Revenge After Divorce Novel by Black Rose

OLIVIA

I knew he was only saying that to hurt me, but Marcus couldn't take it, he was my husband after all, and he couldn't just sit back and watch while I was being disrespected. “That is both rude and disrespectful, Ethan. That is my wife you are talking to like that."

He was angry but trying extremely hard not to make things worse than they already were. "Oh, so, you do know what disrespectful means, which means you were disrespectful and said hurtful things to her on purpose knowing what effect they would have on her."

That was exactly why I didn't say anything, I knew it would come out where it was now. "Marcus, you are quick to defend your wife yet when you are dealing with others, you don't consider their feelings. To you everyone else can get hurt as long as your wife is okay, is that it?"

I felt like we were going around in circles. We were not making progress at all. It was not that I wanted to resolve the matter quickly dismissing Ethan's feelings, but at the same time going around in circles was not helping with anything.

"Marcus, I know you want to defend me, and I appreciate that. But for now, I would like us to deal with what we came here for." I could tell he wanted to protest but when he looked at me, I gave him a pleading look.

The man was already angry and anything we say to him was not going to change his mind right at that moment or appease him. he needed time, all we needed to do was to apologize for our wrongdoings.

"As I said, I am sorry Ethan, I made a mistake. Please forgive me and I am willing to go and apologize to Emily as well. Explain to her why I reacted the way I did that day." He sighed looking frustrated.

He might have really liked Emily and my husband, and I ruined things for him. "There is no need to apologise to Emily. We already broke up, there is no need to go there. But you have not only disappointed me with your selfishness. You have hurt me as well. I never thought you of all people will be one to cause me pain."

He stood and crossed the room going to stand by the window with his back on us. "You were always considerate, always thinking of others and putting others before your own needs. That is what made us obsessed with you. That compassionate and considerate Olivia was who we would have followed to the ends of the world if she needed us to. But this Olivia..."

He turned to look at me, but the look was not a pleasant one, he looked disgusted. That hurt, Ethan had never looked at me any other way but with a smile on his face and sparkle in his eyes. But not this time.

"This Olivia, the person you have turned into, I don't like her very much, this Olivia is selfish and only thinks about herself and her family. This Olivia hurts her friends, she disregards their feelings, use them then throw them away when they are no longer needed."

I choked on my tears. "That is not fair..."

He cut me short rudely. "Fair, you want to talk about fair. Then let's talk about fairness Olivia, tell me, where was fairness when you didn't listen to me when I pleaded with you, when I told you I wanted to be with Emily?"

I kept my mouth shut, nothing I said was going to be effective. "You looked annoyed the moment you saw her as if you were a jealous girlfriend. Then you wouldn't agree to give her a chance then your husband insulted her. tell me, which one of those was fair on both me and Emily?"

Silence, both Marcus and I said

nothing. There was nothing to say. "None of f that was fair and now you come to my house and talk about fairness? Please, give me a break. If you want to talk about fair, then let's talk about you taking Samuel from me then setting timetables for when I can see him when he is legally mine."

That was another bait he was setting for us. Marcus opened his mouth to say something, but I held his hand. He looked at me with a raised eyebrow. I shook my head.

"Oh, no. let him talk, let him say what he wants to say." My husband squeezed my hand in a reassuring manner.

"Look man, I didn't know we have hurt you this much, I thought I was doing the right thing, we have been through a lot, not just my wife but all of us. Bringing in new people has brought us nothing but trouble. I may have gone overboard, and I am sorry for that. but please stop with the insults, I am her husband, and I don't like seeing her hurting like this."

Ethan clicked his tongue. "Get the fuck out of my house." I stood and went to him. "Ethan, I get that you are angry, and I get those things got to this point because of what Marcus and I did. We will leave, but please, find it in your heart to forgive us. I have already lost Lupita; I can't lose you too."

I sniffed; I had lost so much too soon. Grandma, Lupita's grandma then Lupita. I didn't want to lose Ethan too. Lupita was already ignoring me as if we were strangers. "Please Ethan and I know you don't need permission, but no one will ever stop you from coming to see Samuel. Not again."

He chuckled looking at Marcus, waiting for him to say something that was going to escalate everything. But he said nothing, and I was grateful. "Are you not going to ask me about changing the details in his birth certificate?"

I wouldn't dare ask him that, not when he was that angry, that would only make him fight me even more and I didn't want that. "I have no right to ask you that, if you want to change anything then you will do it yourself. I only came here to apologize and fix things with you."noveldrama

He glanced at Marcus one more time, but my husband said nothing. "I will think about it, for now, please leave my house."