What gift?
As soon as she deleted the message, she heard Bruce screaming – it sounded like a thunder. “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? Jen, come here!”
She gasped and joined Bruce in their bedroom, a sinking feeling deep in her stomach. “What?”
Bruce was holding a huge bunch of roses and had a card in his hand. “Can you explain this to me?”
“I don’t know what it means, Bruce! I’m surprised as much as you are! Maybe it’s from the hotel management?”
“Yeah, probably! Let me read you what’s on this little card. You must be very intimate with the hotel staff to receive such a note with flowers.” Bruce’s face was dark and threatening, a total and drastic shift from the relaxed look he had just a few minutes earlier. “ To Jennifer – So far, yet so close. I miss you. E. ”
Bruce threw the flowers and the card on the bed and approached Jennifer, his eyes filled with anger. “You owe me an explanation. I’m waiting.”
Jennifer was sweating, and her heart was racing. All kinds of thoughts were going through her mind, and she couldn’t control herself. Damn, Enzo! Why do you have to bring me troubles?
She took Bruce’s hands and kissed them desperately. “It’s not what you think, baby. I promise you, it’s nothing.”
“Where have you been during these three days? What are all these messages you keep receiving? You think I don’t hear them? Don’t lie to me...” Bruce was shaking but his voice was calm yet threatening.
“You’re scaring me, Bruce.” Jennifer said, overwhelmed by anxiety and feeling her legs become jelly. She was nearly crying. “Promise me you won’t get mad at me.”
“I don’t have to promise you anything!” Bruce was shouting, forcing her to look down. “Now answer me! Where have you been? Who’s E ?”
“It stands for Enzo...” Jennifer finally managed to say in a low voice. “I met him in a bar next to my hotel. I swear I wasn’t trying to flirt or anything, it just happened. He came to talk to me, he was nice and, to be honest, I didn’t have any reason to be rude to him so we spent the last three days together. He took me around the city. That’s it, Bruce, there’s nothing more between me and him.”
Bruce grabbed her by the arm. “Did you fuck him?”
Even though she expected Bruce to ask, Jennifer felt shocked by the brutality and rudeness of the question. “NO! Are you crazy! Who do you think I am? I didn’t sleep with him!”
Bruce chuckled nervously. “You know... I don’t expect you to tell me that you’re the kind of woman who sleeps with strangers – I mean, who would ever admit that? Of course, you will tell me that it’s not your style. My ex-wife, what do you think she told me when I confronted her? Tell me – what do you think she said?”
“I understand how you feel, but don’t compare me, please. There’s really nothing to...”
“WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE SAID?” Bruce was screaming at her.
Jennifer started to cry – she was really scared. “I... I don’t know, Bruce. I don’t know what she said to make you mad like this.”
“She said; I would never do that to you. You’re the one and only. I’ve never looked at any other man since I was with you. I hate women who cheat and lie... I could never do that to you. ”
Bruce suddenly punched the wall with such force that all the windows shook, and it made Jennifer jump. “AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE DID TO ME?” His face was red, and Jennifer could see his veins popping out of his neck and his temples.
“Bruce, I’m begging you – calm down! I’m not like her. How can I prove it to you?” Jennifer was crying, her tears rolling on her cheeks and her lower lip trembling. “PLEASE, Bruce! PLEASE!”
“How do I know? You want me to believe you just like that? Don’t you think that I have enough experience to know when something’s wrong? Do you have any idea how it feels to be committed to someone for life and be betrayed? Do you?”
She fell down on
As soon as she deleted the message, she heard Bruce screaming – it sounded like a thunder. “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? Jen, come here!”
She gasped and joined Bruce in their bedroom, a sinking feeling deep in her stomach. “What?”
Bruce was holding a huge bunch of roses and had a card in his hand. “Can you explain this to me?”
“I don’t know what it means, Bruce! I’m surprised as much as you are! Maybe it’s from the hotel management?”
“Yeah, probably! Let me read you what’s on this little card. You must be very intimate with the hotel staff to receive such a note with flowers.” Bruce’s face was dark and threatening, a total and drastic shift from the relaxed look he had just a few minutes earlier. “ To Jennifer – So far, yet so close. I miss you. E. ”
Bruce threw the flowers and the card on the bed and approached Jennifer, his eyes filled with anger. “You owe me an explanation. I’m waiting.”
Jennifer was sweating, and her heart was racing. All kinds of thoughts were going through her mind, and she couldn’t control herself. Damn, Enzo! Why do you have to bring me troubles?
She took Bruce’s hands and kissed them desperately. “It’s not what you think, baby. I promise you, it’s nothing.”
“Where have you been during these three days? What are all these messages you keep receiving? You think I don’t hear them? Don’t lie to me...” Bruce was shaking but his voice was calm yet threatening.
“You’re scaring me, Bruce.” Jennifer said, overwhelmed by anxiety and feeling her legs become jelly. She was nearly crying. “Promise me you won’t get mad at me.”
“I don’t have to promise you anything!” Bruce was shouting, forcing her to look down. “Now answer me! Where have you been? Who’s E ?”
“It stands for Enzo...” Jennifer finally managed to say in a low voice. “I met him in a bar next to my hotel. I swear I wasn’t trying to flirt or anything, it just happened. He came to talk to me, he was nice and, to be honest, I didn’t have any reason to be rude to him so we spent the last three days together. He took me around the city. That’s it, Bruce, there’s nothing more between me and him.”
Bruce grabbed her by the arm. “Did you fuck him?”
Even though she expected Bruce to ask, Jennifer felt shocked by the brutality and rudeness of the question. “NO! Are you crazy! Who do you think I am? I didn’t sleep with him!”
Bruce chuckled nervously. “You know... I don’t expect you to tell me that you’re the kind of woman who sleeps with strangers – I mean, who would ever admit that? Of course, you will tell me that it’s not your style. My ex-wife, what do you think she told me when I confronted her? Tell me – what do you think she said?”
“I understand how you feel, but don’t compare me, please. There’s really nothing to...”
“WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE SAID?” Bruce was screaming at her.
Jennifer started to cry – she was really scared. “I... I don’t know, Bruce. I don’t know what she said to make you mad like this.”
“She said; I would never do that to you. You’re the one and only. I’ve never looked at any other man since I was with you. I hate women who cheat and lie... I could never do that to you. ”
Bruce suddenly punched the wall with such force that all the windows shook, and it made Jennifer jump. “AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE DID TO ME?” His face was red, and Jennifer could see his veins popping out of his neck and his temples.
“Bruce, I’m begging you – calm down! I’m not like her. How can I prove it to you?” Jennifer was crying, her tears rolling on her cheeks and her lower lip trembling. “PLEASE, Bruce! PLEASE!”
“How do I know? You want me to believe you just like that? Don’t you think that I have enough experience to know when something’s wrong? Do you have any idea how it feels to be committed to someone for life and be betrayed? Do you?”
She fell down on
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