WHEN THE HEART KNOWS (BILLIONAIRE BAD BOYS BOOK 1 BY Chioma Onuoha

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER TWENTY

Nma almost fainted as pain and betrayal tore through her heart and her body. Just immediately Uche came out from the bathroom looking so fresh and handsome with towel round his waist. He looked up and saw her, she saw as the surprise hit him and a slow smile started on his face.

"Sweetheart, what a ...." But he stopped when he saw her stricken face, then he followed her line of vision saw Angela lying down contently in the middle of the bed.

"What...." He roared

"Nma this is not what you think" he turned to Angela "what are you doi...." he trailed off confused.

"Not a good cover up darling" Angela cooed

"You bastard" Nma hissed at him and turned to go but she thought better of it. Not without giving Angela one last embarrassment. She turned to face her with her hands on her hips her face contorted with anger.

"Get out of here now" she told her firmly, looking at Uche daring him to oppose her but Uche looked even angrier than her. Angela looked at Uche first and saw the ice perking in his eyes, then she looked at Nma seeing only her angry eyes ready to kill, she wrapped the duvet around her and picked up her scattered clothes putting them on hastily and trying to hold on to the duvet at the same time. If Nma wasn't so angry, she would have laughed at the picture she made. But laughter was the last thing on her mind.

"Funny attempts on modesty" she hissed at Angela as she ran past her. They turned to each other when Angela was gone. He moved closer to her.

"Nma listen, this is not what you think..."

"Stop it, just stop it" she wiped the tears from her eyes "I know what I saw" she rasped angrily. She twisted the engagement from her and threw it at him. "It was perfectly clear the lesson you taught me" she ran out. She was shaking uncontrollably when she got to the car. She was feeling faint and had to blink severally to concentrate. Her fingers shook violently as she tried to separate her car key from the rest of the keys in the bunch. When she finally got it separated, she jammed it into the ignition and accelerated with all her might. She couldn't believe it; she didn't want to believe it. This couldn't be happening to her; she thought dashing tears from her eyes angrily. Uche whom she trusted so much, why? Oh why? She cried painfully would he sleep with Angela of all women. So Angela had been right all along, she had said Uche always came back to her, Nma painfully recalled. Then why make her fall in love in with him? When it was Angela he obviously loved and wanted. Why go after other women when he knew he would always go back to Angela no matter what? She cried. She felt her heart constrict with bitter pain.

"Oh! God give me the heart to bear this or I will die from the pain of it" she cried letting the tears flow freely now.

Once she got into her house, she ran inside and locked the door and flopped down on the couch crying bitterly. Her body shook with her sobs. She tried to pull herself together but she couldn't, the pain tearing inside her was too much to bear.

How could he, how could he have had the heart to do this to her, she thought painfully. Then Angela's word came back to her

"Do you honestly think that Uche is faithful to you? You and I both know how virile he is. What makes you think he would remain celibate for God knows how long in a country where there are lots and lots of free women?"

Oh! She cried more bitterly. She knew how virile he was, just from his kisses and touch; she knew how passionate he would be. How could she have expected him to live a celibate life knowing this?

"I gave him choice at the beginning; he could have opted out knowing he wouldn't cope?" She told herself firmly. But he didn't because he thought he could have his cake and eat it. He thought he could sleep around and still have a virgin bride waiting on his bed on his wedding night, she thought bitterly her sobs breaking for a moment.