“I have no interest in sharing any information about my man to you”. Angela replied tartly. Antonio smiled broadly for a while longer than supposed. He took a glass of wine without saying a word to her. He gulped the full cup down his throat. Angela looked down at her note, most of the answers written down were based on sexual needs. Nothing surprising since he is a known pervert and sex freak. “Won't you ask me questions so I can answer too?”
"So how come you never mentioned this man of yours, even back then when I asked you to accept my deal?" Antonio demanded with a more serious expression.
"It came all of a sudden and I chose to keep it away from him”. Angela replied sadly. That's if he exists in her world, the only man she ever loved is Damon Montero. There's no way she is going to give this pervert hint who her secret love is. If she does he will take advantage of it to hurt her.
"You must be kidding right now". His puzzled face worried her, she wondered if there was a catch or something, why the look on his face, like she said something unusual.
“I beg your pardon?"
"What am I, a joke to you? You talked about keeping our fake engagement secret from your so-called boyfriend, the world knows about it, Freckles. It's everywhere, it's Montero's world" Antonio replied and shook his head.
“You are not very smart are you?”
It's now Angela's turn to be puzzled. She blinked, thinking hard for a solution and cover for her mess, why didn't she think about that before saying she will keep it a secret then.
"I guess I am screwed then". She muttered, cutting a steak nervously. Aguero studied her closely and noticed her uneasiness and panic. He said nothing, but watched her eat for sometime, he hardly touched his meal, and actually lost his appetite ever since she had mentioned she has a man. All he did was drink a glass of wine in between their conversation. Strangely, he was feeling more thirsty than usual.
"How long have you two been together?" he enquired all of a sudden.
"What's that Mr. Montero? You seem interested in my love life more than what we are actually here for". Angela replied, she was proud of herself for being brave and less intimidated by him. Maybe it was his manner of approach, he was a bit less intimidating when he asked that question, giving her a boost of courage. He definitely has a personality that can fit with anything, his duality is next to none, no wonder they call him the ace of Hollywood, he is an all rounder in any genre of movies.
“I will let it go, but in my room, you know the name to call me. However I just wanted to know if I should go rough and hard on you since you are nothing close to a few body counts”. He smirked.
“Do as you wish”. Angela replied, dryly, digging into her steak. The silence in the room grew bigger and intense. None said a word, just the chew sounds from Angela and her cutlery chattering was heard. Antonio for some reason hasn't touched his food yet and Angela thought it is none of her concern if he eats or not.
Few minutes later they heard footsteps approaching the hall. Then a maid acknowledged someone.
“Good morning, Young master Damon”. Damon? Angela thought as her heart skipped a beat, she jerked her head up and saw him walking towards them, her face lightened up. Antonio noticed, he followed her gaze and found his older brother Damon behind him.
“Good morning, Sir Damon”. Angela greeted him.
“Please, just Damon will do”. He smiled at her softly. Their eye contact was soft but intense for a minute, then he turned to Antonio but before he could say a word to him. Antonio got up from his seat in a dash and moved over to Angela. She was still eating unaware when he caught her jaw with a hand and kissed her. Angela froze with her eyes widened. What is he doing?! Right in front of Damon? This is so embarrassing. As always fierce, his tongue visibly dug deep into her throat while his gaze stared into his brother's eyes. Damon clenched his fist tightly, a bit uncomfortable and threatened by his mannerism. Finally Antonio let go of Angela and straightened up.
“Come to my room around midnight today, Freckles and don't you dare play tricks this time, if you try to deceive me with your cheap tricks again, I will make sure you regret it”. He said to her and walked towards the exit. Angela was so embarrassed that she wished she could vanish at that time.
“What was that about?” Damon muttered, glaring at his brother's back view, as he departed from the dining hall.
When he returned his gaze at Angela, her cheeks burned with embarrassment, remembering how she ran away from him last time and now this.
“I…I..am sorry you had to see that”. Angela said, avoiding his eye contact.
“I guess it must be part of your agreement”. Angela shook her head. Damon felt a bit relieved about that, then his brow tightened.
“Does he harass you like this all the time?”
She nodded. “It's always non consensual”.