[Matilda]
My heart was pounding in my chest, the ache so sharp that it hurt with every beat. Tears streamed down my face, but all I could see was darkness. I was too weak to move Taking a slow deep breath I slowly opened my eyes, but quickly shut them as the blinding light hit my orbs "Ouch!" I winced in pain as a loud headache exploded in my temples as if a thousand knives had been stabbed into my brain all at once. Taking another deep breath, I opened my eyes again, trying to take in the environment I was in. My eyes darted around, and within a few minutes, I recognized the room. One of my guest bedrooms "What am I doing here?" My brows creased together as I attempted to stand up, only to halt as the door opened revealing my husband's private doctor "Mrs. Donovan you're awake!" The doctor said softly, taking steady steps towards me, making my brows furrow even more. What is he doing here? I watched in silence as he walked toward me, his hand moving over to my forehead as if checking my temperatures "Is everything okay?" I asked him, watching as he took a step back. I immediately froze as the puzzles began to put themselves together. "Mr Donovan called and told me you passed out!" the doctor explained "Where's my husband?" I stuttered as I stared at the doctor, recalling what Kaden said to me before I passed out, I fucking hope he was kidding. He can't be serious with everything he was saying "He was here before I arrived, but he left as soon as I walked in," I furrowed my brow, rubbing my sore temples. "Kaden was with me before you arrived?" I asked again, and he nodded. "Yes he was, and I should inform him that you're awake now because he was quite worried!" The doctor's words added to the confusion that obscured my features. The Kaden I knew would never be worried about me, that was impossible. "Hmm...how long did I pass out for?" I asked him, and he stared at his wristwatch. "I have only been here for an hour, and I think you should relax a little, your blood samples have been sent to the lab, and the results should be ready by tomorrow..." I pushed myself out of bed before he could finish his statement, completely ignoring his words. "Don't worry, I'm fine, you can leave, I need to see my husband!" I smiled softly. The only words that rang in my ear were that Kaden was worried about me. I dashed out of the room, heading straight for the hallway that led to the sitting room. My legs froze when I spotted Loretta lounging on the couch, her phone pressed to her ear as a loud obnoxious laughter spilled out of her. Gritting my teeth, I ignored her as my eyes scanned the entire space, but my husband was nowhere near there I took a deep breath and made my way towards the staircase Was Kaden serious about everything I heard him say? My heart pounded harder with every step I took, the searing pain in my head growing stronger The doctor said he was worried about me when I passed out. Did he realize that what he did might have gotten me worked up? Was he feeling bad about it? I took a deep breath as I made my way to our room, only to pause at the sound that was booming out of our matrimonial bedroom "Fuck yes, fuck me harder, oh God, yes Kaden!!" Cherry's voice echoed all over the hallway My eyes widened as I heard moans and grunts mixing. "Oh fuck, yes... Don't stop please!!" Cherry screamed, making my inner churn. I could hear Kaden's grunts and moans mixing in with hers. Kaden is fucking his mistress in our matrimonial bed? While I was unconscious downstairs? I thought the doctor said he was worried about me. I bit my lower lip, my eyes misting with unshed tears "Cherry, just give me a second, I'll be back please oh!" I heard Kaden say. "But I need you, please don't stop, you can't leave me here like this, please go harder, fuck yes!" Cherry screamed louder I couldn't take it any longer, my quivering hands moved over to the door handle, taking a long deep breath with the tears rolling down my face, I pushed the door open with a loud thud - loud enough for both of them to stop whatever madness was going on in there. I watched as Kaden's eyes widened, he immediately pulled away from Cherry's pussy reaching for his cloth. My jaw clenched hard as I watched my husband standing naked with his mistress Kaden's eyes pinned me in place, I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. How could he? While I was unconscious downstairs... My gaze shifted to Cherry, she had a smile on her lips, and she winked at me before pulling the duvet to cover her body and letting out a loud sigh. "Kad...Kaden!" My voice cracked as I watched my husband, his eyes stayed on mine, and I couldn't stop the tears from falling from my eyes. "Kaden on our bed? You were...you were fucking your mistress on our bed while I was unconscious downstairs, and..." "Spare me the theatrics, Maltilda, you and I both know this room was supposed to be mine if you had not pulled what you did three years ago. Isn't it time you took your sluttish self and get lost? Fake actress." Cherry snapped at me, making my insides boil Kaden chuckled as if whatever Cherry just said had pulled him out of his trance, the little guilt I saw in his face seconds ago was suddenly masked as he stared at me with nothing but hatred. "I can see that you're done with your fainting shows, so let's get back to our discussion!" Kaden's voice rang out as he walked over to the table and grabbed a file, tossing it towards me. "You can faint again if you want, but those divorce papers will be waiting for you to sign, read it carefully and sign it before 9 a.m. tomorrow!" Kaden snapped, making my whole body tremble, I stumbled back, looking for anything to hold onto, but there was none "Kaden, what are you talking about?" I quickly picked up the file from the floor and tossed it back to him, tears streaming down my cheeks. "Are you fucking dumb, did I not speak a simple fucking English?" Kaden roared, his jaw clenching hard as he stared at the file I tossed back at him "Kaden, I would never do such, tell me why you're doing this. Is this because of her," my lips quivered as I pointed at Cherry. "Tell me Kaden, what does she have that I don't? I fucking love you, Kaden. What did I do to deserve this?" My whole body trembled as I stared at my husband Kaden chuckled, shaking his head as he buttoned his pants "Are you asking me what you did? Should I remind you of it for the umpteenth time?" Kaden smirked, taking steady steps toward me, his jaw clenching hard with his eyes fixed directly on mine[Matilda]"Tell me, baby, were you jealous? Did you think I left here just to go see Scarlet?" The words pierced into my head and I swear I wanted the ground to open and swallow me whole.My heart skipped, and my lips pressed together as I stared back at Kaden. I could have fucking stayed on my own. He wasn't even with her. And here I was thinking he already had her in his bed. She only called for him to save up his number and I was almost going insane with so many thoughts building up in my head.I opened my mouth to say anything but I quickly shut it back because the fact is that of course, I was jealous. Stupidly jealous that I had to fake a sickness just to get him to come back here.A smile curled up on his lips and I already knew that he could see through me. He knew the answer, he could tell I was jealous and called him here on purpose.I was waiting for him to say it out. That I wasn't sick and that I purposely called him here. I was already bracing myself to hear that but ins
[Kaden]I walked out of the pharmacy, taking long strides toward my car as Tilda’s voice echoed in my ear. The way she sounded… if she was feeling sick, then why the hell hadn’t she told me earlier? And she just let me leave?I slid into the driver’s seat, started the engine, and pulled out, the low rumble of the car filling the silence. I’d been having a drink with Ryan when her call came in.My hand tightened around the steering wheel as I took a slow, deep breath. I hope she’s okay.I decided not to press her any further and that was the reason I left. She was avoiding me. It was obvious. I didn’t want to make her any angrier, not when I was still holding onto the hope of having her back.As her house came into view, I hit the remote for the gate, the metal bars sliding open. I drove straight to the garage, killed the engine, and stepped out, my pace quickening toward the porch. If she’d told me to use my spare key, it had to be serious.The moment I pushed the door open, I noticed
[Matilda]"Oh, Scarlet." The name rolled off his tongue like it meant something more than just a word. My heart clenched, my lips pursed, and I just couldn’t help it as my eyes stayed rooted on his face, drinking in every little detail.He shifted his eyes back to me and a faint smile appeared on his lips. "Alright, I’ll do just that," Kaden said on the phone and hung up. He smiled again and tucked the phone back into his pocket.I swallowed hard, my heart hammering in my chest like it wanted to break free. God, the words were almost on my lips — why did she call? What did she say? Why the hell was he smiling like that? But I held back, my eyes shifting to where he was still holding my hands tightly."Are you going to let go of my hands now?" My voice came out sharper than I intended. He stared at me, opened his mouth as if to say something but quickly shut it back.He loosened his hand on mine and cleared his throat. I walked past him immediately, heading toward the shopping bags. I
[Matilda]Why the hell am I angry? That is what I've been asking myself all through the day.We’d gone from the zoo to the amusement park, then grabbed something to eat at a restaurant, and Kaden still insisted we swing by the mall for a few things for my house.I just couldn't help the way my heart was squeezing so tightly. My hand hovered over my phone as I sat in the passenger seat. I was pressing absolutely nothing, but anything to keep Kaden from making conversation with me right now.The kids were chatting in the backseat, talking about one animal to the other.My lips pursed as I swiped through my screen, looking at nothing in particular."We should hang out before I leave the country!" The lady's voice echoed over my head again and I felt my heart squeeze even more.Hugging her wasn't enough for him and he had to give her his contact. I don't care that she lunged toward him. But he stayed still, he stood still until she was done hugging him, and pulled back. And what exactly
[Kaden]Before I could blink, she lunged into my arms. My body stiffened for a heartbeat. I swallowed hard, clearing my throat slightly."Oh my God, Kaden!" she gasped, pulling back almost as quickly as she’d come, her lips stretching into a smile that looked like it could split her face. Her eyes swept over me in a quick scan, like she was checking to make sure I was real. "I didn’t know I’d run into you. Oh, I’m so happy," Scarlet squealed.I let my lips twitch into a polite smile. "It’s been a while," I murmured.She nodded, still grinning, as if my words were the best thing she’d heard all week."I lost my mom… so I just got into the country two days ago. God, it’s been forever. You look—" her gaze darted from my face to my shoulders "Different. I mean… more handsome." The excitement practically rolled off her in waves."Mommy, Daddy, who is this?"The small voice snapped my attention to my left, where Austin was now standing beside me.I glanced at Tilda. She stood frozen, Aiden'
[Kaden]It’s been exactly two weeks since Tilda forgave me. Honestly, these past two weeks have been some of the best I’ve had in a long time. We’ve spent most of our time together. The kids also went back to school, and Aiden was excited about it—even though Austin didn’t want to go.He’d gotten a bit too used to being home and was moody all day when they resumed, even when Tilda and I came to pick them up. He wasn't as happy to talk about his day as his twin brother.I made sure to take them shopping almost every day after school just for a few hours, so they could pick out things they wanted and have as much fun as they wanted.Spending time with my kids and Matilda has been one of my happy pills. Even though Tilda was bent on not giving me a chance. I had asked her again and again and her answer has been a firm no. But I wasn't giving up. I will only keep hoping while trying everything I could for her to understand that I wasn't the man I used to be to her.I would occasionally ca