Loving The Heartless Man

Chapter 20

Elara Pov

I was planning to let go of what Hannah did to me at the party, but when I heard from her own mouth that she sent those two reporters to embarrass me, my blood immediately boiled. Especially since the two laughed as if they were enjoying what happened. They didn't know that I was greatly affected by what Hannah did. I don't know if Hannah knows about my social phobia and that's why she did it. But whether she knows it or not I can't let this pass.

When they were close behind me, I suddenly turned to them. I caught the surprise on their faces when they saw me. It seemed they didn't recognize me because I had my back turned, so their mouths had no brakes in speaking all sorts of things against me.

"So you were the one behind those two reporters, Hannah. What did I ever do to you that makes you so angry with me? Don't you have anything better to do in your life than to meddle in other people's lives?" I asked her firmly. I still tried to remain calm even though I really wanted to shove her into the cement. Their way of laughing was annoying. It was infuriating.

"Oh, it's you. You haven't gone home yet," said Hannah when she saw me. At first, she was surprised but quickly recovered from the shock. "You're asking what your fault is with me? Isn't it your fault for seducing Alexander to marry you? And I will never accept that you took him away from me."

"I took him away from you?" I slightly smirked at her. "You must be dreaming, Hannah. As far as I know, Alexander was single when I married him. And you never had a relationship, so there was no stealing involved."

I hadn't had an update on Alexander's life for a long time, so I didn't know if there was anything between the two of them. I just based it on what Alexander's mother told me, that her son suddenly lost interest in dating women after he and his ex-girlfriend Isabelle broke up. So I thought that Hannah and Alexander never had a relationship. It was just one-sided love between the two of them. Like me before. One-sided love too, which is why I was deeply hurt by what happened.

"How dare you say that to me!" Hannah said angrily. In her anger, she pushed me hard. I lost my balance and fell onto the floor. I got hurt and saw that one of my arms was red and scratched, but I didn't complain in front of the two women because they would surely be more pleased, especially Hannah if she saw that I was hurt. "You have no right to speak to me like that, Elara. If you hadn't shown up in Alexander's life, he would have married me and not you."

I stood up from where I had fallen and without a word, I approached Hannah and slapped her hard. She probably thought I didn't know how to fight back.

"That slap is to wake you up to reality," I told her firmly. For now, it's unlikely they will have a relationship because Alexander and I are still married. But after our divorce, I don't care if he marries her.

"Elara!" a man's voice called out to me loudly. When I turned around, I saw Alexander walking towards me with a dark expression on his face. "What are you doing, Elara? Why did you suddenly slap Hannah even though she wasn't doing anything wrong to you?" he asked me through gritted teeth.

"Don't be mad at her, Alexander. I have wronged her. I accidentally spilled wine on her shoulder while she was walking earlier, so she was angry at me. But I didn't mean to do it and I already apologized to her earlier. She accepted my apology, but when we met here outside, she suddenly approached me and slapped me because she said she was embarrassed at the party," Hannah reported to Alexander, full of lies. She even acted pitifully while holding the part of her face that was hit by my slap.

Alexander's face darkened further upon hearing what Hannah said. He angrily grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him. "Is there no bit of kindness in your heart, Elara? Why is it that all you can do is pretend?"

I couldn't help but wince because not only was his grip on my arm tight, but he was also holding the part where I got scratched when I fell on the floor earlier. But I didn't complain. Alexander would just think I was acting in front of him.

"Because that's all your eyes see, Alexander. Because you're blind." I couldn't help but add to the anger I felt towards him. I was the one who got hurt and humiliated, yet I was the one who appeared bad in his eyes.

"Elara!" Sam called my name after getting out of his car that stopped in front of us. When he got close to us, he immediately pulled me away from Alexander. "Is that how you treat your wife, Mr. Reed?" Sam angrily scolded Alexander.

"Don't interfere because this has nothing to do with you, Dr. De Dios," Alexander said to Sam through gritted teeth.

Instead of responding to what Alexander said, Sam pulled me and put me in his car. I was grateful that he arrived so I could get away from Hannah and Alexander, especially since the commotion had already caught people's attention.

When Sam got me into his car, he approached Alexander again and whispered something. I didn't hear what he said in the end, but I clearly saw Alexander clenching his fists, so I think Sam said something unpleasant to him. I felt worried that Alexander might punch Sam, but fortunately, that didn't happen. Sam returned to the car without receiving a strong punch from my husband.

"What did you whisper to Alexander that made him seem angry with you?" I asked when Sam got into the car.

"Nothing important," he quickly replied with a shrug. Then he immediately drove his car away. "Are you hurt? Did that man hurt you?" he asked me later when he noticed my red and scratched arm, which Alexander had gripped tightly earlier.

"I'm okay," I answered weakly. I leaned my back against the chair and closed my eyes. Alexander's angry face from earlier came to mind.

From what happened earlier, his prejudice against me surely worsened. He's such an unfair person. He didn't even ask what happened before he sided with that woman. I don't know why, but it hurts me to see him siding with another woman instead of me.

When his mother visited us before, I had decided to seduce him so something would happen between us and I could get pregnant before we divorced, so I could give his mother a grandchild. But now I've changed my mind again. I can't bear being intimate with a man who sees me as a bad woman.