The indignant lover

She clenched the shirt between her fingers and then stormed to the kitchen, flinging the door open in one swift motion.

Her eyes struggled to adjust to the sight before her: her cousin, bare as the day she was born, under her boyfriend, their tongues dancing with passion while he thrust his hips into her.

"Faster." Jasmine's familiar throaty voice urged Gavin with her fingers dug into his back.

Gavin didn't notice her, but Jasmine did somewhere in the middle. Unabashed, she flashed a sly smile at Hazel as she put her arms around Gavin's neck and asked in her raspy voice, "Gavin, what...will you do if Hazie meets us here?"

Gavin groaned, pounding her harder with his hands on the counter. He thought she was worried, so he consoled her, "Don't worry, Sir Riley won't release her until noon."

"Really? Congratulations then! You sold your girlfriend for a contract."

Gavin frowned slightly at her words and leaned forward to kiss Jasmine's lips before raising his upper body. "Stop putting it that way." His finger caressed her clit and he murmured. "Remember, we are in this together."

Jasmine smirked and complied, meeting Hazel's gaze while screaming with pleasure and throwing her head back after achieving her aim.

Hazel was completely frozen in disbelief.

The name Riley was her nightmare.

It was the name of the man who had nearly raped her, but she was able to get away by hitting his head with a vase!

It turned out to be a scheme by her boyfriend and her cousin just to get themselves a contract!

"You..." was the only word that escaped her lips at the sight of the cheating couple. She felt her world crumbling around her, drowning in a sea of betrayal and anger. She tried to speak further, but her voice was caught in her throat.

Her boyfriend of two years and a cousin she had grown up with were now engaging in infidelity, right inside her house.

And not only that, they were the ones who had set her up with that greasy man.

How dare they?!

She admitted her relationship with Jasmine wasn't the best, but did she have to set her up like this?! And her boyfriend too, for a mere contract, was willing to sell her to some old promiscuous man. Had she been blind in the past two years to not see him for what he truly was? A greedy man with no bottom line who wouldn't even hesitate to push her, his girlfriend into trench.

He used to be a perfect prince charming. Apart from his looks, he was gentle and doting towards her and had never failed to tell her how much he loved her and couldn't live without her. Was this his love for her?!

Gavin was shocked by the sudden voice as he turned his neck and subconsciously froze in the middle of his action when their gazes collided.

"What are you doing here? Has Sir Riley released you?" were the first words that came out of his lips. Not a sorry, not shame or guilt, but a question.

"Bastard!" Hazel whipped her hand and slapped his face, her whole body trembling with anger. "How dare you ask me that question?!"

Gavin snapped out of his daze from the slap he hadn't expected but the matter at hand couldn't even make him care less.

He stepped in on her, holding both her shoulders and staring into her face. "Tell me, did you sleep with Sir Riley or not?!"

Hazel tried to get out of his grip but her efforts were futile against his masculine grasp.

She sneered, "Go and fuck him yourself! Bastard!"

"You...you didn't sleep with him?" He sounded disbelieving, his grip unconsciously lagging on her.

Hazel took the opportunity to wriggle free and this time, she succeeded. She huffed loudly, her chest heaving from exertion as she pointed at herself.

"Tell me, do you see me as a prostitute? You dare set me up with another man, you are a damn bastard, and yet you have the guts to be questioning me, damn you!"

"Hazie, stop this, why are you acting like a crazy woman? Aren't you guys a couple? All you have to do is sleep with Sir Riley and he will give Gavin the contract. Aren't you supposed to help each other?" Jasmine butted in, her arms crossed in front of her chest.

"Yeah, Hazie, do you know the repercussions of what you did just now? Sir Riley is probably angry at me. Do you know how much you just made me lose? Millions! Fucking millions! With it, I could have buy you a beautiful wedding dress and a 24-carat diamond ring, I could have get you all you want but you just had to ruin this!"