Lahat ng Kabanata ng Unfaithful: Web of Betrayal: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

The clues were all there, he just didn't notice it. He was ignorant, but because he thought Olivia would be the last person on earth that would ever betray him. LUDUS. The name of the Ocean Liner that Olivia went on a solo trip a couple of years ago. What are the odds of anyone would use the same name for their Art Gallery? The building was right across from his wife's studio and now they are business partners. That can't be a coincidence? Declan was looking at the picture of the dolphins at Roman's second-floor gallery. The sheer white sheet is now familiar to him, it was Olivia's. The one she often use when she was relaxing by the swimming pool to cover her bikini. He let out a long exhale to calm himself from the brewing heat inside him. They've spent almost all their working hours together, who knows what they're really doing? His behavior at the party was odd, to say the least. For someone who works close with his wife, he didn't show his face until the

He knew. She could see it in his eyes when they got home from the party. The way he was looking at her ... reading her. He was furious, jealous, he was holding it back for some reason, but he knew. She felt it in his thrusts. He had never fucked her like that before. He was raping her in his mind. That was the closest description she could think of. She was being punished. She felt it. How messed up that she actually thought it was the best sex they had ever had throughout their entire marriage? She touched the bite mark on her left breast. The breast that Roman sucked in that bathroom just hours before. She put her hands on her face as the water washed over her. 'Fuck' she muttered to herself.  Declan was not in the bedroom when she stepped out of the shower. The greatest sex of their marriage didn't change anything. He didn't come back to bed the whole night as she lay awake until sunrise. He was nowhere in the house when she finally woke up at midday.

She restrained herself from going to work for a few days after that. Avoided any contact with anyone. She barely spoke a word to Declan, who had to be satisfied with the presence of her ghost. She spent almost all her time sitting quietly, looking out the window from the second floor of their home. Lost in her thoughts. She didn't want to go through with the IV treatment. She was firm with Declan about it. "No!" she spat at him when he had the nerve to mention it. He backed down. She was done hoping to be a mother. She had come to terms with it. She had to. Without children, she will have to make new plans for the rest of her life. She had to sift through every aspect of her life and mend her broken heart at the same time. Leaving Roman the way she did, she regretted it almost immediately. But she couldn't drag him along while she figured herself out. It wouldn't be fair for him. She felt like she had already lost him because he was never hers in the first pl

Knowing he was still in Ludus somehow gave her the strength to hold on for the past four days. Now that she couldn't imagine him anywhere in her life, her world crumbled beneath her feet. She went back to the only companion she knew would never disappoint her. She opened a bottle of wine as soon as she got home, hoping it could drown her sadness. But the only thing she could see in her head was Roman and how much she will miss him. She was half drunk when Declan came home and found her in tears. He rubbed his face and sighed. He was not up for another battle, but he could feel it from the landing on their second floor that she was ready for another fight. "He's gone," she said without turning to look at him. He raised his brow and knew immediately who she was referring to. "Good," he said. He loosened his tie and sat on the armchair by the window to take off his shoes. "The Manager said he packed his bags and left without leaving a message."

Neither of them went to work for two days. Declan was feverish and stayed in bed for a big portion of the two days. He went to his study to make phone calls and did some work when he could. He barely ate and lost some weight. Alma came in to clean and prepare meals. She noticed the gloom that loomed over the household but didn't say a thing. Olivia spent most of her time curled up on the sofa and read, completely ignored by her broken hearted husband. They both tried to figure out how they were going to navigate through their lives after this. In the midst of chaos and the aftermath of her infidelity. They wondered if their marriage can survive a second affair. They had proven to each other that neither of them were immune to unfaithfulness. Was there still enough love between them to keep going? That was before another brown envelope was slipped under the front door. It was addressed to Declan Hunt exactly on the 24th of November. He rushed to yank the envel