Revenge of Billionaire's Ex-wife

It's not like any other ordinary day.

Everyone was busy, from the coordinator down to the catering and all. They are making their indoor garden extra colorful and bright for the upcoming occasion. In a few moments, the colors of blue and pink balloons decorated the makeshift stage. And Amelia Alvarez couldn't contain her happiness watching this transition in front of her while feeling the life inside of her belly.

They're having the gender reveal party for the new addition to their family.

Guests are starting to come around that consists of mostly family and closest friends. They all have wonderful gifts for the baby. Just like her, they can't wait to meet her child with Andrew soon.

"I didn't know that you were coming. You should've told us," Amelia welcomed her in-laws who came unannounced an hour before the main event. They have brought many gifts that the helpers had put on the long table. "Thank you for coming, Mom and Dad. This means a lot to us."

Her in-laws were living in the US and to see them on this special occasion made it all the more extra special. Amelia can't wait to finally reveal to everyone the gender of their baby.

After three long years of marriage, finally, they'll be parents. It was their dream to have their kids of their own like any married couple do.

"Is everything ready?" Amelia approached the butler nearby. Auntie Mel was near the sweets section, checking everything out. She's anxious as she checks around if there's anything that needs to be done. She wanted this very momentous event to become perfect. "I think it's perfect," she answered herself with a smile on her face.

In a few more months, she'll be able to hold their baby in her arms. And she'll have everything to live with- a loving husband and their little bundle of joy. She can't wait to fill each corner of their mansion with loud cries and laughter from their little angel.

And she knew that Andrew felt the same way. They've been praying for this miracle and now it's a dream turned into reality.

"Yes, Miss Amelia, " the butler replied. "Do you need anything else to add?"

"No. By the way," She turned to the butler with her forehead creased. "Have you seen Andrew? I don't think I have seen him earlier today?"

She'd been so busy overseeing the whole event that she'd never seen her husband. Andrew had taken a leave from work to celebrate this special day. He should be around the mansion somewhere...

"Oh, Sir Andrew," Auntie Mel tried looking up in the sky then finally remembered. "He's in the study room. I heard him talking over the phone when I served his cup of tea earlier," the butler motioned to the room on the second floor.

Amelia looked back and confirmed that her husband was in the study room. She got to see his figure near the window. He's still talking to someone over the phone. And she doesn't want to assume but it seems that her husband was a little bit over the edge.

"Alright, thank you, Auntie Mel," she bid her goodbye to the butler and went inside the mansion to check what's keeping her husband occupied in the study room.

She went upstairs where the rooms and her husband's study room was located. It was the last room on the west wing of the mansion. But before she got to where her husband resided, Amelia paid a visit to that one room designed for their upcoming baby.

There's still a lot to do inside but it's almost finished. There's a crib on the side and a few toys on the rack. Once the gender was out, they were planning to buy all sorts of things for the baby. And Amelia hopes to spend the rest of her pregnancy inside of this room while knitting some of her baby's clothes. She already got guidance from Auntie Mel on how to knit clothes for the babies. And so far, she's doing good.

She closed the door and went onto the next room. She was all smiles as she knocked three times onto the wooden door. Amelia was confused as she didn't got a response from her husband. So she dared open the door and got inside of the study room. And there she found Andrew still talking over the phone while facing the window.

~*~

From the study room, he had a good view of the garden down below. But Andrew wasn't fazed by the festivities outside. Amelia could feel that her husband was a little bit tense and that he didn't notice her presence at all. Andrew was still holding his cellphone, listening to whoever was on the other line. She got intrigued and dared to approach him.

Amelia was startled when her husband shouted on the other line.

"No, you can't be serious! That's just impossible," her husband exclaimed. "Send me the photos now." Andrew then turned around and met her in the eyes.

Her husband was furious and she doesn't know why his anger was directed towards her. His jaw clenched as he did something on his laptop. Amelia wanted to know what's happening. What's the cause of this unprecedented situation?

Was there something that she had done that upset her husband?

"Andrew-"

"Stay right there!" He said with a voice laced with anger. Amelia stood in front of her, scared of her husband. Andrew had never raised his voice towards her. "Don't come near me until I say so."

Amelia could be silent as it bothers her what's going on inside the four corners of the room. So she forced herself to get near him. The party was about to start. And they both needed to be present at that time as they were expecting to see the parents in front of the stage.

"What's wrong? Tell me-" She stopped on the side of the table as her husband straightened his back. His focus was now on the screen of his laptop. She frowned as she stared at his furious face then his blue eyes turned to her with that immeasurable hatred.

Amelia didn't know why but she felt scared. She feared this unknown side of her husband. Then as if like the movies, she saw him raise his hand and show no hesitation to slap her hard on the face.

Her head instantly turned to the other side. Amelia felt the sting on the side of her cheek that made her shed tears. She held it as she looked back at Andrew with questions in her eyes. The man just faced the laptop towards her. And there she saw that most horrific thing that she never thought existed.

It's pictures of her with a strange man on the bed, naked and underneath the sheets.

Amelia couldn't fathom what she had done to earn his wrath. He never did it just once, Andrew slammed her another one that almost made her fall on the tiled floor. But it didn't happen as he pulled her by the arm, held onto the back of her head and even forced her to stare at the monitor on the laptop. She's crying while begging her life to her husband.

Andrew was holding her in place as he made her stare at those obscene photos. "You tell what's this all about?"

"How dare you even cheat on me?"

"But I didn't!" Amelia blurted out as she forced herself to get free from his grasp. She put a distance between them and held onto her still not visible bump. "You need to trust me. I am not that one in those photos!"

"Then tell me who it is?" his cold eyes glared at her that penetrated deep into her soul. "Who is this goddamn woman who had your face and was sleeping with another man?"

"Don't take me for a fool, Amelia. I know what I saw. And these photos are proof of your infidelity!" Andrew pointed out. "I can't believe this," He walked back and forth in front of her then all of a sudden, he threw everything inside that his hand reached. "Goddamn it!"

Amelia watched her husband wreak havoc inside of his office. She's crying while seeing Andrew almost lose himself, diverting his anger and frustrations to everything he caught by hand. And then her eyes once again stared at the photos on the laptop. And she shook her head denying everything over and over to her husband.

She and Andrew met five years ago when they're both still in college. She had a huge crush on him who's at that time playing for the basketball team as a forward. And then one day Amelia was surprised that Andrew was courting her with flowers and chocolates. At that time, she was the luckiest girl alive as the man she loved from the distance had reciprocated her feelings.

They've been in a relationship for about a year then decided to tie the knot a few months after. They got married right after graduation. And their families are in full support of their marriage, after all she and Andrew are both only child of wealthy families.

Nevertheless, it doesn't occur to her that everything was about business since they both inherited their family's fortune and the businesses. And Andrew got to oversee everything as the CEO up to this day.

In fact, the Thompsons owned a multimillion company while her family had continued the legacy of their restaurant that's been in the business even before she was born. His family was the one behind the well known Golden Empire Development Group, the leading real estate developer that's based in Cagayan Valley, Philippines. The GEDG had over thousand homes and estates successfully built since its founding. Since then, the company has been recognized as one of the leading property and real estate developments even outside of the region. And they even gained popularity in the city and have received awards of excellence in their line of business.

Ever since they got married, her husband never let her work. He just made her stay at home and manage the household like every submissive wife. Amelia had never practiced her profession since then, and she had become the devoted wife as Andrew had told her to do.

She agreed with that kind of arrangement as she trusted her husband for it. That he just wanted her to focus on their family and their soon child to be born. And at last, after long years of waiting, finally she got pregnant.

This gender reveal party should be a joyous moment between the two of them in celebration of her timely pregnancy. Everything was on set, the guests are all settled on the garden. How come everything turned out this way?

"But I am telling you the truth," Amelia almost begged for her husband to calm down. It's a good thing that the study room was sound proof or else the chaos inside was already heard by the people just outside of the mansion. "Please, Andrew. Listen to me..."

She was surprised as her husband turned to her and cupped her face hard with one hand. Andrew was squeezing it hard that she cried in pain. His eyes showed no sign of resentment. His face was dark and contemptuous.

"How dare you cheat on me?" He shouted back at her. Amelia winced at the harshness of his voice. "How dare you do this to me, Amelia?"

"Please listen to me, Andrew," she begged him to listen to her. She even tried to reach out to him but to no avail. "I am not the woman in the photos! And I will never do that in the first place coz I love you!"

"You love me?" He released her and turned his back on her. Andrew then laughed as if that's the most ridiculous thing that he ever heard. "I don't think that you do, Amelia. And the photos say it all!"

Andrew had already judged her without knowing the truth. And Amelia had only loved him. There's no man but him in her life. And she felt disheartened seeing that her husband who she had devoted her life to for all those years had misjudged her so easily. Andrew had expressed no intention of listening to any of her explanations. And even if he did, it's as if all was already

Was that all it takes for this relationship to turn upside down? Was her love never enough to show to him how sincere and loyal she was in this marriage?

Were those photos enough to make their marriage shaken?

And those photos. Amelia was even scandalized about how detailed those photos are. And yes, those photos depict images of her having intimate moments with another man in bed. Her face shows were making faces that she never imagined that she would do. And she could only imagine that they are naked underneath the sheets, left little to the imagination.

Whoever sent those photos had all the intention to ruin her marriage with Andrew. As to what reason, she didn't know. Heck, she doesn't know what to think anymore.

But this is for sure, she couldn't do that to him. But how can she make him believe the truth?

"And that child?" Amelia looked at Andrew to see him staring at her belly. On instinct, she embraces herself as if protecting the child inside of her. "Is that child even mine, Amelia?"

"Are you really carrying my child or is it another man's brat?" Andrew's question that made her snapped.

"How dare you!" Amelia exclaimed and lashed out on her husband. She crossed the distance between them and hit him on the chest multiple times. She was crying not because she's helpless but by the anger Andrew had evoked deep inside of her. "How dare you question my pregnancy?"

"Of course this child is yours!"

How dare he accuse her of infidelity and now about the truth about their child's paternity? Of course the child belongs to no one but he is! How can Andrew be this cruel? It's an entirely different thing when Andrew brought that horrible question. Any mother will result to violence to protect her child's interest.

He's the worst, she told herself as she got to meet his cold blue eyes. The Andrew she knew will never raise a hand towards her. And he will never make her feel this miserable, helpless in his arms.

Andrew grabs both her arms with one hand then almost choke her with the other. Tears kept shedding from her eyes as she glared at her husband's face. Gone was the love she once saw in those eyes. The man in front of her was never her husband.

"How sure are you that that bastard is mine?" Then he pushed her harshly. Amelia saw everything like a slow mo in front of her.

She had never regained her balance and she hit her belly hard on the edge of the table. Amelia instantly felt that sharp pain inside of her. She didn't want to think negatively. She tried to remain cool, to control her breathing and not to panic. But then Amelia felt something gashed out of the middle of her thighs and when she looked down, she was beyond horrified.

Fresh blood was flowing down her thighs that she felt dizzy. She felt weak, her knees turned into jelly and she fell onto the floor.. She wanted to scream. She wanted to do more to save the child inside of her. But then she turned to her husband as she held herself.

As if Andrew was also surprised to see her state. He was staring at her and doing nothing at all. Not until she screamed for help.

"Andrew, our baby!" Amelia begged Andrew to save them. She looked up to her with her eyes filled with hot tears. Andrew came back to his senses and immediately carried her up and get her out of the office.

She lost consciousness in his arms and was not aware what happened next.

~*~

Andrew carried her out of his office and shouted to all the helpers to prepare his car. Soon, all their guests are asking so many questions that he cannot face right now. The whole mansion turned into chaos. The gender reveal party was canceled. And Auntie Mel and the rest of the helpers controlled the crowd as he made his way towards his car.

He needed to get Amelia to the nearest hospital as she's suffering bleeding, the result of his violence towards his wife.

It wasn't supposed to end that way. He just wanted to confront his wife. Maybe he went too far. He was-

Just pray that Amelia and the child got out of danger. That's all you can do as of now...

He drove the car as fast as he could. He looked at his side and Amelia was still unconscious. Then his eyes once again saw the blood in his thighs. He gnashed his teeth and even drove past on the road. He can deal with the cops later for overspeeding. What mattered most was Amelia and the child should be treated and be out of danger.

It didn't take long and they arrived at the hospital. He carried his wife to the emergency room and the medical staff already attended to them. Even if he wanted to stay inside, he was rushed out of the room by the staff. Andrew remained waiting outside, in panic and in fear.

He can't sit while waiting for any news about his wife. He was anxious, kept walking in the hallway while talking over the phone. His parents and in-laws are asking for any update. And they even said that they'll come over as soon as they can.

He clenched his fist as he leaned on the white wall just beside the emergency room. He knew that it was his fault entirely. He was looking at the red light thinking what he had done earlier. Andrew knew that he had been a mad man. That he was blinded by his rage that he forgot that his wife was a pregnant woman. But could he really blame himself the way that he had acted before?

The moment that he saw those photos, everything became just pitch red.

David, his childhood friend, told him that morning that his wife was committing infidelity. He didn't want to entertain such blasphemy towards his wife but when that bastard sent the photos to him, he lost it. He couldn't bear the sight of seeing his wife having fun inside of another man's arms.

He knows that he should've listened to Amelia first. He knows of that fact. But then he couldn't accept that his beloved wife would see another man beside him. At that heated moment, he was all over the edge that rational thinking didn't occur to his mind.

The photos say it all and Amelia still denied it. How can she deny it when the proof was before his eyes?

David said someone just sent those photos to him in an email. He didn't really pay attention as Amelia came inside his office. And Andrew couldn't contain himself and hit his wife the first time in their duration of marriage.

David was someone who knew his relationship with Amelia very well. His friend witnessed everything. He loved Amelia since he could remember. And it pained him to know, to witness his wife's affairs.

His chest tightened.

All those years, he never loved anyone except his wife. And he was the happiest man on earth that after all the years of waiting, finally, they'll be going to be parents. That Amelia was pregnant with his child. And now, everything fell into ruins.

The family that he longed for turned out to be his nightmare. A tear escaped his eyes as he remembered those photos. He still can't believe that his wife had an affair with another man. How can he not know of that fact?

When did it all start? Where did they commit their sin? Is that the reason why his wife was always happy whenever he got back home late at night? Was she meeting this man somewhere else?

Betrayal. Andrew wiped off those stubborn tears from his face. He never thought that Amelia would do this to him. To him, Andrew Thompson, the CEO of the Golden Empire Development Group!

"You don't make me a fool, Amelia," he said to himself with gritted teeth. "You don't make Andrew Thompson a fool!"

After almost long hours of waiting, finally the doctor came out of the emergency room. The doctor turned his way as he approached her.

She removed his mask and made a quick introduction. "Are you the husband of Mrs. Thomposon?"

His jaw hardened. Ah yes, he's indeed the husband of Amelia Alvarez Thompson. "Yes, I am, Doctor."

"How's my wife and my child?" He asked her but deep inside Andrew will never bring up someone else's bastard.