Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

"You were drunk?" Melinda asked sarcastically. "What a totally lame excuse." She couldn’t believe this was the best excuse he could come up with. No matter how hard he’d explain it, there was no denying that men tend to think with their dicks. Who was to say that Jonas was any different?

"Melinda, I’m telling you the truth, I swear!" Seeing that nothing he said seemed to come through to his wife, he heaved a defeated sigh. "What more do you want from me?"

"What I want from you?" Melinda scoffed. "I never asked for an explanation to begin with. What, did you maybe expect me to feel grateful that you offered an explanation?

Should I have just forgiven you when you said it was an accident? Should I have consoled you and told you it was Holley’s fault, that she took advantage of you?" Melinda’s temper spiked. Those thoughts had been swirling in her head, but saying them out loud gave them more weight and only served to fuel her fury.

She had the urge to throw things and scream until her voice gave out. But she would do none of that.

For one thing, the only object available for throwing was her laptop, and she had important files stored in it. Besides, she would never behave in such a shameless manner, even if the situation did in fact warrant such a reaction.

"I’m so sorry, I promise, I’ll handle it." Jonas hung his head and closed his eyes, looking utterly defeated. For a split second, Melinda felt a shred of sympathy stir in her heart.

It may have also been due to the fact that Jonas seemed hell bent on rectifying the problem, which was unexpected given his personality.

Then, as if programmed to keep her on course, Melinda’s brain reminded her that at the end of the day, the fact remained that Holley was carrying her husband’s child.

She quickly shrugged off her merciful thoughts, and her walls were back up. This was how it always went in the past; this was why she suffered for the past five years.

Well, no more. She wouldn’t submit herself to further humiliation and abuse in the hands of this man. Without another word, she took her laptop from the table and walked away from Jonas with her head held high.

It hit her husband more than she could ever know. He knew that he was in the wrong, and that everything was his fault. He wished his wife sneered at him and shouted and raged. He wasn’t entirely sure what he would do if Melinda had decided to act that way, but he knew that her cold indifference hurt more.

It was as if she had totally given up on him. It was as if she no longer cared, as if he no longer had any chance with her.

It was quiet in the mansion that night. Even the servants had a somber air about them as they served their masters and mistresses. The Gu family dined separately, and did not speak to each other.

Jonas spent the entire time brooding in his room. He would brood in his couch, sometimes pace the length of his study. He was constantly sighing, and would rub his eyes and temples wearily.

The shrill ringing of his mobile phone broke the heavy silence of his study, and Jonas took a quick glance to see who it might be.

It was Holley. Jonas smashed the receive call icon on his screen and immediately went off like a loose cannon.

"Holley, this is your last chance. Take the money and go to the hospital tomorrow to get rid of that child. If you don’t, not only will you never receive a single cent, I will personally make sure your career is over and your entire life ruined."

"Jonas, I didn’t mean for the rumors to spread. It was an accident, I swear!" The threat in Jonas’s voice was very real, and Holley’s top priority immediately changed into appeasing his wrath. She rambled on with her ridiculous excuses about how someone must have heard her muttering to herself and then tattled to the press.

"That’s enough," Jonas boomed over the phone, his voice firm and unforgiving. "Get an abortion tomorrow, and tell the press they were mistaken. You know what will happen if you fail to do this, Holley."

tomorrow, I promise. Don’t worry,

up right then, not even letting Holley finish with her inane prattle. He wasn’t exactly sure if it would do much to

and sucking off on whatever salacious piece of

her phone screen as the

this, kid," she murmured as she ran a hand over her belly. "I

Her circumstances had taken a major 180-degree turn; she had no room to think about anyone

It was indeed best for her to grab the money and make full use

again and dialed the hospital number Jonas gave when he sent her out of the Gu's mansion and made an

scoop on the scandal.

quickly explained that he was sent by Jonas. He had anticipated this scenario, and sent men to ensure that Holley went through with the abortion without a hitch. Jonas

was carefully hidden from the view of any media present on the

was tapping on the steering wheel, waiting for the green light, when her phone vibrated from the passenger seat.

voice, and it sounded young, but with a hint of menace to it. It

"Who is this?"

of the line, Emily had her eyes glued to her computer screen as she talked. She was looking at tabloid articles about Jonas’s

surprising turn of events, to say

all. Holley was a model, and Emily was a rather well-known actress. They had little business

alluding to some sort of romance between Emily and Jonas. Was that why the actress was calling?

traffic light turned green. She stepped on the gas

don’t have to be so on edge," Emily said, laughing a little at her obvious discomfort. "I’m actually calling to help

of Emily was growing by the second. It wasn’t just her words, but her tone of voice. It was also the fact

give you a large amount of money," Emily continued, "if you make it look like Melinda made you lose the baby. You are going through the abortion, anyway, aren’t you? We might as

of money, Jonas’s earlier threats flew out the window and Holley zeroed in on

mud, then she wouldn’t hesitate at all. The fact

the central square this afternoon. I will tip off the media

"I just need to do my thing?" Scheming women could easily read other women’s schemes, after all. When Emily confirmed this, Holley found herself thinking

back on how sweet and adorable acted in front of the camera, and compared it to how vicious she was being at the moment, Holley realized that despite her own

let me down." They cut the phone call, and Holley turned on her

leave the mansion. Nelson had assigned bodyguards to her, given the delicacy of the whole affair. To their credit, there weren’t many members of the press who dared to approach the Gu's mansion for a statement on the

over numerous businesses and institutions, and the media had to be careful if they wanted

going out to meet a writer friend that day. They had much to

scandal, and getting out of the house afforded her to get a breath of fresh air, far from the heavy and tense quality that presided over the

friend didn’t bring up the tabloid news, and instead talked about many interesting things.

while now, looking for Melinda. They had no idea where she might go for her appointment, exactly, only that

escorted into the family car. She