Chapter 31“Alessandro, turn off the TV, we need to leave.” Hazel yelled from the room she shared with her son.She contemplated on if she was going to wear perfume or not. She didn’t want him to think she was there to impress him.At the same time, she didn’t want her problems to reflect on her. She had been through a lot in the last five years.“I am not going there to impress him, not like he even cares anyway.” She convinced herself in front of the mirror and sprayed a reasonable amount of perfume on her body.She carried her cross bag and slipped in some candies for Alessandro in her pocket.“Sandro, I told you to turn off the TV.” She scolded her five year old son. He quickly turned it off.“Mama, are we going to see grandma and grandpa today? I don't want to see them.” He complained bitterly. “They don’t like me.”She knelt in front of him and held his hands “C'mon, Alessandro. They love you.”He jerked his hand from his mother’s grip. “That is a lie.” Hazel was aware that h
Chapter 32“I heard you flew in yesterday.” The familiar voice caught Lorenzo’s attention, and he raised his head up.He had spent the whole day reading every report that came from every one of their businesses. Being a conglomerate was not one easy job.“You didn’t knock on the door.” He got up from the chair and headed to the coffee machine to make some coffee for them.He knew about her habits of taking off her shoes when she wants to be sneaky.“I did. Someone was just too engrossed in their work to notice me.” She settled in his chair and spun around. “Weee.”“I was just looking at a few things.” He handed her a cup, and he laid down on the sofa. “You are a child, gee.”“This doesn’t look like a few things,” she looked at the heap of notepads and files sitting on his table. “Yes. I don’t look like I’m 29 :), do I?”“You don’t. How did you know I had returned?” He folded his arms and closed his eyes.She smiled in response to his answer.“I ran into Leonora at the pharmacy this mo
Chapter 33 Hazel knew Lorenzo was in his office and she was determined to see him, she woke up early and called work to inform them that she would not come in. She didn’t have friends and dropping Alessandro at her parent’s place was going to lead to questions. He wouldn’t like that idea anyway. “Are you going somewhere?” Alessandro asked his mom while she was dressing. “Did daddy ask us to come today?” “No,” She kissed his forehead and tucked him into bed properly. “I need to get some mommy stuff at the store.” “You are putting on formal clothes, mama.” He asked with his sleepy eyes. “Detective Rossi, Can you stop interrogating me? You need to sleep.” She waved his question. “I will be back soon.” Not content with the answer he got, he held his mom’s hand. “Stay safe mom, the crime rate in our neighborhood at dawn is higher than any other time of the day.” “My so clever son, Nothing can happen to your strong mom.” She cajole him, pressing a wet kiss on his head and he wiped it
Chapter 34Laughter erupted from his stomach. “Oh my days, it's been a while I had a good laugh.” He held the side of his stomach because of the sharp pain he got from laughing so hard.“I should pay you for making me laugh today. Should I give you a stack?” he asked sarcastically. “I forgot you don’t spend dirty money,” he scoffed.She didn’t find what he said amusing, and she made up her mind that he was going to be childish and petty. She was ready for him. “I am not joking, Lorenzo.” She said with a straight face. “Stop with the dirty money joke. You are being childish. You are 35 years old, even your son isn’t this petty.”He came closer to where she was sitting and leaned against her. The air between them became tense. He drew a line on her face and saw her face turn red.He had an effect on her and he was going to use it well.“I have no son, Hazel . We both know that. We never had sex throughout our marriage so what are you saying?”He pulled away from, “You should think we
Chapter 35The ride to the hospital was quiet except for Hazel’s silent sobs. “Her son must mean a lot to her.” He thought in his head.He didn't know why he was in the car, driving all the way to the local hospital in his old neighborhood. He could have asked his driver to take her.A part of him wanted to see the boy that she had claimed looked like him. He had so many questions to ask her.He really wanted to know when they had sex and silently hoped that his dream was just a dream.Asking her about it was out of his options. He would be too embarrassed to hear that he did something like that.“We are here,” He announced and opened the door of the car. He didn’t realize he had gotten to the emergency room until he looked around and Hazel wasn’t with him.He smacked himself in his head when he looked back and saw Hazel by the car. He was making his actual feelings obvious. His curiosity was pushing him too hard.He waited for her to join him. She hurried into the emergency room and
Chapter 36“Your mistress?” Hazel yelled and her son woke up, startled from his sleep.“Sandro,” she put his head on her chest and stroked his back to calm him.“Yes, be my mistress,” He said shamelessly.“Shut up.” She barked at him. “Are you even listening to yourself?” She asked in dismay.He was worse than what she thought he had turned to. His Physique and Aura speak of his growth, she also heard of his achievements too. She doubts that people know this side of him. “Alessandro, Can you please go to the room? I need to have some private talk with this oldie here.” Alessandro nodded in approval. He got down from his mother’s laps and took a quick glance at Lorenzo before he entered the room.“Watch what you say around my son. He is smarter than you think and he picks up conversations real fast.”Lorenzo removed his hand from his pocket and sat on the only chair the fire didn’t affect, opposite her.“Well. I wasn’t aware, and he is not just your son.” “You denied him just a few
Chapter 37He removed his tie as he entered his office. He still had a few files to review before flying to New york. Daphne had arranged the files according to how urgent they were, he had let her off work early and told her to meet him at the airport over text. He had a hard time focusing on his work, his mind kept drifting to Alessandro and he was starting to believe that his dream wasn’t an actual dream. It really happened.Hazel was hiding it from him. She could have threatened him with that to get all she wanted. “What is her goal?” He asked him, running his pen into his hair.“A shower should calm me down,” He sadi to himself. Hee took his blazers off and opened the door to the hidden suite in his office.His father had a huge empty space in the office so he converted it to a five star hotel suite so he would not have to go home when he had serious work to do.He flung his blazer on the chair and stripped himself naked then entered the bathroom for a bath. While he was soapin
Chapter 38Hazle stared at the card he left on the table. She was fully aware that her decision was going to affect her future and her son’s own.Being Lorenzo’s mistress meant that she was going to be at his mercy and he could treat her the way she had treated him in the past.She also thought of Alessandro, he needed to go to a special school for smart kids which is very expensive in Delaware. She was stuck between picking a good life for son and her freedom. She picked her phone and dialed her cousin's number.He picked on the second ring. “Hello, Hazel,” He breathed into the speaker.“Harold, How have you been?”“Great, you?”“Not so good. My house burnt down and I need…”“I am out of town and I don’t have any money on me. I will call you back as soon as I get on my feet,” He hung up right after.He didn’t even give her a chance to ask for anything. Her pride didn’t want her to call her parents but it was of no use anymore.She dialed her mom’s phone number, it rang severally but