Chapter 27
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Damien slept like a baby after the lullaby he forced me to sing. I would write this down in my diary,'Damien is a bad drinker never let him go near alcohol'. This is one of the things to note about him, I realized I don't know much about him and if this goes on I might end up losing him to Mia.
She's very good at taking advantage of people's inadequacy. I took Damien's coat and the shirt with alcohol and head to the laundry room to drop them there for the maids to wash the next day,I couldn't take off his trousers,I thought of covering my eyes or closing them and pull it off but how would I explain all that to Damien once he wakes up.
He would choose not to believe that I covered my eyes while taking them off. Seeing his amazing chest is enough trouble already,I don't want more.
I tried searching the pocket of his coat just in case there are any of his belongings in them before handing it over to the maids then I saw a paper folded in his pocket. I took it and keep it on the table so I'll give it to him the next day.
I dropped the clothes at the laundry room and went back into the room. I met Damien sitting on the couch. 'Is he awake' I thought as I went close to where he sat.
"Hey, are you awake" I said.
"Give me some water" He said obviously still in his drunken state.
"Let me get it myself" He said refusing any help as he staggered towards the refrigerator to get a bottle of water.
"Let me help you with that"I said as he kept struggling to pour the water in the glass cup. He was adamant and ended up pouring the water all over the place and unfortunately on the paper I saw in his coat earlier. I quickly took the paper to clean it and find away to dry it.
Damien sat on the couch and kept apologizing to the empty space. Could this get any weirder?
I took the letter and gently unfolded it and placed it on the dresser.
Then I saw a familiar writing,the writing on what seem like a letter looked like mine. I read the letter and then noticed that I was same as the letter I gave the cook earlier that day. I remembered she told me she wanted me to write a letter to her husband because she wanted to give him a surprise. How come Damien has the letter?,the maid couldn't have been referring to Damien as her husband.
"I would get my answers tomorrow" I said as I took Damien to sleep on the bed while I retired on the couch.
'Phew! What a stressful day!'
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Damien's POV
The next day was a Monday,I probably would not be able to go to work, I have a nagging headache because of yesterday's alcohol. I can't believe I got drunk, I don't even know how I got home.
"Those bastards dare mess with my handsome face" I said as I got up from the bed and sat on the dresser stool,fixing my gaze on the mirror before me.
I was still assessing my bruises when I heard Seraphine say from her sleep
"Pls don't hurt me Damien, I'll clean your shoes". She looked intimidated,I feel sorry for everything I made her go through in community high,I wish I could turn back the hands of time. I would have done some things differently.
"Seraphine,are you okay?" I asked tapping her gently as I scooched beside her. She suddenly woke up from her dream and hugged me tightly whilst crying.
"It's okay" I said patting her on the back,see stayed that way for a while and then she suddenly pushed me away making me hit my head on the table.
"Ahhhh" I cried out
"What were you doing,you were trying to take advantage of me right" She said angrily.
I placed my hand on the area that I was feeling pain on my head to check if I was bleeding and replied hoping she would at least believe me "You seemed to be having a nightmare and I was trying to wake you up when you suddenly hugged me"
Surprisingly she didn't deny it,this is probably not the first time she is having such dream. Thinking about the fact that those memories must've haunted her for years made me hate myself.
"How did I get home yesterday,I can't remember a thing" I asked shamelessly. She eyed me and said "I got a call from the owner of the bar telling me to come see my husband. I got there only to find you wasted with bruised all over and seriously reeking of alcohol ".
"So saying you don't drink alcohol was a sham" She added.
I feeling so embarrassed I replied "I'm so sorry everything. "What you say yesterday was nothing,I got tricked by Mia" I continued but she doesn't seem interested in what I was saying,she stood up and walked towards the dresser to get a paper.
"How did you get this?,this was the letter I wrote for the maid. This should be with her husband because she said she wanted to surprise him so she told me to write a love letter and tell him to meet her at the restaurant" She said.
Now I understand why Seraphine's writing was on the letter. I told her to sit and then explained all that truly happened between Mia and I,but leaving out the part that we used to be lovers and she was here because my dad called her.
When I was done Seraphine kept quiet for a while to reflect on everything I said and then suddenly bursted out laughing and then said
"Why would you even believe I wrote the letter to you. I'm not that crazy you know?"
I felt hurt by her statement and then asked "Why can't I believe you did?,what's wrong in believing you did".