Jade had enough sleep like she hasn't in months as she open her eyes the sun rays binds her eyes she quickly turn her face away from it burying her face in her pillow she held it in her arms, as well as her heart, raced to how much her life has been good and reckless. As a girl, she had made so many mistakes that she thinks all of them had hindered her life from getting better.
Jade Is in love with life seeing the world and getting a BA degree alongside owning a beauty line to have all these comes with superficial power, she has no family member to count on when she needs money the only person she counts on was her ex now she cut all ties with him she had to face it alone.
She got up making her bed before getting with her skincare routine, after cleaning her room and the toilet she head to the living room shockingly her ex sitting pretty on the sofa crossing his legs still in his clothes and his phone in his hand running his index finger on the flat iPhone screen.
"Why are you still here," jade asked him angrily her tone so high you can decipher the angry tone it.
"Is that the good morning you should be telling me where have your manners gone, oops I forgot you have no manners" he snapped glaring at her he's eyes looking with empathy yet all jade could configure is deceit and manipulation.
"Don't insult me in my house, is time for you to leave?" jade said walking to the kitchen and pushing the door wide open it happens he had messed up the kitchen, the entire kitchen stinks with cannabis plus the takeout in her fridge all litter in the countertop.
"Really" she screams from the kitchen yet he looks unbothered.
"You should clear that up besides you're a woman that's their job-
"Is it kris's job? Is it Beyoncé's job? Is it fucking Kim Kardashian's job 'cause I don't get your narrative" jade interrupted him chastening him? He looks confused anyway he will talk back of course he always has something to say to everything.
"You're not any of these ladies you mention so why would you even come up with such a comparison those ladies are billionaires not a fucking sales reps" he took out cannabis from its pack get two cannabis putting them in a circular container winding his hand as he crushed it.
"Gladly you know they are" she talked back feeling absolutely mad at him she is not on their level certainly she doesn't want him reminding her as a TRUNTS sale rep.
"What ladies do huh? some ladies are not meant to be responsible for some messes men do especially men like you" she starts gathering the trash into each other as she on the kitchen tap to putting all the plates into it and pressing the liquid soap into it to form sud.
"You're still mad at me jade because I did not call you," he said lighting his cannabis and inhaling the smoke directly into his lungs but he felt it in his brain.
"I just want you to stop showing up at my house if I wanna see you I will see you, my space is my comfort and privacy and you're invading it," she said not looking up at him one single time the whole time she is in the kitchen,
"I am a changed person you should know all men cheat I'm not excepted including the dude who is screwing you he's not gonna be with just you" jade dumped the sponge in the sud she off the tap from running as she arcs her eyebrow furrowing it towards him, he does have the audacity to say that, well He expected her to deny his accusations well he's not wrong tonight she's going to get screwed with who only God knows.
"Speak for yourself mr cheat there are good men out there somehow you think you're so special and your confidence baffles me because you strongly believe jade is not going to leave I guess you're right" she took the hand towel dried her hand and walk pass him but he grabs her back the cannabis filled jade nostril she started coughing from the smell of it.
"Let me go" she tried to let go however he was stronger than her, and he did not let go. Instead, he holds her till she can no longer fight back.
"Jade I am sorry, I have said this so many times fighting with me is not gonna stop the love I have for you, I have women crawling in and out in my life don't think sex is my problem I can get it" for the slightest and thinnest look on the first saying sorry jade would believe he meant it reminding herself how many times he said sorry and how manipulative he's, he let go of her as she fell on the couch gasping to have some air.
"Then go meet them don't ever show your face here" she spat on the floor not able to handle the scent of the cannabis. How much more bad is her morning going to be?
"You're not gonna find someone like me who keeps lying to yourself foolish girl" he took his phone stuffed his cannabis in his pocket then walk out of the door without even shutting the door, tears fell from her eyes watching him leave.
She's done pleasing this man is high time the table turns he should chase her instead, she wants to be valued, loved, and respected dealing with him only make matters worst.
Jade sat down for a while thinking over everything after years of being with him she doesn't-only realized he wasn't in love with her. just using her whenever he feels horny, she heard him talk on the phone with other girls in the bathroom not minding if she could be heard him speaking, most of the time he acts like he's irritated like she got leprosy, he always makes her feel she's the fault of their relationship breaking on another way he's just the reason most of the mistakes she made happens in the past.
He's not going to let him ruin her morning Dominic gave her two days off not only is she going to make fun of it she will make sure tonight is memorial, she's going to try on shisha pot tonight, drink tequila happily dance to good music nothing is going to make her feel guilty. She's not married like five years ago she secures her future with a man who turns out wasn't even in love with her, she has broken up with him countless times most of the time she thought she would never go back to him she end up in his bed the next morning.
This have to stop, she cleaned the entire house playing music from the stereo, and she had a wonderful shower as she book a ride to the salon for her hair appointment, Brie and jade spoke on FaceTime for a while before she had to go grocery shopping. She has to put everything on order so she would have to rest the coming week, they talked about the manager position according to her sourceDominic will announce on Monday he will show the voting result that will determine the manager of TRUNTS.
Jade stared at the mirror for the longest minutes of her life she doubts it who will ever think she could be able to look like those Instagram models? She felt her smile reaching her lips life had dealt with her unfairly letting it get to her has eaten her inner peace. She walked the makeup artist to the door as she bid her goodbye.
Just as she get hold of her phone Brie's call came in she quickly took it she was very aware of what she wanna say, Brie told her she was on her way if she was ready, and jade said she was ready.
"Are you nervous?" she asked switching the call to FaceTime, jade accepted it the next thing that happen Brie was freaking out.
"Omg, what happened to your face" for a second jade thought the makeup was bad however Brie's next words were beautiful compliments.
"Thanks, I just feel very nervous" jade strode to her bedroom placing her phone on the vanity so she can properly fit in the video.
"You're gonna be fine okay, trust me I'm gonna pick you up in like two hours my makeup artist is here now," Brie said from the video calling her hair beautifully laid.
"So we all planned to fix frontal you look good even without makeup" Brie smiled when jade said that.
"Anthony said he's not gonna come with me I wish he could, I think I might not see him anymore I liked him despite the fact he has an obsessive girlfriend"
"What on earth Brie, so you're not gonna see him at the airport is that what you're implying"? Jade asked looking curious.
"That's his girlfriend's job although he told me he had a good time and he will never forget me I hope is not a lie" jade chuckled.
"I thought you're a playgirl why worry if is true Nah he's the one to deal with you not you or you're now a relationship type of girl" Brie burst out laughing very hard.
"Okay you get yeah I like Anthony there is nothing I'm going to do that will make him leave his girlfriend for me so I think I remain a girl on the side anyways I still I have to do my thing isn't it" jade nod positively, they bid goodbye as the FaceTime ended.
Jade dropped the call as she slipped her phone on the table now putting all the gaze on herself through the vanity the color light in her room reflected on her face and the shining eye shadow and glossy lipstick shown so shimmering, she look so beautiful despite the fact her ex had controllably make her feel miserable like she was nothing, she had a job in TRUNTS that put food on her table even if she couldn't take flight to vacay in any of her dream countries, or purchase one of those luxury she fancy so much however she feels empowered how far she had gone, she thought her first two years with her ex they will be married in a few months only did she knew things were going to turn left, he cheated so many times recounting them make her feel so stupid, she really thought she can't get the type of man she want simply how continuously he put her down only nice whenever he wants to hit the thing about him is his patient is not patient is called I simply don't care about you, he go by months not even responding to her chats whenever she visit he's always holding his phone.
Jade sighed taking out the gown and trying it on it claps her body-hugging her revealing her figure looking twenty-four wasn't the ideal thing she look so good like a damn nineteen years old who is ready for her prom, she turned around checking out the dress it looks nice splurging up to twenty-five thousand on a dress for a party doesn't make the world stop.
She loved her dress she tighten up her gladiator heel the straps stop her knee she look so hot pulling this outfit together matching her acrylic nails this is how she sees herself living her life, staying pretty, grinding making sure the money is bagged then last but not the least a guy who is crazy over her and loved her unconditionally she does crave for this, the experience, respect, baby girl treatment, instead of going days not talking or having issues he cleared the air and fixed it with her.
She snapped out of her imagination into the somehow impossible reality she literally can't even afford good healthy food or clothes she had to break her account getting this dress wasn't even in her budget perhaps looking pretty attracted to pretty dudes as well this night was really about screwing someone then go home and act as nothing happened, no strings, no exchanging of numbers or Snapchat names is strictly on hit and disappear.
It makes her scared at first is she going to go wild because she wants to get rid of her estrange ex-boyfriend maybe she needs time to heal rather than regret it later on wishing she hadn't done something as crazy as that of course she always wants to live life having this thought maybe one day he's going to man up and act straight instead he surprise her steadily with his attitude.