Catherine"s eyes were still flas.h.i.+ng with hatred towards Romeo in spite of his confession."No. I can"t forgive you. Because of Ella I nearly killed myself and my unborn son. It"s all your fault that Ella comes into John"s life! I hate you! I could not forgive you, no matter what you say to me. The pain I went through because of that woman drove me to the edge of insanity! Nothing you can say to me that can erase the pain and suffering that I been through!" She was panting with anger, she tried hard to control her anger but she can"t!
Romeo was deeply troubled by the intensity of Catherine"s undisguised hatred that was aiming towards him. He fixed his downcast eyes on the carpeted floor. The guilt that he was feeling right now was suffocating him.
Catherine can no longer control the rage boiling inside her mind and heart. Something must be done about it! Her fingers were getting itchy to hurt someone, and that someone happens to be in front of her. She has nothing to lose, right now is the only chance she can inflict pain on the same person that brought her so much pain. Both her hands move instantly...Pak!...Pak!...delivering a quick left and right slapping that landed on Romeo"s cheeks.
Romeo was stunned and shocked at the same time!
That was also the moment when John happened to walk into the living room, holding a platter of moist chocolate cake in his right hand and he just witnessed with his two eyes how Catherine slap his best friend on both cheeks. WTF!? He was astounded and froze in his tracks.
Romeo, hold down his rising temper. He can"t retaliate on Catherine because she"s pregnant, besides, her slapping isn"t that painful though, she seems to forget to put more force to her slap. He deserves it anyway for all the troubles he had cause to the lovers. His wife once told him that he should not interfere in the lover"s affairs but he didn"t listen to her, now this is all happening because he chooses to intervene. His good intentions only produce more pain, in the end, such a wasted effort! If only he knew things will get out of hand, he would never summon those ladies especially Ella. It"s just not worth in the end. Oh, how much he regretted everything! But he can"t turn back time what he needs to do right now is to endure Catherine"s wrath and act like a real man admitting to his mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
Catherine rose to her feet and left the living room, she pa.s.sed by in front of the shocked John on her way to the bedroom, he did not bother to stop her.
She locked herself inside the master"s bedroom. Slowly her anger was diminis.h.i.+ng, she played aloud the nursery rhymes on TV to completely drown her anger away. Then she starts ma.s.saging her tummy trying to locate her son"s position inside her womb. She can"t detect her son"s movement, maybe he was sleeping.
Surprisingly, she feels much better after slapping Romeo. That was nice! Although she wanted to hit him real hard, then a tiny voice that resides in her mind told her that she should go easy with Romeo since he was John"s best friend after all.
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In the living room...
John sat down on the sofa facing his best friend.
"I apologize on behalf of Catherine, bro. I"m sorry that she was not able to control his fury and hurt you. If I have known that this is what"s going to happen I would not let you two meet tonight," he said.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Romeo ma.s.saged gently the area of his cheeks where the slap landed. "It"s okay, bro. The sting of her slapping didn"t linger long in my face. It"s not super painful at all. I guess I deserved it all. It"s my punishment for all the troubles I had caused in your relations.h.i.+p, I hope she can learn to forgive me after this incident."
"I will talk to her, bro. I will make her apologize for hitting you, just wait here," he stood up wanting Catherine to apologize to Romeo.
But Romeo prevented him from moving forward by holding his arm.
"No need bro. Just let her rest. Don"t argue with her. Maybe tomorrow she will calm down. Don"t force her to apologize to me, it isn"t right. This will only make things more complicated if you forced her. Let"s just ignore this incident and forget about it. I wanna go home now," said Romeo.
"Are you sure?" asked John. But he can"t let things go this way. Catherine and Romeo must settle their differences tonight. This can"t go on for a long time, he can"t allow that his soon to be wife and his best friend will have bad blood between them. "Wait a minute...wait for me, Bro..."
"Please go easy on her, John, she"s pregnant and pregnant women are sometimes moody," Romeo reminded his buddy.
John walked towards the master bedroom and tried to open the door but it"s locked from the inside. "Catherine opened the d.a.m.n door!" he yelled.
Catherine turned a deaf ear to his yelling.
John kept pounding on the door with no sign of stopping...
Feeling irritated of his persistent hard knocking on the door, she finally opened the door and returned to the bed fixing her eyes on the nursery rhymes playing on the TV.
"Catherine, come with me, apologize to Romeo right now!" he said.
"No! I won"t apologize to him, he doesn"t deserve my apology! I want you to fire him from his job! Get rid of him in your company right away!" she demanded like a diva.
John"s eyes grow bigger with her outrageous demand. "No way! Romeo is a big a.s.set to my company, he is my right man! We have been through a lot together I just can"t rid of him that way because you demanded so, it"s not right. Can you just please forgive him?" he begged. Inside his mind was a growing turmoil that he doesn"t want to be a.s.sociated with. If Catherine continues to act defiantly against his will then the coming days will be filled with trouble and arguments every time they see each other.