Never again

Brett woke up to a splitting headache. He groaned and checked his time only to gasp at what he saw. There was no way he overslept! How could he have slept all through the hearing?! Why didn’t his alarm wake him up as planned?

“Hey, baby,” Lovelyn brought him a cup of coffee. “I brought you a cup of coffee.”

“Why didn’t you wake me up?!” He roared at her in anger. “I slept all through the court case. What sort of witness am I if I am not there?”

Lovelyn smirked before pretending to be sympathetic.

“O! You did?” She feigned helplessness. “I didn’t know you had a court hearing to attend today.”

“I did, okay?!” He hurriedly wore his trousers. “This was Naya’s only chance to be free. I needed to be there. I have to be there!” He grabbed a shirt.

“Well, if you had told me that you were going for an important case, I would have woken you up earlier. I had no idea. This is a punishment to you for hiding things from me,” Lovelyn gaslighted him.

“Look, I do not have the time for this,” he