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“Your pillow?” It’s only now that I realize I’m thirsty to know every little thing about her. No newspaper or research could have given me what is part of her secret world.
She smiles again and nods her head. “Yes. I have one in the shape of aboomerang, and I can’t sleep well without it. What other fields do you work in besides fashion?”
“I’d have to get my notebook. Sometimes I even get lost. I have several companies, but most are linked to fashion.”
“Did you add the exclusivity clause because you wanted me back?” she asks pointblank.
“I don’t know how to forgive people, Zoe. To be blunt, I told myself I wanted you around but didn’t give myself a real reason.”
“To get revenge.”
“Perhaps.”
“When we first met two years ago, I didn’t know what you wanted from me. I wanted you, but I thought it was impossible for a man like you to be with an inexperienced, unsophisticated girl like me. You charmed me, Christos, and I became very depressed when I thought you were the one who hurt my friend.”
“I wasn’t to blame for the accident, Zoe, but I’m also not a saint.”
“What does that mean?”
“That I’ll go to hell, but I’ll find Mike Howard. And then, I will punish him for what he did to you.”
“Punish in what way?”
“You don’t want to know, baby.Just keep one thing in mind: I never forget or forgive.”
“You forgave me.”
“There was nothing for me to forgive. What happened was a misunderstanding. You were wrong to leave without asking me my side of the story first, but as your mother said when we spoke, you were too young. I don’t have that excuse. I blame my Greek pride for never going after you.”
“My marriage was a mistake.”
“Because you didn’t love him?”
“That too, but mostly because I never forgot about you. And I hated myself for it. Even though I thought you were to blame for Pauline’s accident, I wanted you.”
“Then why did you get married? I mean, dating, I get it, but marriage is a very definite step.”
“I could blame my youth for that, too, but it happened less than a year ago, so it’s not a good excuse. The truth is, I was vulnerable.” She shakes her head from side to side. “If it were the other way around, it would break my heart.”
“What?”
“Seeing you married to another woman.”
“Why?”
“Because I knew I got married for all the wrong reasons, but not you. That’s not part of who you are, Christos. The day you marry a woman, I think she will be yours forever.”
“Yes, it’s true.” Like my parents, I know that when I decide on a woman, she will be the only one for me.
“Mike and I . . . we’ve never been intimate.”
“Because he was promiscuous?”
“How do you know that?”
“I told you, Zoe. I’m not a saint. I investigated him a little when I found out you married him, but when I saw your face that day, the way the bastard had hurt you, I asked for a deeper investigation.”
“He wasn’t just promiscuous; he was much worse. Our relationship was never based on physical attraction. We exchanged no more than halfa dozen kisses in the month leading up to the wedding, which was also the entire time we’d known each other. Anyway, I had barely signed my name at the registry office when I knew I had made a mistake, but I only understood the magnitude of that mistake when, on our wedding night, he told me that he would only be satisfied with group sex. I’m ashamed to tell you the rest. It’s so perverted.”
