Chapter 31: Chapter 31
I quickly wipe my tears away, I can't show my miserable state to my husband. I don't want to give him the satisfaction of hurting me. Besides, I'm sure he doesn't want to see my face, he loves the fact that
I'm hurting badly. He already has a girlfriend, he has hurt me deeply. I just ignored him and tried to walk away, I'm already all dressed for school. To my surprise my husband held my hand even before I would walk past him. I turned to stare at him but the gaze didn't last for long as I took it away.
“Constance," he called. And then, a few seconds passed before he spoke again “Do you believe the news?.
I wonder what kind of question this is.
Why shouldn't I believe the news?
Annabelle was the same woman he had the heart to sleep with during our honeymoon. I don't mind him doing it on other days but not on our honeymoon.
I was missing him these few days he wasn't around. Any day I woke up, I would wish that he would be back that particular day but now I don't feel the same. Seeing him right now, only made the pain in my heart increase.
I didn't reply to him, I didn't spare him a glance either. I just stare at space trying to force back the tears that are threatening to fall off my brown eyes. There were a few seconds of silence which made the situation more awkward. How can he hold me back from leaving for school if he has nothing to say. I mean, what can he say…. he doesn't care about my feelings. Why should he care when he doesn't love me? I keep on holding back my tears, I can't let it fall again.
Finally he spoke, his voice still calm which made me wonder why he's using such a very calm voice. Why's he even speaking to me, he should be finding a way to end this marriage and marry his girlfriend.
“That news…" he paused and I felt him take a deep breath. “It's fake news, Annabelle is not my girlfriend."
I quickly glanced at him. Is he serious? Looking into his eyes I can feel that he's true with his words. Every look in his eyes says it all.
“Don't worry, I will take down this fake news. Before you believe anything, confirm with me first," he said. I can see through his eyes that he's slightly hurt because I believe the news. He let go of my wrist before walking away.
I bite my lower lips. Well, it is not my fault. He doesn't accept our marriage and he slept with Annabelle during our honeymoon. What did he expect me to think or believe when I saw the news?
I sigh and sit on the foot of the bed. I can't believe Annabelle made up such sensitive news that could affect my husband's career and hers too. They are both celebrities and such news is taken seriously by the fans. I wonder how they will explain things to their fans. Maybe the relationship between my husband and Annabelle is not so serious, she must be one of his flings.
What she did shows that she's obsessed with my husband and wants to be his girlfriend but my husband doesn't want it.
Did he actually sleep with Annabelle? I didn't see them on the bed having sex, I don't know if my assumptions are right.
Is so unbelievable that my husband explained things to me and cleared this misunderstanding. He was supposed not to care but he did. He even had to explain things to me immediately when he came back to the States. Does it mean that he cares about my feelings?
Grandfather said that he loves. Does he actually love me? Although he has been acting nice towards me in these past few weeks, I still can't believe that he loves me…. How can he love a girl like me?
Jake drove me to school, just like yesterday everyone was busy with their phone,murmuring and loitering. Their faces beams with happiness unlike yesterday that was filled with sadness and anger.
“Constance, are you okay?" Jocelyn asked. Guess she's still worried about me due to how miserable I looked yesterday. This friend of mine cares so much about me.
“I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me," I flashed her a smile. I am actually happy this morning after hearing what my husband had to say about the rumor going round the country. I'm sure it must have circulated outside the country.
“I'm glad to hear that and I believe you because you look much better than yesterday."
“Why's everyone staring at their phones with bright smiles on their face?" I asked.
“Oh! You haven't heard of it? It's all over the internet. Jace denied the dating rumor between him and Annabelle, she was trolled hard by Jace's fans. Annabelle also made a post on her Instagram account a few minutes ago stating that everything was a misunderstanding. She apologized to her fans and also to Jane's fans for the inconveniences," Jocelyn replied and showed me the post on her phone screen.
“So that explains the smiles on the students' faces," she added.
I was happy to finally realize that the dating rumor was fake. My husband said that he was going to take care of it, did he do everything just this morning? I can't believe it was so easy for him to clear the misunderstanding that Annabelle created.
He told his fans to forget about the rumor and not speak of it again and they should take down every post concerning it because it was never true in the first place.
The rest of the day in school went smoothly. I went to the music club with Jocelyn and it was fun.
When I returned home, I saw a note on the center table. My husband wrote it, he traveled again, it looks like he's not yet through with whatever he's doing in Canada. Did he come back just to clear the misunderstanding… no, no, I don't think so. Why would he do such a thing? Maybe he came back for something else and has to clear the misunderstandings before going back to Canada.
After taking my bath, I went down for dinner. After having dinner, I had a fun night with grandfather and Hannah.
…
It's another week and my husband has been away for more than two weeks. I'm really missing him. No matter how I try to deny it, I just can't. I keep thinking about him everyday praying that he will get done with whatever he's doing in Canada and come back to the States. I know we don't have that great relationship and I shouldn't miss him but I couldn't help it.
He has been away for long, any wife will feel the same way I'm feeling… especially a wife that loves his husband.
I want to hear even if it's his voice but that husband of mine won't call me, I mean… Why would he call a woman that he doesn't love? I was tempted to call him but I was scared that he might get mad at me if I did so. I gave up and just soak myself in the emotion of missing him every single night.
Just like every other school day, Jake drove me to school and just like a few weeks ago, the school was in chaos. I wonder what it is this time around. The dating rumor Annabelle spread on the internet has been swept away as if nothing like that happened although some people are still talking about it but just few people are doing so…. Many saga from other celebrities has overshadowed it.
“Constance!" Jocelyn screams my name in happiness. I wonder why she's so happy this morning. Though Jocelyn is an effervescent girl and always happy… I still believe that her happiness this morning is for something special.
Jocelyn is a great friend, I love her so much. Over these past weeks, our friendship has become stronger. Seeing our closeness and how much we love each other, one will think that we have been friends for a very long time not knowing that our friendship hasn't celebrated its one year anniversary.
She always makes my weekends more fun as we go to many interesting places, enjoying ourselves. She has introduced me to her family. Her mother is a single independent lady and she has only one sibling and that's her younger brother. There's her grandmother too who's a very funny woman. Her family was so nice to me the first day I visited them and now, I'm so close to them.
I thought that Jocelyn would ask me to introduce her to my family since she has already introduced me to hers but she didn't. I asked her yesterday why she hasn't asked such a thing from me and she said that she believes that I'm not yet ready and she won't force me. She will wait until I feel like doing so.
“I know that you are hiding a lot about yourself from me but I know you have your reasons. I won't force you to tell me anything about you… you can do so when you feel like it," she said yesterday during our conversation.
I was really tempted to tell her about my marriage to Jace but I restricted myself. My husband hasn't made our marriage official. He hasn't announced our marriage to the public. I can't tell anyone about our marriage when I'm not sure if our marriage will even last for another month.
“Constance you can't believe the news that is trending in the school this morning," she squeaks with a beam.
“What?" I asked, a little bit amused with the way she's going on happily about the so-called news.
“Is the Chancellor's birthday and Jace was specifically invited by the Chancellor himself to perform on his birthday. Many other celebrities are going to be there but students are more excited with Jace coming to perform. This is a dream come true for me. I've always wanted to watch Jace perform but after going through the stress of buying the ticket I will end up not buying one. There are thousands and millions of people waiting for Jace's concert every year, so only the lucky people get to buy the ticket before they are all sold out." Her voice is full of excitement as she speaks.
She looks so happy about the whole thing. Just like her, every student is beaming in joy. I can't believe the news of my husband performing at the Chancellor's birthday caused all this excitement from the students.
Well, I'm also happy just like the students. First, I'm going to see my husband again after being apart from him for almost two weeks. Secondly, I'm going to watch him perform on a stage for the first time. I'm sure he's going to look like an alien prince when performing on the stage.