The Mafias Obsession Love Me Love Me Not

Claire

When this day started, it started with joy. It was my birthday, I'd expected laughter, celebration, not betrayal.

I found myself standing inside my boyfriend's apartment, listening to pounding sounds and lewd moans from his bedroom. My bag fell to the floor and I staggered on my feet.

'No, this isn't happening. It must be a silly nightmare.'

Two days ago my boyfriend Nolan had gone on a business trip, he'd called me just this morning to wish me.

'Happy birthday Baby, I'm sorry I can't come back for your birthday. The meetings have been hectic but I promise I'll make it up to you when I get back next week. Enjoy your day.'

Those sweet words had been lingering in my mind throughout the entire day, how could they be lies?

By coincidence I'd left the dress I'd had custom made for my birthday in his apartment the day I'd come to wear it to get his approval, he'd probably forgotten about it. He'd even praised me on how sexy I looked in the dress and had tried to get me in bed but I stopped him.

The vow I'd made to follow my family legacy of keeping my virginity till twenty one still remained, I'd urged him to be a little patient till my birthday and he'd have my whole body all to himself.

Tonight I'd made plans with my friends to go on a special night out to celebrate my birthday and I had no backup outfit to wear, luckily I had Nolan's spare apartment keys with me so I came to his place right away only to be greeted by sounds of crazy sex from the bedroom.

I took a deep breath.

Maybe I was overthinking, maybe it wasn't him.

What if he'd given his keys to one of his friends and the person brought in a girl to have fun.

Regardless of those thoughts, I had to see for myself.

I walked hesitantly to the door, slowly turning the knob till I could see inside the room. At that moment Nolan grunted his release inside her, I knew that voice.

My heart clenched painfully.

"Babe, you shouldn't have come inside me. What if I get pregnant?"

"It doesn't matter Baby, we're getting married in a few months anyway. It'll be great to start a family early."

He was getting married?

"Bastard!" The curse came out of my throat angrily.

"Shit! What the hell?"

Nolan jumped off the bed hastily grabbing his pants and wearing them.

When I saw the girl's face I was taken aback.

I'd seen him with her several times, but anytime I asked he always told me she was his friend's fiance.

"You liar!" I cried hearing my voice break.

"Babe, isn't she your brother's girlfriend? How dare she break in here like that?" The girl on the bed yelled.

"I should have known. So this is the reason you told me I couldn't come to your apartment unless you invited me. You told me that your Mom frequently comes here and you didn't want her asking questions, you only used to bring me here occasionally. I should have suspected something you bastard!"

"What the hell is she talking about?" The girl looked from me to Nolan.

"Claire, don't talk nonsense. Who the hell gave you the right to break into my apartment? Did you come here deliberately to cause a feud between my fiancee and I?"

The jerk had the guts to play pretend in front of me.

Tears welled in my eyes blurring my vision through the glasses I wore.

The girl on the bed stared at me viciously.

"Oh, so this is what you intend to do. I know girls like you, you're coveting my fiance so you came here to create a lie? Let me tell you something, Nolan and I love each other deeply, nothing you say can ruin our relationship. Disgusting slut, get out of here!"

I swallowed the tears in my throat and scoffed.

How easily I'd fallen for this jerk's words a year ago when he courted me, turns out I was nothing but his other woman.

No wonder he tried to get in my pants impatiently and got angry whenever I denied due to the vow I'd made. My mom had always told me about our family legacy, women in our family always kept their virginity till the age of twenty one, after losing my mom years ago, in memory of her I wanted to keep this legacy so I never allowed any man to touch me.

Whenever Nolan tried to get me to bed I always pleaded with him to wait, I'd planned our special moment for tonight but thinking he was out of town, I rescheduled it to whenever he got back. To think I was actually eager to give my virginity to the lying jerk.

That was probably all I was to him. Another girl he would have fun and sleep with before his wedding.

I felt immense pain in my heart, but I realized that a bastard like Nolan wasn't worth any effort.

"I pity you." I said to the girl covering her nakedness with the sheets, "This bastard cheated on you once, he'll cheat on you again and again. Go ahead and marry him, but expect a lifetime of misery."

Nolan couldn't bear to hear me say another word seeing how the girls' eyes narrowed.

"Shut up!" He yelled at me. "Sorry Baby, I'll get this crazy girl out of here."

Before I could say another word he grabbed my arm and dragged me out of his apartment.

"Let go of me you bastard!" I tried to get his hands off me but he was stronger.

"Now that you know the truth don't you dare try to sabotage my relationship with Fiona, she's way above you and she's the daughter of a very important person. We're getting married, I initially planned to have fun with you after your birthday before breaking it off but what to do, you already found out so don't ever come back here again." He said while dragging me out of the building like some trash he could get rid of.

The anger rose in my chest and I furiously stomped my heel in his leg.

"Argh!"

I didn't stop there, I raised my knee to his groin and felt him recoil in pain.

"A jerk like you deserves that and more. Be happy with your dumb fiancee if she never finds out the cheating bastard you are!"

With that, I turned around and walked out of the building.

Tonight was my twenty first birthday and it started very sour and bitter leaving a wrenching pain in my heart, but I certainly won't let it end this way.

***

"Oh Claire, I can't believe Nolan is a cheating bastard! You were just his other woman?" Leanne, my best friend muttered sympathetically as she pulled me in a hug while I was sulking in my apartment wearing pajamas and covering myself in a thick blanket to drown out my sorrows by wallowing on my couch.

I sighed, leaning into her hug.