Chapter 61

• ~Dante’s POV~
• I’m in a lot of trouble! Having to work alongside Lola has been an excruciating experience. I’ve reached the point where I’m not sure if I can continue to take it anymore. I’ve tried to ignore my desire to be with her, but it’s hard to ignore what my heart desires right now. Maybe I am at fault after all. Perhaps I was the one who made it difficult for her to tell me she was pregnant. I’m not sure if I was ever unapproachable, but it could have been my fault, after all. I just can’t get over how she makes me feel. I have been riding solo to like 3–4 times daily, and it’s fucking not enough. I’m in desperate need of a regular release, but if I go looking for it anywhere else, the process will be thrown off completely. It would be the same as starting over completely from scratch. I don’t know what is going on, but one thing I know is that there is still hope for me and Lola. Even if we do end up getting a divorce, it won’t be because of any animosity between us; rather, it will be because the marriage just wasn’t a good fit for either of us. I don’t want anything wrong to happen to her, but if that jackass named Mason tries to stand in my way, I will resort to more extreme measures than simply throwing a punch. When she came back, I didn’t want her to see how much her kiss with Mason had affected me. I didn’t want her to know how deeply I felt about it. I was a mess, and she was mine, my wife. That was a hard blow to the guts. My wife kissed another man, June’s brother. There is something not quite right about them. They sent a picture to me to gauge my reaction, and when I didn’t provide one, the jerk in question decided to fly to New York City. I sighed and took a sip of my scotch. Then, my phone started to ring. I answered the phone without giving it much thought, but as soon as I did, I recognized that the person on the other end was speaking English with an Asian accent. They were my business associates. In spite of the fact that my thoughts were occupied with images of Lola’s naked body, I cleared my throat and adopted a tone that suggested I was serious about the matter at hand. When I was done with the call, I knew I was in deep shit. They want me to travel to Japan, and they want me to bring my wife with me. I must comply with their request. Lola won’t agree because she doesn’t look at me that way anymore, and I don’t want to mess it up with her; at the same time, if I asked someone else to play my wife, it wouldn’t sit well with her. I mean, she is still my wife. I waited after I heard a gentle knock at my door and then I opened it. When I heard that, I immediately knew it was one of my children.
• “Good morning, Daddy!” Mai screamed as her brothers pursued her. I’m not sure why they came to see me today. However, that angelic good morning, Daddy! Is everything.