51- Selfish

"Why did you call me here?" Erich rudely asked, gritting his teeth, feeling powerless before her demands as both of them were sitting in her apartment. "No need to be so infuriated." April smiled, putting her elbow on the table and leaning close to his face. "You have swore to not let me live in peace." "Yes." She replied shamelessly, making Erich jaw drop in disbelief about how she could be this heartless. "Why!?" "Because whenever I see you with Red, it burns me." She hissed. "Why don't you get it? She is not mine." Erich reasoned, hoping she will understand what between him and Red is nothing but to no avail. "How could you say this?" April asked in ire. "She is not mine! Still, today, she is Lucifer's... Please stop it, April, for what crimes are you punishing me from?" Erich asked, his voice becoming dolorous. "What did you do? The problem is you did nothing!" April said angrily, raising her voice. "What could I do when you were nothing to me?" Erich asked in a faint tone, lowering his head. "Why? Didn't I have a heart which belongs to you?" April desperately asked, telling him the condition of her heart which made her do this but she had no choice but her words were too vague for Erich to apprehend. "What are you saying, April?" "Why would you see me? All you care about is Red." April scoffed, getting up from her seat, getting herself a glass of water, while leaning on the counter of her kitchen. "April... please.. Don't do this." Erich almost begged her. I can't. April thought, looking away and coming back again. "What do you want?" Erich asked. April looked away, biting her lips, making her next words but then she replied with a cold look, "Insult Red in front of everyone." Her words took Erich by ultimate shock, not expecting her to say this. "Are you out of your mind?! Why would I do it!?" Erich asked in vexation. "Red is my friend and she believes in me more than you... and if she comes to know that you are the rose guy, my client, then she will be sad." April said, getting up, opening her handbag and taking out an envelope from it. "What are you trying to say?" Erich asked cautiously of her intentions. "You can't blackmail me." Erich said sternly, getting up to leave but April let out a suppressed laugh and smirked darkly. "Red's heart will break to see what her best friend and husband did." April said, showing Erich the pictures of their therapy session which stiffed him in horror. He couldn't believe what his eyes saw as a chill of dread went up his spine. "W-What the Fuck? H-How did you get this?" he stuttered. He was about to take them but she took it back. "I also got this from someone else." She sighed. "You have to do it if you don't want to break Red's heart." April said seriously. "April Please, Red will lose both of us. Please don't hurt her. She is already heartbroken." Erich pleaded as a tear stung in his eye. "You have to do what I said." April demanded and Erich turned pale, certainly unable to hurt Red's feelings which he is trying so hard to build. "Please April, don't do this. Please." He begged, breathlessly. April narrowed her eyes at him and scowled, "You care so much about her. Red doesn't even give a shit about you!" "That doesn't mean I will stop trying!" Erich said as a tear rolled down his cheek. "How can I let you be someone else?" April yelled. "Then what do you want? That I become yours?!" Erich yelled back. "Yes!" "Never! I will never be yours. Etch it in your mind and leave me and my wife alone." Erich hissed. "Insult Red in front of everyone or else I will show these pictures to Red." April snarled. Utterly defeated, Erich couldn't even say anything in his defense, left with no choice but to comply with her demands. He is on a crumbled path where there's no path ahead as he has fallen deeper into the pits of misery. "You have become so selfish." "Do you remember the family dinner Aunt talked about, do it there." April said, looking away, not replying. Erich gave her a look of eternal resentment and left cursing her in his heart for throwing a calamity on his already fragile married life. After Erich left, April let out a sigh of rubbing her temples. "I told you it would be better if I leave and never come back." She said to nobody, frowning deeply. "Poor Erich. I am sorry. I didn't mean to." April said sadly and got her phone and called Lucifer after taking a deep breath to regain her posture to not sound sad or anything, "Hello." His deep cold voice came. "Hey..." April said, swallowing hard. "I have done what you told me to do. I have blackmailed Erich now it's your turn." She said in her monotonous seductive voice. "Good. Make sure it seems like Erich threw her and I came to the rescue." Lucifer said. 'What the Fuck am I doing? Why am I getting so desperate?' Lucifer thought but he had no answer to his question. "Okay. Just don't let things reach the extreme." April said, warning him. "Nothing was right anyways." Lucifer told her and she hummed. "Okay then, tell him to do exactly what you say." Lucifer told her. "Yeah, I will." And with this, she cut the call, heaving loudly while looking out of her window, "Why.. can't we just end it?" ~~•~~• "I will leave for my show in Paris this weekend." Red told Erich as they were going to the dinner but Erich's mind was absent this whole mind, deluged in tension. "Erich, are you listening?" Red called him. "Huh? Yeah, Yeah. I am." He passed her a faint smile. "Are you okay? You seem lost nowadays." Red said, observing him. "I am fine, it's just work stress." He reasoned, forcing his smile. "If you say so." Red shrugged as they reached her home. It was a pleasant time there but not for Erich who was lost in the deepest depth of agitation by April's gaze. "Ah, Brother Erich, why are you so silent?" Bertha asked, sitting beside him. "Uh.. what should I say?" Erich asked nervously. "Oh you must be worn out by being with this thing." Parker said, taking a seat. "What the hell do you mean by this thing?!" Red's voice came from the other room. "Poor Erich." Peter chuckled. "Shut up!" Red shouted again. "Oh, they will continue to shout, Why don't we join Red?" Bertha offered, laughing a little. He passed her a faint smile but then Red came. "Oh there you guys are. Come dinner is served and you two, seal your lips before I do." Red said deadpanned. "Okay!" Bertha got up and left. "Oh why would I be? It's the reality." Parker clicked her tongue at her. Red mouth gaped, "Watch yourself before I poison you two." "I told you she is a witch." Peter said casually. Before Red could say anything else they laughed and got up. "Hey, Where is April by the way?" Red asked. "She went to the bathroom." Red hummed. "What are you doing? Get up." Red said to Erich and then Erich received a call from April. "Um. You go Red, I will come after the call." Erich said and left. Red noticed the look on his face which gleamed restlessness and decided to go after Erich. Erich went to a corner and picked the call, "April please, I can't do this. No matter what, I cannot hurt her feelings." His voice came desperate which bewildered Red. 'April? He is talking to her?' She thought.