Haven stood near the doorway, dumbstruck. She didn’t know what was happening to her! She got back to her senses when someone shakes her by her shoulder. She looks at him, expressionless.
James, her boyfriend of 3 years and lover, was having early morning sex with his colleague on his bed. Haven couldn’t believe her eyes. She hoped this was a bad dream.
He downright cheated on her.
Haven looked around his room. Their clothes and accessories were discarded everywhere on the floor. The woman, Ashley, with whom her boyfriend was having sex with, was still on his bed, naked. She made no efforts to cover her bareness.
“Haven,” James whispered.
Haven turned to him and said one thing, “We’re done.”
She left his apartment immediately grabbing her bag. He could only follow her until his door because of his nakedness.
All the tears she had held until she came out of his place, rolled down like waterfalls. She held her chest and crouched down in the elevator. Her head leaned onto the elevator wall to support herself from falling down. There was no end or pause for her tears for even a second.
The watchman’s variedness made sense to her now. He was aware of James’ activities.
She forcefully got up and walked toward the watchman. She stood in front of his desk with crossed arms, pretending to be strong.
“So you knew it?” she questioned him.
He could not miss the hint of tears in her eyes. He replied, “I don’t know anything. I only saw Mr. Cross coming home late last night with a woman. It was dark. I thought it might be you. But when I saw you in the morning, I realized it wasn’t you.”
Haven didn’t believe him. She could no longer trust anyone.
She left an enormous sigh before walking out of the building and got into her car.
Haven’s tears flowed with no restraints even as she drove. At one point, she had to stop the car by the roadside because her vision was blurred by her tears.
When she tried to restart the engine, the fuel gauge made a sound indicating it was empty. It seemed like the world was against her today.
She got out of the car and walked to the nearby gas station. She spoke to the owner and asked if anyone could help her with getting into the car and fill the gas. But her luck had an ulterior motive. They didn’t own a tow truck or anything of that sort.
She felt dejected with all of the things happening in her life today.
She ran out of the station and went to the public restroom which was by its side. She sat in one of the stalls and cried. Other people outside the bathroom could hear her wailing.
After some time she walked out of the washroom. And silently walked towards her car. As she reached her car, fresh tears made its way from her eyes. How will she even go home now!
She leaned her forehead to her car door and cried.
“Excuse me?” she heard a man’s voice behind her. But she was too tired to turn around and look at him.
“What?” she asked, wiping her tears.
“Is there anything I can help with?” he asked.
“My car no have gas. Me… no going... home,” she said, least bothered about her improper sentences.
The man chuckled and said, “I can help you with it. I’ve got a truck.”
She didn’t feel the relief and happiness that she was supposed to feel. She just went inside her car and sat in front of the steering wheel.
The guy made some mechanical connections between his truck and her car and started the engine of his truck.
By the time they reached the gas station, Haven had dozed off to sleep. She was tired of all the crying and wailing she had done since the morning.
The man thought how careless this girl was to sleep like this in her car. He filled her car with gas. He looked inside her car for her purse to get her address. And succeeded in it pretty quickly. He drove his truck towards her house and parked her car in front of her gate and undid the mechanical connection between his truck and her car.
He had done a quite decent job by dropping her off to her home. And he had nothing to do with this woman. So he drove away.
Haven slept for a good 1 hour after reaching home. She woke up when she heard her phone ring. Her phone was lying on the passenger seat of her car. She looked at the caller ID. It was her father.
She cleared her clouded throat and picked the call, “Hello.”
“Hello, Baby,” came her father’s voice from the other side.
“Hi, Papa,”
“How are you, Honey? How was your day? Did you both enjoy your big day?” he asked, curiously. Although he wasn’t sure about Haven’s relationship with James, he couldn’t say no to his daughter’s wish. He had no habit of saying no to his daughter.
The memories from this morning flashed inside her head. She didn’t know what to tell her parents. She didn’t know if she should just say the truth. Her father could travel to New York right away and kill James. After all, he is an army veteran.
Although Haven wanted to hurt James, she couldn’t get herself to tell her parents about him just yet.
“It was.. good,”
“I hope it did and he is treating you well.”
“Yes, Papa, he is,”
Haven felt more sad and angry at herself for disappointing her parents. And wondered how disappointed her parents would be about her when they get to know about what has happened. She had no clue about how and when she was going to tell them about it.
They spoke for some time until she felt she couldn’t talk anymore. She was very tired and had no energy. She had not eaten anything from the morning. She said bye to her father and disconnected the call.
She leaned into the seat and sighed. Tears still strolled down her cheeks. All of her dreams about her’s and James’ future was shattered in a moment. She suddenly started regretting entering his apartment by using the password. She thought she shouldn’t have done that and waited for him to open the door. The heartbreak would have been postponed for some time. This was so sudden and out of the blue. She didn’t see this coming from anywhere. James had always made time for her whenever she wanted to see him. He always was there with her, for her happy times, like birthdays and promotions at work.
She even considered the possibility of James getting bored with her. So that might be the reason for him to cheat on her. She tried to take the blame on herself.
She sidetracked her thoughts to the back of her head. And grabbed her purse and went inside her home. She didn’t know what will her future be from now on. The future she had planned for a long time was now down the drain.
“Stop crying, Sweetheart,” Mrs. Morgan tried to calm down Haven.Haven had been crying since this morning when she came across a situation where she had to tell Mrs. Morgan everything that had happened yesterday.At first, Mrs. Morgan didn’t believe what Haven said. Because the James she had known was a totally different man. He loved Haven and had plans for their future. This was abrupt.“He hurt me, Mrs. Morgan. I loved him so much,” Haven cried.Mrs. Morgan handed her a tissue to wipe her tears. That’s what she has been doing since morning. She couldn’t stop this young girl crying herself to tiredness.“I know, Haven, you loved him. But what can you do now? The milk has been spilled, it’s gone. Unless you want to…” her words were cut off. “No… no way in hell I would be with him again.”“Fine, then. Move on from him.”Haven had fresh te
Waking up to someone banging on your door isn’t ideal for anybody. It’s the same for Haven.She opens the door to an overly dressed Olivia. Olivia had worn black jeans and a flashy top matched with sneakers. Hair neatly styled and make-up, up to the mark.While Haven wore her flower printed pajama that was wrinkled every inch and hair nested and cocooned.“What’s your problem?” Haven asked, sitting on the couch, drawing her knees up to lay her head.“You.” Olivia pointed at Haven, walking inside.“What?” Haven asked slightly annoyed and confused.“You said you will be at work the next day. Now it’s been a week since you walked into the office building. I almost thought you died or something happened again,” Olivia said, pinching Haven’s cheeks.“Aw… don’t do that.” Haven rubbed her cheeks.“Come on. Let’s go out at
“Haven?” Olivia called.“I’m fine, Oly. Don’t worry. Just drop me to my home,” Haven replied and leaned onto the car window.Now they were in their car, going back home. After the revelation from Ashley, Haven was dumbstruck. She couldn’t process what she had just heard. Even Olivia was left speechless. Neither of them thought James would even say that about Haven to anybody.Olivia felt extremely bad for Haven for going through all of this shit. She had nothing to mak
Haven stood in her closet with the only towel draped around her body. She was confused about what to wear. It was her first time visiting a BDSM club. She had no idea what to expect about the club. She only knew she wants to know about BDSM and indulge in it and spice up her sex life.At last, after digging her closet for half an hour, she chose a solid black fit and flare dress. She did her makeup pretty bold and matched her look with high heels. She looked into the mirror. The girl in the mirror looked so much unlike her. But that didn’t matter to her now.She turned around and walked out of her house.
The bright sun peeked into the room and onto Haven’s face. She opened her eyes slightly and looked around the room. She felt like she wasn’t familiar with this environment. She was quick to get up and take down her surrounding.A sudden flash of yesterday night’s events came to her mind. For a moment, she thought she had a one night stand with the man with whom she had left the club.But she was fully clothed. So that didn’t make sense to her. Why would anyone dress up the girl with whom he had a one night stand with?
The night after they exited the club.The man dragged Haven out of the club despite her whining for another drink. He knew better. She was drunk already and he couldn’t risk anything.The bouncer from earlier noticed them and smiled at the man. “Such a brat.”The man smirked and replied, “Yup!”He dragged Haven to his car and made her get ins
Haven’s anxiousness was over the bars. She couldn’t contain her mixed emotions. After reaching home, all she did was mess up things. Spilled milk on the shelf and grill meat over the heat and changed curtains upside down.Haven completed the cooking part around 7:30 PM. She had prepared green chicken, fried rice, and some kebab.The next thing on her agenda was to get ready. Again, she had messed up by applying excess mascara. And had to redo her makeup. She wore a light pink knee-length dress and light m
The more Haven tried to resist Lucas, the more she drowned in his touches. Lucas had snaked his arms around Haven and had her completely straddling him. They were still on the couch.Lucas broke the kiss and looked at Haven. She was a mess already. Her pink dress had wrinkled and rolled up to her upper thighs and her hair was disheveled.Haven was gasping for air. She had never kissed someone like this before. Not even James.