03

Dominic.

“She only sprained her ankle and with a few weeks of bed rest, she should be as good as new.” The doctor said to us.

I was standing beside the bed in the VIP room Vivian was in, the doctor had just returned with the test results and even though he had assured us that there was nothing to worry about, I felt bad for Vivian and so angry at Bella.

How could she do that? She had always looked harmless.

“Thank you Doctor.”

The young doctor nodded before he excused himself.

I sat down next to her and took her hand in mine,

“I am so sorry you had to go through this Vivian, I promise you that nothing like this would ever happen again. I had no idea Bella was capable of something like this but I am going to make sure that…”

“You don’t have to do anything Dom,” she squeezed my hands gently as she stared into my eyes lovingly, “the poor woman must be feeling so broken right now with the divorce. You should try and understand her Dom, she misunderstood us and our intentions. I was just trying to explain things to her when she attacked me.”

“I am so sorry you had to experience that my love.” I leaned forward and planted a kiss on her forehead.

“It’s nothing Dominic so let’s just let it go and promise me that you’re not going to say anything to upset her again. I forgive her already and you should too, she doesn’t need us to be inconsiderate during a time like this.”

I listened to her with such admiration. I had no idea why my grandmother simply refused to see Vivian the way I saw her.

She was a nice, loving and caring person that had just forgiven my ex-wife for causing her to sprain an ankle. There was no look on her face to suggest that she was angry in any way.

Vivian was the perfect woman for me and now that she was back, I was going to make sure that I made my grandmother see her for exactly who she was.

“What would I do without you?” I asked as I kissed the back of her hand and she giggled softly.

The sound of my phone ringing interrupted us and I was going to turn it off as soon as I took it out of my pocket when I realized it was my lawyer, the same lawyer that was finalizing the divorce.

If he was calling then there must be some news on it.

I stepped away from the bed and answered the call,

“Mr Dominic, I have good news, she has just signed the papers and I have finalized everything but…”

“But what?”

“She did not accept any of the compensation neither did she ask for any other thing in place of it, she simply signed the papers and left my office.”

“What?”

That was odd.

As far as I was aware, Bella was the regular plain girl anyone would meet in a hospital outside the country. There was nothing special about her and she clearly had no family because over the last three years as my wife, she had never for once mentioned anyone neither as anyone ever paid her a visit.

So it made no sense that she wouldn’t jump on this opportunity to become rich. The properties I was offering was what anyone, any woman in the entire world would accept in an heart beat so why was she choosing to walk away with nothing?

I hung up the phone and turned to the nurse that had just walked into the room to attend to Vivian,

“You can go home now, there’s no need to spend the night here since you’re perfectly fine.” The nurse informed us and I helped Vivian to the car but didn’t get in with her.

“There is something important I need to take care of my love but don’t worry, I have instructed the driver to take you home and there would be people waiting to care for you at home. If you need anything, do not hesitate to call me.” I said to her before they drove off.

As soon as they were out of sight, I got into my car and drove home.

I was happy Bella had signed the papers, I had been eagerly looking forward to it but for some reason, finding out that she had signed them so fast and didn’t ask for any compensation just made me uneasy.

The moment I got down from the car, I noticed a maid dragging out a suitcase and before I could ask who it belonged to, Bella walked out of the house with her hand bag and instructed the maid to get a taxi for her.

“And where the fuck do you think you’re going? No one is kicking you out Bella so you don’t have to be this dramatic, I am sure you don’t have anywhere to go.” I was gradually losing my patience with her.

The only reason I was even still tolerating her was because my grandmother liked her and she had saved her from a fatal injury three years ago.

For the first time since I met her, Bella ignored me and continued walking towards the gate.

If there was anyone that should be ignoring anyone here, it should be me. First, she attacked Vivian and now she was going to play the victim and act like I had kicked her out?

She didn’t need to move out so fast and if she wanted to then she should have accepted the house as compensation.

“This is your last chance Bella, take the compensation because if you leave right now, you do not get to come back and you must never try to reach out to me for help.” I added sternly.

But there was no response, only the sound of the taxi door slamming shut before they drove off.