Chapter 2 Double betrayal.

Fuck! Ryan growled and turned around, his chiselled abs and pecs glistened, hard and wet with sweat. He quickly buckled up his belt, and my sister rolled down her dress. Both were trying to hide their nakedness.

Ryan walked towards his seat and sat on it casually amidst the tensed air. He poured himself wine and gulped it down at once. My step sister, Cassie, went towards the mirror and tried to arrange her scattered hair. For the first few seconds. Both of them acted like I wasn't there.

"Why are you here?" Ryan finally spoke, without looking at me. My breath was laboured, I was speechless, I didn't know what to say, I was speechless, just standing there, panting.

"You have signed the divorce papers, right?" He said coldly, pointing at the papers I was holding. My heart writhed in pain as I watched him talk to me nonchalantly.

"Ry..an. what have I done to...deserve this... from you?" I tried to say something, but it was interrupted by my tears.

I asked him a question, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he moved his hands up and began to dishevelle his soft hair aggressively.

"Even if you wanted to do something like this, it didn't have to be my sister."

"Hehehe." Cassie's laughter echoed in the office.

"Hailey, who is your sister? And why are you trying to act pathetic now? It was obvious you were the one chasing after him then. He never liked you!"

Fury consumed me. What the hell is this prostitute saying? I was going to say aloud, but I bit down my lower lips, so tight that I was tasting my blood.

"Ryan, why aren't you saying anything. You and I know she is lying. You chased me for a good five years before i finally said yes to you, right?"

*Scoffs* Ryan scoffed before he finally looked up and spoke.

"Hailey, it seems you are finally going to hear the story I never told anyone before.

In case you don't know, I married you out of pity. You were too pathetic then, and i had no option but to marry you. But now I have gotten tired of you and I don't need you anymore. So please sign the divorce papers and get out of my life! Stop being a liability to me."

Ryan's words were like swords, coated with poisoning, piercing every part of my heart. I felt shattered and really pathetic. I would rather have the world burn down if I knew I would ever witness something like this.

I have no one but Ryan. No man has ever loved me the way he does. The only ones I see in my happy memories are my late mother and Ryan. When I was at my lowest, he was the only one there for me. His love for me has been a shelter from life storm. No man can ever be like Ryan in my life. If he leaves me, I am doomed for life.

Before I knew it, I went down on my knees, pleading.

"Ryan, please, I know I have been rude to you in the last few weeks, but I am sorry. Please forgive me. We can just talk this out. I can... always let things go." My voice broke off again, interrupted by my tears and choking.

Cassie let out a mocking laughter and rolled her eyes at me.

"Hailey, you should know I will never settle for less, I mean, why should I go back to what i have rejected? I don't need you anymore, so sign the damn papers and get out of my life!!!" He yelled. My ears couldn't believe it. My body trembled for the nth time.

Ryan never yelled at me. He would rather walk away than yell at me. More tears rolled down my face, and now that it has come to this, I really have to leave his life. There is no other option. He said he doesn't love me anymore!

I stood up from where I was kneeling, feeling numb and drained. I could see Cassie from the corner of my eyes looking at me with utter disgust. I cleaned my tears and mustered up courage.

"Fine, I will leave." I declared with determination.

"But do not forget that this company, of which you are the CEO, belongs to me, not you. So you have to vacate your position and leave with all your personal belongings!"

"Have you forgotten that you willed everything to me after we got married!" He countered calmly.

"I want my company back!" I yelled, but he didn't even flinch.

Instead, he let out a laugh and said, "In your dreams."

"Really? Then I won't sign the divorce papers until you return my company to me. And, do not think you dumped me, I did because there are better men who deserve my love and this beautiful body of mine!"

"Hailey!" Ryan roared and threw the glass of wine he was holding at me. I tried to dodge it, but it still cut a part of my neck.

"H-how dare you?" He stammered.

I moved my hands slowly and touched my neck, I was bleeding, Ryan wounded me! I screamed in my heart painfully as tears rolled down my face again.

I then looked up, and our eyes met. Strangely, the emotions in his eyes and his actions were a sharp contrast to each other. We locked eyes for a while, silently exchanging unknown words before I stood up and left his office.

In my subconscious state, my legs took me to the rooftop of the building of the company. the weight of my shattered heart threatened to consume me. Slowly, I walked and stood at the edge of the rooftop. The cool breeze whispered words into my ear, but it was too late, my painful memories flooded in.

I was just thirteen when I overheard that my father had another child and wife outside the house. Then, my mental health was at stake, and my emotional health was at stake, too. I only got comforted by my mother's love. I thought things would eventually get okay until my mother died when I was fifteen. Her death was like a void that could never be filled.

Not long after, Cassie's mother moved in. They turned me into a maid and mistreated me so badly. My father was going to send me out of the house, but my mother had transferred all her properties to me before she died, so he was definitely looking for an opportunity to take it from me.

Every day was filled with sadness until I met Ryan when I was eighteen. He was so nice to me, starting from the first day we met. We became close, and he always made me happy. He was with me at my lowest. It was as if he was an angel sent to me by my mother from heaven.

Whenever we are unhappy, we often go together to watch ballet dancers. The movement of the ballerinas whenever they danced was like a soothing melody to our souls. This is one of the happiest moments in my life.

We loved each other so much, and nothing could separate us. Everything went on smoothly as long as we're together. He fulfilled all his promises and got married to me on my birthday. That was the happiest day of my life.

Now, he doesn't want me anymore. I am now like a car without its engine. I need to end this life of mine that is filled with sorrows, when next I am coming to life, I wish for a better destiny.

I moved one of my legs, with one more move, I would be gone. I sobbed quietly with pain because I knew I was dying.

Just as I was about to take the last step, a thought struck my mind. Will I just die like this because a man I had trusted with all my heart betrayed me? I mean, he has hurt me badly. He should pay for it, right? Moreover, I only transferred twenty per cent of my mother's property to him. I still have something to fall back on.

This shouldn't be! I thought and got back to my senses. It was then I realized I was already at the edge of the rooftop, fear gripped me, and I quickly turned around.

Just as I was about to get down from the edge, a strong hand pushed me back and yelled.

"Don't you dare change your mind, bitch!"

And I fell, like a tree being cut from the bottom. I saw her hands, her face and I heard her voice. It was Cassie, my step sister. I cried as I fell. I guess I was destined to die like this, I whispered as I watched Cassie's evil face from the rooftop.

*Thud* The sound of my fall resonated in my ear as i slipped into unconsciousness. I fell on a car. it's glasses pierced my body, encircled my body, shooking every part of me deeply with the pointed part of it broken piece.

Slowly, I heaved my last breath.