Maud has found her dream wedding dress! She also finally got her hand out of the cast. She is also busy organizing Liam’s first birthday. Her mother-in-law once again has a clear opinion about everything and that causes quite a bit of discussion. In the meantime, she still gets texts from that annoying creepy Bart.
Bah, I immediately feel a bad feeling in my stomach, I don’t trust this man one bit. I immediately text Jessie: “Isn’t it the case that he still has weird photos of me somewhere?”
Jessie says I don’t have to worry so much. “What a disgusting guy he is. He just wants attention, negative attention.” She advises to ignore him.
Still, it doesn’t sit well with me. I have ignored his messages and I am mainly concerned with arranging Liam’s birthday. Gio came home late and I went to bed earlier. The next morning I woke up far too late. I even slept through my alarm! Or well, my alarm went off, but I didn’t hear it and Gio turned it off. Normally he is always cheerful in the morning, but I immediately notice that something is wrong.
I’m trying to fish for his dinner yesterday, but it seems to have been a lot of fun. While I am making coffee, he suddenly asks: “How is Bart doing? You still speak to him, right?”
I feel my cheeks turning red. I haven’t told Gio about his apps yet and I don’t understand where this question comes from. “Bart, how did you suddenly realize that?” I don’t really know what to say and at this point every answer feels wrong.
I can tell from Gio’s look that he is furious. I don’t know why, but instead of answering Gio, I pick up my phone and see that there are multiple notifications. Including one from Bart. “Have you forgotten, beautiful?” it says.
“What the fuck!”, I shout in panic. Suddenly the penny drops, Gio must have seen this when he turned off my alarm clock. The words “I can explain” have never sounded so wrong.
“Maud, don’t be so difficult. Just tell me what’s going on, why are you texting Bart? Have you kissed?! Is there something going on between you two?” At that moment I can’t control my emotions. I’m angry with Bart, I disgust that guy! And in the meantime I’m also angry with Gio. “We’re getting married! What do you think of me? That I’m just fooling around with someone else? Don’t you trust me?” I shout at him.
“Sure, make your problem my problem,” says Gio in a calm tone. At that moment Liam also starts to cry and I see that I have to be at the clinic in ten minutes. Both Liam and I are still in our pajamas. “Bart is a creep, I don’t want anything from him. I’ll explain it all to you in a minute,” I shout as I run to the bathroom.
Once in the car I have a stone in my stomach. Gio knows what happened with Levi in the past. Maybe I should have just told him that Bart was texting me. Now it seems like I’m hiding something.
Fortunately, everything is fine at the clinic. We haven’t left the house yet and my mother-in-law calls. That’s the last thing I want to do, I’ll call her back later.
When I get home, Gio is busy doing some major cleaning. I have known him longer than today, cleaning is his outlet. Seeing him like this breaks my heart. I’m crazy about him and the last thing I want is a fight over some jerk. “Here, take a look. You can read everything yourself. Bart is bothering me!”, I shout, somewhat emotionally. I try to make it clear to Gio that I have nothing to hide from him.
“Apparently yes, Maud, otherwise you would have told me this earlier,” he says angrily as he grabs his coat and walks to the front door…
Maud (24) likes to party and travel. She works in the editorial office of a magazine. Maud is in a relationship with Gio and she has just given birth to their son Liam. You can read her adventures every week in a new episode of Maud’s Night Book.
#347 ‘I said yes to the dress’
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