“Honey, please, look at me, what do I have to be jealous of?You have eyes, you can see what’s in front of you.”
A nasty piece of work.I can’t believe this shit.This can’t be true.He wouldn’t lie to me.Make me look like a fucking first class fool.
“I see the knowledge of truth is dawning on you.Did you think he was going to be faithful to you because you’re pregnant?You shouldn’t be mad; we have an intense sensual connection.It’s like two caged animals, raw and untamed.When his lips touched mine it was exactly how I remember it from when we were together in January, it was insatiable, impulsive, and climactic.”
“It was you,” I say, thinking back to the night we made love, he told me he loved me, and he asked me to move in with him.
I can’t believe this.My head feels like it’s spinning out of control.She was the woman he hooked up with in our bed.Hisbed.I’m going to be sick!The first impulse I have is to cover my mouth and run to the bathroom.My feet won’t move.I’m not going to give her the satisfaction of seeing me fall apart.
“I see he told you about that.It was so good he had to tell someone, I guess.His dick is like Houdini; it does all sorts of tricks.Except the disappearing act, of course, it makes you feel real good.You, of any one of his girls, should know.It’s showing all over you, literally.”
“Shut the hell up.”I manage to fight the rising bile in my throat.
“Ooh temper, you should calm down, wouldn’t want you to bust something and go into labor.It would ruin the carpet.You know his bed is my favorite spot in his entire apartment; the kitchen table comes in a close second.They must have known all the heavy and hard work that was going to be put on it, it’s sturdiest piece of furniture he owns.”
My throat is constricting, it feels like it’s closing up.I can’t swallow my own spit.I can’t stand to look at her; my hand goes to my stomach, and I have to lower myself into his chair carefully.I can hardly breathe.Calm down, Cat, calm, down.I look down, slowly taking controlled breaths through my nose.I don’t even notice when Paige says something and the door closes.
I’m sitting like this with unshed tears in my eyes that refuse to fall when the door opens again.This time it’s the person who should have opened the door the first time.With all the strength and rage I have in me, I will the tears back up in my eyeballs.I’m not going to do this, motherfucker.I lift up my head, clench my teeth together to keep from screaming, and look straight into those wretched lying eyes and state the truth as I know it.
“You’re a liar.”
He freezes, pulling up short in the doorway.“Listen to me, Cat.Don’t make up your mind, or come to any conclusions until you hear what I have to say.”
He wants me to listen to him?Listen to more lies rolling out of his lips like a leaky ass faucet?“I’m not listening to any more lies, but I do have a question.”My eyes roam up and down his well-formed, expensively attired body, cutting him off when he says my name.
“Why do the women that sleep with you find the need to tell me how good it was?I don’t need a recap, I know what it’s like to have your dick inside of me firsthand.”Holding my head back, I tilt it to the side lips pressed together.“I’m starting to regret that decision.”
“Cat—”
Hearing him say my name makes my skin feel like it’s on fire.How dare him?I know what he’s going to try to do.“I don’t want to hear it; there is no excuse for what you did.”
“I didn’t do anything.Nothing happened.I didn’t touch her.”
That’s it.I feel a surge of anger course through my body and I fly out of my chair with more agility and speed than I’ve had in months, and I explode.
“You’re a liar!”
Like a clap of thunder, the words come out of my mouth with such power I know everyone on this floor must have heard them.I know my word hits its target.His eyes flash back at me like gray sparks of lightning as he slams the door closed with his hand on it.
“I don’t know what Paige said to you, but I guarantee it was all lies.”
Coming toward me in front of the desk, I hold my hand up, shaking my head at him to stop.I don’t want him near me.“Don’t touch me,” I say with anger boiling up inside me.“Was it a lie that you were sharing a hotel room with her for days?Doing God knows what?I hope to God you were as safe with her as you were in January.”For a second he doesn’t know what I’m talking about, but he quickly regains his memory.“Yeah, she told me all the dirty details.She loves your bed, it’s her favorite place to fuck you; and the table we eat on every morning comes in a close second.”
The thought of her nasty ass spread out all over the table I sit and eat at—both of them together sweating and going at it—makes me physically ill.I look away from him and put my hand against my forehead.
“It was strictly a business trip.We didn’t have sex.My assistant messed up and put us in the same room.He didn’t know we weren’t together anymore.”
“How is that, Nick?We’ve been living together for months and I’m very pregnant, you can’t miss me, and your personal assistant doesn’t know?Paige didn’t know either, are we a fucking secret or a part of your life?”I put my hands on the side of my stomach and look down as the baby lands a sharp kick.I’m not the only one who’s pissed off; I don’t think she likes it when I’m yelling and angry.He stands in front of me, having the nerve to look angry when I’m the one who’s been wronged with his lies and that slut making me feel like an idiot.My eyes narrow to slits when he tries to touch me.With the look of disgust and anger running through my body, he pulls back the muscle in his jaw ticking away.
“You need to sit down, Cat.”
“Don’t tell me what I need.You obviously don’t know what I need.”
“You’re upset, and you’re upsetting the baby.”He puts his hand out to me trying to control his voice and doing a terrible job at it for once.“Fine, don’t sit, but you need to calm down.I didn’t lie to you.I went on a business trip expecting to be by myself in my own suite.When I got there she was already there, and there were no other rooms available.She stayed in the room and I slept on the couch, nothing happened.That’s the truth.”
“Not in her version of the story.”I stare at him.
“Cat, Paige is lying if—”
