Chapter 33 Wounded

Ares found his pride wounded and his ego humiliated. This did not come easy to him and he felt disgraced. The humiliation was too much for him to bear. The man was arrogant. Something that came easily to someone with as much prowess and money as he himself had. He had believed he was unbeatable. As if no one could ever deceive him. Lenora proved him wrong. His wife often did that. Married only by name but it wasn’t a shock that she had treated him in such a manner. He was just surprised that he fell for it. The issue laid with him.  Maybe Sres Levine had grown too soft. It would certainly never happen again. Lenora stopped her struggles. Her limbs went lax as she took in deep breaths. Laying back in the confines of her chair, she stared absently at the blank wall in front of her. Lenora Levine felt defeated. The entire world was against her. This merely solidified it. Her struggles were getting too much for her to bear. Everything she had strived for was all in vain. It was al