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Kapitel 7: Chapter 6: He Did Not Trust Her Enough

Chapter 6: He Did Not Trust Her Enough

 

Loreen had no choice but to open the folder. She was speechless at the contents.

 

Divorce papers. 

 

And Edric had already signed them.

 

'Why?! Why is this happening?!

 

'What should I do?!'

 

Loreen felt like her world shattered into pieces.

 

With the documents already signed, it meant Edric signed them before he even headed home. He had it prepared early on.

 

But when?

 

Why didn't she notice anything?

 

When did everything begin to go wrong?

 

She should have noticed something was amiss. 

 

But there was no sign of it before he left for Italy. 

 

He had been sweet and kind to her as usual two weeks ago.

 

Or did he happen to meet Sera in Italy and it was then that her childhood bully had the chance to spout lies to ruin her to her husband.

 

'But how could he believe Sera's words instead of mine? We have been husband and wife for three years. Shouldn't he trust my words more than hers?'

 

Loreen glanced at her husband. He was still glaring at her with such furious eyes. 

 

She had never seen this expression on his face directed at her. 

 

There were times he was angry on phone calls from work, but it was never towards her. And not to this degree.

 

She knew he could be a strict person especially at work, but he had always been kind to her and never gave her this kind of glare.

 

But right here, the way he stared at her made her feel like the worst woman in the world.

 

'I didn't do anything wrong. 

 

'How could he one-sidedly blame me for things I did not even do?

 

'How could he sign these damned papers?! And on our wedding anniversary too.'

 

Wait! 

 

Loreen gulped as a thought crossed her mind.

 

Did he do this on purpose? 

 

Did he time it to their anniversary?!

 

Was he intentionally trying to hurt and disgrace her like this?

 

'Was he thinking of getting back at me for things I did not even do?'

 

All sorts of thoughts crossed Loreen's mind as she speechlessly stared at the divorce documents Edric had handed her.

 

Her heart crumpled in pain. 

 

She wanted to scream as loud as she could. To tear these documents into shreds right in front of him and say she would never accept divorce.

 

But her mouth simply remained slightly ajar, and nothing came out.

 

Her heart hurt so much. 

 

If she signed this today, she wondered if she could ever get through this pain.

 

Would it ever stop hurting?

 

'Grandma? Grandpa? What should I do?' she recalled her deceased grandparents. 

 

What would they advise her to do if they were still alive?

 

What should she do to resolve this?

 

This was by far the worst disappointment Loreen ever had. 

 

Her beloved husband believed in her worst bully. And he was here shoving signed divorce papers to her face.

No wonder it was called disappointment. 

 

It suddenly happens when you least expected it. 

 

When you were assured, everything was alright, and you have gotten used to the peace and calm, it suddenly attacks.

It betrays your expectations.

Loreen should have known. She she should have learned from her experiences. She shouldn't have expected anything.

 

Her head and chest hurt. It was getting hard to breathe. 

 

Loreen thought she would pass out, and she would have been happier if she did. 

 

Maybe these divorce papers were just a nightmare. And once she wakes up, Edric would be smiling at her and kissing her gently. 

 

But no. She remained conscious as the pain gnawed at her heart the more Edric looked at her like he despised her. 

 

'Why should I accept this?' she asked herself.

 

Just the thought of not seeing him ever again, not being with him, and not sharing their days and nights together… It hurt so much.

 

She could not comprehend how to live without him after being with him for three years.

 

Simply waking up in the morning begins with seeing his face.

 

'Would I ever get over him?

 

'I love him.

 

'We may have started with no feelings. 

 

'But I love him very much now.'

 

And yet, the other side seems to not feel the same anymore.

 

"Sign it," Edric repeated when she just stared at documents.

 

Loreen's tears fell uncontrollably. 

 

She didn't want to cry but she could not stop her tears from falling. 

 

Everything simply hurt. She felt like her head and heart were getting hammered so violently.

 

"Why? Why should I? I love you. I love you so much, Edric. Did you not feel my love at all?"

 

Edric gulped and looked away.

He clenched his hands.

He stared elsewhere for a few seconds before he finally replied, "I thought, I did. But you were just toying with me."

 

"I never did that. I love you. My feelings for you are re-"

 

"Shut up!" he cut her off.

 

Loreen held her chest as the pain got worst.

 

The Edric she knew didn't do this kind of thing to her before. He listened when she had something to say, not cut her off rudely like this.

 

"Just shut up and sign those! I won't believe any of your words anymore. 

 

"You lied to me all these years after I trusted you with all I have! 

 

"I sacrificed my image for you! My freedom for you!"

 

Loreen stared at him in disbelief at those words. 

 

'That was what he thought about our marriage?!'

 

She stared at him mouth agape as he continued. 

 

"I gave you the comfort any woman wishes for! But what did you give me in return?! Nothing!"

 

'Ah, I see. So, this was what all of these were about. I had nothing. There was nothing I could give. I could not even give him a child when that was the original reason we got married.'

 

Loreen was silenced and her tears simply kept trickling down her cheeks.

 

'So that was how he saw everything? I was just a liability and a hindrance for him?'

 

Loreen sniffed and tried to dry her tears. 

 

Edric grabbed the folder from her.

 

Her heart skipped a beat as it budded with hope that he was finally taking it back and would not push through with it.

 

But instead, he brought out a pen and opened the folder, holding it at a good distance so her tears won't fall on them.

 

"Just fucking sign. Now," he snarled. "Stop all your acting. I won't believe any of it."

 

"Do you have no love for me left? I mean, have you ever even loved me?" Loreen asked, throwing away her pride.

 

"I don't know. Even if there is, I don't want to feel it anymore. I will never listen to it again. And I won't let it cloud my mind again," Edric shut down her hopes.

 

Her tears got worse, and her body trembled. 

 

'I see.'

 

She could barely see him with all the tears.

 

"Stop acting like you are so pitiful after fooling me for three whole years. I'm the one who should be crying," Edric scolded her.

 

"I didn't do that! I never did," Loreen denied again, hoping it would reach him.

 

Even if he no longer loved her, even if he no longer wanted her, she didn't want him to think she was that kind of woman. 

 

Because she never was.

 

"Stop it. How much lower are you going to stoop? 

 

"You used me as you please. And now you even have the guts to act like you know nothing, huh? 

 

"You set up everything that happened between us three years ago. But when you got pregnant, you killed my child while pretending to cherish it?!"

 

More accusations left his lips, crushing her very soul. Denying all her efforts the past three years.

 

She could not take it anymore.

 

Loreen's ears were ringing from all those lies he heard from another woman.

 

"That's not true! I loved our baby with my whole heart! I was looking forward to raising our child. You saw how devastated I was back then!"

 

"Stop. Please just stop it. Enough with your lies! Don't disappoint me even more.

 

"I have all the evidence that I need. Now, just sign the papers and leave.

 

"Don't worry half of all my properties goes to you. I know that's what you've been wanting for all these years. 

"You can have it for all the efforts you put into this and succeeding to play with me. I rather commend your acting skills."

 

Edric was fully convinced she was in the wrong.

 

What did Sera make him drink for him to believe her wholeheartedly and refuse to listen to his own wife's words?

 

"I don't need your properties. I didn't make any of those accusations you are throwing at me! How could you believe some random woman's lies?!" Loreen was also getting angry.

 

"She's not some random woman. She had known you since you were little. I even have photos of you two!" Edric debated. He settled the divorce papers on the table.

 

'Wow, he's even taking her side. Amazing.'

 

"Is she your mistress? Did she seduce you? Just say it if you want to marry someone else. Don't ruin my image like this as if I have wronged you!"

 

'What am I even saying? I never doubted his fidelity.'

 


Kapitel 8: Chapter 7: Divorce

Chapter 7: Divorce

 

'Wow, he's even taking her side. Amazing.'

 

"Is she your mistress? Did she seduce you? Just say it if you want to marry someone else. Don't ruin my image like this as if I have wronged you!"

 

'What am I even saying? I never doubted his fidelity.'

 

Loreen didn't mean those words. 

 

But she was very emotional and such a thought crossed her mind out of jealousy and anger after he defended her greatest bully.

 

Likewise, after saying it, she realized that there was indeed a possibility that Edric could have had found someone else.

 

Loreen realized that he might be taking her out of the picture so he could marry his new woman.

 

After all, they could not have a child after years of trying. What if he sought it from someone else?

 

These kinds of thoughts finally crossed Loreen's mind even though it did not in the past years.

 

It made her heart hurt even more and she was overcome with jealousy and rage. She didn't want anyone else to have Edric.

 

He was her husband. He was supposed to be hers.

 

"Damn it! Now you're making up stories. I don't have a mistress. Don't make it look like I did something I never did," Edric snarled at her and grabbed her wrist too tightly, it hurt.

She glanced at her wrist.

This was her man? The man she had sworn to love and be with for the rest of her life?

The pain on her wrist resonated with the hurt in her heart. He could do this to her now.

 

"Edric, my arm!" Loreen voiced out when she could no longer take the pain.

 

"Don't fucking say my name!" Edric's other hand approached her.

 

Loreen was wide-eyed when she realized it looked dangerous.

 

He was going to hurt her! 

 

She closed her eyes and braced for it.

 

But the pain did not come.

 

Loreen opened her eyes and saw Edric's hand just a few inches from her throat. He was about to strangle her but stopped midair.

 

'He could be this violent?!!' Loreen was shocked to the point her body trembled in fear. 

 

He almost choked her.

 

Edric was wide-eyed as well. 

 

He seemed to have just realized what he was about to do which was why he stopped.

 

"Fuck! Damn it!" He finally let go of her wrists and walked out immediately. He banged the door shut behind him. 

 

Shaken, Loreen could not talk nor run after him. And she no longer felt like she should after she realized he almost strangled her.

 

Her beloved husband, Edric Doyle Harvey almost strangled her. 

 

If he hadn't come to his senses, what if it did not end with just choking her, but with the end of her life?

 

Her blood ran cold from the realization.

 

Loreen glanced at her wrist. It had turned red and swollen from the tightness of his grip from earlier.

 

She barely heard their maids as she touched her throat. Then her wrist. She winced at the pain but savored it.

It was just her wrist this time. What about the next time they had a heated argument? He would strangle her until she begs him to stop?

Loreen felt like buckets of cold water was poured over her. She finally felt awake as if she snapped from a long dream. It felt like the fog cleared up and she could finally think straight and see clearly.

'Ah, I see. He no longer had feelings for me. How could he do this if he still loved me?' Loreen concluded as her tears continued to fall.

 

But did he need to make all this drama? 

 

He could have just told her straight out that he wanted divorce because he did not love, nor want her anymore, instead of making her a liar with all this mess.

'Huh?!'

 

Loreen gasped when her legs suddenly gave way and she almost fell to the floor. Their maids caught her and seated her on the sofa.

 

She realized her whole body was trembling. It must be due to shock and the storm of emotions she had to go through in a matter of a few minutes.

She was excited about their anniversary and seeing him again just a few minutes ago but now, everything turned out this way. Even their maids looked disappointed.

 

One of the maids offered her a glass of water.

 

"Thank you," Loreen accepted it and tried to calm down as the cold water washed over her throat.

 

She regulated her breathing and tried to control her emotions until her body finally stopped trembling.

 

But the divorce papers on the table reminded her of a decision she had to make.

 

No, just like the way she was married, she also had no choice but to accept this divorce.

 

It was so unfair. 

 

Edric was the one who decided they should get married, yet he was also the one who decided they should divorce.

 

'I was an idiot for trying to make him change his mind. He no longer loved me. There was no reason to stay,' Loreen concluded.

 

She had advocated for things like this when she was younger. To set each other free when one had lost the feelings. To not keep them trapped in something they no longer wanted.

But when she was the one in the situation, she tried to insist on staying.

 

'He was right. How much lower should I stoop? Regardless of the reason, I should set him free since he no longer wanted to be married with me.'

 

For the first time in years, Loreen was relieved that they did not have a child. If they did, how would she explain this situation?

 

Loreen glanced at the divorce papers that her husband left on the table.

 

She rose and picked up the folder.

 

"Madam, please wait until Master calms down. He seems to be furious now, but he would surely change his mind once he had calmed down," one of the maids said.

 

"That won't happen. You heard what he told me. You saw how he almost strangled me. 

 

"How would he change his mind when no longer sees me as someone he could cherish? 

 

"He had already signed these before he even arrived here. He had contemplated about this." 

 

Loreen dried her tears and began reviewing the documents with shaky hands.

 

Just a few minutes ago she was excitedly waiting for him to come home so they could celebrate their third wedding anniversary. 

 

Yet here she was having to sign divorce papers.

 

Loreen's only saving grace was the guests for the celebration had not arrived yet since the schedule of the event was in the evening.

 

If it had been now, she would have been divorced in front of everyone.

 

How would she even explain to the guests that the event would be cancelled?

 

"I need some time to be alone," Loreen took the documents with her and headed upstairs to their bedroom.

 

She read the documents in detail.

 

She closed her eyes and took deep breaths before beginning to sign it. Her hands shook.

 

But the more pages she signed, the calmer she felt as she internalized the truth of the words she said to their maids.

 

'That's right. He won't change his mind. I have no more reason to stay either.'

 

Why did she even stay in this marriage again in the first place? She never dreamed of marrying before she finished her doctorate. She never even thought she could be a housewife.

What she wanted was to keep pursuing her studies. Build her career. Help where she could. Save up. And build her own business.

 

Marriage was not yet a part of her plans back then. But she stayed in one for three years and thought it would be forever.

It was so ironic.

 

'Did I simply go with the flow and lost myself?'

 

Ah, she fell in love with Edric.

But since he no longer loved her, there was indeed no reason to stay. 

 

Loreen knew she should not insist on staying in a relationship where she was no longer wanted or cherished.

 

'Yes, I should set him free.'

 

It hurt terribly to the point like she felt her heart became hollow. But with her feelings for Edric, she was willing to let him go and not keep him tied if he was no longer happy with her.

 

She loved him that much so she would set him free.

 

Hopefully, the one who would replace her could give him what he wanted and make him happy.

 

As for her, she prayed she would be able to move on from him.

 

'It had been a peaceful three years,' she thought again.

 

At the last pages, Loreen's hands were no longer shaking as she signed the divorce papers.

As Edric mentioned, there was an alimony. It was on separate documents.

"What?!" Loreen frowned upon reading it.

He was giving her not only half of all the assets he gained within the three years they were married but of all his assets in general except for his inheritance.

 

It was such a hefty amount that she would not need to work her whole life if she accepted it.

 

But wouldn't that mean she was living off him?

Wouldn't he call her a gold digger even more?


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