Chapter 10

*CORA* “Stop acting as if I owe you anything!I owe you nothing.You knew it from the start!You knew that there was never going to be anything real between us.”He shot at me. “But you promised…” “I promised nothing!”He snapped. Now,I was starting to regret everything I had blurted out. It was all a spur of the moment and I wasn’t thinking before I spoke. And now it dawned on me that he never felt even the slightest bit of love for me. Taking a deep breath,I looked at him straight in the eye with the same vigor I had before. “I get it now.But you still have no right to tell me to hide our divorce and I’m not going to hide it.”I said,firmly. He rubbed my temple while holding my gaze. *********** *TRISTAN* I didn’t know what to say to her at the point. So I just stared at her and it was only then,standing inches away from her did I realize that I had not closely looked at her before. I noticed that her eyes were slightly red and swollen,and there were pink blood streaks around her eyes. Her clean and fair face did not have heavy make up,making her look a little bit haggard. As at that moment,I felt she really couldn’t be a deceitful person.I felt that my mother and Phoebe may be wrong about her. Somehow,my heart softened.”Cora,did you really…” Before I could finish my words,a voice sounded behind me. “Tristan!” Standing not far away,Phoebe waved at me from a car. I literally forgot about what I was about asking Cora or I felt it wasn’t important anymore. I walked over to Phoebe,looking over my shoulder to issue one last warning to Cora. “Do as I told you to if you do not want to see the other side of me.” A gust of wind blew,ruffling Cora’s hair and for a minute,I felt pity for her. I quickly shook my head. I shouldn’t feel anything for her. Women like her were dangerous! ************ *CORA* After the divorce,life became ordinary for me.I tried my best to relieve the sadness but I couldn’t help but feel lonely all the time. Dylan tried so many times to make me happy. “Let’s go out.I know of a very beautiful and fun place.”He suggested. His bright smile had a way of lighting up the haze in my heart. “Okay.”I agreed. It seemed like such a long time since I got a breath of fresh air. Looking at the scenery outside the car window,I no longer felt too depressed. “Thank God I agreed to go out with you.I’m feeling quite good already.”I said brightly,forcing myself to cheer up. Before we got halfway to our destination,my phone rang out. Glancing at the caller ID,I really didn’t want to pick up. But then I wondered what he had to say so I answered the call. “What is it?” My tone was cold and alienated,maybe so that no one could tell the true feelings that were now surging up in my heart. “There’s a home party today.I need you to attend it in the name of my wife.” I scoffed.”Are you kidding me?” “I am not.” “Phoebe can attend it instead…” “I want you to attend…” “Why do you keep doing this?We really shouldn’t go back and forth after divorce.” “No one is going back and forth with you.You kinda owe me so I’m making you pay for it.” “I owe you nothing.”I snapped. “Yeah,sure.Pretense should be your middle name…” “I am not…” “Trust me,you will.I noticed that your father is currently eying a land at the suburb.He has spend a lot of resources on it and you really do not want to see his efforts go down the drain.” That gave me an instant headache.”Are you seriously threatening me?” “I warned you to do as I say if you do not want to see the other side of me.” “I will…” Before I could finish that,he hung up on me. What the hell was his problem? We were finally divorced! I had given him what he wanted! Why was he still pestering me?! “That was Tristan,right?”Dylan asked me. I nodded,ruefully. “What did he want?” I leaned against the window,I really didn’t want him to mess with my father’s project. Sighing,I said to Dylan.”Just…take me home.” As soon as I said that,Dylan turned the steering wheel. He had always been so obedient to me.No matter what I said,he would always do it, considerately. ********** The so-called home party was just a way for the upper class to strengthen their connections. From the door,I could see Zayn,Tristan’s best friend. How could he be absent from such a party? He was wearing a decent suit and he looked unusually handsome.He was talking to Tristan’s cousin like a gentle. His deep eyes sometimes looked away,and sometimes were blurred,which attracted most girl. After standing at the door for a while,I forced a smile out of myself. I walked into the hall with a smile,I knew I had caught the attention of some men but I paid no mind to them. I took a glass of champagne from the tray of a waiter,and I nodded to my acquaintances with the hemline of my dress,sticking to an elegant and charming behavior. A black evening dress wrapped my delicate body,and her curvaceous figure made the evening dress slip out of a smooth curve. I felt beautiful in the dress. It was said that such people had distant relatives in the mountains.It was true that Tristan had a lot of relatives and even after three years of marriage,I still couldn’t recognize all of them. I only remembered a few close relatives I had often met. I looked around for Tristan.Wasn’t he attending this party tonight? A woman walked up to me and slurred. “I’ve seen you wear this dress before.”It was Tristan’s cousin,who was slightly drunk. She walked up to me,her posture looked somewhat frivolity under the influence of alcohol. I sighed in an almost invisible way. Tristan had given me too little time.I had no time to buy a new dress so I could only choose a normal one.I had hoped none of this high societal freaks would notice. I shot a fake smile at her and said.”You must be mistaken.” As the wife of the most powerful man in the family,even if I wore an old dress and wore it only once,the people in the family would definitely laugh at me. The cousin seemed to be thinking about it and then she shouted. “I remember you had wore it when you attend the charity dinner some time ago.” “If you’re drunk,just go home and hide your face.Stop making a fool of yourself.”A cold voice came from behind us. The lively atmosphere around us suddenly froze. The cousin seemed to be frightened,she blinked her eyes,forced back her tears and quickly hurried off. Without turning around,I knew who that was. Because even if I was trying to get over him,the sound of his voice still gives me goosebumps.