chapter 29

Thea This morning I woke up with Joseph sleeping soundly beside me, and I can hear him snoring slowly. I smile, remembering that last night he calmed me down until I fell asleep. He's such a kind and caring person. I looked at his face for a few seconds until he opened his eyes. "Hey dear." He said it in a husky voice. Sexy. "Good morning." I greet him and peck at his lips. "I'll take a bath first." I said, but he stopped me, and in a blink of an eye, he was now on top of me. "What are you doing?" "Try to look at your beautiful face in a better light." He smiled at me, showing his dimples. "Not now. I'm going to go and take a shower, or else we're going to be late for work. Also, you have to go home now." I said to him, but he leans in and kisses me passionately. Then I push him until he falls beside me. "Oops, I'm sorry, but I don't want to be late for work because the boss there is so fierce and arrogant. I don't want to get fired." Oh, let me show you how fierce he is." Before he could get me, I quickly ran into the bathroom and locked it. "Dear, you know, to save more time, why don't we take a shower together? It's not only safe time, but also safe water." He said this while knocking on the door. "You can't because it's already full with me here." I said back. "Really? Let me see." I giggle and start to undress before turning on the shower. I heard him knocking on the door, but then I just let it be. ***** At the office. Now I'm on my way to the pantry, and then I see Parrish there. "Hey Parrish. What are you doing here? Didn't your level have a pantry too?" I ask him. "Yeah, but the coffee machine is having a problem; that's why I'm here." He said this while making his coffee. Well, do you want to go for lunch together today?" I make my coffee too. "Lunch with me? Your boyfriend let you?" He asked me. Well, since me and Joseph have been in a relationship, almost every day he wants to go to lunch with me. I felt bad for Parrish for eating lunch alone. "Yup. I think he's fine with it." "You think, but I think he's not. That's fine, Thea. I can eat with other colleagues at the cafeteria." No, no, I want to eat with you today because I miss hanging out with you." I take a sip of my coffee. Mm, it's good. "Fin, who's that?" He pointed outside the door. I look at it and see a woman dressed in a short and tight dress, like she wants to go to a nightclub. She's heading to Joseph's room. I wonder who it is. "Maybe she's one of the clients?" I told Parrish to make my heart feel better. "It looks like not. Thea, no matter what, please be strong, alright? Always remember that I'm here with you when you need me. Anytime. I better go now." He hugged me and then brought his coffee out of the pantry. Who is she? Should I go and take a look? Or not? No, no, no, Thea, that's not nice for peeking. I bring my mug out and go to my room to continue my undone work. I do my work for a few minutes, but then I can't concentrate anymore because I keep thinking about the woman that I and Parrish saw earlier. My mind now just wants to go to his room and see what happens there. He's not cheating on me, is he? Okay, that's enough. I stood up and left my room to go to his room because I'm so curious why that woman came here. I'm not a clingy girlfriend or anything, but this curiosity eats me on the inside. I can't stand it. If I don't make any moves, I can't even focus on my work. As soon as I arrived in front of his door, I put my ear close to the door, hoping that I could hear something, but the result was that I heard nothing. Why is there only silence I hear? Are they not in here? Maybe they're already out or something. I thought, but then I heard someone talking inside, but I couldn't understand it. Maybe because the door is too thick. I twisted the door knob slowly and opened it, but only for me to see them, not for them to see me. My eyes widen at what I've seen. No, no, no, this can't be. He can't do that to me. I know he won't. Joseph won't cheat on me, right? Then why are he and that woman KISSING? Even though Joseph's back is facing me, I still feel so hurt. I know this thing will happen. I know he'll hurt me like this, but I still take advantage. I feel the tears sting in my eyes when I look at him with another woman kissing in his office. No, This is not me. I'm not this weak. I'm always the stronger one when I'm with Alexa, and now I should be that too. I push the door wider until both of them break apart from the kiss. That woman just smiled evilly at me. "Thea..." He called me as soon as he turned around. Look, dear, this is—" before he could finish his sentence, I slapped him hard in the face and took a look at that woman who was standing behind him. I push him, and then, when I'm already face-to-face with this woman, I do the same as I did to Joseph, but for her, I did it twice. She looks at me in shock at what I did to her. "Dear.." "Quiet!!" I shouted. "It's no-" I cut him off. "Do you think this is a Wattpad love story that whenever a girlfriend caught her boyfriend cheating on her with another girl, the guy would say, Let me explain' or It's not how it looks like'? Do you think it's like that? Stop all this, Joseph, because I don't want any cliche drama in my life. It's clearly that both of you were kissing earlier, not doing some pimple search or anything at each other's face." I said it to both of them. "What's your name again? Thea right? Okay, let's be honest here, then. Actually, me and Joseph have already been in relationships longer than you think. I didn't even know that he has another girl with him currently because there's no news coming out about it. Maybe because you're not important to him, he didn't want the media to know. Me and my darling Joseph will get married in six months from now." My heart felt like stopping for a while when she said that they were getting married. She's lying completely. "I know that must be very shocking news for you, but that's the truth. Besides, we love each other. Right baby?" She adds, and then when she asks Joseph, he just looks down at the floor. Didn't give any response. Oh, that's good then. I'm happy for you two. Don't forget to invite me to your wedding, alright? I can't wait for it, I'm so excited. Do you already have the place? If not, I can help you find it. I know both of you surely want to make your wedding the 'wedding of the year, right?" I said it sarcastically, and her face dropped. "You know what? I don't believe you're his girlfriend because look at you. You're not even his taste. His taste is just like mine. You might be his one-night stand. Poor you, girl." She laughed. "At least I got enough money to buy proper clothes." "Yo-" "Both of you, please stop the argument. I want to talk with Thea alone. So you can get lost." He said that to that woman. "But baby, I-" "Get out before I call the security to drag you out of here." With that, she walked out and slammed the door shut. Okay, now, dear, you need to listen to me, okay?" I look at him and wait for him to continue. "I didn't kiss her, really. She's the one who smashed her lips against mine. I-I was surprised by her move; that's why I didn't push her right away." I scoffed. Oh, so that's mean, if Mr. Gerald kisses me, I should let it be and let him taste my lips until someone barges in just like I did earlier?" I ask him "Not like that, Thea, but I'm telling you the truth, Thea. Really. She's just... My ex-girlfriend. All she said earlier was a lie. Our relationship ended six years ago, when I was 20. That's it. I don't know how she found me here and said all that to you. Thea trust me. I'll never cheat on you. If I want to cheat on you, I can do that last month, last week, or maybe yesterday, but no, I'm not. So please, Thea, trust me. Please." Then he stopped, and I felt tears coming out of my eyes. "I think we should just take a break. I need space now. So don't talk to me again." No, no, Thea Please don't do this to me. I can't live without you." "Just stop all this." I said that and left the room. Why is this happening to me? Why now? When my birthday is in a few weeks. I thought this year was going to be different, but I guess it's not. It'll be the same as the past year. I don't hate you, Joseph, but it seems I can't trust you enough now. I don't want to live like this. No one ever wants to be hurt like this. My heart hurts so bad now. Really bad, Joseph. ___________________________________________________________________________________ How's chapter 29? Don't be shy, and tell me what you feel about this chapter! Vote Comments Share ***** Much love from me. Little munchkins