“Oh, really? Do you actually think I’d buy your bullsh*t?” said Joyce as she crossed her arms. “Want to know what I think? I think you sent that photo to Nat as a taunt because you wanted to mock her. Also, you claimed that Shane forced himself on you. How is that even possible?”
Joyce checked the woman out and dissed, “Seriously, why don’t you take a look at yourself in the mirror? Your hair is such a mess that it looks like crawling earthworms. Men would have nightmares at the mere sight of it. Why would they force themselves on you? Besides, if Shane really wanted to sleep with you, he would’ve done it ages ago. There’s no need to wait until now.”
Silas, who was recording the entire thing, chimed in, “She’s right.”
Jacqueline looked away to hide her grimace. The way Joyce described her hair had truly stung Jacqueline.
The fact that she was almost bald and that there were scars left on her head after the surgery was her sore spot.
That woman actually had the guts to bring that up!
Jacqueline made a mental note to get back at Joyce for that, but she kept her act intact. Immediately, she shook her head and hand in denial as she explained, “That’s not it. I am telling the truth. Shane was drugged at the party, and I rescued him from someone, but he later mistook me as Ms. Smith, so he…”
Jacqueline blushed when she reached that part of the story. She acted as though it took her a lot of courage to continue, “I didn’t have the strength to free myself. When Shane was done, I sent Ms. Smith the photo right away to tell her that I was not the one who started it all.”
“Oh, by the sound of it, it seems like you really don’t want to sleep with Mr. Shane, huh?” scoffed Joyce.
Jacqueline nodded and replied, “I am Jackie’s girlfriend, so naturally, I want to stay loyal to him.”
“Oh, that’s a nice story. Still, if you didn’t want to sleep with Mr. Shane, you could’ve shouted and asked for help. There were so many people in the hotel, and someone would definitely have heard you if you had shouted. Even if, by some miracle, you couldn’t shout, you could still call for help. Did you do any of that?” challenged Joyce.
“M-My cell phone was not with me at that time,” answered Jacqueline as she bit her lip.
“Oh, you didn’t have your cell phone? I guess that’s yet another coincidence, huh?” mocked Joyce before she rolled her eyes at Jacqueline.
The latter had her head down and didn’t say anything.
Pursing her lips, Joyce pointed out, “Then what about what happened afterward? You claimed that you didn’t want to hurt Dr. Baker, so why didn’t you sneak away quietly? Why did you stay and wait here? You even sent Nat a photo. It’s obvious that you wanted everyone to know that the two of you slept together so that you can force Mr. Shane to marry you after he wakes up.”
“No, that is not true. I couldn’t walk because it hurt so much,” replied Jacqueline between sobs.
“My gosh, you’re still denying it? I don’t buy a word you say. In fact, I don’t think the two of you slept together at all!”
“If we hadn’t slept together, I wouldn’t have all these marks…”
“You could’ve done that to yourself. Wanna see how?”
Joyce bent down and was quick to pinch Jacqueline hard on her shoulder.
The pain got Jacqueline to yelp and demand, “What the hell are you doing?”
“Helping you create fake hickeys. See? Here it is,” answered Joyce as she moved her hand away and admired her own work.
Jacqueline’s expression turned grim as she growled, “You…”
“What? Are you still going to insist that the two of you’ve slept together? Fine! I’ll expose you once and for all. Get on your back,” said Joyce before she pushed Jacqueline onto the bed and started touching her.
Jacqueline was so scared that she turned pale and demanded, “What are you going to do?”
“Won’t there be semen left in a woman’s body after she sleeps with a man? I’ll help you check if there’s anything in there. If there isn’t, it means that I was right. If there is, we can have the semen tested and see if it belongs to Mr. Shane,” replied Joyce with a menacing smile.
Jacqueline’s pupils constricted upon hearing that. Shoot! This woman is such a wild card. She’s even checking my body now!
Unfortunately, Jacqueline wasn’t strong enough to stop Joyce, so she panicked instantly.
Joyce’s irrational and wild behavior had disrupted every exit strategy and plan Jacqueline had. In the end, she was left at Joyce’s mercy.
