Chapter 380 - I FEEL BAD

"Ramon, what is the meaning of this news?" Lexus narrowed his eyes as he glared at his brother intently. "You had an affair with a married woman?"

Lexus pulled his hair, frustrated that his brother didn't answer his question.

Prior to this, Lexus wouldn't have dared to confront Ramon as he did now, but the news circulating out there was outright insane and it was like a snowball that the longer it was allowed to roll the more dangerous it became. This will destroy them.

"You had an affair with Giana Smith." Finally Lexus made his own conclusions and he was sure that what he said was true, because Ramon did not reject the statement at all. "Ramon, have you gone mad?"

This matter became very personal for Lexus because he felt what Ramon was doing by ruining another couple's household was too much. This reminded him of what Leon did to Lis and Lucas' marriage. He was the live proof of that illicit relationship.

But now, the older brother he had been proud of and thought of as a role model for him, had actually committed the same dirty act. So, how could Lexus accept all this? This was crazy and Lexus didn't want Ramon to admit it.

It was just that Ramon's silence answered everything. He really did.

Realizing this, Lexus groaned in frustration in the face of Ramon. "How can you be that stupid!!!" Lexus exclaimed in fury.

In the midst of his anger, he threw a display on the table at the wall which had left a mark there.

Lexus felt more furious because of his disappointment that Ramon had done the same thing as Leon did. It really made Lexus feel that his brother, whom he had always seen as perfect, had let him down.

He was no different from Leon.

Damn it! Lexus didn't want to let out his frustration at a time like this, but seeing Ramon really made Lexus feel the anger that he had been hiding so well resurfaced.

"Say something! Damn it!"

Perhaps this was the first time Lexus cursed and uttered harsh words in front of Ramon and behaved like this in front of his brother.

Ramon then stood up and approached Lexus in a calm gait. "Yes, I did. All the news is true."

Of course all the news was true because it came from a trusted source. Who else but Giana, a person who knew what was going on between the two of them so well that she could provide the news hunters with such incredible details?

"FUCK YOU RAMON!" Lexus roared furiously and unexpectedly, he threw a punch right at Ramon's face with great force.

At first Lexus thought that Ramon would dodge the blow, there was no way he didn't see it coming, but apparently Ramon took the hit calmly and allowed Lexus to vent his anger on him.

Damn it!

Ramon staggered a little from the blow that Lexus had thrown, but then he stood up straight and faced his younger brother again. He looked at Lexus with an emotionless face.

"You're not much different from Leon!" Lexus growled. He suppressed the guilt deep within him when he saw Ramon's bleeding lips and his face which was soon going to turn blue and swollen.

"Of course I'm different," Ramon replied, his voice not shaking at all. He could control his emotions well. "I approached Giana because I wanted to know about Leon's plans, but that man approached our mother because he wanted this company."

"To hell with it all!" Lexus roared. He didn't want to justify what Ramon said, he wanted to be angry with his brother, so he didn't want to listen to any excuses. "You two are the same to me!"

Ramon didn't say anything when he heard the accusation, he let his brother go on a rampage and destroy everything in his study. Ramon just hoped that Hailee wouldn't come downstairs and stumble on this fight.

Only after Lexus had broken everything that his hands could reach and the condition of Ramon's very neat workspace had turned very disorganized, did Lexus stop and take a deep breath.

He sat on the floor among the shards of glass scattered around him, while Ramon approached him and sat next to him.

The two of them were silent, neither of them made a sound for a long time, until the only sound was Lexus' heavy breathing.

Until finally Lexus asked Ramon in a hoarse voice full of emotion.

"What about Hailee? Does she know?" Lexus felt sorry for the woman, just like Lucas, Ramon's father, Hailee was now in the same position.

"Yes, she knows," Ramon admitted easily and the answer was not what Lexus expected.

"She found out?" Lexus repeated Ramon's statement, in disbelief. "Hailee knew about this but she didn't say anything…?"

Lexus was quite surprised to hear that Hailee had found out about this and that he had not heard anything from her.

"She's known about it for a long time," Ramon said. He then leaned his back against the wall behind him while sitting on the floor with his brother. Glass shards of all sizes were everywhere and the enormous workspace fell apart after Lexus's indiscriminate anger.

Luckily, Lexus had now become calmer and could talk much calmly.

"She knew it long ago?" Lexus frowned, he tried to think back to this. "But isn't it…"

Wasn't Ramon in a relationship with Hailee for two years prior to their marriage and his brother was very skilled at hiding Hailee's identity because their mother didn't approve of the relationship.

Lexus and his mother just got to know Hailee and saw her after the accident that took Ramon's memory happened.

"I do not understand." Lexus shook his head in confusion and Ramon understood what Lexus couldn't say.

Of course, those who didn't know the history of the relationship between Hailee and himself would find it very strange. But, actually it all makes sense.

"During those two years, I didn't have any relationship with Hailee. I only knew Hailee after the accident happened. I had a relationship for two years with Giana," Ramon admitted.

At this point, Lexus looked at his brother with his mouth wide open.

Perhaps the word 'shocked' alone could not describe how he felt now at Ramon's confession. How could his brother have such a big secret and no one knew?

"You had a secret relationship with Giana for two years and no one knew, but you married a woman you just met?" Lexus tried to digest the situation faced by Ramon and his complicated love story.

How could such a big thing be missed by Lexus?

"You can summarize it that way," Ramon replied, not contradicting Lexus's statement at all.

"You…" Lexus was at a loss for words in response to this. He was now in a state where he couldn't believe the reality of what had just unfolded before his eyes. "And people say that you're so cold to women when they brand me as a playboy!?" Lexus felt the world was unfair to him.

He didn't even date the women he was rumored to be close to!

The news hunters only assumed so because he was close to the women, but actually Lexus didn't have a serious relationship with them. It was just a fling between him and those women…

"Wow… you really can't be trusted," Lexus grumbled. "Now tell me about all that nonsense…"

And in the end, after going through the phase of anger and emotional venting, Lexus and Ramon spent their afternoon through evening in his study.

Lexus would continue to ask Ramon, while he would answer every one of his questions in detail, without hiding anything.

Maybe, not about the thing where he asked Hailee to sign a contract before they got married and acquired Tatum's company that way.

The secret regarding the contract would forever be a secret between the two of them and Lexus didn't need to know.

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"I'm fine Zia, you don't have to worry," Hailee said, laughing softly.

Ever since the shocking news about Ramon and Giana's affair broke in the media, Hailee had been getting calls from people who were worried about her.

It was actually quite fun, considering that she knew that and there were still many people who really cared about her.

Not only Zia, Ian had called her before, asking how she was and also Uncle Diego.

Even Candice called her and said that she and Lexus saw the news when they were at the supermarket.

"I'm okay... my relationship with Ramon is fine too," Hailee said in a light tone. "You don't have to worry about this."

While talking to Zia, Hailee glanced at the door, saw Ramon enter the room who immediately hugged her tightly.

"Okay, we'll talk later, okay?" Hailee hugged Ramon back with her free hand, while the man pushed Hailee so that she lay on the bed, while her husband buried his face in her shoulder. "Yes, it is okay. Okay. We'll talk again. Okay. Bye."

And the phone line was disconnected. Hailee then threw her cellphone aside and hugged Ramon back tightly. She traced her fingers through Ramon's black hair.

"What is it?" Hailee asled. She felt Ramon was not like he used to be.

"I feel really bad," Ramon said. His voice was low and his warm breath brushed against the skin of Hailee's neck.

"Everything will end. We'll get through this just fine," Hailee said.

But, Ramon raised his head and looked at her. He then shook his head slowly.. "I don't care about the news, I feel bad for you."