He Chose Her Lies Over My Love

Inside the bathroom my breaths came in shallow bursts but with the last of my strength I stood up trembling.

In the mirror the woman who reflected back was hollow and broken but her eyes were ablaze.

Pushing the bathroom door open, I got out with my dress wrapped around me tightly.

Xander’s body stiffened as he saw my mascara streaked eyes with his arms folded, jaw clenched as he stood beside Jessica…Watching.

Waiting.

And for a moment a doubt emerged in his heart…what if I didn’t meant for the wardrobe malfunction to happen?

That can’t be true.

“Miss Valcruz.”

I walked past him without giving him any reply and in the very next moment, I peeled off his ink black jacket before dropping it in the big thrash can at the side, right in front of him.

Silence cracked as Xander’s mouth parted slightly, a flash of something in his eyes…was it confusion? Regret? Annoyance?

I didn’t care anymore.

“Miss Athena” The butler who had been part of the estate since my childhood came running, his voice worried.

“Paul, what happens to insolent servants who gossip behind their masters?”

“They are punished, Miss Athena?”

I didn’t answer Paul. My heart was no calm… It was burning with hurt, rage and sorrow.

I turned.

And without a flicker of hesitation, my hand flew.

CRACK.

The sound of my palm meeting Xander’s cheek cut through the hallway like a gunshot. Louder than the ballroom music, louder than Jessica’s dramatic gasp that followed.

Xander didn’t flinch. He stood frozen, the mark blooming red on his skin.

His jaw clenched.

But I leaned in, my voice shaking, low and full of venom.

“Who the hell are you to decide my worth?” I hissed. “Who gave you the right to determine my character and then call me… that?”

My voice broke, but I didn’t.

“A prostitute? Really? After everything I gave you…after every time I protected you..you humiliate me like this?”

His eyes shifted with a flicker of guilt like he wanted to say something. But I wasn’t done.

“Out of everyone who’s ever hurt me… you?” I whispered bitterly, stepping closer, my breath trembling. “You are my biggest regret because even a dog never bites the hand that feeds it but you…you are worse than a dog.

This house has never been a safe haven and the woman whom you are chasing so desperately..you have no idea who she is but you are a fool who will never believe it, not until she makes you fall to the depth of hell!”

Xander’s eyes that always remained calm and indifferent now lightened with some sort of shock as he called.

“Athena..”

I turned around and left.

At that moment when I finally made it inside my room completely breaking down recalling the humiliation.

My mind spiraled as with trembling fingers I clicked on the latest news on social media thinking that all of it without a doubt will be filled with evil words about what happened at the party today….of how my body was exposed.

I would be make a joke of the century.

At that moment my phone buzzed.

[Anonymous: No pictures, no traces, no news….not even a single thing will leak outside.Those who wronged you today, remember their faces.

They will pay their debt in blood.]

My tears paused as my eyes widened as I read the message again and again before hurriedly opening the news channels.

[Breaking News: Media House CV goes bankrupt.]

[Breaking News: Famous News reporter Jason Barrew accused of sexual assault, court ordered immediate trial.]

[Breaking News: Valcruz Princess Jessica Valcruz’s business venture in America fails terribly, loss of ten million dollars.]

There was not even a single mention of the incident today, the reportors who flocked to take my pictures were either suddenly in prison accused of serious crimes or ….dead.

I took a sharp breath before a shock registered across my face.

This anonymous helper…it must be the work of Spanish Mafia.

Of Killian Arrows..

But why?