LOVE AND LIES

Selene Sunblade walked out of the hotel's elevator with a smile on her face. She had received a text earlier that her boyfriend, Luke, was back in town. She hadn't seen him in almost two months, and she couldn't wait to spend the entire night with him.

She walked straight to the hotel room he had told her he'd be in and got in with excitement written all over her face as she talked to her friend over the phone.

"Well, is he there?" her friend asked over the phone.

"Shh! Let me take a look around," Selene shushed, barely able to contain her excitement. She creeped around the hotel silently and confirmed she was alone in the room. "Charlotte, are you still there?" she said into her phone.

"Yeah, yeah. So, is he there?" her friend, Charlotte, replied.

"Nope, he isn't back yet."

"Perfect, now, take off your clothes, put the clothes on and make an inappropriate pose on the bed," Charlotte said with a very sultry tone.

"Alright," Selene giggled and put the call on speaker-phone before dropping the phone. She quickly unzipped her dress and slowly slithered out of them.

"Oh God, I have missed him," she muttered as she got out of her dress. "I can almost feel him here," Selene said out.

"Girl! You'd better keep all that energy for later," Charlotte laughed. "Remember, turn off all the lights and dim out the light above the bed. Your pretty face should be the only thing visible, and don't forget to take the pills, I promise you your man won't be able to forget what you'll do to him tonight cause of those pills."

"Got it Char... thanks a ton, you are a bad minded friend and I don't know how we became friends, but I will choose you as a friend all over again," Selene said with a smile.

"Aww... I'm touched," Charlotte replied. "I'm still charging you for the lessons though. Enjoy your wonderful sex, Char out," she said and quickly ended the call before Selene could find a rebuttal.

Selene chuckled and turned to her bag. She took out a red lingerie and smiled maniacally.

"Oh Luke, You are in for a treat tonight," she said and walked into the bathroom.

By the time she left the bathroom, she had a whole different look. She was no longer a respectable looking brunette, she now looked like a model about to take a nude photoshoot.

She looked extremely sexy in her crimson lingerie that clung to her every curve. Her lustrous brunette hair framed her face, and her lips were much redder now. Thigh-high net stockings adorned her legs, and the scarlet heels she wore clicked softly against the floor as she moved.

She took a look at herself in the mirror and sighed satisfactorily. "It's a shame the lights will be really dim, he might not even notice all of this. Anyways, it is worth it," she smiled and walked to the bed after switching off all the lights and dimming the red-light bulb over the bed just like Charlotte said. She sat down at the edge of the bed and crossed her legs with a seductive pose, waiting for Luke to come in.

In a few minutes time, the doors creaked open and closed shut. She couldn't see who it was since it was totally dark, but as the footsteps approached, she noticed the hair color, blonde, and she confirmed it was her man.

Unable to hold herself back anymore since the drugs Charlotte asked her to take earlier had taken effect, she got out of the bed and rush at him with ecstatic craving. She grabbed hold of him and sealed his mouth shut with a deep, wet kiss.

Turned on by her actions, he reciprocated, quickly taking off his clothes and kissing her wilding, till she was on the bed. Her reason for dressing up so seductively was forgotten as he ripped off the pieces of clothes that were still on her body.

Moans filled the hotel room as they both went wild in each other's arms, making love all night long in every corner of the hotel room, in the darkness, until they were both exhausted and passed out on the bed.

Selene opened her eyes the following morning with a slight headache. Remembering what happened the previous night, she turned over hoping to see Luke's cute face, but she was alone in the bed. She almost panicked but then heard the sound of water running in the bathroom.

Sitting up, she looked around the hotel room at the mess they made in the dark, and almost couldn't believe she was responsible.

"Those drugs really do work wonders," she muttered to herself in her head.

She took her phone to call Charlotte out of excitement but was surprised to find her phone filled with missed calls from Luke. She opened her phone and he had sent her at least twenty messages on WhatsApp. She was confused until she opened it and the first thing she saw was... "How could you do this to me?"

She almost began to panic as she read the first few messages, but assured herself he was pranking her, till towards the last few messages of insults and texts of resentment, he sent her a clip of a video of her having sex in that same hotel room where she was.

The previous night, she was so overcome by the effects of the drugs that she hadn't taken note of 'Luke' other than his blonde hair, and that was the same thing in the video, he was a blonde man, except, the man in the video looked much more muscular than Luke was.

"Oh my God," she cupped her mouth in shock. "Please tell me I did not just sleep with the wrong man?" she whispered to herself as she watched the video, looking for proof that it was Luke, but it was so dark and he was always on top of her that there was no shot of his face.

Selene felt like screaming, but she didn't know how to start. With shaking hands, she dialed Luke's line to explain things to him, even though she didn't know what to explain to him. She dialed and dialed and he was not answering, but she kept trying, as she got out of the bed and hurriedly gathered her things and put on her gown. She looked like a mess but she didn't mind.

She was about to leave the hotel room when he picked the call.

"Oh my God, Luke, I am so sorry, I... I can explain, please, I can..." she stammered, but he cut her off.

"Listen to me Selene, I don't ever want to speak to you again, I never want to see your face again. If I do, I promise you will regret ever knowing me," Luke said with a stern tone and cut the call.

Selene wanted to break down and cry, but she also didn't want to know who she had slept with, so she hurriedly left, but as she was closing the door, the man left the bathroom, and she caught a glimpse. She knew him, Noah Williams, one of Luke's old rivals.

She hurriedly closed the door and left the hotel, knowing Luke would never forgive her for this.

Arriving at her house, she was met with another devastation. As she got out of her car, she saw her father, handcuffed, getting shoved into a police truck.

"What the hell are you doing?" she screamed and ran towards the car.

The detectives at the scene turned to her and held her back from getting too close to the truck.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but we will be taking your father with us on charges of embezzlement, fraud and a host of others," the detective explained as she struggled to get out of their hold.

"That's absurd! My father did nothing!" she screamed. "Let me talk to him."

"I'm sorry ma'am, but your father will be taken to the station, you can come and see him with a lawyer," the detectives said and walked away.

"Selene!" her father shouted from the truck. "Luke! Luke did this!" he yelled as they drove off, leaving Selene confused and disoriented. Her life was falling apart.