Chapter 38: All yours
The sudden revelation didn’t just shock me but also everyone else in the crowd as gasps erupted from the group of reporters in an instant and the clicks of the camera lingered in the air.
What? Is this some kind of joke? He can’t be serious... right?
Million of questions and thoughts started swirling inside my head almost immediately and the memories we shared flashed past my mind like a movie. It felt as though my whole world had come crashing down in a split second.
I was admittedly hurt by his words, they were like salt rubbing into my open wound. Was everything just a lie? Has he always been in love with Evelyn all this time?
I felt so stupid and embarrassed, my only wish was for the world to swallow me whole and I would disappear off the face of the Earth, but the anger burning inside of me was saying otherwise.
The noise snapped me back to reality and I marched forward angrily in a few big strides and found myself coming face to face with him. A cold expression masked my features. I didn’t say anything but only raised my hand to slap him across his face without a single warning.
Everyone stared at us in shock and surprise as they watched the scene unravel before their eyes, rendering them speechless at that exact moment.
"So our marriage is a mistake, huh?" I questioned, my voice shaking as I tried to hold back tears. "If you are that unhappy about our marriage then maybe we should just get a divorce," I said impulsively but my voice remained certain as I looked him dead in his eyes.
He looked at me with wide eyes, not knowing what to say as he struggled to find the right words. Instead, only my name left his lips.
"Aurelia... I –"
But I didn’t stay to hear what he had to say as I turned around to walk back into the house, leaving him outside alone to face the reporters and their endless questions. I let the door slam shut behind me and immediately made a beeline for my room. I didn’t hesitate to pull my luggage out and started throwing all my clothes and everything else into it in a hurry while tears were flowing down my face like a waterfall.