Chapter Two

-- Grizelda --

"No, mom. I need to understand why she did this to me." Alexander said, countering his mother's statement.

"Did what?" I spoke up. I didn't understand what was going on and I was determined to.

What was enough to make him want to divorce me?

"I asked a question, Grizelda. Where are you coming from?"

My heart constricted upon hearing my name out of his mouth. It was so long since he referred me by my name.

"I... I'm coming from my favorite restaurant." I dutifully replied.

"With whom?" He further asked and the question took me aback.

"With no one. I was alone."

"Enough of this, Grizelda. Can you please stop lying to me? I've had enough of this already." Alexander covered his face with his hand and dragged it all the way down, getting me more confused than I already was.

"What do you mean? I'm telling you the truth, dear. I'm not lying-"

"And enough with the dear!" He thundered and finally fled off his seat. "How can you still be pretending to love me after cheating on me behind my back?"

"Cheating on you?!" I shouted back, desperate for him to hear the nonsense he was spewing. "Who said I've been cheating on you? I've never cheated on you and I will never do that."

Again, he covered his face with his palm and then he snapped his fingers with which his ex girlfriend stood up to throw some pictures on the coffee table.

"Thank you, Lucy." He acknowledged her obedience and rested his eyes on me as soon as he got the opportunity again. "How do you explain the content of these pictures, Grizelda?" He gritted his teeth.

My gaze fell on the pictures and I saw myself and my best friend, Jax Grey in them. With the angle of the camera, it was as if we were intimate while we walked hand in hand on the beach. Only I would be able to tell it was simply an act of friendship as we'd known each other from childhood.

"Isn't that the famous Billionaire, Mr. Grey holding your hand on the beach? Is it because he owns several companies in his name and I managed to own just one? Did you even ever love me?" His voice was tinted with a great amount of sadness which me feel bad for what I'd not even done.

"It's not what it looks like, Alex. I swear. You have to believe me."

"I have to believe you? Tell me, what should I believe? That you're simply just friends with a Billionaire like Mr. Grey? A man whom young women like yourself dream of even having the chance to walk by his side not to talk of hold hands?"

And there, I thought. That was the big problem which I was willing to solve tonight. Confessing my true identity to them all. That I was the daughter of even the richest man in the entire country. And that with some information, one should know how possible it was to believe that a person like me would be the closest friends with someone like Mr. Grey.

"Let me explain, Alex. There's something I've been meaning to tell you-"

Without waiting for me to finish my words, his mother also jumped up from her seat. "There it is! The barren witch has decided to confess! I told you it was only a waste of time to be asking her all these questions. Just give her the divorce papers and let her sign it for God's sake!"

"So, it's all true?" Alex dropped his head low and his voice broke as if he was about to cry. It was then that I knew they had completely misunderstood me.

"No, no. That's not what I meant. I was going to say-"

"It's enough." He raised his head and his eyes were red. I'd never seen him look at me with so much hatred before. "I will give you the divorce papers and you will sign them. I want you out of my life for good.

"Once, I looked at you and all I saw was a woman I loved with all my heart. Now, I look at you and all I can feel is disgust. I never knew how much of a slut you were."

Disgust? Slut?

I felt myself crumbling little by little. My chest felt very tight. I could barely find my breath, anymore. This had to be a joke, right? After all we've been through? After all I did for him? After all I sacrificed for us? I felt my head start to ache as well.

"No, no. Please, Alex. You can't do this to me! After being married to you for five years? Think about it. Why would I want to cheat on you now? I married you when you were poor and I never cared for one bit! Why should I care now that you're rich?"

"Maybe because you thought I was impotent?" He mumbled and my eyes fled open.

I looked at his mother and she was still looking at me with the same look of irritated and contempt. Her mouth opened to speak words.

"And she would have only made things worse for herself. Not being grateful for being accepted by one man for her barreness, only to allow her greed to bring evil into another man's life. I would only pity his parents to accept such woman into their son's life." She rapped.

I held my heart and tears finally popped out of the corner of my eyes. I felt ashamed to be talked about in such manner and I looked at Alexander, hoping he would defend me or at least say something. But the turmoil on his face was simply directed at me.

I remembered his last words again and I wondered what he meant by I thought he was impotent. Was he really doing this?

"When are you going to tell her, Alex. Are you really going to let this keep happening?" I asked and I heard my own voice trembling.

My lips quivered and I forced myself not to look any more hopeless than I already appeared by crying right there and then. I held more tears from pouring out of my eyes. At least, I tried.

"Going to tell my mother what, Grizelda?"

"That I'm not barren, Alex. That you're the one impotent-" The last word barely left my mouth when I felt a horrible lash at my cheek and the momentum of being slapped that hard caused my to turn the other way with much force.

A whimper escaped my lips and the person responsible for the slap came even closer that I had to flinch and protect my entire face with my arms from receiving another slap.

"How dare you call my son impotent, you witch!"

I was terrified. Lucy stretched the divorce papers in my face and I didn't even think twice before I collected it and scribbled down my signature with the pen that was given to me as well.

"Now, get the hell out of my son's house and never come back again!"

Again, I didn't wait another second as I dashed out of the house and ended up on the streets. I didn't know where to go and I ended up crying on a vacant bench until I fell asleep right there.