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**John POV:**
I have been texting and calling Bastet, but she has not answered. I hope she left her phone in the car. I check her tracking device. She is miles away from the tailor, my mind is wondering where the hell could they be. I got dressed and decided to wait for them to show up and she had some explanting to do. Half an hour goes by, and she finally answers the phone. We have a cake taste testing in forty-five minutes. I don't want to upset her with a question but by the end of the day, I need answers.
"Hey babe", she says.
"Hey, I was calling to remind you that we have a cake taste testing in forty-five minutes. I am sure you forgot since you've been so busy", I said trying to listen to the background. It is too quiet they are damn sure not at a store.
"Fuck, babe I did forget. But we are done anyway and, on our way back", she said.
"Cool, I will be out front waiting for you love you see ya soon", I hope she says I love you back.
"I love you too", she said, and I smiled.
I hope that she didn't fuck him again. I refuse to put up with this shit. If she wants McKee, she can have him. I could always use my inheritance and leave and start a new life with a faithful woman.
Who am I kidding I couldn't leave if I wanted to. I owe it to my uncle. He took me in when I had no one and gave me purpose. He is childless, he has no one else to take his place in the association. Bastet and I need to have a deeper talk. I will give her a choice, me or him.
I know if I don't marry her, I will never get the respect I deserve. However, if I do marry her and she continues to be with McKee behind my back I would be the laughingstock of the association. I can imagine the whispers. They will say I am married to the commander, and she is cheating on me with her second. It is bad enough that I won't be promoted to the second I will be damned if it gets out, that she is screwing McKee.
My phone alerted me she is in close proximity to the building. I go outside and wait for her. When she gets out of his car, she seems a little nervous. McKee, on the other hand, was calm and he nodded to me. I nodded back then he drove off.
I walk to her and hug her she freezes. I take her scent in she smells shower fresh which shouldn't be because it is damn near one hundred degrees outside. I reluctantly kiss her forehead and led her to my car. We drove to the "Mamas Bakery" This is Bastet and my favorite bakery. And of course, Mama was waiting for us.
"Hello children", the old lady said.
"Hello Mama", I say with a smile.
"Hey Mama, how are you?", Bastet asked.
"I am well dear. Are you guys ready? I made some special samples for you, my favorite customers", Mama said with a smile.
"Yes, Mama let's get to it", we said excitedly.
Mama led us to our favorite table, and which had different slices of cake on it. Bastet's eyes were wide with excitement. Mama told us the flavors are chocolate Raspberry, Mango with white chocolate ganache, Honey Anjur, butterscotch, red velvet, Ferrer Rocher, dark chocolate champagne, and choco pista.
We fluffed our faces it was hard for us to choose, but all of them were amazing. We have a four-tier cake, and it was hard to choose four flavors. We ended up getting dark chocolate for the base, Honey Anjur, red velvet for the two-middle tier, and Mango with white chocolate ganache for the top tier. We took a slice of the other flavors to go.
"That was fun we are going to have to do some serious working out", she said drinking water.
"Water will do me just fine with the sugar rush I got right now. We are going to crash so hard", I said with a laugh.
"All jokes aside I want to take you somewhere so we can talk", I said.
"Oh...okay", she said nervously.
We got into the car with our cakes. I drive her to the place I go to think. As we pull up, I see her eyes wide as the lake comes up on the horizon. My uncle brought me here after my family's funeral. Here is where he told me about his role in the association and what my role would be. And ever since then, it has become my safe place.
I love Bastet. I think I fell in love with her the day her father told her to show me the ropes. I could tell she was heartbroken and sad, always thought our sadness brought us together and we healed each other. I pulled over and took a blanket out of the trunk. We walked to the edge of the lake and sat. I took a deep breath and faced her to talk.
"Bastet, I know you said yes to my marriage proposal", I say as I hold her hand.
"Yes, I John I did", she said confused.
"I just want to make sure you are marrying me because you want to and not out of obligation to your father or the association", I say hoping she gets what I am saying.
"John we've been through this you know I love you", she said with pleading eyes she doesn't want to have this conversation nor do it.
"Yes, but you also love McKee", I say holding my breath.
"Oh...okay", she said nervously.
"Yes, but you also love McKee", I say holding my breath.
"John...I...I", she says lost for words.
"You do love him everyone can see it", I say strongly.
"I have some questions for you I need you to answer them truthy", I said in a stern tone.
"Okay go ahead ask away", she said nervously.
"Do you love me?" I am performing a lie detector on her I don't think she caught on yet.
"Yes", she answered that without hesitation, her pulse is steady.
"Are you in love with me?", I asked.
"Yes", she answered truthfully.
"Are you sure you want to marry me?", I asked.
"Yes", she answered truthfully again.
"Are you marrying me out of love or out of obligation?", I asked.
"Both", she answered truthfully.
"Do you love McKee?", I already know the answer to this.
"Yes", she said on the brink of tears.
"Are you in love with him?", this is the question I need an answer to
"Yes", she said as tears fell down her face.
"If you feel this way about us both, why didn't you tell me?", I asked pissed that she didn't tell me how she felt from the jump.
"The last question", I say as I breathe deeply.
"Did you have sex with McKee today?", I said looking into her eyes.
“Yes”, she said crying.
“Why?....why do you keep doing this to me....to us?”, I asked more hurt than mad.
I get up and walk away from her. Like really how much does she think I can take? How dare she cheat on me again? I don’t know if I want to marry her anymore. It is clear she loves us both, but she loves him a little more. I hear her calling me but right now I need my space before we drive back. After an hour I go back to the car it getting dark I need to take her back. When I get to the car, she looks like she cried herself to sleep. I get into the car and drive back to the association. When we get back, I am glad no one is around I pick her up and take her to her room to lay her down on her bed. Taking off her engagement ring off her finger I leave her and do home.
I don’t want to call off the wedding, but she needs to make her final decision on who she wants. I will not play second in my wife's life. I even forgot to give her the cakes, putting them in the fridge I just want to sleep this day away. I put the ring inside my safe, cut my phone off and go to sleep. At this point I don’t give a fuck if anyone tries to reach me. I am emotionally exhausted.
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