Chapter 1: A day full of negative thought

I always thought that waking up as the wife of Victor Lenois was the greatest blessing a woman could ever dream of.

Victor Lenois was one of the richest men in the world, despite his age he was able to secure himself a place within the Top ten of his category with a wealth of billion dollars. He was a handsome blonde of about 6ft tall and could have every women he wanted bevause every woman was more than willing to be at his feeth.

I should have been happy to be the one he sweared to spend the rest of his life with, i should be happy to be the one he said 'I love you' to, i should be happy to share the same bed with him every night but now that I am in this position I wondered what made me think I'd be happy in the first place.

I literally do not want to wake up some days, my everyday life with him is full of stress and negative emotions and this has been the case for the past six years. Six years of being sad and wondering if commiting suicide will not be the best decision for myself.

“What do you think of this article?” My best friend Emma asked me while holding an exquisite black leather hand bag in front of me, it was simple with minimal designs and it’s zip was made up of gold. Definitely my kind of bag, she knew me well, not surprising when we have been friends since forever.

“Beautiful” I blurted out, feeling bad because my attention wasn’t completely on my friend, main while I promised to spend this day with her. I was overthinking and depressing again. And it has been going on for weeks now so Emma asked me to go shopping with her, she thought that it will make me forget about Victor and all the sorrowful moments he made me go through even if it was for some couple hours but I was sad to admit that it wasn't working. I couldn't wrap my head around something else and I couldn't even find a piece of article for myself, just following her with my eyes fixed no where in particular. Nothing looked nice because I wasn't really looking at anything. It made me feel bad because I always enjoyed coming to this shop. We were actually at ZIRA which was a grand luxury shop who always sold exquisite items. Despite the prices being high it was worth it.

“Oh my God! could you stop thinking for a second!? You look like your soul isn't here” Emma yelled dropping the bag furiously and glaring at me “I know it is not easy but you have to start ignoring his words and actions and live your life in peace. I don’t want to lose my best friend because of some asshole okay!?” She yelled again, making me laugh as I covered my ears. She was right I have to start ignoring him but it was easier said than done. And the fact that I loved him makes it harder. I can't help think about our happy moments before the wedding, about the man he was, who was completely different from who he is now. I wish we could go back in time and i will see that Vivtor ones more.

“I will try, I promise” I told her while taking her hands in mine and looking up at her, because she was around a fout taller than me. “I won’t leave you, I promise” I almost felt myself tearing up but I knew better than to cry in front of this girl, she will probably smack me or something.

This was Emma for you a very overprotective and extroverted girl she has always been there for me, since elementary school we have been inseparable. I am lucky to be one of those people who have been able to maintain a relationship with someone this long, because as I know it is not that common, and the fact that it is with her of all person’s makes me happy. She is the sweetest soul, and I do not wish for another best friend. Our relationship is so strong that we literally started considering each other as sisters.

“Don’t you dare cry! I swear to God I am going to smac-

“I won’t” I said cutting her off. I smiled and let go of her hands, I guess I just wanted to touch her because touching was my love language, surprisingly, but she was the only one I touched because she was the only one I sincerely loved.

“Well okay. Now let me buy you that bag and we can go grab a coffee” Emma was the heir of the Young family, well they were only two, her mother and her. And her mom, Madame Young had opened the most expensive and luxurious Hairdressing salon in the city thirty years ago, she was a millionaire so Emma was pretty much born rich. Main while I only became rich by marrying Victor Lenois.

“You don’t have to do that, it’s okay” I said after seeing that the price of the bag was around forty thousand dollars. Despite having become rich six years ago I would never be able to comprehend how these prices are being given, and why someone will buy a bag this small at such a high price. Main while you could surely find the same type at a cheaper price somewhere else. But well I would definitely buy it here now that I have the means.

“I insist, I brought you here for shopping, it will be a shame to leave this place empty handed considering our reputations and it will maybe ruine the image of the shop just imagine an article saying As the title of the article” Well she was right now that I am Victor Lenois’s wife everyone has their eyes on me, I am literally a celebrity now, I will find paparazzi and reporters already waiting for me in places I go or chasing me on the road asking me how I did to seduce the ‘Victor Lenois’. Everything I do is being published, I have no privacy and leaving this shop empty handed will certainly earn them negative critics from the media as I am the one who made it popular in the first place by always buying my stuff here.

“You already bought something for yourself?” I asked her, she was not really known publicly but she was a rich woman with a celebrity mom so I wasn’t the only one who ‘must’ get an item.

“Yeah, I saw their new collection of heels and there is a particular green one who caught my eye so I will get it” She said excitedly. So she bought the two items, they got wrapped and placed inside shopping bags before being handed to us, so we left the shop and as expected they were around a dozen of persons in front of the shop more than half of them were paparazzis. We swiftly got at the back seats of her Lamborghini and the chauffeur drove away. Thank god they weren't alot of paparazzis, i hate walking around with bodyguards but they are sometimes that i regreted why i didn't come with them because it will be difficult to escape this paparazzi.

“I have to go to work now” I said smiling, I had opened my enterprise eight months ago, it was a cosmetic enterprise called LARA Beauty I named it after myself because Zira told me that that was the easiest thing to do if you wanted a name for your enterprise.

“You know you are your own boss right?. You can do whatever you want. Like not going to work everyday” Emma told me because she clearly wanted us to spend more time together, well I did promise to spend this day with her. But working will help me forget Victor better, I needed to spend time alone.

“I know i can do that but I got used to working everyday and you know why” Well I didn’t want to stay home like a furniture and do nothing of my life while years passed. I asked Victor the permission to open an enterprise four years ago but he refused, every year I kept asking him the same thing but he still say no, until about a year when I started putting him more pressure thanks to Emma’s encouragement and he finally accepted.

“Yeah I know, well I will just go watch The Carnival alone then” She said poutting

“What is that?” I had to ask despite wanting to laugh at her attempt of a pitifull expression

“That new Horror Film, The Carnival, Apparently it is so cool well james told me it was so cool, it won't surprise me if you have never heard of that though” She said excitedly and I really wanted to accept her offer but at the same time I wanted to work.

“Aren't you already twenty five?, you ain’t a kid no more”

“What!? I am only enjoying my life girl and you should do the same, there is no shame in watching movies once in a while” She said rolling her eyes and I laughed so hard I almost choked on my saliva then she started laughing too. And despite almost dying from my own saliva I wanted this moment to last forever, I love her so much she was really the only person that made me want to still wake up everyday.

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