Chapter 40 - There’s No Love Between the Two (1/2)

”Luna!” Corinne gripped Luna's arm and gave her a shake. Her wide eyes stared at Luna's as she tried to see if she was joking or not.

Did she just say she married their President Li?! What the hell was happening to her friend?! How the hell did she ȧssociate herself with their aloof and reserved boss!

”You aren't joking, right? For fuċk's sake, you just broke up with that idiot, Jasper!” Corinne threw her arms in the air in frustration before turning her back to Luna. It all made sense now: why Luna wasn't trying to get back with Jasper and had let that bitch, Aiko, take away her boyfriend. Her eyes landed at her young daughter who was giggling as she played with Luna's dog.

”Please, Luna. Tell me what's happening to you?” Corinne begged.

They had known each other for years and been with each other through the up and downs of their lives. When she first met Aiko who was trying to get close to Luna, she already had a hunch that the woman had malicious intent against Luna, but Luna had claimed that Aiko deserved a chance to prove herself.

Luna took a deep sigh. She felt compelled to explain everything to Corinne. After all, she was the only one who helped her without asking for anything in exchange. She took her friend's hand and lead her back to the kitchen where they could talk privately and out of Mia's hearing.

Corinne served her a cup of tea as they sat at the dining table. Her eyes wandered at Luna's face and figure, she could tell that Luna hadn't been sleeping well lately. The exhaustion and darkening of her eyes were obvious. She looked fragile and frail that one gust of wind would blow her over.

”Remember that celebration party at the bar last month?” Luna started. Her problems all started on that fateful night when Aiko tricked her and slept with Hero in his hotel room.

”Yes, I remember. I remember you leaving the bar with Aiko, but she came back alone. She told us you asked her to call a cab for you and already went home so we shouldn't worry about your safety.”

Luna gritted her teeth. That Aiko! Such a big fat liar that she was!

”No, she didn't help me call a cab. She tricked me to sleep with another man!” she hissed.

”Wait. What?!” Corinne's eyes were wide as saucers. Aiko was lying to them all along?

”She told me that Jasper was checked in at the hotel and had given me an access card to his room.” Luna chewed her lower lip. She should have known better when Aiko persistently convinced her to sleep and spend the night with Jasper, only to find out that she had shared the bed with Hero instead.

”I really thought it was Jasper … but how wrong I was when I woke up the next morning.”