C11 Caught?!

Maria's pov~

His cold large blue eyes stared down at me as if he was staring into my soul. I noticed he was with a girl that must be his girlfriend. All of a sudden I knew that I needed to leave this club and fast before he came to where I was.

I snatched up my handbag and at first I wanted to go and look for Estelle but I was worried I wouldn't have enough time to leave the club if I did so and I decided that I would call her as soon as I was safe and sound in a cab.

As I was rushing out of the club I wasn't looking at where I was going and so I tripped and almost fell but someone managed to catch me on time. When I looked up it was a guy that seemed to look like he was in his late twenties. He held me up close and I noticed his beautiful brown eyes. He had thick black hair and tanned skin . I guess he noticed the way I was observing him like he was some prize to be won because he smirked and said to me.

“You like what you see,”his deep voice sounded intoxicating to my ears. I had no time for this. I thought to myself my main aim right now was to leave this club and not to let a random guy flirt with me.And so I hastily thanked him and ran out of the club before he could say anything else.

As soon as I was outside the club I found a cab and entered it and told the driver my destination and when he started driving I tried as hard to calm my nerves and not to think of what Rafael would say when he gets back home that was if he would come back this night or stay over at his girlfriend's house. I wouldn't deny the fact that I felt a tightness in my heart when I saw him with her at a public place. I knew then that he didn't have the slightest respect for me cause if he did, he wouldn't take his girlfriend out while his supposed wife was meant to stay indoors rotting away.

I hope no one there knows we are married cause this may be seen in the newspaper if they noticed us there, I thought to myself. Of course the Santino's are really popular and I have seen them in the newspaper and on televisions sometimes. But my marriage to Rafael wasn't announced on the television. It was just a private affair and I guess Rafael wanted it that way so no one would know I was married to him and he would keep on seeing his girlfriend. I pushed all thoughts of him away from my mind and focused on the road.

Thirty minutes later and I was at the house, I thanked the cab driver, paid him and exited from his car and walked into the compound. I ignored the looks the gatemen gave me cause I knew what was going through my mind was why was I using a cab to come back home.I went straight to my bedroom and locked myself in and laid on the bed. I didn't want to face him tonight even though he wasn't back yet. I knew if he eventually came back he would definitely come to me and scold me or maybe do something even worse.

I remembered that I needed to call Estelle and so I opened my handbag and noticed my phone wasn't there. I began to panic and to think about when I last saw it, I don't remember bringing it out while I was in the cab or was it when I was in a rush to leave the club or probably that guy that caught me tripping was a thief…. argh but he looked too handsome and rich to be a thief. Or could it be I left it at Estelle's apartment then I have to just wait till morning and look for the house phone if we have any and call her and know whether my phone was at her apartment.

I really hoped my phone hadn't been stolen. I didn't have enough money to buy another one and even though I was married to a billionaire I didn't want to ask him for money. He probably already sees me as a gold digger so asking for his help was out of the list. I decided to sleep and to tackle the problem tomorrow.

I took my bath and changed into my nightgown and went to bed. Laying down I was still in thoughts of what Rafael would do or say to me when he came back,with such thoughts in my mind I slept off.

Rafael's pov~

I had recovered from the shock of seeing her at the club and I stared furiously at her.When she finally saw I was watching her, she began to panic and tried to leave the club immediately. I saw how she tripped on her way out and how she glanced at the man who caught her like he was some trophy or something. I resisted the urge of going to fight him off from her. I mean it wasn't my business and all but seeing someone else's hands on her infuriated me but as soon as I was going to lose it she stepped out of his arms and ran out of the club. I sighed in relief cause I didn't want to cause a scene tonight.

“What are you looking at?” Leticia asked. Thankfully she hadn't noticed that Maria had been here and she didn't even know what Maria looked like so she couldn't accuse me of looking at my wife and thinking I had feelings for her which of course I do not.

“Nothing much babe, just looking around the club and watching people who seemed interesting”

“So I'm boring you that you are looking at other people which includes other girls as well”

“No babe, it isn't like that I'm just a little tired for now that's all”

“Do you want us to leave?” she asked.

To be honest I wanted to leave now and go home to confront Maria about why she was at a club and not with her friend as she had said. But I didn’t say so cause it would make Leticia suspicious of me.

“No babe but if you are tired we could go”

“Tired….hell no we are going to party till we drop!!” She said excitedly and dragged me with her as we went to the dance floor and began to dance.We danced a lot and drank but I drank a little cause we didn't come with my driver and I was to drive us back home and another reason was that I wasn't in the mood to wake up with a terrible hangover.

We finally left the club around midnight. I drove to Leticia’s apartment and dropped her off before I started going back home. I knew that my gatemen were still awake awaiting my return. I always tell them not to sleep off until I am back. And as I predicted they were still awake they opened the gate and I drove in and parked my car, tossed the keys to them and entered the house.

I knew Maria would be sleeping by now but I couldn't resist the urge to check on her before I go into my own bedroom. When I reached her room I tried to open the door but it was locked. I guessed she didn't want me to confront her and had locked her room door on time. Really smart I said to myself but you can't run away from me. Tomorrow is another day and I will be sure to confront her in the morning.

I went to my room, took my bath and pressed my phone a little before drifting off to wonderland.