Episode 6

Lorenzo: I feel suffocated at home, my chest aches, I can hardly breathe, I try to take a breath but it's as if there's none. How could I neglect Theo so much? How could I be everything he has left and not be the father he needed?

Oh God, help me, I beg you, I can't take it anymore. It's too much.

I stop on the ledge of the rooftop I proposed to Suzi, unable to bear the pain I feel, wanting only to end this despair. I feel small hands touching my abdomen and light kicks in my back.

Isabella: Júlia told me what happened and I activated Lorenzo's ring tracker, he never takes it off. By the location, I know where he is and I go up with Arthur, the sight of him on the ledge of the rooftop makes my heart ache. I approach silently and hug him as best I can, my belly doesn't help me.

If you give up, I won't be able to bear it!

Lorenzo: Bella, please leave.

Isabella: No! I gave you space, but enough is enough. You can't pity yourself for the rest of your life. You are my better half, and I see you dying every day. Do you realize how exhausting that is? I'm pregnant, Lorenzo, and I've had horrible months, I can hardly feel any joy seeing you like this. Stop! Please stop! We are all suffering, you became a widower, but you are alive. I removed all the pictures of my wedding from my house because it became unbearable to see Suzi, so I understand you, but we all move on, as she wanted us to. Tomorrow there's a family lunch, like every Sunday, you haven't participated in two years. Theo doesn't smile like he used to and our parents are at their limit. You are hurting all of us, so just stop! I beg you, I can't take it anymore...

Lorenzo: I feel Isabella's tears wetting my back, her voice is choked up and her body trembles all over.

I'll come down, I'll come down.

Isabella: I come down, looking at Lorenzo and being scared that he might jump.

Lorenzo: I'm sorry.

Isabella: Don't be sorry, promise me you'll live, please.

I speak with my hands on my belly.

Lorenzo: I'll try, Bella.

Isabella: I hand a card to Lorenzo, who looks at me curiously.

Go to the appointment on Monday, it's with a psychologist. I beg you to go.

Lorenzo: I'll think about it, Bella, come on, let's go from here.

Arthur accompanies us in silence, they leave with their driver, and I follow with mine back home. I think about everything Isabella said. I enter the house and it's all silent, I pass by Theo's room and he's not here. The dining room has been cleaned, I enter my room, taking off all my clothes, and go straight to the bathroom, entering absentmindedly, and Alice is here, she looks at me and startles.

Alice: Oh my God!

I gasp and throw the water with cleaning solution from the bucket at Lorenzo. He's naked, I try to quickly leave the bathroom, and he's at the door, it all happens so fast, I slip on the soapy water. Lorenzo tries to hold me, and I panic with him being naked, I fall on top of him and tightly close my eyes.

Lorenzo: This crazy woman knocks us down and I'm naked, I feel my member coming to life after two years, terrible timing for a situation like this. The crazy woman freezes, and I don't know what to do, she must be feeling it too, as she's redder than a tomato. I feel her accelerated breathing, the scent of her hair on my face, and I'm convinced that I need to get rid of her.

Get off me!

Alice: You... you pervert!

I get up with my eyes closed, leaning against the wall, completely embarrassed, Lorenzo seemed to be armed under me, how could he get aroused in a situation like this?

Lorenzo: What are you doing in my damn bathroom?

Alice: I turn my back to him.

Did you not notice? It's clean! Everything was dirty here, Theo went to his aunt and uncle's house, and I took the opportunity to clean, only your room was left, and since you weren't here, I decided to clean it. Can you please get a towel?

Lorenzo: Alice grabs a towel and hands it to me without looking at me. I notice her hands trembling.

Not that it makes a difference since you've seen me naked. What the hell is that awful smell?

Alice: It's cleaning solution with soap, better bathe quickly.

I speak with a trembling voice, trying to normalize my breathing still with my back to Lorenzo.

Lorenzo: I grip my member tightly, trying in vain to lessen my erection.

You're standing in the damn doorway, Alice, get out of here. Now!

Alice: I try to leave with my eyes closed and once again lose my balance. Lorenzo holds my waist firmly and I can feel his member touching me.

No... Don't hold me!

Lorenzo: Then open your damn eyes and get out of here without tripping over your own feet.

I speak impatiently, irritated by the sensation this proximity is causing me.

Alice: I slowly open my eyes and see Lorenzo's intense blue eyes staring at me, our breaths mixing. I blush at the firmness of his touch and push his chest away with my hands. He's so defined! Damn! What a foolish thought, I quickly leave his room and enter mine, my body burning with desire. I rush to the bathroom and take a cold shower with Lorenzo's image in my mind. I get dressed and don't know whether to leave my room or not. Then I hear knocking, I open the door and Lorenzo is standing there, leaning against the door frame with wet hair and hands in his pockets. He's so... I shake my head as if that could push away the thoughts I'm having about him right now.

Can I help you?

Lorenzo: Alice opens the door with a confused expression, she shakes her head while staring at me.

Do you plan on finishing what you started in the bathroom?

Alice: No! Of course not! You... You... pervert!

Lorenzo: Alice gets furious and I realize she misunderstood.

Have you gone crazy, Alice? I'm talking about cleaning the bathroom. It's a mess in there and we're short on maids.

Alice: Because you scare them all away with your bad mood!

Lorenzo: I know.

Alice: What? Sorry, I was expecting you to yell at me now. Anyway, I'll finish, but you need to hire some staff. This place is too big to clean on my own, and I need to take care of Theo, he's my priority.

Lorenzo: A new team is coming tomorrow.

Alice: Okay, sorry for what happened in the bathroom, nothing like that will ever happen again.

Lorenzo: Good.

I leave without mentioning that I'm going to pick up Theo, I even avoid thinking about what happened in the bathroom, the situation Alice put me in.

Alice: Lorenzo is so weird. I didn't understand anything that happened here. God help me! I go back to cleaning the bathroom, leave everything clean, put things away, and go to make dinner. I prepare pasta with meat sauce and cheese. Dinner was late and I wouldn't be able to make anything quicker.

***This work has been signed with NovelToon, and piracy such as reprinting without permission is strictly prohibited.***

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***