Love In Between
Chapter 88

3 days later: 4 June

Madrid, Spain

The return to routine has not been easy. I have wanted to run away from the office a thousand times to go home and be with Gael before he leaves for Barcelona on Friday, but unfortunately I have to keep working and keeping the new projects going.

I’m concentrating hard in my office answering several emails until I see him standing under the door frame of my office and I can’t help but stand up to confront him -What are you doing here, what do you want? – I ask him staring at him almost as if it were a mockery, he smiles and raises his hands asking me to stop.

-Don’t get upset beautiful, I’m just here to work on the campaign…. Has your romantic escapade with your famous boyfriend robbed you of your memory? – he asks me in a sarcastic way.

-What I do or don’t do with my life is my business. You can’t just come here whenever you feel like it, you have to give me plenty of notice. – I defend myself, but just as he wants to answer me, Ana enters my office and looks at me doubtfully. – What’s wrong Ana? – I ask ignoring him.

-Hey… Gael called because he couldn’t get through to you. He told me he’s got an appointment with an obstetrician in three hours, are you pregnant? – He asks me excitedly and Pedro’s face is one of absolute confusion.

-Well… you are pregnant, but congratulations. – He says sarcastically, but I simply decide to ignore him.

-Ana, help me look for my mobile. I don’t know where I left it…” I ask him while I look around without finding it.

-What do I tell Gael? he asks me.

-Has he passed you the address,” I ask.

-Yes, I’ll pass it to you and don’t worry; you must have left your mobile in the studio. – He explains himself and without further ado leaves the office leaving me alone with Pedro again.

-So you got knocked up by Enriquez… but how convenient, isn’t it? – He comments sarcastically.

I can’t stand him talking to me like that, let alone believing that there’s still some kind of bond between me and him that makes me have to give him some kind of explanation. -What the f**k do you want now?! There’s nothing between you and me, there never really was…. Do you remember cheating on your wife with me? All that while I didn’t even know about it. – I shout at him, getting closer to him and with too much desire to hit him.

-I love you! Because of you my marriage has never been the same again. I had to leave her and my daughter because I couldn’t forget you. – He says in a way that sounds like a threat and before I can react, he grabs my wrist so hard that I remember the times when his violence was present when we were together.

-Don’t you ever touch me again,” I exclaim and make him let me go, “Do you understand?” I shout and pull away, “I’m no longer that a*****e that you not only cheated on but also beat up several times, do you remember that or do you want me to refresh your memory? Now you’d better leave because I swear that if you keep bothering me I won’t hesitate two minutes to tell your boss what kind of a*****e he’s hired. – I threaten him and before he can rebut, I quickly leave my office.

I’m walking in such a hurry that I don’t even have time to slow down when I run into Joel in the hallway. Somehow he ends up stopping me by grabbing me around the waist and looks at me worriedly, “Serena, what’s wrong?

-Pedro… he’s in my office, please get him out of there and make him leave. Don’t let him back in here,” I ask desperately.

Joel’s face transforms completely and I can see the anger in his eyes, “Did he dare to hurt you?

-No, but I know his attitude… I’ve been through what he did today and I don’t want it to happen again,” I explain without wanting to go into too much detail.

-Okay, you take it easy, okay? I’ll take care of that a*****e. – He says letting go of me and continues on his way to my office while I continue walking towards the reception.

-Ana, did you find my mobile? I ask her trying to sound as calm as I can, I really don’t want this to upset everyone.

She smiles kindly and hands me the mobile -Yes, it was on the stool in the study- she informs me -Thanks, let me know when you find it.

-Thank you, let me know when that a*****e has left…” I ask her and I immediately go to the studio to talk to Gael so he can give me all the details of the medical appointment. I really want to forget everything that happened just now. I don’t want my mind to go back to remembering how bad I had it when I was with him? I don’t want to remember him being violent, let alone remember his cheating. My present is different and my future offers something even more beautiful.