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AVA’S POV
The nurse’s words kept echoing relentlessly in my mind, refusing to let me breathe as my body went numb in an instant
The world around me blurred, and the white, sterile walls of the hospital seemed to close in, trapping me in
between.
Laura is pregnant with Jason’s child!
It seemed like a dream to me and I could feel the heat rise inside me, as if my inside were heated to a hundred degrees Celsius.
When did Jason start cheating on me? Why did he cheat? Wisn’t I enough for him? Or was it because I didn’t satisfy him sexually?
These questions ran through my head causing my head to ache so badly since I had no answers to them.
I wasn’t very experienced at first when I and Jason started dating back in college. He was actually my first for everything.
He was both my first love, my first kiss, my first sexual partner, my first…… everything.
Did he cheat on me because I couldn
satisfy his needs?
No, that can’t be it. I know it isn’t.
I tried my best to satisfy him in bed. I even had to look up videos online to learn how to please and satisfy a man because I didn’t want him to label me boring.
I knew most men love a woman who was a bit naughty and Jason was no exception.
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I may not have been perfect, but I’m sure I tried. I really tried. He even told me he enjoys making love to the last time I asked.
So then….. Why did he cheat on me?
The fact that I had no answer to these questions swirling in my mind made me feel dizzy.
My stomach twisted as memories started piecing together, each one fitting painfully into place. Moments that once seemed harmless now formed an ugly, undeniable picture.
Our anniversary dinner where he left me all alone at home and went out with Laura to celebrate her finalizing her divorce–after all the efforts I put in making his favorite dishes and dressing up to look good for him.
How he had given her my position in the company which I merited without even discussing it with me–his wife. They all pointed to this moment, a truth I had been too blind, too trusting to see.
My head spun, and my knees grew weak. I placed my hand on the wall to steady myself and keep myself from falling. I didn’t want to put the baby growing inside of me at risk.
I gasped for breath as black spots danced before my eyes.
I was sinking, losing control, until a nurse’s gentle hand gripped my shoulder, concern etched on her face as she stared down at me.
“Miss, are you alright?” she asked softly, but her voice rang like a siren in the corridor attracting the people in the hallway.
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Jason turned, his gaze piercing through the distance between us. Panic rushed through me, quickening my pulse. Tburied my face in my hands, huddling closer to the nurse, desperate to disappear before he recognized me. “L.. I’m fine,” I mumbled, steadying myself as the nurse helped me back to my room.
My fingers trembled as 1 gripped the thin sheets, sinking to the small hospital bed, barely noticing her quiet advice to rest.
But I knew rest wouldn’t come. The pain inside me was too aw, too overwhelming.
I muttered a silent “thank you” to her before she strode back towards the door, shutting it quietly.
When she left, I crumbled. Tears welled up, hot and relentless, spilling down my cheeks as the weight of Jason’s betrayal hit me with full force.
Each sob tore through my chest, dragging all the memories had with Jason to the surface and reminding me of the love I once believed we shared.
I hugged myself tightly, my fingers pressing into my arms as if I could hold myself together, and keep myself from shattering completely.
I was so lost in my emotional crisis that I didn’t notice someone walk in.
“Ava?” Sally’s voice brought me out of my spiral.
She must have just returned, but the concern on her face told me she had seen enough to understand my pain.
“Oh, Ava…” She rushed over, pulling me into a tight embrace, and I clung to her, letting my tears soak into her shoulder.
I couldn’t find the words, they were tangled in the back of my throat, strangled by my own despair.
Finally, I managed to whisper, “He is here at the hospital. Isaw him, Sal. I saw Jason… and he’s expecting a baby. With her, with Laura ”
Sally’s eyes widened in shock, her gasp filling the silence as her arms tightened around me protectively. “Oh, Aval I’m… so sorry. I can’t believe Jason could do such a thing to you.”
I know she was trying to comfort me, but I felt less of myself. Jason didn’t respect me enough to even use a condom with Laura.
The betrayal sat heavy in my chest, pressing down on me like a weight I couldn’t lift.
“I should have seen it coming. I should have known that all his late nights in the past weeks, the excuses, even the way he kept saying he was sorry… it was all for her.” My voice broke, thick with bitterness.
Sally pulled back slightly, brushing a few stray tears from my cheeks. “You couldn’t have known, you aren’t a
seer.
Ava, he hid it from you, manipulated you into believing everything was okay and that you were enough.”
“But I believed him.” The words burned, scalding my lips as they left.
“I believed he’d chosen me. I thought….” I stopped, the pain too sharp to finish as fresh tears brimmed in my eyes again.
“I thought he loved me. I thought we had a chance.”
“You don’t have to be strong right now,” she whispered, stroking my hair gently. “Cry, yell, do whatever you
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need. I’m here.”
And I did.
The pain tore out of me in harsh sobs, and Sally held me, racking me back and forth like a child, her presence grounding me, keeping me from spiraling further.
She spoke softly, trying to soothe me, telling me I’d get through this and that I was stronger than I felt.
But deep down, I didn’t feel strong at all. I felt empty, like a shadow of the person I used to be–shattered by the betrayal of the man I thought I could trust more than anyone, the man I had loved completely.
And I made up my mind, I couldn’t take it anymore. It was me to let go of the marriage.
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