The news articles where dropped, yes, but as Marco had said, the entire internet was buzzing with talk of the sex tape, and videos of Joanna crying and insisting that she was raped. That she asked for a dance with him at the party, and then he had told her they should go out of the party to talk, then he had forcefully dragged her into his car, and taken her to his apartment where he had raped her.
Her eyes were red with tears in the videos, and she shivered and stuttered as she spoke, drawing lots and lots of sympathy to herself.
Online groups had quickly been created, discussing the matter. Videos of her crying and calling out for help and justice were being reposted. It was a mess.
"What are you talking about?" Luna, she was just going to sit in the garden and try and take Zeno out of her head for some minutes when she heard some servants mention something about Zeno, and something about rape. She hadn't been out of her room since last night, so they didn't expect to see her.
"What the hell are you girls ranting about? Who raped who?" She asks, but all of them just trembled and stuttered, neither of them could bring themselves to say anything to her.
It was known to them that Zeno was one of the masters of the house… he was considered one of the masters of the house, and gossiping about the masters of the house could send you six feet under, so they could do nothing but shake with fear.
"Are you going to open your mouths and talk or you want to become my target for shooting practice?"
"M_M_Miss, t_this…" all three of them instantly bring out their phones, with the video playing on it. She takes the phone out of one of their hands… "What is…"
Her eyes flew wide open, the video was so damn clear, the angle was perfect, it was clearly her DK, with a lady bent over in front of him, a lady she recognizes from last night.
But what was this feeling, why was she feeling this way as she watched the video?
She was suddenly heating up on the inside, she wanted to take her eyes away from the video, but she just couldn't. She was supposed to be angry, any normal person would be infuriated to see the man you love in such a position with another woman, but she wasn't… Not one bit.
Rather she couldn't help staring at his naked perfection, Damn she knew he was sexy, but seeing him like this for the very first time made her heart race fast, made her cheeks flush, she found herself wishing that she was the one in that video. She was out of her senses, she was sure of it.
"T_T_Take," she hands the phone back to the maid with the video still playing.
"Miss, are you alright? Your face is suddenly red…" Another maid says, and she instantly covers her face with her palms.
"I_I_I have a cold." she stutters, faking a cough as she runs off, only to run back to them again… "That idiot let his sex tape get out, fine. What then were you talking about, rape?"
"The thing is…," The maid looks at the rest of her colleague as if trying to silently ask if she should talk, and seeing that they all had no other option…, "the lady in the video came out this morning and has claimed t_that… that Master Zeno raped her."
"What nonsense!!" Luna scoffs. "Why would he rape anyone? That good for nothing slut, that freaking whore. She thinks she can bring down DK with such a trivial thing. That disgusting witch," she huffed and puffed, hands akimbo, now her insides were burning with rage.
She trusted him, she knew he would never do something as low as rape. And besides, there were millions of women ready to give themselves to him, herself included, why would he rape anyone?
"Piccola…" she heard his voice, like a whisper… like a strained whisper. She looked around but he wasn't there, was she hearing his voice in her head again? She wondered, but then she heard it again… "Piccola," like a low gasp, but he called her, and then she realized where the voice was coming from. The maid didn't turn off the video, it still played.
"Piccola," Her heart skipped, her breath ceased for that second as she heard it again. He was out of his mind. He was insane, and she wished to hate him, and curse at him, and swear at him, and yell and tell him that he was a coward.
A coward for wanting her and denying it, for calling her name while having sex with another. She wished to tell him to his face that he was a coward for making her see this video and hear him call out for her in the most unholy manner, for the most unsacred reason.
He was a coward for making her know how much he wanted her, for showing her his true desires with this video. She wanted to go to him and demand he tell her the reason why he called for her over and over while he sexed another.
"That f*cking whore!!" She seethes. Her plan was to ignore him, and she'd promised herself to do just that. So if she wasn't going to him for answers, she'd go to the woman who had the audacity to put up this video and make her pay for her current state of confusion.
"Tell them to get the car ready." She orders, and storms back into her room. She was going to beat the hell out of the woman who had the effrontery to try and frame Zeno… "No!!!, I'm not going there because she framed DK," she tells herself. "I'm going there because I was mentioned in the video…" she tries assuring herself.
"Well my name wasn't mentioned, but I'm the only one he calls Piccola, so it's equivalent to my name, so in a way I was mentioned in the video." She stood in front of her mirror, giving answers to questions no one asked.
"Hello, I know you already have the info on the lady who posted that video. Where is she??"
Having gotten the information she needed, she stormed out of her room… "Luna you…"
"I'll be back soon Papa…" knowing that the man was probably going to tell her to think before acting, she just hopped down the stairs, brushed pass him in haste, entered her car and vroomed off.
"These children will be the end of me… One is completely naked all over the internet, and the other… well, she's just a hand full" He shakes his head, looking at Maria who just smiles and went back to doing her business.