Fractured Promises

Years ago, if Ellyse had seen her husband with his ex, she would’ve cried in front of him. She would’ve asked him why, she would’ve pleaded for him to stop seeing her. And for the past four years, he hasn’t. Atleast not in her knowledge. But seeing him with her now after finding out that she was pregnant yesterday felt painful. She loved Kai with all her heart and even went through extreme lengths just to gain his favor. She scoured the internet for sites and books on how to be a great wife. She devoted all her time and attention to him whenever he was home. She believed that one day, everything would change and he would soon realize her significance in his life. But 6 years stretch on like nothing, and Kai is still the same indifferent and cold guy she’d married. Tears were streaming down her face, she wanted to scream, to leave her car and go to that restaurant to confront them. She wanted to ask him countless questions. Ellyse’s heart felt like it was being torn apart.

Ellyse hasn’t slept that well in such a long time, although the heavy burden of knowing what happened yesterday still pained her, it was nice to finally wake up without worrying about Kai.She remembers before, how she used to use sleep as in escape. Because when she is asleep, it’s almost as if she’s no one’s mom or wife, like she isn’t trapped in a loveless marriage.Which brings her thoughts to Claire, she wondered how her daughter was doing and if she’s eaten breakfast yet. Nerisa has probably fed her already.The thought of food made Ellyse’s stomach gurgle so she rose, and went downstairs to prepare breakfast.As she turned on the stove, she recalled how motivated she felt to cook whenever Kai’s at home. She would always make it a point to cook for him from breakfast to dinner since Kai loved her cooking so much.Although he wouldn’t compliment her outright, Ellyse would notice with the way he ate. He usually ate more when she

The next morning, Kai was nowhere to be seen. Ellyse woke up by herself, alone in his bed. It has always been like this whenever they would sleep together, nothing was new to her. Ellyse yawned before standing up to go downstairs. As she descended from the stairs, she heard Claire’s high-pitched voice from the dining area. “And we made stars too, grandma! I painted mine blue, because blue is my favorite color!” She chuckled. Her daughter loved Victoria so much, she always looked forward to her grandmother visiting their house. It was really nice to have Victoria around, her presence makes the house feel less tense and lonely. “Goodmorning, Ellyse,” Victoria stood up to greet Ellyse by planting a kiss on her cheek. “Mommy!” Claire jumped from her seat, hugging her legs. “Goodmorning everyone,” Ellyse greets Victoria and carries Claire to give her a kiss on the cheek.

As usual, Ellyse wasn’t surprised when she didn’t see Kai in the house. He was always like this, always busy with work. She cooked Claire her favorite spaghetti just what she promised and then headed back to her office as soon as Claire had finished eating. Sine she wanted to leave the company as soon as possibly, she got started on revising the floor plan that Kai had requested earlier. Although she had a lot of things to do, she set those aside to focus on this plate.It was already past 9pm when she finished about 20% of the plate. She yawned from exhaustion, her back was aching and she wanted to lay down on her soft bed.She gathered her things and was already preparing to leave when her phone vibrated from her table.Kai: Claire is asking for you. Ellyse stared at Kai’s message for about a minute before sighing heavily. She didn’t have the strength to type a reply let alone drive to the mansion, so she ignored

Ellyse drove to their mansion with a heavy heart. She has had enough of Kai. For years she strived to make their marriage work, she wanted to give Claire the perfect life. But throughout those 6 whole years, she endured his coldness and indifference. She let him work, she let him do anything he wants as long as he came home to her.But now, seeing him act like their marriage was nothing but a piece of paper to him broke her heart.Now she wants to end things with him once and for all. She parked her car outside of their house and was immediately greeted by their maids and guards. Nerisa also saw her.“Ma’am! You’re here,” She says enthusiastically. But the moment she saw Ellyse’s tear stained face, she froze.“Nerisa, please take down all the wedding photos of me and Kai, thankyou,” She managed to stifle a smile and then continued walking upstairs to her bedroom.There, she took a trash bag and immediately started