Unfaithful: Web Of Betrayal

He was the Captain of that boat. He knew it was sinking slowly but surely. The main factor had always been the absence of a child in their marriage, followed by his moment of weakness. As Captain, he did everything he could to repair the damage he’d done. He even let Olivia start her own business which he began to feel like it wasn’t the right decision. She’s drifting further away from him, and now she doesn’t even want to have children anymore. The boat was sinking faster. He knew he had to put his foot down on this, or otherwise, they might as well just kiss their marriage goodbye. They are going to try again, whether Olivia likes it or not.

She said he couldn’t possibly imagine how it felt like to have to live with what he did for the past 8 years. In his defense, she doesn’t have the faintest idea of how it feels like to have to live with the guilt of what he’d done. It haunts him from time to time. The memories lingered long after the affair was over. He could still remember how she cried and cried after their last miscarriage. She was bitter, angry, and so far down in the dark because she could not bring a child into this world. He felt helpless. There was nothing he could do to make her feel better.

She was either picking a fight or pushing him away. He was frustrated. She wasn’t the only one who had lost hope. He wanted children too. So when he turned to Sienna, it was a whole different life. She was always smiling, welcoming, and loving. All the things he couldn’t find at home. In a twisted logic, Sienna had saved their marriage too. He couldn’t have survived Olivia’s depression if it weren’t for Sienna. And that’s the guilt he had to live with every day. He couldn’t explain that to his wife, to tell her that the worst thing that had happened to her was actually a blessing in disguise.

His mother had recently been in contact with him. She told him about her plan to draft her last will and testament. Olivia has never been her favorite daughter-in-law, mainly because she couldn’t give her son an heir. Mimi had four children and Declan was the only one who does not have offspring. She told Declan that she had to consider the fact in her will, she didn’t want to leave a good portion of her wealth knowing that Olivia might end up with it without any commitment in the family, or in other words if Olivia couldn’t produce a child for Declan, she should not be entitled to the family’s fortune.

Olivia wouldn’t care about that, Declan thought. He never felt like she married him for his money. But he cared about it. He wanted to give Olivia everything she deserved, especially after what he did to her. She’d been a good wife to him, she had stood by him through thick and thin and helped him grow as a person. He realized the value she had put into his life even though there were no children between them. Most of all, Olivia stayed loyal to him when she could’ve been unfaithful at any given moment. He was a very lucky man. That’s why he feels that it’s absolutely necessary to try again with the IVF treatment.

He ripped the brown envelope he retrieved from his quick visit to the office before he went home. Another one. A new set of pictures of Sienna taking her son to school. He could feel his heartbeat in his ears. There was no note, no phone calls, nothing. Just picture after picture of Sienna living her life with her family and the occasional meet-up they had. He slammed the envelope on his study desk and threw himself back on his chair. Someone is trying to drive him out of his mind.This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - ©.