Chapter 2 You slept with me

They arrived at the Miller residence together, but they go separately as soon as they alight from the car.

Once inside, she goes straight to her parents. She greet them with a kiss. Sheldon parents is also with them.

"Hello Uncle and Auntie. How are you?" she also kiss them on the cheek as a greetings

"We are in good health." Auntie Sol said

"No surprises this year, eh" Uncle Ed said jokingly to her, reminding her of that embarrassing moment.

"Hahaha, I am too busy to come up with a surprise uncle plus Sheldon will surely kill me this time, if I pull another one." She get one drink from the passing waiter.

Since she decided not to pursue Sheldon, she didn't know what to do at the party. She look around for something interesting. She saw her best friend Lindsey with her brother's Mike.

"Excuse me mom and dad, uncle and auntie, I saw Lindsey arrives. I will just greet them."

"Go ahead, have fun!" Her mom said

"You look normal this year." Lindsey said when she approach their table.

Rolling her eyes at her friends attempt to joke. "You very well knows what the reason behind that."

"Any trick to get his attention. I can help you, I am bored" Lindsey offers

"No need! I decide to love myself more."

"More on, you got rejected again. Hehehe. My brother is just waiting for you to wake up."

"I am awake now, I decided to stop loving him." If only, it is easy to forget. Her decision is still new, so the pain is still raw. She drank her champagne in one straight gulp.

"Hey, take it easy." Mark remind Eunice

"Sorry Mark, my heart is still aching and I don't know when it will heal. You better find someone better than me. I am a lost cause. You're a great guy and deserves happiness." Mark is one of her friend and Lindsey is his twin sister. They have been good friends since college so it easy for her to talk her feelings and thoughts to them.

Mark harbour feelings for her, for more than a friend. They already talked about it. She confessed that her heart already belongs to someone. He knows her unrequited love for Sheldon and he wants to wait. I told him, not to wait because I have been loving Sheldon for quite a long time and I can't teach myself to unlove him. He understand and promised me that he does not have any expectation. That he will love me until he found someone to love or I fell in love with him.

So they decide to keep their friendship. They are friends from the very beginning after all.

"I am not supposed to attend tonight, as part of my healing process." She take another sip from her glass "but the beast is too domineering. How can I forget him, if he keeps on showing himself." She sighed

"Attention everyone." Sheldon is on the stage with her sister Bernice

"Thank you for coming to celebrate another year in my life. Today I would also like you all to be the witness of another milestone in my life.

Everyone is curious with Sheldon's announcement.

Eunice stares at Sheldon on stage with a tight heart. Somehow, she has an idea on what new milestone, he is talking about. He will propose and he want me to witness it, that's probably why, he agreed to pick me. How cruel.

You give up already. Please accept it. Please don't care about them, she remind herself.

I would like to invite my parents and Bernice parents on stage. Eunice pay attention to Sheldon once again, after a little pep talk to herself.

"Uncle Ben and Auntie Fell, I would like to ask permission to marry your daughter Bernice, if she will have me." Sheldon lovingly stares at Bernice. He's been thinking of it for a long time and decide it will be the right time for them to start a family.

"Sheldon!" Ben started, he look at his wife with a wide smile. "We've known you since you were young and I am confident that you will take care and love of our daughter, sincerely. Yes, you have our permission."

"Thank you Uncle and Auntie!" He shake hands with his future father-inlaw and kiss his future mother-inlaw. He look at Eunice from afar. He would like to invite her at stage as well but he change mind at the last minute. He doesn't want undivided attention between the sisters.

Looking at her lovely soon to be fiance "Sweetheart, its your turn now! Will you marry me!

"Yes, I will." Bernice said with teary eyes. She's been waiting for this proposal for quite sometime. She want to be Mrs. Miller to cement her position in the society. Miller is one of the well respected name in the business industry in A City. Powerful and dependable.

Eunice unknowingly shed tears. She immediately, wipe it with her hands. She clap with everyone to congratulate the newly engage couple. Sheldon looks happy, smiling to everyone that's congratulate them. It's hard to accept that I am not the one that makes him smile.

Suddenly, her eyes meet Bernice eyes. She schooled her face and made her eyes looks blank while Bernice eyes is taunting her for her heartbreak.

She look at Sheldon and his eyes is devoid of any happiness but a blank stares. She can't read him. It will always be hard for her to read him as he never gave her any opportunity to be closed to him.

What is he thinking? I didn't make any scene so he will be thankful instead. She said to herself and look away.

Maybe Sheldon and Bernice deserve each other. They are match made in hell. she tried to console herself. She drink all the champagne on her glass to look away on the hellish couple

She wants to feel numb. Her heart that is currently broken is shed into more pieces. This is his plan all along, he made sure that I attended this event to break my heart even more. For reality check.

"What if, we further our studies abroad." Lindsey suggested "that way, you wont be seeing him, specially after today." she takes pity on her best friend and want to help her with her pain.

"That's a good suggestion sis. What do you think Eunice." He move his chair close to Eunice, to hear her clearly. Since everyone is applauding the newly engage couple, the background noise is more louder.

"That's a good idea! I will think about it. Maybe a change is best for me." She is glad that she's with her trusted friend at this difficult moment.

"Thank you, I am glad that I have a friends like you two." she hugged Mark first since he is close to her. "Come here Lindsey" Eunice invited Lindsey for a group hug. She is thankful for the love and care that she is getting from the two siblings. Lindsey and Mark are giving her the sibling love that she's not getting from Bernice.

Unbeknown to her, Sheldon is looking at them from afar and he didn't know why he doesn't like what he's seeing. She's supposed to congratulate us not, immediately find a man for herself.

Eunice excuse herself to the powder room after their group hug. She, doesn't want to approach the happy couple looking miserable. She doesn't to show them how defeated she felt right now.

"Oh you're here." Bernice said when she saw Eunice in the powder room. Eunice is thankful that she already washed her face when Bernice enter the room. There is no more traces of tears and she already retouch her make up. She compose and ready herself for whatever whatever remarks Bernice will throw to her. Eunice is sure that Bernice will gloat about her engagement.

"So I guess you're going to stop coveting my man now. We're now engage and will be married soon. Just accept that whatever you do, Sheldon will never love you neither like you." Bernice said while looking at Eunice in the mirror. In her face shows how happy she is with her misery.

Though Eunice decided to stop pursuing Sheldon, she doesn't want to look pitiful until the end. After all, she is one of the princess of the Robinson family. Though, they are not as powerful as the Miller, they are also well respected in the society.

"Well let see, if Sheldon will have a change of heart once he sleep with you and find out that you're no longer pure. The conservative and kind hearted Bernice package will crumble. Tsk...tsk...tsk...He sure will be asking when did it happened." It is not something that she take great pleasure in telling but Bernice is not leaving her alone with her broken heart.

Bernice glare at Eunice, for reminding her. It is a mistake that she regretted since purity is very important to the Miller family. She is young and curious at that time.

Another point for me. Eunice said to herself as she render Bernice speechless with her remarks.

"If you'll excuse me." Eunice prepare to exit the powder room. "I'll congratulate you but I guess its too early for that. She smile as she tried to pissed off Bernice more. Gloating at her sister's expression.

"Just wait Eunice, I'll vanish you in our life." Said Bernice angrily looking at close door. She needs to think of the plan on how she can make Eunice disappear and how to deal with Sheldon regarding their family's firm stands on purity. For Christ sakes, its the 21st century but their belief is still archaic.

It is non-negotiable with grandpa and grandma Miller. Though now that we are engage, they allow me to stay with Sheldon to get more familiar on how to run the household and with the new responsibility of being Mrs. Miller.

"Ouch" Eunice woke up with an aching body. She is sore all over. What did I do last night, did I run a marathon. She ask herself. She stretch her her arms and it bumps onto something soft and warm. She immediately look to her right and saw a sleeping Sheldon.

Flashes of what happened last night came to her mind. She went upstair to rest for a while before going home, her parents leave earlier after the announcement, she stayed since Lindsey and Mark are still with her. Since she consumed alcohol that beyonds her limit, Aunt Sol suggest to her to rest in her room before going home. She doesn't want to but Aunt Sol insisted so she went upstair to rest in the room that she normally use during sleepover with the Miller. She and Bernice has their own room in the Miller residence since childhood. Aunt Sol doesn't have a daughter so she doted on them.

On the way to her room, someone grabbed her and kissed her deeply. She tried to struggle but her strength is no match with her attacker. She tried to relax and think of her next step but she caught the man's scent and she became familiar with him.

"Sheldon, stop! Its me." She tried to reason out but it seems that the man is only consume with his desire.

Her resolve, not to give in with Sheldon's touch is slowly drifting away. It seems that the man is intoxicated and only answer to his lust

"Is this my last chance." Her stupid and hopeful heart thought "The Miller will surely take responsibility and marry us instead. Opportunity only knocks one and beside, I am not the one who initiate this coupling." She tried to reason out, her heart that is helplessly in love with Sheldon lost all the rational thinking.

"Last chance." she close her eyes and respond to Sheldon's advances. They made love until dawn, until their body can't take it and sleep takeover their senses.

Now waking up, she smile thinking of the night before. I guess I can really get whatever I want. Eunice told herself. She look around to find something that she can wear, since she needs to pee and she is not comfortable walking to the loo in her naked form. She can't help but blushed.

While she is in the loo, Eunice remember her 7AM zoom meeting with the Bennison Co. for their jewelry line design, looking at her watch, she still has 20 minutes to get ready. Once she's done washing her face, she pick up her clothes and went to her room. Thanks to Aunt Sol, she has fresh clothes in the Miller residence .

Once she's done with a quick shower, she goes to the library room to borrow Sheldon's extra laptop. She ask the maid for a coffee to start her day. It was a successful meeting, she's able to get the client design preference and agreed on the deadline.

"I hope Sheldon is now awake so we can talk about what happened." Eunice talk to herself. She went to the kitchen to get breakfast for Sheldon. She knew that Sheldon will not function well without his shots of coffee.

"See, I can be a good wife." Eunice smile with her thought.

She opened the door to Sheldon's room. "Okay you can go now." Eunice said and took the tray of food without looking at the helper. She doesn't need to explain her action to them.

Her smile disappear when she enters Sheldon's room. There on the bed is Sheldon and Bernice, sleeping together. Both naked. Due to shock, she dropped the tray of food causing the couple to wake up.

Sheldon, automatically get up on sitting position and look at the source of noise.

"Eunice what are you doing here?" Sheldon angrily ask Eunice, what trick is she playing again, he has headache and not in the mood to deal with Eunice's trick. Due to his abrupt action, the blanket that covers Bernice body got pulled out showing her naked upper body. He immediately covers Bernice body. "Sorry babe." he sweetly said to Bernice while he shouted at Eunice.

"Get out! Don't you have some decency."

Eunice look at Sheldon. Why is he mad at me after what happened to them last night. She tried to compose herself and think of something to say.

"Babe don't be mad at Eunice, I think she just want to surprise us with breakfast in bed." Bernice get up, hold Sheldon arm and tried to calm him down.

"Probably, Eunice is shock seeing us in bed though its not something so shocking, as she has her own adventures, its our bad not to lock the door. Bernice continue to appease Sheldon

"Sheldon, don't you remember what happened last night." Eunice ignore Bernice and ask Sheldon. She has an inkling on where the situation is going. Please remember it. She silently pray.

"Of course I do, Bernice and I got engage, though not on my plan, we slept together, someone spike my drink." He is not happy with it but what's done is done. "Sorry babe! We'll arrange our marriage as soon as possible. And I promised it will be grand and your dream wedding.

"No, you cannot marry her. You have to marry me." Eunice objected "I'll tell Uncle Ed and Aunt Sol." She sounded so desperate and she doesn't care, it will be her last card and she needs to play it well. She already gave her everything to Sheldon

"Not marry my fiance, who are you, my mother."

"But you slept with me. What does it mean. " She knew that Sheldon probably, not in the right state of mind last night but still they slept together, not just once. Several times that she lost to count. Now it seems nothings happened.

"Sleep with you, you're dreaming." I sleep with someone last night, yes but I slept with my fiance. Don't make stories. Stop this.

"You slept with me not with Bernice. I woke up early since I had to attend to some important meetings so I had to go to the library...."

"Once again, stop your delusion." He shouted again. "I will not sleep with you even in my intoxicated mind. You're dirty. Sheldon stop her explanation, if looks could kill she will probably dead now with the anger on his eyes.

"Dirty! You slept with my dirty body several time. Does it means, you're dirty too." She is hurt by Sheldon low treatment on her.

"If I slept with you, like your dreaming, there will be no blood stain on the bed, since you like to sleep around with men. How many men did you slept with. Can't they satisfied you and you still want to hook with me even after I repeatedly turn you down." Added Sheldon, his word is like a knife in her heart that he push deeper. It hurt so much.

She slap Sheldon. She didn't expect her action but he made her so angry. If he doesn't want to believe me so be it.

"What's happening here." Uncle Ed ask looking at the three of them.

"Goodness! Sheldon, I know I like grandchildren, you work fast" Aunt Sol happily said looking at Sheldon and Bernice state of undress

They are speechless and didn't know how to answer the elder.

Eunice looked at the elder, there's no way that she can convince them that she is the one that slept with Sheldon last night.

I guess its Karma! Her plans backfired at her. She lost her V-card, my ace and still not get the man that she love.

"So..." Uncle Ed is waiting for an answer. Before Sheldon and Bernice could answer and make her look bad in front of Uncle Ed and Aunt Sol, Eunice spoke first.

"Uncle.....I- I prepare breakfast for them but I drop it.

"Oh, silly child, you are probably shock when you see them. Come here, let's have some breakfast, let's leave the couple so they can tidy themselves." Aunt Sol said and pull Eunice outside the room.

Once, they are outside, she can't help but cry her frustration.

"Sssshhh, I know that you also like Sheldon, no worries, we will help you find your special man. You will have someone to love you." Aunt Sol hugged her and empathize with how she feels.

Her broken heart are now broken into tiny small pieces. Unrepairable.

Sheldon, who stand up to close the door after them heard his mother statement. He doesn't want his mother to find someone for Eunice. Because, with all the ruckus that she cause in his life, she didn't deserve to be happy right away. I want her to suffer for an indefinite time. He will make sure of it.

Thinking on how she look defeated in the end, he can't help but felt pity for Eunice. Did she really love him or it is just her capricious. We've been playing cat and mouse since we were young. When did she turn her feeling for him.

"Babe...." shouted Bernice. Sheldon is so absorbed with thinking about Eunice that he doesn't heard Bernice when she call him first.

Looking at the naked Bernice, he doesn't feel any desire right now to take her. How come last night and this morning, I can not get enough of her. Maybe I am tired and my desire is already satiated.

"I'll use the bathroom first." Sheldon said. He went to the bathroom instead of the bed with the naked Bernice.

Sheldon doesn't sleep around. He doesn't like fooling around with someone that he doesn't like. He didn't like it the first time he lose his V-card. For him it was a waste on his time and energy to sleep around with someone that he never love. There was actually no full with those women that throw themselves at his feet.

Actually even with Bernice, last night is the first time that he felt the need to take her, to possess her and to imprint himself to her. He felt revive after and He want to feel again. Maybe after they both get enough sleep.