Chapter 8

ANTHONY’S POV

My entire life has been a mess since Vera suddenly became jewel Hudson.

My life was falling apart and Clair had taken all I've ever worked for.

Days had passed, and every hour felt like I was sinking deeper into quicksand, slowly, until breathing itself became a punishment.

 I barely slept. I barely ate. I went to my company but I barely knew what I was doing.

I ended up staying home for the rest of the other days.

My company was falling apart and my parents were nowhere to be found when I needed their support.

I called Clair several times and pleaded with her. I was ready to forget what I saw that night and forgive her.

I wanted to move past it and save my assets until I figured things out.

But nothing was going my way. I was at the edge of destruction.

My only option was to plead with Vera but she hasn't answered my calls or replied to my texts in a week.

“Please,” I whispered at my phone screen for the hundredth time. “Just reply… say something…”

But nothing came.

My chest tightened like someone was slowly squeezing the life out of me. “I need to get out of here.”

I grabbed my keys and left the house before I could think. “I just need a drink,” I muttered. “Just a shot. Something to numb this damn pain.”

I found myself at the bar of a club. Just one shot became two until it became bottles.

Before I knew it, I was heavily drunk.

I stumbled into the dance floor and danced like I had no worries.

The club lights blurred in my vision and my head spun. I was about to fall when I felt a pair of warm hands hold me up.

“Careful, handsome.” she whispered seductively into my ear.

“Hey sexy,” I said, lustfully as my eyes scanned her half-naked body.

She steady me and stood in front of me moving her body seductively around me.

She moved like sin wrapped in silk, slow, hypnotic, intoxicating. Her eyes sparkled like sapphires in the dark, and for the first time in days, something in my chest lifted.

She smiled at me.

“Dance with me?” she purred.

My voice barely worked. “Yeah… yeah, sure.”

Her body pressed against mine, warm and soft, her perfume wrapping around me like a spell. I couldn’t control the way my body reacted to her.

I could feel my body shivering at the closeness and the way she touched me and whispered into my ears.

 “You look like you are going through something.” she breathed into my ear, “Want me to help you forget them tonight?”

I swallowed thickly. “Yeah,” Then I leaned in and captured her mouth in a hot searing kiss.

Something in me snapped and I wanted to devour her right there.

I continued kissing her hungrily on thr dance floor, not minding where we were.

I grabbed her ass and squeezed it hard, pressing her body against mine until there was no space between us.

“Get a room,” A guy screamed at us.

She pulled away and held my hand. “Let's get out of here.”

I followed her without hesitation.

Immediately we walked into a room she pushed me against the wall and started kissing me;

I didn't hold back either, I kissed her with the same energy.

We fell to the bed and we tore off each other's clothes in a swift motion.

I squeezed her boobs and sucked it hard to my heart content.

Her moans filled the room and they were like music to my ears, igniting the hunger in me.

I dipped my hands to her inner thighs to feel her arousal, “Oh shit, you're dripping. You're so juicy,” I groaned.

She moved her hips against my fingers, “Take me now handsome. I want you.” she moaned.

I didn't waste anymore time, I entered into her in a sharp movement and the room was filled with our breathless moans and the sound of our skin slamming against each other.

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I woke up the next morning with a loud pounding in my head like someone was hammering inside it.

“Clair…” I groaned, rubbing my temples. “Vera…”

Then I looked around; the room was empty, I was all alone.

My clothes were scattered on thd floor, and i was completely naked in a strange room.

The memories of last night came rushing in. “I had a one night stand with someone and she was gone.”

Well, its better that she left, there was no point in seeing her again.

I took a shower and prepared to leave the hotel but i realised that my phone was gone.

My wallet and wristwatch was also gone.

“What the…” I panicked, checking under the sheets. “No, no, no…”

My eyes was wide an at alert. I just got robbed, as if I haven't been going through enough.

All my passwords and contacts. My information and special contact cards; my ATM card and the amount of cash I had left

Everything was gone

“I’m screwed,” I muttered weakly. “I’m… completely screwed.”

I threw on my clothes, the shame burning like acid under my skin, and stumbled outside.

I didn’t remember about the lady or where to start searching from.

I drove home a bit hungover but my head was spinning with worry.

The moment I stepped inside, I went to my laptop in my study room, looking for possible ways to track my phone or contact someone for help.

A message came in, and it was from Clair.

It was a video file. “What they hell is this?” I muttered, not in the mood for her games;

My soul left my body immediately I opened the video;

It was a video of me and the lady in the hotel room. Her face was not seen in the video but mine was completely exposed.

I was touching, kissing her and having wild sex with her in the video; every move and our loud moans were recorded.

“What the fuck?” I couldn't believe my eyes.

How did Clair get this?

Clair’s voice message followed:

“Explain this unruly behavior.”

The venom in her words made my blood freeze.

Another message followed from her,

“Even if I’m not fucking you, you don’t get to fuck anyone else. Do you hear me?!”

I staggered back, almost knocking over my chair.

Messages began to flood in my DMs. I read some of them from the notifications telling me that my sex videos were going viral.

I quickly went on social media and realised that I was on the headlines. The video was displayed for the whole world to see with my face completely visible.

“Shit! No, no, no.” Fear and panic gripped me, “This can't be happening right now.”

The video has been reposted on many social media channels and has millions of views.

“I'm finished.”