erl
sharp and endless then the stars
peak from his phone, the next my face was burning, my head snapping to the side. Yet
he floo
in on itself, my palms scraping the ti
by g
her
of my lungs. My chest tightened painfully as I gasped, sucking i
cheating. I'd kno
ight made him sick to his stomach. Ever since he told me he couldn't be
never complained I
ment to another
ing I had just lost
I finally managed to lift my tear-stre
slid over me like I was nothing more t
At least now you know. I do
ng about the weather killed something insid
loving husband turned into
fore I could stop it. Sobs wracked my
I wailed, my heart squeezin
ed, even as he watched me fall apart. "Ser
verything you wanted even with all your shortcomin
re?" he roared, so loud I flinched violently. "Yes-tell me! Who got f
est h
nant while we're still married?" I rasped out but he didn't answer Instead, he tu
g the words out despit
It hasn't even been a year.
on't d
his head as his cold eyes sna
ing the same child you killed with your carelessness and use him to emotion
me like a blad
r me once again. Since the tragedy, Marcus had never missed a chanc
it wasn't en
alots of things I still couldn't understand or explain till this day but because
of time, I would sacrifice anything I repeat anyt
fused to listen to any explanation I had to
it were to be in the past I'd have but not today. Today was
ething that hur
when I finally found my voice My hands trembling beside me. "God
have seen
e reached for a shirt from the wardrobe besides us, slipping his arms into it and buttoning it
t keep a child but could only keep adding weight-Heaven knows I tried to love you again like I used to,
as he finished buttoning up,
s. So instead of blam
e turned and
or as sobs tore out of me uncontrollably, his words
passed before exhaustion fi
ggily, my head pounding as though someone was beating a drum inside it. I looked at t
0 p
r in the first place. The memories came rushing back at that Instant sharp and unforgiving of how Marcus' words had w
he spot where I had hit my foot earlier still stung b
n the atmosphere told me that obviously
arkling except for the dining table where the plates I had se
washing them in the kitchen, the pain in my foot tried to act
y feeling tired and exhausted one of the disadvantage of being fat but the
jumped
us wa
ng him again stirred different emotions inside me fear, pain, confus
going to
change everything about our marriage defini
re but now there was another woman and a child
he div
he--Marcus stepped out, tall and still so devastatingly handsome
oor like I'd expected Instead, he
ment and that was when I noticed something my
relaxed as if she was a queen while Marcus moved to opened the door for her
t to another woman It was the face of the woman as s
ssa
painfully as the
and not just that she was also his ex-girlfriend. The one who had ditched him and went overseas for reasons only God kn
cus over after Vanessa break-up as it happened he had been so madly in-love with her
ime but at the the worst possible moment just when m
d when and how did th
ed as realizati
her end of the line,
t be her..
leading her in. One arm wrapped around protectively and possess
ded for the stairs without M
t was going on but I was just too hesitant to accept things as expected he ignored me but I
rcu
g we talked about?" he finally stopped to look at
mistress into our home when we're still married!" By now I could feel the corner of my e
m his side Vanessa let out a disdainful scoff
tangling in his voice and expression as he spoke. "Jesus, Bev. I'm one step away from kicking y
Maybe give her time to absorb things since she's clearly slow to do so." Though her voice sounded swee
urse she didn't have to say much just one words from her
er" Marcus nodding dismissively fortunately s
s watch with balled fist and heart constricting painfully
ve your things to the guest room. I won't be sharing a bed
e house and hell I never saw it coming I looked at Marcus, desperately for help at least the last
ught he was actually going to help me I was i
he doesn't want to share a bed with
eared down the corridor wh
nt, I knew I had
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