THE FORGOTTEN HUSBAND’S REVENGE!

Chapter 13: A Wonder

He had said it belonged to his family but she remembered the whole house was being looted before being set aflame and Maxwell didn’t take anything from the house while he was leaving for the army except the bracelet his father had given him during his departure.

Just as she was about to question him, the door bolted open.

“Arabella, what the hell are you still doing on the bed?!” Sienna screamed out her lungs. “You ran away from the meeting Nathan had arranged for you and you are here in the arms of the man who has ruined our family!”

“Mum, what are you saying? Are you aware that Nathan drugged me? Maxwell came just in time before he could do anything to me!” Arabella responded.

“And so?!” Sienna hollowed. “You were being stubborn. If only you had arranged to divorce this good for nothing and gotten married to Nathan, none of this would have happened. And now, we have turned into a laughing stock and it’s all your useless husband’s fault!”

Arabella’s eyes watered as she listened to her mother. “So, mom, you knew about it?”

Sienna stared blankly at her. “Knew about what?!”

“You knew about everything. You knew about Nathan’s plans, you were in cohorts with him that was why you kept urging me to go there. Isn’t it?” Arabella muttered, hoping she was wrong.

Sienna trembled slightly, her gaze everywhere but on Arabella. She glared at Maxwell. “You, what did you tell her?!”

Arabella chuckled sadly. “Maxwell didn’t have to tell me anything. Mum, I’m so disappointed in you.”

“You are disappointed? What right do you have to be disappointed?!” Sienna snarled. “I did what was right. You were being selfish and you didn’t think about your family only yourself and I was only doing what will benefit this family but you fumbled it!”

“Even if Nathan resorted to such means, it was surely because you were being rigid and obsessed with this stupid man. A real woman knows what to do to get what she wants! And you should be thanking me for giving you a chance with a real man!”

Maxwell watched the mother and daughter, his jaw tightened as Arabella shuddered in his arms as she listened to her mother. He couldn’t believe that Sienna won’t even be remorseful.

“And you!” She glanced at Maxwell with disgust. “You have brought nothing but shame since you returned. My daughter and my family have suffered for the past four years. You didn’t return but now that you have returned, you have suddenly had Arabella smitten that she can no longer think straight!”

“I want you out of my house. You aren’t welcome here!” She reached out to grab him but Arabella stood in between them.

“Maxwell isn’t going anywhere!” Arabella retorted. “If he’s not welcome here, then I will leave as well. Besides, with the look of things, I am not supposed to be here in the first place.”

Maxwell’s chest swelled with pride as he stared at his wife in front of him.

However, Sienna’s eyes widened, her mind was in turmoil. If Arabella left, how would they get the contract? She was still needed here.

“Why are you so stubborn?!” Sienna hissed. “Haven’t you seen the damage he has inflicted already?! Open your eyes, Arabella! There are better men out there ready to have you but you are here fighting for a foolish man!”

“I have said my piece,” Arabella replied curtly.

Sienna huffed, about to reach out to pull her away before Maxwell grabbed her hands and roughly pushed her away from them.

“How dare you!” Sienna growled, trying to gain her stamina. She tried to walk towards them again but the cold look in Maxwell’s eyes made her blood dry and she stopped dead in her tracks.

“My wife is trying to rest so keep your voice down or I will be forced to throw you out!”