Chapter 58 – Forgotten wife
Jonathan was still trying to process the fact that he was married. He drove around the city aimlessly lost in thought.
The revelation had come from nowhere. He had completely forgotten that he was married.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.
It had been a forceful marriage, and a blurry three nights and two day where they managed to get the certificates and consummate the marriage in their half blurry drugged state.
He suddenly wondered where his wife was, and then he realized he could not even recall how she looked or what her name was.
He felt sorry for her. He had assumed that she was a scheming gold-digger who had managed to sway his family into forcing him.
But thinking back, perhaps she herself was also forced.
She had never asked him for anything, she never published their marriage, she clearly did not do any of the nonsense he was expecting of her.
Lydia had filled his head, and Lester Aprice and his wife Rose Aprice had confessed that his wife, whose name he could not remember, was Lester’s daughter from an escort who had drugged and slept with him for money.
The girl was supposedly worse than her mother.
They had even hinted that she might have done something with his father to force the marriage.
At that time he was too blinded by rage to see the truth.
But thinking about it now, if she had something on his father, he would have killed her. His father was not someone who could be coerced.
Besides, he had seen her sleeping in the tub in cold water in the study. Surely, that could not have been planned. He was expected to go to the wedding room or even any other guest room. Not the smaller study room.
Having slept with her and how she had scolded him in her half-conscious state, and how she had repeatedly asked for confirmation on who he was, he knew that was her first time and she was not a promiscuous woman.
The scandal after a few days had proved as much.
What were Lydia and the Aprices playing at?
He was enraged thinking about how they had taken advantage of his anger and reluctance and manipulated him.
He had said some very harsh words to her and left her bleeding on the bed. He had left her a card as if she was a …
He could not even bear to finish the thought. And even more so, he had completely forgotten her existence.
The best that could be said was that he had defended her when others poked at her or spread rumors about her.
He called Vincent and asked him to check the expenses on his card, the Villa that was supposed to be their wedding home, and her bride gifts.
Thinking about the bride gifts, he realized how stupid he had been. The Aprices had raised such a fuss about the bride gifts being in her name rather than theirs. After that, they asked for a cash gift.
He should have seen their real faces then. Even though he had not been in the discussion, it was known to everyone in their household and had reached his ears.
But he had grumbled that his soon-to-be-bride was too greedy.
He laughed at his stupidity thinking of that.