CHAPTER 11: DOUBTS BECAUSE OF EVA

XANDER’S P.O.V

“Hello” I greeted, answering the phone in my office. “Xander?” the blood drained from my face, hearing her voice. “Eva?” I said, still in shock. “Why are you calling me? What the hell do you want?” I began to yell at her as I snapped out of my shocked state. “Xander listen, please. The woman that you are dating, Cara, she is cheating on you, Xander.” I laughed bitterly at her words. “Oh, Eva. Not everyone is a w**** like you and Cara is certainly not. How do you even know her name or that I am dating someone? Did you really grow so obsessed with me after I divorced you? You are sick Eva! You are sick in your head and you need help!!!” I said, my voice un-normally calm. “NO!!! XANDER PLEASE JUST LISTEN!!! DON’T HANG UP!!! Cara still has her hometown boyfriend” she said, her words came out fast, desperate to say what she wanted before I could hang up. “So you are a W****, a liar and a storyteller,” I laughed at her sarcastically. “Xander-” she tried to say something but I cut her off. “Why are you doing all of this? Haven’t you done enough damage, Eva?” I questioned. “Xander I am only trying to protect you,” she said, her words made me laugh again. “You are trying to protect me?” I asked sarcastically. “Did you forget Eva that you were the one to cheat on me? That you even tried to kill me! Eva, you are the person that you are describing, not Cara. It is you! You should have protected me from yourself!!!” my words came out bitter. “No- no –don’t say stuff like that Xan-” she tried to say but I cut her off. “LISTEN EVA. I DON’T WANT YOU CALLING ME AGAIN! I DON’T WANT YOU INTERFERING IN MINE OR CARA’S LIFE! AND LASTLY, I DON’T WANT ANYTHING DO TO WITH YOU!!!” I yelled and then hung up.

I poured myself a glass of whiskey and looked at the view which I had from the 37^th floor of the La’Vardo headquarters. How dare Eva come and try to ruin my life all over again? When I was with her, she cheated and tried to kill me but now that I am with someone else she is trying to break us up. Nothing she said could be true…she is a B****, but on the other hand, how did she know that I was dating someone? She even knows the name of the person that I am dating. What if her words were true? What if Cara is also cheating on me like Eva did? I have to find out the truth. I still have 2 meetings before I go home. I paced impatiently back and forth in my office, looking at the clock ticking, I have two hours until my next meeting and three hours until my last one. I don’t think that I can wait that long.

“Cancel my meetings for the rest of the day,” I told my secretary while passing her desk. “Yes Sir” I heard her faint reply behind me as I already entered the elevator. I stopped and thought about what I am doing one last time before I started the engine of my Lamborghini Veneno and headed home.

As soon as I entered through the expensive marbled doors of my mansion, I was greeted by Cara, wrapping her arms around me she gave me a much needed hug.  “Hi Babe,” I said, my voice soft and gentle. “Hey Babe, you are home early,” she said, a huge smile on her face. “Yes, we need to talk,” l said, looking into her now worried eyes.  “Okay, sure. We can talk. Don’t you want to go shower and stuff first?” She asked.  “No…we need to talk right now!” I commanded. “Okay” she said, following me out to my pool area.

“Cara, I am going to ask you something and I want you to be very honest when you are answering me,” I explained to her. “Okaaaaay” she said, ready for the question, but I could tell that her heart was in her hands.  “Cara…Are you being unfaithful to me?” I asked her. “What? Am I being unfaithful to you? No Xander! I’m not that type of person. How could you even ask me that? Why would you ask me that? ” she questioned in confusion. “Because I received a call today and I was told that you have a boyfriend in your hometown,” I said. “I had a boyfriend in my hometown,” she corrected me. “Had?” I repeated. “Yes…his name is Edwin. When I was leaving, I made a promise to him that I would come back, just to be with him. However, I slowly began to develop feelings for you and as my feelings for you were increasing, it only decreased for him. I broke my promise and ended my relationship with Edwin 3 weeks before we could start dating” she explained.

“You ended your relationship with him before we could even start dating?  Why would you do that, not knowing if I would even date you at that stage?” I questioned. “Because I couldn’t be unfaithful and keep him in a relationship, while I have feelings for another man” her words made me realize once again how beautiful her heart is. “Well, that’s true. But why should I believe everything that you are saying?” I asked, my insecurities getting the better of me. “You would believe it if you love me but if you still need further assurance then here is my phone and his number, please call him and you can hear it for yourself,” she said, handing me her phone.

Taking her phone, I searched on the contact list for Edwin’s number. After spending 5 minutes talking to him I was convinced that she is telling me the truth and Eva lied to me. Getting rid of the doubt that I had in my mind, I realised that I believed Eva enough to question Cara and that was truly foolish of me.

“Forgive me, Cara, I shouldn’t have doubted you,” I apologized. “Yeah, you are damn right that you shouldn’t have doubted me! But I’ll forgive you under one condition only” she said. “And what condition will that be?” I questioned, my eyebrow raised and a smirk played on my lips due to her attitude. “Tell me, who was it that lied to you about me?” she questioned. “Well- it was-well- er- it doesn’t really matter…does it?” I was lost for words, I didn’t expect her to ask me that question. “Of course it does and I need to know,” she said. “Okay fine…I’ll tell you,” I said. “It was Eva...” I continued my sentence.  “Eva? Your ex-wife? Eva? That Eva?” she said, folding her arms against her chest. She looked upset and I honestly had no idea why. “Yes, that Eva” I said. “So you are still in contact with her and you chose to believe her over me?” her words hit me like a tidal wave, I had no idea that she would assume this. “What? Cara why would you say that? I don’t have contact with her, I was surprised of how she even managed to get me on my direct line at work and Cara if I believed her over you then why would I even bother to ask you if it is true or not. I would have just ended our relationship but I gave you a chance to explain it” I said. “You gave me a chance to explain it? Should I jump for joy or bow down to show how grateful I am to you?” she asked in anger. “Cara you are overthinking…baby this is what she wants. She wants us to fight and have issues in our relationship. Let’s not give her what she wants,” I said. “You should have thought of it before…” she said in anger and walk away. “Cara! Wait!” I called out to her as I watched her storm away.

CARA’ P.O.V

‘How could he honestly believe her over me? Does he still love her? She has cheated on him and betrayed him and I have been nothing but faithful and loving towards him, yet this is what I get! This is my reward! To be questioned and doubted and not only that…I also had to prove that what I said is true. It’s not fair! His actions showed that he doesn’t completely trust me!’ these were my thoughts as I walked away from him. I fought my tears but I couldn’t stop them from rolling out as I began to run towards my room which was on the third storey of the house. I hoped that no one would see me, but to my ‘Murphy’s law’ which was happening today, I had to be seen by Lily, who smirked, seeing my tears.

As soon as I entered my room, I shut the door behind me and allowed my sobs to flow freely. *Bang* bang, I heard a fist against my door. “Cara! Cara, baby are you crying?” pain and regret were evident in Xander’s voice. I didn’t answer him, my back against the door and my hand against my mouth as I tried to quieten down my sobs. “Cara I didn’t mean to hurt you,” he said. “But you did!!!” I yelled at him. “How baby? I just wanted to make sure that what Eva said is not true!” he said, I could tell that he tried to comfort me by his words, I guess he couldn’t help having a demanding tone. “You doubted me so easily Xander!!! You believed someone who lied and cheated on you… For God’s sake Xander, she even tried to kill you, but you believed her over me!” I said, the pain still clear in my voice. “Cara, I didn’t do anything wrong! You are just overthinking and being over sensitive!” his words infuriated me. “Really Xander?! I’m being over sensitive?” I yelled at him again, although he could be right. I am probably over reacting and I have no idea why I am acting this way, but I couldn’t help the pain that I felt inside my chest. “ Cara, please try to understand. I have doubt because of her! It’s hard for me to trust and it will take me time to completely trust you! And that is not your fault and there is nothing that you or anyone for that matter can do to change it…it’s just who I became with pain” he explained. “Cara…please be patient with me. I don’t want to lose you but I can’t help the doubt that sometimes fill my head! Please Cara, forgive me. I love you” I could hear the helplessness and pain in his voice and I couldn’t allow him to continue feeling this way. “You still have feelings for her Xander. That is why you doubted me against her words” I said as I realised why I am so hurt. When I opened the door, he immediately pulled me into his embrace and I couldn’t  help but feel safe like I always did in his arms. “No Cara! Don’t say that! I love you and I have absolutely no feelings for her anymore. How can I? when you are the one who has my heart? How can I have feelings for another woman then? Huh?” he asked, cupping my face to look into my watery blue eyes. “I love you too Xander. I love you so much” was all I could say. “Then let me make it up to you,” he said. “How?” I asked. “Just be ready at 7 am tomorrow with a bag of clothes for the weekend. We are going on a trip” he said, putting a smile on my face. “A trip? Where are we going?” I asked. “Don’t you worry, just promise me you would be ready?” he said, his smile matched mine. “I promise,” I gave him my word.