Chapter 3

Something inside me cracked. I recognized the voice instantly, having no doubt that I heard it wrong. I made my way in, shoving the redhead aside. Even in my worst nightmare, I would have never imagined finding Mike in a bed, with someone else, and also naked. But there he was.

I gasped as my eyes dilated. Mike met my eyes and the lazy smile from his face was yanked in a blink. His face bleached and he jumped up from the bed abruptly. He looked as if he saw a ghost. “L-luna” he uttered my name, and for the first time in two years, it made me sick.

“Hey, you! What the hell are you doing?” the redhead yelled at me but I chose to ignore it. My fingers curled into fists when the sheets fell, revealing Mike only in his briefs.

“Luna…. I —”

“Don't” I bit out, disgusted by him. He tried to take a step toward me but I raised my hand towards him. “Don't you dare take another step towards me.”

The muscles in my body were tensed and they only loosened a bit when I felt Amelia's palm on my shoulder. “How could you do this to me?” I asked, more like begged. Here, I thought I had cheated on Mike. That, I have ruined our relationship. My chest hurts to the extent, that it made me unable to breathe.

“Can someone tell me what the heck is going on here?” the woman piped in again. “Mike, do you know them?”

“Let me answer you that” Amelia stepped in, her voice louder and menacing as she scowled at Mike. She wasn't a fan of him before and now, she definitely hates him. “This man— oops, this jerk” she pointed her index finger at him, “Is her boyfriend who cheated on her with you!”

“What?” Shock and disbelief were clear in her tone. “Is this true, Mike?”

I was rooted to the ground, my eyes only on Mike who cheated on me.

“Yes, she is but love, I was going to break up with her” Mike explained, ambling over to take her hands in his.

Sick. The scene made me sick. They both made me sick. I have this urge to throw up right on his face.

“Oh my God! You are a certified asshole for sure, Mike Parker!” Amelia bellowed. Mike's jaw ticked and a slight frown appeared on his face as he gave a look to Amelia.

“You haven't broken up with her? Oh my! You didn't tell me you have a girlfriend!” she cried out, jerking her hands away from him. Flash news lady! No one tells the other person if they were going to cheat on someone.

“I am sorry but things got muddled and I didn't have the right time for that. But I swear I was going to break up with her today” he defended, the panic in his eyes to see the woman taking a step back from him.

I scoffed. Shouldn't he be saying or explaining something to me? Shouldn't I be the first priority? I thought I was his most precious person, but look how wrong I was. I bet I wasn't even in his top five.

“Bravo, Mike Parker” I slow clapped, and both their heads turned in my direction. “Do you even remember yesterday was our anniversary? You planned to break up with me, that's why you didn't show up?” my voice was filled with bitterness. “Is she the reason you ignored all my texts and calls?”

Tension oozed from him, making me certain that I was right. How stupid I was to think that he might be busy. How stupid of me to be waiting for him. He didn't say anything because what could he, anyway?

Anger was boiling inside me and I practically saw red. I took two steps towards him, giving a sideway glare to the woman who narrowed her eyes at me. A loud slap came across Mike's left cheek. My action shocked everyone, especially the woman who gasped in horror. Mike snapped his head, his eyes sharp with rage.

“What the hell?” he barked.

The audacity he had to question me when he was at the wrong? “You deserved it, Mike Parker. You fucking cheated on me! I was waiting for you for the whole night but here you were with this woman!”

Well, I didn't wait the whole night but it didn't matter. Sleeping with a stranger mistakenly doesn't count as cheating when he cheated on me intentionally.

“Tell me. How long have you been hooking up with her behind my back?” I implored when he didn't answer. The adversity was heavy. Mike opened his mouth but closed it again, glimpsing once at me and then at the redhead. “Tell me” I pressed, my voice firm. It surprised me that even though there was a hurricane brewing inside me, I still kept a straight face when all I wanted was to scream.

“Three months.”

Three months. Ninety-two days. Mike had been cheating on me for more than three months. I was naive to not catch on to the hints I had gotten during the past three months. His sudden change in mood. Meeting me less and less. Having no mood to fuck. And the biggest, a lipstick mark on his shirt which I didn't mind as much as I thought it might be mine.

“I can't believe it! You were in a relationship yet you approached me? You are such a sleazy scumbag!” the redhead thundered with a grimace.

“Babe please, listen to me. It's not what you think. I love you so much. I was head over heels for you— I still am— and that's why I couldn't tell you about my girlfriend” Mike pleaded, catching up with her.

I had enough. I didn't come here to watch him act like a love-struck puppy with another woman. I was here to end things.

I walked over to him and looking into his emerald green eyes one last time, I said, “I dump you, Mike Parker. I fucking dump you. Rot in hell with this bitch by your side!” I snatched the thin gold necklace Mike gifted me last year and threw it on his face.

He growled, “Mind your language, Luna!”

“You should have minded your actions then!”

One last glare at both of them, and I was out of the room. I didn't stop. I kept walking until I pushed the glass door of the hotel and came under the blanket of clear blue sky. The sun shone brightly above me but I felt blue.

The moment I came out, all the emotions canned inside me came out in a rush and I cried. I fucking bawled like a child but I didn't care. I was hurt. The pain I felt was excruciating. The first real relationship I had ended miserably.