Chapter 4

Xander 

A divorce? Is she seriously asking me for a divorce. What has gotten into her? I’m confused with myself, totally and utterly confused.  Clearly I don’t care about Kenna, not at all. It’s always only been about her blood to save and help Violet. So, why does it bother me so much when she asked for a divorce? It’s not like I have feelings for Kenna. Or is it? No way, I dismiss the thought from my mind. Right now I have more important things to think about, like saving Violet’s life.  

I rake my hands through my dark hair, something weird is going on with my gut just thinking about her asking for the divorce, it’s gnarling. Damn, it actually feels like I am in physical pain. 

I sensed that there was something different about Kenna. I wasn’t able to put my finger on it. It was like things were spinning out of control. You know when you’ve been in a car accident, life just seems to spiral around you. 

After three years of marriage, I thought I knew her very well. Before we got married, she was obsessive and clingy, but after we got married, she became submissive and obedient, a good wife. There was such a change in her, I have no idea why. Maybe she truly wanted to please me, or maybe it was because she wanted to show me that she is the woman for me and not Violet. 

Who I know is trying it on, you’d have to be blind not to see it. But she is my dead best friend’s sister and I made a pledge to him that I must honor. 

Lately, Kenna has been giving blood too often. I feel bad about it. Even I know it cannot be good for any one person to keep donating, I mean even people who donate for blood banks can only do so every eight weeks. And that is a minimum. I sigh and take a seat, I’m back in my private office in my mansion. The walls are painted a dark, vintage green. Bookcases made of rich mahogany line the walls. It feels oppressive, ordinarily I would welcome the richness of this room, but today I don’t. My mind is crammed with this whole divorce shit. 

Kenna has never said no when I’ve asked her to go to the hospital. So, today I was totally confused with the way she behaved. It was out of character and threw me completely. I don’t get it, I usually pay her well to donate, even though she already has everything of mine at her disposal. I mean we are man and wife after all. 

I know how important money is to her since she didn’t have a lot of it growing up. Her family was not rich. Hell, I could even pay her double. That would mean everything to ger. 

Regardless of her motives, Kenna is a competent wife, but I'm annoyed that she suddenly wants a divorce. This is out of the blue. Okay, so I haven’t been the most attentive husband. I married her for one reason only, not to actually have a wife. I’m a billionaire, I was used to playing the field and not having dates and getting in with women for longer than a one-night stand. As soon as I found out that Kenna was AB negative, I knew marrying her would be the easiest way to ensure that Violet would always be safe. 

I pour myself a drink of whiskey, maybe it will calm my anger down. I am not used to losing at anything and having a divorce and my wife actually calling the divorce, that is losing. Hasn’t she even considered that after her divorce she will have to survive on her own? 

Get divorced first, getting Violet her blood transfusion ASAP is what matters. What Kenna did at the hospital caught me off guard. I’ve never seen her act like this before, she was always so compliant and quiet. Always trying to please me even when I was an ogre to her and ignored her. 

An insignificant photo can't prove anything. Violet's health is what matters, as for the photo, I can explain it to Kenna later. Maybe she will be more reasonable, who knows. Her insisting on a divorce over some dumb photo, seriously? It’s a total misunderstanding of my relationship with Violet. 

I don’t love Violet, she is an obligation to my deceased best friend. Nothing more, nothing less. What am I supposed to do to explain this to Kenna? Her anger took me by surprise. 

It’s not like I haven’t made it clear enough to Kenna, that I only see Violet as my sister and even though I have no real affection towards Kenna. I am still loyal to her and I guess relatively content. I mean, I don’t want to sleep around anymore. Besides, I have an empire to run. I don’t have time for that anymore. 

I could have lived like this for the rest of my life, it’s not such a bad idea. Not once in the three years we’ve been married, have I ever considered asking for a divorce. I guess if Kenna isn’t happy with my relationship with Violet, I could my distance from Violet. Would that work? 

After all, there is no irrevocable deadlock in this marriage, there is no reason why it cannot carry on. I knock back my whiskey and place the glass on the glass table beside me and take my phone out to call Kenna. Damn, it’s turned off. Why can’t she just keep it on. 

Next I call her bodyguard, he will know where she is. “We haven’t been able to find your wife. The surveillance was suddenly hacked ten minutes ago, and we can’t find out where she went.” They told me that they’d already searched the entire hospital and grounds but still can’t find Kenna. My heart is racing, my pulse is pounding in my ears. It’s not like Kenna to just disappear. What if someone has taken her. I have enemies. What billionaire doesn’t have some?

I thought about how she had signed the divorce agreement without hesitation, and I felt an indescribable emotion in my chest. It’s a physical pain, I raise my hand to my chest, suddenly it feels as if I can’t even breathe. What is this woman doing to me? She will be the death of me 

Where could Kenna have possibly gone? The divorce settlement was tight and means that there is no money for Kenna. She has nothing, literally nothing unless she has of course saved some of her own blood donation cash. 

Thinking about how she left so easily, the feeling of annoyance that had been lingering in my heart became even stronger, and it was killing me. I inhale deeply.

“Find her and bring her back to me.”