Westeria's pov
It was the most life-changing day of my life. All senses of emotion, I’ve felt have gone numb, but my regrets are clear, just like Althea's words to Charles, my husband.
“Hey darling, guess what? I have gifts for you.” Althea said, the excitement is visible in her voice, while here I am hiding behind the door of my husband's office. How ironic, isn’t it? I was his legal wife yet, here I am, I can’t even bring myself to come near him.
“What would that be for you to come all the way here at this hour? You could have come tomorrow morning,” Charles replied lovingly as if he's not the husband I knew.
“Well, I have to tell you this..." Althea anticipated this, which makes Charles frown and worry.
“What is it? Is there any problem?”
“Uhm… I miss you?” Althea replied childishly and let out a giggle.
“Althea I’m serious, what is it?”
“I’m pregnant.” She blunted that surprise Charles and me. Althea smiled, “ I’m with your baby Charles.”
The place turns silent, my husband doesn’t know what to say nor do I know how to feel hearing this. I was married to him for three years and all those years he force me to take pills to avoid pregnancy with his sorry excuse that he doesn’t want to be a father.
Yet… Althea is… pregnant with his baby?
After a year of taking pills, I ended up being sterile and unable to bare a child. Even then I continue staying by his side and hoping that my husband would come to love me. I thought to myself, things are fine as long as I’m married to the man I’m in love with for over a year.
How foolish of me.
I feel like I’m going to burst in pain right now, maybe it’s the heavy feeling in me that cause me to stormed inside Charles’s office. I slam the door and gets their attention, both of them are surprise at the sight of me.
Just this once, I want to defend myself.
“Westeria, what is the meaning of this?” Charles ask me, he was the first one to recover and ask me with his cold treatment. As always this man is indifferent towards his own wife, he can’t even call my name the way he do with Althea.
“No Charles. I should be the one asking what the hell is this?” I shouted enrage with the both of them. I was so angry that I can’t cry nor feel sorry for my self right now.
Charles press his forehead and sigh in annoyance, “Westeria if you need something you can come tomorrow or better just tell my secretary about it, leave now.” He dismissed me as if I was the biggest bother in his life.
“Yeah, Westeria listen to Charles because we’re having an important conversation right now.” Althea sweetly said, “I know that it can be an important matter but please understand us, well you?” she added making me look like the villain, but all kindness she show are nothing but a fake mask. I know how cruel she can be.
I ignore her and look Charles in his eyes, “ I can’t believe this- ah no I cant believe you Charles! I did everything and listen to you when you said to take pills because you don’t want a child.” I shouted.
“Westeria I don’t have time with your drama right now, just leave us.” He’s pushing me away again.
“Charles… I think you should ask your driver to drive her home it’s late at night.” Althea speak once again that made me felt more hatred towards her.
“Just shut up! or if not then stop your fake acting! It’s disgusting, your disgusting Althea!” I shouted towards Althea.
“Westeria that’s enough! This is your last warning, don’t test my patience.” Charles raised his voice and this time were both in rage but I don’t care.
Screw him, he was a selfish jerk anyway. Why should I listen to him? All he ever cared about is his self and his company, I was disgusted by Althea’s fakeness but perhaps my husband are the biggest asshole in this room. He took the nice guy mask and caring attitude towards me once his company is strong enough to ever need my help. He even took a mistress and ignore his wife existence.
But despite everything… I still love him.
“Just what is it with Althea? You told me you don’t want a child but if it’s with her, your happy to have one?” I ask almost begging him to give me a reasonable answer.
But instead, “Westeria I know you hate me but can’t you let it be and be happy for us? Look, Charles and I are having our own family.” Althea speak again placing an innocent face,
Be happy for them? How can I when she’s the very person who cause me so much suffering?
“Seriously, you want me to be happy Althea? That’s bullshit! All I ever want to do is to make you suffer the way I do.” I said gritting my teeth trying not to slap her in the face,
“That’s enough! Leave us now,” Charles reacted, his also angry and were both trying to compose our selves as to never hurt each other.
I was trying so hard to stop this frustrating anger inside me but I guess those three years of hiding and compressing my emotions is now coming out.
There’s just this many questions running thru my mind but one is the most answer that I been longing to know…
“No tell me Charles! I need your answer, what’s with her that I don’t have?”
There, I said it… I finally ask him.
“I don’t love you!” Charles relied echoed in my ears,
Wow that hurt, I already know it from the beginning but hearing him says it makes me feel so pathetic right now.
“T-Then… why do you have to marry me instead of her? For what? To make me suffer? What have I even done to deserve this?”
“I need you for my company that’s all. It’s a contractual marriage from the start.”
Charles is really…
“But if you want- no I think we should end things, I can ask my lawyer to file our divorce and you can move out after you sign the divorce paper.”
“After all this years… you’re so cruel.” I mumble almost crying,
My sight begin to blur but before it could even turn into tears I wipe it.
“This divorce is not just for me but for the both of us, you can find someone else and remarried.”
Remarried? I can’t even have my own family and child because of him yet he says those crap so nonchalant. This jerk really is despicable, I’m done crying for him.
“So that’s just how things to you? After using me and making my life miserable your throwing me away?”
“Why can’t you understand? Charles never once force you to marry him! He was always honest on what he feels towards me. J-Just…sob… let him go,”
It was her fake acting again and as usual, my husband react to her crocodile tears looking at me with hatred. I badly want to scrub Althea’s face on the floor right now.
Perhaps it was selfish to think that… if I’m not allowed to have my happiness and have my own child, Althea don’t deserve to have one as well.
They don’t deserve to be happy leaving me in sorrow.
I grab Althea’s hair and drag her outside.
“Ahh… it h-hurt! Westeria you wench, let go- ouch! Charles help me.” Althea shouted crying in pain, the pain of her nail clutching to my hands is nothing seeing how she cries in pain when I drag her.
Charles is surprised with my sudden move but try to pull me away from Althea. He struggle to forcefully remove my hands from Althea’s hair. If he do then, Althea will lose her hair.
“Westeria! Stop this now!” he shouted while I drag Althea towards the stairs. We’re at the second floor.
I continue dragging her, there’s nothing else inside this building other than the three of us.
“Even if you do this, Charles will never choose you Westeria- ouch!” Althea banter but fear and desperation are visible in her voice.
“Ha! I already know that but I want you dead.” I said ironically laughing to her remarks, she really know how to rub salt to the wound.
Just as I’m about to throw Althea down the stairs, Charles manage to remove her from my grip and the moment I know… a hand landed in my cheeks. I was Charles who slap me.
It was harsh and his strong that make me stumbled in my knees. My hand search something behind me to support
Before I know it, I was falling down instead of Althea. Yet again, Charles choose her
It a loud thud but I hear nothing, things moved as a slow motion with Charles running down the stairs in panic. Before my sight finally faded, I see Althea’s face smiling in victory.
How pathetic, I shouldn’t have marry someone like Charles.
