“What I said is true!” Christopher sighed, “What do I need to do for you to believe me?”
He added, “Aren’t you always curious as to why I would approach Lyle to get closer to you? Well, that’s because a year and a half ago, I met you at the hotel.”
My head snapped up, and I looked at him warily.
Christopher patted my head. “I just returned from overseas that night and was attending a business party on behalf of my mother when I got drugged. They wanted to push some random woman at me, but I didn’t want to have anything to do with them. So I left the private room and walked into your room. Maybe it was destiny.”
“Really?” I asked with a trembling voice.
“Yes, really. When I woke up and saw you beside me that night, I wanted to bring you with me. I left for a while and came back to find that you’ve left with Lyle. I asked around and found out that you are married to Lyle. Only then, I stopped looking for you.”
I believed his words because he even knew the hotel room number and that was something only the person involved could have known.
Nonetheless, it was all so cliche. I have only seen such a scene happening on TV. I couldn’t believe that it would happen to Christopher and me. I was once again grateful for him as he had unwittingly saved me from being defiled by other men.
“So you had already saved me once. That was what you meant when you said we had known each other early on? You were referring to that moment?” I guessed the world did work in miraculous ways. It all felt so surreal.
“Maybe even earlier,” Christopher joked.
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