chapter two.

Renna's POV.

His brows tilted in a moment of confusion, then he suddenly bursted into laughter, Nadia joined in and they both roared into laughter.

Well I deserve that for keeping up to the hopes that a ridiculously terrible man like Hayes could ever change for the better.

"What rubbish are you saying Renna? You can't be that stupid to think you can survive without me." He blurted amidst laughter.

"I should have done this a long time ago Hayes, but I was so dumb to think you'll one day embrace the fact that we were actually lawfully wedded, despite the complications," tears were beginning to well up in my eyes as I spoke.

"I know better now, and I truly deserve better, so why don't we set each other free and end the torture?"

"My advice dear sister, going back home isn't a better choice as you think, father would rather choke on his breath, than accept you with open arms, share your husband with me and you don't get to be thrown to the street." Nadia chirped in, mockery laced in her tone.

"And wouldn't that be to your advantage? At least finally, I could be out of your way." I raised my brows at her fiercely.

Hayes scoffed dryly, his palm fisted tightly. "You will regret this, you know that right? You have no life outside the one that I offer you, and it will be too late to crawl back to me when you've realized that,"

I smiled through my tears, hurricane of emotions surging through me. "Well, that's a risk I'm willing to take," I muttered, cleaning off my tears and bolted towards the door.

Halfway through, I turned back around to face him, this time, furry simmering in my eyes.

I reached behind to unclip hook of my dress and it slid down my body to the floor, leaving me clad only in my underwear, I stepped out of it, grabbing it and hurled it to his face. "You got the dress for me as an anniversary gift last year after so much persuasion from your Mom."

"And this too." I quickly pulled off my earrings and the heels on my feet, throwing them at his table. "The stray beside you can have all of it. This is a testament that I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore."

They stared blankly at me, eyes wide opened. Hayes's lips were slightly parted, in obvious confusion. In our three years of marriage, I have never spoken back at him and I could tell this was coming as a shocker.

Completely satisfied with the look on their faces, I turned around and stormed out, ignoring the heap of eyes on me as I walked half naked, out of the building.

I wasn't conscious of what awaited me at the other side of life, but somehow I could tell being away from Hayes entailed a whole new episode of my life.

***

"Why are you home, Renna?" I suddenly halted on my track as father's cold voice resounded in my head, immediately I walked into the house.

Nadia's words suddenly flashed through my head as I stared at the furious face of the man I call my father.

"Hayes and I are getting divorced."

Surprisingly, I heard him chuckle under his breath. "Always a disappointment, huh?"

I felt my breath hitched against my throat as his words hit me hard across the ear.

"You couldn't handle a home like every other responsible ladies do, you might not realize how ashamed I am to look at you right now." He continued.

"Father, Hayes is seeing someone else, he has been, for the longest time, and it might interest you to know that it's Nadia, your daughter, my sister!"

I was trying so hard to sound as soft and respectful as possible, but I was slowly loosing it.

"Bold of you to blame Nadia for your failed marriage." he gritted, his eyes bloodshot as he stared deep into my eyes. His cold voice jolting through my spine.

"You obviously failed to tick his fancy and he saw in her, what he never saw in you, now who should be taking the blames?"

"You are a disappointment to yourself, Renna, to me, and this family in entirety, you never fail to prove me right."

He stood tall over me with no sympathy as his words resounded in my ears over and over, all I could see was a heartless man glaring down at me with so much hatred and disgust.

"Let's do this some other time father, I really need to rest." I mumbled, trying to walk past him, towards my room but he was quick to block my way.

"You have no place here anymore, I can't let you continue bringing disgrace and ridicule to my name."

I quickly raised my head to stare at him in confusion. "What?"

"It's time to find your will Renna, you can choose to leave quietly or I could have the gateguard throw you out."

I stood silent for a short while, then exhaled deeply, a warm smile slightly playing over my lips. "You finally get to say those words you've craved to say to me, all my life, huh."

He stared at me with a raised brow.

"You've never wanted me here, you're never satisfied with anything I do, it doesn't matter the efforts I put in, it's never enough for you. And now you finally fulfilled your greatest wishes of pushing me out of your house."

Tears were beginning to well up in my eyes but I tried so hard to keep it in.

I won't let him see my tears ever again. He's seen enough.

"I really hope that one day, I'll finally get to know what my offense is, but until then, goodbye father, I'm going to heed to your advice and find my will."

With a last glance at him, I turned around and headed out of the house.

I guess now, it's just me alone in a cold world that I have found myself in.

*

I was too furious to think of a better solution for my situation, I needed to take a walk to relax my drowsy head. I continued to drag my heavy legs forward, until my legs couldn't move any further.

I suddenly stopped walking, the realization of my situation suddenly hitting me; I actually have no where to go, neither do I know anyone around, I'm as good as dead if dangerous street robbers meet me here at this hour of the night.

maybe Hayes was right, maybe I don't have a life outside the one he offered me, and maybe I should just go back to him and plead for his forgiveness, I can accept to share him with Nadia and the other ladies just for my safety.

I was about to make a quick turn when my head suddenly became heavy, and the earth spun in different directions setting my head in a hassle.

I wanted to reach for my phone in my bag and put a call across to him, but how do I even locate my bag when everything is in a spin?

No, I'm not about to die in an unknown destination.

"No, please I don't want to die." I cried inwardly as my legs suddenly gave way to the dizziness and I crashed to the floor on my knees.

"Renna?" I heard a not so familiar voice call out to me before I surrendered to darkness.