Chapter 22

Stacey’s POV

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Everything was dark and hazy. I opened my eyes and the first thing I felt was the severe pain in my head. I opened my eyes and saw light peeking through the curtains. I felt cold like I usually do when I wake up in the morning. Normally, an image of Adam popped up in my mind when I woke up, reminding me of my broken heart.

This time it was different. This time, the first image that popped up in my head was that of a much more handsome guy. His hazel eyes and his raven black hair. He looked just like a Greek god. His face was perfect. His body...his abs were percent, his muscles were well-toned and his skin flawless.

Hold on?

‘How do I know so many things in detail?’, I asked myself.

‘Don’t tell me that you have no idea about last night.’, Alicia mocked as I closed my eyes again, trying to recollect the memories of last night.

I remembered that we returned back to our penthouse, that’s when I felt the pain of rejection. Yes, Adam had finally rejected me last night, and to forget all my pain, I kept drinking, and only God knows how many bottles I drank. Then I remembered all the crying and whining. I had a physical yearning to forget everything and the only way to do that was to drink and drink and drink some more. I didn’t remember that I had ever had so much alcohol in my entire life!

There were glimpses of...images in my head. But they were blurry and they were coming back to me slowly.

I remembered being fucked by him again and again and again. They tried all the positions, throughout the night. Not to forget that he had emptied all of his warm seeds inside her because she had asked him to do so.

I opened my eyes. My heart pounded wildly in my ribcage.

‘Did I just dream it all?’

‘Nope’, Alicia answered.

Still, I peeked under the sheets and I realized that everything I remembered was not just figments of my imaginative mind. I turned my head to the left and found no one. I felt a pang in my chest upon seeing the empty space beside me. The last thing I remembered before we fell asleep was I and Derek, cuddling in a spooning position.

I sat up in the bed and took a glance at the room but saw no trace of Derek or his smell in the room. It was just her clothes that were on the floor. It seemed like he had left a long time before.

Beyond disappointed, I rose to my feet naked and went in the direction of the washroom. I opened the door but saw no one.

‘Like seriously? Now you have started doubting my smelling power?’, Alicia mocked. I slammed the door then left for the minibar area which I had in my penthouse.

I poured myself some alcohol which I gulped down at a go. I refilled the glass. I sighed, running a hand over my face. I was mad, mad at myself for letting my guard down, mad at Derek, mad at everyone.

‘Why are you mad?’

‘Can’t you see? He left me alone without saying goodbye or anything. What does he think of himself? It’s all my mistake. I avoided all advances from everyone whenever it came to getting physical with anyone but I easily threw myself at him last night.’

She didn’t say anything about it.

It was true. I threw myself at him last night. I was the one who began touching him provocatively. I remembered he was trying to avoid some of my earlier advances. He was trying to be a gentleman, but I was persistent.

‘Moon goddess, what have I done? Threw myself at someone who left me after enjoying the whole night with me?’, I had no idea what came over me, I rose to my feet, not minding the fact that I still had some alcohol in the glass, I smashed it against the wall, making everything messy.

‘Hey stop! You are thinking too much. Let’s freshen up, we have to go back to work.’, Alicia ordered and I nodded my head.

I went to the shower and had a long bath. I wanted to cry but the tears just wouldn’t come. I wanted to remember Adam’s leaving me months ago but all I could think of was Derek, touching me, loving me, making love to me. I remember his fleeting, feature-light touches around my face and neck, his eyes staring into mine. I remembered screaming his name over and over as I reached the realms of pleasure.

When I got out of the shower, I dressed in one of my best clothing. Once done, I tried to mindlink Derek but couldn’t, and then Shailey who answered me instantly.

‘Good Morning Luna!’, She voice came through.

‘Morning! Where is Beta Derek? Ask him to see me as soon as possible.’, I said and cut off the mindlink.

I tucked my phone and handbag. With one last glance at my room, I took my leave.

Getting into my office, I buried myself with work and had heard nothing from Derek until now. Every moment, my anger was increasing a little more than it was previously.

I couldn’t help but wonder where the hell was he?

At the same time, I heard a knock on my door and without looking at the other side of the door, I knew it was Derek.

“Come in, Derek.”

“Good Afternoon, Luna”, He greeted as he entered the office.

“Where have you been since morning?”, I tried...I really tried not to shout at him.

His eyes widened at my question and after a moment, he replied. “You told me that I can take leave for two days so…”

Realization hit me like a train when he said that. ‘Shit! How could I forget that?’

“Still you should have left a note before leaving or had said goodbye today’s morning.’

“You were sleeping, that's why I didn’t disturb your sleep and I had left a note for you on the table.”, He replied. I hadn’t found any note on the table but if he was saying that he had kept it over there then I was sure that he wouldn’t be lying about that. I didn’t say anything for a while, just left staring at him.

I saw him reaching toward me and cupping my face.

“I didn’t ditch you like you mean nothing to me.”, He whispered as if he could read my mind.

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#TBC