Chapter 65 I didnât think the call would be picked up. A part of me didnât want it to be, because what if the reality was worse than my overthinking?
When the phone stopped ringing, there was silence on the other end. I had to check to confirm that the call had been picked up before pressing it back to my ear real quick. âHello? Gabriel?â
Silence again.
My heart was beating so loudly, I felt it would make its way out of my body any moment. âHello?â
Silence again.
âMhm.â A sleepy groggy voice answered, âWhoâs speaking?â
My heart sank so quick in my chest, I didnât have the time to process it. It wasnât Gabriel speaking. The voice was very feminine.
Very familiar. Very dreaded.
I couldnât speak back. I sat numb.
âHello?â The soft voice belonging unmistakably to my husbandâs ex asked again.
âLilyâ greeted, my voice sounding so unfamiliar and foreign. âWhereâs my husband?â
âShit Shit. Sophia. Shit. I didnât check the caller ID before picking up. I thought it was my phone, Shit. Her self r ended with a small, âShit. Iâm so sorry.â
Tears were stinging my eyes. âWhereâs my husband?
One blink and they would fall. One blink and they would fall. I kept focusing on the wall. This wasnât happening. This isnât happening. This is not real.
âSophia, you shouldnât hear it from me... Her voice trailed. âListen, heâll call you back, okay?â
âGive him the phone, Lily. Right now.â
âSophia... heâs heâs asleep.â
I gulped. âHeâs asleep with you?â
âSophia,â Her voice contained a level of sympathy that nobody even showed me at my Grandpaâs funeral. I... It was for six months. Itâs over. Heâs not your husband anymore. Iâm sorry.â
âI donât believe you,â I told her, my voice as broken as I felt inside. Tears that I was trying hard to contain streamed down my face. âI donât believe you. Put Gabriel on.â
âHeâll call you back when he wakes up, okay? Iâm not really sure, but he had mentioned in passing that he would send the divorce papers to you today.â
I donât believe you.â I sucked in a deep breath.
âSophia.â She paused, âIt wasnât real. You and him. Iâm sorry. I.. You shouldnât even be hearing this from me.â
âI donât believe you, Lily. And Iâm not going to, not until he tells me this himself.â I was aware of how pathetically clingy this would sound if she was telling the truth, if he had really sent me divorce papers, if it really was over. How naive and desperate I sounded, I was aware. But I didnât care. âIf he really is sleeping next to you, you tell that coward to have the decency to at least tell me itâs over by himself.â
1/3 Chapter 65 I disconnected without giving her the chance to reply.
As soon as the call was over, I sobbed. Uncontrollable tears blurred my vision and I had to put my hand on my mouth to muttle the noise.
Any other time, I could have dealt with this. Maybe it would hur just this much, but I didnât have the mental capacity to deal with this now, Not when my Grandpa just died.
Now when I didnât have anyone to turn to.
I had cried so much in the past week that crying more made me feel weak, and I was anything but.
1 had faith in Gabriel.
We were real.
We were real.
We were real, I reminded myself. Every time he told me I was his wife, every promise he made me to not leave, every time he reassured me about Lily, it was all real.
Wiping away my tears, I got up to go to the bathroom to freshen up when my eyes fell on the white folder I had dismissed earlier.
Reluctant steps found my way to it and with trembling hands, I opened it to reveal the divorce papers.
They were signed by him.
The divorce papers were signed by him.
Gabriel signed the divorce papers.
And that was supposed to be that? The alimony amount written in bold letters, the terms of our contract underlined with a dotted line with both our signatures from all those months ago followed by divorce papers signed by him.
He said heâd tear the contract up.
He said the contract didnât matter to him anymore.
He said I was his wife and he didnât want to leave me.
One meeting with Lily was all it took to forget all of this?
One meeting with her was all it took to forget me.
All his broken promises clouded my head as I opened a bag and dumped everything I had brought to this house from my grandfatherâs. F*ck his expensive clothes and bags. F*ck his expensive make-up. F*ck his jewellery. I didnât want anything from him except him and if that was too much for him to give, Id settle for nothing.
Luna walked in on me going berserk when I was almost done packing my bag.
âSophia! Whatâre you doing?â She all but yelled when she saw me, and I had to take a step back from the bag. I had no idea what I had packed in there in a panic fit.
âL. I...I breathed. A wave of nausea started to hit me, and the feeling to throw up food I hadnât even eaten was overwhelming.
Chapter 65 Are you leavingâ Luna asked again 1. Im going to call Peter. Heâs on leave but heâll have a way to reach Sir. Iâm going âDonât take a step in that direction, Lunaâ My voice was crisp and cold in a way it had never been, and she freezes half way outside to get her phone. Tears well in my eyes again, ones I refuse to let out no matter what. âHe doesnât want me.â
âOf course he does, Sophia. Sir... heâs happy with you. I practically grew up in the Whitlock servants quarter, my mother being the head gardener and all at Mr. Whitlockâs house. Alister Whitlock, that is. Gabriel Sir... he lost his spark at a very young age and never found it back, Sophia. Not until you came here and now the only time we see it is when he looks at you, or talks about you. Please donât take that away from him. Please donât take it away from both of you.â Her rambling shouldnât affect me, not after Lilyâs phone call and the signed divorce papers sitting on the table as proof, but they did.
âI want to believe him, Luna.â I sigh, âI have faith in him. 1. But Then please do, Sophia. Please. She practically begs, âPlease donât give up yet.â
âYouâre right.â I give a small nod. Iâm going to have faith in him. I will wait for him to tell me himself that he doesnât want The.â
âI donât think thatâs ever happening,â she smiles, but I wish I felt as confident as she did.
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