She wanted us to attend the family gathering together but at the last moment you were absent,I know I couldn't make it to our anniversary dinner but I am busy unlike you,you can't throw tantrums like this always.”
I listened without a word making Xavier feel odd.
“Mia,when you come home let's sort this out first,you should apologize to mom quickly.”
“Okay”horrible emotions choked my throat as I barely managed to utter a word.The man who killed my child was asking me for an apology.
“Mia…why aren’t you asking anything about me?”
“No need,I already have my answers.”With that I did not wait for him to respond as I hung up quickly,breaking into heart wrenching sobs that made my entire being immersed in pain.
My parents were against my and Xavier’s relationship yet when they realized that I loved this man too much to live without him,they gave our relationship a chance but it was all in vain.
In the first year after our marriage,late at night and home alone with a 40°C fever from COVID,I used the last of my strength to send Xavier voice messages begging him to come home and take me to the emergency room.Ten voice messages—no reply.
In the second year of our marriage,I was robbed on a foreign street and nearly shot;I called the nearby Xavier for help.Twenty calls—no answer.
And now,three years into our marriage,Xavier has caused us to lose the fruit of our marriage,our first child.
At this moment,I've completely woken up.
Xavier has long been unworthy of me.I've never been his most beloved.Perhaps this child's departure is another warning to me:leave the wrong person and pursue my own freedom.
I stopped hesitating.With trembling hands,I typed my father's number into my phone,the number I'd refused to answer countless times.
"Mia,is that you?"
My father's steady voice came from the other end,and I could hear the excitement in it.
"Dad,it's me.I accept your proposal—I will leave Xavier and return home to inherit the family business."
My trembling hand gripped the phone;my tone was firm.
On the other end,my father clearly took aback when he heard my decision;he checked again,"Mia,once you make this choice,you can't turn back.You love him so much—are you sure you want to leave?"
"Sure,"I said coldly,with finality.
Since Xavier never loved me,I will divorce him completely and leave him forever!
I pushed open the study door with the divorce papers in my bag.