I shook my head firmly.
“Denise, did you think I was still as foolish as before, not understanding what you were thinking? If it weren’t for you, your parents wouldn’t have come looking for me so aggressively. Let me think about why you did this, to protect Giovani, huh? You truly love him.”
“Giovani couldn’t meet their lion–sized demands, so you have to find someone else to solve this trouble. Anyway, in the past, whenever they came to me, I would give them money, right?”
Denise had a moment of guilt, and then immediately realized it, with a regretful expression on her face.
“Ernesto, Giovani doesn’t have a privileged family like you. He has worked hard on his own to get to where he is now, and I can’t let him be affected because of me.”
“Denise, why do I have to be the one to suller? Haven’t you used me enough?
As the words came out of my mouth, 1 suddenly realized that the emotions I had deliberately ignored during this period had resurfaced
at this moment
I was still sad.
I was unhappy in my marriage for eight years.
I was saddened by Denise’s lies and betrayal.
I was sad that the little life I had been looking forward to for ten months turned out to be someone else’s child.
At this moment, Giovani finally walked out from inside.
He used his savings from many years to give me the money, so as long as I agreed to forgive, the people from the Bai family could be
released.
I received the money and, in a magnanimous manner, I chose to let them go.
Just before turning away and leaving, I heard Denise whisper a small apology.
I didn’t look back, I just ran towards the sunlight and left.
I heard from Denise again, six months later.
I heard from the class monitor in college that the twins and Giovani didn’t have a good relationship. They didn’t have much patience with each other and often shouted at the twins.
Whenever this time came, Denise would accuse him of not being as patient with the children as I am.
As time went by, the once sweet love between the two of them had more arguments due to the trivialities of life.
It was a year later when I finally saw Denise. I happened to run into her when I
en I came to pick up my parents‘ medical examination reports. She was pregnant and looked like she was about five or six months along
Seeing the alone, she couldn’t help but speak up to test the waters.
“Long time no see, how have you been living with your wile recently?”
Ishook my head.
“We weren’t married, so let’s add each other on WhatsApp ”
Denise’s eyes lit up, and she immediately took out her phone from her bag and added me on WhatsApp.
(day on, Denise would always that with me in the name of the twins, and even go on dates with me, bringing the twins
I also didn’t hesitate to jest a group photo with them on Instagram, with the caption “Long time no see.”
I had Govan’s WhatsApp, intentionally not deleted.
And this Instagram, I was the only one who could see it.
As expected. Denise and Giovani had a big fight, and the twins were scared and started crying
Denise poured out her grievances to me on WhatsApp, saying that I never used to restrict her personal freedom like this, so why can’t Giovani do the same?
I smiled and thought, “Doesn’t Denise understand? I trusted her so much but she cheated on me.”
However, one time after Denise took the twins and me out for dinner, the twins accidentally let they preferred Ernesto.
slip that
Giovani instantly understood and immediately sternly questioned Denise if she had met with me in secret again.
He worked tirelessly for this family all day long, but his wife was still in contact with her ex–husband, which no man could accept.
Denise impatiently shoved Giovani, who unexpectedly retaliated by using his hands, ultimately resulting in the loss of their unborn
child
Later, I went to the hospital to visit Denise with a rose in my arms, and Giovani was kneeling on the ground begging for Denise’s forgiveness.
Denise’s parents are seeking justice for their daughter, claiming that Giovani must pay two hundred thousand in alimony, or else they will get a divorce.
Glovani and they started arguing. Over the years, he had given a lot to the Bai family, but whenever he had the chance, he would ask for money. Meanwhile, Denise lay in bed, her face filled with pain. No one paid attention to her weakened state after the miscarriage, and she needed a quiet resting environment.
At that moment, two police officers suddenly entered the ward and took Giovani away on charges of embezzlement.
The scene instantly turned chaotic.
I silently placed the rose in my hand beside Denise’s bed, witnessing everything, and then simply turned around and left.
Just as I was leaving, Denise weakly called out to me.
“Ernesto, were you the one who did it? Are you still hating me?”
I did not answer her, swiftly blocked all of Denise’s contact information, and then left in the sunlight.
Seeing her life in a mess, I finally felt satisfied.
went to the hotel to drop ott some hangover mods for my bestie.
To un supuse.
Loverheard some familiar moans coming from the room next door.
irst westerday. Alvin promised he’d love me forever, but now, he was making love with another woman
Later on, people all teased him, “laqueline’s already pregnant with someone else’s baby, Alvin, you still haven’t gotten over her?”
My bestie Eleanor Greene got drunk at a social gathering, so I bought her some hangover meds and took her to a hotel.
After she vomited in the trash can, she looked at me, all dazed.
“aqueline, I’m so unlucky. I broke up with my boyfriend yesterday, and today, I was forced to drink by my client.
“And now there’s a couple next door making love. Geez”
hile I teased her for trying to be tough, I couldn’t help but listen in on what was happening next door.
Crnosni pot the best of me.
suddenly, there came a low growl, which made me drop
drop the tissue box. I’d known the voice for ten years.
met smile, I turned around and said. “Eleanor, I’m more miserable than you. The one hooking up
p with another wom
womin next
“What Alvin’s cheating?”
I nodded, looking at Eleanor with teary eyes. It felt like an invisible hand was squeezing my heart tight, drowning me in suffocating
despair
“Fuck Let me go catch those cheating bastards!”
I stopped her
with trembling fingers, I pulled out my phone and dialed Alvin Horne’s mumber.
His ringtone echoed from the room next door, but he didn’t pick up.
en I called again, there was no ringtone from next door anymore
In the end, I stopped Eleanor from barging in because I had no idea how to handle this mess.
Back home, sitting on the couch in the place Alvin and I had shared for six years, I burst into tears.
test
Betrayal felt like a sharp blade slicing through me
fold atıyone Alvin cheated on me behind my back, they probably wouldn’t believe it
After all, everyuter ktarw us as childhood sweethearts. We had been dating since we were teens. He was quiet and reserved except when it
After crying my heart out and venting the sadness and frustration inside me, I started calming down.
If you wliked who mattered most in my life? It’d definitely be Alvin.
He was the one who handed me choices when life seemed hopeless.
But maybe some people weren’t meant to stay for your whole journey.
At mudright, Alvin finally came home.
When he saw nu still on the couch, he paused, a tipsy look on his face. “Why are you still up?”
I watched him closely, hoping for any hint of guilt or
guilt or truth written across his face
Was he just that good an actor or was I just that naive?
His face didn’t change a bit, but now, it felt unfamiliar somehow.
“There’s been an issue with a project recently.
Seeing him lie so smoothly left me unsure whether anger or disappointment weighed heavier inside.
I felt cold all over, and my heart broke
