Both of us sat on the dining table with dishes on the table. These days, my husband would cook normal food for both of us, and sometimes, the food would even contain less amount of salt and other spices that made it less alluring. I would lose my appetite every time I ate in the past. But now when I saw sumptuous food before my eyes, I was stunned.
Just what the heck happened to Lewis? I had assumed that he would lash out on me after seeing me getting angry at him for no reason. But this guy wasn’t affected at all! Instead, he went all out and prepared such a delicious feast for me. I couldn’t help but stare at the table in a daze for a long time.
Just then, I heard a gentle voice. “Eat it before it gets cold.”
I was snapped out of my daze and glared at my husband. I didn’t want to agree that my anger went down after seeing this food, and this fact made me feel even more irritated. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before opening my mouth. “Did you think I would forgive you for what you have done just because of your cooking skills?!”
Lewis was surprised at my words and placed the plate filled with food on the table before standing before me awkwardly. He didn’t know what to say anymore as a layer of sweat formed on his forehead. Since he didn’t know what to say, he stayed silent and lowered his head.
When I saw this kind of reaction, I became angrier and glared at him. “You know what, Lewis? You have ruined my life! I shouldn’t have married you at all!”
His eyes widened at that. He glanced at me in surprise and pursed his lips, still not willing to say anything. He parted his lips and closed again before sighing.
“What? Don’t have anything to say?” I stood up and ignored the food on the table. “If only it weren’t for you, I would have been happier with my dream! I wanted to be on the stage without feeling any guilt in my heart, and your presence only reminded me of my mistakes! Why? Why would you come and ruin my happiness at such a critical moment?” After saying this, I could feel warm tear drops falling on my cheeks.
He stared at me before pursing his lips and said, “Elise…. I thought I….” He paused as if he didn’t know what to say anymore, but he still opened his mouth and said, “I wanted to fix things between us.”
“Fix things?!” I became angrier. “There’s nothing to fix!”
Lewis put down the plate on the table dejectedly and glanced at me once more before pursing his lips. “I’m not hungry.”
Neither was I! I glanced at the sumptuous food placed before my eyes and silently kept it all in the refrigerator. What was the point of making so much when we both knew I was in a bad mood because of him? The fire of irritation rose in my heart rapidly at this thought as I felt an urge to talk to someone.
Did Vampire reply to my message? I remember sending him a text a while ago. So I picked up my phone with a trace of excitement in my heart only to find that he wasn’t even online. He hadn’t looked at my message.
A frown crossed my forehead as I sent a question mark and after that, I typed, “Where are you?”
I waited for a while, but the man I wanted to talk to didn’t reply again. The corners of my lips pulled down at that. Every day whenever I would fight with my husband, I would simply text Vampire and chat with him to uplift my mood again. This was always how I would cope up with everything.
But now when I saw that Vampire was never online, I had a bad feeling in my heart.
I didn’t want to believe that he didn’t want to talk to me. This was the first time that he didn’t reply to my message. It was possible that he was busy with something. Maybe he was in the middle of a long conversation with someone, or maybe he didn’t want to talk.
This thought came to my mind, but it didn’t feel right. I was upset at Vampire for not replying, and I couldn’t stop my tears before I lost control over myself.
“What is wrong with you?!” I heard my husband’s voice behind me.
I quickly wiped the tears away as I turned around to look at my husband. He frowned at my expressions and walked over to me as a hint of worry flashed in his eyes. Then he caressed my head as his frown deepened. “Why do you look like you’re crying?”
I quickly wiped my tears and shook my head. “Nothing. I… I…” I bit my lips and lowered my head. I didn’t know what to say. I knew that my husband cared for me to a greater extent. So that was why when he just had a fight, he didn’t act coldly to me. Instead, his face showed an expression of guilt mixed with anxiety.
I gritted his teeth. Why would he act like this now out of all the times in the past?! I remembered how Lewis would give me a cold shoulder just like that without thinking twice. I still hadn’t forgotten about how he left me crying all those nights I wanted his warm embrace. Where was his worry at that time?
He shouldn’t act hypocritical like this when he didn’t care about me a single bit! I glared at him furiously and threw a plate at his face. His eyes widened as he dodged the plate before it went flying to the wall behind him. He glanced back at the scattered debris of the plate on the ground and pursed his lips before turning to me.
Both of us stayed silent as we stared at each other for a while. I took a deep breath and said, “Get out. I don’t want to see your face!”
Lewis closed his eyes as if he were hiding his emotions before he headed toward the bathroom carrying his clothes. I didn’t care about him. I simply wiped the floor and picked up the broken plate before going toward the bedroom.
ThenI picked up my phone and glanced at it.
No new messages.
I pursed my lips and typed another text to Vampire before closing my eyes. I knew I was being desperate, but I couldn’t help it. I still remembered how I had left him all alone on our ‘date’ back then, and I couldn’t forget his voice that asked me whether I wanted to spend a night with him.
I should have just agreed. After all, we had done something like that already! What was the point of rejecting his advances when we had crossed our limits? My frown deepened as I tried my best to sleep. After a long time, I had expected to hear my husband’s footsteps, but he seemed to have disappeared from the face of the Earth!
But I wasn’t concerned about him. Vampire’s face suddenly popped up in my mind as I instantly opened my eyes. I could see a familiar bedroom that was as empty as my heart. I turned to my side and stared outside the window. Stars were visible in the sky as I stared at the beauty of the night. Moonlight shone on the ground seemingly caressing all the living beings into sleep, but I was wide awake.
Time and time again, my mind would drift toward Vampire and memories associated with him, giving me a heartache. I felt like I was drowning in the pool of regret that filled my lungs, making me choke. I opened my eyes again after a while before picking up the phone.
No reply.
I gritted my teeth and typed, “I really want to see you….”
I felt frustrated in my heart when I didn’t receive a reply. I continued to stare at the screen before my eyes without blinking for what it felt like hours, but neither did Vampire come online and nor did I see him online. After a while, I even saw him removing his profile pic, changing it to a cartoon.
I frowned and pursed my lips. Just what was going on with this man?!