The Royal Contract

She never planned it.

She never wanted it. She never wished it to happen, but it did.

She only came to see a friend because she needed one. And she needed a place to crush for a couple of hours before she went home.

Truthfully, it was the price she had to pay for choosing this profession. She hardly established friendships, much more relationships with the opposite sex.

Yes, she had a few friends, but they mostly worked in the same hospital as her or had the same profession as she did. Therefore, time was a precious commodity that was scarce to them.

"What?" She heard herself ask in the heat of her desire.

But hearing another woman's name was like pouring a bucket of ice on her head. Suddenly, she snapped back to awareness, extinguishing the fire that was raging inside her.

But as if that was not bad enough, a commotion by the door also caught her attention. When she looked and recognized the man that had interrupted their private moment, she knew she was going to hell.

"David?" Roseann uttered his name, but she doubted it was strong enough for anyone to hear her.

She had no idea if her eyes were playing a trick on her, but she was positive it was David by the door. What was he doing here?

Was he following her? However, she doubted. She remembered he was too busy with her sister to notice her presence earlier at her apartment. He could not have known where she was.

"Adam?" Finally, she shifted her eyes to the man lying over her, but he avoided looking in her direction as he closed his eyes.

After a few seconds, he seemed to have instantaneously sobered up from his drunkenness as he finally looked into her eyes.

"I am sorry." They were the only words she heard from him. Then he pulled her clothes back into place, seemingly trying to cover her body but failing miserably.

In her mind, that was not enough. Adam could not just say sorry in a situation like this. But that was not her immediate concern as her eyes caught the other man in the room.

"David, what are you doing here?" She could not stop the words from escaping her lips. She could not fathom why of all time, David would suddenly show up when she was in a compromising position.

Was this her karma for letting her stupidity get the better of her? She guessed she was paying the price for her sins.

"David..." She called again to him, but it seemed her voice landed on deaf ears as he ignored her, focusing his sight on Adam.

She grabbed the edge of her blouse and scrambled to button it up again while she watched Adam sit up and struggle to fix his clothes.

Afterward, everything else happened so fast as Adam stood up, leaving her on the couch, barely clothed. Then, she saw David grab him and throw a punch across his face.

Of course, she was now panicking, quickly standing on her feet, especially as she watched Adam land on the floor.

Then, David and Adam exchanged words that did not make sense to her. She was too confused with the situation. It took a few minutes to understand a few things happening around them.

But she immediately moved across the floor when she saw that David was about to attack Adam again. "David, stop that." She shouted, blocking his path. She could not let David hurt Adam, although that was what she wanted to do with him.

She believed Adam deserved every bruise he got, but sadly, he was not the only one. She also had a participation in it. She could have said no, but instead, she allowed him to take advantage of her.

Did she want it? Subconsciously, maybe. She would be honest. She was feeling lonely. She needed company. And somewhat, he presented her with one.

"Roseann, get out of the way." Suddenly, David snatched his wrist, yanking her to the side. His grip was firm, preventing her from pulling away. But it was not that painful.

Besides, she doubted David would hurt her intentionally. It was just his emotion that was driving him into this insanity.

But then again, why? She did not understand. She repeated the question inside her mind, hoping to find some semblance of sensibility to their current situation.

"David, what is wrong with you?" She still could not fathom what had possessed David to enter Adam's apartment and create havoc.

Was he trying to save her purity? Unfortunately, it was far too late. She was neither innocent nor a virgin. She was not proud of it, but that was just what it was.

"Me. Nothing is wrong with me." Finally, David stopped after throwing another punch at his friend, leaving Adam bloodied and bruised on the floor.

"Then, why are you here?" She was confused as she ran toward Adam, kneeling before and assessing his condition.

"Because there is something seriously wrong with him." He pointed angrily at her friend on the floor. Then, David ran his hand through his hair, showing his frustration.

"Do you know him?" Roseann asked again, wondering what was missing in the picture.

"Of course I do. That bastard is my friend." He loomed over them, seemingly ready to strike again, but he stopped him by blocking his path as she held on to Adam, who was still recovering from the punches.

Suddenly she realized that they were friends. It was the reason Adam had not fought back. It was not that he could not defend himself from David. He did not want to. Why?

"Your friends." It was a statement as far as she was concerned.

"I guess used to be. I don't think I can be friends with a traitor." David shouted again as he paced the floor before her.

With that, she assumed that David was here because of Adam. It was just a coincidence that she was here and caught in whatever was happening in their situation.

Should she conclude that this might be work-related? Or could it be something else entirely? She had no idea unless she would ask questions.

"David, I promise this is not what you think." Adam finally spoke as he shook his head, probably to alleviate the pain.

"What is going on here?" She could not stand the two as they left her in the dark. It was obvious that they were closed. But what was this all about?

"I just saved you from making the mistake of sleeping with a slimeball like him." David stared directly into her eyes, warning her to stay away from him.

Still, she could not understand where David's fury was coming from. What did Adam do to him? From the short time she met him, she never saw him as the douchebag David pictured him.

"I never asked you to save me. And besides, Adam was not taking advantage of me." And the last thing she liked about men was the hero syndrome.

She hated when men thought all women needed saving. She was not like those women. She could take care of herself. Nobody had to protect her from the big bad wolf or the world.

"I am sorry, Roseann. I did not intend for you to get caught in the middle of this." Adam appeared to be less intoxicated as he looked at her with an apologetic expression.

Suddenly, she felt guilty, knowing this was not just Adam's fault. She had taken the plunge with the understanding that Adam already belonged to someone else.

If someone was to blame, it was her, not him. She was the one who took advantage of his condition. She was the sensible one between them, but she let a drunken man control the situation.

"Yes, you should be sorry, you stupid prick." David was in full rage as he stared at the injured man. If a single look could kill, Adam would end up dead, right there, on that spot.

"Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Why are you two fighting?" She was tired of coming up with conclusions. She wanted answers.

"You want to know the truth," David responded to her as his hand flayed in the air. It was like he was trying to relieve his stress.

"David, it did not mean to happen." Adam tried to explain himself. "Roseann, I don't know what came over me." He turned to her, pleading with his eyes for understanding.

Still, she was clueless as she waved her hands in the suffocating air to stop the two. The place was a small apartment, but the two filled the air with their testosterone.

"He just confessed how much he loved my sister." David finally uttered with too much contempt that it sounded funny in her ears. But she was not the only one laughing as David laughed loudly in the air.

Now, she realized that David was also drunk. But who was David's sister? She knew he had a sister, but Rosella failed to say who it was, nor did he mention anything about her.

"Serena deserved someone better." David continued. "And I hope you also realize that you are better off with someone more suitable, other than this man." David threw her a piece of advice that she did not ask for.

Then, she watched David walk away, leaving the two of them to pick up the pieces or leaving her to pick up Adam from the floor.

"Who was Serena?" Hearing the same name again.