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"I’ll be staying with Markus until I get better.”

"Why?"

"You can’t certainly be asking me that."

"What about Lucy? She’s been asking about you? She’s going to be sad.”

What about me?

He looked torn as he met my eyes.

"It’s what best for her. She needs to get closer to her Dad and I shouldn’t come between that.”

I scoffed. “Did Philip put you up for this?"

He glared at me. “I’m not making this decision because of him. Yes, he did approach with money but I didn’t accept it. And I also didn’t want to agree to what he wanted. It’s just...This is the right thing to do, Danica."

"Right thing?"

He moved closer to me, his face few inches from mine.

"Then what is the right thing to do?Do you want me to stay with you?"

I do.

But if I tell him that, he might find out that I like him.

He moved backwards. “That’s what I thought.” And then, he walked up the stairs.

When he came back down with his clothes, he didn’t spare me a glance...he left my house...he left me.

And I stood there feeling so empty.

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"Has Andro gone back to where he came from?" Lucy asked, sadly when she came home.

"I...em..."

Then I thought of something.

Maybe, she could talk to him to come back.

I brought out my cellphone and dailed his number.

"Talk to him and ask him when he’s coming back."

Her face brightened up. “Okay"

He didn’t pick up on the first and second ring.

I put the phone on speaker when he finally picked up on the third ring.

"Hello.”

"Andro, it’s me, Lucy...Where are you?"

He didn’t say anything for a few seconds.

"I’m...I have stuff to take care of.”

"When are you coming home?"

He remained quiet again.

"Don’t you want to come back?"

"Lucy..."

"How are the most beautiful Princesses in the world doing?"

I gasped seeing Philip walking into the living room.

"I got a lot of stuff for you guys.”

Then it occured to me that Lorenzo was probably having the belief that we had made up...that Philip, Lucy and I were one big family.

And when I took the phone from Lucy, I saw that he had hung up.

Lucy stared at me and then the phone.

She missed him a lot.

And I missed him more than a lot.

"What’s wrong with the two of you?" Philip asked.

I shook my head trying to stop looking miserable.

I should try to make my daughter feel better instead but I couldn’t think of anything to cheer her up.

"Lucia, dear, can you please excuse your mommy and I...we need to talk about adult stuff.” He requested.

"Okay.” She replied and walked away.

"I noticed since that Man left. You and Lucy had been acting up. What’s the deal with this guy, Danica? Do you like him?"

I sighed. “What’s the deal with you anyway? I told you, you don’t need to come by anymore."

He moved closer to me but I walked backwards.

"But your daughter needs a father. I’m more than willing to be a father to her.”

"This is all an act. You need to stop.”

"So what are you going to tell your daughter then? You’re going to break her heart again?”

Why was it so hard to cut him off?

"It’s because of that man, isn’t it? Andro. You want him to be your baby daddy now?"

"I never said that.”

"What could he possibly offer you, Danica? He doesn’t even know who he is. What if he’s a poor and miserable person?"

I sighed...I prefer the poor Andro to the wealthy Lorenzo.

"I see you need time to think about what you truly want. I will call you later.”With that, he headed towards Lucy’s bedroom to probably say goodbye to her.

I held my head.

Should I go after what I truly want?

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It was the evening of the following day.

Markus walked up to me.

"Hey, Danica. I just got a call downtown that my mother is ill. I need to leave right now and I’m not sure I’ll be at work tomorrow."

I nodded. “It’s okay. Take as much time as you need.”

"Thank you.”

As he turned around, I quickly asked the question that had been bothering me.

"How’s Andro doing?"

He turned to face me. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Great. He even has a date tonight."

I swallowed. “A date?"

"Yeah, I think by seven or something. Well, I better get going.”With that, he walked away.

Date?

With another person?

I thought he said he was in love with me!

I couldn’t concentrate on anything anymore.

I tried to figure out the woman who he was going out with.

Would he hold her hand?

Would he kiss her?

Would he have sex with her?

I couldn’t sit here and let that happen.

Fine!

This wasn’t how everything was supposed to go, how my revenge was supposed to fall through.

But I was in love with him... I’m in love with Andro.

Lorenzo was another person, Lorenzo wad dead to the world.

He was Andro, my Andro and I wanted to be his.

I hurried into the restaurant but Markus was gone.

I quickly turned to face Cora.

"Do you know Markus’ house address?"

She nodded.

"Tell it to me now"

She stared at me strangely but didn’t bother asking why I was so tensed.

When I got the address from her, I pleaded with her to look after Lucy then I headed off to stop Lorenzo...no...not Lorenzo...Andro from going out with someone else.

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When I got there, I knocked on the door repeatedly but he didn’t open up.

I felt my heart breaking.

He had gone to be with another woman.

Even if Markus said they were going out on a date, I felt as if he was starting all over again with her.

Tears flooded my eyes.

I gasped when the door opened.

"Why the hell..." He paused seeing me.

Tears spilled from my eyes.

"I thought you said you were in love with me. Now, you’re going out with someone else already? Is that how love works?"

He frowned. “Going out? I don’t understand."

I sniffed and finally took in his appearance.

He was dressed in a pair of joggers and sweat shirt.

I couldn’t ascertain if he was going out or not.

"It’s passed seven, are you still going out?" I asked, quietly.

"I had no plans of going out and I’m surprised you’re here.”

"Markus said..." I groaned realizing that punk was messing with me.