It was just like every other satruday in Sophia's mansion, quiet and dry except for the couple and few workers and maidservants. Saturdays used to be buzzing with guests and family members but Hank put an end to it few years ago without giving anyone a solid explanation, not like he owed them any.
Sophia knew very well why her husband put a stop to the usual weekend merriment , so she didn't hesitate to stop her hostess duty. Lucky for them , their family and friends were quite willing to understand. Even though no proper explanation was made, everyone respected the couples decision and stopped coming my around except they were invited by either Hank or Sophia on rare occasions.
Hank and Sophia sat in the big living room downstairs, they were both engrossed in the political news that was showing on the extremely large television screen, a big bowl of popcorn sat in their middle.
Sophia stole a quick glance at her husband, for the past few days he had not been talking to her. Just few one word replies when necessary.
Could he have known that she went to attack Dilly. She knew she was overthinking because Hank was not the kind of person to keep tabs on her. He didn't care that much .
"Babe , I need money to get new clothes and shoes" she whisphered in an attempt to get his attention.
"Okay" he nodded .
"Would you want anything from the store , I'll go there tomorrow" she said not giving up.
"No thank you" he answered , his gaze was fixed on the television screen.
"Babe…I'm getting a new set of lingeries too , I'll get them in color red and white. Your favorite colors" she attempted to hold his hands but he gently snatched his hands away from her.
"Do whatever you want Sophia" he glared at her. "I'll send you some money."
They both knew that the money was not the issue , she could buy those things for herself and more if she wanted but she really just needs her husband to be nice to her or pretend to be.
He was not ready and willing to pay attention to her and she knows that so well but it's her marriage and there's no giving up at this point. They have come too far to give up on their marriage. They have so many joint businesses. Even though they have tried to no avail to have kids , they are still very committed to the marraige. It was obvious that he no longer loved her and Sophia could not stand the thought of that.
The television went blank before her as she reflected on the early stage of their marraige. They were so in love and were the envy of other couples because they displayed their affection even in public without bothering about their environment.
However things become messy when he caught her cheating. She had cheated on him with his business rival.
She sighed deeply , after the incident she had tried so many times to understand why she had done it and brought so much disregard to her husband. But she could not figure it out , she just wanted to explore and rebel for the fun of it. She wanted it to be her little wild secret but it had ended up ruining her perfect marriage.
She thought about what Dilly said the last time they met . Does he really have four other mistresses? She dare not confront him about it for the fear of upsetting him.
She loves her husband so much and she would do anything to protect her marriage even though it means handing Dilly over to the dark magic realm. Gabby would be proud of her and would spare her life and bestow greater magical power unto her. She might even become fully immortal.
Her quest to rule the world grew wider everyday.
"It would not be bad to have the throne" she thought.
Four years back , if anyone had told her that she would be a part of something so dark and huge she would have argued. But that fateful day in the library seeing Gabby transform from a human to her immortal form had cleared her doubts about the world beyond.
"I wanted you to see this because I see that you are ambitious" Gabby had said before disappearing into thin air.
Few months later Sophia found herself looking everywhere for Gabby because she was finally ready to become a part of the force.
Gabby didn't show up until the day Hank had caught her cheating . She had been sitting alone in their garden when Gabby appeared to her and transferred almost half of her magical powers to Sophia.
And since then Sophia Ruben had become a spy for the dark magic realm. She had been working hand in hand with the dark magic realm to bring back all the banished rebellious immortals back to the world beyond.
"One day we would eventually succeed" she thought to herself . She owed Gabby that .
She turned just in time to see Hank walking out of the living room. The political news was over and he was leaving without saying a word do her?
"Babe" she called after him.
She wanted to follow him but decided to stay back.
"Yeah?" He stopped and turned to face her.
She scrutinized him , his face held no emotions. The warmth and love she used to see in his eyes were no longer there.
It had been this way since he caught her cheating , but it got worse after Dilly broke up with him.
"Do you really love that bitch this much?" She was going to say .
But instead she forced a smile and said "you look worried , are you alright?"
"Yes I am" he answered.
"Let's have dinner at the new restaurant in town , I've been there once" she said still smiling even though her face was beginning to hurt from the fake smile.
"No thank you" he replied coldly and walked out of the living room.
Her heart sank as she watched him go away. She missed the Hank that she had fallen in love with , she missed getting drunk with him and making love right away.
"It's all because of that bitch!" she rolled her fist tightly.
She let out a wicked laugh . There would be no more wasting time . Dilly is going down!