*Willow*I was so humiliated. I could not believe that Nathaniel had caused such a scene at Jude’s house! I mean a fire at a dinner party? Someone could have been hurt! And to top it off, he was drunk!Like slurring his words drunk.“Nathaniel, what the actual fuck is wrong with you?” I demanded. “You tried to burn down Jude’s house?”“It was an accident, Will, I swear! I was just talking to Anya.”“About what?” “She was crying and shit cuz Jude is an asshole.”“No Nathaniel, you have no right to call him that! He invited you into his home, was very kind to you and you almost burnt his house down!”“Jeez, it was just a curtain Willow.” Nathaniel slurred. “I cannot believe how drunk you are right now, Nathaniel! You promised me no more drunken fuck ups!” I exclaimed. “Well I’m sorry I’m not perfect like Jude!”“I can’t talk to you when you’re like this!”“If it makes you feel any better, I really hate me right now. More than you do.” He mumbled. “I don’t-ugh! I don’t hate you, Nat
*Willow*How do I trust him now?How was I supposed to look in Nathaniel’s eyes and believe him after he’d lied to me?Sure, a part of me understood. Anya kissed him, he pushed her away and then a fire ensued, so the kiss became less important, but for me it was the lie. Why was it so easy for Nathaniel to lie to me, and how didn’t I see it?Was I too deep in love? Had I given Nathaniel too much too soon? There was a knock on my door that broke me out of my thoughts.“Come in!” I called. “How you feeling?” Joy asked. “I don’t know. I hate being lied to.”“Fair, but…he fessed up right away, Will. Nathaniel loves you and he didn’t mean to hurt you. You’ve lied to him before right?”“Yeah, I guess.” I muttered. “People make mistakes sometimes, that doesn’t mean we write them off.” Joy said. “I didn’t write you guys off for lying to me all summer. Don’t do it to Nathaniel for only doing it for a weekend.”I sighed. “I guess you’re right. And he said the kiss meant nothing to him. He
*Nathaniel*I think I was spiraling.Jude was fucking with me so much, it was making me desperate and a little bit crazy. So I did something that I immediately knew I shouldn’t have, but it was too late to take back. I blamed jealousy and whiskey. They were my accomplices. It’s strange because it’s not like I thought I could really get away with it. I mean I hoped I could, but it wasn’t possible. I had a brilliant girlfriend and a strong motive for what was done. I was fucked. My plan was just to tell Willow what I had drunkenly done. She’d be pissed off at me, but she would forgive me because at least I was being upfront.But then she said she got hacked and I figured that was my out! Lots of people have been hacked recently. It made sense and since we didn’t know who it was, it would just be left at that. Sure Willow would still be working with Jude, but at least she’d still be my girlfriend. I wouldn’t lose her.Unfortunately the guilt was eating at me. The only time I didn’t
*Willow*~SPRING BREAK~“Mmm…oh Vance!” I gasped. “Do that thing I like…oh yeah good girl.” Vance grinned down at me. I loved having sex with an older man. It was so thrilling and Vance always knew what he was doing. Not a lot of guys my age did. He let out a loud groan as he finished. I reached up and kissed him. “I love you.”“I love having sex with you. You’re getting pretty good at it, you know?”“I had a good teacher…and a lot of practice.” I smiled. Vance sneered. “Willow, you know I don’t like hearing about you with other men. Don’t do that shit.”“Sorry.”“You’re forgiven.”“I gotta get going. It’s mansion move-in day.” I said sitting up. “Where do your parents think you are?” Vance questioned. “With my boyfriend.”“And they don’t care that you spent the night?”“If you meet them, you’ll see we’re kind of an unorthodox family.” I laughed. “If? Willow, I thought we agreed that I would meet them tomorrow.”“I know, but…I don’t know how they’ll feel about you and I don’t
TW: Threats of suicide are depicted in this chapter.*Willow*I couldn’t stop staring at my phone.The pictures were haunting me. I looked for signs that these were old photos from before we were even exclusive. Unfortunately in one of the pictures he was wearing a tie I had given for Christmas. Who was she? How did he meet her? How long had his affair been going on? How could he do this to me?I thought he loved me! We were going to have a baby.I desperately wanted to call Vance, but I couldn’t. I had no service in the stupid elevator and the elevator phone wasn’t working. I was just stuck here with these pictures of the only man I had ever loved betraying me.I had only seen two pictures, and I was too scared to look at more. I didn’t think I could handle any more betrayal. My head was pounding with pain as I started crying uncontrollably. I had never been more hurt in my entire life. How could Vance come meet my family knowing that he was cheating on me?But maybe it was over no
*Nathaniel*I was miserable.Life had no meaning anymore. There was no reason to laugh or smile or do anything enjoyable. My life was insignificant now.She was gone. Walked right out on me while I was begging on my knees for her. Willow was officially done with me and it was killing me. The pain was almost unbearable.But whiskey helped with that.I had a nasty hangover the next morning, but I still went to the office. I still wanted to see Willow. Unfortunately she wasn’t there.“Willow will be taking today off for…personal reasons.” Jude stated. “Did she say why?”“As I said, it's personal.”“She probably doesn’t want to see you,” Orlando sneered.Everyone else was giving me a dirty look too. I’m guessing Orlando had spread around that Willow and I broke up and why. This felt shitty. “Where is she?” I asked Joy. “She didn’t come home last night and I know she’s not with her parents.”“I don’t know, Nathaniel,” Joy sighed. “I’m worried but she says she’s safe.”“You talked to h
*Willow*It was shockingly easy being with Vance again. We slipped back into our relationship like it had never ended. We had sex about five minutes after I had come back to him. It was amazing but there was something missing. I think it was what I felt every time I was with Nathaniel. That raw passion and absolute adoration. But I had to forget that. Nathaniel and I were not meant to be. I still didn’t even know if he loved me for real or not. Sure he was crying and begging on his knees, but that could have been just a show. I couldn’t let him manipulate me anymore. Vance had been right. No one was ever going to love me as much as he did. “I knew you’d come back to me, Willy,” Vance whispered after we had sex. “I missed making love to you.”“Yeah, I missed it too,” I said absently.Was that a lie? I mean twenty four hours ago I was having sex with Nathaniel and though I knew he had lied to me, it was still incredible. Nothing could top it.“Things are going to be so much better
*Willow*“Mrs. Harper.”“We’ve slept with the same man, I think you can call me Jen.”“Jen…how can I help you?” I whispered. “He told me all about you a few months ago. You're prettier than I thought you were.”“Thank you.”“Did he tell you we separated?” I nodded. “He lied, sweetie.”My heart sank. “What?”“Yeah, I forgave him for having an affair. He said he had a mid-life crisis and I trusted that and…now thanks to your friend, I know I shouldn’t have.”“I didn’t know, I swear. I would never purposely sleep with a married man!” I insisted. “Vance said it was over.”Jen’s face softened. “You really never knew about me at first, did you?”“No. I thought he had been divorced for years when we met.”“And what did he tell you this time around?”“That you knew about us and that he ended it with you. He said he and I could be together and he said I would meet your son.” I informed her.Jen laughed and fell onto the couch. “He was gonna let you meet our son? What is wrong with him? And sw