~Carmen POV~
I could see Lorenzo trying his best to temper his rage.
He took a deep breath, softening his voice, “What is this, Carmen?”
I replied directly, stilling my spine, “Exactly what it looks like, Lorenzo!”
He clipped back, “No! It’s not. You tell me exactly what this is!”
I cooly replied, “I’m spending time with my boyfriend—-“
He shouts, “f**k, Carmen! You do not have a boyfriend and if you think this little production is fooling me, it’s not.”
My body stiffen, as I jolted in response to his sudden outburst. I took a deep breath, calming my quickening pulse and said, “Lorenzo, I am not the arbiter of what you choose to believe or not. Jay and I have been dating and—-“
He interjects in a sarcastic tone, “So you want me to believe you had a boyfriend all this time. Does B
