The Wedding Anniversary

Adam walked into the house with a smile on his face, also holding a large box in his hands, he was wearing a delivery man's uniform, he was working as a delivery man in a restaurant.

Adam closed the door behind him and dropped the gift he had bought to give his wife on the table first. He quickly went to his room to change his clothes into one of the neatest clothes he had, a butter-colored shirt and black trousers.

He's going to prepare the candle night inside their room, he would close her eyes with his hands romantically and show the surprise. Adam took the candles and began to light them. He opened the box he had brought in earlier and brought out the bottles of expensive champagne and glasses.

He placed them on the table, as also the food he had bought. Furthermore, he bought a new set of plates and cutlery, served the food, and set up the table.

Adam took the box away and kept it aside. It's their wedding anniversary today, and he was going to surprise his wife. He had planned a bigger surprise for her because he thought she needed to feel loved. Though he didn't have much, he saved for six months in preparing for the wedding anniversary.

He sat down after everything had been prepared, he was presently waiting for his wife. After waiting for some time, he checked the time, and it was almost midnight, which made him worried.

“Why isn't she back yet?” Adam asked rhetorically.

“It's so late,” Adam muttered worriedly, he brought out his phone from his pocket.

He hastily dialed his wife's number, but she didn't answer any of his calls.

“That's weird”

He tried calling again, but it kept going to voicemail. He was about to give up when a message popped up on his phone. Likewise, he quickly checked the message thinking it was from his wife, but unfortunately, it was from one of his friends.

Likewise, he slowly read the message and his eyes widened in shock.

Likewise, he tried not to believe that Clara was the one in the video, dancing with a man and twerking her butt for him.

“This can't be true! Clara wouldn't do this to me” he murmured sadly.

His hands were trembling and had to pause the video.

Adam's heart broke into a million pieces, and he was shattered.

“This can't be happening,” Adam said, feeling hurt, he grasped a handful of his hair.

“Clara can't do this to me” Adam muttered with tears threatening to fall.

“This might be a setup, Clara would never do this” Adam mumbled trying to console himself.

Clara was a decent woman, she had been with him through thick and thin, she had hardly complained when he had nothing, and she always stood by his side as a supporting partner. Despite all the insults that he earned from her family, she always assured him that all will be well.

“Or was that all a charade?” He thought loudly.

Adam touched his chest nervously and wiped the tears clouded in his eyes, his mind drifted to different assumptions, he should trust his wife, not some person who comes out of nowhere, with a video.

After a few minutes, he decided to visit the club, where his wife was seen, twerking with someone. Yes! He needed to be sure and not to believe the video that was sent to him.

He vacated the room immediately. On getting downstairs, he met his wife's mother and sister, busy with their phones.

“Oh, Adam. I didn't know you were inside, I would have called you. I need you to prepare a plate of stir-fry pasta for me, I'm famished” Aria, his wife's sister's order.

“I also require some chocolate cookies,” his wife's mother added.

Adam halted his steps, can't they see that he was sweating profusely? His face was red, and they were so dumb to ask for some silly food, he thought.

Not wanting to offend them, he took a deep breath, calming his nerves before he talked.

“I'm sorry, but I need to go somewhere immediately. I promise to do that when I come back” he retorted and was about to leave the house when Emily, Clara's mother's voice stopped him again.

“What did you just say? You mean my daughter and I would have to starve, while waiting for you? Please let me know if you have any questions. Are you blind to notice that we are hungry? If you dare to step your feet outside this house without preparing our dinner, I promise you, that's going to be the end of you. Idiot!” She yelled at him.

“Mom, can you just imagine this dirty thing just telling us to wait until he comes back, what an effrontery! He has grown the wings to have the audacity, right? I told you Clara should get rid of him, but she refused. He is no longer useful to us. The tea he prepared for me this morning was too hot, and he had the gut to tell me that he didn't check. What was he thinking with his dumb brain! Fool!” Aria added, shouting at him Also.

Adam stood in the same spot, he was confused.

“Mom, Aria…” he was talking before Emily cut him off.

“Don't you dare call me your mom again! I didn't give birth to a Pauper!” She corrected him immediately.

“I need to go out and check on my wife. It's already late, and she isn't back to him, Despite knowing that it's our wedding anniversary. I need to check her welfare. I believe that it's not going to take long. “He tried to convince them, hoping they would let him go, but was more shocked when Aria began to laugh.

Adam stood still, wondering what was funny to make her laugh.

“ I can't believe poor people also celebrate anniversaries. This is my first time hearing it!” She screamed, sounded funny to her.

“He even talked like Clara was a baby. My daughter must have been busy with work, which I don't think you can understand since she isn't a dumbass like you” Emily also scoffed.

While still on the matter, the door opened, revealing Clara that was drunk.

“Clara” Adam called, but she walked inside and pushed him out of the way.

Adam was furious and hurt but seeing her so miserable and pitiful, he couldn't just leave her in this state.

Adam sighed and went to hold his drunk wife, but the latter pushed him away so hard, he almost fell to the floor.

“Get away from me!” Clara yelled, her eyes fiercely glaring at him. Hate and disgust were written all over her face.

Adam could see visible hickeys on her neck, he was stunned and seemed that it had started becoming true.

“Clara, what is this all over your heck? Don't tell me that it's what I'm thinking” he mumbled, with agony noticeable from his voice.

“Jeez! I can't believe you are done dumb to see that those are hickeys! It means she enjoyed herself with another man!” Aria Explained with a mockery tone and let out loud laughter after.

“Darling, I'm sure you are drunk. Let's go inside and sort this out amicably. I believe there is a misunderstanding somewhere” He said, waking closer to his wife by helping her Inside the room, but Clara pushed him again, making him land on his butt.

“Argh." He groaned in pain but quickly stood up and was about to go after Clara, who was already entering the room, when he missed his steps and slipped on the staircase.

His body landed on the floor, making a loud bang, and his head started bleeding.

Aria and Emily couldn't hold their laughter and commenced laughing out loud.

He groaned as the pain cruciate all over his body.

“Help” he murmured before he finally lost consciousness.