Her Sweet Revenge.

Kathlia's pov

It's already evening, but he's still not home. He's probably at his friend's house again, drinking with different women. I don't know why he's so excessively angry with me. I haven't done anything wrong. I find myself at home almost every day because he forbids me from going out to meet my friends. I let it be because he might beat me if I insist.

Even when I went to the mall with Manang, I couldn't go inside. Maybe I went to the mall with Manang only once to buy groceries for our home.

But I stayed inside the car then. Manang went inside the mall to buy the groceries we needed.

Max wasn't like this before I don't know why he suddenly changed, even his behavior towards me has changed. He's always angry when he sees my face.

I just let him do whatever he wants to me. Even if he beats me every day it's okay because I love him.

So, I have to endure it because I don't want him to leave my life. Even if I have to swallow my pride, it's okay. Manang arrived interrupting my thoughts.

"Eat this food and soup I prepared because it might get cold. It's raining, and the weather is bad," Manang said while placing the food on my table.

"Thank you Manang. By the way didn't Max call you to say what time he'll be home?" I asked while sipping the hot soup.

"No, but don't worry I'll let you know as soon as he calls," Manang replied with a smile.

"Are your bruises okay now, Kath?" Manang suddenly asked making me sad. Manang is the first person who sees me when Max hurts me. He gets angry because I don't do what he wants, especially when he's drunk and wants something to happen between us.

"I'm okay now Manang." I said.

"By the way have you eaten?" I asked Manang.

"I'll eat later after you finish Kath. I'll leave you now I have something to do in the kitchen."She said before heading to the kitchen.

"Is Kira here?" I asked my two friends Ziggy and Tristan.

"No she's not here yet bro."Tristan replied.

"Maybe she's busy right Ziggy?" Tristan added

"Or maybe there's traffic she'll come just wait."

Ugh! I miss her so much even though we see each other every day at the office I can't help but miss her. "Don't you know that Kathlia and Kira are friends? What if she finds out about this that her friend and her husband are having an affair?" I said seriously to Max.

"I don't care about her anymore." He replied without enthusiasm.

"Okay, you said. Tristan said seriously while looking at me.

Shit! The brat called so I answered it. "Hello, friend."Kathlia said on the other end of the phone. She's never been my friend, and now I'm acting friendly to her on the phone.

"Yes Kath?" I said without much interest. "Do you know where Max is?" Do I look like someone who searches for missing husbands, Kathlia? I said annoyed.

"What did you say, Kira? I didn't hear what you said." I asked confusedly.

"I don't know where your husband is, Kath. So if I were you, I'd sleep instead of waiting for him; he'll come home when he wants. Okay, I'll hang up now, bye," I said and turned off the phone. Poor Kathlia doesn't know that Max and I have an affair. Who cares as long as Max and I love each other, that's enough. I'm planning to ruin their relationship, and my plan worked in separating them. It's easy to manipulate Max in my hands. I'm on my way to Max's friend's house he's been waiting for me there.

"Goodbye Kira," I said and placed my phone beside my pillow.

I'm really getting used to my friend Kira; it seems like she's hiding something from me

Kathlia's pov...

After eating, I hurriedly went to my room and listened to my favorite songs. Maybe I'll just wait until sleep visits me.

I don't have anything else to do at home. He strictly prohibits me from leaving the house, so I can only hang out by the swimming pool area near our garden. I can only go out on school days. Max never goes to my school because he's busy with work. But in my previous school he used to drop me off and pick me up. But that was in the past; he changed, and he doesn't do those things anymore.

"What time do you plan to come home, Max?" Tristan asked me. "Why, are you sending me home already?" I replied looking at him seriously.

"I'm just asking." He answered shortly.

"I'll go home whenever I want," I said again. "Okay, whatever you say. I'm just worried that your wife, Kath, might be looking for you now." Tristan said without enthusiasm. So I just looked at him as if I didn't care about what he was saying.

"I don't care about that woman. I'm here to meet Kira, right? So can you stop mentioning that woman's name? because it only annoys me more. I said angrily to Tristan, who is now looking at me seriously.

"Kira has really taken over your system, Max. Because you weren't like this before. You used to treat Kathlia like a queen. It seems like you've really changed." Tristan said firmly.

"What do you really want to imply, huh? That it's all my fault why I woke up one day and don't love her anymore?" I said angrily to Tristan.

"I just want you to tell her the truth, Max, not like this, making people look foolish!" Tristan said seriously while sitting and looking at me.

"I already told you I just woke up one day and realized I don't love her anymore! That's it, Tristan! So stop bothering me please if you still want us to be friends." I said seriously to him while raising my eyebrows.

"I just want you to tell her the truth Max, not like this making her look foolish!"

"All I can say is I love Kira now. End of discussion!" I told Ziggy and Tristan.

"Okay that's enough! Stop it. Here, have a drink." Ziggy suddenly said handing each of us a glass of Vodka. So, Tristan and I looked at each other both of us now sitting on the soft sofa, contemplating the glass of Vodka and wondering when we planned to drink it.

"Drink so you both can calm down." Ziggy said.

Ziggy sit beside us seriously causing Tristan and me to raise our eyebrows at at eachother. "Let Max be happy Instead of fighting over it, remember we've been friends for a long time and I don't want that ruined just because of a woman."

"Whatever you said, Ziggy. I just don't want him to regret the things he's doing now." I said which was the reason for Max yelling at me.

"I told you to stop! Won't you ever stop your constant shouting Tristan?" I yelled at him and now he raised both his hands while facing me.

"Okay fine. I'm sorry bro. It won't happen again." Tristan apologized to me.

"It's okay, bro." I said.

Ziggy raise his glass of vodka.''That's it you should apologize immediately. Let's have a toast for your reconciliation."

Kira's pov

I was about to enter Ziggy's condo when Dad suddenly called me to come home. Sigh, if luck is not on your side. But it's okay I'll still see Max,at the office tomorrow. So, I sent him a message that I couldn't make it because Dad asked me to go home. Then my phone beeped a message from Max, saying that he's also going home.

I bid farewell to my drunken friends"I'm leaving." I told both of them.

"Don't you wait for Kira? She hasn't arrived yet and now you're leaving?" Ziggy asked me who's now busy scrolling on his phone.

"She already went home we'll see each other at the office tomorrow. I'll go home ahead."I told them again.

"Okay keep safe Max. I love you." Ziggy said jokingly and the three of us laughed.

"Fine I'll leave you two here." I sighed and scratched my head. It's annoying because I'll see that woman again when I get home. Whatever, maybe she's already asleep. So, I hurriedly drove my car because I was really feeling sleepy.

Kath's pov

I suddenly woke up maybe because I was hungry again so I quickly got up and headed to our kitchen. Max still hasn't come home? Even so I can't help but worry about him, especially when he comes home drunk every night suddenly the door opened, and Max walked in.

''Max.''

"Shut up!" He shouted me slamming the door shut.

"You're drunk again Max." I said calmly to him.

"Just leave me alone Kath! And what do you care if I'm drunk or not?" He said angrily now standing in front of me and looking at me sternly.

"I'm just worried about you." I said to him.

"Worried? Why Kathlia, why?" Max shouted at me again making me surprised by his scream.

I was holding back my tears and look straight into his eyes"Because I love you even though I know you don't love me anymore."

"Well it's good that you know Kath." He said irritably to me.

"Do you already love someone else? Is that why you can't love me anymore?" I asked Max, wiping my tears now.

"Yes, there is someone else. So, stop bothering me. And wake up to the reality that I don't love you anymore and we can't go back to the way we used to be!"He said it in front of me with his jaw clenched and I seemed depressed and felt sorry for myself, for loving him.

"Then tell me who she is, Max." I said tearfully to him.

He grab my wrest and push me. He didn't even feel sorry for me"You don't need to know just leave me alone and go to your room, bitch!"

"Okay, then let me help you go to your room." I smile even though deep inside it feels like I'm being stabbed a thousand times. That's how it feels. But he just pushed me causing me to fall to the floor

"I said leave me alone, bitch!" He slap me so hard. I quickly stood up and ran to my room and I heard him say "You deserve it, bitch!" Yeah, he's right I deserve all of this because I loved him too much. Suddenly my phone beeped.

"Hey Kath, are you okay? Are you crying? Did Max hurt you again?"My friend Tristan ask.

"No, he didn't. Why did you call, by the way?" I changed the topic.

"I just wanted to know if you're okay." Tristan said again.

"You don't need to worry about me, Tristan. I'll go to sleep now because we still have class tomorrow." I said to him while holding back my tears and looking at the beautiful chandelier with different colors in my room.

"Bye Kath, have a nice sleep."He said then I hung up the phone.

Tristan's pov

I know she's not okay because I heard her crying. She just doesn't want to let me know that they fought again because she doesn't want me to worry and she doesn't want me to tell Summer about it.

Kath's pov

I finished taking a shower and getting dressed. I also had breakfast prepared earlier by Manang.

And if you're asking me where he is right now my answer is, he might still be sleeping in his room, or he might already be at the office.

I grabbed the keys to my car to drive to school. And when I was about to start the engine Tristan,suddenly appeared.

"Hey! wanna take a lift?" He greeted me with a smile but I just gave him a stern look as I wanted to tease him a bit.

"No, thanks. You might be late for work if you drop me off at Blue Valley University." I said, raising my eyebrows at him. He chuckled at my reaction.

3

"Even if I'm late several times, I'm still the owner's son of the company." This guy is really crazy. Tristan has this hidden arrogance that only his close friends know. So, I agreed to let him drive me to school because I know he won't stop bothering me until I agree to what he wants.

"Well, aren't you impressive! That's why I'm giving in. But don't blame me if your dad scolds you, okay?" I raised an eyebrow as I said this. But he just gave me a sly smile and ignored my remark. How rude!

"Dad won't get mad. It's just Mom. And I'm quite charming when it comes to Dad, you know, the only handsome child he has with Mom." Tristan said with a grin, running his fingers through his handsome face. I laughed at him again and playfully hit him with the book I was carrying. But he quickly dodged it and ran behind his car to hide. "You're just like a fool, Tristan."

"Come on, let's go! Because the wind might catch up to us here, thanks to your talkativeness." I said while slowly running my fingers through his nice hair. Then he opened the door of his car for me.

Shit! I'm late, and Dad will scold me again. I remembered what Dad told me.

"Get yourself together in handling our company, Max. Don't just spend your time having fun and drinking with your friends. First, think about how to run our company properly. Or else, I'm going to cut all your cards and throw away all your cars. You understand?"

Sigh! That's why I scratched my head before going to the kitchen to eat, and my eyes unintentionally searched for that girl.

"Sir Max, are you looking for Miss Kath?" I heard Manang ask me, so I shifted my gaze to Kath's car, which our driver was returning to the garage.

"No! And why should I, Manang? Is her car broken?" I asked her nonchalantly. She immediately looked at me and said that her friend had dropped her off.

"No, Sir Max. Your friend and Kath's friend dropped her off." I raised my eyebrows when I heard what she said and quickly asked her who our friend was that dropped off that girl.

"Friend? Who do you mean, Manang?" I asked her, still raising my eyebrows. While I put rice on my plate.

"It's Tristan, sir." She replied briefly, and I clenched my hands under the table, while Manang was confusedly looking at me, probably because of the expression on my face.

"That bastard!"

"What did you say, Sir?" She asked, and I snapped out of my thoughts about Tristan.

"Nothing, Manang. Please tell Manong to clean my car, and maybe I'll just go to work tomorrow." I said with no enthusiasm and immediately left for my room.

Max pov

A flirtatious girl, does she really have no standards? Does she really want to flirt with my friend Tristan too? That flirtatious girl will definitely get it from me when she comes home later.

"How about that, I'm inside now? Thank you." I just nodded, so I got out of his car. Then I stopped outside, near the window of his car, where Tristan opened the window.

"You're welcome, Kath." He said briefly, and he was about to start his car again. And because I'm curious and tend to ask questions, he quickly turned off the engine to listen to me.

"By the way, Tristan, when is she coming back?" I'm asking about her girlfriend, Summer, who is also my friend before I met Kira. I was surprised because Tristan's smile widened when I asked him about Summer. You know, he really loves her. And he's afraid of her.

"Next month." Tristan said with a big smile, and I realized that he was so happy when I asked him about Summer because she's coming back soon.

"That's why our smiles are so wide right now!" Actually, I also really miss Summer. You know, she always tells Tristan to watch over me because you know the state of our relationship, right? That's why they are both so overprotective of me.

"Bye Kath, take care." Tristan bid farewell, still sitting inside his car. And when he was about to close the window of his car, I suddenly teased him.

"You take care too, Max! I mean, Tristan." That's why he burst into laughter when I called him by Max's name.

Kath's pov

Tristan has left, and now I'm walking towards our classroom. When I suddenly heard people whispering in every hallway I passed.

"Oh my gosh! We have a new transfer student." Sigh! That's the only thing they're busy talking about here. It would have been better if they were discussing our subjects in school. But no. So, I quickly opened the door to our classroom to find a seat because I've been tired of walking since earlier. The stairs I climbed were also quite high just to reach our classroom. After all, our school elevators are still under renovation.

"Kathlia Montalba! You're late again," our professor said, raising her eyebrows at me. All my classmates inside the room looked at me, and I looked at the professor seriously to apologize.

"I'm sorry, Prof." That's all I could say, and she nodded. So, I quickly went to my seat. It's really embarrassing, which made me cover my face with a book, making it look like I'm just reading.

"Okay class, listen to me. I'm sure you all know that we have a new transfer student." Our professor said seriously, looking at each of us.

"Yes, Prof." We all said together as she walked to the center of the room and suddenly stopped at a seat where the new transfer student was sitting.

"Okay, you can now introduce yourself to us, Mr. handsome." Did she just say handsome? Is our new classmate good-looking? I jumped in my seat because of Prof's exclamation.

"What's up with that face, Kathlia?" She raised an eyebrow while looking at me from head to toe. As if she's assessing me for a pageant, deciding if I'll pass or not.