The Devil's Rebirth

CHAPTER 8. Angel's Heartbreak

HOPE'S POV

I woke up on the bed alone, I looked around trying to find him.

"Emir?" But he's nowhere and now my heart is starting to beat faster, afraid to think he's gone to his mistress instead of staying with me.

Weakness overwhelmed my body as I slumped on the bed. But I gather my courage together and manage to stand. I went out and went to our room where the glass window is still broken. I got the piece of paper that was hidden in my closet, Nicolo gave it to me, where the address of that woman is written, and quickly picked up my bag. I was looking for my phone but suddenly I remember that I broke it.

There is no one around the house, and my thoughts went to the three-person that my husband has been punished. I quickly ran in the direction of the basement but to my surprise, the place is cleaned and has no trace of the devil's activity. I sighed.

I quickly moved my heels and went outside the mansion and that's when roving security with a scar on his upper eyebrow saw me.

"Ms. hope? Where are you going? Do you want me to ask someone to drive you?" He asked, I suddenly felt anxious that he might call Emir.

"Can I borrow your phone?" I asked him but he just stared at me for seconds.

"Come on, my phone was broken, don't worry I will ask my husband to replace it with the lat¹est iPhone," I told him bluntly. He hesitates but defeatedly handed his phone to me.

"Thanks!" I quickly snatched it.

"So? Are you the one who is going to drive me?" He scratched the back of his head and looked around like he wanted to need someone to help him.

"Come on! You are wasting my time," I impatiently said and he immediately walked to the car, I followed him and got inside, on the back seat of the car.

I asked him to drive me to a cafe near the address, which he politely obeyed.

"What's your name?" I asked. Though I have seen him several times already, I still don't know his name.

"Alfred." He let out, I nodded.

"Alfred, do you know what happened to the people that Emir punished at the basement?"

"I'm sorry ma'am but I don't have any idea what happened to them, I'm not the one who was assigned." He explained.

"Do you know who? What do you think happened to them?" I worriedly asked.

"I'm sorry ma'am I can't give you an answer."

After a few minutes we arrived at the cafe,

"Alfred, can you please buy me some donuts and coffee? I am so hungry, my ever-charming husband didn't even bother to ask me if I'm hungry or not." I irritatedly said and scoffed to make my drama believable, but his expression didn't change at all. I got some bills in my wallet and handed them to him.

"Please?" I said and he got the bill and got outside of the car, I waited for him to get inside the cafe and when I saw him talking to the staff I quickly opened the door of the car and ran rapidly to get out of the place and hide in a narrow space between two buildings. I laughed like a psycho when I successfully escaped from the scarred face guy.

I got the paper and looked for the address again and googled it. It's an apartment near the area. I looked around, to my left and right before getting out from where I'm hiding and going along with the people at a quick pace.

I reached the apartment building and got inside. While waiting for the elevator, my heart is pounding so fast and I'm so anxious for what if I really saw Emir there? Should I slap him? Or punched his mistress? But what if Nicolo is wrong?

The elevator came and opened. I stepped inside, I can't help my hands from shaking nervously. I pressed the floor where the address is indicated and waited for the lift to bring me there. After a while the door opened, I slowly stepped outside and looked around, to left and right, as usual.

I checked the door numbers one by one until I figured out which way to go. I swallowed, starting my pace slowly but before I could reach the apartment door, Emir came out, fixing his coat on his body. I can feel my eyes welling up while I felt like my heart stopped for seconds. I can't believe this is true, all this time I thought he's done for this kind of game.

'Am I still not enough for him?' I asked myself.

"Hope?" He called my name, but I was only gawking at him, I'm too scared to react, afraid that I could burst out crying in front of him.

He has whispered something I can't hear, I feel deaf looking at him mute. He started his step towards me and that's when I turned around and ran quickly back inside the lift and closed it. Before it fully closed I saw his worried face, but I'm certain it's only worried for his image to get ruined if I say anything.

When I'm alone inside the lift, I suddenly notice my face is dripping wet because of my tears.

"I hate you, Emir," I mumbled with clenched fists.

When the elevator opened I quickly got out of the building, luckily a taxi came over to drop his passengers, I quickly rode on it and called Nicolo.

"Nicolo you're right, Emir is cheating on me. I saw him with my own eyes, he came out from that apartment." I impatiently said while sobbing when he answered.

"Hope?" He asked, I forgot that I am using a different phone.

"Yes it's me, can I come over?" I asked.

"Of course,"

But before I can speak again the driver interrupted,

"Miss, I think someone is tailing us, I saw that car since we left the apartment building," he said and I turned around to see who it was and saw Emir's car.

"Hope? Is everything okay?" Nicolo asked over the phone.

"Uh yes. I'll call you later" I said and ended the call.

"Mister please don't let him catch us." I anxiously said and the driver stepped on the gas to accelerate.

"Are you in trouble? Come on, I have a family, don't put me into this." The driver worriedly said.

" No that's just my husband," I told him

"Then why are you running away from him?"

"Oh come on," I was starting to feel annoyed by his question, can't I just run away from my husband? I got the bills in my wallet and gave them to him which he received but he suddenly turned to the side of the road and stopped the car.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Get out." He said.

"What?"

"I said get out! I don't want to get in trouble. Please."

I groaned in frustration and quickly stepped out and ran. When I looked behind me I saw Emir's guard in a black suit stepping out of the car. I ran and ran until I bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry," I apologized but I felt his grip on my arms and when I looked up my eyes widened in disbelief it was the scarred guard I left in the cafe.

Until the other guards catch me as well,

"Let go of me!" I struggled with their hold on me, trying to escape. They pulled me until we almost reached Emir's car. I feel my wound stings and when I jerked my head to look at my shoulder, it was already bleeding, the bandage was soaked with my blood.

"Emir, they're hurting me," I complain while sobbing with my cold looking husband who is waiting in the car.

"Release her," he ordered and stepped closer to me, my throat was already hurting, I swallowed and bit my lower lip to prevent myself from crying and looked down.

"Hope," he says my name and about to reach me but I nudge his hands, I heard him sighed.

I can't stand near him and so I pushed him hard and ran. The guards were shocked but too late to stop me, and again they were chasing me behind. I ran as fast as I could, I don't want to be with the person who is sleeping with the other woman's side. I hate him.

My adrenaline is rushing through my senses, I didn't look back and just kept on running forward until I heard a loud bang and that made me feel like floating in nowhere. I see my husband smiling sweetly at me, looking like an angel as if he is not the devil I used to know. I called and tried reaching him but he turned and walked away, leaving me alone letting the darkness surround me.