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Chapter 4 - The Accidental Mistress

IT’S PAST MIDNIGHT. I fell asleep on the bed while watching a funny series. That's my one way of coping with the sadness that I'm starting to feel right now.

Is he still not here?

I stood up to find him in our apartment but he was nowhere to be found. He didn't go home? Just exactly where are you, Drake? Are you working again?

"He didn't even text, huh? S.cumbag," I scoffed as I drank water in the kitchen. I just woke up and I am already pissed. Great.

"Oh, speaking of the devil," I hissed as I saw his number calling on my phone.

What great timing. I can't even control my actions when I'm pissed. I don’t even know what I can tell him at this point. Should I curse him?

"What do you want?" I asked as I answered the call, annoyed.

"Hi, baby." He stopped talking when he noticed that there was a hint of annoyance in my voice. "Wait, are you mad?" he asked, confused.

Wait, confused? He doesn't even have the right to be confused! How dare he!

I laughed sarcastically as I sat down on the dirty white couch.

"What kind of question was that? Of course, I am. You ditched me, Drake. For the f.ucking third time," I said as I continued talking.

Right now, I am imagining that I am holding a lighter in my right hand to burn this guy. I hated him so much at that point. I even wanna cry because of frustration, but I’m strong. I don’t need him.

"I ditched you? What the hell are you talking about— oh."

He stopped talking when he realized that we were supposed to have our date night today— I mean, yesterday, since it is past midnight now.

"Dria, I'm sorry—"

I cut him off.

"The least that I need to hear from you right now is your unending apology, you know,” I casually said, but deep inside, it hurts.

It still hurts.

It feels like my heart is getting ripped into pieces. My tears are now flowing into my eyes but I am trying my best not to make any sound. I don’t want him to know that I am crying because of him.

“I don't want to hear your apologies and explanations anymore. Didn't you even remember that it's our fifth anniversary today?" I nervously asked, even if I already knew the answer.

Silence filled our conversation. He totally forgot about it.

And again, my heart feels like it is ripped into pieces. The pain was now unbearable at this point. I completely understood the first two dates that he ditched because it’s not our anniversary, but this is a different case. It was supposed to be a special day.

I did my best to stop these f.ucking tears from flowing but I couldn't. It hurts. It hurts so much.

"You told me that you loved me, right?" I asked. My tone was almost a whisper because I was afraid that I would stutter. The least that I would want right now is to make him see that he's my weakness.

"Yes, baby, so much," he answered without hesitation.

His actions say otherwise. I hate him for confusing my f.ucking feelings like this. I really wanted to hit him and hug him at the same time. It's confusing me because I love him and I hate him at the same time.

"If you really love me, then please, come home," I said before I hung up the call and threw away my phone in my bed.

That night, I slept on the couch to wait for him. I am mad but I still wait for him to go home so I can hug him and kiss him.

I just miss him so much.

But, just like in the old days, he didn't come home.

I just smiled bitterly as I woke up with a heaviness in my heart. However, I should not let that scumbag ruin my day, because I am Alexandria Brielle Crane, the sassy and bad b***h. No one can hurt me.

"I will have a good day!" I shouted to myself as I walked into the comfort room to wash my face.

"AH, THAT was great!" I exclaimed in happiness after I finished watching the series that I was watching earlier. I wasn't able to finish it yesterday since I was really sleepy and pissed.

Call me a sadist, but I loved how the antagonists are punished in the story. Serves them right! That's what bad guys should experience. They deserve to experience hell. That's the kind of character I prefer to watch! I really don't like characters who are weak and pitiful.

As of now, I'm so bored watching the series. What should I do? Should I ask Annika to party with me at a club?

"No, she's probably busy," I murmured.

I know her schedule. She has her make-out session with her sneaky link number five today. She has so many sneaky links and I don’t even know how she can manage her bar and her flirting sessions at the same time. Good time management, indeed.

Anyway, I don't wanna interrupt her with that. Even if she asked me to call her if Drake doesn't go home, I don't want to hinder her happiness.

I am the one who wanted to prolong this relationship, so I should be the one to suffer alone.

Should I call my parents and ask if they are hiring for a part-time job?

"No, definitely not," I answered myself again while shaking my head.

They will probably give me a managerial position so that I will work for our company. No, I don't want to work right now.

I know that since I'm an only child, I should take over the company now and help my parents since they are growing older, but I really want to enjoy my life as of now. It's been a year since I graduated. It feels like studying took over half of my social life. Annika became my best friend because she was my classmate back in college. We talk every day even if I don't want to. I don't wanna communicate with other people, but I need to, since we're groupmates.

"You don't wanna work? You wanna waste your talent? You wanna waste your grades? I am so proud of you for being a valedictorian, and now, you're telling me that you don't wanna work? Are you out of your mind?! Are you f.ucking kidding me right now?!"

That’s what mommy said back then. I even remember how angry she was at that time. I thought that she was going to hit me, but she didn't.

They scolded me back then. They even threatened me that they would cut off my credit cards if I didn't work. I'm just glad that Annika was a successful businesswoman at that time, so I can just work for her company.

Unlike me, she planned for her future too much and did not focus so much on her studies. She has passing grades, of course. At that time, while I was studying for our exams, she was planning for her club. She loved partying even at a young age, so she tried to make her passion a source of her income.

And she did.

And I am so proud of her for that.

But, what happened to me?

To be honest, I don't have a dream. My mother chose my course for me. She said that I am so good at communicating with other people, so I should take Marketing. She also said that she would make me the Marketing Head of the company. Our business is with construction materials, by the way.

"Ah, I just wish that life is like a game so that I can restart my life if I don't like the way it ended." I sighed as I drank my favorite coffee that I ordered in Starbucks: Caramel Macchiato. This will always be my favorite Starbucks drink. I just love its taste.

After I'd said that, an idea ran into my mind. Should I just play a simulation game?

"Simulation game," I muttered as I typed it into my game store.

Best Simulation App: The Better Choice

Live your life to the best, so that you will not regret the rest.

"I think that is it. Downloading." I just love talking to myself at this point, since I have no one to talk to as of now.

Application downloaded.

"Yay!" I screamed in excitement after I downloaded the game. It's my first time playing a game like this. This is a game where I can choose a story to read, and the plot twist is that I can choose what will happen to the main character. I just love it so much.

It looks like I will enjoy life from now on.

"What is better to read right now?" I asked myself.

My Vampire Boyfriend

Hiding the CEO's Baby

He is my Enemy

"This is so boring, man," I exclaimed as I was scrolling through the app. No stories here attract my interest… not until I saw a story that definitely caught my attention.

The Accidental Mistress

I blinked my eyes twice when I saw the title of the story. Mistress? Am I seeing this right? The protagonist is a mistress? Or was it just my assumption? It's rare for me to find a story about mistresses, huh? I admire the bravery of the author of this story. I really do.

Anyway, why is it accidental?

I am not sure if I should read this story, but since the title catches my attention, let's see the story description.

The Accidental Mistress, written by I am not the fairytale

A story about Camilla, a typical girl, and a nanny, who becomes the mistress of the hottest and richest CEO in town, Samuel Genesis Campbell. She did her best not to fall in love with his tricks, but how long could she last? Can she resist her boss?

What are you going to choose? To do what is right, or to do what your heart tells you?

“Oh, so she’s really a mistress,” I said as I confirmed it because of the story description.

Interesting, but how come? This story has a two out of five. This was an underrated story! Why would they give a horrible rating like that? And, wow, the comments. I blinked my eyes twice as I started reading them.

This story is trash. Where's your brain?

How dare you write a story about mistresses? Are you even out of your mind?

Let's massively report this, guys. She doesn't even deserve the 0-star rating. The story is disgusting.

Please just die. I hope you'll die.

"They’re so harsh, what the hell?" I muttered unconsciously.

People are really something. The story is in one of the most popular categories, but I didn’t think that it was negative publicity. Just because the author wrote something uncommon, people are now bashing her? Is the story really bad?

Maybe for them, but people have different tastes, especially in stories, right?

The story even catches my attention, so I’ll give it a shot.

It was forbidden, but there’s a part of me that wants to know what it feels like to be a mistress. I am just curious as to why people are settled to be mistresses. Are they thrilled being a mistress? I want to know what they think.

This story will help me to know that.