The Gift I Gave My Husband: A Divorce He Never Saw Coming

Madelynn walked into her home to find Cecelia lounging on the couch in her nightgown.

Madelynn’s nightgown.

The sound of the door opening made Cecelia look back with an eye roll. “You’re back so soon? You look absolutely filthy.”

She stood up from the couch and strolled over to Madelynn, lifting her chin with a finger like she was inspecting it. “Look at you. You’re as pale as a sheet. There’s nothing interesting about your face, and anyone would assume you’re on your deathbed.”

She pulled the robe down her shoulders to proudly display the glaring red marks on her neck and chest. “See these hickeys? It’s all Oliver’s handwork. Last night was… intense. As you can see, he couldn’t wait to claim me as his.”

It was like she became even bolder the more she spoke. She lowered her voice, leaning into Madelynn’s ear in a mocking whisper.

“Last night, while we did it in your bed, he said I was the only one who could make him feel like a real man. He said you lie there like the dead—and you never knew how to slice things up.”

“You should’ve heard how he screamed out my name in pleasure and treated my body like something he worshipped.”

The moment the words left her sister’s lips, Madelynn’s eyes darkened. She raised her hand and slapped Cecelia hard across the face before she could stop herself.

“Cecelia! Know your place. No matter how bad Oliver treats me, I’m still his wife. And you… you’re just the other woman! Push me too far and I’ll hold a press conference. I’ll let the world know you’re nothing more than a maid’s daughter who stole her sister’s husband!”

Madelynn had promised herself she wouldn’t stoop to Cecelia’s level, but the latter kept pushing her too far, and there was only so much she could take.

Just as Cecelia was about to retaliate, she looked up and saw Oliver approaching and she immediately flipped the switch.

Her knees buckled, and she dropped to the floor.

“Maddy, I’m so sorry— I knew I never should’ve come back! I’ll leave today! I would rather die than be in your way.”

Before Madelynn could even react, Cecelia suddenly sprang to her feet and ran straight toward a wall. Oliver rushed forward just in time to catch her.

“Cece, This is my house and I invited you here. If anyone has a problem with you, they have a problem with me and they should take it up with me!”

Cecelia’s bright pink lips curled into a sinister smile.

Oliver, supporting Cecelia, turned and barked coldly, “Madelynn, you will apologize to her right now!”

“I will do no such thing! I have been nothing but nice to Cecelia. Oliver, do you even have any idea where I was last night? Aren’t you even the least bit curious?”

“I don’t give a fuck where you were last night,” he snapped. “But you don’t get to hurt Cece! You have no right! And if you don’t apologize right now, you’ll be suspended from the office until you learn to have proper manners!”

In his eyes, Madelynn’s only joy came from working in the office. So he figured suspension would be the ultimate punishment. What he didn’t know was that Madelynn never even cared about the work. She had a master’s degree that meant she could work in much higher places rather than being a mere secretary. Hell, she could own the company if she wanted. She worked harder only so Oliver could have it easier.

Seeing the hurt in her eyes, His chest tightened with guilt. But he still turned away, taking Cecelia with him.

Before leaving, he turned to the maid and guards and ordered, “She’s not to have any food or water until she apologizes!”

Madelynn watched him walk away with tears slipping silently down her cheeks. This was the man she had loved for years. But there was no way she could keep loving him after all this.

For days, she was locked inside the villa like a prisoner.

Three times a day, the guards would ask if she had realized her mistake. Madelynn never gave an answer. She spent the time staring out the window and counting down the days. In five more days, she would be gone from this life for good.

Sitting on her balcony swing, her phone kept buzzing with texts. All of them from her sister.

She ignored them until she couldn’t anymore and decided to read the latest one.

[You couldn’t even get your parents to keep loving you, and now you can’t even handle a man. If your parents could pick me over you, then best believe that Oliver will dance to my tunes too. Just one word from me, and he’ll never return home to you.]

She proved her words.

For the next couple of days, Oliver didn’t return to the villa. Cecelia never let her have peace though. She kept sending her pictures and videos everyday.

She sent videos of her kissing Oliver. Pictures of them walking by the beach. Videos of him cooking for her and taking her shopping to get whatever she wanted.

She even sent intimate videos that no one else should’ve seen.

In the past, Madelynn would’ve gone mad with anger and pain, but now… she was just numb.

A man like that wasn’t worth crying over. She knew better now.

On the fourth day, they finally let her leave her room, but because she still refused to admit to her mistakes, food and water was still withheld from her.

She decided to take a stroll through the garden and smell the fresh flowers, but she had underestimated how weak she really was from the lack of food.

She tripped on a fallen branch and fell face flat on the rough hard floor. Searing hot pain shot through her stomach and the next thing she saw was blood.

Madelynn instinctively yelled out in agony. It wasn’t even from the pain. It was from the knowledge that something had definitely happened to her baby. The same baby that she had tried so hard to have. The same baby that had come after so much pressure from hers and Oliver’s parents. The baby that had come only because Oliver had gotten so drunk and had sex with her.

The guards rushed her to the car to drive to the hospital. But they were unable to get out of the gates of the community, because the roads were blocked.

“Mrs Kane,” the driver said nervously. “Mr Kane has called a parade for Ms. Cecelia’s birthday party today and the roads are blocked. We can’t… we can’t get through.”

While blood kept gushing out of her and stained her clothes and the car seats, fireworks erupted in the sky.

It was all for Cecelia.

The proof of Oliver’s love for her sister was on full display for the world to see while she sat helplessly in the car, losing their baby with every drop of blood that flowed from her.

Madelynn let out an almost inhuman cry. With all the strength she could muster, she pulled her wedding band off her finger and tossed it out of the window.

She was done with Oliver and this sham of a marriage.