Chapter 2 Cheating wife

Five years later.

Elena and Xavier began to notice some changes in their daughter, not only did she find it difficult to interact with her peers. She never spoke to anyone around her. She avoided eye contact a lot, and would always keep to herself.

They knew this was not normal, and they had to run some tests.

"She is going to be fine. Hannah will recover" Xavier tried to convince his wife to stop panicking.

"You are saying this because you're not the one attending the PTA meetings. You don't have to deal with the backlash from other parents, you don't know how I feel" Elena answered back.

"She only has Autism, she is not dying! Calm down" he tried to defend his daughter, and Elena snorted before she walked away from him.

Xavier couldn't understand why she was so paranoid over a small issue. He watched her leave the house, and he didn't waste time before he also left. There were only two people in this world who were able to talk Xavier back to his senses whenever he was angry.

The first was his wife, Elena who was not an option at that moment. And the second was his best friend Henry. He went over to Henry's house and felt no need to knock on the door before he walked into the house like, it was his.

"Henry!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, as he walked around the house.

He was about to turn around and leave when he got no response, but paused when he heard some groans coming from upstairs.

He was sure that Henry was with a woman. He scoffed at how his best friend never wanted to leave his playboy phase.

"Yes!!" He heard the lady's screams and his eyes widened in shock.

That voice sounded too familiar to belong to a stranger. His heart raced against his chest, as he felt a sharp pain like that of a piercing knife. He shook his head in disbelief and chose to believe that he was hearing wrongly.

But, when he heard her voice again. He had no choice but to run upstairs to Henry's room to confirm his doubt

"Elena!" He forcefully opened Henry's door, as they both tried to wrap the duvet around themselves to hide their shame.

"Elena, how could you?" He folded his fist, marching over to Henry. He dragged his naked friend out of bed and punched him right in the face.

"You couldn't do it with anyone else.? It just had to be my wife?" He threw his fist again on the right side of Henry's face.

"Stop it! Just stop it, Xavier!" Elena screamed when she had enough.

"Stop hurting him" she cried out, as she walked over to Henry, who was already lying on the floor.

"Elena you should be sorry" he scolded her, pointing his index finger at her, and restricting himself from hitting her.

"And why should I be?" Her words were like a dagger to his chest.

For the first time, in a long while his eyes clouded with tears as he began to feel less of a man.

"You found me with your best friend. And your first instinct was to throw punches at him. Are you mad?" She scolded him.

"Stop talking Elena " Henry tried to warn her.

But, she left him on the floor and walked up to her husband.

"I never loved you, Xavier, can't you see that? I have always been in love with Henry from the onset. All this is a sham" She raised her voice at him.

"Elena!" Henry tried to warn her again, but she snapped her neck in his direction.

"I've had enough Henry. This has been going on for five years already, I can't take it anymore. The whole thing is driving me crazy" Elena scolded him out of frustration.

"I don't love you, Xavier. I never have and I never will. I only dated you, because my career was going downhill. I was already having a secret affair with Henry, and so I told him. We planned everything, we planned for you to fall in love with me, and that's why I never wanted to marry you immediately. The marriage, the whole thing was a plan okay?" She looked him dead in the eyes and grabbed him by the collar before she ground her teeth.

"However, what I did not plan was having a baby with you. I regret having your abomination of a daughter " She cursed.

He pulled her hand away from his shirt and pushed her away.

He clenched his fist, with sweat gathering on his forehead. He wanted to hit her, but he was using whatever was left of his energy to hold himself back.

"You will be hearing from my lawyers. Prepare for the lawsuits'' he took off his wedding ring and threw it on the floor, before he gracefully walked out of the room.

A world that took him so many years to build just collapsed in front of his eyes within two minutes. He felt like the dumbest person in the world at that point.

"What have you done?" Henry suddenly received strength, as he could finally move.

He grabbed her by the elbow.

"What? He was not going to forgive me, so I thought it would be better for him to know the whole truth. Even if he didn't find out today, he will eventually find out someday" she spoke in a harsh tone.

"And you thought that was the best way to tell him? Do you think you would be able to win against him in court?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

"I don't care" She frowned, and threw her face away.

"We need to leave now" Henry turned to his wardrobe, as she began to pack his things.

"Why?" Her question drove him nuts.

"Because I am not ready to go bankrupt or worse, go to jail because of you. So you better start packing your bags before I do something that I'll regret later" he cautioned her, and she looked away before stomping out of the room.