Faking It

(20) Opening Up

Trigger warning: their is brief talk of molestation in this chapter..skip this chapter if it is a trigger. 

1 month later 

After the hustle and bussle of the holidays were over it was back to work. Aubrie had been busy all day doing press for another company who had been charged with embezzlement and fraud. So she had been doing her best to keep that lawsuit at bay. By the end of the day she was tired and beyond exhausted. 

But she promised Bucky another dinner where they could talk more. After her work day was done she grabbed some clothes from her apartment and made her way to his penthouse. He was on his cellphone when she walked in. He had been working from home that day watching Kamryn. 

"Where's the baby?" She mouthed. 

He muted his end. "Mom and dad have her. Picked her up about twenty minutes ago..so we have a night free. Hold on.." he said 

He got back on the phone. "Okay.we will discuss it more on Monday when you are in town. Yes..we will have a car waiting for you. Thank you so much goodbye." He said he threw his phone on the coffee table after he hung up. 

"I think I've seen you all day.." he said 

"What do you mean?" She said 

"I keep track of the stocks duh..which just happens to coincide with the news and I seen you on there all day." He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist. 

She smiled. "I have a surprise my hard working baby mama.." he said 

"You do?" She said

"Come with me." He said as he grabbed her bag

He took her into the master bathroom she saw candles and a hot bubble bath. 

"The water is still hot. I ran it when you said you were on your way. Here is your glass of wine. And I'm gonna go start dinner while you enjoy some peace and quiet..and relax." He said as he rubbed her shoulders. 

"Mmm okay.." she whispered as he kissed her temple. 

After he left the bathroom she stripped down stepped into the tub once she was sitting and enjoying her wine she sunk all the way down to the water was touching her neck. Bucky had gone into the kitchen and began to make dinner and dessert. Thirty minutes later Aubrie emerged into the kitchen fully relaxed just as he was placing plates on the table. 

"Feel better?" He said as he took her empty wine glass. 

"Yeah.." she said as he poured more wine for her and Cognac for him. 

They ate their delicious steak and lobster dinner had hot fudge sundaes for dessert. Once they were done eating they set down at the couch. 

"I wanna ask you something. Something that has been bugging me since last month." She said 

"Okay.." he said as he looked at her. 

"Why did you pick such a fight when the boys wanted to throw a holiday office party? They said you never want to do one." She said 

"I just don't like them.." he said 

She scooted closer to him and made him look at her. "You are hiding something.." she said 

"Brie baby don't..it's something that I have never told anyone except for my therapist." He said 

"Well then I'm gonna call Dr Chaplin.." she said 

"No you are not beside he isn't allowed to tell anyone it will violate HIPPA. Look something happened to me when I was 15 at one." He said 

She bit her lip as she looked down. "When me and Jay were married I use to be so scared of him when he would drink and get high  cause sex would be rough. So when he would fall asleep I would go sleep on the couch in our apartment. Because he would still be high as I was trying to sleep. That sometimes I would wake up to him having sex with me. So I started going to hotels and friends houses just so I could sleep peacefully. I wanted to die..I felt stupid and dumb for asking..but I was 24-25 I had became his enabler without even trying. He couldn't keep a job so it was just me..and he would withdraw money to buy his drugs and alcohol. He was banging my boss..all under my nose." She said

He wiped her tears. "Baby doll.." he whispered 

"When you left me alone on the plane.." she whispered 

"I heard you say it's fake it's all fake." He whispered 

"I felt like how I felt when I was with him. That I was being used for something again. For Jay it was he needed someone to take care of him and be his money bank. For you..you needed me to help you get a deal done for financial gain of the company. So I thought this time I will do it differently I will act like I don't care about anything.." she said 

He caressed her cheek. "I'm sorry I made you feel that way." He whispered 

She sniffled and wiped some tears. "Now will you please tell me your secret." She whispered 

He looked down. "Aubrie.." he said 

"Please James.." she said 

He sighed. "Nobody knows this Brie. Not my parents my friends just me God and Dr Chaplin. And someone else.." he said 

He took a big swig of his drink. "When I was 15 my mom's practice partner Dr Mara Hollis...she did things to me." He said 

"You mean she molested you?" She said 

"Yes.." he looked down. 

"But..what does that have to do with...oh never mind." She said

"I went the storage room cause my mom needed more streamers cause I was helping her decorate the office. While I was in there Mara came in and pretended like she was helping me. But in reality..she gave me a blow job and later on in the night she found me hiding in that very storage closet..and in her drunken stupor as much as I tried to get her to stop she fucked me..and it continued for two years. She is my mom's best friend they were each other's maids of honors..I couldn't say anything..I had a girlfriend and because I felt like I had done something wrong I broke up with her it wasn't Natasha it was the girl I broke up with Natasha for..Everyone thinks that because of who my parents are and how my life has been that nothing bad has ever happened to me..so I've just kept it bottled up..I started staying at dad's office after school..but that didn't seem to stop it.." he said 

Aubrie put her wineglass on the table and straddled him. She held his cheeks as she wiped her tears. 

"Brunette or blonde?" She said 

He looked at confused. "Was she a blonde or a brunette?" She said 

"Brunette. Why?" He whispered 

"That explains the sex in the office. All the girls were brunettes unlike me." She said 

He looked away as she wiped his tears as he pulled her closer and wrapped his arms around her. 

"Let's watch a movie and cuddle on the couch. I'll get us a blanket..we can watch a movie without having to pause tonight." She whispered 

She felt him shake below her as he erupted into laughter. "You are so rude to our daughter." He said 

"Im just saying. She needs my boobs and she is very bossy for a 3 month old." She said 

"Wonder where she gets that from." He said 

"If you are implying me. You are the bossy one..you keeping her on your days off where you end up working for home is teaching her to be bossy." She said as she got off his lap. 

"Right.." he said as he went to go pop some popcorn.