Substitute Wife for the Mafia King R18-Chapter 358: Away from the World
‘You told me that he was beyond amazing in bed. Maybe I should see for myself whether or not that is true...’
My sister’s teasing words came back to me, and they never felt so threatening as they did at that moment. Although I knew that she wasn’t purely joking about it, I also didn’t think that she would end up acting on it either. I also never counted on something like that happening when the two of them were left alone together while I was out doing Diana a favor. I was beyond angry at my sister and her lack of restraint, but then I realized that Diana had always been this way. I just never thought that she would seduce Bradon given the fact that she knew about my relationship with him.
That thought gave me pause, as I wondered what kind of relationship I actually have with Bradon. After all, just as my sister correctly pointed out, I wasn’t his real wife, and we were not really married. The fact remained that, despite all of our sexual relations, there wasn’t supposed to be any romantic feelings between us. Bradon never said that he loved or cared for me, and I never said those words to him.
‘Why do you look so bothered? He’s not really your husband, Leya...’
Diana was right. He’s not even my husband, and I’m not even sure that I could call him my lover either. In essence, he might just be my partner because we had an agreement. That’s all there was to it, and because of that, I didn’t even have the right to blame them for their betrayal. Bradon did not have the obligation to stay loyal to me.
This time when the tears welled up in my eyes, I didn’t struggle to hold them back. I let my tears fall freely as they overflowed from my eyes and trickled down my cheeks. I sat there on the bench crying without bothering to wipe my tears away from my face. There wasn’t anyone passing by to see my tears anymore, not that I would have minded. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Suddenly, the sun rays that lit up the park were overshadowed, and the atmosphere turned extremely gloomy. The air felt heavier, and when I looked up at the sky, I could see dark clouds spreading overhead, blocking out the sun and its light. I found myself grinning like a fool when I recalled what the taxi driver had told me about an approaching rainstorm.
It’s going to rain...
There were supposed to be some studies linking human emotions to the state of the weather; I didn’t quite believe in things like that up until that very moment when the darkened sky caused my mood to darken even more than before. It felt as if light symbolizes hope, and there wasn’t much hope left in my life.
Just when that thought crossed my mind, the dark rain clouds completely engulfed the sky above, and then I felt a raindrop land right on my forehead. I reached out my hands and opened my palms just to feel a few small raindrops falling down onto them. It had started to drizzle, but it didn’t take long after that for it to turn into a downpour.
...
How did I end up here?
I asked myself silently in my head before letting out a self-deprecating laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation that I had gotten myself into. Funnily enough, I didn’t seem to care about the rain that was beating down from the sky above.
When it began raining, my body moved as if out of pure natural instinct as I headed for cover. It was quite true that nothing had changed much about that park, including the bridge that provided decent cover from the rain. The sky above had completely darkened, and the rain stormed down relentlessly without any sign of stopping. I sat on top of a large rock as I hid myself under the bridge away from the rain, as if it could protect me from all the hurtful things in the real world. Just like the landscape of the park that seemed unchanging, I realized that perhaps deep down, I had not changed much from my younger days. Although I tried to become stronger, and I honestly thought that I had gotten stronger, it seemed like I was still the same clueless coward that I was before from when I was younger. It had been many years since the last time that I hid under this bridge.
After the first time that I ended up here with Anthony on that rainy day, I had made my escape to this bridge a couple of times after that when things got rough for me and I needed a place to hide away where no one could find me. Out of all the places that I could hide out in the city, no one would have expected that I would choose a place as uncomfortable as this as my hideout. Whenever my life got too tough, or I got into trouble with my parents, I would find myself here, even if I had not planned on it.
This place under the bridge became a sacred hideout for me that I kept a secret from everyone, even from my sister. Just like that secretive first kiss that I shared with Anthony, I wanted to cherish and keep the existence of this hideout and the memories associated with it to myself. Whenever I came to this place, I couldn’t help but recall the memories of the first time that I came here with Anthony. I could still remember every word that he said to me that day so vividly as if it all happened just yesterday. Both my body and my mind could still recall all the sensations and emotions that I felt on that day as we sat side by side on the rocks and watched the rain fall from the sky above. Sometimes I would wonder if the real reason that I ran back to that place was because it made me feel like I could be embraced by Anthony once again. That was how I had always felt, but when I stared up at the darkened sky and watched the rain racing down, Anthony wasn’t the person that was on my mind.
–To be continued...
