In a open relationship

Chapter 13

" hey , so I have been feeling guilty about the other day , I feel like I led you on and left the next morning like a B** that was very wrong of me , I'm sorry " I try to sound as sincere as possible .

" you don't have to be , its fine "

" did something really happen between us or ...?"

he laughs ," oh my goodness so you really don't remember ?, I'm actually hurt"

I keep quiet .

" well it's better things stay that way " he says still laughing .

" this is not funny , please , I need to know " I plead with him .

"no mam , look at me " he says , I look at his face through his rearview , he zips his mouth with an imaginary zip , I shake my head lightly at him , " how can an handsome guy be so childish ?" I mutter under my breath.

" I knew you found me attractive " he blushes.

" shut up , I'm hanging up " , I do just that , he laughs and honks at me .

An hour later

we arrive at Dela state- a very small neighborhood , I've heard about this place before but its my first time being here , it is not as developed as I imagined , the house we are parked in front of is the smallest of all , Austin hops out of his car and heads towards mine opening my door , " lets go " , fear arrests my heart ," we are really doing this huh ?".

" yep get out of the car miss , lets head inside " he points to the house with his head .

" does she really live here ?"

he nods .

" whatever happened to studying medicine ? , I thought she'd be living a soft life , this is making me more uncomfortable " , he pulls me out of the car , " lets head inside before your mind convinces you otherwise ".

we walk towards the door , my heart beat grows faint , Austin knocks on the door , " coming !" she answers , her voice hasn't changed , I just wonder how she looks now , is she still as beautiful as she was or has she lost her touch ? , all sorts of questions run through my mind .

Austin taps me on my shoulder with a grin " can you at least try to look confident ? "

she opens the door , her eyes widen with shock the moment they land on me , she immediately shuts the door , the clothes she is wearing say a lot , literal rags , her messy blonde hair is the most shocking nothing about her looks right ,she has definitely lost her touch .

before I could turn to Austin to ask him if we could just leave , she opens the door again , the moment I turn to look at her she throws a bucket of cold water on my face .....at least it's not hot.

" woah woah !" by the time Austin tries to stop her its already too late , I'm not angry at what she just did , I would've done the same thing if I was in her position .

my new dress is soaking wet , Ethan is going to kill me if he sees me like this .

" what are you doing here ?" she says through her gritted teeth .

" can you please let us in ?" Austin pleads.

" I'm not talking to you , I don't even know you " she turns her attention to me " what are you going to do ? , drug me again for pouring water on your face? , why are you here! to gloat ? that you are living the life I was supposed to be living ? , wearing the expensive clothes that I was supposed to be wearing? , why ! Answer Me !" she screams at me , she's angrier than Ethan .

Austin is also fightened by her anger that his talkative persona is no longer activated.

" just because Ethan forgave you and is now head over heels for you doesn't mean that I will also forgive you , Get OUT before I do something I will regret " .

" actually that's not true Ethan hates her as much as you do " Austin finally opens his mouth, her expression softens upon hearing those words.

" what ?" she glitches.

" can you at least let us in ?" he asks her. after a minute she moves aside and ushers us in.

her house is no different then my office , its a literal storeroom , boxes everywhere , its a complete mess ,the couches have met their expiring date, I can't tell where the kitchen is ," you can sit over there " she points at the couch .

Austin tries to hold my hand to keep me calm as we both sit on her couch but I yank away , I don't want her to get any ideas and pitch them to Ethan .

" you have five minutes ".

I clear my throat , " I'm not here to gloat or anything like that I'm here to ask you to come back to Ethan " I get straight to the point .

her face remains expressionless .

" and why should I do that ? , did he ask you to come here ?"

"Ethan still loves you even an infant can see that and judging by how angry you still are , I can tell with certainty that you also still love him as well , you belong together and it was wrong of me to come in between what God has destined to be , I was wrong and I'm asking for forgiveness and I understand if you are not ready to forgive me but please come back to Ethan , he is lost without you , what you see on the screens is nothing close to the truth ", I tell her all about the abuse and everything about our relationship since it's the only thing that seems to be grabbing her attention.

" so you are telling me he still wants me ?" she asks

" yes " Austin answers .

" Then when can I see him ?" she asks , the question in my mind is " that easy ?"

" today" Austin says ,we didn't talk about that part , why is he saying things he hasn't checked with me first?.

" great so lets go " she jumps off the couch.

This is not the reaction I expected, the way she is jumping at this opportunity seems a little too off for me.

" Uhm not to be forward or anything, actually I was thinking Lauren here can take you to a salon first and get you cleaned up , I don't think Ethan will like your new look , it'll make him much happier seeing you as beautiful as you were last time he saw you ,I imagine you did not look like this before right ?" Austin blatantly says , why doesn't this guy know when to speak and when to keep quiet .

she pauses for a few seconds , " you are right , let me grab my things I'll be right out please wait for me outside " she says .

we nod politely and exit her house.

" what is wrong with you ", I hit him on his shoulder " I don't have the money to pay for her hair , why don't you run things by me before you say them? " .

" relax , I'll give you the money , will a thousand do ? " he asks .

I haven't done my hair at a salon in a while , I might be the wife of a billionaire but that doesn't mean I get an allowance as my dear husband has people thinking I do , he only pays me the money any normal maid gets.

"yes it will do " I'll be left with change , her treatment will cost about 200 ,he takes out his wallet and counts up to two thousands .

" why are you giving me two ?"

" her outfit , she needs to look presentable , if Ethan sees her in this condition she is in he will resent you more so let's prevent that from happening shall we ?"

" right , but if this whole thing makes things worse , just know that my blood will shout your name" I assert him .

" I'll only allow that to happen over my grave , relax ,you think way too much " he childishly rubs my hair .