THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE FIANCÉE

Chapter 4: The Worst Night Of My Life

My face ached from faking smiles in front of all the guests.

"They are finally gone! Forgive me, Mia, I feel I haven't given you the welcome you deserve, but we will have time to make up for that; for now, go get some rest, as I have several surprises for you tomorrow."

"Good night, Grandfather!" I took Mia's hand and guided her to our room.

"I told you I wouldn't sleep with you!"

"If I remember correctly, Javier helps you pay for your university semester, and do you know who gives him the money? I do! So you have two choices, Mia: you do this the easy way or you don't graduate. Now drop the childishness and go to bed, as I have made it quite clear to you that you are not my type."

My mouth hung open; I couldn't believe he was threatening me with my studies.

I walked past her and undressed without caring about her presence, because that is the reality: she is here just for me to secure the company, nothing more.

This man was utterly shameless. I took the shirt he had taken off and went to the bathroom to change, since I wouldn't sleep naked. Upon stepping out, he was on his back with his eyes closed, and that was a relief to me; I took two pillows and placed them in the middle just in case he felt like coming closer, and I turned around. I was so tired that I fell fast asleep… I woke up to some thumping against the wall and got scared, but I stayed awake; the thumping began to sound louder, just like the groans.

"Yes! Yes, Javier!"

That shattered my heart completely… My boyfriend was having s*x in the room next door with another woman as if I weren't even present, so I couldn't hold it in anymore and began to cry.

That i***t Javier wouldn't let me sleep because his bed slammed against the wall every time he f****d a woman, but as was usual, after a while I drifted off to sleep… Until I woke up hearing heavy crying; it was Mia weeping over what my brother was doing, and that annoyed me greatly. "Are you going to spend the whole night crying because my brother is f*****g, or will you let me get some sleep? There is no doubt that you two are made for each other; I don't know who does stupider things. Aren't you ashamed that I see you crying over a man who is being unfaithful right to your face?"

"Shut up, you know nothing! I love him!"

Her words drove my anger levels up, so I grabbed her by the arm, dragged her out of the room, and pushed open my brother's door just as the woman was performing oral s*x on him and he had his eyes closed enjoying it. "Is this what you want him to do to you? Go ahead, join his party. Maybe that way you'll learn to respect yourself!" I let her go and went back to my room sparking mad, but I lay face down and placed a pillow over my head. I have to find a solution as soon as possible!

All the sickness of sadness I felt because Javier was cheating on me was transformed into an immense shame when Iván told me to join in. At that moment I understood he was right: I was humiliating myself in the worst way before a man who feels no respect for me. So I stayed in the hallway for a while, and when I went back in, I found him sleeping face down like a baby, and I did the same.

Dawn broke and noises could already be heard, but Iván seemed to be dead asleep, so I got up, took a shower, and looked through his closet for something to wear, though everything would be giant on me. I took a sweatshirt with some sweatpants and went downstairs because I was taught that one must rise early when staying overnight at someone else's house.

I was reading the news when I saw Iván's fiancée come down wearing his clothes, which looked massive on her. "Good morning, Mia! How did you sleep? I didn't think you were an early riser."

"Good morning, Grandfather! How are you doing? I usually wake up early because of my hospital shifts."

"It pleases me greatly that you call me that. I woke up fine, though with my old-man ailments."

"You look young and strong!"

"Appearances are deceiving, child; I am not the same as before, that is why I want the boys to settle down, and I am happy that you are the woman who will accompany Iván when I am gone. You know? He has suffered a lot… he still blames himself for his parents' death. I don't know if he has spoken to you about the matter, but I beg you to have patience with him. He has always been the rough man you see, but I know deep down there is a man who will love you more than his own life."

"I think you might be exaggerating a bit?"

"My grandson always keeps his promises, and proposing to you is the greatest promise I have seen him make in his entire life. I know it will take you some time to get used to his way of being and melt his heart, but you will achieve it; yesterday you managed to make him kiss you, and that is something he never does, neither in public nor in private."

"Good morning, family!" I woke up and didn't see Mia; I thought she had woken up with my brother, but I opened his room and he was with the same girl from last night, so I went downstairs and was surprised when I saw her chatting with Grandfather.

"You should be ashamed because your fiancée gets up before you do; although last night you had a very wild session, the butler told me he could barely sleep."

"Grandfather! Ha, ha, ha."

I blushed all the way to my ears because his grandfather thought we were the ones who were f*****g. God, how embarrassing. The face of Mia was a picture, but I smiled so Grandfather would believe it was true, because I never sleep with women.

"Grandfather, you have made my fiancée blush." I took Mia's hand and gave it a kiss. "Don't worry, love, Grandfather was young once too. Furthermore… today we will go home so we don't bother you anymore with our noises, Grandfather."

"That is what I wanted to talk to you about…"