Chapter 4

Rachael's POV

Keaton blatantly refused to sign the divorce papers I handed him with it.  His reason was because he didn't want to drag the family name into mud.

The  Worthington were no nonsense people. They were very strict, pious and always had good recommendations from other families.

Well,  I guess Keaton didn't want to be the first to pollute the family name.

His younger brother, Alec has a history of being strict and disciplined already so Keaton thinks he may be labelled the black sheep.

 Instead of divorcing me and experiencing a backlash from his family, he decided to torture me emotionally with his secret affairs.

Keaton has been pretending to love me until I caught him with Camilla some days ago.

Since then, our hatred for each other has ignited and since he refused signing the divorce papers, I decided to stay for our son, Holden, while secretly planning his downfall.  

After work that day,  I couldn't stop thinking about my brother-in-law.

He has a mysterious figure and a calmness that commands authority. His face was perfect, radiating beauty and perfection

Each thought about him made my heart flutter with something dirty and forbidden.

His voice, the way he looked at me earlier. Everything made me crave his presence and essence.

Holden, my son was at my mom's place. School was on break so I took him to my mom's since Keaton and I were a busy person.

These days, I have restricted myself from doing too, especially with performing my wife duties to Keaton. We don't even make love as before.

We only shared the same room but were emotionally disconnected and detached from each other.

My perfect life. Everything I used to have. All has been shattered overnight and now replaced with plots of evil and games.

That evening when Keaton returned from the office, I  noticed how gloomy his face was. It baffled me how he and Camilla's journey began.

For over four years, I have never caught him in the act. Same as Camilla. She has been working as my secretary  for a while but I didn't know she was sleeping with my husband behind me.

I watched as Keaton suddenly began to kick things in our bedroom, littering the room.

“ What has come over you Keaton? Have you suddenly lost it?” I snapped, anger registering on my face.

Keaton screamed, hitting his head with his hands like he was going crazy or something.

“ Allow me to think, Rachael. Arrg!” he  screamed in frustration.

“ Oh well, you can have this entire space for yourself, buddy. Yulk!”

I returned the energy and  I left the room, giving a long hiss.

I hurried to the kitchen to make something light for myself. Keaton should fix himself. I'd be glad if he starves to death.

While preparing dinner, the door bell rang and I hurried to get the door. I wasn't expecting anyone and didn't know if Keaton was.

 Opening the door, I was confronted with Camilla's disdainful smile.

She wore a pink gown that covered her legs and held two huge luggages like her apartment suddenly got flooded and she had to relocate to mine.

“ Can you at least let me In and stop staring like you’ve seen a ghost?”  she said with anger.

“ What did you say?” I asked, blinking as I held the door halfway closed.

“ Oh, you heard me Rachael. Get off my path!” Camilla snapped.

With swift precision, she pushed me aside, dragging those heavy boxes inside my home.

“ Keaton! Keaton!” She continued calling, her voice disturbing.

“ Excuse me, young woman” I shut the door, dashing towards Camilla.

“ You don't barge into my home unannounced” I fired, my eyes flickering with anger.

Camilla pushed her hair off her face and laughed “ What house are you talking about, Rachael?”  

“ This is my freaky home, you little slut!” I groaned and Camilla lashed back at me.

“ Oh shut up, Rachael. You know absolutely nothing about caring for a man and being available for him. Instead, you kept showing off your skills and expertise, winning cases for your clients In the courtroom and now you have the nerve to call me a slut?”

Camilla's voice was sharper than blade. They cut through my spine leaving me bruised the most but I didn't let her win.

“ That's not true, Camilla. You think I don't know your history and how men use and dump you? Oh, you think I didn't know how you secretly gave my husband your contact the first time you set your eyes on him? You're a freaking rotten garbage and have no dignity as a woman” I fired and Camilla returned the energy.

I lied in that part about knowing how she gave my husband her contact secretly but the words hit her right.

I guess my lie wasn't actually a lie.

She laughed funnily and fired back at me.

‘’ That’s a lie. I didn't snatch him. Keaton told me you weren't good In bed and always dozed off each time you both made love. Well, he wanted a real woman and that's why he came for me, so back off!” Camilla fired.

Our argument became so intense that our voices made Keaton run out from the bathroom with soap all over his body and just a towel tied around his waist.

“ What the hell has come over you, women?!” He yelled at us from the stairs before running down.

“Well, ask the lazy woman you have as a wife,” Camilla said, breathing hard from the fuss.

Keaton wanted to say something when his eyes shifted to the heavy luggages on the floor and his voice became calm.

“ No, Rachael. You can't leave my house. I won't let you leave me” He walked towards with his soapy body .

Irritated, I landed Keaton a smooth slap on the face and the area turned crimson red.

“That's for betraying me and reducing to nothing before this slut” I angrily said and turned towards the kitchen when Camilla's voice cut in  sharply.

“ Where are you going? Aren't you interested in hearing the good news”  Her voice echoed and I turned back to meet her gaze.

“ Pack your bags and leave before I come back—”  

“ Well, I'm here to tell you that Keaton's child is growing in my womb.  So you should move out quickly or be ready to be our maid.”

My jaw twitched.