17. Someone else...

It was a miracle that Vanessa was not hit by a car...

After leaving the school., she went completely numb., she had no idea she was moving, or where she was even going to.. She just let her legs take her in any direction.. She was completely void of thoughts, words, and all senses..

It suddenly started raining, and as the cold water wickedly beat her skin through her clothes, she returned back to planet earth..

It was the last days of September, so why in the world was it raining.. This day could definitely not get any worse...

"when did it get so dark....

She had been wandering for hours that she had not noticed the time.. It was already so dark.." How long had she been walking about...

The rain had stopped.., it didn't even last for fifteen minutes.. Like it just rained to bring her back to reality... But even the little rain was enough to soak everything she was wearing from head to toe... And as the rain stopped., a cold breeze followed it.., and she could feel the cold slowly reaching her bones.. She could feel herself shivering..

All she wanted now was to be warm., for someone to cuddle her and tell her everything was all right., and someone to love her.. She really wanted to be in someone's arms right now.., someone who would hold her close and say it's gonna be okay..

Thanks to her leather bag., her phone was shielded from the rain.. She places a call to Mark.., it rings for a while but he doesn't pick up.. She calls again..,

"please Mark., please I need you now more than ever.., please pick up the phone...

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Mark who was still at the office even though it was already 8:49pm., went to get something to eat for himself and Ashley... They might have to stay longer due to some work..

Ashley was going through some files in his office when Vanessa's call came in... She was quite happy that Mark was not here to pick the call..

But then the phone kept on ringing., and a nefariously dirty idea came to her mind..

She heard Mark's footsteps from outside the office., so she picked up the call., and reduced the volume to Zero.. So if Vanessa was talking, they wouldn't hear her., but everything they said and did will be loud and clear to Vanessa..

Mark walks into the office with two burgers and some soft drinks..

"I got you cheese burger and some orange juice.., hope that is fine??.. He asks her as he places them on the table..

" That's fine and good., But.... She stands up and walks over to him... I want a different kind of food.. She places a sharp kiss on his lips..,

" Come on Ashley., we still have a lot of files to go through and this is the office., what if someone walks in on us huh..??... Mark says as her tongue slowly works its magic around his ear., and nape...

" Oh please., we can go over the files after this., and besides no one else is here.. Everyone left already... She slowly unbuttons his shirt., revealing his ironclad chest.. Slowly and seductively., she places tender kisses at intervals... In a minute his shirt is on the floor..

"Oh you drive my Crazy Ashley.. You really do... Mark takes her mouth into a hot and wanting kiss., rapidly taking off the thin material that hung on her body... Soon her breasts were exposed to his touch... He took one of them to his mouth., kissing, sucking., tasting., nibbling.., all causing her to cry out with remarkable pleasure...

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When Mark finally picked up the call, it was silent for a bit..

"Hello., Hello., Hello Mark.. Mark can you hear me??... Bad network she thought... She was going to hang up and try again.., but then she heard his voice...

He was saying something about burger and juice... But then someone else spoke.. Her voice was loud and clear., almost like she was the one answering the phone.. She said something like she wanted something different... A different kind of food she had said...

It seems to be bad timing., he seems to be busy., I should hang up., I should... But for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to hang up... A part of her told her it was wrong to listen to others conversations., and a part told her to listen to the end...

And she chose to follow the latter...

She didn't hear anything.., or did she??... She felt like she heard something that sounded like a kiss.. But maybe it was nothing., maybe she was hearing things...

But then., then she could clearly hear that.., she could hear moaning.. And it was clearly not moans of sorrow., or moans of pain., or moans of agony....

It was moans of pleasure.., sexual pleasure... She looked at her phone to be sure it was Mark she dialed.., It was..

She was shivering from the coldness of her wet clothes., but then another kind of cold suddenly swept over her., and it made her shiver even more.. She was feeling hot and cold all at once.. She could not hold the phone steady... It slipped from her grip..,

The fear of what she thought was happening was tearing through her heart....

She thought.., that's right., it might just be her own thinking., it might be her imagination... They might either be watching a movie., or.. or.. or it was just someone else.. Not Mark., definitely not Her Mark.. He loves her., he really loves her., he would never cheat on her.. No...

She would go to his office.., not because she didn't trust him., but just so her story wouldn't be like one of those movies where the female lead didn't get the facts right and left their boyfriends for something he didn't do.. No she was not a stupid female lead in some stupid drama.. She would get her facts herself...

With this in mind., she picks up her phone., and walks over to the BASIL building... Good thing her legs brought her to a place that was just a ten minutes walk to the building.... They did say something about being in the office...

When she reaches the BASIL, she walks straight to the elevator., not minding the questioning eyes that hovered around her as she passed... Who wouldn't take a second look at a full grown woman who is completely soaked from head to toe..

The elevator stopped on the thirtieth floor., and the doors opened wide.. Slowly., like she was being led to her death., she stepped out of it..

Truly just like the lady from the phone had said., everyone had left., the hall was dark.. Everywhere was dark except for one office... It stood out in the dark hall.. Because it was the only place that light was coming from... It was Mark's office

Vanessa took deep breaths., still telling herself that it was not true., and that he is not there., and that even if he was., he was just working late., and not...,

With every step she took., she could feel her feet becoming heavier., like they also did not want to move...

She got to the door., and the moaning sounds she heard from her phone was even louder.., her ears felt like they were bleeding from hearing the loud moans., her heart began racing., her breathing was inconsistent., her tears flowed uncontrollably like a fountain.. her hands had become too heavy to lift.. But she lifted them up anyway., with all her might., she pressed the door knob down., the door flew open..

And there he was., the love of her life., her heart beat., one of the reasons she was living in this miserable world., her everything..,

There he was stark naked., on the floor., on top someone else.., someone that was not her., someone she had met before..

And there laid the truth plainly in front of her.. Mark was making Love to someone else.,

He was cheating on her....

He had been cheating on her all along...