I Swear, Let Me Love You Again

Lydia’s POV:

Lorena and I watched the events unfold while having a good time despite the looks coming from all if not all in the room. The screen of my phone lit up on the table where Lorena and her plus one, her fiancé and a few others were seated.

He had been in a bad mood all night and kept his eyes on his phone smiling while completely ignoring Lorena’s presence even when she had asked if he was okay, he stared at her and snubbed her. Lorena just kept quiet as if she was used to his rude behavior. I mentally took note of that and prepared to question her about it later.

They were now about to start the auction, displaying beautiful artworks and jewelry which was appealing to the eyes. In fact a particular diamond necklace caught the attention of every woman there.

“28CT Heart Cut Simulated Diamond Necklace 925 Silver Gold Plated…” The emcee began having a lady, who was working the party, unbox it. The light shone on it and I was wowed. Every woman gasped at its beautiful structure, diamonds and I knew I wanted it but I debated whether to bid for it or not, as women in the hall were already signaling their husbands to get prepared.

“We begin bidding at a hundred thousand dollars.” All the men except a few instantly raised their hands up.

“Five hundred thousand dollars.” Darren spoke loudly, calling the attention of everyone in the room.

“Six hundred thousand.” A well known politician spoke up and for some reason, I felt like auctions were always so interesting. It kept everyone on their toes wondering who would eventually purchase the work and everyone’s head turning.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Six hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” Nathan’s deep voice rang through the room. Lorena nudged my side, wiggling her eyebrow suggestively.

“Girl please. But your man is over there.” It was now my turn to wiggle my eyebrow and I was expecting her to blush but rather she scoffed, reverting her attention back to the auction.

“Are you guys okay?” I asked, whispering in her ears with concern.

“We are…Let’s just talk about this some other time.” I nodded at her words, hoping they were good. I just want my best friend to be truly happy with kids and a loving husband as we had talked about all our lives.

Suddenly, I felt the need to pee probably due to the amount of wine I had consumed tonight. I whined as I did not want to miss the auction but stood up nonetheless.

“I will be right back. I need to pee.” I whispered into Lorena’s ears.

“Do you want me to come with you?” I shook my head, ‘no’ and hastily but elegantly left the hall. But right before I exited out of the extravagant hall, I heard Nathaniel declare two million for the new necklace after Darren and a few others said a million. It was too small for a necklace like that, I wondered why the bidding started so low.

I entered the bathroom in a haste and let out a breath of relief as I let it all out. I heard the sound of someone coming in, and after I was done I came out of the stall.

Much to my dismay, it was no one other than Jennifer standing beside the sink washing her hands repeatedly in anger. Rather than greeting her, I kept mute washing my hands next to her.

“Ohh, so just because you’re now a slut for hideous wealthy men you think you can draw attention to yourself knowing damn well what everyone thinks about you. Oh, or you want to get Nathan’s attention?” She laughed humorlessly still washing her hands in annoyance, almost like she would wash her skin off in a jiffy. It was terrifying to watch, especially with the frustrated expression on her face.

“My Nathaniel doesn’t care about you to be honest, he’s with me where he belongs.” I truly felt so bad for her, she was literally the definition of pathetic.

Do I look like I want her Nathaniel’s attention?

She’s just so miserable and I don’t blame her as she literally wine and dines with the queen of misery herself.

“Good for you love but I really don’t care. Be with your Nathaniel, I will stay with whoever I have. ” I dried off my hands and walked off not wanting to say too much. Girls who looked exactly like Jenny always seemed to behave in the sake retarded manner.

As I walked out of the bathroom, my phone rang and I smiled seeing Andrew calling. I headed outside in order to be able to speak freely. He simply questioned if he still needed to come, as he was supposed to be my date for the night but was working late. I assured him there was no need for him to pull up, so we exchanged goodbyes and ‘I love you’ then ended the call.

I smiled, turning around while putting my phone back into my bag only to hit a hard place. I looked up meeting the built chest of a familiar face, wait so he was standing there the whole time? I scoffed about to move to the left but he held my hand stopping me.

“You look beautiful, Lydia.” Those were the first words that escaped the mouth of my ex-husband, if it were before I would have been blushing and melting but now, nothing.

I simply gave a tight-lipped smile about to leave again but he obstructed my way. I rolled my eyes looking at him impatiently as he just kept his hard gaze on me and I maintained eye contact. I couldn’t even pretend he didn’t look handsome as ever but that was Jenny’s man and I wasn’t about to go down that route ever again.

“I would like to apologize on behalf of my mother and myself even my entire household, we all didn’t treat you right and—”

“It’s in the past. I have forgiven but never forgotten. I don’t want to have anything to do with you and your family so please, if you will excuse me.” I tried to leave again but he didn’t let me. He seemed puzzled at my behavior but what did he expect? For me to continue worshiping the ground he walks on.