The next morning, when I woke up, I saw a bouquet of fresh pink roses on the counter.
As soon as I gently touched their petals, reminiscing about my marriage flower bouquet, which was very similar to this, my hand was slapped as the flowers were snatched by Xander.
“Don’t touch them!” Xander glared at me furiously.
I froze for a second before realizing—these weren't for me. They were for his assistant—for Diana. A miserable smile graced my lips, and I went inside to bring out a packet.
"Before leaving, take these, I have washed them."
Xander took the parcel and as soon as he saw the lingerie inside his face wasn’t good. Watching my blank expression he opened his mouth to explain only to close it again.
"It was careless of Diana; I will talk to her."
I refused to answer and when Xander saw me not saying a word he said.
"I will call a servant to help you around with your work today."
My heart was so trampled upon that I refused to feel how his words jabbed my heart.
In our five years of marriage, I was merely his maid who would have sex with him whenever he wished for but when it came to Diana, he would kneel down for her, apologize for his mistakes and even hire servants to help her around in office.
“Xander, do you remember what day it is today?” Xander was smiling as he typed a message most likely to Diana when I asked that question, making him frown.
“Today you have a meeting with the French, right? Hmm, do it well, don’t disappoint me.” I stumbled backwards when Xander turned around without sparing me another glance.
A surprise gift that I had hidden in his wardrobe a week ago now seemed like a joke as I realized that my heartless husband did not even remember that it was our anniversary today.
“I am getting late, so prepare an extra lunchbox today before coming to the headquarters.” As soon as the door closed, I could not hold any longer and fell down the floor, my body in fetal position as I cried, not able to hold in any longer.
This was a nightmare.
Today when I entered the headquarters of American mafia, the guard did not take me directly to my personal space but to another side which belonged to Xander’s mother- Lily Stone.
I straightened my back despite feeling nervous.
It was my mother-in-law Lily Stone who proposed an alliance to my mother, practically pleading for me to become Xander’s bride.