Obsession

5. Between Sins and Secrets

Alana’s POV

"I never expected this from you." Saying so, she left the room.

"Jannie, stop!" He stood up from me. Wearing his pants, he ran behind her. And boom—reality hit me hard.

What have I done? No, this is a dream. No, a nightmare! This can’t be the truth. How could I give myself to the person I want a divorce from? What the hell actually happened to me? Wearing my clothes, I left the room. They were arguing downstairs. I stood there, only to listen to their talks.

"Baby, please listen to me. It’s nothing like you’re thinking—"

"Wow, just wow. I just saw you having s*x with a stranger, and you’re saying it’s nothing like that? Are you even serious? Do you think I’m a fool?" she shouted in his face.

"Jannie, please, at least let me explain—"

"I don’t want any explanations, Chris. You betrayed me. You f*****g betrayed me." She pushed him hard. She was leaving again, but he held her hand.

"Everyone has the right to explain. Jannie, please, just hear me out once, please," he pleaded. He really loved her.

"Fine. Just five minutes," she said, while he nodded. He made her sit on the couch while he sat on his knees, holding her hands.

"I know what I’ve done is not acceptable, but trust me, it happened in the heat of the moment. She means nothing to me. Trust me," he said.

"Okay, for a second, I’m ready to believe you. But the main question is, who is she? And what is she doing here? Do you have any explanation for this?" she asked, while he sighed.

"Yes, I have. All this is happening because of your brother."

"What… Dan?" She was shocked.

"Yes, Dan. He was going to marry her, but at the last moment, he backed off and I had to marry her. It was all your brother’s fault. He is the culprit."

"You’re married?" Obviously, she was shocked. He sighed again.

"Yes."

"I can’t believe this. I’ll go mad! Chris, let me go. I can’t take it anymore. And also, please stop lying. You know Dan is married and has two kids as well. How can you lie about my brother?"

"I’m not lying! He was f*****g cheating on both. He ruined Alana’s life as well. He was in a relationship with her for five years. Can you imagine what pain she must be going through right now?"

"So you thought to take his place?"

"No! How should I explain this to you, Jannie? It was a mistake, trust me. I was caught by my desires, and I’m really guilty for it. Please, forgive me."

"Really? Bravo, Chris. You know what? Just f**k off. Never show me your face again." Saying so, she left the house.

"Jann—" He looked at me. Taking long, heavy steps, he came towards me.

"What were you watching? All this is happening because of you." I was shocked.

"What? Are you serious? Did I tell you to have s*x with me? How can you even blame me? I was the one who said I wanted to go away, but no—you pushed me to the wall and did everything." I burst out.

"Then why didn’t you stop me? You should have, right?" he asked, and I went quiet. Obviously, I didn’t have the answer.

"No answer right now? Great. Now get out of my way," he said, going towards his room.

Is he psycho or what?

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At Night

I woke up feeling thirsty. I went down towards the kitchen. I was drinking water when suddenly two hands wrapped around my waist. I was shocked—I choked as the water was still in my mouth.

"I knew you would come back," he said. I tried to loosen his grip on me, but it was tight.

"Chris, leave me."

"No, I won’t."

"I am not Jannie, leave me, Chris," I said, annoyed.

"I said I am sorry. Please, let go of this anger," he said, nuzzling his nose into my neck.

"Chris, please leave me." I finally succeeded in pushing him away. I turned around.

"I am not going to forgive you, so just leave my way," I said, pretending to be Jannie. He was totally drunk.

"But at least give me a chance to make everything okay," he said.

"No means no." Saying so, I left. He held my hand, pulling me close. He was getting on my nerves now.

"I won’t let you go like this."

"Chris, enough is enough!" I shouted. He left me instantly.

"Fine. Okay, you can go," he said, and I left for my room. I lay down, closing my eyes, but the incidents that happened today echoed in my mind.

What is happening in my life? I have no control over it anymore. Chris just entered my life, and now he is my husband. I don’t even know him. Yeah, I admit we used to play together in childhood, but I barely remember anything. And today, whatever happened between us was so unexpected. I never thought I would do this!

But… the way I let him do everything doesn’t feel wrong. Why? I’ve heard that marriage has power—that nothing feels wrong with your partner. Is it really true? I never believed in these things because, according to me, if your heart is connected to someone else, then you cannot give any right to anyone else. But here… everything has changed. I wasn’t shy when he was touching me. I wasn’t stopping him. Why? What is going on? Ugh, this is so confusing!

I closed my eyes to sleep.

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On the Other Hand

Chris was drinking alcohol one after another, nonstop, like an addict.

"Alana, Alana, Alana… You are so naive. You’ve believed everything that’s happened till now—how innocent you are. Alas, I can’t let you know the truth, or else my plan will never succeed. I have to pretend everything. It’s so difficult to stay away from you, but I have to. It’s okay. I will… until I get what I want."

He smirked while drinking the last sip.