Chapter 20
Lacey
I couldn’t stand there any longer. My heart was shattered to know Matteo had no issue yelling at me like that in front of his entire family. I begged him to stop, but he wouldn’t. Right now, my heart was in pieces. After the other night, I expected things to be different. We spent a lot of time together, getting to know each other, in close proximity. None of that mattered to him in the end. He was still too worried about his lie.
Why did Matteo have to make it perfectly clear in front of his entire family that he wished he never even kissed me? Or met me! It hurt. The kiss and sex meant something to me. It really hurt to hear those words coming from his mouth. Tears started flowing from my eyes, and I couldn’t stop it. I wanted to be anywhere but here. These last seven days had been better than I expected. Sure, the first couple were bumpy, but Matteo opened up a little bit. He showed me why he was such an asshole.
I’m not sure why I continued to let myself think that this trip would become something more. This was just a job. We both knew it was coming to an end. I shouldn’t have let my feelings blossom. The last thing I needed to do was let him make me cry. I wiped my tears away.
I headed back to the hotel room to grab my bags, but then I picked up a pen and paper and decided to express my anger. After writing a note, I felt just a tad bit better, but I still needed to catch my flight home.
I grabbed my bags and headed to the car to take me to the airport. None of it was real. Matteo didn’t develop feelings for me; no, he just used me. For someone who was so scared of opening up for fear of getting used, he did the same thing to me. Maybe the whole story was fake? He could have just been trying to get me to open up, so he could make a move. Why didn’t I see this sooner? I could have saved myself a lot of heartache.