Greatest Betrayal

“Gerald! Gerald!!” Isabella stormed into the house holding her phone and handbag in one hand. Coming into the living area, she looked around for the husband who clearly told her he wasn’t going anywhere.

Just now, she saw his car parked in the driveway. It looked like he was either on his way out or had already gone out and returned.

“Gerald!” There was a high-intensity pitch in Isabella’s tone as her heartbeats topped up by a few notches.

It was hard to believe that this was the same woman who outrightly defended her husband in front of her friends, but here she was, shouting at the top of her lungs like some crude woman because she didn’t trust her husband one bit.

Just then, her husband famous actor husband walked out of the room with a slight frown on his face. “What is it? Why are you screaming my name?”

Isabella breathed heavily as she gave him the death stare. “What is the meaning of this?” she went straight to the ‘Scandalous Gossip Blog’s’ page on her phone and opened the post about him before turning her phone screen so he could see it for himself.

Gerald had a lagged attitude as he peered at the screen but when he recognized his photo and that of his pregnant mistress, he snatched the phone from her to have a better look.

‘Fuck!’ he mouthed as soon as he read the headline.

Isabella read his lips and scoffed as a green vein popped like a straight line in the middle of her forehead. Her husband’s subtle reaction was enough for her to confirm the authenticity of the gossip.

“Y-You… G-Gerald, you actually cheated on me with your colleague and got her pregnant?” Isabella managed to ask as pain and bitterness surged in her heart like a wounded soul.

What was going through her mind was bigger than she could bear. In her mind, she was already calculating how long this disgraceful relationship had been going on, and how many times her husband slept with his mistress that it would result in pregnancy this time around.

Most importantly, how could she be living under the same roof with a man who has been having an affair and she didn’t know about it until the whole world found out before her?

How blind was her trust in him?

“Bella, this is not what you think,” Gerald stammered as the phone got snatched from his hands. He was still trying to get over his earlier shock and focus on dealing with the aftermath of the gossip he was being brewed in.

“This blogger is only trying to chase clout with my name because of how popular I am. I’m sure he just wants to garner more attention, likes and followers by throwing me in the mud.”

“Really?” There was an unbelievable expression on Isabella’s face. To think that her husband would take her for a fool was quite shocking.

Did he seriously expect her to believe that trash explanation that held no water?

“Of course!” Gerald tried to smile, thinking that he was close to winning her heart again. He stepped forward and placed his hands on her shoulder blades and continued while looking into her eyes, “This blogger took a picture from a movie set and he’s parading around with it.”

“Don’t give me that bullshit!” Immediately, Isabella flung his hands away and took two steps back while literally shooting lasers from her eyes. “This is not a scene from a movie otherwise, the blog would have stated it!”

Gerald pretended to be hurt by her reaction. He had this disbelief written all over his face as he asked, “So, you don’t believe your husband?”

“Oh Gerald, don’t fucking give me that shitty look otherwise I will mess you up!” Isabella swore while cursing him out. She looked more pained “I know you are lying to me, so you better start talking!”

The expression on Isabella’s face clearly stated that hell would break loose if her husband dared to tell her one more lie. Given his fake reactions, she wanted nothing more than to drown him in her anger.

Seeing as things had gotten to this level, Gerald knew that he could not continue denying the truth that was right in front of their eyes, so he admitted the truth.

“Fine! I cheated on you with my colleague and she is pregnant with my child. Happy?!” He revealed while flaring up.

He seemed very mad that his secret had to come to light this way.

“Oh, Gerald.” Isabella quickly wiped away the tears threatening to roll down her cheeks. “How could you do something like this to us?”

Somewhere at the back of her mind, she was hoping that her husband was being falsely accused, but here he was, admitting to cheating and getting someone else pregnant.

This was so heartbreaking.

“Of course, I am tired of you!” Gerald said almost immediately as his voice got louder with his nose flaring in anger. Since they were into the confronting show, he was going to go along with it.

Looking at her from her head to her toe and back to her face, he said, “You don’t look young anymore and your breasts are all sagged after having Isla. You are not even interested in the glamour lifestyle, how long did you think my interest in you would last? A lifetime? Come on Bella! I know I was wrong, but you should hear the bitter truth too.”

“Are you blaming me for your indiscipline?” Isabella could hardly believe that her husband would one-day act so shamelessly. The right thing to do would have been to apologize to her and seek a way to make amendments, but here he was insulting and blaming her.

What on earth did she do to deserve this?

Gerald covered his face and released a deep breath. He was tired, but at least he just tried putting himself in his wife’s shoes. “Look, I’m so sorry for being carried away. My job is very demanding so it was easy to make this kind of mistake. Let’s talk things out and settle this matter.”

Isabella shook her head. She refused to give in so easily. Her husband was a good actor and if she did not stand her ground, he could easily deceive her. “Before we talk things out and settle, break up with that woman!” she commanded with an air of seriousness.

“What?” Gerald frowned. “No! I can’t end things with Kareen now. She is heavily pregnant and about to give birth to my child.”

“What?” Isabella scoffed. She was so angry that her eyes burned red. “C-Can you hear yourself?”

Gerald tried to approach her again, but she simply took more steps back. “Please Bella, understand. I know I did you dirty, but please don’t drag this out with me. I need some time.”

“Then what about me?” Isabella asked with a hopeless look in her eyes “My husband of five years just told me that I should accommodate his affairs and act like nothing has changed. Tell me, who will stand by my side and comfort me?”

Isabella felt like the most pathetic woman on earth. It was one thing for her husband to cheat on her, but not being sober about it was a whole new level of disrespect to their union.

“Gerald, I will not accept this explanation. It’s either me or your mistress. So, who do you choose?”

Normally, there shouldn’t be a day where her husband gets to choose between her and their home-wrecker but unfortunately, this was the case now.

There will be no more room to condone madness disguised as humanity. Gerald will have to decide who he wants to be with that second!