Chapter 85: pushing forward
I had woken up with a slight headache. I sat up carefully and leaned against the bed stand, trying to catch my breath. It felt as though the entire world was spinning. I took a deep breath and exhaled softly. All the alcohol I had consumed yesterday I getting to me.
I recalled a day I had returned home drunk and had woken up the next day with a severe headache, Monalisa had prepared a soup for me and she massaged my head until I started feeling much better.
"I miss you Monalisa. I wish I could forget all that I saw that day and have you back in my arms. The nights get colder and longer and the days seems pretty long and terrifying"
The doorbell broke my thoughts and quickly snapped my eyes open.
"Who could possibly be calling at my door this morning? Perhaps...Monalisa?
I got out of my bed in excitement but almost got weighed down by the headache. I took a pause and gathered some strength before hurrying out of my room.
Carefully, I made my way down the stairs to the hallway and to the door. In excitement, I opened the door and there stood the killjoy Cynthia outside my door, holding grocery bags and a small box.
"Good morning Jayden"
"What are you doing in my house?
"To uhmmm...you know...may I come in?
"No, not until you tell me why you are here"
"Sir, I will tell you inside but my hands hurts"
"Sure, come in"
I stepped aside and let her in.
"Sir, may I tell you something? Cynthia said putting away the grocery bags in the kitchen.
"Here she comes with her lousy stories" I mumbled.
"Sir, guess who I saw and what I saw that person doing"
"I'm not in a good mood for that"
"It's Miss Monalisa with that dude. I had seen them together at a restaurant and I overheard him tell Monalisa that he is returning back to California but he's going to be in touch with her. Like he wasn't enough for her, I think miss Monalisa has gotten another young chap for herself. She really moved on quickly. I saw them together this morning. At first, I thought he was Tricia's man but the way he was hovering around Monalisa, pushing the shopping cart and making her laugh, he's actually her man. He is so nice. But I'm pretty mad as I was unable to see his face clearly. Monalisa kept blocking his face. It's good you ended it all with her. Good riddance to bad rubbish"
"Are you done?
"Yea, with the story. I'll make breakfast for us"
"The new guy, can you describe him?
"Oh. He's pretty tall, and he's got a really nice body and his voice were deep and enchanting as well. His laughter gives hope and he is so gentlemanly especially how he was handling Monalisa, touching her hands and everything. I feel like Monalisa and this guy must have know each other for a while, maybe before she met you. Maybe she gave him a chance after you two separated. She's smart to have moved on"
I clenched my palms and my eyes burning with so much jealousy.
"Call me when you are done making breakfast".
"Yes sir"
I walked away, I was raging with jealousy. In bedroom, I hurled objects across the room, my rage and jealousy boiling over. I slammed my fist on the table and stared into the mirror. I definitely looked like the green-eyed monsters, having anger lines all over my forehead.
"Get a hold of yourself Jayden, get a hold of yourself. You already ousted her out of my life. But then, she moved on too soon. Why would find another man and move on when I have not officially ended our marriage. I see, she's nothing but a lying, sly, cunning and deceitful whore. How was she able to get me to marry her? I do not think I was the master in this game. I wanted to fuck her and dump her. I guess she had her own motives too. What if, it was actually a set up but she had set herself up so I can oust her and then drown in the river of guilt. What if she planned it all, fake mother, fake boyfriend. She bought him to pretend to be...oh my goodness. Monalisa is smarter than I thought and that makes me hate her more. I can't believe she is so evil. Not even Cynthia would do such. Speaking of Cynthia, I think I've been hard on her. Maybe I shouldn't..." the sound of knocking pierced the air, breaking my concentration.
I made my way to the door and found Cynthia standing outside my room.
"What do you want?
"Breakfast is ready. Don't be surprised. I already made them at my house, and all I needed is to..."
"Lead the way"
"Yes sir"
I pulled out my phone from my pocket and contacted my lawyer to hasten the divorce process.
Cynthia had spent the weekend at my place and left on Monday morning but actually had a clash with Athena at my place for sleeping over at my place. Athena tried to convince me to not listen to whatever Cynthia might have put up to tell me as she believes that Monalisa is innocent.
After the brief meeting with Athena, I got ready for work and we left together.
Just on our way to the office, I received a call from Andrea requesting that we meet up immediately.
I ordered my chauffeur to drive down to Andrea's place.
I was received by one of her staff and taken to her at the poolside.
Andrea was with sophie when I walked in. she signalled Sophie to leave us while I grabbed a seat.
"Why did you call me over?
"Well, Sophie had informed me that Monalisa no longer shows up in school and she went ahead to inquire why only to discover that Monalisa was fired, not resigned, fired and she pushed harder to find out why, you had the school principal fire Monalis. Why did you do that?
"You found out. Well, no need hiding it, but Monalisa and I are getting a divorce"
"What!
"yes. I'm sick and tired of her lying and cheating nature. She's nothing but a whore, so I'm divorcing her" I rose to my feet. "if this is why you called, I think I've cleared your confusion. I'll leave now"
"Hold on" Andrea said and rose from her chair. "You are getting a divorce? With whose permission?
"I do not need anyone's permission to do so"
"Oh yes you do. You were able to marry her because we approved of her. You can only divorce her if we approve of it"
"This is my life not yours, so stay away from it. She cheated on me. I caught her in bed with another man and she looked me in the eye and lie that it was a set up"
"What if it was a set up"
"Oh please. There was so much evidence to prove she was cheating"
"You could have tried to find out in your own way if she was lying"
"Cynthia has caught her few times with the dude"
"Your secretary that attempted to murder Monalisa? And you believed her?
"Yes I do"
"Why do I get the feeling that you never truly loved Monlisa. She is one of your pawns right? You used her and you are tired of her...you dumped her and you are going to do same to Cynthia. I forgot, you are nothing but a playboy"
"And you? Weren't you a player. Yet you point fingers at me. Who knew how many men you fucked before getting married to William, poor guy" I scoffed
Her eyes blazing with fury, she unleashed a fierce blow , her hand striking my cheek with a loud crack, the sound echoing through the air, leaving a burning sensation and my cheek throbbing. The slap rang in my ear. It was like a crack of thunder, sudden and deafening.
That moment, my vision blurred, and stood there, clutching my cheek, the world around me seemed to slow down and all that remained was the sting of her hand.
With a final furious and disgusted gaze, she stormed off, leaving me standing alone, my cheek still throbbing. With a quiet resolve, I adjusted my jacket and stepped out of the house back to my car.
"Let's go! I growled, my anger simmering, just below the surface. "You haven't seen the last of this Monalisa. I'll make you pay for what you did to me. You'll regret underestimating me. You just wait, Monalisa" I growled under my breath, my tone laced with so much resentment towards Monalisa