Seven
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Axel doesn't notice me.
His head is bowed down to the ground as he shuffles to the corner of the bar with a mighty frown on his face.
In the month I have dated him, I have never seen him this dull and pale. It's sad and such a shame, to be honest.
I know I should be angry and furious at him.
But strangely, I'm not.
I'm not angry at him at all.
I want to go over to his table and have a talk with him. Ask him why he had to do what he did to me. Ask him if he ever really loved me... If what we had was true... Was real...
"Isn't that the husband you snatched?" Miguel gasps, gazing at Axel as he takes a seat at the far corner.
I bow my head and hiss.
"Stop looking at him!"
"He looks quite uglier in real life than he did on the video to be honest! I'm disappointed."
"Miguel, stop staring at him. He'll see us!"
"He'll see us or he'll see you?" Miguel laughs and squints his eyes at me. "You don't want him to see you?"
I don't respond.
"So you want him to see you! You're just here acting like you don't but you know you do, naughty girl!" He teases. "That's why you've been staring at him non-stop since he set foot in this bar!"
"I just want him to explain..."
"Explain what?"
"Why he deceived me. Why he cheated on me..."
"You mean, why he cheated on his wife with you?"
I glare at him.
"Hey, don't get me wrong here. I'm just saying s**t straight like it is. No curves!"
I sip the drink, starting to feel drowsy and tipsy.
"Can I call him?" Miguel asks abruptly.
"What!"
"You know... Call... Call him to our table so the both of you can have some 'Alone' time and... You know... Talk issues out."
"No!" I hiss.
"I'll do just that!"
Miguel is trying to act sober and still but he's drunk as f**k. It's evident from his sunken eyes, stuttering speech and absurd giggling.
He whistles.
"Hey husband!"
I watch in horror as he points at Axel.
Axel is slouched on the seat, absent-minded, Sipping his drink. He gawks up in alarm immediately Miguel points at him, whistling.
A look of surprise is stuck on his face but it instantly turns to anger and rage the minute our eyes lock.
Axel clenches his Jaw after he glugs down his drink.
He stomps towards our table.
I mutter between my teeth, glaring at Miguel.
"Stupid fucker! Look what you just did!"
Axel stands over our table, panting heavily. He's furious as hell with a flushed face and clenched fist, glaring at me.
He slams his fist on the table.
"So now what! You're following me?"
"Seriously?"
"You're still not satisfied with the damage you've caused me and my family?"
I lower my eyebrows.
"What!" I gasp in disbelief.
"You are to blame for all this, you shameless homewrecker!"
"I'm not a home-wrecker! First of all..." My voice breaks. "I didn't know you were married! You deceived-"
He narrows his eyes.
"Act innocent all you want but I know you knew that I was married! I never took off my wedding ring! You just chose to play along because you're an ugly desperate hopeless romantic!"
I slap him so hard across the cheek that the palm of my hand hurts.
Miguel slaps him too.
"You deserve that, asshole!" He yells at him.
Furiously, Axel throws his hands allover Miguel's neck and starts to strangle him so hard.
Axel is choking Miguel and I'm screaming at him to stop as I punch him. But that doesn't stop him.
Eventually, Axel lets him go making Miguel gasp for breathe as he pants heavily.
In a blink, Axel grips the back of Miguel's neck and smacks his head hard and rough on top of the table.
Miguel cries in pain.
"Serves you right, i***t!"
"What the f**k Axel!"
I'm horrified by what I've just witnessed. I've never known Axel to be this violent... This animal... This... Monster...
In a snap, I grab my glass and hurl it to him. The drink pours allover his face and shirt, with the glass making a shattering noise as the pieces fall on the floor.
Axel gives me a silent dangerous glare, his eyes in slits and rebellious.
"What did you just do?"
"What most people would call revenge," I snicker.
He clenches his fist.
"I don't hit women, you know..."
I admire my perfectly-manicured nails, completely ignoring his presence.
"Go feed your wife that bullshit!"
"But I don't let nobody hit me without me returning the favor..."
I'm about to respond sarcastically when he grabs me from the seat and forcefully drags me go the corner of the bar. He presses me against the wall tightly, strangling me up such that my feet are hanging.
Axel lifts me up off the ground, strangling me harder.
I'm not breathing.
My heart is pounding so hard against my chest. I want to fight him so hard but he's Hercules himself and I'm like a weak squirrel to him.
This has caused alarm and people are staring in horror, others screaming at him to stop. But no one dares to come near him. It's like they are all scared by his huge physique.
"I'm calling the police!"
That's Miguel's weak faint voice.
But that doesn't stop Axel.
There's so much rage and fury sizzling in his eyes. The eyes that once looked at me with so much love and affection...
"You're the reason I've lost everything!" He roars. "I've lost Nicole! And our kids! My family! And my job! Now I have nothing! Completely nothing! And it's all because of you! I wish I never met you! You're a curse! A curse! I curse the day I met you!"
This man is going to kill me. I can't breathe. What's worse than the pain is having to hear all the insults. His words break my heart apart. I used to think it's a joke when they said emotional pain is much more painful than physical pain...
I'm a witness.
Axel finally lets go of me as someone punches him on the cheek, knocking him out.
I'm too busy gasping for breathe to pay attention to whoever is beating up Axel.
I immediately stop coughing heavily when I see him on the ground...
Blade.
He's knocking the life out of Axel, throwing punch after punch after punch as he kneels beside him.
Blade stands up and kicks Axel in the ass.
"Now get your stinky ass up and run home to your momma to tell on me!" He says scornfully.
Axel winces in pain as he gets up.
Blade grabs Axel's shirt and lifts his chin with his forefinger.
He looks straight into his eyes.
"Don't you ever come anywhere near her or else..." Blade snaps his own neck as a gesture.
"Now shoo-shoo!" He s****s Axel's ass and I contain my laughter.
Mortified, Axel scuffles out of the bar like a scared chicken.
Blade and I are the center of attention in the bar after the scene caused but he doesn't seem to mind.
Infact, he seems like he's enjoying this a little too much with that wide smile on his flawless face.
"CUT!!!" Blade gives one mighty clap. "Ladies and gentlemen, End of the scene! You were an awesome audience! You can now mind your business."
Blade bows politely making the small crowd giggle.
Same old Blade...
He always had this magical thing where he was able to win people's hearts without even trying.
Full of charisma.
Charm, some people would call it.
A trap, I would call it.
Blade grins happily as he moves closer towards me.
He takes my hand in his and kisses the back of it.
"All these years and I am still the prince that saves you, my princess..."
He stares at me with a cocky grin.
"Your Prince Charming."
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