Perfidious.

•Chapter• |36|

Denise August

As Jacob told me what happened between him and chres i couln't believe my ears . my best friend seriously had sex with my husband? this was too much to process i stayed quiet for a few minutes as i listened to jacob quietly sob .

"d-denise?"

"when did you guys plan to tell me?" i mumbled

"i-i wanted to but i was just scared . denise i swear i didn't mean to . we were drunk at naomi's party please don't be upset ." i mean, i wanted to be upset . but for the sake of this baby , i couldn't . i stared at jacob and all i saw in his eyes were hurt , sincerity, and more that i couldn't make out . i was just lost for words .

"but jacob . how could you . why . . you're my best friend ." i said as i started to tear up also

"i swear i didn't mean it d-denise ." he hiccuped . "w-we were dr-drunk." i shook my head not wanting to hear anymore and walked out .

"denise i'm s-sorry please don't do this!" he cried .

"i just want time to process all of this ." i mumbled as i walked out . i mentally slapped myself as i remembered i got a ride here . i pulled my phone out but then put it back in my bag because i wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone . i started to walk home and just try to process everything that was happening at the moment . how could this happen ? why did this happen ? i'm not angry but i'm pretty disappointed and appalled .

i got home and i saw chres sitting on the couch watching tv . he looked bored and as if he was about to fall asleep any minute . one leg was on and he was laying on his back with the tv remote slowly falling out of his hand . i walked over to him and he noticed me .

"hey baby ." he mumbled .

"when were you going to tell me?" i said getting straight to the point

his eyebrows scrunched up in confusion as he sat up and stretched

"tell you what?" he yawned

"THAT YOU AND JACOB FUCKED!"

His eyes widened as he stood up in front of me .

"baby i can explain ." i scoffed and walked away

i'm hurt that he didn't tell me sooner and that i had to hear it from my best friend .

"denise just listen to me."

"when did you plan on telling me chresanto? huh? when the baby was born ? it's sad enough i had to find out from my best friend , chresanto!" i yelled

"denise we were drunk what would you expect?!"

"there has to be some sober meaning behind it chres ." i shook my head . he walked up to me and held me .

"i promise denise i didn't mean it and there is nothing else going on between me and jacob . that was a one time thing and i promise it won't happen again . we both know i can't hold my liquor and i don't know about jacob but i swear i didn't mean it ." he said as he held me and rocked me . "i love you denise ."

"chres . . just give me time please ." he nodded and gave me a kiss on my forehead .

i got out of his grasp and went outside . "denise ."