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As I ran up the stairs, I Iooked over my shoulder just in time to find Chad holding

Rebecca down. Like I had suspected, she had attempted to run after me and was scowling like a wind beast. "Let me go Chad, I'm going to kill her, I have to kill her!"



Panting heavily, I headed up the steps, stumbling a few times but managing to remain on my feet.



I was soon out of their presence and in the bedroom he had assigned to me to spend the night. I locked myself in, panting heavily. I pressed my ear against the door, trying to figure out what they were saying, even knowing it was an impossible action.



Chad



Rebecca was trying so hard to be free from my grip but I was stronger than her. Her attempts were admittedly wearing me out and it was a reminder that I still needed as much rest as I could possibly get.



"I said let me go!" She moved forward and the heel of her shoes pressed against my big toe.



I flinched and pressed my lips together in pain, shaking her aggressively. "Rebecca!"



That got her to stay put and stare at me blankly.



"Can you listen to me for once? What the hell is actually wrong with you?" I frowned. "This is my house and I've told you times without number to stop coming here without telling me." I was aggravated and I was showing no signs of retention to let it all out.



"Oh why not?" She snapped in my face, "so you can harbour hoes in here?" She frowned. She pushed my chest and I let go of her, knowing that I had her attention now and there was no way she would want to go after Nikki.



"Chad, how low could you even go? Your fucking dumb ass secretary was just in here sucking the hell out of your lips like how on earth did that even happen?"



"That's none of your business." I corrected her.



"That's none of my business?" She stared at me like I had sprouted a new head. She pushed my chest even harder than the first time and because I was caught off guard, I stumbled backwards and tried to maintain balance on my feet. "Chad, I'm your fiance!" She reminded me. I had forgotten about things still being official between us. "And you expect me to walk into your house,", she waved her hands above her head, "find you with a rat, and smile like, hey, good job?"



"We will have to talk about this later Rebecca." I closed my eyes, pressing my middle and thumb finger against the sides of my forehead.



"We will?" She snapped. "Look, if you don't call that bitch downstairs, ask her to leave, I'm going to rip this place apart."



"Don't make me call security on you." I warned her, meaning it wholeheartedly.



"It's gotten to that?" She calmed her voice.



I reopened my eyes, clicked my tongue and put my hands on my waist, "it's probably even more than that. Look, I'm serious."



"Chad, if I walk out of this room, it's the end of our relationship." She folded her hands across her chest, tapping one foot against the ground impatiently.



I didn't respond and that made her eyes go wide.



"C..Chad?" She muttered in a voice so close to a whisper.



Her stare of disbelief was replaced with a frown and she looked in the direction of the stairs, "bitch! This isn't over, I promise you'll pay for your dumb ass actions, I promise you!" She snapped and turned around to leave, glaring at me one more time before she took her exit.



I watched her leave the room and flinched after she slammed the door in anger. Rebecca was at the highest level of getting mad but it was the least thing I cared about. Asking her to drop her keys would be pointless because I knew she had made duplicates of it. I took a mental note to ask the security men to get things fixed for me.



I went upstairs and knocked on the bedroom door where I knew Nikki would have gone in. I tried the door knob but the door was locked, proving my point. There was no response. I sighed and knocked on the door a second time.



"Open this door Nikki, it's Chad." I said. "And I'm alone." I added when there was still no answer.



Reluctantly, I presumed, she brought the door open and peeked her head out, looking through the hallway. After confirming that she was good to go, she allowed more space for me to come in.



What the hell was that all about? Your freaking girlfriend almost had me killed!" She yelled in my face as soon as I walked in. "Oh my God, that was crazy as hell." She put her hands on her head and sighed.



"I'm sorry, I didn't know she was going to come by." I tried to make her feel better sincerely. My eyes followed her movement as she went to sit on the bed. She bowed her head a little and buried her face in her hands. Her hair fell to the side of her face, groaning it a little.



"Are you okay?" I asked her, moving closer. She didn't give me a response and remained in that position for a little while before eventually sitting up. I sat beside her quietly.



"Chad, I think we are doing something wrong." She began.



"What?" I squinted my eyes at her in clear confusion.



"We both have partners and we're doing this." She said in a low voice.



"Doing what?" I wondered and quickly added an apology after the glare she shot at me.



"Look, I don't know how this is supposed to work but we can't keep things up like this. This is like, cheating in a relationship. In fact, this is cheating in a relationship." She stood to her feet and began to pace around me.



"So what do you suggest we do?" I craned my head upwards so I could look at her.



"We either break up with our partners and start a relationship, or maybe just end things, whatever it is between us, and move on." She stopped walking, stood in front of me and waited for me to swear.



"End things?" I asked.



"Well yeah." She shrugged like it was nothing. "If we are going to keep this up, I can't keep cheating on Tom. I accept that I totally disrespected my relationship with him but if I'm breaking up with him, it's because you're willing to start something and if that's going to happen, then so be it because I'm not leaving him to be your pleasure hoe."



I widened my eyes at her thought factor and shook my head in response.



"What's that saying?" She pushed further.



"I don't know…"



"Just give me a straight answer Chad!" It was clear that she was growing impatient but there was currently nothing I could do in my capacity.



"Look, I do want to end things with Rebecca." I stood to my feet and put my hands on her shoulder, "but that doesn't mean I want to get in one with you." I watched her face drop but I kept speaking, seeing as it felt like the right thing to do.



"Look, we barely know anything about each other except from the fact that you were my secretary for a whole year. And even if that wasn't the case, you and I are from way different classes, I don't think we could work out." I sighed.



"Really?" She said with a whimper and I felt my heart skip. Was she really about to cry? "So you just thought I was some, hey you can come have sex with me person?"



"No, it's not that…" I tried to clarify but she was not having any of it.



"You made the mistake the first time." She added the word mistake in air quotes. "That's why I quit. Then you come to my house and beg me literally, only to say the same thing twice. Can't believe I let this happen. You know, make up your ass bitch." She turned towards the door, "I'm done playing this game, have a nice life."



With that, she was out of the room. I watched her leave and tried to go after her. I stopped walking when I noticed her wipe her face. She really was crying.



What had I done?