Chapter 8 Hugging her

*CORA*

I rolled my eyes as I stared at Phoebe acting like a fish who just got taken out of the water.

"Since you physically assaulted her that day,she's been having constant headache."

I rolled my eyes."That's none of my business."

"It should be.I wonder if you ever feel guilty for any of your actions."

I was utterly confused and angered by Tristan's behavior.

"You…"

"Don't you even have any regards for your family name.The Watsons is quite a prestigious name.First,you pretended not to be related to them and now,you're perambulating with this man while being married to me.I guess there must be nothing prestigious about your family."

My jaw dropped.

That was a low blow.

"You have no fucking right to talk about my family."I snapped at him.

My grievance,humiliation and stubbornness surged out from the bottom of my heart.

Lifting my head slightly,I raised my eyebrow at him.

"Just so you know,I have done nothing to tarnish my family name and I never will.Not before and definitely not now."

After saying that,I laughed at the irony of what he was saying and then I continued,contemptuously.

"If there's anyone who isn't holding up to their family's prestigious name,it should be you."I glanced at the woman beside him.

Tristan's eyes narrowed at me.

His gaze was like ice but I didn't care.

"You have no right to point fingers at me."He let out.

I scoffed."No right?"

He cheated on me!

He broke his promise.

He made a total fool out of me.

"You're still my wife,Cora.Whatever you do in public reflects on me so be mindful of your actions."

What on earth was he yapping about?!

He was making it seem as if I was having an affair even if I was only with a friend.

While he was shamelessly having an affair on and off my face.

"You should also me mindful of your actions too."I retorted.

Phoebe snuggled up defensively to Tristan.Her physique was so lovely and delicate that any man's first reaction would be to hold her.

"Trist isn't in the same position as you.We have been in love before you got married to him."Phoebe said,softly but the meaning in her words was not as innocent as her expression.

Raising her eyebrows,I couldn't help but think that Phoebe was implying that I had been the third party in their relationship.

"Now that we've overcome all the obstacles,we can finally be together again."Phoebe added.

Obstacle?

Did she really just call me an obstacle?!

There was no way I could take that.

"I don't really think I posed as any obstacle to the two of you.If he really loves you as he claimed he did,I don't think he'd married me.If you two really loved each other so much,then you wouldn't have been sneaking around,hiding your affair like a dirty secret.The love between you two is simply pathetic."

"Cora,shut it."Tristan snapped at me.

As if that wasn't enough,he snorted in disgust.

"You were just the most suitable woman for me to marry at that time.The most suitable woman my grandmother choose and you know I only married you to please her."

Those words were the final straw.

I couldn't stand here and couldn't exchanging words with these two.

Throwing an angry look at him,I left without hesitation.

Was my existence really that dispensable to Tristan?

It was a lot worse than being just a mere stranger.

I felt a sharp pain in my chest.

***********

A few days later,Tristan gave me a call.

His voice was colder than before,like a bottomless abyss.

"Wait for me at the Civil Affairs Bureau."He said and hung up without even waiting for me to speak.

The sun was shining brightly today and the flowers all around bobbed gently against the breeze.

All the people who came out of the civil affairs bureau seemed to have happy smiles on their faces.

However,no matter how nice the day was,it was as if there was a cloud over my head.

The day wasn't pleasant to me.My heart was cold and broken and it made it even worse that I had to try and pretend.

I had to pretend to be calm and collected.The gently sunshine shone on my face and for a moment,I took a deep breath to feel a bit at ease.

I straightened my back and strode into the Civil affairs bureau on my stilettos.

*TRISTAN*

As soon as I saw Cora walk in,my jaw clenched.

"From today on,we'd have nothing to do with each other ever again."

It felt as if I wasn't just saying this to her but also to myself.

At any given point,I didn't want any one to see my weaknesses.Even now that I was in an indescribable panic about the divorce.

I didn't understand what was going on with me anymore.

"Good,I expect nothing more.Nothing less.You have no idea how difficult it has been for me to be with you for three whole years."She retorted.

I froze at those words and then looked away from her.

The divorce formalities were over quicker than I expected.When we walked out of the court,I seriously couldn't explain how I felt.

I should be happy.

I should be relieved.

This woman wasn't good for me.She was filled with tricks and she was not the calm,gentle and pure woman I thought she was.

I had seen from the past couple of days of how sneaky she was.

Lord knows what else she had up her sleeves.

I should be glad that I was finally free from this pretentious person but as I stared at her back which was to me,I felt like hugging her.