“Oh Will,” Regina smiled smugly calling her the nickname that Rowan used to when they were kids. “You can pretend in front of everyone else, but not me. I can tell you are trying so hard not to cry.” Regina laughed, “just like the good old days.” Willlow couldn’t stop the lone tear coming down her eye and she hated herself for it. She also hated how her heart beat faster at the confrontation. Regina laughed in glee. She felt herself being transported back to high school where all of her little minions pointed and laughed at her tears in glee. She was about to loose herself.
“What’s going on?” Rowan asked coming in the hallway like some savior.
“Oh we were just catching up,” Regina smiled like she had all the time in the world. Rowan gave her a dirty look,
“Are you ever going to grow up Regina? You wonder why I won’t propose?” Rowan said furious and Regina this time had tears in her eyes. Willow allowed Rowan to walk her away from that ugly scene.
“I hope she didn’t say anything too nasty.” Willow’s temper boiled over, how dare he waltz in like he cared about her now?
“Why do you care? You’ve never cared. God you are just like your father.” Rowan’s eyes revealed hurt, but he had hurt her her first when he left her all alone. God she was always alone, always looked over, she couldn’t take it anymore.
“I’m sorry,” he murmured.
“Yeah well it’s too little too late, just do what your best at and stay away from me.” Willow left feeling raw and went back to her seat next to her husband who was clearly searching for Regina. There was dancing, but her husband didn’t want to so they both sat there not talking to each other. Willow was just numb.
“Would you like a drink?” Knox asked. Willow looked up and saw Regina at the bar with Rowan.
“Whatever,” she replied. It’s not like he was going to come back anyway. Willow was right, she got up and watched him head straight over to Regina. She watched for a moment as Knox had the balls to lean it and whisper in Regina’s ear. Regina made eye contact with her and giggled loudly. Willow looked and found Rowan who was looking at the two of them. Then she looked back to the offending couple, Regina looked a little embarrassed but she didn’t stop her blatant flirting with Knox. Willow’s husband.
Willow couldn’t take it anymore, she had to leave. She walked up to her parents who were with u cold James and aunt Diane and told them she was leaving.
“Where’s Knox?” Her mother asked.
“He decided to stay I’m not feeling well,” she said tactfully. Willow watched her father and Uncle James find her husband at the bar and hellfire lit in their eyes when the pieces were put together. Willow went in for a hug,
“Not tonight dad, dance with mom, enjoy your victory. I’m proud of you.” Willow told her dad and she felt her father tighten the hug. The mayor kindly sent her home in the limo, and Willow finished reading the divorce papers. She emailed back stating everything looked okay and she would pick them up. The limo dropped her off at the house, and she got undressed then jumped in the shower.
Willow went to bed that night without a single message from her husband asking what had happened to her. She never felt her husband get into bed that night.
When she woke up Knox was there and she got out of bed. Willow simply got out of bed and went about her morning routine like it was a normal day. She didn’t have morning sickness today, so she went ahead and checked her work email on the sofa. That’s where Knox found her where he stumbled out of the bedroom clearly hungover. He opened his mouth, but she beat him to it.
“I want a divorce.” She said in a tone that brooked no argument.
Knox’s pov
Knox woke up having a bit of a hangover. The previous night didn’t go according to his plan. He really wanted to impress his boss and Regina in hopes that she would choose him over the man that he knew she was seeing. However, the boss both found out he was married and plainly stated Mr. Silverton expected the man to propose when he graduated law school. Knox was upset. He was also upset that Regina wouldn’t sleep with him last night, she told him she couldn’t risk it with Rowan and her parents at the party. Knox tried to get her to meet him later but she refused.
Knox drank quite a bit at the free bar and then took an Uber home. He passed out next to Willow then woke up with a horrible headache. When he walked up to the living he saw her sitting on the couch. He was going to say good morning, but she beat him to it.
“I want a divorce,” Willow told him plainly, inside he was panicking but he stayed cool.
“What? Why?”
“Really?” She asked sarcastically. Knox was too smart to straight up admit to the affair so he continued to play dumb.
“No I don’t know why you would want a divorce. We have to fix this.” Knox fake pleaded. Willow sighed,
“I thought we could have a conversation without lies. I want you to leave.” Knox sighed, he wanted to see Regina anyway,
“Fine I will come back whenever you are more levelheaded.” Knox walked out of the home and called an Uber. He couldn’t drive as he was still half drunk.
Knox sent Regina a quick text saying he was headed over. Regina lived in a nice condo bought by her parents. Knox walked into the foyer and the doorman let him, he was a regular at this point. He took the elevator to her condo and went to the door and knocked on it. The door was eventually opened and Regina stood in the doorway. He walked in and started heading toward the bedroom.
“Knox, wait we need to talk.” He was confused,
“What?” The tone of her voice brought him up short. She normally ripped his clothes off before they could talk. The s*x between them was amazing.
“Sorry Knoxxy this is over,” Regina told him bluntly in that baby voice he hated. Knox was floored.
“What? What are you talking about?” Knox asked confused and hurt. Regina smiled with glee.
“Honey I only slept with you to get back at Willow. I mean it was fun while it lasted, you have a decent sized c**k and you aren’t bad in bed. But now that Willow found out there’s no reason to keep seeing you.” Retina told him making him upset and furious. He put his marriage at risk for this woman!
“You told me you wanted me! That you wanted to help me with my career, you wanted to be with me.” Regina laughed again.
“You were so foolish! A few choice words were all it took for you to get greedy and betray your wedding vows. If I didn’t loathe Willow I would actually feel sorry for her for being married to some one so weak willed and stupid as you.”
“I’m not stupid!” Knox said furious and Regina laughed.
“Oh yes you are, the connections you wanted by f*****g me, you already had with your wife, she just left it all behind because of me,” Regina laughed again. “Now it’s time for you to leave. I have to meet Rowan soon. He’s a Cunningham and if you were fool enough to think I would choose him over you then that is all you.”
Knox was shoved out of the condo feeling completely defeated. Knox’s head was in a daze, what connections was she talking about? He didn’t realize he headed back home until he walked in the door.
“Let me guess Regina broke up with you now that I found out?” Willow asked not looking up from her laptop. The surprise must of shown in his eyes and Willow laughed. Knox didn’t know how to handle this situation so he walked out and went to take a shower. He was finally sober, but now hungover. God he felt like s**t.
While he was in the shower Knox went over everything in his head. The buyout at work and when Regina first approached him. Looking back now he did resist, but she was persistent. Regina also lured him with fake promises of career advancements as well as family connections. Knox wouldn’t lie, he got swept away.
It was a shock to know that Willow had the same connections as Regina. Willow always portrayed herself as poor. Which technically she was, as her father was a public defender. She didn’t tell him that their family was friends with the Cunningham’s of all people. Neither did her parents. They had dinner with her parents every Sunday and the topic never came up? That seemed odd, but then again their son was dating her bully. Then again he was f*****g her bully. s**t this was a disaster. One he made, and he had to deal with. He had to fix this, in his own way he loved his wife.
Knox got out of the shower and got dressed. He went to the kitchen to pop some advil and grabbed an iced coffee to help with the headache. Willow always complained of headaches, was this how she felt all the time? Maybe he should have been more sympathetic, this sucked. He went back out to the living room and sat down next to his wife on the couch.
“Are you sure you want a divorce?” He asked feeling a bit more level headed.
“Yes, I already saw a lawyer and am having the papers drawn up.” s**t, so she had known for awhile.
“Okay.” Willow let out a sigh,
“You should also know that I’m pregnant.”
Joy was all he felt at the announcement, then intense heartbreak is what he felt knowing that this wasn’t the happy announcement it should be. They had been trying for almost a year to get pregnant. Now as they were talking about a divorce it happens. His world was literally falling apart and it was all his own doing.