Chapter 96: Chapter 96 A nightmare *CADEN* I blinked, and then winced feeling my head ached a bit. What the hell? Had I gotten drunk last night? I had only wanted to drink a little. Feeling a strange presence beside me made me tense. I looked sideways and my eyes dilated. Ellie?! Realizing I was naked quickly made me pull the duvet over my body. And worst! She was naked too. What the hell? What the hell happened? Ellie stretched and yawned. “Oh, I feel so sore.” She whined as she opened her eyes. Sore? “What are you doing here?!” I asked, alarmed. She sat up, her naked breast in my view. I quickly threw a pillow to her. “Go get dress, cover up or something. Why are you in my bed?!” I thundered. “Why are you yelling at me?” “Why won’t I yell? You’re naked and in my fucking bed?!” “Whose fault is that?” My skin crawled. “What...what do you mean?” “Don’t you remember? You took advantage of me last night.” I quickly shook my head. “I’d never...” “My mom told me to go put the soup she had prepared in the freezer. I found you sleeping on the couch. You weren’t sleeping properly and your neck was bent. I didn’t want you to wake up with a stiff neck so I meant to wake you and tell you to go sleep upstairs but you suddenly woke up and grabbed me...it was only then I realized that you were drunk.” I held my head, trying to remember but nothing came. My memory literally stopped at the point where I was drinking and watching TV. “No...no...”I shook my head in disbelief. “I tried to make you come back to your senses but you dragged me to your room and you had sex with me.” I stood up from the bed, wrapping the duvet around my body. “Ellie, I will never do such a thing. I am married and I fucking love my wife. I’d never cheat on her. I don’t know how you got here and you better stop lying!” She suddenly burst into tears. “How can you accuse me of lying? I begged you to stop. I repeatedly begged you to stop. You didn’t and now my whole body hurts and you’re accusing me of lying?! You took me against my will. You raped me.” I could literally feel my whole world falling apart. No! This has to be a nightmare. A terrible nightmare. I tapped my cheeks, trying to wake myself up. This wasn’t real. I do not have a young woman crying in my bed about me taking advantage of her. “Ellie, there...this has to be a mistake. We can’t...I can’t...you know me. I’d never do such a thing to you.” “Taking advantage of me might’ve been a mistake to you but it already happened and you’ve scarred me for life!” With that, she tearfully got off the bed and started to put on her clothes. I looked away, reeling in pure disbelief. When she left my bedroom, I sat on the floor, holding my head and trying to remember last night. Fuck! What happened last night? I refuse to believe her words. I refused to believe I had taken a woman against her will. I refuse to believe that I had cheated on Alora. My phone beeped. I reached for it and it was a text from Alora. Alora: When are you coming? I recalled that I was supposed to go get her from her mother’s place today. I suddenly couldn’t bring myself to face her. No! It had been so hard to win her back. I couldn’t lose her again. We had only just agreed to be a real couple, we were trying for a baby. How can this happen? I was filled with so much panic. I knew I could be unpredictable when drunk but I somehow had a bit of control over myself. I had never taken advantage of a woman before. So how could I do that to Ellie? I stood and walked into the bathroom, staring at my naked body on the mirror and trying to examine myself. I was panting, I was losing my mind. I saw some red straight long marks on my chest, like marks left by fingernails or something. My heartbeat accelerated. Were they from when she struggled with me? Did I really take advantage of Ellie? I headed for the shower, almost stumbling because I could barely stand on my feet now. I turned on the shower, washing myself, roughly, feeling so furious and dirty. This cannot be real. This could ruin my life. If Alora leaves me again, I wouldn’t be able to survive it. And something like this would make her leave me for sure! This cannot be happening. This cannot happen to me. I finally felt so happy and fulfilled after almost a decade, I had Alora in my life, my life felt perfect now. How can this be? This had to be a nightmare. I cannot lose Alora.