Just To Have You

Chapter 3

She dreamt about everything that happened before she turned 19. The memories that she thought she had lost returned to her.

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Right at the moment, Anton and Carmen were still in the road, and Anton couldn't help but think about his ex wife. He knew more than anyone else that he should stop thinking about that wrench but he can't stop but wonder.

He remembered leaving the woman a sizeable amount of alimony after their divorce. The amount should be more than enough for her to live the rest of her life in luxury, so why had he found her in such a situation?

This question had been clogging his mind ever since they left the hospital.

"Anton, what’s on your mind?" Carmen asked curiously, to which Anton answered drily, "Nothing serious."

"You’re thinking about Luisa, aren’t you?" Carmen sighed, "Even I couldn’t believe that was the same Luisa we saw up there. Why did she choose to live like this when she has the resources for a better life? Why is she so dense?"

Dense... that was not how Anton pictured that woman. Luisa is so scheming that even him will be more guarded against her. Carmen is just an innocent woman and know nothing about the world.

"Let's stop talking about that woman. Surely it's her problem that she had become stupid. More than anything, our marriage was what's important right now..."

Anton was nonchalantly speaking while looking straight ahead, that's why he didn't saw the wicked gleam in the depths of Carmen's eyes.

Within the deepest part of her mind, Carmen couldn't help but gloat. Luisa might have been the woman chosen by the old man of Salvatore’s family as Anton's first wife but in the end, she'll still the woman he'd chosen.

Luisa Ortega had lose and she, Carmen Reyes is the winner!

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Meanwhile, in Luisa's hospital room.

Luisa is still has her eyes closed. Her body writhing as if she's in pain. And then all of a sudden Luisa abruptly sat up in her bed, her heart hammering against her ribcage.

She ran a shaky hand through her hair and squeezed her eyes shut. Her lips wobbled as tears pooled behind her eyelids. No matter how much she tried to brush the haunting past away, the pain would always catch up.

Soon, droplets of salty tears fell from her eyes. She struggled to properly breathe, hiccuping for gasps of air.

In the cold, dark, and lonely room, she broke down. She wished it had been just a nightmare and not a memory from the past.

Her heart ached with the painful memories from two and a half years ago. Surrounded by the country's top socialites, she was utterly humiliated and embarrassed. Her heart was torn into pieces, stomped on, and thrown into the ocean like disposable trash.

Luisa still remembered the pain of watching the love of her life choose a woman he's always refer as his best friend. While they're stood lovingly together, she he's so called fiancé and later on wife had stood by his side for twenty-one years, wasting her youth futilely chasing after a man who never spared her a glance.

When he was too fatigued to bother with work, she took a position as Vice President of his company and worked her body to the ground. She expanded the company to its fullest potential.

Luisa did everything she could to support him, and he repaid her by cheating and ripping their marriage certificate.

She had naively fallen in love with Anton Salvatore and dedicated her entire life to him. She was willing to run to the opposite side of the world for him, but he wasn't willing to. She was willing to sacrifice her limbs, health, and womb for him, but he would sacrifice everything for someone else.