Chapter 5

Her Husband

Lianne is worriedly waiting for her husband, Ethan. She knew he would come home drunk again. How many times has he come late at night, almost every night. And, of course, she knew very well why.

'What should I expect? Nothing right? He is very angry with me. This is also my fault. Between the two of us, I'm the only one to blame for this and not him.'

Ethan is very angry, he even cursed her to death when she dragged him into that situation. She messes with his life, and in return he makes her suffer.

'How long will he blame me? How long will I put up with him? Did I do it right to myself? Is it right for us to tie ourselves to each other? How long are we like this? I am also tired even though we have just started our married life.'

She immediately stood up when she suddenly heard a knock outside the door.

She sighed when she looked at the clock. It's already 01:30 in the morning. It was his usual time to come home.

"E-Ethan.." He approached him and supported him.

"Oh. The audacious wife is still awake, huh? No, stay away from me!" he said when he entered the house and when she tried to approach him.

She didn't help him anymore and just glanced at him as he headed to the bar counter. He took a bottle of wine and sat on the sofa.

She still came even though he didn't want to. "Ethan, get some rest. That's enough." she tried to take the bottle of wine from him.

"Don't mess with me! What the hell!" He shook Lia's hand.

Lia sighed. Even though she was very sick of Ethan's behavior in each of every day, she still was patient with him. She does that to pay for the sin she committed. Yeah, Ethan is also responsible for it but she doesn't want to blame him anymore. She takes the blame for the night something happened to them.

"Y-You're already drunk," she rebuked him and still forcefully took the wine from him.

He shook her hand again causing him to let go of the bottle and fall to the floor.

"Funk it, Lia! You look what you did?! I told you to leave me alone! Now, clean up all that mess!" Ethan shouted at Lia full of irritation.

Lia gasped and was also surprised. "I-I'm sorry." She was suddenly startled by his loud shout at her. "I-I'll clean it up." She said then bent down and walked to the kitchen to get something to clean.

"It's because you're interfering!"

Even though only hurtful words come out of Ethan's mouth, she still tolerates them. She thinks she is numb to what he shows, and it makes her feel that she is a useless wife.

When she returned, she was carrying a dustpan, a broom and a rag. He looked in her direction as she began to clean the spills on the floor.

'Ouch!'

She shivered when she saw that her finger was bleeding and she felt pain. But she still finished cleaning the floor even though she was injured by the broken glass.

Ethan is still staring at her, he just ignores her. After cleaning, she returned to the living room.

"If you don't need me here, I'll go to my room." She said while hiding the bleeding wound on her hand.

"And where did you think you were going?!" she gasped as he pulled her back and she fell into his lap. She felt him immediately put his hand inside her nightgown. "After you seduce me, you will turn your back on me?"

"No. I-I'm not seducing you. E-Ethan, you're drunk." She said trying to remove his hand from her chest that was still covered in a lace bra.

"Stop acting as if you don't want this. Because this is what you wanted from me from the beginning, right?" It was pronounced with emphasis and anger.

"E-Ethan..." Lia closed her eyes and bit her lip when Ethan started to kiss her shoulder and neck. Lia can't say no. Because if she did it, it would only hurt her. And she doesn't want it. So she forced herself to endure because she was afraid. She was afraid because it was different when she disliked him, he hurt her even more while enjoying her body.

"You're such a bitch, Lia! A bitch! And a bitch like you, shouldn't be respected!"

He told it and then carelessly took off her nightgown. He also kissed her recklessly on her lips towards her neck, until it reached her chest. She groaned in pain as he bit her nipples.

"Ethan...!" She pushed him when she felt the pain intensify from what he did.

"You have no right to complain if you are hurting. You like it. You made my life a living hell! You have to pay for what you did to destroy my life, Lia! You must pay for it!"