Chapter 1 Pains And Realisation

~AKIRA~

Who should be blamed for my pain?

I, who had sold myself to Leon after he offered me a silver lining to help me save my late father’s company and also put my ill mother in a good hospital? Or should I blame Leon, my husband who had cheated on me even after I had given him my all?

My heart hurts so much…

“Leon… But—Why?” I muttered as confusion flashed through my eyes.

I had been the perfect wife for him, I endured his emotional and physical abuse and still put up a blissful smile with him whenever we went to events or in the presence of the media.

“How naive, Akira…How silly you are!” I muttered, then burst out in laughter.

The laughter wasn’t anything joyful, but it was filled with self-mockery, pain and self-anger.

" I asked you a question...why?!"

" Don't you get it? All I ever wanted from you was your company! Nothing more. Once I get your company to be fully under my name, I don't care what happens to you, you can die for all I care. But until then, even if you want to breath, you have to take permission from me. "

My breathe caught. Of course. My company, the multi million dollar company that got turned to him the minute we got married. I was so blind.

My legs shook, but I got up. I did not head to the door like he had expected me to. Instead I stood in front of me, lower lips quivering, and I slapped him. Hard.

" What did you just do?!" He yelled, eyes melting in fury as he clutched my neck, slamming me into the wall.

" Baby, let her go...you don't want to kill her now. Not when we have nowhere to dispose the body" stella, his secretary said.

Her gown was still high up and I could still catch a glimpse of the red panties underneath.

" I will kill you for this! I promise you!" Leon yelled, but he let go of my throat regardless, letting my body slump to the ground.

I hummed with pain, sucking in air like I had been deprived for more than the mere seconds he held my throat.

"Ew, baby why did you marry this girl? She looks so pathetic it's irritating "

Tears formed in my eyes..not of pain, but of raw, unhinged anger.

" I gave you this job! You came to me begging for a job Stella! I referred you to my husband and you had the guts to sleep with him! For years Stella!"

I got up again, this time, determined to send her into coma.

But she kicked me, her high Louis Vuitton heels digging into my chest.

I saw the smile bloom on her face.

" So you think because you made your husband employ me I owe you my loyalty? How can't you see that he does not love you?! He even asks you to abort the children you have with him! Are you that blind to not see it?!"

My mouth gaped.

I turned to look at Leon, but he was unbothered.

He had told her.

She continued, bolder now in fact.

" If not for your sick mother, do you think he would end up with you? He did it out of kindness..so you don't have a say! Go home! And stop causing a fuss"

I remembered why I married him in the first place. My mother was dying and she needed someone to help with the bills and the company.

And now...five years later, this marriage served as the most unbearing relationship of my life.

“I hate you, Leon, I hate you so much!” I cried out finally, my trembling body falling to the ground, my chest heaving from intense emotions.

Imagine going to see your husband with a smile on your face, but all you got was humiliation, pain and disappointment.

I could see the picture of his expression when he saw me.

No shock, no regret, just pure coldness and dissatisfaction was all I saw on his face.

“Why didn't you knock before coming in?!”

He had yelled at me coldly and when I questioned what he was doing, my husband had chuckled indifferently, then pushed his mistress down and kissed her in front of me.

There was no single respect, just pure indifference and coldness that left me shattered, and made me realize I had been wrong all along.

" I am not going back home. There is no home for you and I again. I am done" I said, resolutely.

I could feel his eyes on me, serious for a minute, and then...he burst out laughing, loud and obnoxious.

Stella cackled with him too, like I had cracked a joke that I was not aware about.

" So you don't get it? You think you can walk out on me? On this marriage?! Let me jug your memory Akira" Leon said.

I watched him walk over to a drawer and pull out a document, tossing it over to me with a sadistic smirk on his face.

" What is this?" I asked with shaky hands, eyes blurring as I stared at my signature at the bottom of the contract.

" Can't you read? That shows that you are legally my wife and you are bound to me forever. You signed it yourself. I own you."

My confusion turned to fury and in an instant, my hands were flying with rage as I tore the paper into shreds, yelling.

But he was not bothered, instead, he wore a smirk.

" I like this side of you. It's almost predatory. Now, go home. Don't make me repeat myself"

I stared at the both of them. First at Stella that now grinned like a Cheshire cat and then down to Leon with his hands wrapped around her waist.

" This is not over. I will fight you till death if I have to" I said, sniffing again.

My car closed with a heavy thud as I sat there, letting the tears pour, weeping for my life and the perfect image I sought to hold on to for so long.

As I sat there inside the car, my mind was weighed with so many thoughts, then—

“RING!!”

My body jolted at the sound, and my brain snapped back. I immediately pulled out my phone from my bag, wiped my tears, and unlocked my phone, but what I saw stunned me—

“Hi, please, keep this a secret. I’m Stella, and I would like us to meet. I have a way to help you regain your freedom from your Husband, Leon Stone!”