LUCREZIAEven though I didn’t know who the woman was, I allowed her to enter the mansion since I had a feeling about her.I couldn’t point out what it was, but judging by her confidence and the way she held herself in front of me earlier, I think she was telling the truth when she said that she and Pietro knew each other. I don’t know who she is in Pietro’s life, if she was ever Pietro’s childhood friend at all. The only way to find out who she was and her connection to Pietro is by agreeing with what she wants so I could talk to her. She wanted me to let her in, and this is my territory. She’s the one putting herself in danger not the other way around. I sauntered inside the mansion with the maid and her following behind me. When we finally entered inside, I turned around to see her reaction.I could still remember what my reaction was when I entered this place for the first time. It was after I married Pietro, the day that this place had become my home. Even though I’ve seen man
LUCREZIA“Fair enough, I did say that,” I answered back casually, as I turned around. Bianca is quick-witted and she has good memory also. It only took her a few exchange of dialogues with me to find out my real relationship with Pietro. However, she is not the only smart person in the room. “Since you had nothing important to say and I don’t have any questions to ask you. Why don’t you leave? The person you are here for is not here anyway,” I replied as I fixed the tea and the biscuits we barely touched on the table.Bianca scoffs, “Why? Is the person I’m looking for doesn’t come home to live with you often? Does he sleep at a different place instead ever since you came to his life?” Bianca dumped all of her questions.I’m not sure if she is trying to piss me off or if she just doesn’t know that her words could piss people. Luckily, I know all her tricks.“You should just shut your mouth. You sound so desperate to find out that there is no love between Pietro and I. If you keep tal
LUCREZIAI froze on my place as I continued to eavesdrop on Pietro and Bianca’s conversation, trying to decipher the meaning of their words and get to the bottom of what they were actually talking about. Right now, there is nothing else more important than finding out the secrets that Pietro is hiding from me. Even though I was hurt by Pietro’s words, I decided to stay and continue on secretly listening to their conversation than to flee and protect myself from getting hurt even more in the expense of not finding out the truth. I know too well that the world doesn’t revolve around me, and I learned it the hard way. Today, what matters is the secret that I need to know and not the things that might happen to me once I found out that truth. Once I find out the real reason why Pietro couldn’t give his heart to me, I will be able to willingly let go of him without any regrets. It would also be able help me in the healing process, since I need to know and accept the truth before I cou
LUCREZIAMy breath hitched and my heart started pounding in my ears when I heard Bianca’s question. My face turned serious as I await Pietro’s answer. I had asked the same question to Pietro many times before, and every time I ask him that question, I always get the same answer from him.He made it clear to me that the only reason why he married me was because of my position and the power that I will bring to his business. He only married me merely because I were a Rocchi, and it would be a waste of opportunity to let me end up with the Cassiano crime family instead. However, hearing Bianca’s words made me realize that Pietro’s answers were a lie. Pietro did not marry me to benefit from our marriage. In fact when he married me, he willingly placed himself in danger instead. What danger could probably that be? Why would Pietro even marry me and place himself in danger because of me? Why would he lie about the purpose of our marriage. If Pietro indeed married me even though it mea
LUCREZIA 8:20PMMy lips quivered and tears started to fill my eyes when I heard the most painful truth in my life. I bit my lower lip and pressed a hand over my mouth to silence my cries. What should I expect in this situation? Wasn’t I the one who forced myself on Pietro?I was the one who did all things just to have him. I even forced him to go on a date with me by using a lame excuse of a favor that I gave him when we were a child. I should have known that life is not just about marrying the person you love. I was so immature back then. I only thought of myself, but I never thought about his side. Imagine being forced to marry someone you don’t love and deciding to stick through that marriage only out of pity?Life doesn’t end once you get what you ended. There is no happy ever after. in real life, you story only ends when you die. Just because I ended up marrying Pietro, it doesn’t mean that everything is finally done because I already got what I wanted. Until now, I never th
LUCREZIAThe words that left my mouth were sudden. Clearly, my sister never called me asking for my help. It was just an excuse I made myself out of nowhere. It wasn’t in my plans to leave Pietro behind with Bianca and live with my family for the meantime. However, that’s what I think I needed right now. Since I’m planning to file a divorce on Pietro, I think it would be just right for me to distance myself from Pietro as early as now. Especially that I still have some attachments on him. Love is not something you can just forget or even stop feeling. Pietro will always be my first crush, my first love, and my first husband. He is the only man I ever loved this way in my life. Letting him go will never be easy.The least that I can do was to take baby steps, to slowly let him go so I wouldn’t have to suffer that much. I need to prepare myself from the future pain. The things that are yet to come for the both of us. I had to be strong. I need to hold myself together. I can’t just
LUCREZIA“If you’re going to leave, I suggest that you don’t come back,” Bianca spoke firmly without hesitance and fear in her words.Maybe it’s because there is no one in this room to hear her words. If someone had heard her, they would surely think that she is being rude at the person who lives in this house. With my back turned on her, a small smile appeared on my face upon hearing her words. She is speaking exactly what was in my mind. Just like Pericles, I never thought that Bianca could read minds too. I guess it explains why the late Don Carusso is impressed by her more than he was impressed with Pericles. I thought that Bianca only said those words because she wanted her chance with Pietro, and that by leaving, I would be giving her that chance that she wanted with him. I never thought about the meaning of her words more deeply, I thought she meant the first thing that came to my mind.So, instead of answering her and acting possessive on Pietro by using my title as his wif
LUCREZIA“Sorella!” Letizia shouted happily when she saw me arrive at the mansion. She ran towards me with arms open wide, very excited to welcome me back home just like always.I smiled at Letizia. Her bright face brightened my expressions. My sister never fails to brighten my life. Even though my sister and I weren’t able to meet often as we used to, she is still the same as before. She still greets me with the same joyous expression every time that she sees me. “What made you come here? Where is your husband?” Letizia asked me with a shrill voice after separating from our hug. She looks so excited and happy to see that her sister came to visit her. I watched her as she looked around me and inside my car, searching for Pietro. She thought my husband and I came here for a harmless family visit. I saw how she slightly frowned upon realizing that I came here on my own.“Oh I missed you!” I shouted back at her in equal excitement as I wrapped my arms above her shoulders to press her i