The Second Chance For My Husband

Chapter 3: Disappointed

Peony was disappointed, obviously very disappointed. How could he not, the lover he had been proud of had to betray him in such a way? Peony sat in the hotel garden, she didn't want to go home at this time, because she still couldn't believe what she saw was real. All this time, he has been trying to close the door of his heart to anyone who comes just to stop by. But, today, Peony regretted not letting anyone else in just to say hello. Why does it hurt so much, he thought to himself.

Peony's phone ringing stopped her crying for hours? He glanced at his cell phone, but didn't want to answer it after realizing that the call was from Arion. He snorted and turned off his phone immediately. Arion, who was on the other side, wondered why Peony didn't pick up his phone and immediately called Peony again, but there was no answer whatsoever, because Peony had turned off her cell phone. Arion finally called his assistant, asking if Peony was with him. Because, since last night's wedding, the woman has disappeared erratically.

“Hello,” Drake, his assistant, answered his call immediately.

“Do you know where Peony is? My wife isn't at the hotel, Drake,” he said in a panicked voice.

“Maybe the madam has come home, sir,” Drake replied.

“But why didn't you tell me? He was never like this.” Arion growled under his breath.

“I'll look for it at Master's house,” Drake answered directly because he didn't want Arion to be angry. Because, when Arion was angry, he was quite terrible, even though the man rarely spoke with his mouth, more to code with body language.

“Hurry, I want a definite result Drake. Don't let him why+why.”

“Okay sir, I'll look for her,” Drake replied from the other side, trying not to sound panicked.

Arion immediately cut off their phone call, he ruffled his hair and sighed, trying to neutralize his quite crazy heartbeat. He couldn't stop thinking about how Peony had left the hotel where their wedding had taken place without even telling him.

Meanwhile, Peony returned home, she did not want Arion or anyone related to her husband to suspect her if she already knew that Arion was gay and had an affair with a man. In front of Drake's house, he was looking for Peony, who was none other than his own boss' wife, who was surprised to learn that Peony came home with a messy face like she had been crying.

“Madam,” he said trying to greet as much as possible to show respect for his boss's wife.

“Go away, don't bother me!”

“Sorry ma'am, fine. Good night.”

Drake went, but, not even a few steps before he heard the sound of a door slamming loudly. Some criminals and helpers in the house must have been shocked. Luckily, Arion's house is quite far from his neighbors because the house is huge.

Drake sighed and rubbed his chest, calling Arion to let his boss know that his wife was home.

"Hello, what's up Drake?” asked Arion on the other side with a headache.

"Madam is back sir, she is home,” he informed.

"Okay, you can go home. I'll be home in a minute.” Arion breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally breathe.

Arion wanted to return home, where Peony was already at home--their home. But Arion's phone ringing stopped him in his tracks.

“Hello?"

“Where are you?” asked someone on the other side.

"I'm at the office. Just about to get home.”

“Isn't your wedding just last night, why did you go to the office?”

"I have a little work to do, just a moment,” he explained. Though, Arion also didn't know why he had to explain.

“Okay, be careful when you get home.”

After the person on the other end hung up the phone, Arion continued walking towards the car and headed home.

Peony had just finished cleaning herself, she hadn't eaten all day and didn't know what to eat in this condition. So, with heavy steps, he cooked instant noodles, ramen was more delicious if eaten in a fragile heart like today. Peony is thinking about her future, how her life will be in the future or how she will live her life without Arion, she already intends to leave Arion. Peony has been contacting Jessica, her close friend, all this time.

"Hey newlyweds, why are you calling me at this time? You don't know what time it is because you're a newlywed, do you feel day at night?” quipped Jessica from across there.

"Hmm, I just want to know how you are,” said Peony trying to relax.

“Want to know how I am? What do you mean, you just want to make fun of me Peony, you bastard!”

Jessica seemed to growl because of Peony's words, “hey, you think I can't get a handsome man, what? Are you satisfied only with Arion, watch out for you if you are not satisfied with him, I can find you many hot men out there, Peony? How?” asked Jessica.

Peony snorted. “You never really change, Jes,” chuckled Peony, trying to keep her voice down.

“What's wrong? How come you call at this time of night?”

“Nothing, I just want to hear your voice,” Peony said to Jessica.

“Oh, come on, Peony… You can't lie to me. What's wrong?” she asked again.

Peony seemed to exhale slowly, so as not to be suspected by Jessica.

“I wanted to ask you,” she said.

“What is it? Work problems? Or Arion?” she asked.

“Both, but this makes me a little dizzy actually,” said Peony.

“What's that?” asked Jessica again.

“Do you think a woman has female friends differently than a man who has male friends too?” asked Peony, making Jessica frown on the other side.

“What's different, it's the same. Like you and me, Peony, men can also have male friends. But, is this an issue in your household? Arion, friends with Drake, are his assistants, right? Then what's the problem?” Jessica asked successively, as if it was normal for her.

“Is that so? Maybe I'm the one who got the wrong idea,” said Peony, trying to calm down for a moment. Not because of Jessica's words, but because she tried so that no one would know that she already knew that Arion was having an affair. She would try to find a way to get Arion to confess, or get away from him.

“Yes, then what is it?” asked Jessica again.

“Nothing, oh yeah it's late. Tomorrow again, Jes, looks like Arion will come home?” She said, then cut the call.

Even Jessica might be confused on the other side. But, Peony tried to be as calm as possible, she would rather not make anyone suspicious prematurely.

The sound of a car was heard in front of her house, Peony knew that Arion had come home. He immediately cleaned up his food and turned off all the lights and entered the room. Peony didn't want to share a room or bed with Arion, but she didn't have a clear reason to say that yet. He quickly climbed into bed and covered himself, so it wouldn't be too obvious that he was pretending to be asleep. There was the sound of the door opening, and Arion was already in the room. Peony thought, the man walked fast enough that it took less than ten minutes to arrive at their room on the second floor, which was quite far from the gate because their house was also huge.

“Peony, where have you been?” Arion sighed, turning on the light because the house felt suffocating in the dark without a bit of light.

But Peony did not answer, and Arion saw that his wife was curled up in bed. Peony, who is pretending to be asleep, tries to steady her breathing regularly to appear to be sleeping for real.

“Peony, are you asleep?” asked Arion disappointed.

He saw Peony's condition, it was not as messy as Drake said earlier. His wife looked like a mess with swollen eyes and a crying face. However, Arion could no longer see except for a slight swelling in the eye area. Arion tried to hold back his irritation and disappointment because Peony was already asleep.

Immediately he walked out, he wanted to take a shower to clean himself. Arion wanted to take a shower in another bathroom instead. It could be, Peony woke up and wasn't comfortable seeing herself in the room half naked with a towel. Moreover, Arion used to sleep undressed. At least she was worry-free enough now that Peony was home.

After Arion left, Peony got out of her blanket and started crying again. He couldn't understand why this had happened to him. Arion, whom she has always considered, is the ideal man and also the best future husband, a well-known CEO and also a successful businessman. All her friends are jealous of her, and also want to get a husband like the handsome Arion, why should Peony accept all of this? Why did he have to know the other side of Arion lately? Why didn't he talk about himself all this time? But, if you think about it, Peony really doesn't know much about Arion.

I don't know whether Arion knows a lot about himself or is trying to find out, I don't know. But he seemed to be small because he never knew Arion's real life apart from he loved this man, his good looks, kindness and also his wealth. Oh, it is clear that Arion's wealth must be loved by him. Every woman of this century, must love wealth. Although, that doesn't mean Peony is a materialistic person. No, she's just trying to be realistic. Because Peony also has a job, so don't expect too much from Arion.