Revenge After Divorce Novel by Black Rose

MARCUS

Everything had become such a huge mess, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that Ethan would ever do something like that. the man was not capable of hurting my wife. Nick could do it and everyone else, me included but not Ethan.

That man cared deeply for Olivia, and it wasn't something that developed now. It had been there since she was with Nick. Beside Luke and I. Ethan was the one guy who put Olivia's needs first. That was one of the reasons why my wife never saw a reason to change the birth certificate.

Well, that was what I wanted to believe, the truth of the matter was that I didn't know why we never thought about it until something like that happened. I turned to my weeping wife. Now sniffing as if she had a cold.

"I am sorry, I know I played a huge part in this and that is why he is so angry." She gave me a look I didn't understand. I knew my wife and I could read her like a book but not at that time. The way she looked at me had a little resentment to it and that hurt me.

"I don't think I am the one you should be apologizing to. We both owe Ethan an apology not sitting here trying to make each other feel better about what happened. We messed up and we can't run away from that, not this time."

She said we both had to apologize to Ethan yet, the look in her eyes told me she resented me more than the man who took our son without our permission. "I know we have to apologize to him, but I am not going to sit here and watch you hurting like this."

Again, that look. did she not get how much it hurt me when she looked at me that way? Or was hurting me the point of it all?

I tried to calm myself, there was no point in us both getting angry. "Olivia, you are my wife, and your happiness matters to me. please, stop being angry. We may not be able to fix things with Ethan and his girlfriend, but we can fix our friendship."

I had to try and make her understand that things could still turn around. “Ethan didn't say he was taking Samuel away from us, he just wanted to teach us a lesson and we have learnt it. now it's time we move forward and try not to repeat the same mistakes again."

Wife stood and walked away without saying a word, it was like she didn't even like that I was talking to her. Nick chuckled and that pissed me off even more. I didn't even know why he was listening to our conversation to begin with.

I threw a glare his way and he lifted his hands in mock surrender. "But man, you have got to understand that anything you say now is going to piss her off." he crossed the room joining me on the couch.

"She is not angry with you, but she is angry and disappointed with herself. Olivia doesn't like disappointing those around her. she judges herself harshly for it and now she is not going to be okay until she talks to Ethan and this matter is resolved."

I knew that much but I think she was going to push me away as well. But she should have known that I wasn't going to ignore her when I could clearly see she was hurting. I was her husband after all.

"I know how you feel, believe me. I do. But you won't achieve anything with her

now. all you must do is wait." I didn't need his advice about my wife. He knew her then, but he didn't know her now.

"Nick is right, let her be for now."

Luke said coming in. I didn't get why he was so calm, I thought he would be going crazy now and threatening to go and get his grandson himself. "Why are you looking at me like that?” I averted my gaze without saying a word.

But the ever-ready Nick responded. "I am sure he is wondering why you are not going crazy now." he could be thinking the same thing I was, how else could he know what I was thinking?

"Why would I be going crazy over this? No one is in danger. What, I am a lunatic now that is going to go crazy over everything, give me a break." He took a seat opposite us.

"I am impressed actually, I never thought he has it in him to do something like this." Impressed?

I stood now feeling my own anger rising. "Impressed, how can you even say something like that? this is not something to be impressed about Yes, legally the child is his but Nick

biologically he is not the fath the nest

is and my wife is his mother. He

might have paperwork, but what he did, is wrong."

Nick laughed, "Why are you so angry when I am not?"

"That's because Ethan is your friend." Nick straightened on his seat. "So? That doesn't mean anything. He was right, he is more of a father to that kid than both of us combined. Being the biological parent means nothing when you have not been there for the child. Take me, it's not like I didn't want to be there, but I didn't deserve to be."

It was good he knew that. “I understand all of that and what he said but let's notnoveldrama

be impressed by the wrong things here. Ethan is a grown man, he could have spoken to us and told us what was bothering him.”

"I don't understand why you are so angry Marcus, are you sure you angry at us and what I said, or you pissed because Ethan hurt your wife, and you don't know how to make her feel better?"

I sighed and took a seat, which might have every well be the case. Luke nodded.

"I get your frustration but grow up yourself and stop acting like a kid."