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I was still gathering my composure when we walked out of my bedroom, and I was not prepared for what was waiting for us on the other side of the door. Lola was leaning on a wall with her arms crossed and her face blank, looking straight at my bedroom door. There was no expression on her face, nothing in her eyes, and when I saw her, my heart turned to ice and so did Hugo behind me.
“Jesus, Lola, you scared the hell out of me. I didn’t hear you come down here.”
“Not surprised.”
Shit. I had to fix this before she sent Hugo into a panic attack.
“Hugo helped me move some things in my closet to make space for something Gino got me. He almost knocked down one of my shelves.”
“Mhm.” She was not convinced. “Well, Cenzo is getting tired; he ate too much again, and I wanted to say goodbye before we left.”
“I was just on my way out.” Hugo mumbled to no one in particular and disappeared down the stairs like the FBI was on his tail again. I tried my best not to look in his direction, but my eyes slipped to him for a second.
Lola looked at me with shock.
“What the hell are you doing, Cat?”
“What? We got into a fight; it happens all the time.”
“What I heard was not a fight. You don’t beg people when you fight!” She started pacing around the room and panic spread through my system. “With your guard, Cat?”
“Lola,” I whispered her name as if it was a plea, “you can’t say anything, please!”
“No shit! You need to end this. You need to end this before Gino finds out, and he ships you off to a German orphanage or something.”
Not a possibility.
“I…can’t.”
She stopped dead in her tracks.
“Is he forcing you? Is he threatening in any way because I swear to Jesus Christ, I will…”
“No! God, no! What are you talking about? Hugo would never hurt me.”
“He seduced you!”
“I seduced him!” I yelled back. I was so tired of this. “I love him, Lola, I really do.”
A drape of tears covered my eyes, and she rushed to hug me.
“Oh, Cat. What do you even know about love?”
“Maybe not much, but I’m learning with him. Hugo loves me too. Please, Lola, you can’t say anything to anyone, not even Vincenzo. I have to tell Gino myself.”
She took a few seconds to reflect on the situation.
“You have my word,” she finally said, and I felt like a rock lifted off my chest. “This will end badly, Cat. I don’t know how Gino will ever forgive the fact that his best friend slept with his little sister. Under his roof.”
“He has to.” My voice was heavy with vehemence.
“You really love him, don’t you?”
“So much.” It was scary.
“Let me know if you need to talk, ok? About sex, Hugo, anything. Just come to me.”
“Thank you so much.”
She hugged me once more before going to the elevator and leaving me on an empty floor.
I was spent, emotionally dried from the fight, the orgasms and Lola showing up at my door. For the first time in my life, I couldn’t wait for Christmas to end.
