Starting Afresh

When Gianna woke up the next day, she was surprised to find an extra person on the other side of the bed.

Her eyes widened when she saw Henry and as she tried to get up, her legs pushed him and he fell out of the bed.

"What are you doing here?" Gianna asked him when she saw him stand up. She was mad that he managed to get inside the room even after making sure she had taken all of the spare keys of this room.

"G" Henry moved closer to her, taking her hands when he saw her angry face "I just missed you"

"Hah" Giannq scoffed "Missed me?"

Henry swallowed, seeing her eyes that were filled with distrust, he wondered how he had made the mistake of letting her suspect him.

"I thought about everything" Said Henry, his voice gentle and his eyes that were filled with love for her stared into her seriously. Then slowly, he got to his knees while holding her warm hands.

"I'm sorry G" He apologized.

"Sorry for cheating on me?" Gianna ached a brow but part of her knew that that was not the case.

"No. I never cheated on you. You have to believe me G, I will never do that to you" The sincerity in his voice and the way he looked at her, who wouldn't fall for it? She felt like she wasn't exactly a fool in her past life. It was Henry who was just too good in his act.

"Klara told me everything and that stuff you found..." He paused while holding her gaze before he continued "I digged into it and found that it belonged to a maid"

"You slept with a maid?"

"No!" Henry sounded like the thought alone was disgusting as he shook his head "It dropped from her pocket when she was cleaning the room. I was going to fire her when I found out but I thought that she needed to explain it to you herself and then you can do whatever you like to her. I promise you that I didn't sleep with anyone. I swear on my life G"

"I want to see the maid then" Said Gianna and Henry didn't hesitate in bringing the maid to her. Gianna wondered what he had promised this maid who was confessing to something she never did. Did they think that she wouldn't punish her, did they think that she will just brush it off.

Her lips raised as she looked at the maid who knelt in front of her as she begged for forgiveness "I don't believe everything you just said but in do believe you deserve death for this"

The maid's eyeswidened when she heard her. Then seeing Gianna's serious look, she knew that she might really do it. Rich people were cruel and taking a person's life as lowly as her was no big deal to them. Her eyes quickly moved to Henry as if asking for help.

"That..." Henry wanted to speak but Gianna threw a sharp glare at him.

"Didn't you say I could do whatever I want with her? Then let me be the one to decide. You do not have the right to interfere in this" Saying this she turned towards the maid "I don't know why a thing like that will be in your pocket before it fell off in our room but you caused me a great headache and you're going to pay for that"

Didn't they want to use this woman as their shield? Then so be it. The woman will have to bear her wrath then. For agreeing to collude with them and taking the blame for something she never did.

The panties she had found was expensive. It was not something a maid like her could possess so of course she knew they were using her.

The maid was taken away and once again. It was just her and Henry.

"Did you even think for once that I might be innocent? That you, showing your distrust toward me like this might be really hurtful?" The look of pain in his eyes would have made her heart soften but Gianna just looked away when he continued.

"Before I married you, you trusted me so much. What changed? Why are you suddenly doubting me? Did someone say something to you?" Henry's eyes narrowed as he looked at her expression, wanting to know if he was right. That was the only thing he could think of. That someone had said something to her.

Before their marriage, she liked to be all over him. She never doubted him, she loved him but now... He felt like she was putting up a wall between them, she felt more and more distant and it made him uneasy because she was the key to acheiving his goals. He sighed "It's okay if you've lost your trust in me. I'll make sure to gain it back so give me one more chance. Let's start afresh again hm?" Henry held her hands and he saw a conflicted look in her eyes before he finally heard what he had been waiting for.

"Fine. Let's start afresh" Gianna agreed, watching the big smile that appeared on Henry's face as he hugged her.

"I promise not to give you a reason to doubt me okay?"

Gianna forced a smile.

"It's the weekend today. How about we go somewhere?" Henry suggested and Gianna raised a brow as she asked "Where?"

Henry smiled "I'll tell you when you get ready"

"Fine"

As Henry left and Gianna started to get ready, she thought about something and took out her phone to text Klara.

'Henry is taking me somewhere today. Wanna join us?' As she sent this, almost immediately, she received a reply.

'Wouldn't that be ruining your date?'

'Not if it's you' She put a smiley emoji and typed 'I'm sure you won't turn me down'

Gianna didn't stop there, she also texted one more person asking to join them.

As Gianna dropped her phone, a smirk formed on her lips as she wondered how Henry would react to this or if there will be a drama to watch later.