Chapter 19: Chapter 19

<Azaria>

"Nick! I'm hurting!" I screamed at him.

He took me to the room and forcefully closed the door. His eyes were burning with anger.

"I just looked away, and you were already at the bar!" He shouted, veins popping in his neck.

I stepped backward in fear of him. He looked like he could harm me with his rage.

His gaze towards me was filled with malice.

"Damn it! Azaria, do you have no respect, huh?! You didn't even respect our marriage! We just got married for fucking months, and you've already been kissing someone else!" He angrily yelled at me, as if he could devour me alive.

His anger was seething, and he seemed ready to explode.

I couldn't muster a response to him. Fear took over me, and I was silenced.

"Why you? We just got married, and you allowed someone to flirt with you!" I retorted.

I fought against my fear. I couldn't let myself be defeated.

He looked at me in disbelief.

"To whom? You're accusing me of things that aren't true, but you're the one who kissed someone, and I even saw it!" He shouted loudly, running his hands through his own hair in frustration.

"Even just respect, Azaria! Respect our marriage! Even if you don't respect me! Let's just respect our marriage!" He said weakly.

"I never wanted you! I don't love you! I don't want you! I hate you! I fucking hate you! I told you to ask Grandpa to annul the marriage, but you didn't do it!" I cried to him.

"I don't want you! I don't want this!" I cried.

"Damn it!" He cursed in anger.

"I'm trying to work on this marriage. I'm trying to understand you because I know you were caught off guard by our marriage! I'm fucking trying to understand you always! I'm fucking aware that you don't like this marriage, but did you ever ask me if I wanted all of this?!" He shouted.

I couldn't answer.

Did he not want it?

But he is after our company.

"You wanted to marry me because you wanted everything for yourself! You wanted to get your hands on Grandpa's 25% shares!" I yelled.

"Fuck it! I don't fucking want the company! I'm fucking tired! I have sleepless nights just to save the company! And you think that I'm after the company?! If I had a choice, I wouldn't take it!" He yelled, his anger escalating.

What is he saying? He wanted it too! He shouldn't say he had no choice!

"Can't you even get along with me?! For god's sake, Azaria, be mature! At least for Grandpa's sake!"

I just cried in front of him.

How did we end up in this argument?

How did we end up blaming each other?

I know that newlyweds don't usually fight on their first day of marriage.

"I hate you!" I sat down on the floor, my knees feeling weak.

"Don't you have anything else to say?!" He asked wearily.

"You're accusing me just so you can cheat," he said, disappointed.

I couldn't respond.

Yet, he allows Camille to flirt with him.

I was about to say something when he left me in the room. I cried even more. I hate being left behind.

**

<Third Person>

"Oh, papi is heartbroken," Noah teased his friend Lanvin as he approached his spot.

They were in a VIP room.

Lanvin didn't like anyone coming on to him. He was a loyal person.

"Oh, have a drink," Noah said, handing him alcohol.

"Let's bet! It's a wife problem!" Noah said confidently.

Lanvin clenched his jaw. It was the early hours of the morning, and Lanvin invited Noah to have a drink together. Noah agreed since he didn't have work the next day, and it was rare for them to meet up.

"I thought you forgot about me," Noah grinned.

Lanvin just took a sip of his drink.

"So, what happened?" Noah asked his friend curiously.

Luckily, Lanvin had just woken up when he received the call from Noah to have a drink.

"I don't fucking understand her. Why does she hate me so much? My wife is accusing me of allowing someone to flirt with me. She even mistook the investor as my mistress," Lanvin narrated seriously.

"We were at the mall. We were happily buying her stuff when she suddenly got mad at me. She said she hates me. Later, when we were at the mansion, I found out she left and was at the bar kissing another guy," Lanvin continued.

"Whoa! Newlyweds, but the missus is already cheating! That's a red flag, fucker. Leave her," Noah suggested jokingly.

Lanvin glared at his friend, but Noah just laughed and took a sip of his drink.

"She hates you because she thinks you took everything away from her. Why don't you just tell her the truth and make her shut up? She might even be the one feeling embarrassed when you tell her the truth," Noah suggested.

Lanvin didn’t reply and kept on drinking.

"I'm happy that Don trusted me with her," Nick changed the topic of their conversation.

"But you're at a disadvantage, and you even accepted a disaster in your life. You're too kind, fucker. Well, it might be you next, and the Lord might take you early," Noah commented with a shrug.

"I can't disappoint the Don and about Azaria Io-"

Lanvin didn't continue what he was going to say.

"Yes, I know about that matter. I've been updated on your lives even when you were still in another country," Noah said.

Lanvin keeps on drinking. He felt hurt seeing Azaria kissing someone else. He thought they were okay.

He gathered the courage to win the woman's heart, but her perception of him was wrong. Completely wrong.

And fuck! He wouldn't allow anyone to flirt with him! Lanvin is fucking loyal.

"It's your fault too, fucker. If you had told her the truth, then your problem would have been solved," Noah added.

"It's not easy to reveal everything to her. She's Azaria, and she'll be hurt. I don't want to rush her, I'm fine with her thinking that way about me rather than seeing her hurt if she finds out the truth. I love my wife, and I don't want to hurt her, I don't want to see her hurting," Lanvin explained.

"Sigh, I don't know about you, fucker. That's your problem. I'm here if you need someone to drink with."

The two changed their topic and kept on drinking until dawn.

**

"Hello, everyone!" I heard Camille's voice.

Here she is again.

I saw her carrying large bags. She was surprised to see me.

"Oh, why are you here?" She asked in her haughty tone.

She quickly recovered from her surprise.

"Oh, that's right, Grandpa already kicked you out of the mansion because of what you did. So, you're a scammer now, sis. I went to your condo, and someone else is living there now. Poor you. You're here to stay with Lanvin, right?" She raised an eyebrow and smirked mischievously.

She let go of the large paper bags she was carrying.

"I was about to give you a gift. I have a present for you, even though I don't like you," she said with a sneer.

"Indeed, you deserve whatever happens to you. Poor thing, even Grandpa got tired of you. You're so stubborn. And your parents aren't even wealthy, yet you act like you're rich," she continued.

I clenched my fist.

If she's here to humiliate me, I'll kick her out.

I'll wipe off her thick makeup too.

"I thought you were brave? Why aren't you answering me? You're like a pitiful puppy," she taunted.

I lowered my head.

All my courage disappeared.

"Oh, I see now. You feel embarrassed about what you did. No wonder you're so good at selling a hacienda that doesn't even belong to you."

I wouldn't be surprised if she knows a lot of things to mock me about.

I tightly clenched my fist.

“Lanvin!”