My Husband’s Happiness Reached 100% When I Left Chapter 09

My Husband’s Happiness Reached 100% When I Left Chapter 09

Damian’s face went ashen, his voice trembling.

“Annika, it’s my fault.”

“Seven years of marriage-everyone gets tired eventually. I just made the mistake every man makes at some

point.”

“Forgive me, just this once. Please?”

“I’ll never have any contact with Brielle again. I swear it! The baby’s gone too-I sent her back to her hometown. I’m not lying to you.”

“If you just come back to me, I swear-for the rest of my life, it’s only you, Annika.”

I smiled.

“You’re right, seven years, everyone gets tired eventually. Otherwise why would there even be a phrase like

‘the seven-year itch”?”

“But is it only you who gets tired? Don’t I get tired too? Damian, I do. But why didn’t I cheat?”

“What do you mean, ‘the mistake every man makes’? What about women? Do only men get to have needs?”

“You spent three days hunting down a medium just to tell me this?”

Damian swayed slightly, then shook his head, earnest:

“No, that’s not it. I did it to win you back.”

“Fine. I’ll admit it. Cheating was wrong. I’m not making excuses anymore.”

“I admit it-I thought you’d never be able to leave this world again, so I got careless with you.”

“On top of the seven-year itch, that’s why Brielle felt new and exciting, that’s why I cheated.”

“All of that is on me. I admit it.”

“But Annika, even when I cheated, you were still the one I loved.”

“The thing about you leaving-that was a misunderstanding on my part. The second I found out Brielle was the one who leaked those videos, I deleted every last copy immediately.”

“And I cut all ties with her.”

“Isn’t that enough?”

“I know you’re angry with me right now, but being angry is one thing-don’t use leaving as a weapon to

threaten me.”

“Annika, we can have another baby. I swear to you, I will treat you right from now on.”

I laughed out loud:

“Damian, doesn’t that sound familiar to you?”

“When we first got married, and you begged me to stay-you swore the exact same thing.”

“You swore something even more dramatic, actually. You said if you ever wronged me, you’d lose everything -your family, your children, everyone-and spend the rest of your life alone.”

Damian’s face went completely white. He shot back immediately:

“But I really do love you, Annika!”

I just felt tired of it all, done with the back and forth.

“Damian, haven’t you performed enough by now?”

“You love me? You love me and you cheated? You love me and got your mistress pregnant? You destroyed our baby with your own hands? You forced me to kneel in front of your mistress and beg for forgiveness? You showed her the deepest scar of my life?”

“That’s your version of love?”

“If it is, then keep it. I don’t want it.”

Damian finally seemed to understand that I meant it.

That I really was leaving.

Not throwing a tantrum. Not threatening him.

He dropped to his knees, slapping himself across the face, first one side, then the other.

Tears fell along with each blow.

“Annika, please. Please, give me one more chance.”

“For everything we’ve had together. For the sake of the child we lost!”

“If I ever mistreat you again, you can leave, and I swear I won’t stop you!”

I smiled

“It’s exactly because of everything we’ve had, and because of that child, that I won’t give you another chance

to hurt me.”

“Damian, stop pretending. You don’t love me. You don’t love Brielle either. You love yourself.”

“Whoever can give you what you need in the moment-that’s who you love.”

“Enjoying the stability I gave you while chasing the thrill Brielle offered on the side.”

“You wanted every good thing for yourself. And you think you deserve that?”

I let out a scornful laugh.

Damian had never heard me speak so harshly before, and it broke something in him completely.

His lips trembled like he wanted to argue back, but nothing came out.

The System’s chime sounded:

“Consolidation complete. Total assets: $7,630,000.”

“Departure sequence beginning…”

This time, it was really happening.

I let out a breath of relief.