Chapter 114 - I've Made Up My Mind

Ajie quickly hovered over her before she could place her elbow on the bed and sit up. Her eyes widened as he suddenly pressed his body heavily on hers and captured her lips in a savage kiss. She wanted to scream in protest but she knew it would be futile. Ajie was driven by frustration, jealousy and anger and perhaps by the fact that he still loved her. She knew it was foolish of her to still presume and expect but somehow, there was still that place in her heart, which refused to let him go.

When his hands wandered over to her sensitive areas, she could no longer bear it. Flashes of Ajie and Jane in an intense lovemaking floated into her imagination, making her feel hurt and humiliated.She just couldn't accept the thought of him being naked and getting wild in bed with someone else. The fine hair on her skin crept up and instantly, his touch became extremely embarrassing and degrading as if he had contracted a highly contagious disease. She suddenly felt like a slut being toyed on and her ego fell headlong down the drain. She struggled to get up with all the strength she could summon and pushed him out in anger and humiliation, sending an oblivious grunt from her lips which soon turned into sobs.

"Get lost!"

Ajie chuckled derisively while watching her smoothening out her crumpled dress, her tears were racing down into her face.

"Is this how you treat a husband while you sweetly spread out your legs in complete surrender to another man?"

Allie stared unbelievingly at him, taken aback by how deep his contempt towards her. Her vision instantly darkened and her knees trembling in fury. Her face must have been flushed all over as she felt her blood rising in wrong directions, sending tingling and tightening sensations at the skin around her nape. Before Ajie could even blink, a heavy hand suddenly landed in his cheek with her shrill voice piercing in his ears.

"How dare you defile me this way? I'm never stopping you from making an excuse to stay out of this marriage. Just don't paint your dirt in my face to conceal your own despicable intentions!"

Startled, Ajie touched his check unconsciously and gave out a mocking laugh. "May I remind you that it is you who defiled our marriage, my dear wife. Of course, I know why you react this way. It's because you're imagining me in bed with Jane, isn't it?"

Allie felt that it made no sense to argue with him any further so she ignored his taunting and quickly made her way towards the door. She was already one step away to turn the knob but Ajie's strides were longer than hers, giving him the advantage of pushing the door back.

"I hope you understand now just how I felt when I saw you kissing with him, " said Ajie as he leaned his back on the door to block her way.

"I won't repeat my explanation and I don't want to argue with you anymore. Think what you like, you are entitled to your own opinion after all."

"You have no right to step back and retreat, just because you lost the argument. I demand a brave answer!"

Allie sighed before she figured out her next words. "Let's end this, Adrian. Let's stop hurting each other. Anyway, this fight is no longer necessary. We already have our separate ways."

Seeing that Ajie did not answer as he gazed at her with those hurt eyes, she continued. "By the way, thanks for those wonderful years I had with you and thanks for giving me a daughter. Thanks for taking care of her, for taking care of the responsibility which was supposedly mine."

She looked up with pleading eyes which were glistening with tears. "Now, let me go. I'm running out of time and I still have lots to prepare."

Before Ajie could make a move, Ally's phone rang, disrupting the silence which was about to engulf them. She pulled it out up from her bag and checked who the caller was. With Ajie watching her closely, she could feel his burning gaze as he read the name on the screen.

"Hayri."

Hayri did not speak but she knew it was him. She heard snifflings which soon turned into sobs."Hayri, what's wrong? Please, talk to me!"

"An unidentified gunman tried to shot him in the head but luckily, his bodyguard was quick enough to push him away and the bullet pierced his shoulder, instead."

"Where's your dad now? How is he?"

Allie was already trembling though he expected that this would happen. She knew his enemies were only waiting for the right time to execute their revenge. His decision to turn against them in becoming the state witness was a form of betrayal his enemies could never possibly forgive.

"I can't tell you as of this moment. Zheena, I'm so scared." Hayri sobbed loudly after saying this, breaking the heart of Allie, as well.

She held out her phone in her ear until his sobbing became low sniffles, totally forgetting that Ajie stood before him watching her every reaction.

"Hayri, I'm just here," said Allie as his sobs had fully ebbed down, unaware of the rising anger and jealousy in Ajie's heart.

"I know but I can't be with you now. See you later, my love."

"I'm just a call away," she answered, her thoughts drifting back to the confession she did with Mr. Dioko.

Her heart went out to him in a much greater magnitude, now that she was able to talk to him personally. She may had heard of his kindness a long time ago already but now, she was already able to testify it herself. His thoughtfulness, generosity and that greatness of his heart were even deeper than how she thought it to be.

While pondering on this, she did not know that tears were already streaming down her face, sealing up the last stretch of Ajie's temperance.

She was brought back to reality when Ajie punched the door, sending her off her feet. She gazed at him in a puzzled expression, enraging him even more.

"What's wrong with you?" she foolishly muttered.

"My goodness, Allie, is that how much you have forgotten me that you can't even feel I am hurting? Doesn't it occur to you a bit that you are breaking my heart with those tears you shed for Louise?" A loud kick at the door followed after he said this, sending fine shivers in Allie's skin.

Her heart sank further when she realized what made Ajie flare up. Yet, no matter who between the two of them, and how much both of them were hurting, that couldn't change the fact that their marriage was already broken.

"It doesn't matter anymore. Don't hurt yourself unnecessarily. Focus on your new life with Jane and do everything to be happy."

"Don't worry, now that Mr. Dioko's life is threatened, my chance to live gets slimmer. However, there is only one thing I ask from you, hand Chloe's custody over to my parents. I don't want her to become a burden in your new home."

"Why would you be so stupid to reveal yourself?" Ajie said, his teeth gritting in anger.

This made Allie laughed derisively. Did he even care? If he did, whatever it would take, he would never file the annulment.

"I'm already tired of hiding, Adrian. No one knows about the loneliness and fear I have suffered, not even you."

"I'm tired of wearing this mask and I am already so guilty in fooling everyone around. I've made up my mind and I'm ready to die."