The Devil's Rebirth

CHAPTER 5. Lying Devil

HOPE'S POV

"Because you always go against me, I told you not to go anywhere without Lionel but you sneaked out and even turned off your phone." Emir reasoned and gulped his beer.

"But locking me up in this room is not love, you're always so harsh on me," I mumbled while munching my second wing.

"I am your wife, you should treat me nice," I added and started sobbing.

"Aren't I? You are just being so defiant and that made me cruel." He still argued.

Even though we are talking in a calm way now, it doesn't change the fact that our relationship is a mess. I can't live with a person who is as arrogant as him anymore, I am so tired of him. At first, I used to believe that he would change. I did my duties as his wife and surrendered everything to him and as days passed, I even learned how to love Emir but never told him once. We are once a happily married couple but not until he saw me with Nicolo. He suddenly becomes restless and suspects me of cheating on him.

Nicolo is just a friend of mine, who cares about me. A common friend introduced him to me. She was Jessica who is working as Emir's secretary. He is so nice and even offered me a position in his own company. Unfortunately, when Emir learned about it he bought Nicolo's company for I don't know how and why he did it, but it really made Nicolo hate him as well. After that, he gave me options, to stay in the company or he will get rid of Nicolo instead. I left my job, but Nicolo keeps on helping me to find another one, referring me to another company. But Emir is always on the way, everywhere I go. Jessica also once told me that her boss calls her personally just to ask about me and if she tries to lie he will get her fire and will provide a bad reputation under her name so that no one will accept her, but I don't see any reason why. I'm just an ordinary person who just wanted to have a decent job to send my younger brother to university and for my father to rest from working two jobs just to provide for us. While he has everything, there's a lot of beautiful girls after him.

One day there was a knock on the door of our house and when I opened it, I saw him standing with a wicked smile. I suddenly felt anxious at that very moment, worried about the reason that brought him.

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"Good morning Hope," he greeted, still wearing the wicked smile on his face.

"Umm, Mr. Villafranco? Wa. What are you doing here?" I asked, terrified.

"I'm here to pick you up." He casually said.

"What? Why?" I asked, horrified, but his expression suddenly changed.

"Don't make me wait in this slumped place of yours, my dear. Come on, I have something to discuss with you." He arrogantly said to my face.

"Mr. Villafranco, it is you who come here without any permission so bear with it, and also, I am not coming with you anywhere," I said with annoyance when suddenly my father came out.

"Hope, what's going on, who is it?" He asked and saw Emir standing on the door.

"Good morning sir, my name is Emir Villafranco, I am your daughter's boyfriend and if you don't mind, I would like to ask permission to take Hope somewhere today." He promptly told my father.

"What!?" My eyes widened at his statement and were dumbfounded.

"What!? You didn't tell me that you have a boyfriend." My shocked father asked me.

"Dad,"

"I'm sorry sir. It's all my fault, we didn't mean to hide this to you." He abruptly stopped me and continued his lies, he even held my hand, I haven't got the chance to avoid it because I was currently looking at my father. I tried pulling my hand off him but he only grips it tighter.

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"Why did you sneak out to meet with him?" He suddenly asked.

"Wo. Who?" I asked, stammering.

"Don't you dare to make an excuse sweetheart, I know you meet with Nicolo. Tell me, why?" He asked, looking sharply into my eyes.

I suddenly felt frightened, I know I did a wrong move but I will not be going to tell him anything.

"How can I ask your permission when I know you will only turn me down if I did." I reasoned and gulped the beer to relax my system.

"You didn't answer my question. Why?" He hissed and asked again.

I swallowed, trying to think of an excuse.

"I'm sorry." Is the only word that came out of my mouth while looking down.

"Are you really testing patience, huh!?" He became furious again with his eyes glaring at me.

"You are my wife and I don't want any other man near you!" He added while gripping my arm, his veins become visible and his eyes become dark.

"Emir, let go of me! we just had a talk" I manage to say while my body is shaking nervously.

"Talk? What talk!? I am going to kill that man Hope, I swear, I'll kill him." He said with a husky voice with his jaw clenched in anger.

"Why don't you kill me instead? Since I am already living in hell, go, and just kill me. Why do you always have to threaten my friends and family? Why do you always have to be so cruel?" I yelled at him and started sobbing but then he hugged me.

I always told myself before that one day, he will change and will love me for real but my hope is starting to fade, little by little.

I didn't know for how long I cried until sleep embraced me and when I opened my eyes I was already lying down on the bed, with my husband's arm around my waist and his face on my neck. I slowly turned and moved down to level his face, his mouth also slightly opened. I just smiled looking at him, you will never know that this man is the very arrogant and cruel Emir when you look at him sleeping like this. Especially when we make love, he is always so gentle like I am the most fragile thing in the world, but that was only after our first night which I felt pain. Far from being rough when he is upset.

I once wished to have a child with him, I thought that it might help him to be good and pleasant, but every time he shows his dark side. I suddenly decided not to, I am afraid of what might happen to our child if he can't control himself, also I'm doubtful thinking what if he doesn't really love me and love someone else?

I gently start tracing his handsome features with my index finger, on his thick eyebrows down to his nose and lips. I swallowed, staring at it, making me realize that we have never been an ordinary couple since the beginning. Our marriage only happens because he donated his other kidney to my father, that's how I owe him my father's life and force me to marry him as my payment.

If only we met in different circumstances, I'm sure we are living a happy life.

"What are you doing, my cheater wife?" I quickly pulled out, withdrawing my fingers in shock, when he suddenly opened his eyes.

And my heart tightens with his words and looks at him with blurry eyes.

"I'm not," I whispered and quickly got out of the bed and went inside the bathroom. There, I locked myself and cried my heart out.