Chapter 67

"If I were you, I'd have gone insane by now," Audrey mocked. "I'd kill myself if I saw my man with another woman. His first love, of all people.” She threw the burning cigarette to the floor, stepped on it with her high heels, and confidently walked away. Meanwhile, on the second floor, Izaak pushed Este away. He wiped his lips with his sleeve as if he had been touched by something filthy, and he was disgusted by it. He ran out of patience. He had to constantly remind himself Este was a woman, so he wouldn’t physically hurt her. “I’ve tried,” he said while gritting his teeth. “I’m trying so hard to make you understand we can’t be together anymore–no–it’s not that we can’t,” he corrected himself. “I don’t want you anymore. I stopped wanting you ages ago. Don’t make me want to destroy you. If you do anything that would hurt my wife again, I will not forgive you.” “Why? Why can’t you go back to me?!” Este shouted hysterically. She grabbed his arms tightly and never let go. “You know I had