After we reached Kinleys' place, Julian completely left my side and stood next to Lesley, hugging her tight as he greeted her.
But, my blood boiled in rage when Deccan stepped closer to me. Pulling me intp his arms in front of Julian, he said, "It's good to see you here, Laura. You are looking as sexy as ever."
"Don't mind Deccan's words, Laura. He is like this always." Lesley had added.
The sight of Deccan, his glare being fixed on my chest, was reminding me of that terrific night when he had forcefully cupped my breast in his palms and was trying to rip my clothes off in front of the whole guests.
Julian and my friends, who were originally only his friends, laughed and made fun of me. No one tried to stop Deccan except my brother.
I hardly managed to break through Deccan's hug while my husband was pulling chair for Lesley to sit on the dinning hall.
After Deccan dragged me to sit beside him in the dinning hall, Lesley continued. "I'm sorry for holding your husband in my birthday's celebration, Laura. He could not attend his anniversary celebration because he was busy making my birthday special."
Her voice was laced with affection, but a smile of mockery spreaded on her lips as she showed the necklace she was wearing, saying, "Thankyou Julian for this special gift. I loved it."
My gaze was fixed at the White Diamond pandent hanging on Lesley's neck. It was Julian's family heirloom. I had insisted him many times to let me wear it.
But, everytime he declined, telling me he would give it to me on some special occasion.
It turned out, he had never thought of giving it to me. The necklace... It always meant for Lesley, his true love.
At this point I just wondered if Lesley's parents hadn't refused to her wedding with Julian, would he really have married to me?
The answer didn't matter anymore. Our marriage... It has already been sued.
The whole dinner was designed to rub salt to my already injured heart. During all this time, Julian kept pestering Lesley to eat more.
"You have lost so much weight, Lesley. You should eat more."
"It's your favourite dish, isn't it? Let me feed you with my own hands."
"There is something on your lips... Come, let me wipe it for you."
There was a time when he leaned too close to Lesley to wipe off her lips that it almost looked like they were kissing. Meanwhile, I remained still on my chair, watching as the whole scene was being unfolded.
When the dinner finally came to an end, Deccan announced. "Let's come to the point, guys."
Everyone's gaze landed at Deccan. Meanwhile, Julian looked at me and began, "This dinner was Deccan's idea, Laura. He is a big heart person and wants to apologise to you for his misbehaviour."
"Yes, my brother is so sweet and gentle, Laura. He was just drunk that night. He did not intend to hurt you. I hope you don't hold grudges against him and let the matter slide." Lesley added, her hands wrapped around Julian's arms.
Just then Deccan grabbed my hands and pulled me up from my seat and had me sit on his lap as he continued, "Darling, accept my apologizies."
Lesley and Julian only laughed at this. Julian even dared to say, "See how sincere Deccan is, Laura. Just forgive him and withdraw your lawsuit, okay?"
Blood ran cold to my head as Deccan's hand abruptly moved around my waist. I immediately stood up.
"What's this behaviour for?" I yelled.
The laughter abruptly came to an end. Laura's face sank and she looked up at Julian with a pitiful eyes. Julian's face hardened. He turned to me and ask, "Deccan is only apologising to you. Do you have problem with that also?"
"Is this an apology or another excuse of harassing me?" I groaned in anger.
But, instead of asking me why I had reacted so loud, Julian grabbed my hands and dragged me to a corner, "Don't forget your brother is still surrounded by rapists and molesters. If you don't want him to get raped by each one of them, behave yourself."
With that he dragged me back to the dinning hall and said, his voice apologetic. "Laura belongs from a middle class family and is unaware of the high society culture. This is why I don't tag her along quite often."
"She is feeling guilty for her misbehaviour just now and will drink to atone herself."
After throwing out these words, he grabbed a whisky bottle from the centre table and poured all of it inside my mouth.
I choked to death. But, he did not care. He kept pouring the whole drink inside me until the bottle was empty.
"J-Julian..." I whispered, "I can't drink. Doctors have strictly forbidden me and you know that."
"Oh, come on. You won't die." He said carelessly before pouring another bottle of whiskey into my mouth.
He then turned to me and said, "Lesley is going in a late night party, Laura. I can't let her go alone. I'm going to accompany her."
"Leave me at home and you can go wherever you want." I said, my voice distant. My head was spinning. I could not see anything properly because of the drink, let alone travelling back to home.
"We will get late if I drop you first." He replied, his voice devoid of any emotion. My eyes widened in terror as I asked, "Then how am I supposed to go to our home?"
"You don't need to leave, Laura." He replied, "Stay here tonight. Don't worry, you are not alone. Deccan will accompany you."
