Chapter 204 Accidental Step
James arrived at Mariana’s celebration party and Mariana’s drunk colleagues made him down three glasses of wine as punishment.
As far as they all knew, James was Mariana’s doting boyfriend. Ordinarily, they would not have dared to jest with him, but drunk they had the confidence.
Being called Mariana’s doting boyfriend, James was elated and followed through. But Mariana, who had supposedly gone to the washroom, was still missing.
James wondered if she had an allergic reaction again and dashed inside the Ladies’ room causing quite a commotion.
He saw Mariana holding on to a sink and splashing herself with water. She was biting her lips and was bleeding already. Her upper body was almost entirely soaked and her lingerie was visible.
James felt his body react at the sight, but he pushed it away and slowly approached her.
She reacted violently and told him to step away.
James saw her hooded eyes, how her nipples had stiffened, the goosebumps on her arms when he touched her, and the mixture of scream and moan when he caressed her cheeks.
He could tell she was drugged, but he was not sure if she had enough time to keep herself sane when he drove her to the hospital.
He splashed cold water on her face and shook her.
When she squinted at him, he asked, “Do you know who I am?”
“James, save me, please!” Mariana muttered after a few seconds and collapsed in his arms. She was hot and shivering.This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org: ©.
She kept muttering, ‘it hurts’ ‘help, please’ ‘hurts’ and screaming and moaning together.
James tried to soothe her and carried her to a private room.
Alice, who had been waiting to see Mariana make a fool of herself and had even contacted a few media personnel to ruin her reputation, was left to swallow her anger.
All her plans had been thwarted by James showing up out of nowhere.
Inside the room, Mariana had lost all her senses. She had been trying to stay conscious before, but as soon as she saw James, she relaxed, and then she completely lost her rationality.
James laid her on the tub and filled it with cold water, but it was simply not enough.
Mariana moaned and started rubbing herself in the tub hoping the cold marble could soothe her burning pain.
She took off all her clothes and started to scratch herself.
Unable to see her suffer and clouded by his drunken judgment, James kissed her hard, pinning her hands on her back.
One thing led to another and they soon found themselves tangled in bed. Unfortunately, however, their thoughts were on opposite extremes.
James thought since they were dating, it would have happened sooner or later. While he might have preferred better circumstances, he took the entire thing in stride.
Mariana woke up feeling groggy and sore. When the reality settled in, she could not believe that she had slept with someone just like that. She thought James should have taken her to the hospital instead of screwing her when she was out of it.
One thing led to another and the next thing they knew they were bickering and fighting.
James did not appreciate that his drugged girlfriend who he helped was insulting him as if he had raped her.
Mariana could not believe that James could even sleep with her so casually just for revenge. If he cared for her even one bit, he would not have taken her virginity that way.
While it was not rape, it was too casual for her comfort.
Knowing what she was going through, she had already called Liam, so she was not in any immediate danger.
Hearing Liam’s name, however, made James snap and he hatefully snorted.
“Stop acting like a prude. It’s not like you were a virgin.”
James regretted his words as soon as he spat them out. The look of pure hurt on Mariana’s face made his heart clench.
But he was too proud to admit it.
He added, “Don’t make a big deal out of it! We are a couple, it would have happened sooner or later.”
But it only made things worse.
“Leave!” Mariana said in an unemotional tone. Her indifferent face and hurt eyes made him choke.
James looked at her and tried to hold her but she flinched from his touch.
“Leave! I want to be alone, please leave,” She said without any hint of emotion as if they had not slept together a few hours ago, as if they were not fighting a few minutes ago.
James felt like he was suffocating but he was too proud and too unsure of Mariana’s reaction to say anything.
“Mer, please…I am sorry, I should not have said it. Let’s not fight.” He tried to console her.
But it just sounded like he should have been more thoughtful and hid his opinions lest she felt bad.
Mariana just closed her eyes and turned the other way, away from him.
James let out a curse and left, banging the door on his way out.