What did i do so wrong?

Charlene Maximus POV

‘’Edward Adams,’’ when his voice sounded behind me, I knew that I was in trouble. Dominic’s voice was deeper and sounded like a warning when he mentioned Edwards's name.

‘’Dominic Maximus,’’ Edward lets go of my hand and turned to face my husband. ‘’I never expected that I would run into you at this event. What a pleasant surprise seeing you,’’ the way Edward replied made it sound as if they knew each other in the past.

They both acted like they were showing off to each other. Dominic laughed at Edwards's reply while the latter joined him in laughing. ‘’what do you expect Edward?’’ Dominic asked and moved closer to me. ‘’Caroline is my mother and I am one of the major sponsors for tonight so I should be here but I can’t say the same about you,’’ he said and looked at me. I couldn’t figure out his look but deep down, I knew that he wanted to strangle right there.

If he had the chance.

‘’Caroline must have left out the important part about why I am here,’’ the tension between them grew as Edward moved closer to Dominic. ‘’maybe your mother didn’t inform you but I am also a part of the sponsor. I know you are sad to see me but….’’

‘’now that you know, you should be on your way as I must speak to my wife,’’ Dominic raised the corner of his lips mischievously at Edward and placed his hands around my waist. ‘’I must dance now with my wife,’’ he pulled me tighter into his arms choking the life out of my stomach with his hands. I couldn’t complain because it would make things worse. I could only smile as I always do.

Smiling as if everything was okay whereas, I was suffering silently.

‘’Then I must take my leave,’’ Edward grinned at him and turned to leave but he suddenly stopped as if he remembered something.

I bite my lower lips and wondered what he had to say for stopping and not moving forward. Deep inside of me, I hoped that he wouldn’t say something that would anger Dominic. I gently rubbed my hands together and lowered my head praying that he would just walk away without causing trouble.

‘’your wife is so pretty that every man in this room will think that she is single,’’ Edward pointed around. ‘’if I were you,’’ Edward smirked at Dominic before he continued speaking. ‘’I’ll make sure that I watch my wife all the time because you never know who might be watching,’’ he chuckled and gave a salute. ‘’I will see you around dear Charlene,’’ he smiled at me and walked away.

Dominic let go of my waist and grabbed my hand. ‘’let’s dance dear wife,’’ he muttered into my ears causing me to shake terribly in fear. ‘’you look beautiful tonight,’’ he commented sounding weird. It was unlike anything he would ever say.

‘’it's not what you think,’’ I tried to explain what had happened with Edward and myself but instead, he shushed me by placing a finger on my lips.

Dominic grabbed the back of my head and whispered into my ear. ‘’ whore,’’ he chuckled and kissed me on the lips before facing me.

I visibly gulped as I tried hard not to look at him, and he forcefully raised my head. ‘’you were not looking down when Edward was standing in front of you but now, you shy away from your husband,’’ he chuckled and heaved a sigh. ‘’I am burning with anger just by looking at you,’’ he said through gritted and grabbed my hand pulling me behind him as he led me to our table.

‘’I…….’’ I tried to speak but scratched my wrist with his nails and I stopped talking at once to avoid my wrist getting bruised.

Luckily for me, Alexa was no longer on the table but Zenobia and Caroline were both seated at the table chatting happily. ‘’ mother, we are leaving,’’ Dominic announced as we reached the table. I raised my head to face him wondering why he was leaving so soon and no one needed to tell me that it was all about what happened with Edward.

‘’why are you leaving so soon?’’ his mother asked and looked toward me. ‘’ did she cause another problem again?’’

‘’I have a bit of a situation to deal with,’’ Dominic replied with that instead.

‘’And you are sure that it doesn’t have to do with her,’’ Caroline pointed towards me with a hint of disgust in her tone. She frowned at me and folded her arms. ‘’I must say that you made a mistake in marrying someone as despicable as her.’’

Dominic hugged his mother and kissed her on the forehead. ‘’it is not her fault. I just have issues to sort,’’ he lied and it made me wonder why he had to pretend in front of his mother when everyone in his family hated me.

‘’But dad, I still want to see Alexa dance,’’ his daughter, Zenobia complained and cast a glare at me. ‘’This is all your fault,’’ she accused.

I lowered my head unable to face her because I felt defeated. She hated me so much and now that I was about to make her miss the performance of her favorite ballet dancer, Zenobia was going to bear me in hell.

‘’Don’t say things like that in public,’’ her father warned her and he was only doing that to protect his image. The world was going to question him if they find out that the popular business mogul Dominic Maximus had problems with his wife. Like Dominic always said, knowing about that was going to tarnish his image.

Zenobia stood up angrily from her chair and walked away without saying goodbye to Caroline. She was just like her father, short-tempered and rude.

‘’As always,’’ Caroline commented. ‘’you are great at causing trouble,’’ she frowned at me.

‘’I….’’

‘’I don’t want to hear any words from you Charlene. Just leave with your bad luck…. stated angrily waving me off with her hand.

‘’Goodnight mother,’’ Dominic said and walked away pulling me behind him until we reached outside the halls. He shoved me into our ride and I almost fell to the ground but luckily for me, I leaned on the window for support and was able to walk to the car seat. I sat down beside Zenobia but she shifted away from me as if I was cursed.

‘’This is your fault!’’ Zenobia accused. ‘’you shouldn’t have come to our family! You are a curse!’’

‘’That is enough Zenobia’’ her father scolded her and sat beside me. ‘’that is no way to speak to your mother.’’

‘’no,’’ Zenobia shouted at her father. ‘’she is not my mother because she is a….’’

‘’Enough!’’ Dominic shut her up. ‘’not another word from you again. I don’t want you ever raising your voice at me again,’’ he warned her and removed his suit. He yanked his tie from his neck showing his frustration and finally turned to face me.

‘’Tonight, is going to be long char,’’ he chuckled and pointed a finger at me. ‘’you my dear wife are going to enjoy every bit of it,’’ he laughed wickedly scheming a lot of things in his head.

All I know was that I was done for and Dominic was going to torture me all through the night with his words and just like before, I hoped that I survived it.