Chapter 107 - 106

Dimitri and Aurora talked on the phone regularly. This was the first time they've been apart since they got married, so they kept in contact with each other so they wouldn't miss each other so much. But Dimitri was surprised when she didn't pick up or return any of his calls the day before. It was a good thing he was coming home so he could find the reason why. He was very worried that something might have happened and there was no way to contact him. 

He anxiously came to the Russo's house, but when he saw Enzo playing happily in the living room, his feelings were assuaged, he was probably just paranoid. 

As soon as his son saw him, he ran to him happily, "Dada! Dada!" Enzo hugged his leg. Dimitri lifted him up and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Dada, look, new toy," Enzo pointed to the toys around him.

"Hmm… more new toys? That's great. Did you behave while I was away?" he asked.

"Yes, yes, Enzo, good boy. Eat veggies!" his son bobbed his head up and down enthusiastically.

"Where is your mama?" he asked.

Nicholas had just been alerted that Dimitri had finally arrived, and he was here to intercept him. If he hated Dimitri before when they were just rivals, Nicholas hated him more now, when he learned that he took advantage of his sister. 

"Why are you here?" Nicholas asked with an arrogant tone.

"What do you mean why am I here? My wife and son are here, I've come to take them home," Dimitri glowered at him.

"She doesn't want to see you. You can leave the way you came in," he grunted.

Dimitri had been very worried about Aurora and now with Nicholas' strange behavior, he can attest that something was really wrong and he was not just paranoid. He headed to his wife's room, intent to get to the bottom of this fiasco, "Aurora! Aurora!," he banged on the locked door.

"Why don't you understand, my sister will never be with a dishonest man like you. Leave her alone," Nicholas grunted.

"Nicholas, I'm just going to say this once, for the sake of my wife, stop interfering with our life. You won't like the consequences. Aurora! Let me in!" he hollered.

Mr. Russo was alarmed with all the ruckus these two were making, "Why are you both screaming in my house? There's a child present. Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?" he yelled at both of them.

"Father, I'm just preventing him from seeing my sister. She does not want to do anything with him anymore. I'm trying to make him leave," Nicholas explained.

"Nicholas! You have nothing to do with this issue. It is between a husband and his wife. Come with me and stay out of their business," he wanted to argue with his father, but one look at his angry face had Nicholas gritting his teeth and heading the other way.

Mrs. Russo took Enzo with her to another part of the house, so he wouldn't have to witness any unpleasantness between his parents. She wanted to shield him from any conflicts that might occur.

She ordered the maid to get the key to Aurora's room and hand it to Dimitri. They won't be able to resolve anything if they do not talk about it .

"Aurora! What happened? Are you okay?" he grabbed and hugged her tight, checking her for any injuries afterward.

Her eyes were very puffy and red, "What happened? Why are there rings around your eyes, are you sad?" he asked as he caressed her face?

She pushed Dimitri away, her anger, frustration, and helplessness came rushing back at her, "Stay away from me! I never want to see you again," she yelled.

"Sweetheart, what is it? Talk to me? What have I done?" he said as he tried to move towards her. But she wouldn't let him, so she started throwing things at him, "Liar! You're such a liar! Everything we have is based on lies!" she sobbed.

"Okay! Stop throwing things. I'll stay where I am, but you have to talk to me," he said as he deflected every projectile directed at him.

"I hate you! Why Dimitri, why? Why do you keep on hurting me?" she accused.

"What are you saying? I don't understand why you are angry at me. You haven't been picking up my calls, then now your brother looks at me like I committed a grave sin against you. If you do not talk to me, how will I know?" He ran his hands through his hair, frustrated.

"The night you met me… is it true that you were not drugged? That you took advantage of me?" she wept.

Dimitri stood frozen on the spot, his blood ran cold, and the earth seemed to collapse underneath him. It was the one lie he had wished to bring to his grave, never to let Aurora know as long as they both lived.

"How? How do you know?" he asked lifelessly.

"My brother told me. From your answer, I guess it's true," she answered.

"Shit! That Nicholas is always causing trouble," he thought as he clenched his fists.

"Why did you do it? You knew what you were doing. You could have left me the way you found me," she needed answers. All the horrors of living alone, being pregnant, with no money, and raising the child alone came back. She faced so many difficulties in her life, all because their paths had crossed.

He sat on the bed with his face in his hands, nothing prepared him for this day to come, but it was here now, and he had to deal with it. 

"Sweetheart… I have no words to say to make this right… I was wrong to do such a thing, but before you judge me, please listen to what I have to say," he pleaded.

"I had just taken over the business from my father at that time. People thought I was an easy target, that they could easily destroy me. It was hard to prove myself when all they did was try to bring me down every chance they got.