Chapter 11

*CORA* Tristan walked up to me and glanced at me. Without saying anything,he suddenly drank the wine in his glass in one gulp. Confused,I asked.”Are you showing me how good you can drink?” I was still mad at him for forcing me here.I was going to have so much fun with Dylan. Tristan didn’t show any other expression on his face as if he was used to my cold attitude now. “My wife, do you know how important your image is?This is the image of the Godoy group.”After that,he slung me a look of disgust. I rolled my eyes.”I am not your wife anymore so you and your company can go to hell.” His jaw dropped.”You…”And then he glared at me.”You never show me how mouth of badmouthed you were when we were married.You words are so infuriating.” Suddenly,Zayn’s voice sounded from behind them. “Look at Tristan and his wife.Even after three years of marriage,they seemed to be so much in love,you guys are going to torture us singles to death.” I glanced back at him. As usual,he was in the midst of some beautiful women. I laughed at that finding it so funny. “Oh Zayn,you’re still as funny as ever.And attractive too,no wonder you always have women up your arms.” The smile on Zayn’s face froze as if he hadn’t expected me to say that. Tristan stared at me and then at Zayn. Zayn turned around and waved his hand,the woman all laughed and dispersed. “Cora,we haven’t seen each other in a while.Let’s have a drink.”Zayn changed the champagne in my hand and gave a strong whisky to me. I only hesitated for a second but I reached out to take the whisky,Tristan got to it first. “You know very well that Cora isn’t good at drinking.” As he spoke,he raised his head and drank the whiskey. His Adam’s apple was surging and a strong smell of alcohol spread out. Looking at his charming face and delicious looking neck,my face heated up. I had always wanted to kiss him on to the neck,to lick him if he lets me. That was how obsessed I was with him. I was lost in various fancied and conjectures again. It was all a mess. I was actually fascinated by just his action of drinking. I had warned myself,told myself several times not to be affected by this man. But why did I still find him so fucking attractive? “Mr Luca is here.Let me introduce you to him.”Tristan patted Zayn’s shoulder and they walked away. Suddenly,I felt like I was being watched.I glanced sideways and saw him. His bright eyes were like a pool of black water,waiting for me to sink. Feeling uneasy,I turned around in a hurry. Wanting a breath of fresh air,I walked out of the hall and into the balcony. With the help of cold marble guardrail,I slowly breathed out a sigh of relief. I looked up at the starry sky and pouted. I just wanted to go home. “Sister-in-law,why are you here alone?Eugene is really heartless.Even I care about you so much.How could he be so careless.”A frivolous voice came to my ears,with a strong smell of alcohol. I looked over.It was the man who had been staring at me weirdly,Marcus.He usually attended such home parties but he didn’t have a good relationship with the rest of the family because he was an illegitimate child. I didn’t want to have too much interaction with him either.I had once had an encounter with him and he was the most perverted person I’ve ever met. I lowered my eyes and blocked his gaze. “Why are you here,sir?You should be inside with the others. For the kind of person he was, it was better to put a high label on him first. Sure enough,a trace of complacency flashed across his face. I hated the way he stares at me,as if he wanted to stare into my clothes.I’m sure he does this to every woman he knows. “Tristan really has good taste in women.”His eyes were full of obscenity and greed. Hiding the disgust in my eyes,I felt that my clothes today was really inappropriate. I was wearing a low necked dress and the top of my boobs were exposed,and the dress clearly flattered my curved figure. Leaning sideways slightly to avoid his gaze,I smiled,politely at me. “Since you’re here to take some fresh air,I won’t disturb you.” If a man and a woman stayed in such a secluded space for a long time,something would definitely happen. Besides,looking at Marcus’s lustful face,I didn’t dare to stay there for another minute. I started walking away and feeling thankful that he was being calm. But that was short-lived as he grabbed hold of my hand. “Don’t go.Tristan is busy dealing with those big CEOs outside.He won’t have time to hang out with you.Let’s hang out together.Why don’t we have a drink?This place is quiet and peaceful.” I quickly shook my head,forcing a smile.”I really don’t drink.You came here with a woman,didn’t you?You should go get her.I’m sure she’s a good drinker.” “No one in that hall is as beautiful as you.”As he spoke,an evil smile appeared on his face. In a panic,I tugged off his hand and clumsily stepped but I missed my steps and I fell. I could see Marcus try to catch me,well,it seems he was pretending to try and purposely didn’t stop me from falling but instead,he acted like he tripped too and fell on me. He was on top of me on the floor. I felt so disgusted. “Am I interrupting something?” My eyes widened when I heard that voice. It was Tristan. I don’t know how much he had seen but I could see his eyes burning with contempt. Pushing Marcus away with all my strength,I stood up unsteadily and tried to explain to him. “It’s not what it looks like.I fell and he somehow fell on me.” That didn’t make any sense because Marcus was a total douche for falling on me. But then I came to my senses. Did I even owe Tristan any explanation? We were divorced and he was with Phoebe now. I glanced at Marcus,I knew he was a jerk but I was hoping he could clear the air but he just went on to prove how much of a jerk he fully was. “Bro,your taste of women never ceases to amaze me.I can’t get over how sexy your wife is.I’m so jealous of you.” After saying that,he wiped the corner of his mouth and his eyes were somewhat ambiguous. It dawned on me that he did that on purpose.He was trying to tell Tristan that he did more than accidentally falling on top of me. I hate this man! Now it was impossible for me to remove the stigma off myself. The disdain in Tristan’s eyes were obvious that he believed everything Marcus said. Despite myself,my heart sunk. “You could have told me if you were so horny.”Tristan shook his head and looked at me with disgust. My heart ached and tears pricked my eyes. “I said it wasn’t what it looked like!Nothing happened between me and him.You can’t just believe his words and insult me!” “Insult you?”He scoffed.”What you did with his is pretty insulting to me!” His words infuriated me to the core. The pain in my heart made me lose my mind for a moment.All this man does is to hurt me. My heart was torn apart and I clenched my fists. “Who do you fucking think you are?!How dare you talk to me like this?!I did something insulting to you?What’s your place in my life to even talk like this.I am a Watson!You have no right to treat me like this!You’re just some sick fellow whom I decided to marry!And I hate that people still think we’re married!”