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Callum sighed. “We needed to talk about something and decided it would be easier to just talk here.”
Ciara wanted to raise her eyebrow at that. She was tired. And then everything that had happened to her this day was just too much for her to accept their bullshin
She never said a word about them always being together but invading the privacy of her apartment which Ciara would consider the only safe haven that she has was just too much.
They are being too much.
Her hand balled into fists. She took a deep breath.
“Can’t you do your talking somewhere else! I needed to have my peace too.” She tried her best to not sound very annoyed but it was so hard. She feels like she would explode any minute.
“Stop being so dramatic, Ciara Callum said, his voice stern. “And she’s here because she needed a place to stay for a night. She had a problem with her mother and I couldn’t just let her be somewhere that is not safe,”
Ciara felt her anger growing, but she didn’t want to cause a scene in front of Shane.
“You can book her a place, not this apartment. This is my safe space. Why would you make a decision like that without informing me?!”
Callum’s brows furrowed, not understanding why Ciara was making things so big out of nothing.
“She needed a place. Why do I need to book one when we have a spare one? Besides, I thought you would go to our house. You didn’t even tell me you will stay here,”
Ciara wanted to laugh at how absurd she was hearing. She wanted to cry but she stopped herself. Callum had already broken her heart into pieces and here he is, even pulverizing the broken pieces into dust.
“Fine,” she said through gritted teeth. “I’ll just go to my
As she walked away, Ciara couldn’t help but feel a mix of emotions anger, hurt, and confusion. She didn’t know what happening to her marriage with Callum
The next morning, Ciara woke up early and saw Shane sitting alone in the living room. She wasn’t watching anything but was only on her phone.
She wondered where Callum was, but decided to ignore Shane and went to prepare for work.
She didn’t want to be with her and ruin her day.
But before she left, Shane decided that today was the right time to show her true colors and ruin Ciara’s day. She asked Ciara, “So when are you leaving his life? You know, get a divorce and remove your worthless presence from our lives?”
Ciara was taken aback by the question. She turned around and looked at her, her eyebrow–raising, “What are you talking, about?” she asked, her voice rising
Shane had always looked sweet in front of Callum. And most often, even though she doesn’t like her, Shane never talks to her in that way. But right now, Clara thinks she’s finally seeing the real her.
“You’re in the way of our happiness, Ciara. You need to let Callum go,” she said, her voice dripping with venom
Clara wanted to laugh out loud. Just last night, Shane seemed to be that vulnerable woman who would look at Callum for
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help looking so upset when she mockingly answered her. And now that there were only the two of them, Shane’s true color was finally showing
Ciara retorted. “I am Callum’s wife. We are together, and we always will be”
Shane scoffed. “You’re not the only one, Ciara. Callum and I have been together for a long time. Your marriage! I know the secret of that. What? Did you actually think you were special? You actually think you could take my place form his life?”
Ciara felt a wave of shock wash over her.
“You are delusional. All you have was a piece of paperwork but you could never have his heart! He still loves me,”
wasn’t that she was very surprised but she at least hoped Callum wouldn’t be that bastard who would do that to her.
She still trusts her husband. “What are you saying?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
Shane looked at her, a smug expression on her face. Tm saying that Callum and I are together and it’s just a matter of time before he kicks you out of his life. Don’t you think it’s best to just divorce him to save face?” she said, her voice triumphant
Ciara couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “What?” she said, feeling like the world was spinning around her.
Shane stood up, her eyes blazing. “You heard me. He doesn’t want you anymore. You need to leave Callum alone,”
Ciara was determined to maintain whatever dignity she had left, so she sarcastically smiled at Shane and pulled down the neckline of her blouse to reveal the hickeys on her body. “You’re certain he doesn’t want me? Then what are these marks, and why did he moan while touching me?”
Ciara knows these marks on her body are nothing to be proud of because it was something Callum and her did when he was only drunk. Most often, it was just that but one wild night ruined everything and that’s why she got pregnant.
“You’re a slut! That wasn’t Callum’s doing! He will never touch someone like you!”
Ciara laughed, “Well, why don’t you ask him? Maybe he can also share with you how hot our nights are, how his touch would burn my skin, how he hugs me so close every night.” she taunted. For some reason, she wanted to piss Shane even more.
Shane’s anger intensified, and she advanced toward Ciara with the intention of slapping her. However, Ciara was quick on her feet and evaded Shane’s strike. Shane’s momentum caused her to lose her balance and hit the chair before tumbling to the ground.
Ciara was startled. Things happened so fast.
Shane screamed loudly, her eyes looking like some daggers.
“What’s happening”
And that’s the scene Callum witnessed. He just came back from his morning jog and heard Shane’s loud scream.
Callum rushed over to Shane’s side and helped her up, looking at Ciara with a mixture of anger and concern. “What did you do?” he demanded. “Why did you push her?”
“I didn’t push her,” Ciara protested. She was a bit startled by the situation especially since she could see that something was wrong with Shane.
But the fact that Callum’s words were icy and sharp hurts her more. “She was trying to hit me, and I dodged. She lost her balance and fell.”
Shane was clutching her stomach and whimpering in pain. “Callum, the baby. The baby,” Shane was desperately clinging to him like she was a child that was taken off her candy. But the way her hand clutched her stomach startled Ciara.
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“It’s okay, Shane, it’s okay,” Callum soothed her. Tll take care of you. Let’s go to the hospital.”
Callum glared at her and Ciara could feel the blood rush out of her face.
Ciara watched in silence as Callum and Shane left the house. She was left alone with her thoughts, trying to process everything that had just happened..
Baby… Shane is pregnant?
She couldn’t believe that Callum had been cheating on her with Shane and that Shane was carrying his child.
Her knees started shaking and her eyes started to water.
How could you do this to me?” Ciara whispered. There is so little hope that was left in her at this point.
She felt a mixture of anger, sadness, and betrayal. She had given Callum everything, and he had thrown it all away for another woman. She wondered how long it had been going on, and if anyone else knew.
Shane was pregnant and it’s quite ironic that she is pregnant as well. That didn’t help with the emotion she had been going through since yesterday
Ciara paced back and forth in her living room, her mind in a frenzy. Shane was pregnant, like her.
Just what are the odds?
She knows that Shane was someone special to him but she didn’t actually expect Callum to be so low and do things behind her back like that.
The image of Shane screaming while clutching her stomach was still vivid in her mind and Ciara couldn’t shake off the feeling that somehow it was her fault. But she also knows that she didn’t do anything wrong. She didn’t push her.
She decided it was best to go back to work so she could distract herself.
Just then, her phone rang. It was Callum. Ciara hesitated before answering, unsure of what to say.
“Hey, Callum,” she said, trying to keep her voice steady.
“Why didn’t you come to the hospital?” Callum demanded.
Ciara felt dejected by the tone of Callum’s voice. He didn’t even ask her what happened or asked if she was fine.
“Why should I go there?” she answered back, her voice shaking as she could hear the heaviness in his voice.
“What do you mean?” Callum’s voice was filled with anger. “She just had a miscarriage because of you, because you pushed. her!”
Ciara felt her heart pounding in her chest as she listened to Callum’s accusations. She knew she hadn’t pushed Shane, but the anger in his voice made her doubt herself.
“Why would I push her? You know me, Callum, I would never do something like that,” Ciara said, tears streaming down her face.
Callumn shook his head, his eyes cold and unyielding. “I don’t know what to believe anymore. All I know is that Shane lost the baby, and it was obviously your fault.”
“I told you I didn’t push her! How many times do I have to repeat myself?”
Callum scoffed. “You expect me to believe that? You’ve always been cold–blooded, Ciara. You don’t care about anyone but
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yourself.”
Ciara gasped. She couldn’t believe those words were coming out of his lips when she had given him her all, even risking her life for him before.
“How dare you…” she couldn’t help but whisper.
“Save your lies for someone who believes them,” Callum snapped, and then he hung up the phone.
Ciara felt a lump form in her throat. Everything was just too much.
