Chapter 33–Broken Trust
Emelia’s POV
I ignored Victor’s initial greeting and continued to lay in the darkness underneath my covers. I didn’t want to face him, let alone talk to him. There was nothing he could say to me that would make things better.
“Go away…” I muttered.
“What was that? I couldn’t hear you.”
I groaned, but didn’t repeat myself.
Suddenly, cold hands snaked their way inside of my warm space and rubbed on my hips, and I immediately hissed and kicked off the sheets. My eyes narrowed on Victor in frustration,
But he didn’t seem to pick up on my irritated mood as he smiled at me and chuckled. “Good afternoon, sleepyhead. Did you have a long day at work? I hope you don’t mind, but I really want to talk to you about something”
I said nothing in response, but laid back on the bed as I pulled the sheets over my body again. The empty spot next to me shifted with the weight of Victor’s body as he draped his arm over me. Still, I chose to ignore him.
“Well… I hope you don’t mind that I do all the talking then
“Sure.” I muttered.
“It’s about Lily, though… It’s kind of important, actually. It’s about her hospital visit.”
I rolled my eyes. “I don’t want to hear anything about her. Or her hospital visit.”
“But Em. Just hear me out, please-
“No. Seriously. I don’t want to hear it. Unless it’s something that’s actually important, I don’t care.”
A few seconds of silence passed, but Victor didn’t press the subject further.
Good… He finally got the hint.
Then the weight on the bed shifted as he propped himself up by his arm, and rested his chin on my shoulder. “Oh
I see what’s wrong now…
Suddenly, Victor rolled his body on top of mine. He wore an easy smile on his lips as he raised a brow. “Someone’s jealous!”
“What are you talking about?!” I furrowed my eyebrows. “Get off me!”
“Oh, Emmy…” Victor chuckled as he placed a soft kiss on my forehead. “I’m sorry about this afternoon, really. But you know how I feel about Lily and her leg. As her friend, I just wanted to make sure she got checked up at the hospital.”
I locked onto Victor’s gaze and saw a twinkle in his blue eyes. They felt mischievous and like there was a hint of desire mixed in between. Soon his lips trailed down the side of my neck as his hand grazed my hips. He then shifted his weight just enough to press his growing hardness onto me.
A part of my body wanted to immediately respond to his touch. If circumstances were normal, I would’ve succumbed to his advances and lost myself in the love of our intimacy.
But these circumstances were abnormal. Betrayal and hurt stung my heart, and I honestly had no real room to feel anything else but guilt and sadness.
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Chapter 33–Broken Trust
I took my hands and shoved on his chest, trying to put space between us. “Seriously, Victor! Stop, I’m not in the damn mood!”
Victor’s eyes went wide with shock as he tried to process what just happened. He made it almost seem like I’d slapped him he looked so hurt. His mouth opened and closed a few times like he wanted to say something but couldn’t.
For once, he was at a loss for words.
After a few moments, Victor pulled his hands away from me as he shifted his body off of mine. While he didn’t up from the bed, he stayed next to me but in a sitting position. He left a few inches of empty space between us, but even then, he still felt so far away.
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A guilty feeling pinched my heart. I didn’t want to yell at him, and I realized that my behaviour was extreme. But I didn’t know how else I was supposed to treat him.
He clearly couldn’t say the right things or make the right choices. Ever since Lily came back into the picture, all of his actions and decision–making centered around her.
How was I supposed to feel? How could he not see that I was hurt?
1 sighed. “I’m sorry, Vic… It’s just…” I hesitated, not wanting to tell him that I met with Simon. It just didn’t feel appropriate to bring him up right now.
“I just had a long day at work.” I said. “Like, I’m stressed and exhausted, but I shouldn’t have taken it out on you.
I’m sorry.”
Victor was silent for a moment. He looked me in the eyes with what I assumed was sympathy.
“No, don’t be sorry, honey.” Victor’s voice was sweet. “I should’ve noticed your mood before I decided to push things further. If anything, I’m sorry work’s been so stressful. Do you want to talk about it?”
“Not really…”
He sighed. “Well, I’m here for you whenever you’re ready.”
A weak smile formed on my lips as I nodded in acknowledgement. I wanted to be glad that Victor was finally being considerate, but I couldn’t help but question its sincerity.
Knowing how he used to treat Lily in the past, and how he prioritizes her now, could there still not be hidden alternatives to his kindness towards me?
I tried to shoo away the thoughts.
“In other news, I guess, grandpa Antonio called.” Victor broke me from my tumultuous thoughts. “He wants us t have dinner with him again.”
“Does he?” My eyes perked up and I felt a slight weight lift from my chest. The thought of getting to spend time with him was starting to make me feel better.
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“Yeah. He wanted us to come over to make up from the dinner we missed out on last month. Plus, he also wanted to catch up.”
I smiled at the thought of seeing grandpa Antonio. His kind and empathetic energy was what I needed to be around. Especially since no one else in his family was as considerate towards me as he was.
Including his own grandson.
“But what about Lily?” My smile faded. “You’re really going to just leave her alone now that she’s all injured?
Won’t she need you to take care of her? Or is she coming with us, too?”
Victor seemed to hesitate with his next words. It was like he wanted to say something, but he held off on it
Good for me since I didn’t want to hear anything about her anyway.
“It’s just going to be me and you. Unless you don’t want to go, then I’ll go by myself.” Victor stated. “Plus, he says. he misses you the most.”
Hearing those words made me feel a little bit better. It felt nice to know that someone genuinely appreciated me.
Victor kissed me on the lips softly and smiled. “But that won’t be until tomorrow, okay? You’ve had a long day at work. Get your rest.”
“Okay.” Was all I could manage to say.
I laid back down and watched as Victor climbed out of bed. A part of me thought that he was going to leave me alone–undoubtedly to go check up on Lily. But when I saw him go into the closet to grab some clean clothes and a towel, I felt the heat of embarrassment rise into my cheeks
I couldn’t even trust my husband to do anything that didn’t involve Lily… The trust in our marriage was shattered. into a million pieces.
What was I going to do? How was this marriage going to survive?
