Lyse waited till she heard Levi leave her door before finally taking a deep breath, she was too enraged to cry. She was mad at herself for thinking that she could make it work with Levi, she was mad at herself for throwing herself at him just because he was kind to her.
When the house had settled and everyone had seed to have retired to their rooms. Lyse crept out of her room and snuck out of the room, taking great care to not make noise. She slipped out of the house through the garden door, her heart heavy with sorrow.
She could not bear to stay in the sa house as Levi, not after what she had seen. She got out and walked down the street where she got into the taxi she had ordered.
She leaned back in the seat and looked out the window, her eyes dull and unhappy, her thoughts going back to the picture of Levi with that supermodel in his arms, kissing. As distracted as she was, she did not catch the driver who kept glancing at her through the mirror.
And when they got to her stop and she got down, she did not notice that the car did not drive off imdiately but waited until she disappeared into the apartnt building.
Lyse went up to Jas’ apartnt which was a haven that was so familiar, that she imdiately felt so respite when Jas ca to the door and pulled her in. It was the one place where she could be herself, without any pretense or judgnt.
He imdiately positioned her on a sofa and disappeared into the kitchen, before coming back with tea for them both. Lyse poured her heart out to him and at last the tears ca, streaming down her face like a waterfall. While he listened patiently, offering her tissues, comfort and understanding.
"I can’t believe that I thought that he was a good guy, Jas," she sobbed. "I thought he was different from the perception that people had of him. I thought he actually cared."
Jas pulled her into a tight hug. "I know, Lyse. I know. It feels like a terrible betrayal."
"I feel so stupid," she confessed. "After he went through all that just to save from Max, I thought that maybe he actually liked . But then I saw those pictures... It was like a punch to the gut."
"You can’t bla yourself, Lyse. You did not deserve this in the least. He is the one who ssed up."
Lyse wiped her tears. "I just don’t understand it. Why would he do this? He went from my arms into another woman’s arms."
Jas went bug eyed when he heard her words. "Wait, did you?"
Lyse hung her head in sha and Jas ca closer to her and hugged her again.
"You have nothing to feel ashad about, you are a beautiful woman and he is an attractive man living in close quarters, it’s natural that it happened." He consoled her.
"It still does not change how stupid I feel, I just threw myself at him." Lyse cried and Jas continued to pat her back.
He shrugged. "You know, maybe he is just a jerk. Or maybe there is sothing else going on. Have you considered the possibility that he was set up?"
Lyse raised red rimd eyes and looked at Jas. "No, I don’t think so. He looked like he was having a very good ti with his tongue up her throat." She said vehently.
"You never know, Lyse. People can be deceptive." Jas said, "I an, even if he was not thinking about you. It would not look good for him to be caught cheating when he just got married."
"Maybe he thought that he had gone sowhere private enough that no one would catch them." Lyse argued stubbornly.
Jas felt otherwise, but decided against voicing his opinion. His loyalty was first to Lyse, she needed him to give her support at that mont. However, sothing still struck him as weird.
Why would Levi go through the trouble of getting a wife for the duration of just a few months, then cheat on her openly? Didn’t it just make sense for him to go to so secret lover’s nest sowhere and have his relationship?
Also, why did he go through all that trouble to look for Lyse after she had been kidnapped, then bring her back ho safely if he wanted to sleep around? Sothing was seriously wrong but he could not place his finger on it.
"I an, it was Freaking Anya Pavati!" Lyse yelped again.
"She is not that hot." Jas said dismissively and Lyse stared at him as if he had sprouted an ear on his forehead.
"What do you an she is not that hot?" Lyse asked in exasperation. "That woman is a top ten supermodel, the biggest designers beg to have her for their runway shows."
Jas rolled his eyes. "Yeah, she is gorgeous and all that but she has not got soul. Levi downgraded going for her." He said loyally.
Lyse chuckled self deprecating. "Yeah, he definitely downgraded going for the supermodel instead of the bastard."
Jas sighed and stood up and rested his hands akimbo. "That is it! We need sothing stronger than tea."
Then he disappeared into the kitchen while Lyse thought about the last ti she had gotten drunk and how that had gotten her into trouble. For a mont her thoughts turned to the strange call she had gotten just before the crazy Max had kidnapped her.
Then Jas ca back and he poured her so wine. They sat in silence for a while, the only sound the soft ticking of the clock. Lyse beca lost in her thoughts, replaying the events of the past few day. She could not believe that she had started to trust Levi, that was the reason she was so mad.
Soon they fell asleep on the couch then in the morning, a noise outside woke Lyse up. She looked around in confusion for a minute and rubbed her eyes, then the sa noise caught her attention.
She got up and peered out the window, her heart pounding. She could see a cluster of paparazzi gathered outside the apartnt, their caras flashing as they waited.
"Oh no," Lyse whispered, her face paling. "How did they find out I was here?"
Jas who was just waking up joined her to look out of the window and gasped.
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