The Billionaire Husband's Betrayal by Nancii Agosto

Chapter 7: Leonardo’s POV

I remember the first day Claire walked into my office. Her eyes were undeniably familiar. I knew I had seen them before.

For a secretary, she had an extreme level professionalism which led me to forget about where I knew her from and focus on work – we worked well together. She was always in sync.

One day, I received one of the many calls from my parents urging me to get married. I had every intention of marrying one day but it wasn’t a priority and having constant reminders was tiring. By the end of that conversation, I was spent and a migraine had already begun to surface. I had multiple girlfriends before and our relationships were always great in the beginning, that is until Charlotte would intervene. I was always available to Charlotte with no exceptions and that was intolerable for each one of them. None of them could accept the amount of attention I’d dedicate to her or the relationship I had with her.

One of my exes went so far as to label Charlotte a ‘home wrecker’ and each one of them requested that I stay away from her. I despised that Charlotte lost her ability to walk and I was aware that she would ask for attention with every intention of causing a rift in my relationships. But I was also understanding – seeing that she was afraid of my relationships causing distance between her and I.

It was too much to bear for any of my relationships. None could withstand the dedication they longed for – being given to someone else and a breakup followed each time.

This happened so often that I had developed a way of avoiding relationships altogether.

there was

it was that made me want a relationship. I didn’t feel the need

agreed to go out with me – I felt something change. I would be eager to finish my work and be

Claire. She eased my stress, made me happy and I was relaxed around her and I had

the last five years, the entirety of our marriage, Claire has been a phenomenal wife.

Until today.

this? Why would you purposely hurt

was an accident”. That was part of her

me to believe her, the red tear-blotched eyes as she denied what she

to get Charlotte situated in the car safely, I sped to the hospital with not another thought on my mind nor

being on purpose.” Charlotte said this from hospital bed where she lay with a pale face. The doctor said temporary memory loss isn’t uncommon with a head injury but he also said

no choice but

proclaiming coincidence and innocence. How was I going to solve or handle this problem? I had to

left Charlotte’s room and ward and walked the neighboring wards just to breathe.