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The moment I stood up, I realized this whole thing was insane.
What exactly was I thinking?
That I would walk into a club, flirt with a complete stranger, sleep with him and secretly record everything just because my boyfriend wanted money?
No, I couldn’t do it.
I took two hurried steps away from the table.
“Hey.”
I ignored him.
“Wait.”
I walked even faster, struggling to pass through the people dancing and making out on the club floor.
When I finally reached the exit, the night air hit my face and I breathed fresh air for what felt like the first time since I entered the club. It was stuffy in there ..
I was leaving. Maybe Mason would be angry but surely he would understand that this was too much to ask from someone.
Right?
I had barely walked a few meters when footsteps followed behind me.
“Hey!”
I turned around, The heir was standing there, hands inside his pockets , what exactly was his problem? He was acting way out of character , The man Mason described didn’t seem like a man that would chase a strange girl out of the club.
He looked genuinely confused.
“You just left…..”
“I know.”
“So…”
“So what?”
He stared at me.
“You said you couldn’t do this, What exactly can’t you do?”
I rubbed my forehead, Why was he making this difficult?
“Look…”
I pointed towards the club.
“You should go back inside.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Pretend none of this happened…you don’t see me “ I said to him and muttered the rest under my breath . .
“And I definitely didn’t spend the last thirty minutes trying to seduce you.”
There was complete silence and then he slowly took one step closer.
“Seduce me?”
My eyes widened. How wonderful! He heard that part.
“You tried to seduce me?”
“I…”
“You did?”
“No.”
“But you just said you did.”
“I didn’t mean…Look ! Can you just leave me alone ?”
“This is getting interesting.”
I closed my eyes for one second.
This was exactly why people should think before talking.
“I have to go.”
I turned around immediately, His hand wrapped around my wrist to stop me from moving .
“What is your name?”
I looked down at his hand before looking back at him.
For someone who looked like he got everything he wanted, he was surprisingly patient.
I slowly removed his hand from my wrist.
“I’m sorry.”
That was all I said , I didn’t need to give him my name for all I can say , this was the last time I would see him , I’d like to treat it as though it was some fever dream, I was stupid for not carefully thinking about this.
A taxi appeared from the other side of the road.
I practically jumped into it before he could say another word.
As the driver pulled away, I looked through the window.
He was still standing there, watching the car disappear.
What a weird man.
…
I rested my head against the seat.
“You okay, miss?” the driver asked.
“No.”
He nodded.
“Boyfriend problem?”
I laughed.
“Yes …A weird one in fact .”
The rest of the ride was quiet. The driver wasn’t one of those that tries to keep a conversation going about the economy or traffic or even my so-called boyfriend problems’ , He was quiet , humming to the sound from his radio.
My mind wouldn’t stop attacking me. How could I even agree to this?
How desperate was I?
No….I wasn’t
The better question was…
How desperate had Mason made me?
I remembered my therapist, Her voice always soothing to my ear.
“Maya, love shouldn’t make you do things you’re not supposed to do .”
I took a deep breath, I could really use a session right now but Mason , he stopped me from working so I could depend solely on him, more like he wanted to control me and make me so dependent that he could use it against me .
How was I just realizing this ?
So , I don’t have a job and I can’t pay my session fees and Mason said “ I am not paying for your damn therapy session! You do not need therapy!”
He was the reason I was even going to therapy, and my mother .
My whole life was just a big pile of rubbish .
By the time the taxi stopped, I stepped outside and after waving him goodbye, the weather took another turn. It started to rain . .
Within seconds, rain started pouring so heavily that I couldn’t even see the opposite side of the street.
I ran to the front door and knocked three times
The door finally opened.
Mason looked at me, he looked so shocked and then he looked behind me and back at me.
His eyebrows slowly pulled together.
“Why are you here?”
I blinked.
“I live here.”
“No, you dumbfuck, .”
He folded his arms.
“Why are you here this early?”
He didn’t even step aside for me to walk in , I practically squeezed myself into the house , Rainwater dripped from my hair onto the floor, I was practically soaking wet.
“I…”
He looked over my shoulder again.
“The s*x didn’t last that long? You didn’t enjoy it ? I mean you are not supposed to enjoy it , that will be you cheating on me …”
I stared at him.
Was he serious?
“ But I expected that you was going to stay over “
“Mason…”
I wrapped my arms around myself.
“I’m soaking wet.”
He reached for the couch without even looking at me and threw a blanket in my direction.
It landed on my face.
“There.”
Not exactly the romantic gesture every girl dreams of.
Then he stretched out his hand.
“The camera, lemme see it …. .”
I froze.
“The video, I want to see how bad the s*x was that you couldn’t even stay over “ .
“Maya.”
“I…”
“The video.”
“There isn’t one.”
He frowned.
“What?”
“I didn’t do it.”
The room suddenly felt very quiet. I could hear him taking a few deep breaths like he was trying to calm himself down, I took a step back instinctively.
“You didn’t sleep with him?”
“I couldn’t.”
His expression hardened.
“I left.”
“And the recording?”
“There isn’t one…I didn’t sleep with him , I just said that how could there be a recording “
He stared at me for a long moment and spoke slowly.
“What happened?”
“I just…”
Tears burned my eyes.
“I couldn’t bring myself to record something like that or even do it , Mason …I do not know that man , how could I just sleep with someone? I am your girlfriend! That’s not even okay …..”
His face changed completely.
“You stupid girl! Are you kidding me right now ! I asked you to do that ! Nobody said you had to enjoy it , You do it because I asked you to! Have you gone mad ?”
I flinched.
“I tried..”
“You tried?”
He grabbed the camera from my hand and threw it across the room.
It smashed against the wall.
“You had one job!”
“I’m sorry!!!! .”
“Sorry, don't pay my tuition! You bloody bastard!”
“I’m sorry…”
Before I could finish, his hand struck my face, My ears rang instantly, I immediately burst into the tears that I was holding in.
“You ruin everything.”
I held my cheek.
“I said I’m sorry, Mason ! Have you even thought this through? Stop being selfish .”
Then came another slap, it was harder this time and my nose started to bleed.
“I should have known!! .”
“I picked you up because I felt sorry for you.”
“A drug addict’s daughter.”
My breathing stopped.
“ Mason , you said you won’t call me that anymore …”
“Oh so what should I call you ? A girl with no father? .”
My fingers shook.
“Nobody wanted you except me.”
“Don’t…”
“And now you’re just as useless as your parents.”
“No!”
I pushed him for the first time since we started dating, it was even hard , I just wanted space.
His eyes widened.
“You pushed me?”
He grabbed my arm and dragged me to the front door.
“Mason, please!”
He yanked the door open.
The rain was still pouring so heavily.
“Get out! .”
“I have nowhere to go! .”
“Not my problem.”
“Mason_”
He shoved me outside.
My bare feet hit the wet ground.
Before I could stand properly, he threw my handbag after me.
It landed in a puddle.
Then he looked me straight in the eyes.
And spat! He spat on my face ! Like I was dirt.
The door slammed shut.
I stood there in the rain, my face was burning and my body was shaking.
It wasn’t because of the cold, but it was because after four years together…
I finally realized something.
Mason wasn’t going to become a better man, He already was exactly the man he wanted to be and it was at this moment the final words of my therapist echoed in my ear.
“ Leave him !”
- Writer
