Fated By A Mistaken Night

5. Realisation

Fiona's POV

After a power nap, I was up... When I move, it still aches there... Then my mind drifted into last night's thoughts... I know by this time, he might be up and saw my note. I hope that I will never meet again. But I doubt that he may feel offended by seeing the watch... I gave him because he made my first time memorable... There is no future for us, so I thought to show my gratitude through the gift... And most importantly, I can't give it to anybody else I know. Because, whenever I see that watch, it will remind me of my ex screwing some girl...

I sighed deeply as the thought of Ryan was back. When I saw him in such circumstances, I was so shocked that I could not react. Now I know what I have to do. I am neither going to scream at him nor going to slap him. He did not deserve it...

He knows who much I love and care about him. Still, he cheated on me behind my back. The best reaction to him will be, a breakup without any emotional drama. And I am not a person interested in this kind of drama. Maybe I should check on Cathy first

... She will be astonished she came to know that I had a one night stand last night... God only knows, where is she now...!! Only the relief was she is with Jason. He is not a bad guy. I was confused to call her or wait for her to come back to our apartment.

After few minutes of thinking, I switched on my phone anyways...Then I started to receive plenty of texts and missed call notifications. A few of them were Cathy's and my sister Gabby's. But most of them were from Ryan.

What does he want now?..

Oh! he must be still playing the caring boyfriend drama as he doesn't know I caught his infidelity already...

I called Cathy and she was still with Jason. She told me that she will be back by evening only... So I did not spill the beans as I wanted to see her reaction when I drop the bomb. Gabriella sent a few of her pictures, yesterday. She was going to a gala with the family... She was stunning in them. My father started to search suites for her. She also sends many laughing smiley faces, I don't know why...What is so funny here...!!

Even though we are sisters, our character and style were just the opposite. She is a very classy, well dressed and mannered nice girl, whereas I was a tomboy before I joining college. I am fierce and was not a fan of this kind of event. And dressing up.is not my thing, as I feel so comfortable in my shirt and pants... But we both have one thing in common, we both draws. She is an artist, whereas I am into architecture and interior designing. And we both love each other so much that we could even die for each other.

I complimented her dress and I saw her message to call her as she wanted to talk about something important. Hm...Even though I was not intended to open Ryan's folder of messages, I could not help it as I opened it...

I felt to laugh when I read his first message as our anniversary wish.

"Happy anniversary my beautiful muffins..."

He used to call me Muffins as I am a bubbly sweet girl... whenever I hear him calling me that, I will give the sweetest smile ever. But, it feels nothing anymore.

"I know you miss me so much... Me too baby...

And I have got a surprise for you..."

My eyes were curious and downloaded the next picture he sent me. And it shocked my world...What on earth, he is standing in front of my house...with his usual soft grin on his face. I checked the time on that pic. It was taken yesterday evening... WHAT...!!

How can it be?..

My throat dried. I swallowed hard...I read the rest of the messages in a blink of an eye.

"Flight got delayed...otherwise, I should be here in the morning itself...but where are you all... the servant told me that everyone went to the gala..."

Then there were several missed calls...

Oh Lord...what is going on...!!

"Baby...Why aren't you picking my calls..."

"Why is your phone switched off...?? "

Was he there...!! Then whom I saw yesterday...!! He must be playing tricks with me...but what about that picture.

I continued reading eagerly...

"I am coming to see you at the gala okay... I came all the way to meet you and I will not go back without seeing you..."

Then the next message was after an hour...

" Oh my Fio, did you come to see me in San Fran's... Looks like we have the same idea to surprise each other... Hope you have already seen another surprise I kept for you at home. My twin brother Ray and his GF insisted to see you... Give them company or show them around. But, Fio why you switched off your phone...??"

Twin Brother...!! Ray?? But... I soon searched for Ray Pierce on i********:. I found the pictures of him, he was almost like Ryan and the girl I saw yesterday was with him in most pictures tagged as sweetheart... Oh God...it wasn't Ryan, but Ray.

"Are you mad at me sweetheart...!! I will be there on the next flight... And we can celebrate the anniversary together okay... Take care Fio..."

My hands were trembling when I finished reading those messages... How could he never mention his twin brother to me...!! And...What have I done...!!!

Oh My God...

What I am gonna do now...?? My heart sank at the thought that I cheated on him when he was trying to surprise me by flying back to my home...Fresh tears started to form in my eyes and I felt so bad about myself...

I went and stand under the shower crying my heart out... My body still had the scent of that mysterious man... And I washed it off soon... The scent went away...But the memories remained as fresh... By that time I came back to my room, my eyes were red and I looked like a wet cat.

She felt pathetic about herself for being so impulsive for the first time...

She felt to dig a hole and never come out to face Ryan... She regretted everything now...

Then she heard the calling bell rang. A shiver went through her. She checked through the peephole to see Ryan standing there with a fresh red rose bouquet.

'How can I face him now?.. when I am not worthy of him...' I thought.

She kept silent and saw him pressing the calling bell again. This time she ran towards her phone and kept it on silent mode as she know, he might try calling her.

As predicted, he took his phone and tried to reach her. She could see him still waiting there few more minutes. Before he turned away he looked directly at the door, and my heart trembled in the feeling of getting caught. No...he was just looking at it and he left from there.

After making sure, he went away I opened the door. The bouquet of roses was there on the doorstep... Fio took it in her hands, on which she saw the note that,

"Where are you muffins.. please call me...

-Ryan"

She kept the roses close to her heart and cried with immense heartache. She could not believe that within one night, her fate was changed completely...everything was upside down now.

That time Cathy called,

"Fio, Ryan keep on calling me...and I saw few texts asking about you...shall I give him a good treat.." She was furious about him.

"Cathy...don't tell him anything regarding where I am ..." my voice cracked.

"Fio...what happened...why is your sound feeling like...you cried... Stop thinking of that basta..."

I cut her before she could finish it,

"No Cathy... I was wrong...He never cheated on me at all... He was in Melbourne yesterday. He went to surprise me there, as just like I came here to surprise him... He never cheated on me...But only loving me dearly..."

"Then whom you saw. yesterday at his apartment.?? his ghost..??" She was confused.

"It was his twin brother Ray and his girlfriend... I just searched online and confirmed it...both Ryan and Ray are look alike...and I misunderstood him..."

"Wow...it turned out to be back to happiness right... I am very happy that it got cleared... after all, it was also hard for me to believe that he cheated on you when you told me yesterday... Now I know, why people say 'Sometimes eye could lie too'...I am so happy for you Fio...".

I kept silent after that... Back to happiness..??

No, it had dragged me through hell...The happiness which I had will never be back...

" Fio..why are you silent...and why we're you crying...Tell me...what happened..."

"Can we talk in person... Cathy, I made the biggest mistake of my life yesterday..." I know for sure that she will not judge me.

I heard her gasp after hearing my words,

"Don't worry, you stay there... I will come in fifteen minutes alright..."

After talking with Cathy, I cried again in my bed by thinking about the beautiful memories I had with Ryan.

As she promised, she was back in time.

When I opened the door, she hugged me tightly in the next second.

"It's alright...we are humans, we make mistakes... But you must know, its depth depends on person to person...Maybe you can talk it out with Ryan..." she tried to comfort me.

"No...Cathy... I can't...he treated me like a queen in all these times and what have I done in return?? Cheating on him... I never allowed him to go anything further than kissing and, now see I have lost my precious to a mysterious man... I don't know what to do..." I sat there on my knee like my life was taken away from me.

I did not cry in front of her...Because all my tears were dried already. but my heart ached for Ryan terribly. I can't stay here anymore...

"I think, I need a break... I am going back to Melbourne by evening... I will be back to attend the exams only..."

"But Fio, It is not fair you know... Ryan still is tensed and waiting for you... At least you need to meet him before going back..."

"Cathy, I can't tell him this... it will be like stabbing him through his heart... I can't do that... but at the same time, I can't stay in his life as well...You know, last night I lost everything... And I can't be the Fio he knows all these years...

I will meet him...And break off things with him... I know it will hurt him, but not as much as the news that I cheated on him. He deserves a girl better than me..."

I said in my choking voice and texted Ryan to meet me at the Golden Gate Park.