Bella couldn’t breathe. Tears were streaming down her face. She tore at her mask and fell down onto the sand, sobbing brokenly. This was why she didn’t open herself up. Another person had betrayed her. Edward had betrayed her by kissing that slut, Tia!
“I have to get home,” she stammered. “Maybe I can drive up to Seattle. It’s only about seven thousand miles.” Yeah, that won’t work. “I can’t stay here. Maybe Osvaldo can get me a separate space.” She closed her eyes as more tears leaked out. She tried to catch her breath, but she couldn’t. Her heart was completely broken.
Bella was destined to be alone.
She heard someone speaking angrily on the phone. Benjamin was snarling, his face red with fury. However, his face softened when he saw Bella. He hung up the phone and walked over to her. “Bella, right?”
“Yeah,” she nodded. “You sound like you’re having a day like mine.”
“If by that, you mean that I found my wife was fucking anything with a dick and infected me with an STD, then yes,” he sneered, plopping down on the sand next to her. “I just talked to Osvaldo to get a room away from that slet. I have to pack up my shit and move out before she realizes that I’m gone.”
“Do you know if he’s got any other rooms?” Bella asked, her voice hollow and empty.
“Why would you do that?” Benjamin asked. “You and your boyfriend are very much in love, no?”
“I just saw Edward kissing your slet,” Bella responded. “That means slut, right?”
He snorted humorlessly. “You are correct. But, I don’t think that Edward is interested. He’s always brushed her off. Hell, he was in the business center when I told her about having an STD. Most of our conversation was in Afrikaans, but I screamed at her in English because she was not listening to me.”
“Well, she wasted no time in jumping onto Edward,” she growled.
“Bella, I’m going to be honest with you. My wife is a slet. She always will be and as soon as I’m back home, I’m washing my hands of her. Your Edward, I can see that he loves you. Hell, a blind man could see that. Don’t let Tia’s actions color how you feel about Edward. My heart is broken, but I have some hope that I’ll find someone to love,” Ben explained. “Not any time soon, but when it’s right.”
“I don’t know if I can trust him, Benjamin,” Bella spluttered.
“Did you talk to him? Ask what happened?” Benjamin asked. Bella shook her head. “Before you jump to any conclusions, talk to him.”
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