241 Awful (1/2)
Abi blinked as she adjusted her eyes to the light. She sat up and looked at the clock. She had slept for two hours. Her naps were getting longer these days.
Her eyes drifted to the spot where Alex laid on a while ago and she wondered where he went. She climbed out of the bed and went to the bathroom before she walked out of the room. Was her husband in the kitchen again, cooking food for her?
Abi smiled at the thought of it. She wanted to go and help him out. They should cook together and feed each other. He was pampering her way too much!
Thinking about it, Abi thought about doing something for Alex. She was being showered with love and everything so she must do something for him too.
But as Abi emerged from the grand staircase, the first thing her eyes caught was Alex's back as he entered one of the receiving rooms. And he was with someone, a woman…
Abi paused in her tracks because she recognized the woman's back. She remembered that graceful and elegant woman in a red gown that Alex had called an unwanted guest that first day she set foot in this house. Was that her? And why was her husband going into a room with her?
”Oh my… so you are Alexander's wife.” Another woman's voice pulled Abi's attention from that door where her husband and that woman just entered.
She looked down and another stunning lady was smiling at her. She looked like one of those royals in Country V. She wondered why all these people were so elegant, so stunning like they belonged to a superior race. In fact, all the people related to Alex were like that, and men were not excluded.
”Yes, I am. My name is Abigail. You are... ?” Abi answered her politely but confidently. She had no reason to feel inferior to them, even if they were royals or filthy rich.
”Amanda. I'm from country V. Alex's acquaintance.”
”Nice to meet you,” Abi uttered as she continued descending the stairs. Her eyes caught Kai and Xavier standing close by, their eyes wandering around but Abi felt like they were watching her closely.
Abi offered Amanda to take a seat and the lady smiled as she nodded. They were about to head to the sofa when Abi glanced at that door again.
Suddenly, Amanda sidled on her and whispered in her ear. ”Do you know the woman who is with Alex right now?” she asked and Abi pressed her lips.
”Who is she?”
”Her name is Leonor. She's the woman Alex has been bedding the longest. In fact, longer than anyone else,” Amanda told her and Abi couldn't keep her cool anymore. She didn't know she was this type of a girl, a super jealous type.
”Don't worry, Miss, they're just talking about some confidential matter,” Kai suddenly butted in, noticing the change in Abigail's expression. He could only deduce that Amanda had said something disturbing to her.
”Something confidential?” Abi asked him when Amanda answered like she was the recipient of Abi's question.
”Not really confidential to us though. I think it's just confidential for you –”
Amanda didn't continue her words because of Kai's sharp glare but Abi already heard the gist of it. She looked at Amanda who was now busy checking her nails.
Abi felt her throat constrict. Even though she had agreed to accept Alex for who he was and even though she thought that it was okay that he didn't tell her a thing, at that moment, she felt hurt. Why couldn't she know if everyone else knew about it? She was his wife now so why won't he tell her? Why can't he open up to her?
The pain in her heart was getting worse. She didn't like this. She thought she could wait for him to tell her everything. She thought she didn't want to force him but this feeling of being the only one in the dark… for the first time, she felt unbearably awful.