This time I became a lot more cautious and aware of everything, Aubrey said to me.
Leave a woman to speak and she will end up telling on herself.
From my personal counsel with Olivia Cyrus, my caretaker, I figured that everything I and Aubrey shared in the past was a deceitful unrequited love.
I was blinded by love, that everything wrong she did looked right to me.
The moment of truth, I've been searching for answers, piecing together fragments of clues, and suddenly, it all clicked.
My eyes widened as the pieces fell into place, I felt like I'd been punched in the gut.
The only person I trusted, the one I thought I knew, was a stranger.
The truth was a bitter pill to swallow, but I still had my doubts because I felt it would be better to have the truth come out of her mouth.
"Don't you give who you love?"… Olivia asked me.
"Giving is the most significant proof of love."
"Yes, you're right Alex."
"I gave her everything, I was the nice guy, the guy who had his forever planned with her."
"Maybe that was the first mistake you made Alex."
"How! what do you mean?"
"You prioritized her over yourself, and it cost you everything, even the fate of the world."
"Isn't that what love is about ?"
"If she really loved you!, she'd offer herself to you."
"You seem more like the foolish guy, she keeps on the side, knowing you will commit to her long term, then she goes about with other men."
"That may not be the case but with everything I know about how we women are!, it's definitely plausible."
"I will advise you to drug her with a serum, but it's not so reliable, because you're definitely not going to get the truth out of her."
"I have some here, if you consider using it!"
"No thank you, I'll read her body language."
"You can do that?"…Olivia, curiously asked.
"Ohh uhm yeah I guess!".. I nervously answered, because I gave out a clue of my secret hyper ability, she's not aware of it.
"Okay! So when are you going to make time for me Daddy?"… she pulled her apron off trying to make me sway with her.
But I quickly got tense and stormed out of her office, such a fool I was, for turning down an ethereal beauty like Olivia, only because of my hopes of Aubrey, that I've been able to abstain, even though I'm horny all the time.
I sat across Aubrey, summoned the courage to speak to her, because I know if I could get the truth out from her, it would hurt my feelings and alter my mind and reality, though it's important I become wiser.
So I took a soft approach, instead of interrogating.
"So when do you think it will be the right time?, for both of us to have an intimate life together and have offspring."
"I think i should just come clean about this"… Aubrey replied.
"I'm not a virgin, neither were you going to be my first."
"This is the truth," with a deep breath, she said, her voice steady with no remorse.
"I can't keep lying to you, you're no longer that underdog geek I had my cobwebs on."
"You're HIM now, and I've done so many terrible things, I didn't even care, it would hurt you, because I didn't love you the way you love me."
She kept going on and on, leaving only the truth hanging in the air.
The weight of her deceit that hung between us, a tangible thing that suffocated the air.
My head slumped down and for a moment I looked vulnerable.
"I didn't want to hurt you,".. I whispered, the words barely audible.
As I looked up, my eyes pleaded for understanding, but she was far beyond my forgiveness.
"That's why I remained committed to you until now, letting the world down, because of my foolish decisions."
She felt a pang, but it was too late for apologies.
The truth was out, and nothing would be the same again.
"Why did you come back to me then?"
"I didn't".. she immediately replied.
"I was backstabbed by Ghost, he offered me protection since I had nowhere to hide."
"And he used it for his own interest, son of a bitch."
"Ghost!! So you weren't kidnapped?You mean you knew him all along!"…I remained stoic and avoided being sensitive.
"Yes!, I and Eastley, now known as Ghost, had history together, even while you and I shared something."
"Ohh wow, that's new, I was about to say, because he mentioned something similar."
I answered calmly and didn't pose off to be violent, but my hands itched maliciously.
I Gutted, knowing I'd lose trust in her.
"I don't know what I was thinking, I was scared."
"Scared?" She sniggered.
"You were scared of not being able to face the truth! Seems like nothing truly has changed from you, just your appearance."
The silence that followed was oppressive.
I reached for her hand, but she pulled away.
A clear message, the truth had set her free, but it also set us apart.
Owning to my defeat I sat back, the woman I loved was a stranger to me now, and I was ready to move on, leaving the past behind.
I then began to seek more information on Ghost.
"Just like me, how did he survive the parasite?"
"Ohhh, he's literally a woman, he's not like you."
"What! What do you mean?"… I curiously asked, to such a baffling statement.
"Yes, before the outbreak, he somehow knew about the disease, to him knowing there was no cure and it's basically just a Murder bacteria, he had his cock chopped off, and now has a pussy."
"Oh my goodness, this is very shocking, I'm dumbstruck."… my eyes widened.
Aubrey looked at me, knowing she felt a sense of liberation, her conscience was finally free from the web of lies.
I accepted that she would be useful to me, regardless of whether I loved her or not, it's over now.