CHAPTER 17
Elevator
"This is truly the city of lights, isn't it?"
"Yes it is."
She was standing with Ethan at the window, looking at the city.
"I know this really nice place down by the Eiffel Tower. What do you say?"
"I don't know, I don't want to leave Emma alone."
"Let's take her with us."
"I guess a little walk to the tower will be fun for her."
"Not that she'll remember it."
"Why don't you go back to your suite, I want to get changed."
He looked at her wanting to tell her that he had seen her naked before but resisted the temptation.
"Sure, I'll wait for you in the hotel lobby."
She gave him a smile and left. She got changed, dressed her daughter and left her suite.
"Please, hold the elevator."
"Oh my, Kelly Fitzgerald. I didn't know you were staying at this hotel."
Teresa looked at the woman standing next to her.
"Oh, Tina."
"So what is a fashion designer such as yourself up to tonight?"
"Just going to some place at the Eiffel Tower."
"Sounds really nice."
The elevator stopped at the lobby.
"Well I guess, I'll see you tomorrow at the show. Have a nice evening."
Teresa left the elevator followed by Tina. She couldn't understand how Fox did to endure that woman.
"Teresa, there you are. Ready to go?"
She nodded. When she looked up, she saw Fox staring at her. Anger flashed in his eyes.
"Where are we going exactly?"
"To a nice café, and maybe all the way up to the tower if it's still open."
"I don't know. Emma is falling asleep and I have the showing tomorrow. Maybe I should get some rest."
"None sense."
She looked up again and saw that Tina was already all over Fox who wasn't making any efforts to push her away.
"I think I'll take Emma back up. Look at her, she is already asleep. Jasmine can look after her."
"Alright, I'll wait for you then."
She went inside the elevator when she heard a voice yelling.
"Hold the elevator."
The man got in and Teresa looked at him as the doors were closing right behind him. He looked back at her.
"Teresa."
"What do you want?"
"We haven't spoken in something like a year."
"I missed you."
"Well, I didn't."
"You do realize that we have to talk about this sometime."
"As far as I'm concerned, we have nothing to say to each other."
"There is a lot to say."
He pressed the elevator's stop button.
"I looked everywhere for you."
"You obviously didn't look hard enough. Ethan had less resources and he managed to find me."
"How can you think that? I love you."
She pressed the stop button and the elevator started working again.
"Fox, I wish you would leave me alone. Go back to Tina."
Emma woke up and started to fuss.
"It's ok honey, mommy is here. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere."
She glared at Fox.
"I will never let you put your hands on her, Fox. Do you hear me? Never."
The elevator stopped and she exited.
"What the hell are you talking about? Why would I want to take her away from you?"
"Go to Hell Nicholas."
She entered in her suite and slammed the door. She put her daughter down in her crib and sat on her bed.
"Fox, if you only knew how I feel about you."
She decided that she wasn't going out after all. She wanted to be alone. Fox was lost to her and the pain she felt was a hundred times worst than the one she felt the day she lost Ethan.
"What do you know..I was waiting for a man I never really loved when the one I was destined to be with was there in front of me all along. But what he did to me and my son is unforgivable. I can't just forget it ever happened and be with him."
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"What was that all about?"
He took off his clothes and sat on his bed.
"I don't understand any of this. No, I know why she is angry with me. But what was she ranting about?"
This is Teresa he thought to himself. She does things like that.
"I don't she'll ever be able to forgive me what I did to her. I have to make her understand that I didn't know what Grandfather was going to do. I have to let her know what my true feelings are for her. But she is back with prince Ethan."
Ethan he thought, the person who threw a wedge in his plans to be with Teresa. And now, he was strolling around like he owned her. He felt disgusted.
"So much for been the honourable one Ethan. I hope Teresa knows what you're really like."
He laid down in his bed and stared at the ceiling thinking of the love of his life who was sleeping a few rooms away from him. He wanted to go and knock on her door. He wanted to hold her again and kiss her and touch her. His whole being was aching for her and he couldn't do anything about it.
"Teresa, if you only knew what is in my heart. If you only knew that I lost my soul the day I lost you."
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"Why isn't she coming back?"
He went to the phone and dialled her room number.
"Hello?"
"What's the hold up Teresa?"
"Emma is crying. I'm going to stay in with her. I'm sorry, but the Café and the Eiffel Tower will have to wait for another day. Good night." She hung up on him. He knew she was lying to him, he didn't hear the baby cry, but he saw how upset she was when she saw Fox with that woman.
"Oh, Teresa..once a liar, always a liar."
"This is truly the city of lights, isn't it?"
"Yes it is."
She was standing with Ethan at the window, looking at the city.
"I know this really nice place down by the Eiffel Tower. What do you say?"
"I don't know, I don't want to leave Emma alone."
"Let's take her with us."
"I guess a little walk to the tower will be fun for her."
"Not that she'll remember it."
"Why don't you go back to your suite, I want to get changed."
He looked at her wanting to tell her that he had seen her naked before but resisted the temptation.
"Sure, I'll wait for you in the hotel lobby."
She gave him a smile and left. She got changed, dressed her daughter and left her suite.
"Please, hold the elevator."
"Oh my, Kelly Fitzgerald. I didn't know you were staying at this hotel."
Teresa looked at the woman standing next to her.
"Oh, Tina."
"So what is a fashion designer such as yourself up to tonight?"
"Just going to some place at the Eiffel Tower."
"Sounds really nice."
The elevator stopped at the lobby.
"Well I guess, I'll see you tomorrow at the show. Have a nice evening."
Teresa left the elevator followed by Tina. She couldn't understand how Fox did to endure that woman.
"Teresa, there you are. Ready to go?"
She nodded. When she looked up, she saw Fox staring at her. Anger flashed in his eyes.
"Where are we going exactly?"
"To a nice café, and maybe all the way up to the tower if it's still open."
"I don't know. Emma is falling asleep and I have the showing tomorrow. Maybe I should get some rest."
"None sense."
She looked up again and saw that Tina was already all over Fox who wasn't making any efforts to push her away.
"I think I'll take Emma back up. Look at her, she is already asleep. Jasmine can look after her."
"Alright, I'll wait for you then."
She went inside the elevator when she heard a voice yelling.
"Hold the elevator."
The man got in and Teresa looked at him as the doors were closing right behind him. He looked back at her.
"Teresa."
"What do you want?"
"We haven't spoken in something like a year."
"I missed you."
"Well, I didn't."
"You do realize that we have to talk about this sometime."
"As far as I'm concerned, we have nothing to say to each other."
"There is a lot to say."
He pressed the elevator's stop button.
"I looked everywhere for you."
"You obviously didn't look hard enough. Ethan had less resources and he managed to find me."
"How can you think that? I love you."
She pressed the stop button and the elevator started working again.
"Fox, I wish you would leave me alone. Go back to Tina."
Emma woke up and started to fuss.
"It's ok honey, mommy is here. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere."
She glared at Fox.
"I will never let you put your hands on her, Fox. Do you hear me? Never."
The elevator stopped and she exited.
"What the hell are you talking about? Why would I want to take her away from you?"
"Go to Hell Nicholas."
She entered in her suite and slammed the door. She put her daughter down in her crib and sat on her bed.
"Fox, if you only knew how I feel about you."
She decided that she wasn't going out after all. She wanted to be alone. Fox was lost to her and the pain she felt was a hundred times worst than the one she felt the day she lost Ethan.
"What do you know..I was waiting for a man I never really loved when the one I was destined to be with was there in front of me all along. But what he did to me and my son is unforgivable. I can't just forget it ever happened and be with him."
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"What was that all about?"
He took off his clothes and sat on his bed.
"I don't understand any of this. No, I know why she is angry with me. But what was she ranting about?"
This is Teresa he thought to himself. She does things like that.
"I don't she'll ever be able to forgive me what I did to her. I have to make her understand that I didn't know what Grandfather was going to do. I have to let her know what my true feelings are for her. But she is back with prince Ethan."
Ethan he thought, the person who threw a wedge in his plans to be with Teresa. And now, he was strolling around like he owned her. He felt disgusted.
"So much for been the honourable one Ethan. I hope Teresa knows what you're really like."
He laid down in his bed and stared at the ceiling thinking of the love of his life who was sleeping a few rooms away from him. He wanted to go and knock on her door. He wanted to hold her again and kiss her and touch her. His whole being was aching for her and he couldn't do anything about it.
"Teresa, if you only knew what is in my heart. If you only knew that I lost my soul the day I lost you."
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"Why isn't she coming back?"
He went to the phone and dialled her room number.
"Hello?"
"What's the hold up Teresa?"
"Emma is crying. I'm going to stay in with her. I'm sorry, but the Café and the Eiffel Tower will have to wait for another day. Good night." She hung up on him. He knew she was lying to him, he didn't hear the baby cry, but he saw how upset she was when she saw Fox with that woman.
"Oh, Teresa..once a liar, always a liar."