Emily made to walk out on him but Noah held her hands.
“Don't touch me. I loved you with everything in me. Why will you do this to me?”
“Do what, Emily ?”
“What annoys me most is the fact that you are lying to my face. I really want to give you a very dirty slap right now. How dare you!”
“Fine, go ahead and slap me if that will make you feel better.”
“You are hopeless, Noah. If you will keep pretending, then go ahead. All I want is your signature on that paper. I don't want anything from you. I don't need your money, assets, nothing. I'll leave the marriage the same way I came in. Just sign it and that will be all.”
“I will not sign it if you don't tell me what this whole thing is about cos it's driving me crazy!” Noah intoned.
“Fine. Since you have refused to man up, I'll tell you the problem. I know you are f**king Grace Shields. Our son was sick and I called you for help. Instead, she answered the call, moaning with pleasure as you filled her. You lied to me that you were going on a business trip but you only wanted to have a good time with your mistress!”
“Oh my goodness! What are you even saying! I'll never do a thing like that. And I know nothing about what you are saying. How can you accuse me, Emily ?”
Emily charged at him and stopped in front of him, pointing her fingers at his face and hitting his chest.
“I'm accusing you? Now, you want to turn tables? You are disgusting! You are nothing but a shameless fool. I trusted you and this is what I get? You are horrible!”
While Emily was yelling at him, Noah found her attractive. He pulled her close to him and roughly forced a kiss on her lips. The next thing he felt was a sting on his face and he could swear that he saw stars. Emily gave him a slap, pushed him and walked out on him. Noah held his burning face, and her fingers were clearly imprinted on his smooth skin. He sat on a chair and read the divorce agreement. Just as she said, she wanted nothing, not even a pin. Then, based on what she said, Noah thought and thought. He knew he had never found Grace attractive for one day. He hadn't even hugged her, talk more of sleeping with her. The thought alone disgusted him.
“So, what's she talking about? Where's she getting false information from?”
The following day, Noah decided to skip work. He was the CEO and no one questions his decision. He applied ointment on his face the previous day and did all he could to make the fingerprints go away or become as faint as possible. The reason was that he didn't want to explain to his smart and inquisitive son what happened to his handsome face. Thankfully, the measures he put in place helped a lot and Liam didn't notice. In front of Liam, Noah tried to act like everything was normal in the family while trying his best to avoid stepping on Emily 's toes. Emily didn't even give him the opportunity to explain or defend himself. No! She only returned and her attitude changed all of a sudden.
On his way back, he stopped at a coffee shop and bought a chocolate drink which Emily enjoyed so much. Now that Liam was away, he wanted to talk things over with Emily and make peace. He loved his wife and her drifting apart was eating him up. It was slowly killing him.
The breakfast that he made for her that morning still lay untouched, the way he set the table before taking Liam to school.
“Emily? You haven't had your breakfast. Why?”
In response, Emily ignored the question and said something else.
“From now, don't take my son to school anymore. He needs to stop getting attached to you since we will be leaving soon.”
“Come and eat, please.”
Emily ignored him and continued pressing her phone.
“Fine, if you will not eat, will you at least have your favourite chocolate drink? I got it for you on my way back. Please, I'm sorry. Please.”
Noah placed the drink on a fancy saucer and took it to her. He placed the saucer on the table beside her, took out the drink and held it towards her. Emily hit it off, spilling the contents on him and ruining his expensive shirt.
“What did you just do? Emily ?”
Emily sighed, stood up and walked out on him.
“Stay away from me. Sign the papers, that's all,” she shouted to him.
Noah didn't give up. He took off his shirt and got the maids to clean the floor. Later in the day, he went back into her room to have a word with her.
“Emily, please, just give me a chance to speak. I don't know what you must have heard out there, from anyone, but they are all lies. To the best of my knowledge, I don't have anything with Grace. I don't even look at her twice. You know me, We've been together for three years now and you should know I will not look at another woman, worse still, even sleep with them. You are the woman I love and you know it. I will not hurt you in anyway.”
“And you are still defending yourself when you have been bursted. I know everything and I know that you are sleeping with her. I know that the perfume I perceived from your clothes sometime ago was hers. She was the one who wrote the love letter to you, the condoms in your pocket was used to have sex with her and she was the one you went to see that night! Go ahead and make her your mistress. There's no need to hide it anymore. Divorce me so that you can marry her and have her to the fullest!”
“That's a lie. I love you Emily, and you know it. I didn't sleep with her.”
“Tell that to the dogs! If I hadn't received that picture from her, I'll still be in the dark! I'll keep believing all your apologizes.”
“What picture?”