Chapter 376
Vincenzo
Fabio High School Diary 1-
Donny and I stole father’s Mustang and drove it around town to show off.
Unfortunately, father came home early and was livid. Dotard got in trouble, and I didn’t, so it’s all good.
There’s also a new transfer student in our class, and she scares the shit out of me. She won’t stop staring at me with those beautiful demonic black eyes, and I don’t know how to stop her.
She’s been following me all week, and Donny heard rumors that she’s been telling the entire school that she’ll marry
A handsome man like me doesn’t have the urge to be tied to one woman for the rest of his life.
“What’s wrong with that man.” An embarrassed and guilty chuckle escaped from my lips. I wasn’t supposed to laugh at him, better yet-I wasn’t supposed to laugh at his words, but I couldn’t help myself
Who was this Donny guy and why had I never met him?
Too ashamed to read further, I folded the paper and stared ahead. It turned out Fabio had also left me some diary from his teenage years, which now I used as an excuse in order not to read the letters which
were meant for me.
The thought of that man once being a teenager, pulling mischief, and stealing cars all seemed so strange to me, mainly since he used to scold me for doing the same.
Was it really that surprising, though? The man in the diary was the same man who left behind many dangerous weapons and left me to deal with them.
I was still not over the shock and had yet to come up with a safe plan to get rid of the weapons.
The Morales’ took our union very seriously, so who knew? Maybe one day, I would return to a renovated factory and an empty basement.
A knock on the door made me hide the papers in a rush. “Come in?” I called out, expecting it to be my nosy wife. Instead, a maid opened the door.
“Sir, there’s a woman at the gate.” She avoided my eyes, placing her hands behind her back. “She says she’s Luis’ new teacher?”.
Dazed. I got up from my chair. I had been so occupied with the marriage, the business, and Fabio’s letters that I had forgotten all about Livia.
“Ah yes, let her in!”
As soon as the maid left the room, I rushed to the mirror to look at my outfit. Being all dressed up for no reason made me look stupid, and Luis thought the same. Although, I did have to admit-just as Aria had told me, many did take me more seriously.
I brushed my hair with my hands and a dumb smile on my lips, unable to remember the last time I had put such an effort into anything. It was probably because I knew Livia wouldn’t hide from pointing out every flaw, so I wanted to look appropriate. That must’ve been it.
As I walked down the stairs, I already noticed Livia at the door. Her hands were on her hips, her hair with even more volume, and a sarcastic smile across her sculptured face.
“Hi.” I greeted, standing right in front of her. Livia was not taller than 5’2, stood on her tippy toes, and smiled at me daringly.
“What’s up, tall guy?” She raised her head before stumbling, but I grabbed her arm just in time. Any other person would’ve been embarrassed, but not Livia.
Since the first time she had attacked me, she showed me just how much she didn’t care.
“You cut your hair.”
“I did.” I froze as the woman stared deep into my eyes. “So, where’s the baby?” She stepped closer, standing on her tippy-toes to look behind my shoulder.
The baby?
Of course! Luis.
“He’ll be here soon,” I spoke. With my hands in my pockets, I stepped back and widened the space between us.
“Where is your baby?” My mind went to her seven-month-old child as I had made it clear the baby was more than welcome. “Did you leave it with its dad today?”
“My baby is not an it. His name is Dace.” Livia pushed her hand against my chest. “And he doesn’t have a father.”
Not knowing how to react, I tried to find a way to change the subject. The smile on Livia’s face told me she didn’t care, but the crack in her voice said otherwise.
Whatever was going on in her personal life was none of my business-as long as she could tutor Luis and get him back on top again.
“Did you look into the information I sent you?”
“Yes.” Livia nodded. “There’s no good reason for someone who’s used to get straight A’s to fail his classes like this-
“That’s what I thought-”
Livia raised her finger, shutting me up. “Other than negligence.”
“What?”
Not agreeing with a single word, I grabbed her arm and led her to the backyard so we could get to the bottom of this nonsense.
“So it’s all my fault?” Once we sat down, I beckoned one of the maids to get her something to drink, earning a disgusted look from Livia.
She rolled her eyes. “I understand your job requires a tight work schedule, but I strongly believe this could’ve been prevented.”
Tight work schedule?
I had been doing nothing but partying and picking up women for these past years. Hearing I was the cause for Luis’ behavior from someone other than myself hurt my ego.
“You should’ve supervised him whenever he does his homework and ensured he finishes it through the end.”
“Okay, good,” I spoke. “And since I’m paying you-you’ll do it for me?”
“Yes, I will supervise him instead, and I’ll take your money.” She leaned in her chair, legs crossed. “Taking care of your brother is the least I can do after you were kind enough to excuse my dad.”
I snickered. “Are you finally thanking me?”
“No.” Livia shook her head. “You should really learn a bit more about sarcasm.”
Sarcasm?
I did not get the chance to get any further as Luis had already found his way to the backyard. The boy always had his game device in one hand, but this time he had his school books in the other. It was a great
start.
“Luis, come here!” I said. “This is the tutor I’ve been telling you about.”
On commando, Luis sat down on the chair. “Yo.” He raised his head. “What’s up?”
Taken aback by his words. I smacked his head and pulled his hair to lower his ear to my lips.”Yo? Since when did we start greeting ladies saying ‘yo, are you crazy?” I hissed.
“Oh, I don’t mind.” Livia eavesdropped, smiling at Luis. “Just ignore your brother. He’s too old-fashioned, isn’t he?”
“Yes!” Luis’s eyes lit up.
“Too strict, ancient, kind towards others except you unless he feels like it.” She earned herself another nod from Luis while my pride was getting stamped.
“Keep going. I like where this is going!”
“He’s anything but understanding, thinks he’s fun-but is actually boring-
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