I Was Never Yours - Episode 12
12-09-25 (17:36)
"Arianna open the damn door!" he shouted but I
ignored him. The banging grew louder, making my
temper increase simultaneously. Who the hell did he
think he was, standing there telling me that I was
being childish or stupid? He was the one who'd
jumped into bed with a skank while he was married
to me! Yes, the marriage was more of a mockery than
anything else but I'd thought he had more respect for
me than that.
I leaned against the wall opposite the door, staring at
it as if it might burst open any second. I flinched as the
sound of a fist hitting the door echoed throughout the
room. I could almost picture Zach standing on the other
side, a vein pulsing in his neck, cheeks flushed and the
top of his shirt left unbuttoned.
"Will you PLEASE listen to me," he insisted in a
resigned voice.
"Leave me alone!" I yelled back and was greeted by
moments of silence. I walked closer to the door until I
knew the two of us were on either side of it.
"I don't get why you're so upset, it's not like we're..."
Zach stopped mid-sentence but it was obvious what
he was implying and it weighed down on me like a
ton of bricks. He was right; we weren't actually
husband and wife so why was I reacting like this? I
paused to think about my answer, knowing my words
could easily betray me right now.
"I know we're not in a relationship but I thought you
had more class than that," I said bitterly before
throwing the door open, intending to storm right past
him. The intended effect however wasn't created, as
before I was halfway across the living room, Zach
caught my wrist and spun me around. His iron grip
unrelenting as I struggled against him.
"Let me go!" I huffed, trying to get my hand away
from him but he used his free hand to encircle my
waist, pushing me closer to him.
"Why do you care so much?" he asked in a steely
voice and I shivered at the coldness of it. He was fast
turning into the man who I had become well
acquainted with in the initial days of our marriage and
I flinched away from him. His eyes were dark, almost
barren to look at and I saw no signs of the Zach
whom I had comforted the day before.
"You could go to hell for all I care but no one gave you
the right to insult me like that. How would you feel if
you saw me in bed with another man?"
If he looked angry before then now the expression on
his face was something totally apart from rage. It was
a mixture of sadness, hurt and longing. His blue-grey
eyes clouded up as I tried to pinpoint what exactly it
was that he was feeling. His hold on me loosened but
only slightly and not enough for me to free myself.
"If that makes you happy then please feel free to bring
someone home. I won't stop you and I sure as hell
won't make such a scene," he hissed and my eyes
widened, lips parting. He looked more cruel and vicious
than I'd ever seen him before and the words coming
out of his mouth were making me want to kill him.
Was this really him and if it was then what had my
sister seen in this guy?
Finally he let me go and the suddenness of it all made
me lose my balance. I stumbled back and my legs hit
a table. After shooting me one last poisonous glance,
Zach turned his back on me and rushed downstairs,
the sound of him banging his door shut heard all the
way upstairs.
I didn't want to cry, I shouldn't be affected by what
this man did or not. Who was he to me? If I'd ever
started to consider him a friend then I was wrong. He
was selfish, arrogant and cruel and I cursed the day I
ever met him.
Being in the house was suffocating me but I had
nowhere' else to go. Going home was not an option
since my parents had it closed for renovation and were
in Italy themselves. I didn't have any friends to go to
either since I had stopped all contact with them ever
since the wedding. Showing up at their doors, looking
like I'd walked out of hell wasn't a good option. An
obvious option was screaming its name inside my
head but I ignored that too. Noah had had his fill of
Arianna drama for the day and I wasn't going to pull
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