Semua Bab Two Months Before Leaving You: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Kara’s POV'Kara, I forgot Jade’s gift. Get it to me ASAP!'Derrick’s text came in the evening, worded in such a way that I had no choice but to do as I was told. Normally, Derrick had his personal assistant do that, but apparently, Derrick tended to forget that.The demanding nature of the text made me mad, more than usual, and what he asked me to bring him humiliated. I was so done with him. Especially considering how I deliberately tried to get out of it. Derrick was even happier that I chose to stay behind.Because Jade Black would be there, hanging onto my husband's every word. Jade, Derrick's first love and college girlfriend, came back to town two weeks ago. Since then, Derrick has seldom been around our mansion, and every day he spent away, I knew exactly where he was and who he was with.The whole thing hurt, even though I tried to tell myself that it didn't matter. I tried for years to win Derrick's love before realizing that it was only a delusion. It was heartbreaking, b

Kara’s POV.When I came home, it was still afternoon, and frankly, I was exhausted even though all I had done that day was get injured. So, without much thought, I decided that I deserved a break. I'd long since stopped trying to share a bed with Derrick and moved to a guest room where I could spend the night sleeping.So, after coming home, I went to my room, took my painkillers, and fell asleep, trying not to think about Derrick, Jade, and how much the whole thing hurt. But unfortunately, I couldn't sleep for long. "...it was completely unnecessary for her to make such a scene, when I asked her multiple times not to be such a nuisance, but does she listen?"It was Derrick, yelling his head off, and I knew that I couldn't just hide in my room to avoid him. He would actually burst into the room to harass me, and I didn't want him to taint the safety I found in my room. Of course, I could lock the door, but that would only lead to an escalation. Better to nip the bud then and ther

Kara’s POV."Ms. Hatchett, I have got to ask you a question, and I'd really appreciate it if you answered me honestly. For your own wellbeing," the nurse who was treating my hand said, and I looked at her in puzzlement. "Yes, of course."The nurse looked nervous. Although I was at the same hospital I went to for my ankle, the nurse was different."According to your record which we had to look at, you were here this morning for a serious wound, and your nurse mentioned an altercation in the corridor," the nurse said. "And now you're here again. So, Ms. Hatchett, I really have to ask you this. How is your home situation? Is your husband rough on you?" "What?!" I was taken aback. "I’m not married; Derrick’s not my husband." The nurse looked sad. "Well, hon, you came to the hospital twice a day, and you’re wounded with bruises on your wrist like someone grabbed it hard. That man seemed familiar with you and given his conduct...well, you really need to say something so we can get you ou

Derrick’s POV.“Who does that no-good gold-digger think she is?!” I shouted, kicking my desk chair as hard as I could. A shiver of savage pleasure ran through me as it went and hit the glass. I was so angry that I needed to hit something, and given the person I really wanted to unleash my anger on wasn’t there, I had to turn to the next best thing.Trashing my office.I swept everything spread on top of my work desk, feeling more relief when the sound of glass shattering registered in my ear. “Mr. Whitney, could you please calm down? We’re in the office building sir, everyone’s looking at us!” my assistant called from my door, where she was cowering, afraid to come in.“Shut up!” I snarled at her. “Do I look like I give a shit? Tell them to go back to work before I fire them all. I won’t hesitate, see if I do.”“Mr. Whitney, please-”“Get the hell lost!”My assistant made herself scarce.After trashing my office some more, wishing that everything I broke had Kara’s ungrateful face o

Derrick’s POV.In the solitude and safety of my car, I leaned back and massaged my temples, trying to stave off the incoming headache. I barely made it past the paparazzi who ambushed me when I left the runway event with Jade in tow, and of course, the news of my stunt spread to my family even before it did to the local news.On my phone, my grandmother was screaming in my ear, demanding that I apologize to Kara of all people about my ‘disgraceful conduct’.“A marriage is a marriage regardless of the circumstances surrounding it, and I will not have a grandson of mine cheating on his wife with some model, especially one that tainted our family name like Jade Black did!”“Grandma, it’s not like that,” I tried to argue. “Jade’s my friend, I was only helping her.”“That is not what friendship looks like, Derrick. Even an old woman like me with vision problems can see it, much less this entire nation! Have you seen what the news is saying? You’re breaking that poor girl’s heart! I never t