Honeymoon confessions

ch. 21

"What's going on here?"

Shandell pushed Cristian out of the way, in a feeble attempt not to give anything away. "She...Sheila!" She exclaimed. "What are doing here?"

The redhead raised a brow, took a few steps forward then said: "It's a public restroom." Her gaze travelled to Cristian just in time to catch him wipe his lower lip with his thumb and smirk. "I'll leave you ladies alone now," He walked to the door but added before completely walking out: "...and Shandell, I hope we can finish this next time."

Shandell's face scrunched in confusion as she watched him retreat. "What on earth was that?" She asked herself.

To push forth any type of conversation, she turned back to the mirror and washed her hands. She could only pray Sheila didn't have any funny thoughts in her mind but at last, her prayer proved useless.

"You were right," She started, "You do like men...a lot."

Shandell faced her. "Nothing is going on between Cristian and me." Sheila scoffed. "Do I look stupid to you. I just caught the two of you kissing." She spat.

Shandell felt disrespected. Sheila of all people should know how important her marriage was to her. She would never do anything to compromise it. "Do you know how pathetic you look and sound? With Cristian of all people?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out."

The two stayed silent after that, staring into each other's eyes until Shandell decided to walk away but Sheila stopped her as she said, "Imagine what you husband would think if he found out."

"Found out what? You didn't see anything because nothing happened." After she said what she did, she quickly stormed out. Her heart was racing so fast, she feared it may explode. True, her husband was not giving her the attention she wanted these past few days but that didn't mean she was going to jump into the hands of the next man, especially Cristian but knowing Sheila she was bound to push forth a certain narrative.

She had to speak to Cristian about his sudden...actions?

"What took you so long," Michael asked as she finally arrived. He noticed as she became nervous. "It wasn't that long" She replied, "Don't tell me you missed me already."

She smirked and grabbed her by the waist. "In fact, I did." she smiled.

"I'm really sorry about earlier." He made sure they maintained eye contact as he spoke. "I promise to make it up to you."

Shandell's smile faltered a bit. She only let it go earlier because she needed some peace, but she was sure of what she saw on his neck and it was not any type of rash whatsoever.

From the corner of his eyes, he spotted Michelle and Cristian, speaking to Nora and Ronan. "Let's say hello." The two walked to the group.

"How's the honeymoon? So far So good?" Ronan asked.

The smile on Justin's face almost shocked Shandell but she knew better. It was an act. His pride meant everything and honestly, she would rather put up an act than have the world laugh at her. "Perfect." He retorted.

"I can tell." Cristian snorted under his breath.

Justin seemed to be the only one who hears his remark but chose to ignore it. Their conversation headed off from there, once again confirming that the animosity between Cristian and Justin was mere competition and jealousy.

After a while, Shandell excused herself to go to the restroom, a habit even Justin had noticed. This time, although, he knew it was because she wanted some space away from him. Her smiles didn't fool him; she was obviously still angry at him.