Page 21 of Her Loyalty

"Look at me, Tiana." He spoke sternly, making me look up at him with my puffy eyes.

"I hurt you?" He asked and I looked down, upset that he even thought that. He was nothing but perfect to me.

"No." I shook my head.

"Was I too rough with you or something?" He asked, obviously just trying to figure out why I was crying like this.

"I don't feel like I was rough, I was tryna take my time witcha." He went on.

"It's not that. It's not you." I shook my head, easing his mind.

"It's nothing you did at all, babe." I sniffed, wiping my eyes.

"It's me." I croaked, crying harder.

"It's all me."

I sat there crying hard as he simply watched me. I really didn't know how I was going to do this but I had to tell him. I could no longer have this on my conscious and he deserved to know.

"You wun' talk about it or.."

"..you wun' wait until tomorrow?" He asked me, trying to see what made me most comfortable and I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't know. I guess we can wait until tomorrow. I really need to build up this courage first." I admitted and he nodded understandingly.

"Aight, ma. Come on, let's just go to sleep."

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Tiana

Next morning

Slowly walking into the living room, I scrolled my phone seeing that I had no calls from any one for the first time in forever, feeling a hundred times better.

"Tiana." I heard Dej's voice, making me look up at her in the dining room.

"Hey." I spoke, making my way over to her a I slowly sat down.

"Dom still sleep?" She asked and I nodded slowly.

"Cool because we definitely need to talk."

"Woman to woman." She looked at me seriously and I nodded.

"What's going on?" I asked, wiping my sweaty hands.

"Getting down to the real shit, I know you're cheating on Dom." She blurted out and my heart dropped.

"Huh?" I asked guiltily and she simply nodded.

"You left your phone in the bathroom and I went through your messages."

Feeling caught, I broke down into tears as she simply watched me with no remorse.

"Don't cry now." She shook her head.

"..because you knew the risk." She spoke sternly to me and I couldn't even say that she was wrong but I was just so scared. I couldn't tell him.

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