Undefiled Queen

Stephen Pov

She left me.   That’s the only sentence which kept engrossing my mind.  My feet could no longer carry me.  They became limp and I succumbed to the floor.  I do not know how long I stayed there.  When I came back to my senses, my eyes were burning and glistening.  I realized what I was doing – sulking for her. She became my life.  She captured my heart and soul.  How could she leave me in this catastrophic state?  I did everything to make her happy.  Of course I cannot change what she endured but I also suffered no less.  I also lost my only brother to that accident. I never cried all over my life.  Not even when my brother died but for her….  I sighed and inhaled heavily.

I rubbed my forehead with agitation.  Deciding that I am no longer going to give up, I raised myself over my legs and moved towards my Lombarghini.  After all, she is my wife.  I have every right to claim her back.  I am a billionaire businessman.  I crack deals worth millions in my everyday business and earn billions monthly.  Handling a young naive girl is not a big deal for me.

I dialed John’s number ordering him to find out about her.  I went home all alone to an empty house.  It was already 10:30 pm.  I went to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of scotch to have a drink.  I had been drinking almost the whole night but still couldn’t stop thinking about her.  Where is she?  Is she okay?  With the effect of alcohol I had in my body, I dozed off to sleep.  I woke up in one of the couches the next morning with the intervening of bright sunlight peeping through the windows.  My head was pounding with pain.  I did my morning routine and grabbed two tablets of aspirin with water.  After the shower, I went to my closet to find a suit for the day’s work and found that all her dresses were hanging in their usual place.  I checked every nook and corner of the cupboard and found that she had only taken the dresses and jewelry which she purchased with her earnings.  She would not touch even a single penny of mine.  What a self esteem.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

I gritted my teeth with anger.  Suddenly I heard my phone beep.  It was a message.  I checked who the messenger was.  It was from a bank.  Amount of 10 million had been wired to my account from an unknown account.  I checked the account number and found that it was from Merlyn.  What the hell is she doing?  Why would she transfer all the money back to me?  I deposited the money into her account for her safety and emergency.    Oh holy mother of Gods what an amount of self consciousness.  She is always on my nerves even when she is away from me.  I tried to look into the account details in order to track her.  But alas!  She already closed the account.  I once again tried to call her number but I found the number no longer valid.  Nice try Flower, but you are yet to know completely about me, I will trace you out even from the abode of the dead.

It has been almost a week since she left.  I feel my life shredding in a devastating manner.  I am still unable to trace her.  Every day I would dump myself with work in the office and when I come home embracing her emptiness, I drink to the oblivion.

I miss her so much, miss her cuddles, I miss her smell.   I miss everything about her.  Every day before going to bed I would spray her perfume beside me so that I do not feel her absence.   In order to ascertain that feeling, I would hug a pillow and try to drift off to sleep.

I returned to the office like everyday but somehow I feel happy.  My inner voice says something good is going to happen.  I laughed at my own stupidity.  Now I even started becoming a soothsayer in the madness that my wife left me.  Within an hour I got the response I needed.  John called me and informed me about her whereabouts. I am elated.  My joy crossed all the boundaries of the world. The only feeling left in me is to go and hug her.

So she is in Dubai.  What a blessed coincidence. I smirked at myself.   I wanted her to handle the overseas business and she is already into it. I don’t have to plan for anything.  I now know very well what she is going to do next.  I called her cousin Sam and then her uncle.  Of course he had some huge curses for which would have surely bled my ears if I was not in a happy mood but who cares? I am sure to win her back and get her into my arms as soon as possible. I dialed Tina’s number and told her to book my private jet ready.  I alerted her security about which she hasn’t got the least idea.

‘Flower’! I am coming.  Wait for me.

Merlyn’s Pov

My friend works in the passport office.  I contacted her soon enough when we were on the honeymoon, when he revealed to me his dangerous truth.  With her help in two days, I managed to get the visa to Dubai.

My cousin, Sam, lives there.  He promised to help me with a job.  Now that my uncle is discharged from the hospital, it’s easy for me to leave the country.  Once everything settles down well I will return the money he spent for my uncle’s surgery.

Keeping this in mind, I stepped into Dubai’s airport.  I found Sam in all smiles waving to me.  I reached him and hugged along with my aunt, uncle and brother.

I know he would trace me out the next second if I am living in the same city.  It’s not very difficult for him even if I stay in some other corner of the country.  So I decided to leave the country itself.

‘I love him’ a part of my heart spoke.  ‘He deceived you’ the other part countered.  Stupid Merlyn why do you still love him? He cheated upon you to marry him.  I brushed away my thoughts and proceeded towards the car my cousin brought.

A week passed and I was still not able to find any job.  I am waiting for Sam eagerly.  Today while moving for work in the morning, he told me he would speak to a friend of his and try for a job.  I am running out of my savings and need a job desperately.  Uncle Peter and aunt Hana are also trying their best to get a job.  After all, getting a job in an entirely different country within such a short notice is not an easy task for the elderly people. Guilt consumed me that for my happiness, my whole family had to even shift borders.

The doorbell rang and I went running to see who it was.  Sam came home with a lot of excitement.  He told me that a friend of his had opened a company recently in Dubai and requires accounting managers.  I was all smiles.  At least I got a chance to try my luck this time.

I dressed myself in a simple black long skirt and a white full sleeve top with a chain and matching stilettos.  I did a little bit of make-up so that I look presentable.  I went to the office which says ‘Exploring minds’.  The manager of the firm Mr Shabbir interviewed me and was very much pleased with my performance.  He beamed that I can start working from the next day onwards.  I was smart enough to grab an experience certificate from ‘Collomen Industries’ and a recommendation letter from Stephen before I resigned from the job.  As Collomen Industries is one of the top Indian firms, I did not have much of a problem in getting a job in Dubai.   ‘Exploring minds’ is an American based company opening its branch in Dubai.  To my surprise the pay package was also very good.  After all I had a solid one and half year’s experience in Collomen group of Industries.  Smiling I mentally raise my collar to boost myself.

It is night and I am somehow anxious thinking about various things which happened recently.  I met the lawyer for divorce in spite of my uncle’s repeated persuasion to abate my next step. Though I sounded obdurate with every decision I take, I feel a pit deep in my stomach, a sense of regret which I am no longer able to perceive.

It’s been a month since I came here.  Aunt Hana and uncle got a new job and Vance settled in well in his college.  I feel comfortable here, though I always miss the presence of Stephen.  I am now staying in the flat the company hired for me.

Though the branch had been opened around 6 months back we are yet to see the head of the firm.  He will be holding a business meeting shortly where I could get to see him.

I do not know why but I am curious about this man.  Alegra, my new friend in the office, heard a good bit of him.  He is a ruthless businessman very strict regarding work but rewards amply when people give him good service.  Probably that is why I am paid amply.  Congratulating myself of my credentials.  I patted myself.  I am inquisitive to know more about my employer or at least have a glimpse of him.

So here I am waiting to discern a look of his.