Chapter 1

Seventeen years ago…

Mr. Leo Adams, a 27-year-old businessman, got married to Zoe Nelson, a 22-year-old fair lady, and she gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl with brown sparkling eyes named Olima Adams. But after Olima's birth, Mrs. Zoe had complications.

Mrs. Zoe cried, as she wanted to give her husband more children, but he assured her that his love for her wouldn't change.

Two years later, Mr. Leo spoke to his wife about his intention of marrying a second wife who would give him more children. Especially a son to inherit his properties and carry on his name, instead of adopting a son, as Olima was a girl.

Mrs. Zoe became emotional and afraid of another woman coming into her home and turning her husband's heart against her, so she spoke to her best friend, Gina Edwards, about accepting and marrying her husband.

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

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

Gina wasted no time and hastily accepted the marriage, and she moved into the white mansion to live with them.

But as Gina arrived at the mansion, she changed and started quarreling with Mrs. Zoe.

Mrs. Gina told Mrs. Zoe to leave the master's bedroom so that she and Mr. Leo could use it, since Mrs. Zoe couldn't give birth to another child for Mr. Leo.

Mr. Leo was shocked at Mrs. Gina's changed attitude, as she dared to quarrel with Mrs. Zoe on the first day of her arrival, and she even called Mrs. Zoe a witch for refusing to exit the master's bedroom.

Mr. Leo got annoyed and threatened to divorce Mrs. Gina the following day, but Mrs. Gina calmed down and switched back to the good friend she was to Mrs. Zoe, and she begged Mrs. Zoe to plead with their husband not to divorce her.

Mr. Leo told Mrs. Gina, "How dare you come into my house today and dare to quarrel with your best friend, Zoe. I regret marrying you, Gina, and Olima will inherit all my properties tomorrow. Even though she gets married to a man and changes her surname to her husband's surname, 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 was the one who had begged Mrs. Gina to accept and marry her husband.

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

Mrs. Gina hated Mrs. Zoe from that day forward, as she avoided speaking with Mrs. Zoe, and she felt that Mrs. Zoe and their husband had probably conspired to marry her and bring her into the mansion to show her how lovely of a couple they were.

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

Mrs. Zoe waited for Mr. Leo to arrive home that night, and she spoke to Mr. Leo, asking him to spend his night with Gina in her bedroom, to see if Gina would give birth to a son, as that was the reason why he had married Gina.

Mr. Leo refused, as he was avoiding Gina and didn't 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 than to spend his night in Gina's bedroom, and he made love to Gina.

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A month later, Mrs. Gina was still jealous, and she continued hating Mrs. Zoe, after seeing that Mr. Leo loved Mrs. Zoe very much more than her, as she had thought that Mr. Leo would love only her and ditch Mrs. Zoe for her inability to give him more children.

But Mr. Leo rather ditched Mrs. Gina, as he refused to eat Gina's food and avoided her too.

Mrs. Gina then quarreled with Mrs. Zoe again, and that made Mr. Leo annoyed, as he finally brought a divorce paper home.

Mr. Leo ordered Mrs. Gina to sign the divorce paper and leave, but Mrs. Gina refused, as she told him, "I'm pregnant by you."

Mr. Leo couldn't send Mrs. Gina away with his child growing in her womb, and he allowed Mrs. Gina to stay in his mansion with them, but on one condition: that Gina would start living in the boys' quarters apartment, away from the white mansion, and Mrs. Gina would not quarrel with Mrs. Zoe again.

Mrs. Gina accepted, as she had no other option and didn't want to leave the house. Beside, she knew that her parents didn't approve of her marriage. But she had insisted to marry Mr. Leo.

Eight months later, Mrs. Gina gave birth to a baby girl, named Mia Adams, but Mr. Leo never came to her again to see if they could still have more children, and most importantly, a son.

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14 years later, Mrs. Gina's hatred for Mr. Leo and Mrs. Zoe grew worse. It was only once in her 14-year marriage that Mr. Leo slept with her, as he claimed that he regretted marrying her.

Mrs. Gina knew that she couldn't leave Mr. Leo's house again to go out and remarry, as their townspeople had already mocked her for accepting to marry her best friend's husband, and her parents weren't in support of her marrying Mr. Leo at first. But Mrs. Gina had thought that Mr. Leo would love her, but he didn't love her and rather avoided her.

Mrs. Gina knew that if she went out and got pregnant to see if she could give birth to a son for Mr. Leo, he would know that the son wasn't his baby, as he only accepted Mia to live in the main mansion with them whenever Mia wanted. Was simply because Mia was his biological daughter, and Olima wanted a younger sister to play with.

Mrs. Gina's heart turned cold, and she contacted a truck driver to ram into Mr. Leo and his wife's car, as she knew that they were going to Lemon Hill High School for Olima and Mia's graduation ceremony. As Olima was graduating out of college, while Mia was entering into a senior class.

Mrs. Gina later confirmed from the truck driver about his successful job, and she killed the truck driver too at night, to hide her secret for life.

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Three months after the burial ceremony ended, Mrs. Gina first moved back into the main mansion that her late husband and his admirable wife had sent her away from, and she sacked the two housemaids and turned Olima into her servant, with Olima's withdrawal from her tutorial class.

The Adams family members who had been silent started visiting the main mansion to know who would take over the late Mr. Leo's wealth and oil company, but Mrs. Gina was a brutal woman, and she arrested her in-laws and accused them of being the ones who killed her late husband and his admirable wife.

The arrested in-laws had to bail themselves at the police station and sign an undertaking note never to disturb Mrs. Gina Adams and her family again.

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

Mrs. Gina could've killed Olima too, but she didn't want her only daughter Mia to be alone in the big house and without a sister. So Mrs. Gina decided not to kill Olima, as she turned Olima into her lifetime maid, knowing that no one would come to Olima's rescue.

When the lawyer arrived, he told Mrs. Gina, "I'm sorry, Madam. My late client, Mr. Leo Adam's will cannot be changed, as the will about the oil company stated that the company should be given to Olima Adams, but when Olima turns 24 years old."

Mrs. Gina got annoyed and sent the attorney away. She thought of how she would change the will to become her own and her daughter's property alone.