Chapter 002 - Did you eat cake?

Chapter 002

Did you eat cake?

Celeste's POV

"where were you?" Alan yelled at me the moment he saw me but keeping his cool before we entered the car.

The car ride was silent, I felt cold since the dress was a bit revealing but I was scared to tell him to turn off the AC.

He glanced at me then looked back at the road but all of a sudden, he pulled over in the middle of an empty road and glared at me.

"Did you eat cake?" As soon as he said this, my heartbeat started to race.

My voice caught in my throat, tears gathering in my eyes as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"No... Alan i swear, i didn't eat anything." The lie felt heavy and my body trembled as he punched the steering wheel.

"Are you fucking kidding me! Are you crazy? You really went behind my back to eat when I warned you not to?" His eyes were filled with rage and I knew the only option was to keep denying it.

"No please..." He grabbed my hair and licked my lips, he tasted it, he knows now. I should've wiped my lips, tears rolled down my cheeks as he grinned rolling his eyes.

"I swear it was just a bite..."

"Shut it! You fucking glutton liar." He yelled into my face, and I closed my eyes waiting for the hit but he opened the car door and walked to my side to open mine also.

"Step out... Now!" He yelled and I fearfully stepped out of the car, my eyes roamed the empty road and it was dark and scary.

"Take your clothes off." He ordered and my entire body froze, it was cold, windy and in an open area.

"Alan please don't do this..." I begged, trying to grab his hand but he pulled away and took out his waist belt.

"Now!" He yelled and hot sweat freaked down my face as he yanked my hair.

"Alan please I beg you..."

He was about to hit me when a car drove towards our direction, the headlights fell on us and the car pulled up beside us.

It was a black sedan and the window glided down slowly.

"What's going on here?" Someone said from inside the car and Alan slowly let go of my hair.

"She's my Wife, mind your business you... Mr Courtney?" He immediately straightened and I felt embarrassed that the CEO would see all of it but at least he saved me.

I wondered what would've happened if he came any later, he would've seen me naked and that would've shattered everything.

"Are you okay?" He leaned out of the window and I felt shy to look at him, not with my hair ruffled and makeup smeared with tears.

"Ye... Yes we're fine. Thank you." I lied, slowly reaching for Alan hand to make the lie more believable while hiding my face.

"Our car was a bit faulty but it's good now." Alan clarified everything but he didn't seem convinced, he drove off after a while.

"Fuck! That god-damned CEO." Alan cursed out as we entered the car back, the ride back home was quiet and he forced me to throw up everything and have salad the moment we got home.

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"Make me breakfast." Alan woke me up with a slap on my thigh and it was the first time I woke up late, I overslept.

I immediately rushed to the kitchen and started preparing it.

Alan and I work at the same company but he always leaves home before me, I make breakfast while he gets ready and I have to prepare for work when he leaves.

I was dozing off when my phone screen turned on, it was a text from my mom.

"Celeste, your Father is sick. Send us some money for him and also, this month allowance has ran out."

My body felt weak when I saw this, it was only the 18th of the month and the allowance had run out? My entire Salary had ran out in 18 days?

"I don't care about that man and I don't have any money, please leave me alone Mum." I texted back and held my belly in pain, I haven't had any decent meal the entire month and I barely lost weight.

My phone rang and it was mum, I hung up but she kept calling so I eventually picked up.

"Hello honey, please send us money, do you want your parents to starve to death?" Her drug addicted voice spoke from the other end and I clenched my apron tightly in anger.

"That man is not my father, and please stop spending money on drugs. I don't have any money for now, I'm very broke."

"Just ask your husband for some, he's rich isn't he?" I heard her voice lit up and It disgusted me how she knew everything I went through but choose to ignore.

"Mum you know I can't..."

"If you don't send it, I'll call him myself and ask him..."

"Mum please no! Don't do that..."

"What is that smell?" Alan stepped into the kitchen and i turned my face to the pot to realize I had burnt everything.

"Did you burn the food?" Alan yelled, his eyes turned red in rage and tears gathered in my eyes, I had nothing to say, no excuse could stop it.

"Is that Alan? Is that your husband darling just ask him for some cash..." Her voice echoed as the phone slipped out of my hand onto the tile.

"I'm sorry." I whispered quietly as tears slid down my face.

He moved closer to me and slapped me across the face, my neck snapped to the side and I held my cheek in pain but he wasn't done yet.

He grabbed my hair and punched me directly in my face.

"How dare you ruin my morning you fucking bitch!" I fell to the ground holding my eyes in agony but he kicked me in my abdomen, forcing a loud cry out of me.

Only then did he leave angrily.

I started to cry loudly and uncontrollably like a child sprawling across the kitchen floor.

After a while, my tears dried up and my mum's spoke through the phone?

"Did you burn his food? You shouldn't have done that, that's why he hit you... When he's back, you should ask him for the cash." She hung up and the tears came again, this time quietly as I pulled my self off the ground to get ready for work.

My face was swollen, my stomach ached, my shoulder was bruised and my eye... My left eye was red and swollen.

People shouldn't see me like this, I covered my eyes with glasses and wore a scarf over it.

The taxi dropped me at work,I was late so I just cooked up a lie to the team leader.

No one asked, nobody noticed or maybe they just choose to mind their business but it was better for me, as long as I didn't stay in the spotlight, I could hide it better.

Alan saw me at work, he was having a talk with coworkers and he suddenly moved closer to me, I thought he cared but he only glared when he saw me.

"You should've covered this with makeup, are you trying to broadcast to the entire world that you still haven't learnt your lesson?" He raised his hand and slowly dropped it when he realized people were there.

He left and I took a breath of relief but tears came along with it, I went back to the office but was hit with bad news.

"You have to deliver these to the President's floor and get him to sign every single one." The team leader said and it was the first time I had been sent on such errand.

"What? This isn't my job and where's Beth..."

"I know, I know but Bethany took Maternity leave so she won't be around for a while. Just do it before we find another replacement, you'll get a daily paid bonus also." He winked at me but that wasn't the problem.

I had prayed for only one thing since last night, to never see him again. The CEO.