Bitten By Love

Chapter 28

***Simone's POV ***

I heard people talking around me, their voices sounding far away. I wanted to open my eyes to see who they were talking about but my eyelids seemed to weigh a ton. I couldn't get them open.

I felt a cool, refreshing wind on my cheek and I turned my face into that direction to soak in more air. The voices became more distinct and I slowly opened my eyes.

Ramon was standing over me. "Oh my gosh. She's awake!" He said, gesturing to someone in the corner of the room. In a split second, both my parents and Josh were over me too.

"Sim! You're alive!" Josh screamed, coming closer to hug me.

"Ok. You can let her go now." Ramon seemed jealous.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Josh retorted. "This is all your fault! If you hadn't taken her out, none of this would have happened."

Ramon opened his mouth to reply but my mom spoke first. "It wasn't anyone's fault." She said. "How are you feeling Simone?" she felt my forehead with the back of her hand.

"What happened?" I asked weakly.

Ramon related the story to me of how I fainted on our date. The memories came rushing back to me.

Him. He just got married.

My heart rate elevated and and my head started throbbing. I can't wait to wake up from this dream.

"Give her some room." I heard a voice say, which I assumed to be the doctor's. "She'll have to stay overnight for observations."

I slowly drifted to sleep and when I woke up, a kind nurse was testing my blood pressure. "How are you feeling?" she asked kindly.

"Oh I'm good......kinda." My head was still hurting a little. I must have hit it hard when I fainted.

"Good. You have a visitor." She gestured towards a sofa in the corner of the hospital room. "I'll give you guys some privacy." She closed the door behind her.

"Hey babe. How are you?" Trey asked and my heart beat quickened.

"What are you doing here?" I asked angrily. "Shouldn't you be somewhere on your honeymoon?"

His jaws dropped. "H-how do you know about that?" he stammered.

"Doesn't matter how." I folded my hand across my chest.

He came closer and sat on the bed. "Babe, I can explain." he said, taking my hand into his.

"Oh. I can wait to hear this!" I pulled my hand away from his.

I was furious! How could he just get married to someone like that when he claims to love me alone. He was supposed to get married to me! I listened to his explanation.

"Simone. I love only you." he said, tears forming in his eyes. "My marriage to Daisy was strictly for business. My dad forced me into it so that he can form a business partnership with Daisy. She's nothing but a rich, spoiled lady."

The fire inside me cooled a little. "So why didn't you tell me about this business marriage? Why did you hide it from me?"

He stared into my eyes. "Simone I love you." He came closer to kiss me but I stopped him. "Simone I don't expect you to forgive me right away but from now on, I promise to make you my number one priority."

"I don't want you to." I told him firmly.

"Why not babe?" he asked. "You know we belong together."

"No we don't." I sighed. "It's over Trey. I'm done with you." I never felt so confident in my whole life.

"You can't break up with me, Simone."

"Why not?" I asked angrily.

"Because I don't think you would want your parents finding out about us." He smirk.

"You would tell them?" I couldn't believe how awful he was.

"No no no baby. I wouldn't tell them." he said, and I breathed out. "I would simply show them the video of you kissing me all over."

I gasped. When did he get to make a video!

"So you see babe." His smile made him look evil. "It's in your best interest that we stay together."

I couldn't believe it. He was blackmailing me to stay with him and there was nothing I could do about it. If I let him show my parents the video, they would be devastated. They would probably ground me for life.

Trey kissed me then left.

What am i going to do?

I laid back in bed trying to figure out how to break up with Trey until I drifted asleep.

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"Are you ready to go?" the nurse asked me and I nodded.
Trey was here to pick me up and I was filled with mixed emotions. I was angry, sad and nervous all at the same time.

Trey took my bag and brought it to the car and I followed close behind him. I sat in the back today. I couldn't bare looking at his deceiving face.

All the ride home, I just wanted to strangle Trey. I pulled the seat belt from the driver's seat towards me. All I had to do was wait for the right time to slip it around his neck.

"Simone." His voice made me jump. "You know I can see you, right?" he said, looking at me through the rear view mirror causing me to instantly drop the seat belt.
He winked at me and blew me a kiss.

He was insane! How could I have loved someone like him.

My mom ran and hug me when I reached home but then she became serious all of a sudden. "You can have something to drink from the fridge, Veron."
Trey put down my bag and went to the kitchen.

My dad was in the sofa watching a football game. "I'm glad you're home Cupcake." My dad said without looking at me.

I smiled. Nothing could tear him away from his football game.

"I want to talk to you.....upstairs." She said, and I wondered why she was being so serious.

She went into my room and I followed her. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her holding up a pair of Trey's boxers.

"Why is there a pair of Veron's boxers under your sheets?" she asked.

"D-did you find those here?" I stuttered.

"Yes. I cleaned your room while you were in the hospital. Now why do have these?" she dangled the underwear in front of me.

"M-maybe Josh left them here when he slept over." I tried to lie.
"Simone! Don't lie to me. These boxers belong to Veron. He's the only guy I know that wears hand-made underwear."

"And how do you know that Veron wears hand-made underwear?" My dad asked from the doorway and my mom froze, with a frightened look on her face.