CHAPTER FIVE

I stared at Asher and Mason in disbelief. Asher looked like he wanted to be anywhere else but here, and Mason looked like he was enjoying the situation. 

It felt like I was the butt of someone's joke, because the universe sure has a fucked up way of being funny. 

It seemed like all the decisions I made led me back to square zero, because Mason was somehow still entangled with my life. The air was filled with a thick tension before Mason finally spoke up.

“You're married to my cousin, Audrey?” Mason asked in disbelief and what I perceived to be jealousy. 

“What did you just say to me? You cheated on me, Mason! We're broken up!”

“So you married my cousin to get back at me?” He shook his head in disbelief.

“When are you ever going to realize that my world doesn't revolve around you?” I asked exasperated. His selfish nature definitely increased and he still hasn't changed one bit. 

“I'm supposed to believe that your sudden marriage to my cousin doesn't have anything to do with you getting back at me? Give me a fucking break Audrey.” 

“Why would I want to get back at you, Mason?” 

“I don't know, maybe because I fucked your best friend?” He smirked. He was clearly trying to get a rise out of me.

I stared at him in disbelief as my heart shattered into a million pieces over again. I tried to suppress the memories, but it seemed like it wanted to spill over today. 

It seemed like the seals have become too weak and were threatening to break loose. I quickly pulled them together before they caused tears to fall. I chuckled bitterly and looked up at Mason.

“Well, it's clear I don't give a fuck about that anymore, isn't it?”

He stared at me like he could see right through my bullshit facade. “You sure about that?” He finally spoke up.

“Your ego is clearly blinding you.” 

“Is it that? Or you just don't want to admit that you still have feelings for me?” 

“Trust me, if I had a gun right now, a bullet would be lodged in your forehead. That's how much I give a fuck about you, Mason.” I retorted. 

Mason looked like I punched him in the gut. He quickly recovered from my statement and turned to Asher.

“You're really going to let her speak to me like that?”

“Or what? To hell with you and your fucking ego, Mason.” I said before Asher could respond.

He chuckled. I couldn't believe the clown. He was turning my life upside down, and he was laughing about it. He had the nerves to sit here in my kitchen and make it look like I still had feelings for him? 

To make it look like my life was all about his?

“Is something fucking funny?” I asked him.

“I'm just saying, Audrey, we used to love each other. I know I cheated, it was only a flimsy mistake and we could have worked it out-”

“Can you even listen to yourself Mason?” I was so fed up. How could someone be so oblivious of situation around him? I rubbed my temples because it was clear a migraine had started to form.

“I don't understand yo-”

“I'm a married woman!” I yelled at the top of my lungs. 

“Alright, that's enough. Mason, I'm going to ask you to leave.” Asher looked like he wanted to punch the daylights out of Mason.

“What? Are you serious right now, Ash?” Mason looked at Asher like he just betrayed him.  

“You come into my house, disrespecting me and my wife, and act innocent when I ask you to leave? That's some bullshit Mason.”

“So, you're going to let some bitch come in-between us as a family-”

“Let that be the fucking last time, you ever refer to my wife as that. Now, leave my fucking house, Mason.” Asher said so calmly, but from the veins popping on his forehead, I knew he was minutes away from slamming Mason’s head on the counter.

Mason looked between the both of us. It was clear on our faces that he was no longer welcome, and needed to leave. 

He chuckled as he stood up and picked up his phone from the table. He stopped, stared at me and I saw every bit of hatred and sinister infatuation in his eyes. My heart thudded behind my ribs.

“This will not be the last time you both will hear of me, I promise you that.” He declared before finally leaving the house. 

Mason's threat made shivers go down my spine, and I became filled with dread. I dated him once and I knew what he was capable of. And now he's most certainly angry that I'm married to his cousin. 

Who knows what lengths he would go to get me back? Or exert revenge?

I turned to Asher and watched him massage his temples before finally turning to me.

“Go back upstairs, I'll tell the chef to bring you your breakfast.” He said and walked away.

I thought about communicating my worries to him and immediately brushed it aside. I was probably only being paranoid. And, I and Asher weren't that close to communicate our worries anyways. 

But throughout the day, the feeling of dread kept on returning, and it got even stronger. Something bad was coming, and I knew it.