VICTORIA FOX-
"What the hell were you thinking? You just grab me and kiss me?" I asked, fuming, as we entered his house after the long day at his grandparents' house.
"Yes, it was a bad idea but it worked, right?" He asked more like stated. It did work, Mary completely stopped asking questions after she caught us and was also a bit awkward around us. I was happy that now Joseph wouldn't find out but kissing him was wrong, and-
Oh my god! I cheated on Benjamin. I kissed him back, not only that, I even shamelessly enjoyed it.
I am a bitch.
"Aaron, you have to let me out of this house! This can never work! You can't lock me in here forever. This act that you have been putting on for years about not feeling anything, being a stone-hearted person is not going to work on me. I can see right through you!" I yelled at him and he just looked at me, analyzing me, like he was trying to understand something.
"I am sorry, you can go to your restaurant to work, you can meet Benjamin and you can go to your house to bring your stuff here." He said as he handed over my phone and I was stunned. I didn't think I'd convince him so fast.
"As long as you come back." He said, hurt evident in his voice, I felt my heart stop. I really needed to know what happened.
I walked up to him and stood in front of him firmly, "I won't leave your side until you tell me what happened with Katrine. I've obediently listened to everything and I've been nothing but patient with you. So tell me now, or else I would stop being so understanding and you'll regret not listening to me." I warn him with a stern voice and he nods.
"Fine, let's sit down and I'll talk." He agreed again.
Wow! What's wrong with Aaron?
"You remember my engagement to Katrine, right?" he asked as he sat down. I just nodded and actioned him to continue.
"Well, I was in love with her and I asked her to marry me after I learned that she was pregnant with my child." My mouth fell as I heard those words. I disappeared for a few months after his engagements because it hurt me deeply. I couldn't bear seeing him with another woman but the fact that she was pregnant made my stomach drop.
"Well, I was there throughout her pregnancy, I helped her shop, we painted the baby room and attended the doctor's appointments. I was going to have a little girl, everything I ever wished for was coming true. She was in her ninth month when-" He spoke in a tired tone, reliving the thing that happened was still haunting him, I could see that.
I didn't like the feeling, I didn't want to hear what happened next.
"I woke up one morning and she was gone. I hired investigators and filed police complaints but to no avail. I cried feeling like I failed to protect my fiancé and my child. Then after a few months, I got a call from one of my investigators saying she was married to a man, for ten years and it was his child she was pregnant with all along. She was only with me to perform corporate espionage which was successful, I lost all the companies that grandpa had handed me. Of course I recovered them but I lost my child, a child that never existed." He said as he looked at me gravely.
I didn't know what to say after that. Katrine seemed so sweet and caring when I met her. I thought my situation was sort of similar with Aaron's but his was so much worse.
"After that I never trusted anyone except for my family. Even the women I sleep with, I investigate them first, so that I don't fall for it again." He says as he gets up and heads over to his room.
I follow him, wanting to ask more questions.
"You know it's not going to happen again? You have to start trusting people, not every person is going to break your heart." I stopped him in his tracks and told him.
"I know but I am not strong enough to go through something like that again. Also it's better this way, a little lonelier but still better. I don't think any woman would like to deal with the person I've become." He says looking deep in my eyes.
"Aaron, I loved you at your darkest. The only reason I married you was because I was in love with you, even after Katrine turned you into this person." I try to explain but he just shakes his head.
"If it's that easy Victoria, why haven't you found a man you actually love instead of settling for someone you know you could never love." I freeze as soon as he asks that question.
I didn't know how to argue with that, so I just changed the subject.
"Did you investigate me too?" I ask him as he walked ahead of me.
"No, weirdly, I trust you." He says as he suddenly turns around to look at me, "Anymore questions?"
"Did you ever meet her again?" I asked.
"No but we will probably soon, at the annual new year's event. So be prepared to meet her, it is in two days. Now I'd rather not talk about this, wasn't really one of the best moments in my life." He says as we enter his room.
I was lost deep in my thoughts when I see him undressing.
No Victoria! After that sinful kiss, you can't afford to see this Adonis shirtless!
"Wait, where am I going to sleep? All the other room are dirty, and I am not sleeping on the couch." I complain as I see him shrug nonchalantly.
"I am sleeping in my room because that couch really fucked me up." He cursed a bit with no filter as he stretched his back again.
I wouldn't lie, hearing someone say fuck instead of fudge was really a turn on for me now, after spending four years with Benjamin.
Benjamin!
I look at his bare chest which causes me to have all these impure thoughts, so I just stormed out of there, enraged.
Couch it is today, I guess.
I quickly call Benjamin to tell him everything. I am not going to lie to him about anything. He deserves to know. So I ask him to meet me tomorrow at my place, at the same time I could maybe pack up my stuff too.
"Hey Vicky baby! How are you?" He entered my house as he gave me a big hug. I hated his nicknames but he was way too sensitive when I pointed things out like that. I am bothered by many things but I don't tell him because he gets upset then I have to keep pushing till he forgives me.
"Okay, I did something really bad, I slept with Aaron." I spluttered as soon as he sat down. I couldn't keep it in any longer but I don't know why I lied? Maybe because I knew if I say kiss he'd still forgive me.
After what Aaron told me last night I know I am ruining Benjamin's life in a marriage where he could never make me happy. I don't want this sweet guy to turn into a heartless person like Aaron did, I was being selfish, keeping Ben with me because he loved even after knowing that I could never love him back.
That's when I realized how cruel I am. I am marrying a man, I know I can never love back. I am using him to protect myself. He deserves someone who isn't still stuck in their past, who actually likes the nicknames and no backbone behavior.
He just stands still for a minute, "So, you are leaving me?" he asked with fear in his eyes completely ignoring the sleeping part.
"No! But aren't you leaving me or at least be angry at me?" I ask him, not understanding his reaction.
"No, I can never be angry at you, I love you too much for that, my pooh bear." He says while hugging me again.
"We can't do this Ben, I can't guarantee that nothing will happen with Aaron again, and I can't marry someone I don't love. You deserve so much better, my first marriage was already a mistake, I don't want to make another one." I exclaim as I start crying.
"So you are leaving me for Aaron? Why Victoria?" he asks me as he looks at me with sadness.
"No, I am going to find a way out of this, I don't want Aaron! But I don't know how long it will take for me to get out of this situation, and keeping someone on the backseat for me will be the most selfish thing I'll do." I explain as I wipe the tears from my eyes.
"I'll wait for you, Victoria." He mutters quietly which makes me want to kill myself with remorse.
"No Ben, I am sorry but I can't." I say as I feel tears pool in my eyes, I had to let him go. I can't keep his hopes up by making false promises that I know I can never fulfill.
He just nods and storms out. He always told me that he doesn't care if I love him back or not, he just wants me to stay with him.
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