After the horrific incident she witnessed at Luke’s house, Allie went back home. Luckily for her, Shirley was around.
She explained all that happened as she wept and Shirley comforted her.
“Are you sure it was him. It could have been someone else, you know” Shirley doubted
“How–how could he do this to me?” Allie said between sobs
“I’m so sorry”
“It’s not your fault. It’s mine for getting married to a philanderer” she wailed
“You know what?” Allie suddenly said as she cleaned her face roughly. “There’s no point crying. There’s no need to feel hurt because it wasn’t even a real marriage. It was a fucking contract relationship with no strings whatsoever” she inhaled
“Luke is a waste of my tears”
“Yes?” Shirley breathed, gazing wistfully at Allie
“I shouldn’t cry because he is a waste of my tears, right?” She asked
Shirley didn’t reply
“Say something” Allie broke down in tears again. “how could he do this to me?”
“Even if it wasn’t a real marriage, at least he could have shown me a little respect. How could he fuck his ex wife in my face. Is this another part of his revenge scheme?”
After some minutes, Allie stopped crying
“What are you going to do now?”
Swollen eyed, Allie’s face contorted into a deep frown
“I’m going to get a divorce”
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Luke woke up the next morning on the bed and saw Rachel beside him with her hands on his naked chest.
Naked chest? He jolted upright. Why was his chest bare? He raised the sheets that covered him. He let out a startled yelp. He was totally and completely naked. What the hell happened?
No way! Did he by any chance sleep with Rachel?
What the hell happened yesterday? He held his head in his hands as it throbbed painfully. Was this a hangover?
He turned to Rachel and glared at her.
“Rachel” he shook her vigorously. She made a soft throaty sound and turned in her sleep.
He shook her harder and she woke up.
“Good morning baby” she beamed at him. “how was your night?”
“What the fuck happened here?”
He snarled
“Why asking the obvious?” She smirked. “we had the time of our lives, yesterday ” she held his arm and curled up to him.
“Did we— did we…?” He stammered
“Yes, love. We fucked”
“What?” Luke jumped down from the bed
“Yes. You were so wasted and you came onto me. I couldn’t resist you”
“How..?”
“Too many questions. Just accept the truth. You’re mine now” she stated evilly
“Allie. Where is Allie?”
“Oh her?” Rachel rolled her eyes in disgust. “she left”
“Why did she leave?”
Rachel shrugged. “unfortunately for her, she caught us fucking and she left to God knows where”
Luke let out a frustrated breath and raked his hand through his hair. What the hell happened yesterday?
“Baby” Rachel purred. “let’s forget about her. We’ve consummated our relationship. Let’s get married again”
Luke pushed her with all the force his body possessed. She let out a shriek and landed on the bed.
“What the fuck was that for?” She yelled
“You are not my wife and you will never be. If you attempt this shit again, I’ll skin you alive” he barked at her
He picked his phone and called Allie but she didn’t pick. He had to find her quick and try to explain whatever happened.
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Shirley didn’t go to her workplace even after Allie’s insistence. “I’ll stay with you” she said
After numerous tries, Allie gave up and let Shirley stay with her. She didn’t want to subject herself to self pity anyway, so she opted for small talk with Shirley until the door bell rang.
“I’ll go see who it is” Shirley said and went to the door.
Shirley scoffed and almost closed the door but a strong male hand stopped her.
“Please I need to see Allie ” it was from Luke
“She’s not here” Shirley scowled
“That’s a lie” Luke insisted
“What makes you think so?”
“I’ll go inside and check for myself” he said and he made to enter but Shirley stopped him
“Don’t you dare!” She gritted out
“Please, let me see her”
“Why do you want to see her? To explain in detail how you fucked your ex wife?”
Luke raked his hair with his slender fingers. “It’s a misunderstanding” he managed
Shirley scoffed again. A little more dramatic.
“Where’s Allie”
“I said she doesn’t want to see you ”
“Why? At least let me explain”
“She wants a divorce. So the only way you can communicate with her is through a signed divorce paper” she folded her arms, resolutely
“Let’s not make rash decisions. Let her just give me a chance to explain”
“No. I–” Shirley started to disagree but Allie came and cut her off.
“It’s okay” she said to Shirley. “I’ll talk to him ”
Luke let out a deep breath when he saw her. She looked terrible
Her eyes looked a bit swollen and it had faint dark circles. He caused this. He felt really bad that he’d put his poor wife through this. But it wasn’t intentional. He was totally wasted yesterday and he didn’t know how everything unfolded. She had to know that, right? He had to tell her the truth.
“Hi Luke” she smiled bitterly after Shirley left
“Allie…” He had a lot of things to say to her but for some unknown reason, he could only call her name
“Congratulations Luke, you’ve hurt me again. Your revenge is complete right?”
“Allie, I didn’t–”
“Just stop it!” She yelled. “If I was told about this, then at least I would have let you explain but I saw it. I watched you fuck your ex wife. I watched you guys…” She broke off, fanning her eyes and trying to prevent the tears from rolling down her face
“Why did you do that to me, huh?” She asked. In seconds, she was in his front and she grabbed his collar with both hands.
“Why Luke?” She screamed as she cried
“Allie…” Luke placed his palm on her face and surprisingly, she didn’t shrug it off. He felt like jumping into a bottomless pit because damn, he’d hurt her deeply.
“I’m sorry” he barely whispered. He felt really shameful.
In a flash, Allie released her hold on Luke’s collar
“It’s of no use crying” she averted her gaze. “It wasn’t a real marriage after all”
“Allie…”
“Send me a divorce paper with your signature on it by tomorrow” she said as she turned her back to him
“Allie, please. We got married because of our child…”
“Screw that!” She yelled at him. “we’re over, Luke”
“Allie…”
Entering back into the house, she said, “bye Luke, I hope never to see you again” then she slammed the door amidst Luke’s pained cries.