Mr. Maxwell Blackwood and Megan headed back to the ladies room, walking side by side. Megan was beaming with smiles under the dim hallway lights; she couldn’t believe that this was really happening.
Mr. Blackwood had taken her to a very expensive hotel that evening and ordered the best of their menu. Knowing fully well that Anna was stalking his social media handles, he made sure to take pictures of the dinner and put it online, the CEO’s main goal was to make Anna jealous.
Megan on the other hand could not understand why he set up such a beautiful dinner but yet he barely spoke to her, he happened to be on his phone for most of the dinner. Maybe he had important work, she had thought to herself. Only if she knew that she was just being delusional, believing something that wasn’t there.
As a matter of fact, Maxwell wasn’t accompanying her back to the room because he was sweet and romantic, or because he wanted to make sure that she was safe, the only reason he was accompanying her was so that Anna could see them come in together.
However, Mr. Blackwood was disappointed when they arrived at the room and Anna was not there. Megan had unlocked the doors and Mr. Blackwood followed her in to be certain that Anna was not really there, because where could she have gone?
To his utmost disappointment, it didn’t happen that she had locked herself inside, she just wanted in the room.
“Looks like Anna is away,” Megan said and turned around to face him.
Mr. Blackwood nodded, trying to hide his disappointment. “Yes, she must be around though, you should try to reach her.”
“I will.” She replied.
“Okay… Goodnight then.” He said calmly and turned to leave.
“Mr. Blackwood…” Megan called him and he stopped and turned back to face her.
She took a step closer to him. “Thank you for tonight.” She said softly, and then what happened next came as a shock to Maxwell.
Megan stood on her toes and gave him a quick kiss on his lips, daring to take the first step. She probably thought he was being hesitant because he feared how she would react.
Mr. Blackwood froze, as the realization dawned on him. He realized that he had messed up and he needed to correct this impression right away before it became too late.
“Um… Megan, I am sorry but I think you have misunderstood.”
“Sorry?” Megan muttered in cognizable confusion.
“This is a clear misunderstanding. Us!” he said, pointing to both of themselves. “It is not happening.”
“I am sorry, what?” Megan asked again in confusion. “But… Why everything then? I mean, you have been very nice to me lately, you invited me on this trip when I really wasn’t even needed, you invited me to the pool, you took me for dinner without Anna, I thought it was supposed to be a date. Why would you do all that if you were not planning to make us a thing?”
Mr. Blackwood sighed and rubbed his temple in regret “Oh Megan, I am so sorry. It is complicated and things have not been the way you thought it to be, but believe me when I say that I didn’t do any of this because I like you in that way, I don’t see you that way, Megan.” He confessed.
“Why? Because I am black?” she suddenly pulled up the race card as the pain struck her.
“What? Of course not, Megan. Look, let's not have this discussion, let's just forget that all of this happened.” He said bluntly and immediately walked away.
Megan stood there in shock. She couldn’t believe it. He doesn’t want to date her? He was playing with her feelings?
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Anna returns to their room at night, she had been out with some new friends she had made in the hotel workers. As she got to the door, she noticed that it was open and she got curious, Was Megan back?
She slowly pushed the door fully open, scared that they might have been robbed, but inside the dark room, she could hear the sound of sobs. Someone was crying.
Anna immediately turned on the lights and was surprised to see Megan sitting on the bed crying, her heart sunk that moment and fear crept in. Why could Megan be crying? Did anything happen to Mr. Blackwood?
She closed the door and rushed to Megan’s side immediately. “Megan, what is wrong? Are you okay? what happened?” she queried.
At first, Megan couldn’t answer, she just kept crying. Anna placed an arm on her shoulder, filled with worry and concern. “Please tell me what happened, Megan. You are scaring me,” she begged.
“He… He doesn’t… I thought he liked me,” she stuttered amidst tears.
Anna didn’t need her to say more, she immediately understood what happened. Megan must have been under the impression that this whole thing was about her but the truth was that Mr. Blackwood was only using her to try and hurt Anna, he never cared for her.
“Oh Megan, I am so sorry.” Anna said and pulled her into a hug, she was still wearing the sexy gown that she had worn to the date.
Anna consoled her even though a part of her found this hilarious. Was this supposed to be Karma or something? This woman disliked her but here now, things have ended really badly for her.
Anna could only feel sorry for her and her hatred for Mr. Blackwood even grew hotter. How could a man be this terrible? Who knows what he had said to Megan, even if he didn’t like her, he didn’t need to hurt her like this.
“You are sweating, you need to get a shower. if you keep crying, you are going to fall sick and that would not be good for anyone.” She advised.
It took a while to get Megan to stop crying as she was really hurt. Anna helped her take off her clothes and get to the shower, after which she put her to sleep like a baby. She had a lot to say to Mr. Blackwood right now, God knows she would lash out at him when she sees him tomorrow.
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