Chapter 4 Fainted!

Austin sat in his office chair leisurely with his legs crossed, while a frown was settled on his cold yet handsome face as he was deeply thinking about the words Vanessa had said earlier that morning.

When he was about to hop onto his car, he heard Vanessa's hoarse voice and his steps halted. His aloof gaze landed on her pale face, her lips were chapped, and she appeared as if she had suffered grievances and had lost weight overnight.

But he didn't bother about her and scrutinized her with his piercing glare when she muttered without any emotion in her voice, her usual luster eyes now seemed cold with a hidden rage in them, "I want a divorce, Austin ."

Hearing her say those words so nonchalantly had made him uncomfortable, but he didn't let it show on his face and gave a sharp glance at her and left with a slight nod.

He was too stunned to say anything else to her as those words were stuck in his mind and kept on reverberating in his brain, forcing him to think of it.

Austin actually thought Vanessa had said to get divorced on impulse yesterday and believed she would come running to him the next morning.

But when he heard the same words with an unwavering tone again this morning, he understood she was serious!

Vanessa had indeed asked for a divorce for real!

After Vanessa had said what she wanted to say, without wasting another second, she turned around and began walking inside the mansion. But her steps were very slow, and he even felt she was staggering a little.

Well, why wouldn't she when she was forced to kneel all night yesterday with bruises on her body and a heavy fever?

And the pouring rain didn't help her either. Her already high fever had worsened, and the throbbing headache hadn't subsided yet.

Her knees and legs were swollen, and her face lost its color and appeared as white as a sheet of paper. Despite the pain with every damn step she had taken, she hadn't shown it out since she knew it was of no use.

Slowly, she straightened her back while she was sweating heavily with the pain, although it felt extremely difficult for her, she was determined to not let anyone see her misery. Especially Austin Jones!

After Vanessa reached her room, she held the doorknob tightly to get the needed strength and leaned on the wall with her eyes closed.

With gritted teeth, she grabbed her phone and opened a contact she was most used to.

"Pick me up." Vanessa had typed in the message to Fiona Watson and began packing her luggage as quickly as she could.

With trembling hands, she grabbed her suitcase and climbed down the stairs, and the slightly left energy in her body was consumed making her extremely weak.

When she was taking deep breaths while her lower lip quivered, she rubbed her temples with her eyes closed in exhaustion and bumped into Austin.

Without sparing him a second glance, Vanessa put on a cold facade and dragged herself away from the mansion, leaving the indifferent man behind.

Since she had used a lot of her remaining strength and she didn't take any carbohydrates for a couple of days, her vision blurred, and she almost fainted, but Fiona jumped to her just on time and grabbed her hand.

"Careful, Vanessa. Why are you so pale?" Fiona couldn't help but ask, seeing Vanessa's miserable appearance.

But Vanessa remained mum and strode further on her wobbly legs with her suitcase in her hands. Seeing her like this, Fiona became enraged and wanted to tear Austin apart.

"Is Austin Jones dead? Can't he take good care of you?" Fiona yelled in frustration when she saw Vanessa in such a sorry state.

Fiona shook her head, took Vanessa's luggage, and opened her trunk. By the time she was back to open the car door, she saw Vanessa fall on the road, and she shrieked, "Vanessa !"

Eyeing her like that, Fiona felt as if her heart was stopped and she quickly ran towards her limp body and picked her up. When she accidentally touched Vanessa's forehead, it was burning hot!

"Damn it, Vanessa. Don't you know how to take care of yourself!" Fiona yelled, but her tone held concern and worry for her best friend.

With a furious face, she pulled Vanessa into the car, and mumbled in distress, while driving towards a hospital and sneaking glances at Vanessa, "Let me get you treated first."

Seeing Vanessa's unconscious silhouette while she settled on the passenger seat with her face utterly pale, Fiona's heart trembled in agony for her.

The hatred for the Jones family tripled in her heart but she had no time to deal with them since saving Vanessa was her first priority.

She immediately drove to the nearest hospital and admitted Vanessa.

Vanessa was in a coma all day and opened her eyes the next morning and found Fiona was resting on the bed with her head bent down.

Eyeing Fiona, who held her hands even in her sleep, Vanessa was extremely touched by her care.

In the three years of her married life, she was never cared for in the Jones family, and all the painful events that happened from the time she slipped down the steps swarmed back into her head in full force, making her eyes watery.

She couldn't help but feel gloomy that her life had turned out to be this miserable and her tears fell down from her eyes freely for all the grievances she had suffered in the Jones family.

She didn't want to wake Fiona who was sleeping and shut her mouth to not let any sob escape her mouth and disturb Fiona's peaceful slumber and cried silently.

Vanessa realized how wrong she was when she fell in love with Austin and thought she could make him fall for her and foolishly marry him.

Even though she knew Austin's heart had only Isabella Green, she was never disheartened and tried her best to be positive but what did she get? His coldness, indifference and was cornered by him!

Her married life had become a sick joke in her life. It wasn't a surprise as to why Isabella said she was stupid. Indeed she was blinded by stupidity and had made herself a joke all these years.

In fact, Vanessa even though she was the most foolish woman in the whole world to think she could gain the love of Austin and lead a happy married life!

But she would never again behave like that because she learned the lesson the hard way!