A Naive Bride for the Sophisticated CEO novel Chapter 44

Amelia slowly opened her eyes and closed them. Her vision was blurry at first, but it became clearer after several blinks.

She could finally see clearly and in front of her was James, lying on his left hand side, facing her. His face was about three inches away from hers.

She creased her brows and sprang up. She looked around the room, wondering how and when she got there.

The manner at which she sprang up woke James up, and he also sat up.

“Amelia.” He called, and she turned her head to look at him.

“What am I doing here? Why are we sleeping on the same bed?” She asked, moving further away from him.

“Hey… I know it would be hard to recollect what happened last night. How are you feeling?”

He stretched his hand to her face but she moved away. She got out of bed and moved away from it.

“Hey… what’s wrong? I just want to check your temperature.”

“What happened, Mr. James,” She responded, lowering her head slowly.

She couldn’t remember much but she could remember vividly that they were on good terms and that is why she ended up in the club in the very first place.

James heaved a loud sigh and yanked the duvet off his body. He got out of bed and walked to where she stood.

“I told you not to talk to Elena anymore. You see what she caused you?” He asked, and Amelia knitted her eyebrows.

She raised her head and looked at him. “What do you mean?” She asked, trying to remember what happened last night.

“Let’s leave here first. We’ll talk better when we get home.” He said. He picked up her jacket and stretched it to her.

“I’m not going home with you, Mr. James. You smashed my phone on the floor.”

“So where would you go? You’ll go back to Elena, after what she did to you?”

“What did she do?”

“She drugged you, Amelia! She put two capsules of Viagra in your drink! She set you up with a man, fortunately I was around to save you before he slept with you.”

“What?!” Amelia exclaimed.

“I’ll prepare our things. Think back very well, you will remember. I told you she isn’t who you think she is, but you would never listen to me.”

James walked away and Amelia grabbed her head as she began to remember all that went down the previous night.

“No… no… no…” She cried.

“Yes, Amelia. You were all over a stranger, calling him James because of how horny you were.”

“Oh my God…”

She bowed her head and looked at her body, James narrowed his gaze at her, wondering what she was looking for.

“I didn’t do anything to you if that’s what that is about. Though you wanted me to sleep with you so badly, I didn’t do it. Let’s go back home and talk properly there.”

Amelia cleaned the tears that streamed out of her eyes and bobbed.

James carried her bag and hung it on his shoulder, just like he did the previous night.

He walked to the door and opened it. He stepped aside and waited for Amelia to walk out first.

Amelia gulped hard and shuffled to the door. All memories of the previous night kept rushing into her head. How she was all over a stranger, how she wanted him to sleep with her.

She became disappointed in herself.

*

They both sat in the car, and James drove out of the club’ premises. Amelia sat next to him in front of the car and kept her head lowered.

Tears couldn’t stop streaming out of her eyes at the thought of betrayal from someone she called her best friend.

James took a glance at her and noticed she was sobbing silently.

“What are you thinking, Amelia?” He asked, and she sniffed and looked at him.

“Why would she do that to me? She was my best friend! I trusted her, and told her almost everything.” She mumbled in tears.

James clenched his jaws and looked away. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel as he drove.

“She is evil, Amelia. You shouldn’t believe anything she says.”

Amelia bounced her head and looked out of the window. “Can I ask you something?” She asked, and James nodded

“Yes, you can.”

“What really happened between you and Elena, Mr. James. Tell me everything.”

James exhaled softly and nodded.

“It all happened when she started working as my secretary. She seemed normal at first, but later she started acting so obsessed with me. She wouldn’t eat until she sees me, she would stay in the office until whenever I am done just to tell me goodnight. At first I thought it was a good thing that she cared about me, not until one day we won a contract. I was so happy, and she brought the suggestion of celebrating in the office…”

James took a break and swallowed hard. These bad memories made him even angrier.

“What happened?” Amelia asked out of curiosity.

“She drugged my wine. The same way she did to your tequila. The drug she put in it was to make me fall asleep. She raped me right there in the office and after I realized what happened, I fired her.”

“Oh my… She is so evil. She told me a different story.”

“What story?” James asked.

“She said you raped her and fired her afterwards.”

James scoffed and shook his head. “I’m not surprised. She would do anything to make her look like the victim. I would never rape a woman. There’s no fun in that.”

After James finished talking, great silence set in and they both had different thoughts running in their minds.

Amelia recalled she had kissed that stranger too and she slowly touched her lips.

“I kissed him,” She muttered, and James looked at her.