chapter 1
1. The Beginning Of An End
Amelia's Pov
I stood at the front door watching the man I loved bring another woman into the place I had called my home for three years. I had seen her before, she was a new model. My hands trembled in anger as the door slammed shut behind me. I felt the tears threatening to spill but held them back, I needed to leave before he saw me but I knew I couldn't just leave without cutting all ties with him.
So I walked to the guest room picking up pieces of my broken heart and my self respect determined to leave the man I had loved for 7 years because I finally realised that I was nothing more than a piece of furniture in his house ,a hole to f**k when he wanted to and a sandbag to punch when something went wrong, a punching bag, a toy.
I packed my things into a duffle bag, and called my lawyer asking him to draft a divorce agreement. I took one last look at the place that had been my home for the past 3 years and felt a lone tear escape from my eyes.
I was crying for my broken heart , my trampled respect and above all the baby in my womb about whom I had found out only earlier this morning. I couldn't tell Jaden because he would want me to abort the baby, because to him I was not eligible to carry his baby.
I had put up with Jaden's animalistic behaviour for three years but I'd be damned if I let my baby suffer ,not after he had cheated upon me, because if there was one thing I was incapable of tolerating was indefinitely. I could take his beating,his harsh words, him treating me worse than his servant. I could put up with the inhumane treatment of his family but I could not see him with another woman.
All my love for Jaden had disappeared filling me with only rage and thoughts or revenge. He would regret not treating me like the queen I was, I would make sure of that. I would destroy him and his family. I would take his company down.
The next morning I came down with my luggage which was just one duffle bag because I had nothing in his house to call mine, and threw the divorce person, I had signed ,in front of him demanding him to sign the papers.
His shocked expression was so satisfying I wanted to take a picture and frame it.
" Ammie what's going on? Why do you have your luggage? And what is this paper? " He asked, his expression showing he was confused and a little bit angry.
My name is Amelia. You lost the right to call me A"mmie the moment you decided to cheat on me. Jaden He, for three years you have treated me worse than an animal to be at your beck and call and I tolerated everything because I loved you but you have crossed the line today by bringing in another woman into my home." I said enunciating every word slowly as tears threatened to fall from my eyes.
He had a dumbfounded expression on his face because he probably never expected to see me stand up for myself.
"You are asking me for a divorce?" He said mockingly as if I had cracked a joke and laughed out loud.
"Do you really think you can survive on your own without my protection?" He asked standing dangerously close to me.
"Yes ,I think I'll manage fine on my own " I said looking into his eyes. Yesterday I would not have had the courage but today was different. I had lost all the love I had for him. He has destroyed it with his own hand.
"And you think I will just allow it?" He said, his eyes showing his rage.
"Yes, because you don't love me, you never did but I was a fool to think I could change that" I said smiling depreciatingly .
"What did you say?" He shouted grabbing me by the neck and slamming me into the wall, his eyes were red and his face showed his rage.
"You are just a hole for me to f**k and a hole can't talk back. Now quit your drama and prepare breakfast for me and Evana" he said moving towards the breakfast table.
Only then did I notice there was another person in the room.
"I am not your servant, Mr. He , if you want breakfast prepared ask your mistress to do it for you", I said as a matter of fact.
Jaden not used to seeing me talk back stood dead in his track unable to believe his ears.
"Jaden, I have had enough of being humiliated at your hands and being treated like a servant by your friends and family. I can't do this anymore, Please let me go" I said almost choking on my voice.
"You say you love me but you can't wait to get away from me" he mocked at me
"I did , I loved you Jaden, with everything in my heart ,but now I don't. You destroyed that love with your own hands and now I can't live another day with you. So please let me go. If you ever loved me even for a fraction of a second,let me go because if I spend another minute here I'll start hating you", I said almost breaking down.
"And what makes you think you have the right to leave?" He asked, his voice cold.
" Because I am not your possession. I am not an object you can use and discard" I said glaring at him.
" You do realise you wouldn't be getting a penny from me" he said trying to threaten me with his wealth but little did he know his money was not what I wanted, I wanted his heart and it clearly belonged to someone else.
I couldn't help but smirk a little at his thoughts " he really thinks I married him for his money"
" I know and I don't care for your money", I said as I bent down to pick up the divorce papers he has thrown on the floor.
"Are you sure you want this divorce? You will lose all rights as the young mistress of He family " He asked again
" Like I had any" I said
"Please sign the papers,Mr.He", I said producing the agreement once again.
Jaden spared one glance at me and signed the papers. "I hope you don't regret this", he said as he signed his name across the paper.
I watched him sign and recalled the day we had signed our marriage certificate. He had the same indifferent approach back then too.
"There's nothing I regret more than marrying you" I said and picked up my luggage to leave.
I took out my phone and dialled the one person who had always be there for me no matter what happened.
Jaden's Pov.
I watched as Amelia stepped into the limousine removing herself from my life.
"Amelia" I shouted but she ignored me.
I stood there, watching the limousine and the other cars drive away from the compound and out of my sight.
I was still in shock because the Amelia who was sitting in the car and the Amelia I had known for three years were completely different people
How had she changed so much? What happened? Was it because I didn't spend time with her? How had she changed so much? How did she have the courage to leave me?
My thoughts were disturbed when I felt an arm snake around my waist.
Babe, why did she leave?" Evana asked, her voice sounding innocent.
I had brought her home yesterday, after she had spent a night in my room at the hotel.
" I don't know" I said looking at the limousine that my now ex- wife sat in.
I could feel that the answer had displeased her but I couldn't care less.
"She's gone. Now we can be together" she said, her voice was filled with happiness and excitement.
Find out the identity of the people who appeared in front of my villa just now and their relationship with Amelia" I called and instructed my secretary.
An hour later, I sat in my chair in my office as my secretary told me what he had found. "I'm sorry sir I couldn't find any information about them or their relationship with your ex-wife, but what I found interesting is that there is no record of your ex-wife anymore. It's as if she had vanished into thin air", Nate reported honestly .
" How is that possible? How could there be no record of her?" I asked, surprised
" It seems someone deliberately wiped out her information. It's as if Amelia never existed ", Nate said
" Do you have a photo of her that I could use to find out information about her?", Nate asked and I realized we didn't really have any pictures of her, even the marriage certificate was for namesake only, and we hadn't gotten a photo clicked."
I shook my head and asked him to leave.
he left but not before expressing his thoughts.
"I hate to say this Boss but it's good she left. If not she'd be dead" Nate replied as he walked out
" what happened? Why did she ask for a divorce? Why now after 3 years of marriage" I said to myself and realised how wrong I was.
I had never treated her like my wife. She was nothing more than a hole to f**k.
"Amelia" I whispered her name but no matter how many times I called her name she was gone and she wasn't coming back.
I had lost her and she was never going to come back.
