Semua Bab Unfaithful: Web of Betrayal: Bab 61 - Bab 70

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Sixty-One: His Wife's Lover

The clues were all there, he just didn't notice it. He was ignorant, but because he thought Olivia would be the last person on earth that would ever betray him. LUDUS. The name of the Ocean Liner that Olivia went on a solo trip a couple of years ago. What are the odds of anyone would use the same name for their Art Gallery? The building was right across from his wife's studio and now they are business partners. That can't be a coincidence? Declan was looking at the picture of the dolphins at Roman's second-floor gallery. The sheer white sheet is now familiar to him, it was Olivia's. The one she often use when she was relaxing by the swimming pool to cover her bikini. He let out a long exhale to calm himself from the brewing heat inside him. They've spent almost all their working hours together, who knows what they're really doing? His behavior at the party was odd, to say the least. For someone who works close with his wife, he didn't show his face until the
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Sixty-Two: The Quarrel

He wasn't lying when he said they had sex last night. When he saw Roman come out of the bathroom, followed by Olivia not long after, he knew that was the confirmation. His heart fell to his stomach. He noticed her unusual quietness all the way home. He held her hand tightly, and she just sat by his side though her mind was somewhere else. He didn't confront her. He wanted to be absolutely sure of where he stood in all of it. Declan never took his eyes off her after they arrived home. She didn't even notice. Something happened in that bathroom. They didn't have sex. They couldn't have. It was too brief. She was upset though she tried to hide it. He walked over to her. They stood facing each other, looking into each other's eyes. Secrets. Now they both had secrets from one another. But in their bedroom, secrets don't matter. It was them who kept their secrets from the world. What they did together on their bed had nothing to do with anybody else. He undressed h
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Sixty-Three: Heartbreak Warfare

He knew. She could see it in his eyes when they got home from the party. The way he was looking at her ... reading her. He was furious, jealous, he was holding it back for some reason, but he knew. She felt it in his thrusts. He had never fucked her like that before. He was raping her in his mind. That was the closest description she could think of. She was being punished. She felt it. How messed up that she actually thought it was the best sex they had ever had throughout their entire marriage? She touched the bite mark on her left breast. The breast that Roman sucked in that bathroom just hours before. She put her hands on her face as the water washed over her. 'Fuck' she muttered to herself.  Declan was not in the bedroom when she stepped out of the shower. The greatest sex of their marriage didn't change anything. He didn't come back to bed the whole night as she lay awake until sunrise. He was nowhere in the house when she finally woke up at midday.
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Sixty-Four: That Fucking Boy

She had lost sense of who she was. She wanted to evaporate and just vanished from the world than to face him. After a heart wrenching fight and the all night discussion with Declan, she had nothing left in her to defend herself from Roman's wrath and anguish. Only tears that her tired eyes managed to squeeze from deep within her soul. He was yelling and shouting. It echoed inside his vast studio. She was sure his manager and employees could hear him from the ground floor. But she was numb. Never in her life had she imagined herself to be able to hurt someone so deeply, but there she was, killing him with her silence. "I know you love me, Olivia ... or are you denying that too?" She shook her head, of this, she was absolutely sure. "I do ... Roman ... I love you ... and I love you enough to know that I'm not good enough for you." His expression changed into complete bewilderment. "You're young ... you have your whole life ahead of you and you s
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Sixty-Five: The Quiet

She restrained herself from going to work for a few days after that. Avoided any contact with anyone. She barely spoke a word to Declan, who had to be satisfied with the presence of her ghost. She spent almost all her time sitting quietly, looking out the window from the second floor of their home. Lost in her thoughts. She didn't want to go through with the IV treatment. She was firm with Declan about it. "No!" she spat at him when he had the nerve to mention it. He backed down. She was done hoping to be a mother. She had come to terms with it. She had to. Without children, she will have to make new plans for the rest of her life. She had to sift through every aspect of her life and mend her broken heart at the same time. Leaving Roman the way she did, she regretted it almost immediately. But she couldn't drag him along while she figured herself out. It wouldn't be fair for him. She felt like she had already lost him because he was never hers in the first pl
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Sixty-Six: Gone

She was skimming through the files on her desk. Assessing her workload for the weeks to come. Calculating how much she could delegate and how much she had to bring to London. She made a list of the numbers she needed to contact and assigned them to the tasks. There was a stack of folders of her projects that needed Roman to look at. She stared at them from time to time as she let them sit while she figured out how to deal with them from that point on. She had to be professional about it. She had to separate her personal life from her work to succeed in the only thing she was still passionate about doing. Urban Aesthetic was her 'baby.' She pressed a button on the phone on her desk. "Gabby ... have you been in touch with Ludus about the impending files on my desk?" "Oh ... yes ... actually ..." Gabby cleared her throat. "I was going to ask you if you've heard anything from Mr. Murphy ... because I tried to contact him, but he was unavailable." She paus
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Sixty-Seven: A New Start

Knowing he was still in Ludus somehow gave her the strength to hold on for the past four days. Now that she couldn't imagine him anywhere in her life, her world crumbled beneath her feet. She went back to the only companion she knew would never disappoint her. She opened a bottle of wine as soon as she got home, hoping it could drown her sadness. But the only thing she could see in her head was Roman and how much she will miss him. She was half drunk when Declan came home and found her in tears. He rubbed his face and sighed. He was not up for another battle, but he could feel it from the landing on their second floor that she was ready for another fight. "He's gone," she said without turning to look at him. He raised his brow and knew immediately who she was referring to. "Good," he said. He loosened his tie and sat on the armchair by the window to take off his shoes. "The Manager said he packed his bags and left without leaving a message."
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Sixty-Eight: It's All Business

They sat across from each other in Brian's office meeting room. Though the room could fit a 20-personnel staff meeting, it was just Brian and Declan that afternoon. This particular meeting had nothing to do with the deal of a lifetime they had finalized in London. This was private. Brian's staff had prepared and laid all the papers on the table. He explained the conditions and showed them the clauses and how the contract will bind them in regard to Ludus. They both nodded to acknowledge that they understood. It was also a gesture to indicate that they wanted to be left alone. The staff excused himself politely and shut the door on his way out. Both men looked at each other in silence. The matter at hand was never discussed, but they both had a look of understanding. They both knew what it was really about. "So ... " Brian broke the silence and stood up to look outside the window. "I tried to track him down to no avail ... it's been over seven days, and based
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Sixty-Nine: Two Days Later

Neither of them went to work for two days. Declan was feverish and stayed in bed for a big portion of the two days. He went to his study to make phone calls and did some work when he could. He barely ate and lost some weight. Alma came in to clean and prepare meals. She noticed the gloom that loomed over the household but didn't say a thing. Olivia spent most of her time curled up on the sofa and read, completely ignored by her broken hearted husband. They both tried to figure out how they were going to navigate through their lives after this. In the midst of chaos and the aftermath of her infidelity. They wondered if their marriage can survive a second affair. They had proven to each other that neither of them were immune to unfaithfulness. Was there still enough love between them to keep going? That was before another brown envelope was slipped under the front door. It was addressed to Declan Hunt exactly on the 24th of November. He rushed to yank the envel
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Seventy: Mother And Son

Declan sat in the dining room, waiting for his mom to enter in her fashionably late manner. This time she brought some files with her. Her sumptuous smile subsided when she saw her favorite son looking scruffy and worn out, as if he hadn't showered or eaten in days. "You look like you just crawled out of a cave ... what happened?" she sneered. He stood up and kissed his mother's cheek, "You look lovely as always, Mom. How are you?"  "I'm as well as I can be," she sat on the chair next to him and put the files on the table. She turned to him with a concerned look on her face. She touched his arm, "Is there something wrong with your business?" "No ... business is good," he said. She raised a brow and turned away, "It's your home then ... where is your pageant wife, anyway?" Mimi started to look through the papers in front of her. He rubbed his temple. He was not in the mood for his mother's cynical remarks. "Why am I here, Mom?"
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