She squinted her eyes as she tried to adjust them to the rays of morning light that streamed in from the window.

A gentle tap on her arm had her eyes opening to the touch.

"Babe wake up."

Babe? She opened her eyes completely to behold the owner of the voice and she jerked away in total confusion.

Then her mouth opened in horror when she saw the other person that stood at the door entrance glaring daggers at them, anger and disgust written all over his face.

"David." She whispered. She looked at herself then at Dominic and cursed under her breath when she noticed they were both naked under the blanket and she could imagine what David would make of the scene.

How did this happen?

She began to shake her head. "It's not what it seems."

He said nothing, just stood glaring at them with hatred in his eyes.

Then he turned and left, slamming the door in his wake.

Was she dreaming? She hoped she was. She hoped she would wake up right now and...

"Don't mind him Annabelle..." Dominic started and tried to touch her but she flinched and inched away from him. Confusion, horror and disgust pasted on her face.

"What am I doing here?" She whispered, lacking the strength to speak out.

He frowned. "What are you talking about? We came here together."

"What?" She sat up straighter, clutching the blanket to her chest. "Why would I come here with you? Tell me what I'm doing here, how I came here and why I'm naked!"

"Annabelle please calm down..."

"Don't tell me to calm down!" She snapped crazily. "How did we end up like this?"

"Ok fine fine," Dominic cut in, with his hands raised in surrender. "He hurt you Annabelle. I saw you crying your heart out in the park then I brought you home with your permission." She was already shaking her head as he explained. "Yes Annabelle, you came here willingly. I didn't kidnap you if that's what you're thinking."

She remembered what had happened the previous day. Her husband and her sister. So it wasn't a dream?

"So we...we..."

His face softened in hurt. "Ann, you never had a problem with us making love before."

"Oh my god." She cried lowly, with her face buried in her palms.

"Ann..."

She slapped his hands away as her eyes shone with rage. "You bastard! You took advantage of my weakness!

"Annabelle!"

"Blast you, you bloody vile man!" She shouted. "You have succeeded in creating problems in my marriage."

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She pushed the door with so much force and anger that it slammed back against the wall and almost went off it's hinges.

"Lydia!" She growled.

Lydia jumped from her dresser seat with a confused frown.

"Sis..." Before she could utter another word, Annabelle surged forward and landed a hard slap on her cheek and Lydia fell on the bed holding her cheek. She gasped in horror.

"Annabelle!"

"You little whore!" Annabelle landed a hotter slap on her other cheek that left fingerprints and Lydia screamed as she tried to defend herself.

Annabelle raised her hand to give her a third one when her arm was caught midway by a strong arm. She looked to see who it was and David's angry face filled her vision.

He curtly released her arm and stood in front of Lydia as a shield. That gesture broke Annabelle's heart the more.

"Don't you dare raise your hands on her again." He growled dangerously low.

She could feel the angry heat emitting from him but she was too angry herself to care. These two people slept with each other under her matrimonial roof! The thought of it sickened her.

She smiled ruefully. "You even still have the guts to defend her to me. Don't you have any shame? You are despicable David. Despicable!"

"Have you gone mad or something?" He snapped, looking at her like she had gone crazy. "Can you hear yourself? Aren't you the one that's shameless and despicable?"

"I would never have believed you'd do that to me David." She said with a bitter shake of her head while David looked at her in both confusion and anger.

"Of all women you had to sleep with my own younger sister! My own blood! Wasn't I or Chanel enough for you? Did you have to add my little sister to your list of conquest?"

"What damnation do you speak of?" David asked with an angry frown while Lydia stayed mute at the background watching the exchange.

"Don't you dare pretend when I saw you both with my own eyes having sex in her room yesterday afternoon !" Tears threatened to spill but she locked them in.

"What?" Lydia exclaimed. "Annabelle are you drunk or something?"

"Don't you dare..."

"I can see you are trying to erase your guilt by apportioning blames on me and even bringing your sister into it after I caught you red handed." David said scathingly. His anger skyrocketing.

"I saw you both with my eyes!" She exclaimed. "How can you both stand here and deny it?"

"It is either you are drunk or a witch." He turned to Lydia. "Lydia, after I left home yesterday at 10am, when did I return?"

"You returned home in the evening asking of my sister's whereabouts." Lydia replied confidently.

"Of course, you both have it all planned but I..."

"Abigail!" He called thrice, increasing his voice each time.

Abigail came running into the room. "You called me sir."

"I have a few questions for you. And I want you to be completely honest." He said, not looking at her but his wife. "When did I leave this house yesterday morning?"

Abigail frowned as she tried to recall. "You left at around 10 - 11am yesterday morning."

"And when did I return?"

"At six in the evening sir."

"Did I come home sometime during the day or before 6pm?"

Abigail slowly shook her head. "I didn't see you in the house again after you left in the morning until you returned in the evening sir."

"That'll be all." David said dismissively and Abigail left the room.

"I still maintain my stand, I know what I saw!" Annabelle insisted.

They both heard Lydia gasp.

"So it was you who came in on us?" Lydia said like she finally remembered something. "I had sworn that I heard something."

Annabelle gritted her teeth. "I'm glad someone finally confessed..."

"That wasn't uncle Dave you idiotic sister of mine, that was my boyfriend D!" Lydia exclaimed. "D as in Damian, you know him!"

The whole room became still and silent except for their breathing.

"I could call him right now if you want me to." Lydia continued.

Annabelle felt like she had been hit on the chest with a heavy plank.

As she really thought about it, she realized that when she came home and even when she was leaving, she didn't see his favorite car for work parked in front of the house or the garage. In fact it was obvious that the car he had said he would go to work with was not parked anywhere in the house.

Also, she did see the text from Katherine stating that her husband had come into the office at around 1pm when she left to go get the documents and asked after her then left for another appointment with two of the company's executive.

She had fucked up. And this time, it was obvious that it wasn't going to be easy at all.

"David I - I'm really sorry, I thought..."

"I forgive you." He said simply and she snapped her gaze up to him.

"Really?"

"I forgive you for insinuating that I slept with your sister, a girl that I consider my own baby sister," he said, then anger clouded his eyes again. "But I could never forgive you for fucking that bastard again."

"David it wasn't what it seemed," She whispered. "He took advantage of me..."

"By the time I return to this house in a few hours, I do not want to see either you nor anything that belongs to you here." He gritted in a dangerously low voice.

"David? W-what are you s-saying?" Annabelle stuttered as fear engulfed her.

"I already have an apartment ready for you to stay in." He continued coldly. "The boys will soon be here to carry your things and see you out."

Annabelle stood in shock, unable to move.

"Uncle Dave..." Lydia started but he interrupted.

"You can join her."

"David please, just hear me out." She pleaded as tears slid down her cheeks. "I swear that it wasn't..."

"I do not want to hear it!" He boomed and both women flinched in fright. "I want you out of my house and out of my life for good."

Then he looked deeply into her eyes.

"I do not care if I'm removed as the company's President permanently. I'm having this marriage annulled."

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