Monica’s POV
AT NIGHT
“Ethan was here earlier on” I announced, my gaze fixed on my plate as I gently chewed on the turkey in my mouth.
“He was?” Nicholas asked, shocked about the news I had just delivered.
“Yeah. He came over to show me a video.”
“A video?” Nicholas asked, confusion evident on his face.
“Yes, a video about you in the hotel, about us,” I said, finally shifting my gaze from my food to my husband.
“About us? We were recorded?” Nicholas asked, his eyes widening in shock and disbelief.
“Yes we were, but my face and body were blurred. You were the only one showing in the video”, I explained to him.
“What the hell? A camera was in that room and we had no idea. How did they even come up with this? How were they aware that I was going to lodge in that same hotel and in that same room?” Nicholas asked, his deep voice laced with anger.
“I have no idea, honey. I was very shocked to see the video on Ethan’s phone”, I explained.
“That means this was all Ethan’s doing? He planned all this”, Nicholas said, gritting his teeth in anger.
“That’s where you’re wrong honey. Greg is also involved in this. Ethan mentioned so”
“Those bastards,” Nicholas said again, glaring at the table and holding tightly onto the fork in his hand.
Silence lingered in the dining room as I remembered how I almost believed Ethan when he said Nicholas had cheated on me.
My heart raced in my chest with guilt as memories of today filled my mind. “I’m sorry honey.”
Nicholas’s gaze instantly softened as he looked at me. “Sorry? Sorry for what?”
“I doubted you. When I first saw the video, I believed Ethan and felt bad, but after looking at it for a long time and seeing the red panties which you tore while I came to your room, I finally realized I was the one in the video.
I’m sorry for even believing the video in the first place” I said, my voice low as I stared down my things.
“It’s okay. I’m not angry about that, though I’m hurt. You don’t trust me so much, but I’m not angry. I can’t get angry at you over something as minor as this”, he reached forward and gently clasped my hands with his. “I love you and never forget that.”
The guilt I once felt disappeared into thin air as I blushed hard, avoiding his gaze.
“How are you feeling now?” I asked, trying to avert his attention from me.
“I feel a little better now. The pills the doctor prescribed will be finished today and the pill did a very good job”, Nicholas said.
According to the test the doctor ran on Nicholas in the morning, we both woke up in the hotel. There were traces of drugs in his blood and those drugs were responsible for his excitement that night.
“Thanks for showing up immediately, Anthony called. You saved my life”, Nicholas said, caressing my cheeks with his left thumb while maintaining eye contact.
“Anything for you” I replied.
“I know I overworked you that night.”
“Oh yes, you did. You were too active and too excited. You were rough and barely allowed me to calm down before taking me to another height of pleasure” I said sharply, explaining how I felt that day in the hotel.
Nicholas would cum, and I would follow suit, but just when I’m about to catch my breath, he started to pound inside me again. The pleasure that night was crazy, sweet but exhausting.
“Really? Was it that bad?” Nicholas asked.
“Not bad, but you were too active. I could barely catch my breath after each round of s*x and pleasure. You didn’t rest even after each round, and you didn’t allow me to” I complained.
“How many rounds did we do?” he asked.
“I lost count at eight”. Nicholas’s eyes widened as he stared at me in disbelief.
“Eight rounds non-stop?” Nicholas yelled in shock.
“It was more than that. I just lost count at eight, but it still isn’t your fault. The doctor said two strong drugs were mixed and put in your drink and that was why you couldn’t control yourself.”
“And to think that I would have died if I didn’t have s*x that night,” Nicholas said.
“That’s how much Greg was willing to go so he could get a video. I think he wanted to use the video to blackmail you and_” I said, but Nicholas cut me short.
“Try to take the company from me,” Nicholas said, helping me finish my statement. “The video was his plan to blackmail me to give him the company”, Nicholas added.
“And if you didn’t do that, he would have released it to the media” I added.
“Then what’s Ethan’s gains in all of this?” Nicholas muttered, his eyes narrowing as he thought deeply about what Ethan might gain if they had succeeded.
“Maybe to make us separate from each other or divorce, so I can come back to him,” I said, seeing that as the only reason why Ethan would even show me the video in the first place.
“He is damn foolish,” Nicholas said, smirking as he moved his head slowly from side to side in disappointment.
“Greg deserves the best sibling award. He has been nothing but a pain in your ass” I said, surprised at how far someone was willing to go to get what he wanted.
“A pain in our ass”, Nicholas corrected.
“A pain in our ass,” I said again.
“I’m just glad you were the one I had something with that night. Their plan didn’t go as planned and we are both safe” Nicholas said, holding my hand tightly in his once more.
“And to think that the first time you were drugged, I was still the woman you slept with”
Nicholas narrowed his eyes, placing his thumb and index finger under his chin “What should we call this?” Nicholas asked, his mesmerizing eyes captivating my heart and making me fall in love all over again.
“Fate” I replied.