Sure, I spent most of my days playing games with Amelia. But, other than that, I did consistent work outs!
I took one quick step forward and grabbed the whip right out of Lucia's hand.
“Do you know the Lightning Five-Strike Whip moveset?” I gave her a wicked smile.
“Ah!” Lucia screamed, holding her butt.
“That’s for bullying me! That’s for treating me like I’m nothing! Today I’m going to beat the anger of all these years out!”
My “Lightning Five-Strikes” carried all my frustration from the past.
Lucia cried and yelled like her life was over from the pain.
In the end, she crawled toward the door, clutching the carpet, shouting, “Dad! Daddy! Help! Mateo is going to kill me!”
But James didn’t come. Maybe he was scared she would get exposed and give the board of directors more reasons to attack him.
After more than an hour, Lucia was hiding in a corner, shaking.
I was tired too. So, I went out to smoke and calm down. But when I came back, the bedroom door was locked from inside.
“Mateo! Just wait! You’re so dead!” Lucia shouted, but she refused to open the door.
Fine. Since I had nowhere else to sleep, I decided to go to the guest room.
When I opened the door, I saw Amelia sitting on the bed, drinking some wine by herself. She had food everywhere on the bed, the spicy ones smelled amazing.
“Whoa, you even have grilled chicken?” I sat down and started eating without hesitation.
“And stamina booster skewers! These are great—nice and chewy.” Amelia handed me one and said, “I still don’t know what a ‘stamina booster skewer’ really is. The name sounds awesome though.”
“It’s good stuff. Men’s power-up food.” I said, eating and drinking.
Amelia then told me about James’ illegitimate son. Strangely, I slowly got drowzy and started to feel dizzy.
Amelia felt strange too. Whenever I leaned closer, her eyes narrowed. In the end she even closed her eyes.
We were about to kiss when she suddenly pushed me away.
“No, no, we can’t.” Her face was bright red.
“You’re right. We can’t.” I nodded and stood up.
As I moved, something felt off with the floor. I squatted down and noticed one tile had a big gap from another.
Without thinking, I used the metal skewer leftover to pry it. The tile lifted right up. Underneath it, I saw a small box.
So I pulled it out and opened it up. Inside was a folder and a black-covered diary.
“This is a ledger,” I said. Just one look and I knew that this could ruin James.