Maya
Her eyes filled with tears, and for the first time, she felt the meaning of backstabbing. Maya's best friend, Kaira, is kissing her boyfriend, aka the groom. She couldn't trust what she was seeing so she rubbed her eyes to let the tears wipe off. However, she saw the same thing repeating in front of her eyes.
Kaira's hands were locked around him. Her right hand is in his hair and her left hand is around his neck. She wrapped her legs around his waist. The position was so intimate, while his hands were wrapped around her in a protective way so she wouldn't fall from his grip.
"Kaira," Maya called her but it was like a mere whisper. Both of them, who were engrossed in tasting each other's lips, couldn't hear her or notice that she was standing over there looking at them.
"Kaira." This time, she called her name a bit louder, bringing them back to their senses. After hearing her name, they both stopped whatever they were doing and looked in her direction. Her boyfriend's face was pale for a second, then it turned to some guilt, and within mere seconds, his face turned cold.
"What are you doing here?" Michael questioned Maya.
"What am I doing here? This is what I have to ask you both: What are you both doing? Stabbing me from behind?" Maya asked while her tears were rolling down her eyes.
"Ah, stop, Maya! Don't act like an innocent child while behind you is nothing but a whore who loves to sleep with men for money. Tell me how much they give you." Michael questioned her, taking her by surprise.
"What are you talking about, Michael? Don't you dare put the blame on me to escape your mistake," Maya said with a cracking voice. She never expected he would do this kind of thing behind her back and that too with her best friend.
"Who is blaming whom? Dare you lie to me, Maya? I will make sure to end your stay here right away. I am giving you a slim chance of escaping my wrath. Say the truth so I will forgive you," he said, taking a step towards her. Maya didn't feel any good vibes from him so she involuntarily moved a step behind to escape from him.
"What truth should I say, Michael? When I don't even know what you are talking about, what answer should I give you? When you know yourself that you are just blabbering and trying to picture me as a slut, what are you expecting me to answer?" Maya snapped in anger and she couldn't still believe what was happening around her. She took backsteps until she reached the wall and he approached her.
Michael looked directly into her eyes. Maya thought he would hug her and give her a satisfactory explanation but what he did next was unexpected to her. By keeping his left hand on the wall as a support, he gripped her neck tightly in his right hand and asked,
"Dare you to lie with me, Maya? I always thought you were the only one in millions. I thought you were not like others. I thought you were not after my money but to love me unconditionally. Whenever you said no to me to proceed further in our relationship, I always respected your decision and felt happy to see that you wanted to save yourself and give me a gift on our wedding night. But I never expected that under this innocent mask there would be a whore who would allow every other man to occupy her and taste her," he spat out venom in his eyes.
Listening to his words, her eyes glistened with a new set of tears and without thinking a second, she gathered all her courage together and slapped him straight on the face. He never expected she would be able to slap him once in her life and that too in that state. He held his cheek with his free hand and gripped her neck more tightly.
"You dare to hit me, you slut? See what I am going to do with you," he said, and she tried to free herself with the help of her two hands. She caught his two wrists in her hand and tried to pull him away. Maya felt broken and disgusted as she let his hand lay on her for a second.
"L..e..a..v..e..m..e..I..a..m…f..ee..li..ng..dis..gusted," she managed to say in between her trails. He is already strangling her to death, and her words only added ghee to the fire.
"You feel disgusted with my touch, huh?" He queried and then pulled her front to him. She landed on his chest and his left hand wrapped around her waist. He lifted her head up, holding her hair in his hands. For a minute, their eyes interacted with each other and she couldn't find the love in his eyes anymore. In the place of love, she can only feel lust, anger, and desire, which makes her feel uncomfortable.
"Wh..at are you doing? Leave me!" Maya struggled as he loosened his grip a bit on her neck.
"You said you were feeling disgusted with my touch, right? Why? Isn't my touch that good, like the man you sleep with? Say me which place they used to touch you more, here, here, or here." Michael started touching her in her private parts, which made her feel uneasy.
"Michael, you are crossing your limits. I never expected that you would think of me like this, even after knowing how much I love you. It's really heartbreaking to learn that the person whom I love most and the person whom I trust the most are planning behind my back. I would have moved aside if you guys told me directly that you both are in relationships with each other rather than accusing me of false allegations. Michael, I never expected that you would degrade yourself in my eyes just to cover your love affair," Maya sneered.