This Cruel Love

“What are you doing? Checking on eBay to see if they’ve got a life for sale? You seriously need to get one, you know.” I smirked and tried to move past him. He side stepped me though, pinning me into a corner by the bar.

“Oh, I’ve got something way better than that to show you.” His sleaze factor was seriously off the charts.

“Go on, shock me. Say something intelligent or thought-provoking,” I replied, sounding as bored by this whole exchange as I felt.

I stood on my tiptoes, desperately trying to find Daisy or one of the others over Liam’s shoulder to give me an escape. He was stuck to me like a leech and I couldn’t seem to shake him.

“Take a look at this-”

He handed his mobile to me, and like the fool I was, I took it. I wasn’t prepared for what I saw. I don’t think anything could’ve prepared me for that.

“Not so perfect now, hey.”

I couldn’t hear the video, but I didn’t need to. It was Justin, my Justin, clear as anything on the screen. H

is naked ass facing the camera as he fucked some brunette girl senseless on our bed, in our apartment, where he’d slept with me just days ago. Where we’d had sex, and he’d told me he loved me and couldn’t wait to spend the rest of his life with me.

I felt sick. How could he? How could he do that to me? He turned his face to the camera and laughed as he leant back, grabbing the girl’s ponytail as he thrust into her from behind, and appeared to be saying something to whoever was videoing; Liam, no doubt. I felt like I was gonna throw up, and the phone slid through my trembling, sweaty palms and onto the floor. It bounced on the carpet and Liam reached down to pick it up.

“There’s plenty more where that came from.”

The look in his eyes was pure evil. He was getting off on breaking my heart. He held up the phone again, showing me a video of Justin lying back on our bed, and a different brunette girl sucking him off. I couldn’t look, it was vile.

“What? You think he sat at home every night when you were away and pined for you? He’s fucked more women since being with you than the rest of us put together. What can I say? He’s the man.”

He smiled as if what he’d told me was something to be proud of.

“You’re disgusting. You’re all disgusting. Why did you show me this tonight?”

I couldn’t understand why, after keeping such a sick secret from me, he’d break his fucked up bro code, and show me now. I never thought Justin would do something like this to me, not in a million years.

“It’s about time you knew. I mean, I couldn’t let you go ahead with your ridiculous wedding idea, could I?”

I was trying so hard to keep the tears inside. I didn’t want to give Liam the satisfaction of seeing me cry. I couldn’t stop shaking though. I felt sick, numb, and desperately just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole. Get me out of this nightmare I’d been unwittingly hurled into. I’d given everything to Justin; he had my whole heart. How could he be so reckless with it? Why wasn’t I enough?

“Aww, princess. Did you really think you were special? Maybe your inheritance was special to him, but you? You were convenient pussy, sex on tap. Decent sex judging by what he told us all, but nothing more than that, Ryles.”

I was gonna throw up. I thought I knew what hell was, but this was so much worse.

“I can make you feel special too, you know,” he jeered, giving me a dirty, salacious look.

I couldn’t stand to hear anymore. I had to get away. I pushed his chest with both of my hands to get some distance between us and stumbled my way through the crowds towards the exit.

“Woah! Hold up there, blondie.”

Cillian stopped me in my tracks, and seeing the tears that were now pouring down my cheeks, he grabbed my face in both of his hands.

“What the hell happened to you? Tell me.”

His whole body was rigid and he looked ready to take on the world for me if I asked him to.

“I’m so stupid.”

I wiped the tears, but it was useless. More dripped down in their place.

“He’s been cheating on me. He’s a dirty fucking cheat. I… I just can’t… please let me go.”

I tried to pull away, but Cillian wouldn’t let me. His eyes looked into mine with so much empathy it actually made me feel worse. He sighed and pulled me into him for a hug.