Chapter 12N
“Da Da, has this evil lady come here to take you with her again?” Layla asked, her voice filled with fear and arrogance.
Hamis left his chair before he whispered in a low voice, “Darcy… Y–You look different today,”
I could see Harris‘ eyes mesmerizing, watching my new look. It infuriated Cindy. Afraid that I might seduce my ex husband with my new look, she immediately added, “Darcy, will you please stop chasing Harris and trying to catch his attention everywhere he goes?“}
She then turned to Harris and said, “Harris, you know Layla and I went through a very hard phase because of her false comment. Media had stopped questioning Layla’s background recently, but Darcy’s glimpse at the orphanage started things all over again. I don’t want to be mean here but can you ask Darcy to leave the restaurant?”
I watched Cindy with a pair of sharp eyes. I was surprised to see the audacity of this woman who was asking my ex husband to chase me out of the restaurant, to have dinner with him. Harris’s action hurted me even more as he walked closer to me and asked, “Why are you here, Darcy?”
My hands clenched into fists. Did he really believe that I was following him?
“Why do people go to the restaurant, Harris? To have dinner!” I spat.N
“Can you have dinner somewhere else?” He asked, his voice filled with guilt, “I will pay,”
I shot a glance at Cindy who was grinning devilishly, then looked at Harris before saying in a cold voice, “Keep your money in your pocket, Harris. You don’t own this restaurant. If you don’t like my presence, then take your family and get the hell out of here.“>
Harris’s eyes widened. He held my hands and pulled me closer only to whisper, “It’s not my family, Darcy. You are!“}]
Harris’s words left me in a puzzle. I looked up to meet his gaze while he continued, “I’m just trying to make up. I love you, Darcy. You are the only woman in my life. Cindy is just a friend I am helping raise her daughter, that’s it.”
“If there was the slightest bit of truth in your sentence, it would be I sitting with you on this table and the person you would be asking to leave, would have been Cindy, not me.” I said in a firm voice, making Harris speechless. I tried to brush my hands off him. But, he had held me tight, not letting me go no matter how much I struggled. Just then a deep male magnetic voice sounded from behind,
“Mr. Salvador, you are hurting my woman,“N
Harris and I, both turned our sideways, only to find Mr. Russo standing right beside me. He shot a short glance at my hand, Harris was holding and gave a meaningful glance to Harris, commanding him to leave my hand instantly.
“Mr. Salvador, did you not hear me? I said you are hurting my woman. Please leave her hand!” He repeated. His words though spell requesting but tone sounded like a threat. Harris let my hands go and stared Mr. Russo before asking, “Your woman?”
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Mr. Russo smiled as he said, “Do you not listen to the news or read newspapers? I confirmed our relationship at the orphanage, didn’t
“Da Da, you said that this rich uncle and evil lady don’t even know each other. They just happened to bump into each other that day and helped the orphan boy to show it off to me?” Suddenly Layla’s words reached our ears.
Mr. Russo smiled faintly before he elegantly walked up to the chair Layla was sitting and knelt to meet Layla’s gaze as he whispered in a low voice, “Your Da Da was wrong, little angel. The sweet Auntie standing there is the mother of that cute boy and I’m his father. So, what do you think we are together?
“A family?” Layla blurted out.
“Right,” Russo said, “Besides, don’t you think you speak very rudely? You should let your mother teach you morals and ethics, little angel, and if she isn’t capable of teaching these values, you can just come to this sweet Auntie, she is very capable.”
Russo stood up, par the dust out of his pants, walked back to me before he wrapped his hands around my waist, saying, “I’m sorry, darling. I got late. But, that’s because I wanted to make the dinner arrangements more impactful.“}
“More impactful?” I asked. He bent his head near my ear, his lips brushing my earlobes as he whispered in a low voice, “Just wait and watch.”
Just then a waiter walked up to Harris and said, “I’m extremely sorry, Sir, but you have to leave the restaurant right now. Your money will be funded back to your account.“”
Harris and Cindy exchanged a glance in shock before Harris asked, “But why?”
“It’s because Mr. Russo just booked the whole restaurant to have dinner with his girlfriend. He doesn’t want any disturbance here.” The waiter replied, leaving me stunned.”
Cindy’s face twisted in anger. She got up from her chair and asked the waiter coldly, “How can your restaurant do this with the customers? We have booked the table for dinner in advance and now you are chasing us away just because this man booked all the table only now?“:
“For that, you should consult with the owner of this restaurant,” the waiter said politely.”
“Who is the owner of this restaurant?” Cindy yelled aggressively, “I want to talk to him. I won’t leave.”
“You can talk to him right here. He is standing in front of you. Mr. Russo is the owner of this restaurant.” He replied.”
“What?” Cindy’s mouth hung open in shock, “But, I know the name of its owner. It’s Darek, not Russo.”
“Mr. Russo, just bought the whole restaurant from Mr. Darek, Mam. So, he is now the new owner of our restaurant.”
