A Little Mad

Chapter 66

The biggest smile graced Mercedes face as the bedroom door closed. She was sitting on the bed facing away from the door on her phone. She had just seen the new coverage online. The bed slowly dipped inward as someone crawled behind her. They pulled her hair behind her shoulder and placed gentle kisses on her neck. She leaned her head back into their shoulder. She could see glimpses of fiery red hair out the corner of her eye. She smiled brightly. She watched as a hand took her phone and threw it on the pillow at the head of the bed. Warm breath gently ran over her neck. A whisper fell into her ear.

"I told you I was coming home." 

Mercedes turned around on her knees and pushed him back slightly on. She was inches from his face.

"Well, it took you long enough."

Jerome smirked as he grabbed her chin, pulling her into a kiss. He gently pushed her backwards, not breaking the kiss. Mercedes stretched her legs out, allowing him to fall on top of her. Jerome slowly trailed his hand up her shirt until she grabbed his wrist and gently pushed on his chest. Jerome set up and gave her a confused look. Mercedes smiled and sighed.

"As much as I really would love to finish this.... we need to talk..."

Jerome grabbed her hands and pulled her to a sitting position.

"Right now?"

Mercedes looked away.

"I can't have sex with you without telling you this..."

Jerome gave her a worried look and Mercedes set composed. She took a few moments of steady, normal breathing. 

"I made a promise that I would never lie to you. You will be furious when you hear what I have to tell you, but you will listen until I am finished. I am prepared to accept your temper. If you try to lay a hand on me before you have cooled off, we will have a problem. Okay?"

Jerome's shock was clear. Mercedes was calm, and it chilled Jerome. Mercedes raised her eyebrows.

"Jerome? Do you understand?"

Jerome nodded, becoming increasingly anxious. Mercedes let out a heavy breath.

"While I was away on our break, a series of events happened that caused me to fall in love with someone else."

Mercedes stayed calm as Jerome was visibly angry. He stood up and glared at her.

"Who is it?!"

It surprised Jerome that he wasn't frightening her with his anger anymore. Mercedes stood up and faced him, making full eye contact.

"Your brother Jeremiah."

Jerome stepped back, keeping his distance. His discontentment with her response was raging. He couldn't believe what she had said and the fact that she just flat out told him. He looked at her with piercing green eyes. The images that flashed before him frightened him the most. He was strangling Mercedes until she was purple. He was stabbing her alive and slicing her through. He was tying her to a chair and making her watch him kill Jeremiah before turning to her with a smile to kill her as well. He stepped back until he hit the dresser. Mercedes calmly walked forward, knowing that at any moment he could snap and grab her. Jerome wanted to kill his brother, but it broke his heart that for a split second he wanted to kill Mercedes too. He quickly took it back in his mind. He watched as Mercedes's expression went from serious to soft and heartbroken. He tried his best to soften his expression as well. Mercedes gently grabbed his hand. He looked down and back up at her. Looking into her eyes, he could sense that she was intensely heartbroken. 

"Can I now explain this to you... Please..?"

Jerome slumped on his bed and gestured for her to finish. He was fuming and wanted to exactly what happened.