Chapter 77: Chapter 77

It's painful to trust someone and then find out, that person makes a fool out of you, anyways, it's fine, I am fine. He sip on the wine. Mandy go home, I will be fine.

No, you don't expect me to leave you like this? Nothing is worth the trouble, who ever...

Mandy is not just some random person, is Leah, Leah is Colm Lea, she is same person, that have been taking money from the company. The one woman that I did nothing wrong to.

Lauren echoed her name with pain, yes, it hurt to be betrayed by the one person you never did wrong. Mandy stare at him, she can't say she doesn't understand the pain Lauren is going through nor she know the exact way Lauren is feeling.

She has been there, been hurt by the ones, she loves, Lauren had found out that the person behind the mess is Leah, the love of his life

Lauren, you need to calm down, put yourself together, like you said, shit happen.

Do you think it's that easy, I have been fool so many times, it's only a stupid person and an incompetent person that can be fool right under his nose and did not see it.

No! You are not stupid, you just love her. Lauren gulped on his wine, there was a sudden outburst of laughter that escape his lips, Mandy look at him, she didn't see what warrant his laughter.

Love! I think I did but Larry is right, he said what I feel for her is not love, I was just lusting after her body. Yes, Larry is right, it's all about the sex nothing else, but who cares, if it's love or sex. I was just some fool acting wise, I was such a fool to not see through her when she asked me to be her boyfriend, I just do not want to lose our friendship and sound ungrateful.

Mandy look at him, she wasn't expecting a man like Lauren to agree to a woman demands, what could she had done for him to want to keep her so dear to his heart.

Lauren gulped another bottle of wine, he wiped his lips, now he wants to tell her the story behind his relationship between him and Leah.

It all happened one unfaithful day, I was out on a business trip, along the express way, I wasn't able to finish on time, so Mr Daniel asked me not to come back but no, Lauren, the cold-hearted beast, who enjoys masochist as everyone said, the one who hurt other people but who cares? I don't fucking care about their perspective about me.

Returning home, I got attack, been shot in a close range by an unknown assassin, they made away with my car, leaving me to bleed to death, it was Leah who brought me to the hospital, she was there when I wake up, I find out, she save me, so we became friends

On one drunk night, she knee before me and asked me to be her boyfriend, damn! I don't know what it means to be in love, I told her I don't have feelings for her, she was sad, but I can't say things, that I don't mean, after that rejection, we were still friends but the friendship isn't like before, she is always cold towards, it's different, so I decided to give it a trial.

Mandy didn't say anything, she just let him pour out his heart, the man is in pain, how could Leah always be his enemy, she is always hurting him even when he haven't hurt her.

We started dating, we were having sex but that was it for me, after sometime, I felt I was been unfair to her, what kind of a boyfriend will I be, If I don't love her? I thought maybe, we two could be like you and Noor.

Mandy stare at him, does he have to bring Noor into this?

I thought I got it right this time but I still failed this one time, I am wrong, it turns out to be some bloody mistake again. Just maybe, she stage all that, to get closer to me

Sorry about...

It's not your fault, it's mine, to trust that Leah of a girl blindly. Damn Leah and fuck you for playing me as a fool.

He hit the bottle to the wall then wiped his lips, Mandy move closer to him and pushed her hand into his hair then run it on it.

Stop drinking, you will get over it and you should know you look strange when you drink.

It's fine, you should go home now, Dylan must be worried for you, I will go upstairs. Lauren said, leaving Mandy, he takes his first step, he wasn't balance, he staggered, the excess alcohol has affected the cerebellum of his brain. The cerebellum of the brain controls the balance of the body and the muscular movements, due to the alcohol taking, his movement becomes unstable.

Mandy burst in laughter, the way Lauren is walking, he turned at once and look at her.

You are laughing at me.

Nope! Mandy said very fast returning to her former state but Lauren walked back to her and pulled her hand, dragging her with him before she could protest, making her walk like him.

Lauren and Mandy is now in his room, she is staring at him, all of a sudden, he starts taking off his shirt.

No! What are you doing? Mandy asked closing her eyes, then turn from him. I want to bathe.

Don't take...

Before she finished her words, she hear something hit the floor.

Thud! Mandy turned only to see Lauren on the floor, another round of laughter echo in the room, is Mandy laughing at Lauren, who had fallen on the floor, Mandy could be crazy and stupid sometimes, after laughing for sometime, she struggles to put Lauren on the bed, then she turned only to see so many missed call on her phone.

It's from Dylan, the man had been trying to reach Lauren but to no avail and Mandy had refused to take his call.

Shit! Dylan had been calling. She said, she is about to call him but his call comes up first.

Hey, where thou hell have you and Lauren been? Mandy pull the phone from her ear, Dylan is yelling, he has been worried about the two, when she bring it back to her ear.

Hey, do you want to damage my eardrum? Mandy asked

Stop it, why haven't you been taking my calls?

What happened to how are you?

I Know you are fine, so tell me, why haven't been taking my calls.

Silly, Lauren find out that, Leah is Malcolm Beans daughter.

What? He must be really devastated.

Yes, he is wasted, so I decided to stay with him.

It's okay, I will come over tomorrow, please be careful.

I will.

Mandy said, as the line die off, she looks at the sleeping Lauren on the bed, then she moves closer to him. She watch as his chest go up and down under the quilt.

I wonder how is face will look? She trace her hand on the edge of the mask, trying to look for the edge of the mask, in a second, she slipped her finger into the mask, now her hand is between his face and the mask.