I frowned, my heart aching even more than when I discovered his affair.
Yes, I couldn't bear to see him suffer, which was why, when we were ten, I had thrown myself in front of him to protect him.
"Don't leave me, Sis—"
Leones knelt and clung to me, burying his head deeply in my embrace, his sobs uncontrollable.
Standing at six feet tall, he barely reached my chest while kneeling, crying, and calling out, "Sis."
If this were the past, I would have softened at the sight of him, but now, all I felt was disgust.
I pushed him away roughly and walked to the kitchen to pour myself a glass of ice water, then sat down.
He slumped in his chair, sulking, still murmuring about not getting a divorce.
I neither agreed nor refused but turned the question back on him. "Tell me, after all these years of marriage, how many women have you slept with?"
Leones was speechless.
"See? You can't even count them. How dare you ask me not to get a divorce?"
His face turned pale, his eyes filled with regret. But what did that change?
I pressed my lips and looked at him with contempt. "Leones, you're disgusting!"
"Rebecca!" he protested, his face darkening with anger before quickly being replaced by a look of regret.
He stammered, finally lowering his head and weeping silently.
Even then, I wasn't done with him.
I lifted my shirt, exposing my scarred, sagging belly.
Two gruesome surgical scars snaked across my abdomen, horrifying to look at.
I pointed to them and said, "Other women get maybe one scar from childbirth. I bore two, and this is how you repay me?"
Leones' eyes filled with anguish.
He reached out to touch me, but I pulled away, tears welling up.
"I followed you from the moment I graduated college. We worked ourselves to the bone to get to where we are now. Your company is thriving, our life is settling down, and yet you…"
I choked up, trying to steady my emotions. "I used to hear that men change once they have money. I didn't believe it. I thought you were different, Leones. But it turns out… you're just the same.
"Leones, you've really let me down."
With that, I turned and went back to the bedroom, picked up Chloe, grabbed my suitcase, and headed straight to my parents' house.
By the time Leones came running after me, I was already in a taxi with Chloe.
He didn't pursue us like in the movies because, just then, his phone rang.