Unfaithful: Web Of Betrayal

When she realized the plan to do the IVF treatment wasn’t purely because Declan wanted to start a family again, she was furious. She had to keep her cool at her mother-in-law’s house but her insides were burning.

She drank her wine like water. A bad habit she can’t seem to put away because it calms her down. Being married to Declan’s entire family never crossed her mind when she said ‘yes’ to his proposal. But in reality, she was married to all of them.

What they think, their plans, their fake ‘togetherness’, all for one and one for all bullshit. Their incessant meddling in her domestic and even personal affairs was intolerable. It was one of the reasons why she insisted to get out of Mimi’s house if Declan wanted to have children.

She used to live under Her Majesty’s roof when they first got married because Mimi didn’t want to live by herself in that enormous home, and Declan was her favorite son. It was depressing to say the least, even in a house where they can get lost inside it, Olivia couldn’t stand to be consistently bullied and pushed by Mimi and not to mention all the other members of the family who thought she was going to kiss her mother in law’s ass to get the biggest portion of her inheritance.

It was a nightmare even from the very beginning. Followed by the miscarriages, and Declan’s affair, it was an endless torture, and now this. Just when she thought she had finally got her life back on track.

“Forget it … I’m not gonna let some doctors screw around with my uterus for the sake of your inheritance! If your mom and your whole conceited family think you are not worthy of your own rights in the family … maybe you should hire a lawyer and sue them!” she couldn’t hold it back when they got home.

“You know, I would’ve done that a long time ago if I thought that would work … what can we possibly gain from that? If anything, we’d be screwed by the lawyers … and whose money do you think my family would be spending on their lawyers?” Declan was at the end of his wits.

“We? You mean you? You know very well I don’t want to have anything to do with your family’s money … I know they think I do, and I’m not gonna give them the pleasure to be right,” she took off her shoes and threw them to the corner of their bedroom. “Why do you have to care about it anyway? You make enough money as it is … you don’t really need her inheritance.”

“No, but I deserve it, don’t you think? I worked my ass off for everyone! They’re living off of what I make in the companies … they should be asking me for their money, not the other way around,” his voice was raised.

“Then why are you insisting it on me? Why can’t you tell their faces what you just told me? Why do I have to be the one to work things out for you?” she shot him a look.

Declan looked at her in confusion, how does she not understand? “Why? Because you’re my wife! We’re talking about OUR rights not just mine! And we do want to have kids … it’s what we want … it’s just not happening for us yet, that’s why I think this is the right time to try again.”

“For an inheritance? Is that how you want to start this family? To have a child because you want to be entitled to your mom’s inheritance? Which is not supposed to be an inheritance in the first place? Because it’s actually YOUR money? What the hell, Declan? You want me to go through hell because of that?” she raised her hand.

“I want to start a family because it’s what we want, Livy, … it’s what we’ve always wanted … ”

“Not anymore,” her lips trembled when she said it.

Declan’s eyes widened, “What?”

“I don’t want it anymore, my life is fine without it,” her stomach turned, her teeth clenched.

Declan furrowed his brows, “What are you talking about? You’ve always wanted children … what … what made you say that?”

“I don’t want them anymore … not with you,” her heart throbbing fast, she didn’t know what to expect from him after she said it.

“What?” he grimaced. He was silent for a moment. He looked down at the floor and put his hands on his waist.

She could hear his heavy breaths. She had surprised herself with what she said, and she couldn’t take it back.

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” he looked at her in fury.

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“What the hell did you mean by that Olivia?” he held both her arms and shook her.

The fire in his eyes scared her. She couldn’t say a word.

“Is there someone else you want to have children with? Is that what you’re saying?”

She froze. She didn’t realize he would take it that way. “No … ” her voice was almost inaudible.

“Then what did you mean? What made you say such a thing?” he shouted.

“I … I don’t know …”

“Of course you do! No one would say something like that without a reason … tell me, God damn it! Say it again! You don’t want to have kids with me? With me?”

He was shaking her so hard she recoiled from him.

“Stop it!”

“What the hell, Livy? After all that we’ve been through … how could you say something like that?”

She pressed her lips together, something ached in her when he said that. If only he knew what she had done.

“Please … Declan … don’t make me do it … this is not how I want to start a family … not like this … I can’t …”

“You can’t?” he screamed, “You won’t! You just said it … why? Because of what I did?” his was torn. “Have I not made up for that somehow?”

She turned away, she couldn’t look at him or she would burst out crying. She was not the innocent party anymore, and she didn’t want to feel that guilt looking at him.

He let out a long exhale and rubbed his face with both hands. He wanted to scream at her for turning this into an impossible problem to solve. But he held it in. It was his fault, he thought. No matter how hard he had tried, he couldn’t really fix it.

“I need to clear my head,” he took his jacket from the floor, “Don’t wait up.”

She heard his footsteps walking away from her, out the door, and down the stairs. She finally let out her breath. The knot in her stomach loosened. She broke down on the bed. It was the hardest thing she ever said to him because it was the truth. It’s been buried inside her all these years, she tried to pretend it wasn’t even there.

There was a huge weight taken off of her, but at the same time, she was carrying a new burden. She was hurting Declan … more than he could imagine.