004: Dominic Hayes

REBECCA

I gripped the sheets over me, turning to my left. I let out a groan refusing to open my eyes to the harsh brightness of the room. My body was sore all over either way and even moving felt like torture.

I let out a soft groan, slowly opening my eyes as I smacked my lips. My vision that was blurred slowly came into focus as I saw the muscular back of a man. I didn't pay no mind and shut my eyes.

Then it hit me. Who was the man next to me. I plopped up immediately, lifting the cover over my chest to see the man clearly. It wasn't Julian.

I couldn't see his face, but I could tell he was handsome. My eyes trailed to his back, marked with scratches which was definitely my doing.

I looked under the covers to see hickeys from my boobs to my stomach down to my thigh. My cheeks flushed, we definitely had been going all night and my back aching almost immediately was a testament to that.

How could I let this happen? I wasn’t even divorced, and yet here I was, sleeping with another man. I shouldn’t have drunk that much, but Veronica announced her pregnancy on I*******m and I lost it.

I didn’t even bother going back for my things like Julian asked. He kept blowing up my phone, asking where I was, when I was going to clear my stuff out.

I didn’t answer a single text. Shamelessly, I liked the attention. Part of me even hoped he’d come find me at the bar, take me back, and forget all about Veronica.

It all came back to me clearly, I thought the man beside me was Julian… so I seduced him.

God, I felt stupid. Stupid for thinking Julian might still love me and even more pathetic for climbing into bed with another man, believing it was him. But then again, it felt nice having sex again. I can't remember the last time I was fucked this hard and I am getting a divorce so a little one night stand didn't matter. But I was curious about the man next to me, what were his intentions approaching me.

Did Veronica send him? My heart raced at the thought of it. I shake my head. If she did he would have been gone by now but then again he could still have ulterior motives, maybe blackmail me. I looked around, there wasn't anything like hidden cameras. So maybe it was just an innocent one night stand.

I let out a hiss.

I needed to see the face of this man. I crawled over gently, hoping he wouldn't wake up. I leaned over and the moment I saw his face, the color drained from my face.

My heart raced and I felt my throat itch as I tried to hold back my cough. Of all the people I could land in bed with. Why him? Why Dominic Hayes.

I slowly crawled back to my position, my heart racing.

I shake my head. This must be some dream or maybe I'm still drunk and hallucinating.

I pinched myself, sadly I accepted reality.

This can't be happening, things were entirely more complicated. If word got out that I had a one night stand with this man, amidst a fucking divorce the media will rip me to shreds. They already mock my inability to have a child for the past seven years, calling me every single name under the sun.

What was I still doing here?

I got off the bed seeing my clothes on the floor, I didn't care to shower. I swiftly wore my clothes and picked up my purse and head towards the door. Before I could reach for the door knob I paused.

I'm sure Dominic didn't know who I was because if he did, he wouldn't take a married woman to bed. But he sure as hell knows how I look like.

Well, fuck...

Men like Dominic were similar to Julian, they'd screw you over when you least expect it. I turned to him. He was still fast asleep.

I hate to admit it, but he was devilishly handsome. I reached for my purse, luckily I had a pen and a piece of crumpled paper. I went over to the desk drawer and wrote on it. When I was done I flatten the paper into two folds and put the pen back into my purse.

With one last look, I stared over at Dominic.

"Goodbye Mr Hayes. May this be the last time we ever see." I walked over to the door, clicked it open and shut it quietly behind me as I made my exit.

DOMINIC

"You didn't even show up to your date?" My grandfather screamed through the tablet that Ava held in her grasps. I was dressing up reminiscing about last night with that woman especially the crumpled note she left me.

"If you tell anyone about this night, I'll make you regret it." A smirk settled on my lips anytime I thought of the audacity. She was threatening me when she was the one who came on to me and then left me like I was some cheap fuck.

"Are you even listening to me?" My grandfather pulled me back into reality. My eyes trailed towards him as I nodded.

"Poor Rebecca felt embarrassed, she waited for you the entire night and you don't bother to show up. Do you know the lengths I had to go through to get you that blind date..."

"I'm seeing someone." I said as my grandfather paused, startled at my confession. "So there's no need to set me up on any more blind date." I said bluntly as my grandfather looked more confused.

"Ava are you hearing what he's saying?" My grandfather asked in disbelief.

"Yes sir." Ava replied.

"So I'm not deaf." Grandpa muttered in amusement. "Since when?" Grandpa asked.

"Since yesterday. I did go to see Rebecca but I couldn't find her and met another woman. She caught my interest so I want to pursue her." I said and I could see the shock on my grandfather's face getting deeper.

"So you're telling me you'll marry this woman." He asked.

"Yes. So if you'll excuse me." I said ending the video call and sitting down to read the note again.

"Mr Hayes." She called. "You can't actually be serious about marrying this woman are you. You don't even know her." Ava said.

"I know what she looks like." I said.

"Even though, do you know how long it'll take to find her. She even left you a note threatening you not to tell anyone about last night. Doesn't that tell you she wants nothing to do with you?" Ava was right but that made me want her even more. Most women would stay behind and try to insert themselves in my life. But she, she left without a second thought like I was some kind of plague, like she didn't enjoy the night we shared.

Was she probably unsatisfied?

"Her name is Rebecca." I turned to Ava. "Start from there. Check the CCTV cameras if you have to." I said rising up from my seat as I recalled something else.

"For some part of the night she mistook me for a man named Julian." I looked down at Ava whose face looked like it was drained of color. She swallowed looking down at her tablet as she panned it at me.

"Is this the woman you spent the night with?" She asked.

I nodded. It was her. Ava looked back at me with horror in her eyes.

"What?" I asked.

"Don't you know who this woman is, Mr Hayes?" She said her voice shaking.

"What is she some kind of celebrity?" I asked, maybe that's why she threatened me.

"This is Rebecca Jillian. Wife of Julian Langford." Ava said and the word wife flooded a bitter taste in my mouth. I snatched the tablet from Ava as I read all about her.

"Hmm." I scoffed in relief. "She's getting a divorce." I added.

"So you see how cunning this woman is." Ava said.

"Cunning?" I muttered.

"Have you heard how much she wants for alimony. She wants a whopping five billion dollars. Rumors has it that killed her mother so she could inherit her mother's company. But since her husband runs it, he refused and she wants that hefty amount after all the work her mother and him put in." Ava said, her face etched with irritation.

"You can't marry her." Ava added as I glared at her.

"And what authority do you think you have to tell me what to do? I said I was going to marry Rebecca the moment our eyes met and I'll keep to my word." I said. "Know your place Ava." I said as she bows her head, her body shaking.

"I'm sorry Mr Hayes, I'm just worried about you." She said.

"It's alright. Find everything you can on that woman and report back to me." I said as Ava nodded and turned her back against me.

I stared back at the tablet, my gaze darkening as the image of Rebecca shifted, her tear-streaked face from last night flashing in its place.

No wonder she had looked familiar. I just hadn’t paid her any real attention before. But now that she had caught my interest… I’d make sure she was mine.