When LOVE Returns

Bitter husband visit

~Melon~

The taste of his lips on mine was magical. The way his lips lingered on me was everything I needed at the moment.For a moment , it made me forget all the problems that I had. It made me forget the fact that my own daughter had snatched my husband, who was her step father.

Just then, the appearance of someone at the door shoke me completely making my heart leap into my throat.

It was Richard!!

I froze , my knees nearly buckling at the sight of him. my chest tightened as if I was running short of air after a vigorous workout.

I stared at him. His eyes were dark with fury, They burned into me like a criminal below the courts of law.

I didn't expect anything good from him. There could not really come a good thing out of him more so after this encounter and everything that had happened recently.

“Melon!” his voice was sharp , slicing through the fog of confusion that had settled in my mind at the moment.

“What the hell is going on here ?”

I could not breathe. My hands were in fact trembling as I tried to step back and perhaps get right composure. I almost tripped over the coffee table but I was just lucky.

My mystery lover , the one whose lips I had just felt on mine , stood silently . His eyes flicking between Richard and me . The expression on his face was unreadable.

Richard glared at him sharply , if looks would kill then he would possibly be dead now.

“I can't believe this .. after everything , you are cheating on me?”

I would not believe the audacity of this man. He was a devil incarnate.

“I...it's not what it looks like!” My voice cracked . I hated the tremor in it. Every instinct screamed at me to explain , to maybe defend myself , but there was not a word I would say. How would I explain betrayal within betrayal?

Richard took a step closer to the point that I would feel the heat of his anger.

“Don't lie to me , I know exactly what I have seen!” His voice rose , sharp enough to cut through glass.

“I didn't know you would degrad yourself to such a level,’’

I opened my mouth , but once again there was not a word that escaped my mouth.

His eyes flicked to my mystery lover,“And you?”he said, his voice was icy and deliberate,“Who are you? What are you doing in my house ?”

My mystery lover straightened , his sharp blue eyes steady , unflinching.“I am here to make sure she is okay,’’ he said calm and firm.

“Leave her alone, Richard.” he added more firm now.

Richard laughed out. A harsh and bitter sound.

“Are you , okay?Have you forgotten that she is my wife ? Just because you are w*****g around with her then you own her?”

I swallowed hard , tearing stinging my eyes. I would not believe the kind of man that I had married until recently. I couldn't for the slightest minute believe that was the man that I had considered as the love of my life .

“Richar...I- ” I started but I couldn't go any further.

“You what? ” he cut me off his hands balling into fists at his sides .

“You cheat on me and now you think I will forgive you? No , Melon.No! You are going to pay for this . You hear me ?”

I couldn't believe him..The weight of his words pressed down on me . He was blaming me for everything that he had done? I knew I wrong but he was the one who initiated everything.

He cheated on me with my own daughter. He had even gone further to send divorce papers . What more did he want from me?

His gaze moved back at me , sharp as a knife “I have already contacted my lawyer. This little scene will be proof against you . I will take everything from you.”

I wanted to throw myself at him and beg him not to do all that but I didn't do it.My life was unravelling faster than I could even comprehend.

My lover stepped closer, placing a steadying hand on my arm, “Melon, breathe. He can't scare you into inaction.’’

I shook my head wishing everything could finally come to pass in the shortest time possible.

“He can...and he will. He will take everything...he will take it if he wants.” I muttered. I knew what Richard was capable of doing now.

Richard's smirk twisted into something darker and crueler.

“Oh , I don't have to want it. I will have it . You just made it easier for me .”

I sank into the couch as he left the house, slamming the door with a finality that made the door tremble.The silence that. followed was deafening .

My hands were trembling . My whole body seemed strange and foreign to me. It seemed like I did not own it any more. More like it was possessed with something very strange.

My mystery lover knelt down beside me , his hand firm but gentle on mine,

“He is serious,” he said quietly.“This is not just anger...he calculated every move.” he added and then stood up turning away from me.

“You don't have to worry, I promise I am going to protect you with everything I have in me.”

It was my first time saying him , but the way he said those words gave me an assurance and believed him completely. I believed he was going t protect me .

However, I had a question lingering in my head...Who was this mystery man and how did he know me?