The Day His Eyes Opened

~Mia~

The joy in my heart knew no bounds as I moved around the kitchen swiftly. Today I had planned to make lunch for my husband, Ethan Sawyer. He hardly had time to have breakfast before leaving for work. Our marriage wasn't an ideal one, but we still cared for each other at least or maybe that was my own wishful thinking.

I smiled in satisfaction at the packed up lunch bag. Today would be the first time I visit Ethan at the company.

Oops! my bad. I forgot about the intro.

I'm Mia Garcia, or at least I was a Garcia until I got married Into the Sawyer's who had treated me so well in the last two years since I joined their family. The Sawyer's were a well known family in New York City. They were also one of the wealthiest and most powerful family in the country.

So back to me.. I had the worst parents in the world, both were involved in gambling which made them sold almost all our properties just to settle off debts they owed.

At some point, they couldn't pay up any longer, and they both did the one thing I didn't expect of any parents in the world. They fled! yes! that's right, they both suddenly disappeared into thin air leaving me alone to clear off their debts at the early age of 19.

Of course I had to run, hide, sometimes break a couple of teeth to get the debtors off my back and luckily for me, Mrs Sawyer came to my rescue when she offered me a deal. A deal to get married to her son and in exchange, she would clear off every debt I owed.

Without thinking too much, I jumped right into the deal in the blink of an eye. I never for once thought about what she stood to gain in that deal we made. And I never wanted to.

The ride to the Sawyer's company was just a forty minutes drive away from the graceful mansion. I stepped out of the black Bentley which rolled up in front of the tall sky scraper. The smile I had on my lips didn't die down one bit as I thought of Ethan's reaction to the surprise lunch visit I had planned for him. Would he be happy or too surprised to even blink?

i walked into the building and walked past the reception desk, all of a sudden I felt a hand grab on my shoulder. i halted. I turned around to find a petite lady, just the same age as me. She flashed me an awkward smile while her brown orbs darted to and fro.

She looked a bit nervous and her reaction only made me worry more. What could be wrong?

"Ma'am, you're here?"

Although, I might have never been to the company before now, but everyone in new York knew who Ethan Sawyer's wife was. We do appear most times at public gatherings and we put up the best couple in front of everyone.

I blinked my eyes confusedly as I stared at the lady whose fingers was already grazing my skin.

"I'm here to see my husband, please don't inform him of my arrival, I want it to be a surprise"

I turned around to leave once more but she grabbed my arm effortlessly, this time my brows knot in displeasure.

"Ma'am he's currently in a business meeting. And-

"I'll wait for him in his office" I declared before I moved away heading to the elevator.

***

As soon as the elevator made a ding, it opened and I stepped out. i noticed the gazes boring into my back as I walked past several cubicles where Ethan's employees were deeply engrossed in their work..

Everyone were surprised about my visit today, or were they just admiring my new hairdo? A sheepish smile appeared on my lips at the thought. Just when I was few feet away from the door which led to Ethan's office. I heard a sound or better still some weird noises.

My brows knotted in worry, was everything alright with Ethan? I stepped even closer and held the knob about to push it open when a breathless pant reached my ears.

"Ethan..go harder!"

My face paled, a deep knot settled at the pit of my stomach, I recognized that feminine voice so well. I swallowed a large spitball down my throat and turned the knob. My heart squeezed at the despicable sight that appeared before me, Though I had no feelings whatsoever for this man or maybe I did but was trying to deny it in order not to feel more hurt. I felt anger surging through my whole being as I listened to their pathetic moans that filled the office.

I pushed the door open and stormed in making my presence known to them.

"Ethan!" I yelled out his name the second I barged in. He snapped his head to my direction and I could swear that I didn't find an ounce of regret in his eyes.

His eyes held only anger and impatience, he held unto Sonia's hips and continued thrusting into her right in front of me. But then again I'm not someone who you could easily fool around with and go scot free. I fisted my hands into tight balls. The lunch I had spent all morning making fell off my hand freely and made a loud noise on the ground, i marched over to the large brown mahogany desk and sent a slap to his face the second I got closer to them.

I was so sure this wouldn't end well but I don't give a damn.

***

After the heart breaking scene I witnessed at the Sawyer's company, I returned back to the Sawyer's mansion at once.

I had refused to answer any knock that fell on my door. I was very sure that Ethan's mother was at home since I heard her voice a couple of minutes ago.

A knock fell on my door taking me out of my trance, I took a glance at the door without a thought of standing up to unlock it.

After a minute or two, the knocks finally stopped and I heard the sound of heels moving away from the door. One thing was certain, whoever that was knocking a while ago was definitely a lady.

Just when I thought I was finally going to be left alone, I heard the footsteps again and the rattling sounds of keys jingling against each other outside my door.

The door flew open so as my eyes. I stood up at once staring at the older lady whom had done so much for me in the last couple of years.

Lady Lucia Sawyer!

"I thought you must have committed suicide. But here you are still breathing fine"

I frowned upon hearing her words. Her usual friendly tone she used to address me with was gone replaced by a mocking one.

"What-

Another figure popped up by her side and it was none other than Ethan. If only looks were daggers, I was very sure that Ethan would have been stabbed to death by my glares. The more I stared at him, the more the image from earlier today flashed past my eyes and the more I wanted to rain multiple slaps at his face.

"Little slut-

"You're the man whore here Ethan! I wasn't the one banging Sonia a while ago. wasn't she your friend like you claimed?!" I yelled but as soon as I spoke, I felt foolish for ever believing that they were just friends like he had claimed.

i saw Ethan take a bold step to approach me, his hands were fisted around the papers he held in his hand. Lucia's hand fell on her son's shoulder to stop his movement.

"He did?"

I nodded my head to Lucia's question, she took a glance at Ethan and then back to me and for once I was glad that she would give Ethan a hard talk or maybe a couple of slaps for being an asshole but that was the worst assumption I had made.

"Ethan. What were you thinking?! at least she should sign the papers before you think about hitting her. Control yourself honey"

At the sound of that, my eyes grew large at her words.

What?!