Chapter 7

• "Let me go, ma'am, you're hurting me." Genesis managed to say, but Manuela's grip intensified with a small wicked smile. "You don't know why I did it and it wasn't in my plans to take anyone's place."
• "You're hurting my sister, Mrs. Manuela." Gisele's sweet voice surprised both women, Gisele's elegance and appearance stood out like a noble princess in Manuela's eyes, who saw her as the woman she would accept into her son's life.
• "Gisele, dear, you shouldn't defend this kind of trash, you should remember, darling, that she took advantage of the situation to usurp your place, you should abhor having this kind of sister."
• "Finally, you arrive." someone else had made an appearance, firmly placing his hand on Genesis's small waist. The three women were surprised by the masculine elegance. With his arrival, Manuela couldn't finish articulating more words of disdain towards Genesis and praise towards Gisele.
• "Leandro." Gisele murmured with a slight blush on her cheeks. Genesis wanted to move away from Leandro, not wanting to hurt her sister by seeing Leandro touch her. However, her husband didn't think the same way. They definitely had different views on this union.
• "Good evening, Gisele." the man said with total indifference, as if the presence of his ex-girlfriend didn't matter to him at all. "My wife and I must go in, have a lovely night, we're leaving." Leandro was close to making Genesis turn around, but Manuela spoke.
• "Leandro, you should accompany Gisele, she has no company tonight and I suppose she won't mind if you spend the night with Gisele." said Manuela, pointing at Genesis with evident disgust.
• "She has a name, she's my wife, and of course she will allow it, but I don't have time for niceties at the moment, mom." was Leandro's response. Seconds later, he took Genesis with him. Both Manuela and Gisele were stunned by Leandro's cold behavior, while the couple entered the hall, leaving the two women behind.
• But Leandro's quick steps led them to another area, and immediately Genesis felt Leandro's body pressing her against the wall.
• "Why do you allow yourself to be entertained along the way? Your mission was to get to me as soon as possible." the man said, his eyes shining with annoyance. His hazel eyes were beautiful, but also deadly.
• "My intention was to arrive as soon as possible, but..."
• "I'm not interested in explanations. You should know how to defend yourself and get out of there. What happened to your arm? " Leandro lifted the woman's arm, clearly noticing that someone had exerted force on her. But Genesis was too good to accuse her mother-in-law, and she knew Leandro wouldn't believe her or care.
• The man shook his head with a sly smile and seconds later, he had kissed her. This action, of course, took Genesis by surprise. She was left trembling and speechless as Leandro took her lips fiercely.
• "Don't let them say bad words to you." with that, the man ran his thumb over Genesis's full lips. She was trembling, not exactly sure what was happening between her and her husband, but he was exerting a different kind of control over her, and her mind didn't want to allow it. However, her heart skipped a beat with his presence, and her body reacted in a different way.
• They went out again and as they did, the voice of another person had reached their ears.
• "Leandro Betancourt." a man with a disgusting smile expresses, that's how Genesis categorizes him at first impression, but sometimes looks can be deceiving.
• "Hugo Flores." Leandro responds as he shakes hands with Genesis.
• "It seems like your companion is good, wouldn't you like to share her?" the man's lustful gaze was disgusting to Genesis, and he was getting closer to them.
• "She is Mrs. Betancourt, and stay away from my wife." Leandro had moved forward with his wife, leaving the man named Hugo behind. Genesis felt so small and out of place in that place, beyond wearing an expensive dress and holding hands with Leandro, she still felt like she didn't belong.
• "Mr. Betancourt, welcome." greets a man with glasses and gray hair, Leandro had not let go of Genesis's hand at any moment.
• "Kurosu." greets Leandro, who has the habit of calling everyone by their name, while maintaining an intimidating posture.
• "Mrs. Betancourt, you are also welcome, it is a pleasure to meet you." the man, who looks like a Science teacher, greets her with a warm smile, but he does not approach them, in fact, no one can approach them.
• After the greetings, they had settled in. Genesis was looking for Ana with her eyes, but she had not found her yet.
• "Who are you looking for so desperately? " Leandro's voice in her ear made the woman's skin crawl.
• "It's none of your business, it shouldn't concern you." Genesis looked at him in a bad way.
• "Well, I didn't know you could respond that way, you seem a bit talkative." Genesis pouted at her husband's words "You can't look for anyone, and as long as you are my wife, no other man can touch you, your contact with other men is limited, and only I decide who should approach you."
• "You are not my owner, but you are a demon." Genesis was annoyed.
• "Don't talk too much, it won't cost me anything to break your dress again and eat you so that tomorrow I can send you a new one as a reward and return, that's definitely a great idea." Leandro looked very flirtatious.
• "Idiot." Genesis whispered, but without the courage to tell him to his face, it made him smile " Definitely, looking at the food table is more fun than listening to you talk."
• "Sleeping with you is more fun than listening to your nonsense, your moans please me more." Leandro attacked, causing Genesis to glare at him.
• That little argument had ended, Leandro had started talking to his assistant while Genesis had found the person she had been looking for so much, her blue eyes sparkled when she saw Ana.
• The redhead felt her friend's gaze, so she raised her head and indeed found Genesis, at that moment the lights in the grand hall had gone out.
• No one else could be seen on the stage. "It is time to award the Businessman of the Year and the Company with the highest investment and growth."
• While that man was speaking, Genesis found him boring and started drinking, and she drank too much. By the time he announced her husband as the richest, most powerful, and outstanding man of the year, she was already a little tipsy, she just smiled, it was logical, Leandro seems to be from another world, no one seems to be at his level, much less her.
• Leandro had received compliments and greetings from numerous businessmen who wanted to be close to him, which caused Genesis to be forgotten. But she didn't care much, they could take her husband to the cliff for all she cared.
• Then it was observed that Leandro once again became the center of attention. "To close this magical night, the Golden Man must give us a dance with his Golden lady." murmured the man. Genesis was still sitting as she watched Leandro's steps, of course, the man was going to dance with the woman he wanted to reach the top with him. Genesis was happy, her sister's moment had arrived, she knew perfectly well that Gisele was the chosen one, there was no doubt that Gisele would be the CEO's Golden Lady.
• "Manuela Betancourt." It was evident that everyone was surprised, but there was no surprise on Leandro's face. However, Manuela sent Gisele to dance with Leandro, the lights focused only on them, something that his mother-in-law would also do.
• Genesis knew this was logical, her mother is the most important woman in an entrepreneur's life, just like the wife and children. But since Gisele had not returned days ago, as all Presidents must do, they must choose who they will dance with a week before the event. Genesis didn't care about any of this, in the end, Gisele is the woman Leandro loves, she is just a contract wife, and she believes she has done very well.
• "So not even your mother-in-law wants you because if she wasn't here, Manuela would have accepted to dance, although we understand, we all know that Leandro and Gisele are meant for each other." a man pointed out, and she recognized him.
• "Mr. Flores, that's the least of my concerns, our marriage is a contract, Leandro and I have nothing in particular other than a contract between us." Genesis replied with a small smile. She will be happy if her sister is happy too, the alcohol was in her blood, and she could talk too much.
• But Genesis did not realize that her husband was annoyed while dancing with Gisele, who was very excited about the dance.
• "Since your husband will be with the love of his life, you and I can have fun at a nightclub tonight " Hugo Flores looked very confident making that request.
• "I don't trust you, let alone go out with strangers on the first night." Genesis drank again while Ana watched them from a distance.
• "Well, to stop being a stranger, you should get to know me, Mrs. Betancourt." Hugo approached the woman even closer, and she did not step back. At a safe distance, Leandro's assistant was sweating cold while observing the closeness of her boss's wife with another man, of course, this could end very badly, very badly, it would be a disaster.
• "Alright." Genesis smiled. "But I'll go to the restroom first, wait for me outside."
• Minutes later, Genesis came out again, and Hugo was waiting for her.
• "Mr. Flores, let's wait a little longer." the man nodded and then another woman joined them. "She is Ana, my best friend and she will accompany us, she is the life of the party."
• "Excellent, Ana, it's a pleasure to see you." Hugo greeted the redhead and then they moved away, at the same time the dance between a annoyed Leandro and a enamored Giselle had ended, of course Giselle wanted to continue dancing, but Leandro moved away and went straight to his seat, which saddened Giselle, the man frowned when he didn't find Genesis there.
• "Where is my wife? " The man asked his assistant, who swallowed hard at the question from his boss "3 damn seconds for you to tell me where my wife is." His tone of voice was deadly cold and chilling.
• "She's gone, sir." Leandro didn't let his assistant say the worst part, he didn't even give his speech, Leandro had left the room without saying a word or giving any orders.
• When Leandro Betancourt arrived at his mansion, a group of 3 people entered the most prestigious nightclub in Spain ready to enjoy the rest of the night, while Leandro went to his room and didn't find her, so he called her, but the call never connected, which made Leandro appear very dangerous.