Chapter 1

ANASTASIA

My brows creased in worry as I dialed his number for the umpteenth time.

'Hey there, if you're hearing this then I'm unavai-'

I stopped the voicemail before it ended.

"Babe," I pouted even though he couldn't see me. "Where are you? Are you okay? I've been trying to reach you for eons now. Call me as soon as you see this, okay?" With a small smile on my lips, I added in a singysongy tone, "I miss you."

With a sigh, I placed my phone facedown on my lap and looked outside the taxi's window. The driver just arrived at the only point on the expressway where he could make a U-turn. Right then, I decided that it would be better to stop at his place before I head to mine. Else, I would spend all day and night worrying until I hear from him.

It had been an eventual past two weeks because i was out of the country with my colleagues from college to celebrate our graduation.

"Please, make a U-turn here," I quickly told the driver before he would go too far. His eyes met mine in the rearview mirror and I could read the question in them as he wordlessly did as I instructed.

"I will be heading to a different destination now," I said and he nodded, then I gave him the address to my new destination.

As he maneuvered the heavy traffic, I logged onto Snapchat to see the previous texts I had sent him still unanswered. I had sent the text with a huge grin, expecting him to immediately reply to my excited 'We'll be on the way first thing tomorrow morning! Can't wait to bury myself in your arms,' with a cool, 'Wait at the park, sweetheart, I'd pick you up." But there was nothing!

I sighed as I proceeded to view the snaps of my friends and I managed a smile as I watched the captured moments of our fun sponsored trip. One of the videos was captioned, 'Best graduation celebration ever!' Another read, 'Buh-bye to college!'

"We are there," the driver voiced, dragging me back to the present.

I looked up and it was the street where Aiden's apartment was located. "Thank you."

I sent him the f*e for the ride, pulling the flying strands of my hair behind my ears as I alighted the taxi. I mouthed a series of 'thank yous' as he helped me bring out my boxes from the trunk.

With a curt nod, he got into his taxi and drove off.

I struggled with my boxes as I made my way down the street. My phone suddenly buzzed. That must be him, I thought as I hastily fished my phone from my back pocket and opened the message.

I was a bit disappointed to see that it was an unknown number, and I wasn't going to give it the light of day at first. But then I found my finger clicking on the message, only to be bombarded with a series of pictures. And it didn't stop there, my phone buzzed continuously as more of the pictures came in.

The smile on my face fell and I stopped on my tracks. My hands trembled as I shakily viewed the pictures one after the other.

My heart rammed in my chest as each picture looked clearer than the previous one. I could swear my vision almost went blurry for a split second staring down at the screen. I zoomed in on the man's face, refusing to believe that the man who looked delirious as he mouthed the woman's boobs was my man. There were over a hundred different angles of him having sex with with this woman, and Aiden's face was AS CLEAR AS DAY!

Then I threw my head back and laughed shakily. Definitely not. It could never be true. The last thing Aiden will do is cheat. Aiden, a cheater? Nah. He would rather say it to my face that he didn't want me anymore. Which wasn't even possible because we are both crazily in love with each other.

I turned off my phone and looked ahead. Just a few more feet and I would be on his lawn. Since I am here, why don't I go find out myself then?