Before I could finish, a big, dark-skinned man burst into the office and slapped the phone from my hand. “You bitch! You didn’t come home last night because you were sleeping with me!”
“If I hadn’t seen that livestream, I wouldn’t have known you were cheating on me!”
“You eat my food, use my money and now you’re seducing other men behind my back. I’ll teach you a lesson today!”
He grabbed my hair and slapped me hard across the face. I stared at him in shock.
“Who are you? I don’t even know you!”
“You don’t know me? I’ve been sleeping with you for over two years, but now you say you don’t know me?”
He turned toward the crowd and shouted, “Everyone, look here! This woman is my girlfriend. She used sweet words to trick me and threw herself at me. She only wanted my money!”
“I’ve been with her for two years. But she’s been asking me for money in every way possible. I didn’t expect she’d be seducing someone else behind my back!”
My colleagues looked at me as they looked at me in shock before they started to gossip more.
“No way, Isabella is really like that?”
“No wonder she wears designer clothes and carries luxury bags. She’s got more than just one man paying for her … ”
The man dragged me toward Mrs. Boyle and said, “Ma’am, I’m so sorry. I didn’t watch over my girlfriend properly. She caused you so much trouble!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll deal with her when we get home. I won’t let her bother your husband again!”
The livestream’s comment section exploded. People online, who hated mistresses, didn’t find his violence wrong. In fact, they praised him.
[This guy is amazing! Even with his girlfriend cheating, he still apologized to the poor wife!]
[He didn’t even mention breaking up. He just said he’d go home and teach her a lesson. Is that love or stupidity?]
[This woman sure has tricks. She got exposed for having an affair with an older man, but her boyfriend still defends her.]
[Wait, didn’t her boyfriend just hit her? Isn’t that abuse?]
[What’s wrong with hitting her? She deserves it! Why should he act nice when he’s been cheated on?]
[Oh, look, someone’s trying to talk about domestic violence again. Stop defending the mistress!]
[When your husband cheats, don’t hit the mistress! Take her home and treat her well or she’ll look down on you.]
***
Veronica stood there with a smug smile, clearly enjoying the chaos. Fear rose inside me.