My cheating husband divorced me

Love lost

Chapter 4

Zoey's point of view

I approached the room when a strange sound reached my ears. My heart accelerated as I worked towards the sound.

I was sure it was coming from our room and I recognised the voice to be a woman's voice. Dorathy to be precise. My heart skipped a beat, No! Please, it shouldn't be what I was thinking.

I stopped in front of the door and listened carefully. My body was trembling.

“ungh! Faster! Harder! Please! Don't stop! P… Push inside a little harder,”

I froze, Dorathy, my cousin was having s*x with my husband. That thought alone made my heart clenched. Tears streamed down my face and a slow burning rage spread through my chest.

I had never imagined Joe would betray our relationship, talk less of doing it with my cousin. Someone he took as a sister. Someone I trusted wholeheartedly.

Their moans, the sound of bodies colliding, filled the air shattering whatever illusion I had left.

Before I could fully grasp what I was hearing, Joe's familiar voice pierced the air, each word carefully chosen to wound.

“happy valentines day my true love,”

I froze, my breath caught, and my hand flew to my mouth as recognition hit me like a dirty slap.

Dorathys response made my stomach churn, “same love. You know I was so happy when you told me that Zoey was on duty today. Today is a couple day and I couldn't imagine spending the night with you,”

At that moment, I no longer recognise the man I do call my husband and the woman I do call my sister.

Joe giggled, his voice dripping with amusement. “what a twisted fantasy, at least I tried as I managed to take her out for lunch,”

Did Joe just say ‘managed’ those words felt like a punch in the guts. My heart tightened.

Then came the unmistakable sound of messy, fevered kisses, followed by an exchange of filthy words.

My fist clenched at my side, my entire body trembling. I was a meter away from the bedroom door, torn between barging in and exposing them or staying hiding.

As I couldn't take it anymore I quickly twisted the knob and entered.

I saw Joe and Dorathy naked. It took them a few seconds to notice that I was around. They both laid shocked.

My heart twisted painfully at the scene in front of me. I took a step backwards, leaning on the door for support.

My cousin, not just a cousin but also a best friend to me who had been part of me since childhood, was naked with my husband who loved me and cared for me ever since.

“what the f**k are you doing here by this time?” Joe shouted when our gaze met. Joe had never raised his voice on me since when I knew him until today. No! This is not my husband, he was someone different.

“aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?” he spat.

“what!” I exclaimed with my hoarse voice. I just caught Joe cheating on me and he was the one shouting on me. Wasn't I supposed to be the one shouting?

I couldn't believe what I was experiencing. What have I done to Dorathy that warrants her doing all this to me?

Why me for f**k sake? Why?

“Dorathy what the f**k are you doing here?” I asked angrily as I tried to launch myself on her, but Joe held my arm and dragged me against his naked body.

“don't you f*****g go close to her,” Joe said, his voice filled with venom.

I felt my handbag drop on the as I looked at both of them in shock. I had no idea how to react.

“What's going on Joe? Why did you do this to me? After all what that my family had done for you?” I finally found my voice.

“you want to f*****g know why I did this to you? Huh?” Joe questioned.

I stared at him with my teary eyes.

“because this was what you have been doing to me,” his words confused me more than what I just saw a couple minutes ago.

“what!” I whispered.

“Oh come on don't play games you w***e,” he walked to the bedside table and retrieved his phone.

“Who the hell is this?” he said, turning his screen to me.

I took a step forward and looked closely. My heart stopped for a second when I saw a picture of a woman that resembled me and had the same tattoo as me holding a man's hand in front of a hotel.

I was rendered confused and devastated.

How is that possible? I never cheated on Joe in my life. In fact I never loved any man apart from Joe.

I kept staring at the picture in disbelief as tears kept streaming down my face.

“Now what? Huh? You tell me, who the f**k is that?” Joe spat.

“How could you believe I did this, Joe?” I asked, my voice breaking.

“whoever sent this picture to you or wherever you find it, it's false. Someone is trying to manipulate me. I mean look closely this picture is manipulated,” I contested.

Trying to make him understand, although I knew no matter how I tried to convince him, he would not believe a single word coming out of my mouth because of the clear evidence in his hand. But I won't give up without trying my best.

Joe scoffed “come on, enough with this game. Are you blind?... Ohh I see, you think you can convince me, no that's never gonna happen,” he said, his eyes filled with anger.

Dorathys was still lying on the bed paging through a magazine, pretending like nothing was happening.

“Dorathy, what have I done to deserve this?” I asked, my gaze fixed on her.

She raised her head and the word that came out of her mouth felt like a sharp blade cutting through my heart. “How could you do that to Joe, you know how….”

Before she could complete her sentence, I took a short step towards her and a resounding slap rang across the room.