Loveless Marriage novel Chapter 5

Isabella didn't know when she had fallen asleep. As she woke up from her sleep, she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen.

She knew that it was the sign that her period was coming. The last few times she had gotten her period, Christian had been home. Thus, this time, she also subconsciously moved closer to him and said, “Hubby, my stomach hurts…”

She reached out to him, but she felt nothing.

Isabella opened her eyes in a daze only to realize that Christian’s side of the bed was empty and cold. Clearly, he had left some time ago. On the bedside table, there was a note.

The note said, “Going on a business trip. I have a plane to catch.”

Christian's handwriting was neat and tidy, just like his personality. The words were also evenly spaced.

Isabella held the note tightly in her hands. She felt her heart finally break, and she buried her head in her arms and burst into tears.

Over the past three years, she had spent countless days and nights on her own when he wasn’t at home. However, she had never felt such heart-wrenching pain before.

On top of her stomach cramps, she had also caught a cold. She felt awful. She called her employer to ask for sick leave, then turned off her phone and went back to sleep. When she woke up feeling hungry, she ordered some takeout porridge.

Two days later, she finally recovered from her cold and felt much better.

After taking a shower, she called Naomi. "Naomi, I need your help."

Naomi asked, "What's up?"

“Can you lend me some money?” Isabella knew that Naomi's family was only middle-class. Her parents were both salaried workers who didn’t earn much, but she had no other choice.

“Is it because of your father?”

“Yes.”

News of the arrest of the chief judge of Brighton had spread like wildfire. Everyone had heard about it.