Chapter 6: Behind The Covers Of A Good Wife

She walked out of the bathroom without knowing if she was courageous enough to face her cheating husband who has succeeded in tainting her. But it never occurred to her that she would be unphased by the scene before her eyes.

They didn’t change position. They were still on the bed, with Katherine’s head rested on Fabian’s chest. And Jasmine didn’t know where the laugh came from. Except for the fact that she was the one laughing, she had no clue what part of her was doing that.

She walked into her dressing room where she looked for what to wear in her closet. Then she undressed herself, her eyes spotting the hickeys she was covered in from the mirror.

Jasmine felt disgusted by what she was seeing on herself, but there was nothing she could do about it. She decided to act like she was not bothered by the hickeys. She dropped the jet black jumpsuit she has taken from the closet on the chair sitting in front of the mirror. All she needed was in that dressing room.

She contemplated taking her bath. She decided to tie a robe and walked towards the bathroom. She found Fabian standing in the way. He seemed like he was not getting in nor leaving. He was blocking the way.

Jasmine stood watching him. She could not say a word to him. It seems her mouth was too heavy to spit words his way. She could not find it in her, a will to talk to him.

“Slut! What are you looking at?” Fabian fussed. His words were directed at Jasmine, but he was not even looking at her. He acted like she disgust him.

Jasmine scoffed. It annoyed her that he was calling her a slut when he was the one who was behind what happened to her. He was yet to say anything about the incident, but his calling her “slut” burned a bitter hole in her heart. And she so badly wanted to answer him.

“What else would I be looking at, Fabian? Isn’t it obvious you are the only one standing in the view?” Jasmine said. She was trying to catch the perfect opportunity to spite him.

“You should be keeping your eyes down and your head bowed in shame. Soon the whole world will see that you are a bad woman. Your sex video will be on display in less than 5 hours and you’d be getting a divorce from me”. Fabian said to Jasmine.

She wondered if that was a threat or he was just stating the obvious. The sex tape being revealed to the whole world cannot possibly hurt her as much as Fabian being the one who plotted all these against her just so he could marry his mistress without being tagged as the unfaithful one.

Jasmine gave off an evil laugh that Fabian probably wasn’t expecting, because he looked quite confused.

“At least it was a better fuck. Thanks to you I know what a good cock feels like. Yours is only good for getting women pregnant, what a shame”. Jasmine said chuckling. The sound coming from her wreck of sarcasm and mockery. She sounded evil unlike her usual self. And this was unwelcoming for Fabian.

“I knew you were hiding behind the covers of a good wife. How many men have you slept with while married to me?” Fabian asked his "about to be divorced" wife.

But she was nonchalant, carelessly mentioning to him that she never kept count. Then she turned around to leave before the person who was in the bathroom walked out. She would have left the room for the both of them without saying a word to Katherine if the woman had not talked about her daughter getting to hate her when she found out her mother was a slut.

“Her stepmother isn’t less of a whore now, is she?” Jasmine said staring daggers at Katherine who gasped pretending to be affected by what Jasmine just said. Her eyes were looking at Fabian seeking for him to intervene.

“Why? You can’t answer? Fabian left a slut for another slut. His taste for women is as bad as his performance in bed. But if you enjoy, then it is understandable. You are just as primitive as he is, settling for less”. Jasmine said and finally walked away, leaving the two alone in the room.

Katherine was mad. She didn’t know who to direct her anger to, Jasmine, or Fabian who didn’t stick up for her.

“Did you just watch that bitch insult me? Did you watch her insult us?” Katherine said wide eyed in disbelief.

Fabian told her to be calm and that by noon, Jasmine was going to lose her tongue when everyone starts talking bad about her. He reassured Katherine that there was no need to be bothered by Jasmine. According to him, Jasmine would come back to plead for their forgiveness and she could do with Jasmine however she wants.

Katherine smiled at this. She was pleased with the thought that she could treat Jasmine however. It made her feel like she was levitating.

“I love you so much Fabian”. She said to him. He smiled hugging her to himself. He whispered into her ear that loved her more and that he could not wait for their child to be born.

Katherine felt satisfied with his response. She reminded him that he needed to go to work, yet she cried she did not want to be separated from him that day.

“Shit! I almost forgot that I have to go to the office”. Fabian said when he realised it was time he goes to work, but he was still at home. He pulled away from Katherine telling her that he needed to go but he would come back early since the news will be everywhere by noon.

Katherine asked Fabian if he wanted her to stay back since he was saying he would be back early.

“Of course! You should stay back. This will soon be your home anyway”. Fabian said rushing off to the bathroom.