May expressed her concerns generously, placing the dessert she brought on the table and approaching Natalia. "Look at you, are you still engrossed in your phone? This thing emits radiation, and it's not good for pregnant women and babies. Come on, give it to me."
Without waiting for a response, May took Natalia's phone and was about to put it on the table when she inadvertently played a video that had just been received.
The unmistakable sounds of intimate pleasure erupted from the phone. May, having been around the block a few times, didn’t need to see the video to know what was playing. She was mortified, her cheeks flushed red as she hastily handed the phone back to Natalia and made her exit. "Well, I have some things to do downstairs, so I'll leave you to it. Don't forget to eat your dessert."
Natalia watched May practically running away, feeling as though all the air had been sucked out of the room. The message was from Kendra, but who were the people making those repulsive sounds? Magnus and Isabella? If it was them, it was just too disgusting. They had the audacity to record it and send it to her!
Natalia felt as though her heart was bleeding. The intimate sounds were like demonic whispers from hell, scraping her soul, making her wish for death.
Should she watch it? Would she be disgusted if she did?
But what if Kendra just randomly picked a video to upset her? What if Magnus wasn't really with Isabella? Maybe, just maybe?
Without seeing it with her own eyes, she couldn't jump to conclusions. Natalia's heart was in turmoil, and she suddenly felt like a joke in their circle. Why did they always have to mess with her? She had already kept her distance.
Natalia clenched her fists, and took several deep breaths before slowly walking towards her phone, which May had left on the table. The table wasn't far away, but it felt like she was walking through a lifetime of hardships. Those nauseating sounds made her want to stab her ears and never hear again.
She moved hesitantly forward, both eager and afraid to see the contents of the video. Slowly, very slowly, she moved forward until she finally reached the phone that was still playing the video. With a trembling hand, she picked up the phone from the table, suppressed the urge to vomit, and bravely looked at the screen.
This time, she could see it clearly.
The video was clear, capturing the messy hair, the suggestive spine, and even their most private parts. The face of the man in the throes of passion was unmistakably Magnus. But the woman beneath him wasn't Isabella. It was another face she knew all too well, Kendra.
It wasn't Magnus and Isabella, but Magnus and Kendra.
It was such a cruel joke. So, she meant nothing to Magnus. He abandoned her, heavily pregnant, to be with Kendra.
Natalia never imagined that a man who despised Kendra so much would now hook up with her. She felt sick! Truly nauseated!
Natalia's fingers dug into her palms. She was unfeeling to the pain of her nails cutting into her flesh.
Magnus was something else! Just recently, he was cozy with Isabella, and now he was with Kendra. Where did he place her? If he didn't love her, why couldn't he let her go? Why did he force her to keep living in their filthy world?
Tears streamed down Natalia’s face like a broken dam. She felt as though all the air around her had disappeared. She struggled to breathe but found she couldn't. The feeling of suffocation crept up on her. Natalia felt something hot and wet spreading from her abdomen.
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