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After she hit me, everything went silent for a moment. The noise in my ear deafened me. I watched her swing her arm around at me again, but Maynard grabbed her and pushed her away.
The high-pitched noise made me unable to hear anything, but I could watch them yell and cuss at me, with Maynard pushing them both away from me. Neither Lazio nor Christina tried asking Maynard anything.
The silence in my ears made me lower my face and close my eyes for a moment. The loud thud of the door made me finally hear everything clearly.
I raised my head and watched the room empty. They eventually walked out of the room, or maybe Maynard pushed them out.
I had silent tears running down my cheeks, but my expression stayed neutral. I was too shocked at what had just happened.
Steadily rolling out of the bed, I grabbed a dress from the closet and wore it.
"Christina played me," I whispered to myself, staring at my image in the mirror and the bruise on my cheek.
That was it.
It has gone too far now.
Wiping the tears clean, I made my way out of the room and watched them argue in the living room.
Just by approaching them, I could hear the conversation going on.
"I can't believe she did that to me," Christina was crying and yelling slurs at me. I should have known there was something wrong with her persuasion. No way a mate and a wife will just throw her mate in someone else's lap.
The instant I walked into the living room, silence engulfed the surroundings. Lazio glared at me with his fists clenched and his teeth gritting, whereas Christina muttered some cusses, covered her face with her hands, and started crying again.
"What? don't look at me like you didn't sleep with that she-wolf you picked off the road last night," As my strength gave up, I yelled at the top of my lungs, and silent tears appeared at the surface of my eyes. Lazio flinched a little, acknowledging his actions, but then he composed his posture again.
"I didn't sleep with her. I was only instigating you, pissing you off," he yelled, probably making sense in his own head, but to me, he sounded ridiculous.
"Congratulations, because that worked like a charm. You told me we should be open to sleeping with others. You told me you were sleeping with that girl, so what if I did before you? Those were your rules. I just followed them before you," I shouted, not ready to look guilty.
"It Is not tru—wait!’ I paused when I recalled something.
Maynard!
He can testify to Christina pushing him in my room and even giving him permission to accept me.
"Maynard!” I said his name and turned to him. Lazio calmed his racing breaths down only so that he could look at Maynard and try to understand what I was trying to do.
I don’t know why, but the way Maynard instantly looked away gave me a warning of what to expect next.
"Tell him the truth," I demanded. "She was persuading us both all this time to accept each other. You are the only witness to her plan. Please tell him the truth,’ I insisted Maynard open up to Lazio, who seemed to have gone silent after watching me make such a big claim.
"Maynard! What is she saying?" Lazio turned to him, his eyes scanning his face for answers. My heart was pounding hard in my chest. I don't care what Christina says after that, but if Maynard takes the side of truth today, I will accept him in a heartbeat.
He will be able to have me by his side like he wanted, but it only depends on what he says. As eyes focused on Maynard, I found the room filled with an eerie aura.
And then he spoke up.
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