My Heartless Husband (Book 1 Heartless series)

Memories..

Sarah forced open her eyes trying to ward off more thoughts about Anthony. She gritted her teeth and balled her fist digging her nails in her palm. For the first time she felt a sense of regret, remembering her memories with Anthony. 

"Sarah, don’t mistake this as love. It was my weak moment. May be I should have controlled myself from touching you".  These were Anthony's words after their first session of love making.

"Don't say that ever, Anthony. I would never regret this beautiful moment I shared with you. I won't regret it repeating again either" Sarah replied placing a soft kiss on Anthony's lips, in the hope that soon Anthony would accept his love for her.

Sarah thought to herself "Anthony had always been right and true to his words. For him our relationship was nothing but a casual one. I was nothing but an object on which he vented out his emotions."

 Hot tears rolled down her cheeks as she cursed herself "You are such a spineless b***h, Sarah. It was all bloody clear to you yet you insisted on marrying him. You deserve this. It’s your entire fault to have hoped for love in the wrong place."

The plane was hit by turbulence but that turbulence was nothing compared to the one which Sarah was emotionally fighting with. She sat unaffected by the constant thundering in the sky. "What worse can a bad weather do to an already broken life" she thought as she looked out at the lightening sky.

Soon the plane landed on the city of Newark. As she came out of the airport, she was worried about the questions that were awaiting her at Cape May.

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Max woke up with a thud and found himself on the floor of Anthony's living room. He scratched his head trying to remember the previous day's activities. First he felt pity for Anthony then he felt pity for himself as he remembered Rihana's warning. He started to worry about how to manage his as well as Anthony's situation, when is phone started to ring. Rubbing his eyes and yawning, Max picked up his cell. His eyes widened as he saw his wife's name on the caller id.

Swallowing hard he straightened himself and answered before listening to what Rihana has to say "Hello baby. Let me just check on Anthony first before coming home. I will be home soon. You don't have to cancel your vacation." He crossed his fingers wondering what Rihana would say.

To his surprise, Max heard Rihana chuckle from the other end. "Oh my poor baby" Rihana spoke trying to control her laughter and continued "Sorry I was rude to you the other day. You don't have to rush back to me. Right now your friend needs you more than me. We will go on our honeymoon only when you are yourself. I don't just want your physical presence."

Max was shocked to listen to the softer version of Rihana. He could not believe his ears. Unable to hide his curiosity he asked her “Baby, is that really you talking? Are you playing a prank on me?"

Rihana gave out a small laugh "It's me only baby. I am not a heartless person as you think me to be. In fact I just realized it last night how lucky I am to have you as my husband. I love you baby."

As if those words worked a magic on Max, he jumped up with a sudden inflow of energy. "I love you too Rihana. I love you so much" Max said as he longed to take her in his arms.

Rihana kissed her phone and spoke in a gentle voice “Listen Max, I know you are worried about Anthony and Sarah but let Anthony find his own path to his wife. Support them but let Anthony clear his own mess. He had hurt Sarah a lot, let him understand his mistakes and win her again, this time forever. You and I are always there to support him. But he should be the one to make the effort."

Max completely agreed with his wife "Yes you are right. This jerk needed a lesson. It’s time for him to understand love now."

“I love you. Come back soon. Bye." Rihana said.

"Love you too. Can’t wait to take you in my arms. Bye" Max replied his voice filled with love.

He ascended towards Anthony's room and opened the door to find Anthony sitting in a corner leaning his head on the wall, holding Sarah's letter close to his heart. His eyes closed as he was immersed in memories of Sarah.

They met 8 years ago on the first day of their college. Anthony was sitting  on the first batch along with Max. Anthony’s good looks attracted most of the girls of his batch. They wanted to be seated next to him but one cold stare from him was enough to keep them at bay.

As their first class started, a girl disturbed the lecture from the last seat with a big yawn. The professor was furious with her and asked her to stand her and introduce herself.

“Sarah. I Am Sarah Chapman, from New Jersey. You know New Jersey, right?” the girl questioned back which made the entire class laugh. Anthony turned to look at the girl wondering how stupid someone could be.

‘Well Miss Chapman from New Jersey, you are no longer in your home town. Care to come back to reality from your dreams while classes are on?” the professor mocked at her.

“Yes Sir. You are right. I guess I need a cup of coco mint.”Sarah yawned again “I will leave you to your lecture while I make myself comfortable enough” saying that, Sarah picked up her bag ready to leave the class.

“Well Miss Chapman, sorry to disappoint you. You are going nowhere out of this class now. Please grab your things and sit in the first bench” the professor said pointing the seat next to Anthony.

Anthony cursed to himself. Sarah had not noticed Anthony all this while. As soon as her eyes felt on his handsome face her heart skipped every beat. She ignored the cold stare he was giving her and sub consciously walked towards him. She became tongue tied and no longer argued with the professor.

As soon as the class resumed, Sarah instead of paying attention to the class, drooled over Anthony which irritated him. In a cold and low voice Anthony broke her trance “Stop drooling like a love sick puppy. Haven’t you ever seen a guy before me?”

“I had but such an exotic piece never crossed my path” Sarah replied back making Anthony wonder in amusement.

Max who was sitting next to Anthony was trying to control his laughter for a long time. But as soon as he heard Sarah trying a pick up line on Anthony, he laughed out loud.

The professor lost his patience and slammed his desk. “Out the two of you” he shouted pointing to Max and Sarah. Both Max and Sarah were more than happy to get out of the class. As soon as they were out of the class, Anthony saw them laughing out loud and giving a high five to each other. Anthony realized that Max had found another mad version of himself. He smirked to himself thinking about Sarah’s antics. He too had never come across a tom boy like Sarah.

Soon Max, Sarah and Anthony became good friends. Over the years Sarah felt deeply in love with Anthony, which was not a secret to their batch mates. It was clearly evident in her eyes. Apart from Max, she was the only person with whom Anthony started to feel at ease.

Sarah married Anthony because of her love while Anthony found her the best option at that time. Now when he looked back he realized that Sarah had never been an option. She was the only one with whom he could  spend his life with. Having no experience of asking forgiveness, he felt hopeless thinking about how to get her back to him.

Some memories never leave because we find comfort in its pain.