Where Love Ends

Rachel sounded like she was playing along, but I could hear her gloating between the lines. I turned my head aside and waved at everyone to leave.

Victor was worried he had not proven his love to me enough, so he took my head and continued, “Nina, you’re my one and only wife. I will love you and only you all my life.”

“Mm-hmm,” I replied calmly. I was tired of his act.

Victor pursed his lips and took a deep breath, as though steeling himself before he spoke slowly. “Nina, I have a meeting I need to attend this week. It was supposed to be today, but I postponed it to tomorrow so I could be with you when you fainted.

“This time I swear I’ll keep my phone on. You can call me whenever you wake up, I’ll pick up in an instant!”

He watched me carefully, afraid he would miss any part of my reaction. Was it because he did not want me to know what he was actually up to, or was he actually afraid of losing me?

I suppressed my anger and disappointment, nodding. “Go and focus on your work. I’ll be fine in the hospital.”

Victor took my hand and pressed his cheek against my palm. His stubble was ticklish and disgusting. I could not stand to touch the skin that had been contaminated with another woman’s saliva.

“Nina, we’ll go adopt a kid once you get better. If one isn’t enough, we can get two. You can choose them to your liking! Once they grow up, I’ll hand the company over to them, and we can go travel the world.”

If I had not known that he was marrying another woman tomorrow, I may have fallen for his sweet words again.

He hurriedly left the hospital, saying he wanted to give me time to rest. Once I calmed down my emotions, I left the hospital and returned to the home we built together.

It was now just an empty, soulless house.

I packed my things briefly, put the divorce papers on the table, and left.

The flight to Australia took me away from the places I had known, leaving my past in the clouds.

Goodbye, Victor. We shall never meet again.

The next day before the wedding, Victor realized he could not reach me no matter how he tried. He instantly abandoned Rachel in her wedding dress, running straight for the hospital.

All that awaited him was a long-empty bed.

Victor ran around the hospital like a madman, searching every room for his precious Nina.

“Nina Morgan, come out! I’m begging you, this isn’t funny!”