Chapter 25: Invaders
Julia’s POV:
Of course, after facing such a turbulent series of events in my life one after another for the past few days, the first thought that hit my mind was that someone might have broken into my apartment when I was outside. A burglar…or a robbery, maybe?
Though my landlady had asked me to clear out as soon as possible, but she wouldn’t possibly let anyone else stay here already without consulting me first, right?
My door was locked from the inside and after contemplating for a brief moment, I mustered my courage to walk inside and have a look at the situation first. Entering the passcode, when I opened the door, as if I was hit with a lightning thunderbolt that made me freeze for a few seconds.
There were familiar men’s shoes and red high heels at the doorstep and throughout the corridor space, I saw scattered lingerie, shirts, and underwear lying around all over as if someone had been stripping inside all the way while barging inside my apartment!
It didn’t take me much time to figure out who those invaders were since I could easily recognize that pair of branded sneakers that I had gifted to Marco on his birthday last year.
“MARCO! MELANIE!?” My loud pained voice broke every resistance as I rushed inside my apartment frantically, with a sharp heartache stirred inside me.
I found those two traitors sleeping peacefully in each other’s arms naked on my bed, only covered with my quilt, bearing hickeys all over their bodies. Watching them made me realize they didn’t have a tad bit of shame to refrain from committing their dirty deed even inside my apartment!
As if my scream awakened them, Melanie opened her eyes first while snuggling close to Marco’s chest, and soon after her, Marco also woke up to sit on my bed with a huge yawn. “What? Why are you screaming like a crazy woman, Julia?”
“Are…Are you fuckin’ kidding me!?” My voice muffled with tears which I deliberately tried to suppress inside my throat while confronting that damn cheater. His nonchalant attitude after committing such a heinous sin in my apartment had left me spellbound as I gritted at him, “How dare you? How dare you take your nasty feet inside my apartment without my permission!? And…the audacity…you two even fucked in my home and now questioning me why am I going crazy!? Fuckin’ hell!”
“Well, originally, I didn’t intend to come here without your permission, I still have a few personal stuff of mine tucked in your closet so I had to come and grab them since you lacked the decency to send them to me, Julia.”
Marco still retained that haughty attitude while answering my charges, draping his other arm to hold Melanie tight in his arms as she sat up and hugged him, on my bed!
“But…I was astonished to see you still hadn’t changed your door passcode yet! It was still my birthday…and upon entering here, somehow the mood was good between us so we ended up getting a little intimate. Come on, we are all adults in here…don’t overreact about it…” His cold ruthless words were more than enough to stir the sharp heartache to the point that I struggled to breathe easily inside.
But in front of him, I was bound to stay strong without exposing my crumbling heart before them. Thus, unable to stand still and hear his bluff anymore, I rushed towards my closet and grabbed all of his stuff which I hadn’t managed to throw away myself, since…I wanted to cherish our memories rightfully until the end.
The majority of them were his shoes and some expensive watches which I had gifted him, but I was speechless at his audacity to even come after them here, just like before how he used to barge inside my apartment whenever he pleased!
Though I felt agitated with myself for forgetting to change the passcode of the door, but soon after…I realized…nothing that had happened to me was my fault in the first place, I had tucked all of his belongings in a big bag.
Without wasting a second, I fiercely threw the bag in their direction, and this time, it hit Marco pretty hard on his shoulder when he tried to defend Melanie from the flying bag towards them! Groaning in pain, he soon scowled at me, “Have you seriously gone fuckin’ crazy? Why did you become so violent, Julia!?”
“Do I still have to spell out the reason for that?” My clenched jaws gritted tight when I exhaled a heavy sigh while gnawing at them, “Both of you have already ruined my life…but I won’t let you mess me up anymore. Gather your stuff and get out of here, you two! Right now!”
“Come on, big sis. Aren’t you overreacting a bit too much?” This time Melanie finally spoke after a long silence, climbing down from my bed while wrapping the quilt around her naked body.
But she still purposely showed me the hickey Marco had left on her neck before she blurted, “Marco’s your brother-in-law now…so would it kill you to be at least a bit nice to him? Or…I guess, you still might feel jealous to watch him with me now, that’s why you can’t help but act violently towards us, right?”
“Haha…” A furious chuckle escaped from my gritted jaws when I rolled my gaze towards her sly face, before addressing the words I was feeling deep inside towards her, “How naive of you to think I would still be jealous to watch this traitor together with you. You’re the one who has always envied me, and that’s why…you went after my Dad, my ex-boyfriend…and now shameless even barged in my apartment!
“But you’re mistaking the situation, Melanie. I am the one who threw him away and you’re the one who picked up my trash… So, consider this is my final warning. If you both ever try to barge into my home and ruin my mental peace ever again, I swear…I will really kill you both, got it?”
After I finished my loud grunt, I fiercely grabbed a few of my formal clothes and rushed ahead to leave as I couldn’t endure standing there a single second anymore.
But before I opened the door, I turned my gaze and glared at Marco who was already staring at me, as I uttered, “Also, clean up all the mess before leaving here! Throw away all the bedsheets and everything that you both have fucked up already. Don’t even think of leaving any of your traces behind or else when I return, I swear you’ll really regret messing with me this time!”
“Hey…Julia…stop with those threats and—”
I slammed the door loudly behind me while still hearing Marco’s loud vexed grumble from behind. The second I stepped out of that apartment, the tears I had suppressing inside all this time before them overflowed with a burning bitter rage growing in my heart.