Chapter 17
Chloe and Robert had just settled into their hotel room, Robert giving a tip to the bell hop who had brought their bags up.
Chloe wandered around the spacious room, her fingers ghosting along the walls as she made her way around the room and onto the plush king sized bed, laying herself down on the soft duvet.
She sprawled out on the soft bed, giving out a hum as she looked towards Robert, watching him check his watch.
Robert sighed with frustration, knowing that he'd have to give his wife a call back. Mackenzie had called him during his drive to the hotel, and knowing that he couldn't answer it in front of Chloe, he denied the call, getting himself into more trouble with his wife. Robert and his wife have been arguing over the fact that she felt suspicious that there was mother woman in his life. She could just sense that he was doing things he shouldn't have been doing, judging by the way he had been acting lately.
Robert took his mobile out, pressing in the digits to his wife's cell phone as he held the phone to his ear, heading towards the door of the hotel room.
"Where are you going?" Chloe sat up slightly, watching him rub at his temples before giving out a long sigh.
"I just need to make a phone call. I made dinner reservations at seven, make sure you're ready before I come back." Robert curtly says.
Chloe nods, watching him leave the room with the slam of the door. Once she's see that it's only five thirty, she furrows her eyebrows. Is he really going to be talking that long on the phone?
Chloe can only sigh as she gets off of the bed and heads towards her Bag where she grabs out a dress and the set of lingerie that she was hoping would impress Robert tonight.
Chloe was quite excited that Robert had made dinner reservations for the two of them, he hasn't ever taken her out simply on a date so this would've been the first.
Chloe took a quick and soothing hot shower, making sure not to cut herself with the razor while shaving her legs. She hummed to the tune of a pop song while drying herself and getting ready.
After she was dressed, she looked at herself in the mirror, feeling a bit dull in the face. This was her first date with Robert so she wanted to make it special-look special.
Chloe wasn't much of a fan of makeup, but for the sake of tonight, she felt that she needed to cover her imperfections on her face to look beautiful. And so her eyes were hidden behind a thick layer of eye shadow and mascara, and her lips were coated with a vibrant red lipstick that she could never actually see herself wearing on a daily basis.
She looked at herself, tying her hair up into a bun and thought that she looked beautiful. Sure it was bit much, but she thought Robert would love it, so it didn't matter what others would think of her.
Chloe seen that Robert wasn't back yet, so she killed time by watching the television. It was at least ten minutes before seven and Robert had finally came back, a look of stress and anger on his face causing Chloe to become quiet and not sure of how she should act around him.
"Are you ready to go?" Chloe mumbled, hoping him being angry wouldn't ruin the nights plans.
Robert squinted his eyes, looking over Chloe's body as he walked over to her, his hands resting on the low of her cheeks as he squeezed at her jaw, making her whimper out. His thumbs ran over her lips, smearing her lipstick around before letting her go.
"You look like a goddamn whore with all that shit on your face." He whispered calmly to her. Chloe looked down at the floor, tears already pricking at her eyes as she watched Robert bring his fingers onto her white dress to wipe off the access make up on his hands.
Without another word, Robert walked away from her and began taking off his shoes along with the tie on his shirt as he sat down on the foot of the bed, undressing.
Chloe sniffled quietly, not wanting Robert to see her cry as she walked quickly to the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror, looking at her red lipstick smeared along her lips and cheeks as well as her mascara that was beginning to run.
Chloe angrily cried, Robert's voice playing in her head as she wiped her make up off. Not only had the night had been destroyed, but so was her confidence. Never again was she going to do this and humiliate herself, Robert was right, the makeup was too much.
Her makeup was ruined, her dress was lipstick stained and her heart was shattered. Her mind was a mess, all her emotions and feelings toying with her as this idea of Robert rang through her thoughts, killing her heart the more and more she thought about it.
She had changed out of her clothes and was rid from her make up as she made her way out of the bathroom, looking through her bag for sleeping clothes. She tried to look for her phone, wanting to call Ethan to come and get her out of this mess but she couldn't find it, knowing that she must have forgotten it back at home.
Chloe sighed, carefully getting into the other side of the large bed, her back facing Robert as she stared blankly at the wall, listening to the laughter coming from the television show that Robert had been watching. It was too rely to be already heading to sleep, but with the thick tension between them, there wasn't any other options for her.
Robert looked over at Chloe's still body, a long sigh falling from his lips as he pulled her in close to his body, kissing her shoulder softly.
"I'm sorry
