The Devil's Rebirth

CHAPTER 20. Denying the Undeniable

EMIR'S POV

"Hope, don't leave me," I told her while she is helping me getting ready for the party.

"How can I do that when you're keeping me locked up inside your hell?" She stubbornly retorted.

"Hope," I called her,

"What?" she responded.

"Nothing, just promise me you'll stay here."

"Do I have a choice?" She bluntly asked.

"Come on, just promise me," She sighed.

"Fine, I promise."

"Good, now kiss me," I demand.

"What? Are you kidding?" She said and turned to leave but I quickly grabbed her arm and planted a kiss on her lips.

"You're mine only, always remember that Hope Villafranco, no other man is also allowed to look at you, just me and me only," I warned her, connecting our foreheads, looking at her eyes.

"You can't just kiss me and then the next moment you'll be kissing your mistress," she whispered looking between my eyes.

"I don't have a mistress," I denied, I know that I'm already busted but I don't have any intention of admitting it.

I'm trying to make things right already and I'll make sure Ariane can't come closer to her again, I believe that I can still save my marriage.

"You're such a liar," she said and pushed me away.

"Stop it, Hope, can't you see? I'm trying to fix everything," I told her and was supposed to hold her hand but she shoved it away and stepped backward.

"You're getting late, I think you should go now."

I sighed.

I can't move my feet, I feel like I don't want to go. I'm afraid, what if I made a wrong move? I can't afford to lose my wife again even if I have a possession that could bring her back to me, I don't think I can manage to deal with the pain over and over again.

"I love you," I told her, looking straight into her eyes.

"Don't say that, since from the beginning we both know that there is no love going on between us, we tried but it always failed, I tried to be a good wife to you, surrendering everything I have, but it didn't work out because we're just too different and now I'm starting to accept the fact that I can't tame a devil like you and that you needed someone else aside from me, but please, can we have limitations?" She calmly told me, but every word she utter doesn't seem nice to me.

"What limitations are you talking about? You are my wife, I can do whatever I want to do to you or say."

"Stop kissing me, stop sleeping with me, or better, I think it's time for us to get a divorce so that we can both be free again."

"And what? You think I'll let you get away with Nicolo?"

"No!" She quickly denied,

I huffed.

"Nicolo and I have nothing, he is just a friend." She explained, but I will not believe her, I saw how that man looks at her, and I will never let her be with another man.

"Just a friend? Really?" I asked with a sly look and smirked.

"Why do you keep on thinking that I'm cheating on you, when the truth is, it is you who is cheating on me right? You didn't even respect our marriage, Emir." She told me with her shaky voice.

"Why? Because she has a beautiful body and not a skinny one like me?"

"Stop."

"Does she kiss better than me? Does she make you satisfied than me? Tell m…"

"I said stop!" I yelled at her and she ran out of the room crying.

'What is she talking about?' I furiously asked and hit the mirror beside me, it broke and gave my knuckles some cuts.

"Shlt!" I cursed.

'What should I do to her?' I sighed.

"Sir, Mr. Red has arrived," Karen announced as she peeks from the open door, she gasped when she saw the broken mirror.

"Get me the medical kit and call my wife," I demanded and left the room going down to the living area where Henry was waiting for me.

"Good evening, Mr. Villafranco," he greeted me.

"Wait for me in the car," I told him and he quickly gets out of the house.

I sat on the couch, later on, Karen returned with the medical kit but Hope hasn't come with her.

"Where is Hope?" I asked her as she started to open the kit.

"Stop that, clean up the broken mirror inside my room, and tell my wife to come over here."

"Yes sir,"

But Karen still returned without my wife.

"I'm sorry sir, but Miss Hope is in your room and cleaning up the mirror." She mumbled with her head down.

"What!?" I furiously stood up and rapidly went up again.

"Hope!" I called her out, which caused her to jump in surprise.

"Why are you so stubborn again?" I annoyingly asked.

"I'm not stubborn, you are!" She retorted, still picking up the broken pieces.

"Put it down!" I said and abruptly pulled her up.

"Aww!" She winced when the sharp glass sliced her finger.

"Fvck!" I cursed and looked at her wounded finger, I gently squeezed it to make sure there were no remnants of glass stayed inside the wound and sucked it. I saw how she took a deep breath and blushed with what I did.

"It's just a small cut, no worries," I said after sucking her finger and blood.

"You really are a devil." She commented.

"Yeah, I know. Now it's your turn to attend with this." She gasped when I showed my also wounded knuckles.

"Karen, clean this up," I ordered while pulling my wife.

"It's not because you're paying them you can do whatever you want to do, Karen also needs a break, if you didn't break that mirror she might already be relaxing now and you will not be pissing me off to attend to your wounds." She hissed.

"Could you please stop talking? You're annoying me." I told her and gestured to her to sit on the couch beside me.

I put my wounded hand above her thigh and she started cleaning it with cotton and iodine. I was staring at her as she touched my wound gently, but suddenly she started sniffing while wiping her eyes with her arms.

"Why are you crying?" I asked but she only shook her head negative without looking at me, until she was done with my hand.

She stands up but before she can take a step I pull her into me, embracing her fragile body as she continues her cries on my chest.

"Tell me, what should I do for you to stop crying?" I whispered but she only compressed herself more.

"I love you," she whispered, my body froze with the unexpected words from her, I slowly released her holding her both arms, and looked down at her.

"What?"

"I hate you." She uttered looking down.

"No, that's not it,"

"I ruined your clothes already." She said fixing my clothes, strengthening them.

"You're getting late." She added avoiding me,

"Hope, I know, I'm wrong when I forced you to marry me and even use your own family against you but it doesn't mean that lied about my feelings towards, you are my wife and the future mother of my children, it's only you, my love," I told her, looking between her hazel eyes trying hard not to burst into tears because she is truly making me weak.

"You already lied to me when I saw you at that apartment and I hate you for hurting me over and over again, I'm tired." She said and pulled her arm out of my grip and quickly ran away from me.

I groaned in frustration and kicked the couch before I left the house.

I need to focus on this event first, once this night is over, I'll do everything to make my wife say those words I wanna hear again.

"Don't let my wife get out of the mansion no matter what, and make sure the gates are close." I reminded Alfred, I know he learned his lesson already after Hope's accident, now it's time for him to prove himself.

"Yes sir,"

"Let's go," I turned to Henry and got inside the car immediately.