Chapter 8

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Disclaimer: This Part of the story is recommended for 18++ readers as it contains a lot of swearing, abuse, emotional scenes, offensive and sensitive topics. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Aaron

I woke up and trying to reach for my bedcovers, and continuing back to sleep till I feel like I touched something.

Wait, what was it?

I looked at beside me, and I found Emily laying there bare chest and sleeping peacefully. What the hell happening?

Then I look down at under my covers and I am naked. Then I jumped out of the bed, hangover kills me. How much did I drink  last night?

I take a sweatpants from my closet and wear it. Walking up to Emily, I needed her to tell me what the hell did she do in my room and naked.

"Wake the fuck up! Emily!" I yelled at her. She's snuggling more into her pillow. And getting under the cover. "Emily come on!  I ain't joking right now. Wake the fuck up!" I said again irritatingly.

"The hell? Can you stop shouting! I can not sleep all night!" She said.

"What happened last night?" I asked scared to know about the answer.

Then she opened her eyes. Looking at her body under the cover. Her face fall slowly. She frowned. "Basically you forced yourself on me." She muttered.

I knitted my brows, "the hell? I was drunk last night. You must be the one that throw yourself on me! You are acting so low you know!" I said.

She looked up at me. "Yeah said the man that just got another woman pregnant. I didn't throw myself at you. You drunkenly (is it even a word?) force yourself on me. I hate you, Aaron!"she sobbed.

Then she stuttered the words I hate the most, "y..yo..you r..ra..ra..ra..raped me. You fucking ra..ra..raped me, I hate you!"  She said then using the bedcover to cover herself and running out of my room.

I sat on my bed. What I just did? What should I tell my parents about Gemma? So I could divorce Emily.

I take my phone on my nightstand and call my bestfriend, "I need your help, let's meet up at your place at 7." I said.

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Emily

I hate myself. I feel so dirty. Why couldn't I make it stop? I tried. I know I love him, but no I cannot let him do that to me.

I deserved much more better than being raped by my husband.

I cried myself to sleep. I can not erase the memory from my head. And I feel like it's getting worse.

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Aaron

"What the hell Aaron!" Miguel shout.

I just looked at him dumbfounded. "Well, I still love her so much." I said then bowed my head.

He shook his head. "No Aaron, that is not how thing should work. You are a married man, you like or not. You are tied to another woman. And you cannot just messing around like that." Miguel said.

I look at him, "I don't love her, Miguel. That's the actual problem. I still love Gemma so much. And she's willing to be there even after she knows that I'm married." I said.

Miguel then laughed. "What the hell was so funny that it makes you laugh?" I asked irritated.

He look at me, "bro, I know you since we were only 7, and now we know that what you just said is clearly not true. If Gemma is a nice person and got the attitude, she'll know better than sleeps around with another woman's husband. Despite of all the problem you have. I won't accept it as what called as love," he said and looked at me deep in the eyes.

"..I agree with Miguel, Aaron. No woman deserved to be treated like that. You can not just cheat on your wife." Malika's voice coming from behind.

I turned around. "It's not like that, Mal. I was blackmailed to marry my wife. I didn't exprience the love you and Miguel share. You both married because of love, and me? I married her cause I want to inherit my dad's company. My parents blackmailed to something that should be mine." I said.

"No, Aaron. That's something that you should know. If you think like that then you should never agree to that. You are bringing this woman into a hateful marriage. If you love Gemma, you should deny the marriage proposal since the start. Not bringing your wife, Emily into this. Believe me she doesn't deserve that." He said.

I lookes at both Malika and Miguel. They have been my friends for such a long time. But I don't know why they are not in my side now. "Shouldn't friends are on their friend's side instead of the stranger's?" I asked.

Malika sighed, "Aaron, I've know you since high school. And I believe you are a better person than what you showed Miguel and I now. Yes we are friends but we don't support you to cheat on your wife and got another woman pregnant, then out of nowhere you just sleep with your unwanted wife also. It's the actual problem. You should know where you stand." Malika said, and I just stay silent.

Then she continued, "will you be ok if Miguel or I cheat on eachother?" She asked.

Then I shook my head no. "Of course no." I said. "But I can not let Gemma go through the pregnancy by herself. I should be there, it's my kid." I said.

Miguel sighed, "then talk it out to your wife. You surely will know the answer." He said and tapped on my shoulder.

"We love you, Aaron.  But one thing is Gemma cheated on you once. And who knows this time?" Miguel said.

I looked at him, "it was a long time ago, we have solved our problem. And that issue is out of the topic now. I'm leaving." I said couldn't get more of their hateful words on how I should leave my Gemma.

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