Love Me Harder +18

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ESMERALDA'S POV

Sleep didn't come easy from me, I stared at my ceiling in my so called childhood home. I felt suffocated looking at my phone the time read, 6 o'clock in the morning.

Silence filled the two-story house because everybody was sleeping, as the house was located in a wealthy gated community, at least the place didn't suck.

My dad could afford the house since he's an infamous lawyer, who had earned a lot of money throughout the years as he was working for The Drakos Syndicate, Leoandros family. How he meet him.

On the other hand, my mom is a stay at home wife, and she's content with her life.

Despite the silence in the house, I could hear murmuring. It sounded like Daniella and Bethany were talking about the man I was in love with. It still was dawning on me that Leo was getting married her.

The good sister Bethany, who had inherited her from my mum mostly was going to get married to Leoandros Drakos.

I was definitely caught off guard when I found out that Bethany b***h and Leoandros were getting married?

It was because they were not close to each other, or at least not until I left to work overseas about three years ago.

I know she and Daniella had a slight fascination with him, I mean every woman did it was part of his daily life but Bethany that was new.

A lot of things must have happened while I was out ofthe country. I remember when dad and my mom would remember would invite me to a party dad likes hosting every month. Leo hated people he avoided them like plagues.

After I had received the invitation card, I had put on my best and brightest expression, congratulating them, because what exactly can I say, I'm not important.

Then I had excused myself from the dinner table,coming up with another lie that I was tired from the trip.

I had taken the my suitcase from the living room and headed to my bedroom on the second floor. I did not bother giving him the gift, or else I definitely would have broken down in front of him.

Immediately I got to my room. The tears came hard, suffocating and drowning my cries, because I did not want anybody to hear my sobs throughout the night.

It did not help one bit when I heard Mom Bethany to take her soon to be husband to her room for him to sleep as the cruel reality had set infor me.

The worst part had been hearing them f**k as our bedrooms were next to each other while my older brother and my parents bedroom were downstairs.

By now my eyes were swollen, and red, I don't think I had cried this much in my entire life, not even when dad denied me in front of the whole school during bring your parents day.

I felt really heartbroken because the person who I loved for 7 years did not love me, but someone else.

"Oh my, I didn't see you here" Bethany strolls inside the kitchen, wearing a singlet the hickeys on display, I wanted to cry, oh she was happy alright .

"Well maybe you should get a new pair of glasses." I reply.

I shifted on her feet as she stood by the kitchen table before taking out some milky oatmeal because according to her, she was planning to eat healthy.

Bethany seemed more relaxed, , plus I felt that Leoandros had something to do with the increase of her mood, maybe everything.

Before she would act like the smartest woman in the room around me, but right now she's composed and relaxed.

"Where is Leoandros" I asked her while playing with a small table knife.

"Leo" I cringed Leo hates when people call him Leo he preferred Leoandros"He left because he had some urgent matters to attend to." She answered as she drank the glass of orange juice a dreamy look plasterd to her face.

Then I spotted the diamond ring on her ring finger. My heart shrunk.

"You too, how did you meet?"I blurted out because I have been wondering the entire night.

Why the hell or how did he fall for this b***h?

"It was three some months ago," She says, placing the glass on the table, as she did not care about my bluntness. That definitely was not enough time for someone like Leoandros to settle down

"Hmm, so how did you guys get together exactly?" I ask with enthusiasm in my voice.

Fake-enthusiasm, which Bethany did know the difference but is deciding to play house.

"Why do you wanna know, want my husband" this b***h is crazy

"No absolutely not but I doubt he would want you if he found out what went on with you and dad's bodyguard Jeremy" I smiled way too brightly, this was going to be fun. She swallowed then looked away

"He's father passed away some months way back he was going through a lot of s**t and I happen to be there, I just stayed around and helped him ..." her eyes sharpened there she it " I didn't run off to another state" She paused, letting her words sink in.

I was taken aback by the news because I had not heard a single thing about Leoandro's father's death at all, not even in the media because the Drakos Syndicate is a very influential family in New York City.

" He was very caring" her lips lift she was definitely trying to reel me up "I was there through out the whole ordeal, I'm definitely not someone ordinary to him I mean look at my ring" she uses her left hand to tuck her hair behind her ears," I made sure to take care of him" She lowered her voice at the last sentence.

"We had s*x. We had practically locked ourselves one of his houses in Greece all day, and did nothing, but f**k. It was the best day of my life."

That stung but I kept my poker face.

According to what I heard Bethany was twenty seven a year younger than Daniella, she was four years older than me, and she could do whatever she wanted with her life.