Make-Believe Marriage by Dill Ferreira Page B

anywhere. You have never
been a flirt to me as you were to him today. – Amanda was agape hearing him say
that. She would have acted as he said or was Breno only creating this in his
sick mind?
    - Feel free to think what
you want - said Amanda upset by having to live with that annoying situation of
having an ex-husband bothering you all the time.
    - If you had been that way
with me when we were together, maybe I would have never betrayed you. That
woman I saw today exuding sensuality was not you, it was an actress trying to
please her audience. - He joked. - Well, you managed to convince me, now I'm
even more interested in taking back what belongs to me. - Amanda laughed a
laugh worthy of charging for her performance. This is because in reality she
did not feel like it.
    - I had no intention to
please you – she added with a slight smile on her lips - I was there to please
my escort and it was not you - she explained.
    - I know you well and you
have never allowed yourself to be kissed like that in public. Am I wrong? - He
asked.
    - The problem was not the
place or me, it was you who generalized all and any act of affection - Amanda
replied. - You never knew how to share a feeling without making it dirty let
alone learned to treat me with the respect with which I was treated today by
Antônio.
    - Respect! - he mocked. -
The guy stroked your neck and kissed you like a whore! You still want to put
him at a higher level than mine, let’s face it Amanda! You must be out of your
mind. "Who was he to talk about reasoning," she thought.
    - I do not think that our
conversation will be useful to either one of us. - She completed, tired.
    - I say all this because I
want you to see how foolish you have been acting. You do not have to behave
this way to draw my attention my dear, I'm back. - "It is even impossible
not to be angry and at the same time sorry for this man," concluded Amanda
in her mind.
    - I do not know where you
took all that from, but believe me Breno, I do not give a damn what you think. I
have not been interested in you for quite some time and you need to realize
that or you are the one who will start acting like a fool if you do not change
your attitudes and accept that our marriage ended since that day I saw you with
another at your parents’ home. - She said calmly, because she would not end her
night as he had wanted to see her, bitterly.
    – Really? - He kept the
same countenance. - We shall see, because I know in the end you will be mine
again or lose our son - saying that he kissed her on the lips and left.
    Amanda leaned back on the
couch and thought about the kiss she had exchanged with Antônio. It was not so
ordinary a kiss as she preferred to believe, there was desire and it was not
just on her part; he had also reciprocated. Antônio was a handsome man and
since she had never seen him with a woman, like her, maybe he needed affection,
which made them equal to react that way to a kiss exchanged and it would
certainly not have that intensity if they are less needy. Certain of this
conclusion, Amanda went to her room for some rest. All that would go away once
they got used to perform in front of people.
    On Sunday, Amanda stayed
home all day. She had given up going out with Antônio, she did need some rest
and to review all about that arranged marriage, which, although it helped her a
lot could also be a big problem for one of the parties or even both.
    At the end of the
afternoon, Amanda had called her son to talk a little bit with him, but she
mentioned nothing about his father and the child did not either, which made her
feel relieved, since she did not want to sound hurt in her voice while talking
about him to her son. And it would be hard to avoid that feeling toward Breno.
So Lucas not mentioning his father was perfect for the moment; she thus protected
her son from future heartaches. Because she was certain it had been difficult
for the child when his father had abandoned him for months, as if he