✨ Chapter 1✨
Julia Louis turned the doorknob of the hotel room, and it gave way. She was at work just a few minutes ago when she received a message from an unknown number.
At first, she ignored the message, but a picture came in right after and she decided to just check it out. She tried her husband's number as she drove to the hotel but he didn't answer the phone.
As she walked inside the room, her heartbeat increased with each step taking her closer to finding out the truth.
When she was finally able to see the bed clearly, her heart shattered and ached so much. Her husband was in the arms of her best friend and they were sleeping peacefully.
She stayed up the night before and waited for Dylan Gerald, her husband to return home but who knew he was in the arms of another woman? Her best friend at that.
As the thought clouded her mind, she turned around and left as quietly as she came.
Throughout the rest of the day, she couldn't concentrate at work but she tried hard to control her emotions in front of the workers.
She was working on a wedding dress before she left and had to submit it before the end of the day so she didn't have time to think about what she saw that morning.
At the hotel
Dylan opened his eyes at exactly 4 p.m. that evening. He looked around the room in confusion and sat up.
"Where am I?" he thought to himself.
Before he could have a chance to think, the door opened and Nicole came in.
"Nicole? Why are you here?" Dylan asked in surprise
"You don't remember? You were drunk last night so I brought you here. I don't want Julia to misunderstand us so I didn't take you home" Nicole, Julia's best friend said
"There's no way she would have misunderstood anything. I didn't go home yesterday so which one do you think will create more misunderstanding? Anyway, I have to go now" Dylan said and got down from the bed
"Where is my phone?" he asked Nicole after he was done wearing his clothes.
"Here it is." he collected the phone and checked the time.
"N... Nicole, what's wrong with my time? Why is it not correct?" he stuttered
"It's not correct? What is it saying?" Nicole asked
"Past 4. Can you please tell me the correct time?" he pleaded
"I think the time is correct. Yes, that's the correct time" Nicole said after checking the time.
"How is it possible that I slept since last night until now? And why didn't you wake me up?" Dylan asked
"I tried waking you up but you refused to wake up. You were drunk last night so I thought you needed more rest" Nicole said
Dylan stared at her for a while and left the hotel. He dialed Julia's number as he was going out of the hotel but she didn't pick up the call.
Within a few minutes, he arrived at her company and hurried to her office where he met her busy with work.
"Julia, how are you doing?" Dylan asked nervously
"I'm fine. What about you? What are you doing here?" Julia asked without looking at him
"I came to pick you up but I'll wait for you in the car since you are still busy," he said with a nervous smile and left her office.
After Julia finished her work, she went to the parking lot and went home in Dylan's car.
Julia prepared dinner and returned upstairs to meet Dylan who was still very anxious because of her attitude.
"Dinner is ready. Go and take your bath" Julia said
"Okay" Dylan turned around to leave but Julia's question stopped him.
"Where were you last night?" she asked.
"L...last night?" Dylan stuttered
"I had some work to do so I stayed at my friend's place. I'm sorry for not telling you about it beforehand" he said
"You spent the night at your friend's place? Is that the truth? If you are worried about how I'll feel, then don't worry. Just tell me where you honestly were last night" Julia said
"I really was at my friend's place. Did someone say anything to you?" Dylan asked
"No, I only wanted to be sure. You can take your bath now" Julia said
After Dylan went into the bathroom, Julia changed the clothes she just bought and took her cards. She dropped the letter she had prepared and left the house.
Dylan came out of the bathroom and didn't see her in the room. At first, he thought she was downstairs but he went there and didn't see her.
He returned upstairs and started calling her but she refused to pick up the call and that was when he saw her letter.
"By the time you will be reading this, I must have left already. It seems you are not happy being with me and I don't want to force myself on you. Live your life happily with who you truly love from now on and forget about me. Bye" the letter read.
Dylan threw the paper to the floor and picked up his car keys. He drove roughly to the places that Julia visited frequently but he couldn't get there because his car was hit by a truck.
Julia, on the other hand, went to a club. The scene from that morning refused to leave her head no matter how hard she tried so she decided to get herself drunk. At least she will forget about everything for tonight and start anew the next day.
As she was drinking her sorrows away, a guy was staring at her intently from one side of the room and was taking note of her every move which Julia was oblivious to.
When the man was sure she was fully drunk and was no longer in her right senses, he walked up to her and took her to a room.
"Who are you?" Julia asked after they were in the room
"I'm your saviour," the stranger said and pushed her to the bed
He unzipped her gown and took it off after which he took off all his clothes too.
"What are you doing? Let go of me" Julia said and pushed him with all her strength.
The push had no effect on him as she was currently drunk and also wasn't physically strong.
"You don't have a choice this night. Just have sex with me and we'll be good." the man smirked and took off her pants and bra.
He kissed her lips, but Julia bite him so hard that he had to pull away from the kiss. He became outraged and made her lie face down on the bed.
He didn't think twice before thrusting hard and deep inside her and Julia let out an agonizing scream.
He made sure to f**k her mercilessly until she passed out and he left her alone after he was done.
TBC.......
© Tricia