Chapter 77

Gerald waited until they reached home before he confronted Alicia about the kiss. He was too furious and humiliated at the same time when Alicia caused the scene at Daniella’s house. He went there with good intentions as Daniella’s friend, but Alicia did something horrible. “How did you know her husband?” He started by asking how she got acquainted with Marcus Madrigal.

“Oh, we used to work together on the farm.” Alicia crossed her legs as soon as she was seated on an upholstered sofa.

“You used me!” Gerald accused the woman of using his hospitality to be close to Daniella’s boyfriend. No, he couldn’t allow it! Gerald thought. If Alicia would stay longer in Oslob, he couldn’t guarantee that the woman wouldn’t do something stupid similar to what happened earlier.

Alicia didn’t try to persuade Gerald about his accusation because it was true. She just used him to get close to Marcus and she was not going to deny it. “Common Gerald, just consider it as doing me a great