Chapter 94 - Hidden Motive (1/2)
I was overwhelmed by the new discovery of the past. All these stories were buried deep into his heart. This family is more complex that it looks.
” You know, Theo, back in those days, I was a carefree guy. I did all sorts of things. I used to spend every night at the bar. Hooking up with women, drinking and spending my money thoughtlessly on everything. A spoiled arrogant brat, that's what I was.
Things changed when I got married. I also had an arrange marriage which didn't made me happy at that time. But I tried to work this relationship.
Soon Stella was born. I was very happy to see me first child. She was so adorable and so tiny. My hands were shaking when I held her in my arms. She was just the exact copy of me. As much it made me happy, my father was displeased.
He wanted me to have a son so that our company will have a new heir. It didn't bothered me that much but when Neil was born I decided to raise him properly as the next heir of the company. I didn't even realised that I had stopped spending time with my daughter. The distance started to grow from that day. ” His agonising face kept gazing at the sky.
” I had struggled a lot to maintain the reputation of my company. Just when I gripped the soil of success, a new calamity knocked on my door. My friend betrayed me which caused me a fortune. I lost a good amount of money thanks to him. I wasn't really upset for the money but loosing my friend gave me more damage.”
” That must have been tough.” I said with sympathy.
” It was. He was a very close friend of mine. Can't believe he preferred the money over me. Anyway, after that incident I became very depressed. My relationship with my wife wasn't going well.
We always had some sort of disconnection. I was really fed up with my life. I desperately needed someone to talk so, I started to see someone.
I did my best sustaining my two lives. It was going good until Stella found out. That day, when she asked me about my affair, I can't explain how humiliating it was for me. It felt like I did the worst crime of my life. I couldn't even look at her.” A little drop of tear fell down his cheeks. It took me by surprise to see him in this state. His gaze was fixed on the enormous sky, hiding his expression from me. ” Human heart breaks but you can't hear the sound of it. Isn't that strange?” His face contained the regrets of the past and they begged for forgiveness.
” Does your wife know about your affair?”
” Yes.” He sighed.
” I'm surprised that she didn't asked for divorce. Most other girls would have picked that option.” It might be rude but I spoke the absolute truth.
” No matter how many problems we had, she never asked for divorce and nor did I. We both knew that getting a divorce will affect our children. They'll have to live separately. But she would have a chance to find someone better than me. She could have started her life again. Yet she didn't. Although I always pleaded her to stay. Maybe she felt sympathy for me and decided to spend rest of her life with a piece of shit like me. I'm the one to be blamed. I couldn't be a good husband or a good father.”