Page 81 of Lost Room Lawyer
“Hmm…” I grumbled understandingly. I’d been trying to ignore the fact that my life was a complete mess this week. My attempts to reach Viktoria had all failed. At least finding success at work was comforting. “I haven’t heard from him,” I replied cautiously.
“What does that mean? Just a week ago, you guys were like honeymooners in the apartment…”
“Until my wife suddenly showed up,” I reminded him.
Juri stared at me as if we weren’t speaking the same language. “I don’t understand. You’re clearly into the guy. He’s super sweet.”
“I’m married. Forgot about that?”
“That’s no reason!”
I frowned in irritation. Juri seemed a bit too worked up for my taste, considering this really wasn’t any of his business.
“Luca said you’ve been staying in the apartment since Tuesday.”
“Yeah, because my wife kicked me out.”
Juri paused for a moment, then started pacing in a circle. “Sorry. This whole situation is just wearing me out, not to mention that I have a great lawyer who is totally blind to his own affairs.”
“How … What do you mean?”
“You’ll figure it out,” he said with a relieved sigh as he spotted Luca in the lobby.
Luca glanced around and beamed when he saw us leaning over the railing on the first floor. He then hurried to the big staircase, bounding up two steps at a time to reach Juri as quickly as possible. “Hey! You’re done already? I thought it would take longer.”
Without saying a word, Juri fell into Luca’s arms, burying his face against his neck. As Luca wrapped his arms around him with a smile, I even heard a sigh. It struck me like a spear with barbs, sending a wave of pain through my body.
Seeing the two of them reminded me of what I secretly yearned for hit me hard. I could talk about Nico and easily manage to lock away the feelings I had for him, but being shown and reminded that this was about more than just words choked me up.
Watching Luca gently stroke Juri’s head and whisper in his ear shattered all the lies I’d told myself to maintain my fragile facade. I longed for love and affection, for intimacy and togetherness—things Viktoria couldn’t give me.
How inevitable this chaos had been. With a heavy heart, I faced the greatest lie and the most humiliating moment of my life, feeling defeated.
“What did you do to him?” Luca asked, both concerned and slightly amused.
Juri was still in his arms, showing no signs of letting go.
“Everything went well,” I explained, trying to refocus my thoughts on work.
“They tried to silence me with 200,000 francs,” Juri murmured as he detached himself from Luca.
“Two hundred…! What?”
“They were even willing to pay more,” I said, retrieving my vibrating phone from my jacket pocket and pausing when I saw Viktoria’s name on the screen.
First, she refused to talk to me, and now she’s calling?
What does she want? Isn’t she working?
Luca noticed who was persistently calling. “That’s your wife, right?”
I just nodded.
“Did you two make up?”
“It’s complicated,” I answered, still focused on her name.
“Hector is slowly coming to his senses,” Juri said.
