chapter 2

Sonia's POV

I watched Ethan leave the house, his words echoing in my mind, giving me three days to pack and leave.

I wanted to believe that it wasn’t real, that he would come back and we would talk it through. If there were problems between us, I was ready to work them out, to fix whatever was broken. Divorce wasn’t an option for me—not after everything we've been through, not now that I'm carrying his child. I just needed him to come back home, to see me, to see us and to know that I was carrying his child.

I sank into the couch that was close to me as I cried like a child with my whole body trembling from emotions and shock.

"Where do I go wrong? Why can't Ethan love me?" Tears of heartbreak streamed down my cheeks.

"Oh, please! Don't act so surprised and heartbroken. Do you think that my handsome and rich brother was going to remain with a lowlife like you? I told you, it's only a matter of time." Tina, Ethan's step-sister said with a sinister smile, rolling her eyes as she strolled into the dining room.

Tina was an illegitimate daughter of Adamson. She never liked me since the time Ethan married me. She has always tried to cause me pain by always reminding me of how Ethan doesn't love me because I wasn't his kind of woman.

"My brother has been in love with Céline. They knew each other right from their childhood and she's from a wealthy family, making her the perfect woman for him but you.." She chuckled, "You are just a poor church rat, a nobody who wants to extort money from Ethan by forcing yourself into his life and claiming to be pregnant for him." Tina's words stabbed my heart like a dagger.

Tina was Celine's friend. She always shows her hatred towards me by accusing me of ruining Ethan's relationship with her friend which was not true.

I never had my eye on Ethan even when I was working as his secretary. I don't have any intentions of destroying his relationship with Celine.

I was just a victim.

Our drinks was spikes by someone and we both ended up having a one night stand when we went for a business trip. We woke up the next day to meet several articles on the media about us having an affair. To stop a scandal from breaking out, he asked me to be his fiancee till the scandal dies out. Just when things settled, I found out that I was pregnant.

I never wanted to marry him even when I found out that I was pregnant. It was Ma'am Lucy who insisted that we both should get marry as she doesn't want her grand child to be born outside Wedlock.

Even before our wedding, Celine was caught cheating on Ethan.

How is this any of my fault? Why did she always blame me for it?

I wanted to respond but I was scared of what Ethan would do to me if she reported me to him. She has done that in the past where she would tell all sorts of lies against me and Ethan would end up not speaking to me for days.

The only person who loved and cared about me was Madam Lucy. She never allows her to bully me when she was alive. She treated me like a child.

I raised my gaze and I saw her with a triumphant smile as she sat on the dining table and began to eat the cake I baked for my husband.

"Ethan doesn't love you and the earlier you sign those papers, the better for you." Her words made my heart ache in pain as it stopped functioning.

I shook my head in disapproval. I don't want to believe what Tina was saying.

"Ethan is my husband and he loves me. He might be going through some stress which explains why he's asking for a divorce but one thing I know for sure is that he would never divorce me. My Ethan would never leave me." I responded, rising from my seat.

I know Ethan doesn't mean it, something must have made him do this.

Tina barked out a cold laugh before looking at me with disgust. "Keep dreaming."

My heart was heavy with pain and I couldn't stand her anymore. I picked up the papers with my trembling hands and left for my room.

Hours passed, and I sat by the window side in my room, glancing at my phone every few minutes, hoping it would ring and I would hear Ethan's voice, telling me he was coming back. But none of that happened, making my heart ache in pain.

I didn’t want to believe that this was the end. We could still fix things because I don't believe that Ethan doesn't love me, I knew he does. Even though he objects to our marriage, he still shows me love and affection in our early marriage, he made me experienced the love I never knew existed until I lose the pregnancy.

I will make him fall in love with me again. I will make him see the reasons why we shouldn't get divorce.

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"Mrs. Adamson, you haven't eaten anything since yesterday, please, try and eat something." Gloria, my maid complained as she came in with a plate of food.

It has been two days since Ethan left home without a word, he hasn't returned or called me. I have called and sent him countless messages but he wasn't responding. I haven't been myself. My eyes were red and swollen and my heart filled with pain.

I couldn't eat or do anything as the only thing I kept on doing was lying down and glancing at my phone, hoping he would call me which he never did.

"Drop it there," I whispered to Gloria as I raised my phone to see if I got a call or a text from him. I have been holding my phone for two days, afraid of missing his calls or texts.

"You can't continue like this. You need to eat something." She dropped the food on the stool and pushed it closer to me. "I believe you don't want Mr Adamson to come and meet you like this." she continues.

I hissed as I lay on the bed, but then, my phone finally rang and my heart leaped.

Ethan! It had to be him.

I quickly stood up and grabbed my phone, but when I saw the screen, I was filled with disappointment.

It wasn’t Ethan. It was a text from an unknown number.

I groaned in frustration, Hesitant to open it.

I opened it and my breath caught in my throat as I stared at the picture that flashed across the screen. It was Ethan… and Celine. The woman he couldn’t seem to let go of, They were entering a hotel together.

His face was filled with happiness. I don't know when last I saw him this happy.

My heart clenched painfully in my chest as I realized, at that moment, what I had tried so hard to ignore.

He was never going to get over her. No matter how hard I fought for us, for our marriage, she would always be in the way.

Tears blurred my vision, but before I could process it fully, another message came through. An audio file.

I didn't want to listen to it but curiosity got the better of me and my fingers trembled as I pressed play, and then I heard his voice.

“I’ve been waiting for you to come back to me. I’ve missed you…" he said and I heard the sound of him, kissing her which shattered my heart into a thousand pieces.

In all our three years of marriage, I can't remembered when last he has spoken to me in such a gentle manner.

" I can’t stand her," he continues, "She disgusts me. I’ve only tolerated her this long because of my mother but I can do whatever I want now that my mother is dead.”

I felt like a bucket of cold water had just been poured on me. I froze and stared at my phone screen.

Each of his word felt like a dagger, cutting deeper and deeper. The man I loved, the man I was still hoping to save my marriage with, had already given up. No.. he had never even tried. He was with her. He wanted her. And I was nothing more than an obligation, someone he could barely stand to be around.

I couldn't continue to listen, as the weight of his betrayal settled over me. I was about to drop the phone but what I heard next, shattered the remaining hope I had left in me.