[Amanda]
With a hammering heart, I walked up to their table. The brunette with a very irritating nasally tone was telling something while Dominic was busy scrolling through his phone. Good. He won’t notice. But when was my luck ever in my favour? Never. I placed the tray on the table and mumbled, “Your order ma’am”. The brunette was so busy she spared a glance before nodding and Dominic was typing away something furiously, too engrossed to notice. I mentally sighed in relief even though my traitorous heart twinged a little when he did not look up after hearing my voice. It wasn’t like the cafe was crowded. Even though I had mumbled but still. He really did forget me. But that again, helped me from being recognised by him As I was about to leave, he called from behind, “Excuse me. Can I get a large espresso?”
With a herculean effort, I turned around because if I nodded with my back towards them then it would be offending them. He hadn’t noticed my voice, maybe he wouldn’t notice my face either? People change right? I mean an example was sitting right behind me and often I got the comment that my face was very common whatever that meant.
“Right away sir”, I said blankly, hoping and praying that my face remained impassive. Thankfully my voice came out steady and professional. My gaze was already lowered so I just turned on my heels and was about to go when I heard the scraping of the chair before a breathy call, “Mandy?”
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“What is the meaning of this?” brunette screeched. I had almost forgotten her existence. The kiss had created a spectacle. I tried to pull away but he did not let go of me. His hand had snaked around my waist, holding firmly in place. Blood pounded in my ears. I did not want to stay a moment longer in his arms. I wasn’t about to be a gateway for him anymore.
“Let go”, I gritted, trying to subtly free myself. “We have already created a scene. So...no”, he outright refused and turned down my demand.
“Dom, you-you. How could you kiss her?” brunette had finally walked up to us. She spared a reproachful glare at me before turning her wrath towards him, “We are dating if you need a reminder Mr.Giovanni. What the fuck are you doing?” wow brunette could curse? Welp.
I really wanted to say that it wasn’t me, it was him. Why did he have to kiss me? Just saying hello would have sufficed. But no? This guy couldn’t just do anything subtly or quietly. He had to create a scandal.
“Well. I can’t help it. She is my long lost love”, he explained as if that made things better. Dominic you absolute idiot. “I-I can explain. Um…” I hurriedly began wracking my brain to come up with a plausible excuse that would also serve as damage control. But before I could say further or brunette yell anymore, Dominic’s manager (probably) rushed in. He was a man close to Dominic's age, “I think we should leave”.
Dominic opened his mouth to say something but a pointed glare from his manager and he shut up. Throwing an apologetic look towards me and murmuring a hurried apology to brunette, he ushered us out.
“Wait, why me?” I protested.
“If you stay here, you will be surrounded by sharks. Until we can do some damage control, I am afraid you need to come with us ma’am”, the man responded guiltily. He was right, if I stayed back, I would have to answer thousands of God know what kinds of questions.
“Alright”, I conceded. He ushered me into a different car while Dominic reluctantly was guided towards another one. Brunette stomped towards that car as well and closed the door with a slam. I, on the other hand, exhaled a shaky breath. Relieved that I was not in the same car as him but that sense of relief did not stay for long. As the car rolled into motion, my panic began to stir. What had I gotten myself into? My already messed up life just became more chaotic.
[Amanda]
[Amanda]Before I knew what I was doing, I found myself slapping him. Hard. The sound was not a pronounced one but my palm was stinging and his left cheek was red. My eyes widened as I realised what I had done. This was the first time I had raised my hand on anyone. Dominic looked shocked as well, his head still turned on the opposite side.He finally looked at me, his eyes were now blank slates. Not giving away a thing. I was about to apologise when I remembered why I had committed such an act. My anger surged back up. I glowered, “How dare you ask me t
[Amanda]My world came to a standstill and I was forcefully thrust five years back. The difference was that time I was not told about Dominic’s extramarital affair by the man himself and today he was outright telling me that he loved someone else. Without an ounce of regret or hesi
[Amanda]
[Amanda]I ended up staying at his place. Dominic had this smug look on his face when I had begrudgingly agreed and taken up his offer. I hadn’t taken into account that after leaving this place, I simply couldn’t walk into the cafe and resume my work. My co-workers and Cassey would grill me to no end and I doubt whether or not I will have the job. I mean, I doubt they will keep someone who created such chaos on the very second day of their duty. My mood takes a sour turn.Even though the bed was soft and the room was way better than my beat up one, sleep still evaded me. I stared blankly at the ceiling. The soft night lamp created a mesh of shadow and lig
[Amanda]In 27 years of my life, I had only once imagined my name in the newspapers but as Dominic’s wife, his lady love. When he had started out, we imagined ourselves in the shoes of big stars. He is passionate about what he does and that is what got him his big break. I remember being so elated that I had chugged down a whole bottle of red and getting a nasty hangover the next day.I was happy, so happy because the love of my life had achieved something that he had worked for. “It’s because you have been by my side, constantly”, he had said, kissing me passionately. We had spent a day or two tangled in the sheets before his work started, before it dragged down and destroyed our love, burnt it till there was nothing but charring memories.My imagination did come true but in a warped manner. This was the last thing I wanted in my life after our divorce. For so long, I
[Amanda]If he was taken aback at first, now he was openly gaping at me. I felt smug about it although I didn’t let it show on my face. I took a careful bite from my toast, leaving Dominic to process my answer. Of all the things he was expecting, he
[Amanda]I heart thudded when those words tumbled out of his mouth. From friend to wife to ex-wife and now...a mistress. One month ago the thought of becoming involved with someone, my ex to be exact was something which I would have never thought of but here we are.