Chapter 47: The other woman
I couldn’t shake off that aching feeling in my chest and before my mind could fully register the situation, my legs were pushing me forward and I was running out of the door. The image of the woman wrapping her arm around Xavier remained at the back of my mind the entire time, as if to haunt me.
I found myself standing at the very same spot in the picture I once saw on the screen of my phone. I was standing in the hotel lobby, the sounds of chatter filled the air and my eyes darted around searching for a familiar face in the sea of crowd that surrounded me.
I couldn’t see him anywhere and for a moment, I started to believe that maybe I was overthinking it and that maybe that picture wasn’t even him to begin with. What’s worse, it could even be a doctored image for all I knew.
But I soon realised I wasn’t overthinking and that the picture was indeed very real when my eyes landed on a sight I wished I hadn’t seen.
Tucked away at the corner of the hotel lobby was a cafe. I watched with wide eyes and disbelief written all over my face as I stared at another woman locking lips with my husband from a distance. My eyes flickered down to see that her hand was casually resting on his thigh and her other hand was slung over his shoulder.
I felt my heart sink to the pit of my stomach within a split second and my whole world came crumbling down on me, crashing me with the unbearing weight of the harsh reality without a single warning.
Hot tears stung my eyes and a cold chuckle escaped from my parted lips. I marched over without a second thought, closing the distance between us in a couple of seconds.
"So this is the client you were talking about, huh?" I spat, the words that left my mouth were dripping with sarcasm as the few people sitting around whipped their heads around in an instant and watched with anticipation and curiosity burning in their eyes.
I watched as his eyes widened in horror and realisation dawned upon him. In a hurry, he quickly pushed her off him and rushed towards me. His fingers desperately tried to grab onto my arm but I only yanked my arm out of his grasp as I looked up at him with disgust, emotions running wild in my dark eyes.