Taming My Arrogant Husband novel Chapter 57

Three days have passed since the incident in the restaurant and since then, he started to ignore me as if we had returned to the first few months of our marriage. 

He was taking the other side of the bed while I was on the other side, and when I woke up in the morning, he was no longer at home. 

At night, I tried to go home early to cook something for him like I did in these past few days, but he comes home late every night. Either I was already asleep or he will go directly to the bathroom and he will tell me that he has already eaten his dinner. 

And tonight, I waited for him in the living room as I wanted to talk to him about Layla and Joseph, but he came home late and drunk. 

"Can we talk?"

I asked him when he was about to go upstairs as if he didn't notice that I was waiting for him on the couch. 

"It's already late, Sophia. We can talk about that some other day." He said taking his steps but I followed him immediately. 

"But how can we talk if you keep on ignoring me?"

"I'm not ignoring you, I'm just busy."

"No, you're not." I passed him and blocked his way. "Why are you doing this to me?"

"I'm not doing anything, Sophia." I gulped at the coldness in his voice. 

"Yes, you're not doing anything and that's the problem, Daniel. Why don't you talk to me instead of ignoring me?" I tried to take his hand but he immediately put it inside his pocket, so I have no choice but to follow my gaze on his action. 

Then I gazed up when he suddenly chuckled. 

"Why, do you answer my questions whenever I ask you about Joseph and Layla?"

I gulped as I looked into his cold, emotionless eyes. 

"See? You can't even answer that simple question." He said shaking his head as he took a step towards his room. 

"Then ask me now!" I blurted behind him. 

He stopped walking and turned to me with the same expression as earlier. 

My heart is pounding inside my chest while looking into his eyes and waiting for whatever he will ask me tonight. 

"Do you still love him?"

I was shocked as I didn't expect that kind of question. 

"Do you still love him, Sophia?"

And I gasped when he raised his voice. 

"No! Where did you get that question----"

"No?"

"No. I never loved----"

I wanted to say that I never loved that guy, I never loved Joseph De Lucca. How could I be, I don't even know him when Dad announced our engagement. But how could I explain myself when he didn't even give me the chance to speak. 

"Then why did you marry me? Is it because of him?"

I gulped and then nodded. That's the question I never wanted to hear since I realized that I love him. 

"I knew it!" He said through gritted teeth, forming his fists. 

"It's not what you think, Daniel---"

"Then what is it? Did you just married me to make him jealous?" He chuckled sarcastically. "Now I know why you keep telling me before that it's not my money why you accepted this deal."

"Can you let me explain first?" Tears are now forming around my eyes. 

"Let you explain! What for, to deny everything that I discovered?" He said taking his steps closer to me. "Don't you know that I hired a private investigator to know everything about you?"

To say that I was shocked was an understatement, but his next words surprised me that I was speechless for a few seconds. 

"Do you want to know what I discovered?"

He held both my shoulders. 

"Layla, Layla Angeles who you told one of your friends before, was your ex-fiance's former maid. And you were looking for her to ask for her help to explain to your ex-fiance what you did before! You cheated on him and he caught you having sex with his best friend inside of his own room!"

What the hell! My hand automatically raised on my chest as I felt the narrowing of my air passage. 

"Where did you get that fucking information?" I asked him, clenching my jaws. I couldn't prevent the tears from flowing on my face. 

"Where did I find that information? Well, I talked to your ex-fiance, sweetheart."

"Is that what he told you, and you believed him?"

"Yes! Because he----"

"Well, that's bullshit! He's bullshit, Daniel! He tried to rape me, and that's the truth!"

I yelled d at him but the reaction I got from him was something I didn't expect... no, it was the reaction I was actually expecting from him from the beginning, that's why I chose not to tell him. He laughed at me. He (just) laughed at me. 

"Do you think I will believe you? I know the woman of your kind, Sophia! I will not fall easily into your tricks!" He said turning to his room. 

"But how about me?" I screamed behind him. "What if I say that I already fell for you and that I have already learned to love you?"

He sneered before walking back in front of me and held my arms. 

"Don't you dare mention the word love again, Sophia Del Mundo, because you don't know the real meaning of it! I bet that's the same thing you said to your ex-fiance before. But what did you do? You cheated on him!"

"That's not true! Why can't you just believe me that he tried to rape me six years ago? And you're right, Layla was their former maid, and the reason I was looking for her is that she's the only one who witnessed what Joseph did to me!"

"Wow! What a fantastic story, sweetheart, but you can't fool me! It's the same thing you can't fool Joseph and your father before."

I formed my fists when he mentioned my father and couldn't help the rage that suddenly arises in me. 

"He didn't believe you when you told him that fucking excuse. Why, because he knew the truth. And when they already forgave you, you ran away from your engagement, you ran away from the people who trusted you!"

I don't know how many times I swallowed hard just to suppress the sobs that wanted to escape from my throat. I couldn't believe this is happening. I have already stopped imagining that this day would come since he showed me the other side of him. He was so sweet and caring the other day, but what he now shows in his eyes was the opposite of them. Isn't it funny that I am listening to the exact opposite of the truth? 

"So you already made up your mind. Won't you ask me the side of my story? You will just believe what that fucking man has told you?"

I asked him with tears running down my face. Pure hurt and disappointment were the only things I feel right now. 

"Can you at least give the chance to explain?"

But he didn't say anything, he just clenched his jaws and avoided my gaze. 

"If so, I think we have to end it this way."