All Chapters of After the Divorce: Mr. Billionaire Begs for My Forgiveness: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Emelia's POV"Em, I really am sorry for not getting here sooner. I hope you can forgive me." Victor ran his fingers through my hair slowly as he stroked my head.I sat still underneath his touch, but felt my headache ease up a little. Despite his now gentle and caring attitude, I didn't know how I was supposed to react to all of this.Before, I thought Victor was the perfect, devoted husband. Now that Lily came back into the picture, everything changed.I couldn't even tell if he was my husband anymore."Em..." Victor's voice distracted me from my thoughts. "I really am sorry. After I dropped Lily off at her apartment, I knew that I messed up and had to come straight home to you. It's where I thought you were. But when you weren't picking up any of my calls, I got so worried."Victor took my hand in his. "When I saw you weren't home I... I didn't know what to do..."A part of myself felt touched to hear Victor was actually worried about me. But it still didn't feel like enough.He cou

Emelia's POVThere was no way in hell Bernadette just said what I thought she did. Right? She didn't just suggest that Lily live in my home? So my husband could take care of her?Could Bernadette see the smoke coming out of my ears? Could she tell that it felt like she'd just slapped me in the face?"No, absolutely not!" I said in an exasperated tone. "That is out of the question and completely out of line!"Bernadette rolled her eyes at me and diverted her attention to Victor. "Oh, come now, dearest son. You don't think I'm being unreasonable, do you?"Victor avoided my gaze that I was burning into him. His lips pushed into a thin line as he hesitated to give an answer.But I knew him better—I knew exactly what he was going to say. Just the suspense of waiting for him to confirm my suspicions made me want to vomit.Victor sighed. "No, mother. You're not being unreasonable.""Oh, Victor!" Lily squealed. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tight. "This is going to be so exci

Emelia's POVJust as I was finally ready to submerge myself in flames of passion, a sudden knock at the door shattered the entire atmosphere. Instantly, the air had gone cold, and pleasure quickly turned into irritation."Victor!" Lily's unpleasant voice clawed through the door. "I need your help now!""Fuck!" Victor hissed under his breath."You can't be serious!" I groaned under my breath.We both pulled away from each other and scattered to get our clothes on. The tension and frustration was so thick in the air, it was almost hard to breathe.Why? Why now?After we were both clothed, we had to take a few extra moments to catch our breaths.The sensation of our bodies having been so close didn't go away for me as easily. I could feel the heat of my arousal still pooled at the bottom of my stomach. It was almost painful to have had the few moments of pleasure yanked away from me so abruptly.As for Victor, he seemed to be able to compose himself much more easily. He opened the door a

Emelia's POVAt that moment, I felt a shift in my own energy that I hoped wasn't going to happen on this trip. Even when Lily wasn't here, it was like I couldn't escape the clutches of her affect on me.This time alone with him was precious, and I didn't want to let go of the perfect memories we were just starting to make with each other. Even if his mention of her was innocent and probably unintentional, I didn't want to ruin this moment by bringing her up.Victor tilted his head, as if sensing something was off about me. "Is everything okay, Emelia?"I nodded my head, and smiled. "Yeah it's just…" I hesitated, wondering if I brought her up if he thought I was suddenly being weird or unreasonable. But I knew if I didn't ask, it'd just eat me alive."It seems you and Lily have a lot of history together… Have you taken her here to this restaurant, too?"Victor nodded his head. "I have, although if you want to be technical, it wasn't my doing. My dad was celebrating a business deal he h

Emelia's POVVictor left almost immediately, as if he truly thought my words were me giving him permission. For someone as smart as him, it baffled me with just how foolish he could be when it came to my emotions!How was it that he couldn't see that he was being manipulated? Oh, because he didn't see it that way. How stupid of me to think that he didn't think of her as anything less than perfect…I'd tossed my luggage back onto our—well, now my—bed, even though I had planned to leave.My heart felt like it was being torn in half, and Victor wanted to do nothing about it. Hell, if anything, he was the reason why it was happening.All it took was one damn phone call for our perfect getaway to come crashing down. Once again, our relationship was pushed towards its breaking point.It made me feel like a damn idiot for thinking things were going to change. Even though he'd shown me time and time again that he was incapable of prioritizing his own wife over her.I loved Victor with everyth