A Night To Remember

Chapter 3

“Hey!.. watch where you're going!” a young lady suddenly said as she bumped into her while running.

“Sorry.." Iris said in a rush, resuming her race and not so long after, she arrived at the bar but before she could walk in through the staff's door, Vivian walked out..

“Iris?..” Vivian called with a surprised look on seeing her.

“Hi, good morning..” Iris muttered quickly, intending to proceed in but Vivian's next words stopped her in her tracks…

“I don't need to ask, I know you slept with him last night..”

Iris brows furrowed on their own while her lips trembled.

“What.. what are you.. talking about?..” Iris stuttered, finding it so difficult to compose herself as she spoke.

“Apart from your messy hair, sweaty body, not-properly-buttoned shirt, the slight odor and stains on blood on your legs.. you never returned to work after you left with him last night..” Vivian replied.

Iris' eyes widened for the millionth time today.

“Slight stains on my body?.." she said quickly, checking herself out and Vivian sighed before speaking.

“Why did you do it?” she asked, portraying no particular expression.

“What are you doing out there, doesn't your brain tell you it's working time?.." they suddenly heard a familiar voice say and instantly, Iris' eyes landed on the manager who was approaching them

“What is she doing here?..” the manager asked Vivian.

“ I was about to tell her..” Vivian responded with a shaky voice.

Iris brows furrowed on their own.

“Tell me what?” she asked gently.

“Do that and call the security to get her off my property” The female manager said and without waiting for a response from Vivian, she walked away immediately.

“What is going on?..” iris asked immediately.

“It can't be what I'm thinking right..” she added in fear.

“Well, it is, Miss Norbert. You were sacked about two hours ago..” she said.

“What!..”

“It's well past ten already, if I'm not mistaken, and you're just coming. The manager said she got tired of your nonchalant attitudes” Vivian explained.

Iris tears poured freely..

She didn't dare imagine the punishment she was going to face at home because just the thought of it sent waves of fear to her, let alone the prediction of what was going to happen..

“I’m sorry this has to happen to you..” Vivian said and before anything else could happen or could be said, a car roughly drove into the compound.

They both turned at the same time without a slight hesitation..

“Where's she?!..." Iris heard the voice she least expected to hear at that moment and froze when the person in the car came down..

Her stutter came next as her eyes rolled on their own in fright, giving her a very dizzy feeling.

“Mr.. Mr Gilbert..”

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•PRESIDENTIAL SUITE 14•

Harrison Brooks' eye lids stirred repeatedly, feeling so heavy as a terrible headache hit him..

“Arrgh..” he groaned, rolling side of the bed, while his blank head ached more and more.

“I live in hell, help me the way I helped you..”

A statement iris made last night suddenly rang in his ears and in less than ten milliseconds, his eyes flew open.

For a second or two, his head remained blank and then Iris' voice came again.

“It's painful, please stop..”

His eyes began widening in hits as memories of last night's encounter began flooding his head.

“I'm about to pass out now, my legs are shaking, stop please..”

Her gentle voice came again , alongside her cries..

“Oh my goodness..” he whispered, looking around the whole room with an expanded gaze.

“It's not a dream, I slept with a woman last night .” he thought, widening his eyes more broadly.

He turned to his side but found no one and then, he raised the duvet up and almost puked in irritation at the sight of blood and his nak£d body.

“Damn!..” he cussed, hitting his fists on the bed while ruffling his hair.

“What the hell was I thinking?” he groaned and breathed in regret.

“That.. that's my first intimacy with a woman” he muttered, hitting the bed again.

“To think, I… I have no idea what she looks like” he muttered in regret again, hitting the bed harder.

His eyes suddenly touched a shiny thing while still hitting the bed and with narrowed brows, he slowly searched for it between the sheets.

“A chain…” his brows rose on their own.

“She definitely owns this..” he mumbled, staring at the golden chain which had a small locket.

“It's so painful, please..” Iris' cries rang in his ears again and he closed his eyes with a sigh..

“I must have hurt her so badly. The thrusts were so rough due to the effect of the alcohol” he muttered, regretting his actions over and over again as more of her screams and cries filled his ears.

“I just broke the promise I made to myself on never touching a woman” he thought..

“Not even someone I don't even know what she looks like” he rubbed his forehead frustratingly.

A knock suddenly sounded on the door and he raised his eyes to it.

“Who's there?..” he said gently, still feeling the terrible headache.

“It's the cleaner, it's time to clean the room sir..” A female voice said and he sighed

“Come back in thirty minutes..” he raised his voice a bit for her to hear before getting a simple reply from her.

He suddenly heard the ringing sound of his phone and his eyes landed on his trousers which was lying aimlessly on the floor..

With a sigh, he got off the bed and proceeded to get the device out of his trousers' pocket.

Without checking the caller's ID, he immediately swiped green.

“Harrison, where the hell have you been since yesterday! Your workers reported that you haven't returned since you left at noon. You didn't even leave with any guard!” his father's voice echoed and he sighed..

“I'd been fvcking my woman, what is it?..” he said without thinking twice and bit his lip gently after realizing what he had just said.

“Are you out of your mind?!..” Austen growled from the other end.

“Why are you so obsessed with ruining my mornings? For Pete's sake, I just told you the reason why I didn't come home since I left yesterday!” he said, getting pissed

Hanging up could have been an option he'll go for but he knew better than doing that, especially when he was still trying to convince his father to cancel the betrothal agreement.

“You and I know that's a lie. I'm not a fool and I know how much you hate women!” Austen yelled.

“Dad, I need to go now..” Harrison said gently, intending to hang up politely.

“You dare not end this call!” Austen warned.

“Dad, I just had a good fvck, don't ruin my mood” he said, trying to create a particular impression in his dad.

“Have a nice day..” he added and before his father could say anything in response, he ended the call.

“It wasn't a good fvck” he admitted in a mutter, closing his eyes.

“My foster parents will k¡ll me if I get home late and I'm also going to lose my job if I don't go back to it now, let me go please” Iris pleas rang in his head again..

“This isn't me. I've never craved intimacy like I did last night..” he thought..

“I'm a virgin, please….” her words came again and he folded his fists tight.

“I didn't take advantage of her, I only put her in the mood to do it and she only cried when it was painful” he said inwardly, trying not to believe that he rap£d her.

His eyes opened almost immediately and he stared in determination..

“I must find her, we took each other's virginity..”