TW | Mentions of cheating | Insecurity | Fluff | Resolution of conflict??
You had been cooking dinner while your boyfriend, Simon, was milling around the bedroom to put the freshly laundered sheets back on your mattress. Heâd left his phone on the kitchen counter with a timer going for whatever you had in the oven.Â
Stirring a pot of sauce on the stove you hum quietly to yourself, before hearing his phone buzz. You assumed it was the timer for the oven, yet when you glanced over to his phone, the screen simply had a text notification. Curious about who could be texting Simon, the man who barely even used his phone, you peeked at the banner.
An unsaved number, a message you were certainly not expecting to see.
Hey hot stuff, when am I seeing you again?Â
And then a second message.
Sâbeen too long since weâve seen each other.Â
Your mouth felt dry, the apron you had on was too tight. You swallowed thickly, glancing at the bedroom where you saw Simon stuffing a pillow into a blue pillowcase. You looked back at his phone, blinking hard as the alarm went off, and you took a deep breath.Â
Grabbing the chicken from the oven, you clenched your teeth hard, turning off the burner on the stove as well. While taking a few plates out of the cabinet you paused, seeing that you were grabbing one for you and one for Simon. Chewing on the inside of your cheek, you put one plate back and closed the door.Â
You served yourself a helping of pasta and sat down at the kitchen table without calling your boyfriend out for supper. He could get it himself, since he wanted to go looking for other women.Â
After a few minutes, Simon walked down the hallway to the kitchen and kissed the top of your head from behind, his hand catching the side of your neck. He found it a little odd you didnât make him a plate like usual, but assumed you were just quite hungry.Â
âSmelled amazing lovie,â he says softly, moving to serve himself while you watched.
You felt like screaming at him, asking what kind of sleazy woman he was talking to, how he could cheat on you. But you just stared at him, feeling yourself wanting to cry. You just didnât want to believe Simon would do that to you. He couldnât.
You were trying to hold it together when he looked down at his phone at the counter, letting out a small âhehâ as he read the message, you assumed. He placed down his plate almost immediately, picking up his phone to reply with a slight grin on his face, and then heading back over to the table where you sat.Â
âSomething funny?â You ask, your voice soft, shaking a bit.
You just nod slightly, your gaze falling down to your plate of food that didnât look too appetizing anymore. Simon noticed you had been quiet and moved his hand to the top of your thigh, tilting his head a bit while looking at you. After a few minutes he cleared his throat, squeezing your leg a bit. It made you want to cry.Â
âFoods great, dove. Reckon I could eat five more âelpings.âÂ
You still didnât look at him, just humming a bit.
The rest of dinner was quiet, and Simon felt like he was going crazy. He had gone over ever special date in his mind, every holiday, even the day you said your childhood dog died. He didnât know what could be wrong.
You eventually started cleaning the kitchen as Simon excused himself to the restroom for a moment. While scrubbing the dishes you heard his phone go off, and you nearly teleported to it, swiping up the lock pad to see the full text exchange. You read his reply immediately.
Miss me that much, eh? Donât bother me. Iâm with the missus.Â
Iâll see ya soon enough.
Now you felt like bawling, and you hadnât even gotten to the womanâs reply yet. Your eyes fell on the chat, as well as the moving text bubble.
Missus canât wait a minute?Â
Bet Iâve seen you naked more times than âer.
You wanted to puke, feeling absolutely sick in moments. What the hell was this? Was he really seeing someone behind your back? And when? When did he have the time, you were always with him, he would barely let you out of his sight.Â
When Simon walked back out of the bathroom you had gone back to cleaning, and he gently placed his hands on your hips from behind.Â
âDunno whatâs âappining in that pretty mind of yers, but Iâll finish the cleanup lass, you relax,â he says into your hair, and you feel the first tears start to fall, and you start trembling.Â
He absolutely knows youâre crying now, and quickly turns you around in his arms, trying to soothe you and ask whats wrong.Â
âAh angel whats wrong? Câmon lovie, I knew something was up with yeâŠâ
His expression changes, and his brows furrow. Simon steps back a moment, hands sliding up to your arms.
âThat⊠that woman youâre texting⊠said she wants to see you soon.â
Youâre full on crying at this point, chest heaving as you look Simon right in the eyes, lids red rimmed and lip quivering. Hell, you even had a snot bubble.Â
His face drops, and then a bit of a smile forms. He pulls you into a hug, laughing a bit as you try to push him off you until he speaks.Â
âAh sweetheart⊠âsheâ is Johnny.â
You didnât believe him at first, not until he called the bastard and put it on speaker when you finally heard Soaps voice.Â
âRight about time ya called me, ya cunt. Got a girlfriend and suddenly ya never wanna go to the pub again.â
When you ask him why he doesn't have Soaps number saved he just says he doesn't like him enough to do that LOL