I wave bye at Aeneas as he drives away in his car from the drive way of the mansion. It's late and Max will be arriving back home anytime now. I made my decision and I'm leaving the country with Aeneas.

He's the man I want to get to know better and grow old with. He's the man I want to be with for the rest of my life.

I find myself running upstairs and closing the door while making sure to lock it.

I'm leaving Max, my mind is already made up. I grab a suit case from my closet and start throwing clothes inside of it. Things that I will need and know that I can't leave behind. I will get this suit case ready and when it's time to leave, I'll just grab it and leave.

Once I'm done packing it. I make sure to hide it under the bed to where Max won't think of looking.

*

"Mr. Arias, dinner is ready" I sit up from my bed as Max swings the door open. I made sure to unlock it once I was done getting my bags ready. "I'll be down in a bit" he answers back to the maid and closes the door.

He smiles at me which causes me to look away. "How was your day sweetheart?" I fall back into the bed. "My day was okay, same as always, just locked up in this mansion" I lie. I hear max start to undress himself. "You do know that you can leave this place right? Maybe hang out with your friends or go watch a movie, go to the mall" he tells me as I hear him kick his shoes off.

"Go shopping like you girls usually do" I sit up and roll my eyes at him. "I will" I whisper. He smirks and disappears into the bathroom. I stand from the bed and make my way downstairs to have dinner before going to bed.

*

I jump awake in my sleep from Max angrily shouting at someone. The room is dark, my back hits the headboard of the bed as I notice that the only light that's lighting up the room is the one coming from the closet.

"What is this?!" He shouts, my eyes move to the edge of the bed to see my packed suitcase opened. "Explain this to me!" Max hisses. My lips tremble as I think of what to say. "It's my suitcase" I answer him.

"I'm leaving you" Max looks at me in complete surprise. He then slowly tilts his head to the side and smiles, a smile that he does when he's nervous. "You're leaving me? Where are you going? To your parents?" I shake my head no as my mouth goes dry.

"I'm leaving the country and not coming back" I whisper. Max keeps his eyes on me for a few minutes. He suddenly, angrily throws the suitcase off the bed. He turns around and puts a hand behind his neck as I hear him take deep breaths to calm himself down.

"Are you leaving the country alone?" It takes me a few seconds to understand his question. "No" I whisper. I can't lie to him, I can't lie to Max about what I'm going to do to him. "Who are you leaving with?" I knew this question was coming.

I find all the strength in me to stand up from the bed. "I'm leaving with Aeneas" Max quickly turns around, "what?" He ask. "With Aeneas, I'm leaving with Aeneas" I repeat.

Max expression turns into a confused one. "With Aeneas?" I nod my head. "Why would you leave with him?" I stay quiet and after a while he seems to understand what's really going on. "Did you fall for him?" I take a step back, Max slowly comes towards me. "You fell for him, didn't you?"

A smirk appears on his lips. "He's not taking you with him" Max lowly hisses, "you fell for the wrong guy again, I'm sure he hasn't told you that he's actually a married man and that his wife happens to be one of the most successful woman in the business world" he says. "I doubt he'll leave a woman like her"

As Max hand reaches out for me, I manage to slap it away. "You're lying, Aeneas wouldn't lie to me about something like this" Maxwells expression goes blank. He takes a step back, "do as you please" he says, "just remember what I told you"

He turns the lights from the closet off and goes to lay down on his side of the bed. This can't be true, Max is lying to me, I know he is. He's lying to try to get me to stay.

I open the door to the room and walk out, I can't stay there with him anymore. I need to leave as soon as possible.

I make my way downstairs, the kitchen lights are on. I walk into the kitchen to grab myself a glass of cold water. "A married man" what Max said keeps running through my mind, could he be saying the truth? I don't know Aeneas well enough now that I think about it. I'm completely in love with him, but maybe he's hiding this from me.

I look up at the clock that's on the kitchen wall to see that it's four in the morning. I can't wait, I have to go see him. I have to ask him if it's true that he's married. I walk back upstairs to grab my purse and keys. Max is still laying on the bed, I know he's awake and listening to everything that I'm doing. His back is facing me when I walk back out the room.

I quickly walk back down the stairs and out the house, I get in my car and start driving towards Aeneas apartment.

It only takes me a few minutes to get there, the streets are wet and I'm able to smell the wet air when I step out of my car. I head inside his apartment building and luckily for me, the receptionist wasn't there. I don't waste any time in getting inside the elevator and pressing the number to his floor.

I need to know, I need to see him and ask him. Max has to be lying about Aeneas being married. For some reason I trust Aeneas more than Maxwell. I trust that he won't lie to me about being married. He would of told me if he was, right?

The elevator doors open, I slowly step out and head straight to his apartment door. I stop in front of it, I close my eyes and take a deep breath before raising my hand and knocking on his door.

The door swings open after a minute, a sleepy, shirtless Aeneas stands in the doorway. His eyes widen and his sleepiness seems to quickly leave once he sees that it's me. "What are you doing here?" He whispers. "I had to see you, I have to talk to you" I tell him. Aeneas takes a quick look at me, his eyes fill up with what I think is love.

He moves to the side and let's me in. "Get comfortable, do you want anything to drink or eat?" He ask. I sit down on his sofa and tell him no thank you. I don't have an appetite for anything at the moment.

"Is everything alright?" He ask, "did you change your mind about leaving with me?" I gaze up at him from the floor and shake my head no. "I told Max about us" I say. Aeneas looks at me without saying a word. "He didn't seem too upset, compared to other times about other things"

"This is great then, you can stay with me until we leave the country" he tells me. I shake my head no, "are you married?" I blurt out. Aeneas eyes widen, his mouth trembles as in trying to speak but nothing comes out of it.

"Are you married, Aeneas?" Aeneas looks away, "it's not what you think, I mean I'm married but-", "it's exactly what I think" my heart starts to beat fast as I feel the world come crashing upon my shoulders. Max was right, he's married. "But you're married too" he quickly says.

I stand from the sofa, my eyes never leaving his. "I never lied to you about anything" I angrily tell him. "You knew from the start that I was married to Maxwell, you knew that I was a married woman but yet you still tried to get close to me. You made me fall in love with you" I feel the tears begging me to be release from my eyes.

"But you never, never once told me that you were married" I hiss. My tears escape and start to roll down my cheeks. "I'm sure that what you had with me is just lust now, you just wanted to lay with me for a few days and send me right back to Max once you were done with me"  I angrily tell him.

Aeneas shakes his head, "that's not what I wanted, I would never-", "just stop alright, stop with the lies!" I shout at him. I grab my purse from his sofa and as I walk pass him, he grabs my arm and pulls me back to face him. "Don't do this. I never wanted to hurt you, Athalia" he tells me in a whisper. "I love you, I'm crazy about you" I shake my head as I hold back the whimper that wants to escape me.

"Are you going to divorce her? Are you going to leave her?" Aeneas expression changes into something that I've never seen before. He doesn't answer me and that alone, answers my question. "You're not going to leave her" I whisper.

"Don't look for me. Don't ever come back into my life" I pull my arm out of his grip and walk out his apartment.

To be continued...