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When Cole came back, the girl ran forward to hug him. More like, she padded over to him with an ear splitting grin on her face."Oh, Cole, sweetheart. I've been trying to reach you. There was–"He pushed her away, a frown on his face as he turned to me. "Who is she?""You can ask her. She is in front of you," I calmly responded and leaned back as I watched them in disgust. He squinted his eyes at the girl, staring at her for a moment until his eyes widened in realization."I met you in Spain, right? Maria?" He inquired and the girl shook her head and grabbed his arm."Kiera. I'm also–""What are you doing here then? Did I not pay you off?" Cole interrupted her again harshly, not minding her belly bump as he pushed past her and sat down on a couch.The girl pouted her lips and walked forward to meet him again, trying to hold him but he removed his arm and fixed her with a stern glare."I'm pregnant," she said simply and I almost burst into laughter when Cole continued to look at her wi
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"So did you resolve it?" I asked Cole immediately I entered the room, but there was no response. He just stared blankly at the wall, and it was only when I cleared my throat the second time that he turned to me."What did you say?""What did she want?" I inquired and he shook his head."She is trying to threaten me," he explained shortly and I furrowed my brows."Of course. She wants to talk, right?"He nodded and leaned back on the couch, staring up at the ceiling like an answer was waiting there. I was tempted to throw blame at him, but we did not need that right now."So what do we do?" I sat next to him and asked.He looked at me again. "We?""Of course. This affects me too." I felt partly guilty for her arrival, because I was pretty sure she had followed me on Instagram and saw the pictures and videos, especially the one of the hotel.His expression became soft as he sighed and moved closer to me. "I don't believe the child is mine, but she has an incriminating video of our night
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Cole called Kiera afterwards and she agreed to meet up with him in two days, muttering something about antenatal care."Good. In the meantime, I will try to find out as much as I can about her," I offered when he dropped the call and turned to me."Alright then." He glanced at me and maybe it was a trick of light, but I saw his eyes shine with appreciation.Cole and I spent the remaining part of the day in our suite, with me teaching him how to fake concern for the pregnancy. At one point, he raised his hands in exasperation and stood up from the bed."Why exactly do I have to do this, Elizabeth?""It is simple. She needs to feel like you have accepted her story, and she will be more receptive. Then you begin to subtly hit her," I explained with a small smile and added, "not physically though."Cole looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Did you mean that as a joke?"I looked away from him and scratched the back of my neck. "No, never mind.""Let's continue," he said and sat back again
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I quickly reapplied a little touch of makeup to my eyes and lips while I waited in the elevator before it pinged open, and I stepped out.Cole's driver stood waiting for me at the entrance of the hotel l, and when he saw me approaching, he quickly rushed forward to open the back seat door of the Mercedes.I smiled, feeling quite important as he stepped into the car and began to drive. I had taken advantage of Cole's good mood and asked to take the car to hang out with the girls. He had just nodded and called his driver, half of his attention on the TV as he watched the commentary aspects of the football match. Another thing I failed to understand the importance of, especially when the person listening had watched the match live.Crystal and Beth had called me that morning to make plans for shopping, since their husbands were in no mood to go out. Even as I left the house, they were on a three way video call, watching TV and making comments along with the professionals.Cole's driver l
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When I entered our hotel room with the key card, Cole was still in the living room watching football. His driver dropped my bags on the couch and handed him the car keys before he bid us good day and left.A bottle of wine was placed in front of him while he crossed his legs and spread out on the coach, his eyes glued to the screen in the same spot as I had left him.His eyes flitted to me and the bags for a second. "How was shopping with the girls?""Oh." I collapsed tiredly on the opposite couch and sighed. "It was really fun, but it made me tired.""You look like you enjoyed yourself," he commented and turned fully to face me."Actually I did. We tested so many outfits and took so many pictures. It actually felt like a slumber party and we laughed so hard, my jaws are still hurting," I reminisced, and squinted my eyes at him. "You look like you have not showered today.""Because I haven't," he confirmed and turned his eyes to the large screen again."Eew. How do you feel comfortabl
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For the third time since I arrived at the Maldives for my honeymoon, I woke up to a breakfast tray. I sat up in bed immediately and carried it to my lap, my stomach grumbling in anticipation as a note at the side attracted my attention.Courtesy of the hotel. Cole.I smiled and dug into the food with relish, especially savouring the taste of the shrimps inside the baserati rice. I paused eating mid way into my third spoon, a horrible thought entering my mind.What if it was not from Cole, or it was poisoned? The food lost taste and I was about to push it away, when Cole entered the room."I see the scent woke you up. Liza, what if it was not from me? He questioned in his usual way of greeting.I frowned and dropped the tray back on the bed, turning away from it but Cole just laughed and picked up his jacket from a chair. "Even if it was poisoned, you've already eaten quite a lot. So wouldn't it be better to enjoy the meal, at least?" He asked, and swiftly walked out of the room again.
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The next day, Cole woke me up in the middle of the night. "Liza, come with me to see Kiera."I forced my eyes open and stretched my limbs, groaning as I squinted my eyes at him. "Why?""Maybe seeing that I have a wife might scare her into talking faster," he explained but I just frowned and pushed myself to a sitting position."She came here fully aware of your marital status, so I doubt going with you will change much," I replied with a yawn, already falling into the throes of sleep again when Cole touched my hand and I jumped."How are you so sure?""What is really wrong with you Cole? What are you scared of?" I questioned and fully turned to face him, giving him my full attention.""She's not the one I see having a baby with," he admitted and glanced at the window where a school of fish swam some distance away."Who do you see a future with then?" I asked, slightly changing the topic, and he stared at me for a long time, his heated gaze burning through me, before he ran his fingers
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Dave offered to walk me across the park and I agreed, as we continued to talk for a while about different topics.The greenery of the environment pulled me it, shrubs and small trees dedcorsted the park as butterflies and small birds flew around them chirping noisily. Some older kids ran around a small flowing fountain, playing tag while others turned the plain field in the centre to a race track as they called scores and played a mini competition.We looked at the different groups of people for a moment before we moved on, and I suddenly felt the urge to play like a child one last time. Adulthood was not as glamorous as people made it seem.I was not sure which one of us started it, but somehow the conversation steered towards Korean dramas. I expressed my love for it, and Dave turned to me with shining eyes."Seriously? I like them too," he said with a grin and launched into a summary of his favourite one, and I clapped my hands in delight when he finished."Hotel de Luna? I loved i
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Eliza's PovMonths had passed since that fateful night, a night filled with terror and despair, but also with courage and resilience. Our lives had been forever changed by the events that unfolded, and yet, somehow, we found a way to heal and move forward.Evelyn was locked away in a high-security facility, paying for her crimes. The legal battle that followed was arduous, but justice prevailed, and we were able to gain custody of the children. Riel and the twins, Mia and Liam, went through a difficult period of adjustment, but with the love and support of our family, they began to heal.As for Cole and me, our bond grew stronger through the trials we faced together. We learned to lean on each other and trust in the power of our love. The scars of that night were a constant reminder of our strength and resilience. We vowed to protect our family at all costs and cherish every moment we had together.In the aftermath, we sought therapy to help us navigate the emotional trauma we had end
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ELIZABETH The phone rang.I turned and tossed as I was the only one awake at the moment, with Cole snoring peacefully close to where I was.He needed it. He had been a good boy doing all the work all night long, I groaned as I got out of bed making my way all naked to where the phone of the cabin."Can you pick that up please." Cole grunted in his sleep.Last night had been a hell of a night, and we've done several things all night till daybreak. It all started with the couples bonfire night —As the last day's event , guess we had too much of the local brewed drink of the South Africans.Could it be termed as?Reconciliation sex? It was far more than that.It was the One month of getting back together with Cole and all we've done during those times was literally fuck all day.We were like new couples who couldn't take our eyes and urge off each other.It was all we did more so it was the reason why we had taken the trip.Olivia had been there first to look at it then had sent the lin
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COLE.THE best decision I had ever made in my life was getting rid of Evelyn and that of course was after the Dna test came out negative.Guess Eliza was shocked when my doctor gave out the evidence, I was not the father of Sarah but in a way I felt concern for her well-being.Just like Adrian who was sitting close to Eliza and been in Riel life.I had been jealous for a while seeing them together but then I had taken my mind off it by looking at the face of the judge.It was all going in my favor, there was maids and guards all there to tell the court of how Evelyn had been toxic all this while.All of a sudden, it became a two-way case with me battling for the custody of two children.An Alpha man in every sense…It was funny that Evelyn was only starting to love her child after she found out that she has a part of my finances willed to her name but that had been a trap at my end.Women like Evelyn deserved to be in rehabilitation or even worse hell."Is that all or there are still
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ELIZABETHGoosebumps…It was a day to the trial and that seemed to be what took over all or most of my mind, I didn't know how to deal with all of the pressure.Work that week had been hectic, yet at the same time it had been distracting enough that it kept me afloat all this while, it had been the main reason I had not wallowed In what could be the decision made by the court.The wind found its way past my body feeling it with smoothness but left my soul bare, dark and inexpressive.I was out at the mall, smiling at the door man that held the door while I stood looking past the opened door with two bags in my head.As my gaze shifted to the second car, a convertible, where a tall, handsome man was alighting, dressed in rolled up top and faded jeans. I reeled back in shock as he turned towards where I was with Cole slipping out of my lips silently.Disbelief fought with unmistakable recognition, I was barely ten minutes from my house and of all the malls in the whole of the city, h
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ELIZABETHWe were always in pursuit of perfection and after getting it all, what else?The need for Perfection was by far the greatest flaw of any man and I found myself succumbing to the same fate.I have gotten the revenge I had spent the last five years of my life looking for but still had no satisfaction—It was all like vanity.To make matters worse Riel had incessantly been talking about his father, in a way it seemed like the two had a bond I couldn't quite describe almost as though they were meant to be with each other all this long while.It was the main reason I had moved out of the hotel and gotten a place, I couldn't just live a life where I kept looking over my shoulders if Cole would pop in anytime and demand for his child.Suddenly, it was starting to look like the game had turned against me and I was the one at the end of everything all, I was the one that was mocked by fate.Over the next few weeks, I worked very hard at blocking Cole out of my consciousness, and
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ELIZABETH.It calls for celebration right?The thought of how Cole would feel hearing that I had taken this from him at the last moment brought a smirk to my face.It took me five years, five good years and finally I could say that I had gotten a revenge that was worthwhile.He had rang them in my presence and they had given him the news.A part of me felt a kind of sympathy for the man that had been my husband and who was definitely the father of my child but soon the expression and sick feeling gave room for the grudges I had against him.I was half home and was giving Evelyn the gossip of how everything went when she informed me that she was no longer at the suite but was now at her place.Apparently, she got a call from the office and since she couldn't leave him behind she had gone with him to her place."Why do I have a feeling you just want to see me?" I asked.She scoffed ." Just get your ass here."Change of plans…I thought to myself as I turned the car three-sixty degrees a
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COLE "What!"My car came to an abrupt stop on the road, I thought I was done hearing bad news and this popped up out of nowhere.I couldn't think about the possibility of this happening,I couldn't think about me losing the deal and if it was happening that way it was starting to look like Karma was all out to get me.I swerved my car in a complete U turn and headed straight back for the company driving crazilyStill running the thought in my mind, In a way it was hard to believe everything he was telling me, as I couldn't quite place it around my mind.The more I thought about it, the more I saw reasons not to.I rang the company while driving through the highway like quite an insane person. The only memories that kept going through my mind were two.The first had something to do with getting there as fast as I could and the other was a warning thought about how fast I was driving.This shouldn't even be happening, I had outbidded the least person by a whole lot.They picked after r
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ELIZABETHImagine the shock.I stood there looking at the prospective bidders and there — Right there was Cole's name.A smirk crawled across so fast as the speed of light, you wouldn't have caught a glimpse of it if you didn't look.One thing I have gotten to know about my Ex husband was he went for only deals that were deemed necessary and important. If he was going for this it meant it was quite as important.It could mean only one thing…The thought of the implications passed through my mind.There was a need for me to know, a need for me to know how important this was to me."Do you have any idea of how important this deal would be to him?" I turned to Annabelle—My lawyer."You mean you don't know?" She looked at me puzzled.The look she gave me was as though I didn't know what was going on …What looked to be trending.If it was, it got me wondering Olivia didn't mention it to me-"Know what?" I looked at her expressing the same emotions that was right they're still on her face.
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ELIZABETH There was only one way to explain how blissful a home is and the truth is there was nothing like home?Could there have been anything more?Certainly not as the best part of any entity was getting back home after staying away for so long.No matter how one looked at it… it turned out to be that home is where the heart is .That was the case with my mind all through the trip back home to start. I didn't know what to expect when I got home, whether good or bad.Five years had not been a short while and it was easy to see that a lot had changed during those long while.All through this while I had been far away from home and had probably missed the concept of what a good home could be but the moment my plane landed in the track I could see everything again.The probabilities were high and I could tell everything from the moment we walked through the airport hallway pulling out bags.From a frantic Riel excited to have a feel of the city to myself that didn't know how to take
