "She had something to say."
I shake my head dismissively and raise my eyebrows. "What could she possibly have said that would hurt you?"
As I get closer to her, she takes a few steps back. She clearly doesn't want me near her.
With a painful smile, she says, "She told me that even before we got married, you planned to divorce me in a few months."
My heart instantly starts racing as I uncross my arms, my eyes going round a little in panic. Shit!
"Is it true?" she asks.
"Whatever Carmella-"
"Just answer my question," she cuts me off.
her gaze, I
Her voice trembles a little. "You planned to divorce me so you could
were your plans before. When I was getting into this marriage, it was supposed to be for the rest of our lives even when you told me on our first meeting that you had no choice but to accept this. Now I wonder how many times you
again with a chuckle that sounds so
know what? That's okay," she says. "I still know what I'm
lying to me. She's clearly hurt by
explain myself, she says, "Anyway, Mike should be expecting us soon. We should
"Vanessa-"
do." She walks away in a
to call her name again but stop myself when she covers her mouth and lowers her head, like she's trying to hold
jaw in frustration, hating
few times, giving it a few minutes before I head to
about what happened. If only the bodyguards had done their job, Carmella wouldn't have gotten the
can't seem to just focus on it. Irritated, I take it off and slam it on the floor, thinking about
deep breaths, I pick up my necktie, then try
call Carmella and ask her why she did it, but that would just
Vanessa's bedroom door. Right now, it feels like one
what I could say when I get to her door,
takes 45 minutes for me to feel like I'm ready to speak to her with all this guilt, so I finally get to her door and knock on it, with a small delay
know how long you always take. I
says,
believe that with time, things will get better, so
and that makes me
some smoky eyeshadow and a glossy
the ice, I smirk and say. "Glossy lipstick looks great
the way to the elevator without saying
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