Page 31 of Until He Confesses

But still, in the light of the morning, it left an unpleasant taste in my mouth. I had received the message anyway that it was time for me to leave so I set my feet on the floor and watched as she found her robe, slipped it on, and strolled into the bathroom. I watched her go, committing to my memory her every move since I suspected that this would probably be the last time we ever ran into each other.

This thought made me incredibly sad, but then I had to come back to reality and accept the fact that she was my ex, and our journey together had long ago come to an end.

13

CALLIE

Ilocked the door from behind the moment I got into the bathroom. I didn’t know why I did so after all it wasn’t as though he was going to come after me. But then as I got into the shower stall and stood under the warm stream, I finally understood myself. It was to stop me from losing my mind at some point and marching back to the room to take him up on his offer for us to go one more time in the shower.

I could already feel an addiction beginning to form and I didn’t want any part of it. My legs were still weak from the night we’d shared, and my entire body was just listless. He had fucked me so well that I still couldn’t find my balance and so I had to hold on to the shower rail for dear life as I managed to clean myself up. I took my time in the bathroom well aware that by the time I returned to the bedroom, he would be gone, otherwise, things would become extremely awkward and complicated.

I took my time drying my hair as the events from the previous night, against my will, played and replayed over and over in my mind.

It reached the point where I considered returning to the stall and just staying there but that would solve nothing so eventually, and with my heart in my throat, I headed out. Just as I had expected I found the room empty, and a heavy sadness instantly came over me.

I tried to think about exactly why.

This was exactly what we had bargained for, and the one million dollars that was now sitting in my bank account proved it.

There was truly no need for me to be feeling this way. I continued getting ready for the day, however after I was done, I sat before my mirror and stared at myself.

“Maybe you should keep the money?”I thought out loud, trying it on for size. Immediately though I felt myself begin to shrivel up from the inside.

But what was even more distasteful was the fact that Lucas could just dish out a million as though it was nothing. It was incredibly wasteful, but it did make me wonder just what other women he had done the same too.

This I decided was what made me the most unhappy.

And truly, I was irritated enough to call him, so I went to my contact list. I stared at the missed calls he had sent to my phone the previous night, and first thing, saved his contact number. And then I called Anna because I needed someone to share my crazy suggestion with so that it wouldn’t just die a painful unused death.

She immediately picked up as though she had been expecting my call and it made me roll my eyes.

“So, what happened?” she asked, and I frowned.

“What do you mean what happened?” I asked, wondering just how much of my encounter with Lucas the previous day I had shared with her.

“Are you playing around with me? Do you want to tell me that after the flight you two just parted ways? I’ll never believe it.”

I was surprised by her words.

“What do you mean? Why wouldn’t we just part ways? We’ve been broken up for almost a decade.”

“In the world of you two that doesn't mean a damn thing.”

I was shocked.

“Wow.”

“I’m serious,” she said. “The chemistry between you two back then was so palpable that it gave me chills every time. Well, not chills. More like it made me burn with jealousy when I was with you two but privately, I always thought of it as something really special. When you two broke up and you told me about what he did, I don’t know, it’s always been so hard to believe.”

“So, you’re saying I lied?” I asked and could almost picture her annoyed expression.

“I can see you’re frustrated about something and called to take it out on me for no reason. I’m hanging up now. Bye.”

“Oh, come on,” I said but before I could say another word she was gone.

I was unhappy, so I tried to call again, however, she didn’t pick up. Not till I took a screenshot of my bank balance and sent it to her. She called me the following second.

“What the fuck!” she nearly screamed my ears off. “You have a million dollars?”