Toxic Attraction

Chapter 9

Betrayal

Weeks later, things were still not looking good between Veronica and Josh, they hardly spoke to each other and slept in different rooms, Veronica at this point didn't care. She was tired of begging Josh as if she was guilty of something. Moreover, this time, Malvin played a role in making sure that Josh doesn't fix things with Veronica.

Apparently, Malvin was very eager to have a taste of Veronica ever since the day he saw her half nakedness. But the only way he could achieve that, he believed was to destroy Josh's marriage. As a trusted friend according to Josh, he shared everything with Malvin even a top secret his wife Veronica never knew about, that Josh was the one who accidentally crushed the young man at the road of gruesomeness who was buried months ago with a truck and ran away to save his job.

For he was going to do his side business with the company truck.

Malvin convinced Josh that he should never trust women because they are good liars, almost as good as the devil. He even said he has seen Veronica in a blue Jaguar with another man several times.

Meanwhile, he told Veronica that the reason why Josh was avoiding her was that Josh was cheating at work. Though she didn't believe that, Malvin was determined to prove to Veronica that Josh was cheating. One day on Friday late evening after knocking off, Malvin told Josh that he wanted to honour him for being a good and trusted friend, so he took him to a nightclub, there he ordered two glasses of wine and they brought them.

Malvin asked two strippers who were perfoming and providing erotic entertainment by rhythmically undressing to music. By then, they were wearing plus rhinestone chain cut out bikini bottoms and punk plus O-ring cut out crisscross back crop cami tops sitting on a table next to them, Malvin asked them to come sit on their table. He sponsored them with cocktails and everything they needed. After concluding the second round of it, he went straight to the barman and collected another two glasses whisky, at this time, he spiked Josh's drink.

And few minutes after drinking, Josh blacked out, it was then that Malvin took out money from his wallet, he placed it in the strippers’ bandeaus and told them to keep his friend busy.

Malvin went outside and drove to Josh's house, getting there he knocked, he still had the depictions of Veronica in a not closely constrained underwear with small openings that exposed her crotch furs. Veronica came to open the door thinking it was Josh, but what bothered her was that Josh had his own keys and he doesn't knock when he comes back, besides they were not talking to each other in the house.

However In opening, it was Malvin, Veronica didn't allow him in, and she asked “what do you want?” Malvin said “i told you Josh was cheating, let's go i want to show you something” but Veronica refused saying “i don't care whatever Josh does, just leave me alone.” She then shut the door on his face, but Malvin seized it before it could close, and insisted to Veronica telling her that “you should care. Josh is still your husband and you don't want to be in a situation where by you contact any s****l transmitted diseases after you both fix things.”

That truly made sense to Veronica; he dressed up and went with Malvin.

He took her to the nightclub, and there Veronica saw the two strippers all over Josh, by that time, Josh didn't know where he was. Malvin told Veronica that this is what he does every day.

Veronica couldn't stand it, he told Malvin to drive her back home and he did. However, in getting home just before Veronica could get out of the car Malvin tried to make few moves such as offering a shoulder to cry on, posing as a good guy, but it didn't work for Veronica. She opened the car and went to the bedroom to sleep.

In the meantime, Malvin could see himself entering the house with Veronica; he could see her in those night-wears approaching him in a gentle and arousing gesture. But that was just an illusion. The reality was that he had to go back and take his friend Josh. He went to fetch him and brought him home, however in knocking, Veronica didn't want to open the door, Josh didn't even know where he was at, and he couldn't even stand with both feet.

Malvin tried to use Josh's keys to open, but Veronica left her keys inside the lock so he couldn’t open.

He had no choice but to take Josh with him. Apparently, Malvin was staying alone; he didn't last long with women because of his medical condition. Malvin was suffering from type 1 diabetes caused by an autoimmune reaction (the body attacks itself by mistake, here the immune system fails to distinguish between healthy tissue and harmful antigens and as a results, the body sets off a reaction that destroys normal tissues).

This reaction stopped his body from making insulin, so he needed to take insulin every day to survive. He was always feeling tired and weak, Feeling irritable and having other mood changes. The most devastating part of it was erectile dysfunction (an inability to maintain an erection). This robbed him and his partners of the opportunity to deepen their relationship. Therefore, he needed close medical follow-up until his blood sugar levels stabilize.

Early in the morning, Josh woke up with a headache; his head was too heavy that he couldn't afford to lift it up. Malvin was already up preparing breakfast, few minutes later when Josh was fully awake; they both sat in the dining room eating.

Malvin was teasing Josh about some stunts he pulled yesterday, things Josh couldn't even remember. After they were done eating, Malvin drove him home, Veronica was already up by that time doing some house chores. They didn't greet each other as usual, Josh just went to take a quick shower and went to sleep in the bedroom.