Chapter 1

Seventeen years ago, Mr Leo Adams married Mrs Zoe Nelson, and she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with sparkling brown eyes named Olima Adams. However, after Olima's birth, Mrs Zoe experienced complications.

Mrs Zoe wept because she wanted to give her husband more children, but he assured her that his love for her would not change.

Two years later, Mr Leo told his wife of his intention to marry a second wife who could give him more children, especially a son who would inherit all his property and carry on his name, rather than adopting a son, as Olima is a girl.

Mrs Zoe became emotional and feared that another woman entering her home would turn her husband's heart against her, so she spoke to her best friend, Gina Edwards, asking her to accept and marry her husband.

Mrs Zoe and Gina had been best friends in the past, as they attended the same high school and lived on the island where the billionaire families reside. They remained friends even after Mrs Zoe married.

Mrs Zoe never knew that Gina secretly admired her husband, and she suggested that Gina accept and marry her husband, Mr Leo.

Gina quickly accepted the proposal and moved into the white mansion to live with them. However, upon Gina's arrival, her behaviour changed and she began quarrelling with Mrs Zoe.

Gina told Mrs Zoe to leave the master bedroom so that she and Mr Leo could use it, since Mrs Zoe could not have another child for Mr Leo.

Mr Leo was shocked by Mrs Gina's change in attitude, as she dared to quarrel with Mrs Zoe and even called her a witch for refusing to leave the master bedroom.

Mr Leo became annoyed and threatened to divorce Mrs Gina the following day, but Mrs Gina calmed down, reverted to being the good friend she had been to Mrs Zoe, and begged Mrs Zoe to plead with their husband not to divorce her.

Mr Leo said to Mrs Gina, "How dare you come into my house today and quarrel with your best friend? I regretted marrying you, Gina, and Olima will inherit all my properties tomorrow. Even if she marries a man and changes her surname to his, she will still be my daughter. So, get ready to leave my house tomorrow, as our marriage is over!

Mrs Gina begged Mrs Zoe to plead with their husband not to divorce her, and Mrs Zoe sighed, as she had been the one who persuaded Mrs Gina to accept and marry her husband.

Mrs Zoe pleaded on Gina's behalf, and Mr. Leo allowed Mrs Gina stayed in the mansion with them, but in a separate bedroom.

From that day onwards, Mrs Gina hated Mrs Zoe. She avoided speaking to her, and felt that perhaps Mrs Zoe and their husband had conspired to marry her and bring her into the mansion to show her how loving a couple they were.

One day, Mrs Gina went into Mrs Zoe's room and pleaded with her to allow their husband to spend a night with her, since that was why Mr Leo had married her as well.

Mrs Zoe waited for Mr Leo to arrive home that night and asked him to spend the night with Gina in her bedroom, to see if Gina would bear him a son, which was the reason he had married her.

Mr Leo refused, as he was avoiding Gina and did not want to have anything to do with Mrs Gina, since he regretted marrying her. But after Mrs Zoe sent him away, Mr Leo had no other option but to spend the night in Gina's bedroom, and he made love to Gina.

A month later, Mrs Gina was still jealous, and she continued to resent Mrs Zoe after realising that Mr Leo loved Mrs Zoe much more than her. She had thought that Mr Leo would love only her and leave Mrs Zoe because of her's inability to bear him more children. However, Mr Leo instead distanced himself from Mrs Gina, refusing to eat her food and avoiding her.

Mrs Gina quarrelled with Mrs Zoe again, which made Mr Leo annoyed, and he finally brought home divorce papers.

Mr Leo ordered Mrs Gina to sign the divorce papers, but she refused, telling her husband, "I am pregnant."

Mr Leo could not send Mrs Gina away while she was carrying his child, so he allowed her to stay in his mansion, but on the condition that Gina would live in the boys' quarters, away from the main house, and that she would not quarrel with Mrs Zoe again.

Mrs Gina accepted, as she had no other option and did not want to leave the house.

Eight months later, Mrs Gina gave birth to a baby girl named Mia Adams, but Mr Leo never returned to her to see if they could have more children, especially a son.

Fourteen years later, Mrs Gina's hatred for Mr Leo and Mrs Zoe grew even worse. It happened only once in her 14 years of marriage. Only once did Mr Leo touch her and make love to her, as he claimed he regretted marrying her.

Mrs Gina knew she could not leave Mr Leo’s house again to go out and remarry, as their townspeople already mocked her for agreeing to marry her best friend’s husband, and her parents had not supported her marrying Mr Leo in the first place.

But Mrs Gina had thought that Mr Leo would love her; instead, he did not love her and avoided her.

Mrs Gina knew that if she went out and got pregnant, hoping to bear a son for Mr Leo, he would know the child was not his, as he only allowed Mia to live in the main mansion with them whenever she wanted because Mia was his biological daughter, and Olima also wanted a younger sister to play with.

Mrs Gina’s heart turned cold, and she contacted a truck driver who rammed into Mr Leo and his wife’s car, as she knew they were going to Olima and Mia’s high school for the graduation ceremony.

As Olima was graduating from college, Mia was entering her senior year. Mrs Gina later confirmed with the truck driver about his successful job, and she killed the man as well, to keep her secret for life.

Three months after the burial ceremony ended, Mrs Gina was the first to move back into the main mansion from which her late husband and his first wife had sent her away. She dismissed all the maids and turned Olima into her servant, forcing Olima to withdraw from her tutorial class.

All their previously silent family members began visiting the main mansion to find out who would inherit the late Mr Leo's wealth and oil company. However, Mrs Gina was a ruthless woman; she had all her in-laws arrested and accused them of being responsible for the deaths of her late husband and his admirable wife.

The arrested in-laws had to bail themselves out and signed an undertaking never to disturb Mrs Gina and her family again.

Mrs Gina later contacted Mr Leo's lawyer to inquire about his will, as she remembered that he had told her Olima would inherit all his properties.

Mrs Gina could have killed Olima as well, but she did not want her only daughter, Mia, to be alone in the big house without a sister. So Mrs Gina decided not to kill Olima, instead turning Olima into her lifelong maid, knowing that no one would come to Olima's rescue.

When the lawyer arrived, he told Mrs Gina, "Mr Leo's will cannot be changed. The will regarding the oil company states that the company should be given to Olima Adams, but only when she turns 24 years old."

Mrs Gina became annoyed and began to think about how she could change the will so that the company would become her own and her daughter's property alone.