The Dark Secret of the CEO by Sofia de Orellana

Chapter 77

 -Light… – Gerard’s voice is barely audible, as he stands up – Little Light.

-That mask… It was you – she tells him walking towards the mask, but stops halfway – You… It was you!

– Love, sit down, we have to talk… -Talk?! And what time did I discover you?! She puts her head in her hands, feels short of breath and sways, but Dan holds her. I can’t believe it, I was all this time living, sleeping… Damn! I let you make love to me every night!!

– My love, please – she says, joining her trembling hands, with fear portrayed on her face and in her voice -, many things happened that night, I need you to sit down, I have to explain many things to you.

– Luz, listen to Gerard, this is very serious – she looks at Dan with a frown and brushes him aside –

– Of course it’s serious! Don’t you realize how fucked up this is? I told him, I told him everything and he promised to lock up the unhappy man who raped me, every time I asked him how everything was going, he told me not to worry, that everything was fine… And that was why!

-No, love, that is not so. I was investigating something else, I… – Gerard can’t speak anymore because the tears are stuck in his throat -. I love you, I fell in love with you before knowing the truth…

-And even so, you didn’t tell me anything, you know that I hate lies, that they hide things from me. And you…-she approaches him dangerously and slaps him-. You hid from me that you were the unhappy one that night!

-Luz, please, listen to Gerard… – Dan tells her, while Gerard keeps his eyes closed, the pain he feels in his heart is a thousand times worse than that slap —

-Don’t mess around!! This is between this liar and me – she looks at him again, with red eyes from the tears that she didn’t know ran down her cheeks and from anger – Listen to me well, I could forgive you that night, because you yourself took care of erasing it – a sobbing makes her hiccup and raises her index finger -. But I can’t forgive you for hiding the truth from me!

please… – Luz recoils as if she had been slapped and

yells at him -. You are the father!! Don’t you think I deserved the truth?! At least… at least to be sure that

my love, but please, listen to me… there are many things I need to tell you, let me

and looks at the two of them -. They’re a couple of sick, cynical people, they call themselves the best lawyers,

Gerard says, letting out

knew you forced me my first

voice -. Because you begged me to

– she looks at him contemptuously and walks to the door-. That word is too small in your mouth, you have no idea what justice

-. Forgive me, that night was

voice -, The first one you hurt was your daughter, ignoring her all these years… and then you hurt

-Lucecita …

just died – she opens the door and finds Rafael about to knock -. get me

here.

 Did something happen? Are you okay? –

begs -, just like that night, take me away

towards them with tears in his

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run with her to the