Chapter 2 Shattered vows

Victoria's pov

My voice sang through the air like a death sentence.

"I want a divorce"

Alexander's face showed a spring of disbelief, and for the first time in four years, I saw a splash of undenied emotion through his face, not love, nor was it remorse, but raw, unfiltered, satisfied anger. The weight of the word I had just declared had its impact on my chest, but I could not break down now.

"Are you serious right now, Victoria?" His voice damagely calm.

I stood up, clutching the hem of the bedsheets together like armour to shield me from his lies.

"I've never been more serious in my discussion with you Alexander"

He let out a mocking scoff before running his hands through his hair.

"You can't be serious, Vicki. You are joking; you can't just walk out of our marriage because of my one-time mistake, come on now", his tone shifted from the once calm, imposing to a venom-laced word.

"One-time mistake, you say..." I murmured, tossing my head in agreement and immediately directing my question to Tessa

"For how long have you two been together?" I asked, my voice calm as ever.

She jilted as she murmured her answer to me

"Two years now, but I.."

I held up my hands, pausing her on the track of her speech.

All I wanted to do was to shout, haul, scream, and dart him with my nails, but I chose not to give him the satisfaction of seeing me crumble.

I stared at Alexander, releasing my words laced with an icey cruel tune

"Watch me"

I turned on my heels to leave as he tried holding me back but was sent jolting with a one-time gaze, which was filled with unfiltered hatred, irritation, and a sense of murder from me.

Stepping out of the room, my mind lingered so far but was brought back by Tessa's trembling voice.

"Victoria, please! I didn't mean for this to happen..."

"Hear her out, Victoria. At least we are both remorseful", Alex's voice followed up immediately.

My heels took a plumping stop, my hands fixated on the door frame for support, I slowly turned to face her

"You didn't mean for this to happen?" I repeated her words to her, my voice trembling my brows raised in a questioning form. "You didn't mean to crawl into bed with my husband on our anniversary? You didn't mean to destroy the last bit of this sham marriage. I was desperately trying to save it, Tessa.."

I proceeded to give a round of applause before letting out a large smile like everything was okay.

I watched her face flush in shame, but I wasn't waiting for her response, not at all. Every second I spent at that door was irritating and filled with goosebumps on my skin.

I dashed into the hallway, with my heart pounding greatly in my chest. The house which I cherished now looked like a whore kingdom as I was in the prison hurdling to escape. Everything reminded me of his disloyalty.

I had just made it to the front door, grabbing my purse and my keys off the rack. The cool night air flushed my face as I stepped outside.

I needed this air, the space, it wasn't contaminated with either of those liars.

The world felt so unreal as I drove through the streets of London that night; the street lights blurred into a golden white colour. My hands firmly gripping the steering wheels so tightly I felt the pain surge through my anger as flashbacks of Alexander's words and his audacity to pass on the blame to me.

"Tessa", I whispered, recalling her name so loud I let out a hysterical mockery laughter.The thoughts of been committed only to be blamed for my misfortune.

"It's your fault, Victoria" his words burned through my chest as the flashes of their bodies in bed together entangled in each other's arms.

I quickly pulled over to a quiet park, as I was unable to go home to the emptiness and void. I let out a scream, relieving myself of, what I felt at that point. I rested my head on the steering as flashes of our happy years together flooded my mind.

"How could I have missed it? The late-night calls, mesoutges, his growing impatience with me, it was all coming to my senses. But what burnt me further was the humiliation he had me witness; I tried my best not to cry as tears would still mean I cared, but clearly, I didn't want to. All I could feel now was a hollow space in my heart.

My phone buzzed up, startling me. It was Alexander's name boldly flashing across my screen. My heart skipped in defence, I had my fist against the steering, my jaw clenchingso hard as I declined. His message popped up a moment later.

Please let's talk, can you come home?

I stared at the message,my thumb hovering over the keyboard as I proceeded in deleting his messages.