“You think leaving Victor was the end of your nightmare? Baby, you just stepped into hell.” Isabelle endures her loveless marriage with her billionaire husband Victor but cheating destroys her world. She signs the divorce papers and gets as far away from him as possible until life brings her a new love with Luther, but his many secrets and lies put her life in danger. Can she escape Luther's deadly plan or will Victor's past mistakes cost her everything? And what secrets is she hiding?
View More~Isabelle~
“What?”
I froze by the doorway, my heart almost stopped beating when I heard what Victor’s family was talking about. They turned to look at me staring at them, I couldn’t move neither could utter a word I just stood there looking at them.
“Well, you heard us right, Sara here is carrying Victor’s child. This is something that you could never do, always being a burden to us all. I told Victor not to leave this sweet girl for your sake but he wouldn’t listen. He instead didn’t pay any attention to me and married a gold digger like you.” Laura looked at me with disgust in her eyes, I held the paper I had in my hands tight trying my best not to cry.
Yes, she was right, for the past four years I have been married to Victor I have had a series of miscarriages. I always prayed that I would be able to make my family happy with a child, my prayers were finally answered but at what cost.
“At least Victor will finally see who really does love him, instead of letting a parasite live with him. He will finally have the family he really deserves.” Mona said as she smiled, the mocking smile was a reminder that I was never welcome to the family. No matter how hard I try, they will never see me as part of them.
“Why are you standing there? You should find a way to make yourself useful.” Laura pointed, I looked up and hid the paper in my hands. I didn’t want them to take it from me, it was a surprise I had for Victor but it turned out that he wouldn’t need my surprise.
What I couldn’t get off my head was why he was with Sara; he had broken up with her a year before we got married but she never left him. She kept following him around like some kind of plague, I couldn’t understand what she wanted.
But now I understand why she has been hovering around Victor, she wanted to make sure that I was not in the picture. I headed for my room, I opened the door to see Victor and Sara discussing something behind the closed doors.
I looked at the both of them, I didn’t know what I was going to say or do. “Why are you standing there looking all creepy? Can’t you see we are busy?”
I looked at the woman who had lured my husband away from me, I looked at her trying my best to hold my composure. I turned to look at Victor, he didn’t say a word but all I could feel was his icy stare piercing my soul. “Victor, I want to…”
“Isabelle, please if you don’t mind it will be nice if you left us alone for now.” Victor didn’t even let me finish what I had to say, I slowly turned around and exited the room trying to make sure that I don’t get on his bad side.
I pulled out my phone and called the only person that I could call at that time, I called Sasha. I knew that she would never fail to comfort me, I called her phone and it didn’t even take up to a minute for her to pick up.
“Hello, please Sasha I need to talk to you.” I tried my best to hold in my tears, she said OKAY and we fixed a place to meet up. I quickly left the house; I didn’t want anyone to see me.
**
I got to the caffe she asked me to meet her, she was already there waiting for me. “Belle, its good to see you.” Sasha hugged me when I entered the caffe. It was as if she read my mind and knew that I needed a hug, I couldn’t hold in the tears anymore.
I slowly began to sob my heart away on her shoulders, Sasha noticed and held me tight. “Belle? What’s wrong dear? Come sit down, what happened?” She asked hold my hands.
“Victor is an asshole, a big one at that! I can’t believe that he is really expecting a child with Sara. How dare he do that to you?” Sasha looked at me, I bent my head over.
“I really prayed it was a joke but then I saw the both of them inside the room, Victor asked me to leave the room. I don’t know what I have done to deserve all this.” I faced down as I let tears flow freely from my eyes.
Sasha cleaned the tears from my eyes, “You have done nothing wrong; you are the best girl I have ever seen. And Victor is a fool for not seeing that.”
I looked at Sasha and smiled a bit before hugging her, I pulled out the paper I had in my hands to show her what I wanted to show Victor first.
Sasha’s eyes lit up when she was reading the hospital papers, there was nothing but pure joy on her face. “Really?” she looked at me, I nodded slowly.
Sasha wrapped her hands around me, she was so happy. “Congratulations, you are finally going to be a mother. Wait does Victor know about this?” She sounded a bit worried.
“I wanted to tell him and his family but there was the whole Sara issue, but I will tell him tonight during his party.” I smiled a bit; Sasha held my cheek.
“I am so happy for you; you earned this happiness and I know that Victor will realize that he was wrong.” She gave me yet another hug, I knew that she was really happy for me.
**
I went back home to get ready for his party, I was trying to make sure that I would give Victor the paper when people were preparing to hand him his gifts, I didn’t really know how I was going to do but I know that he would be happy to know that I was finally pregnant.
I prepared and I headed downstairs to follow him to the party as his wife, I got down and began to look around. I didn’t know what was going on.
“What are you doing?”
I turned to see Phoebe Victor’s younger sister, “I am looking for Victor, I thought we will be heading to the party together.” Phoebe began to giggle; she was the worst of all the family members. She was always looking for an opportunity to make me miserable.
“Like my brother will be caught dead with a dirty street trash like you? Keep dreaming Hun, he went to the party with Sara, the only woman meant for my brother.” Phoebe walked past me, I didn’t know what I was going to do but I decided to head for the party myself.
**
On my way to the party, I couldn’t get one thing off my head, why was he doing all this? Did I ever do anything to upset him in anyway? “Or maybe it’s just my ill fate.”
I got to the party a bit late, I looked around all I could see was different business partners of his. On the other corner I saw Laura and the rest of the family members. I was looking for Victor, I looked straight and I saw him talking to some men.
I didn’t really care who he was talking to, all I wanted was to have a word with my husband even though I knew that it would make him angry if I distracted him. I mustered up the courage to walk to where he was standing. “
“Victor?” He turned back to look at me, the look on his face was one that I was familiar with. He had his icy stare and emotionless face on, it was clear he was not happy that I was disturbing him.
“What is it, Isabelle?” he looked at me like I did something wrong to him, I couldn’t say anything at first but then I looked at him and said something.
“There is something I want to tell you, I...”
“You really came all the way here and stop my important discussion with this people, just to tell me something that won’t be of any importance to me.”
“No, I have something important to say Victor—I have something to…”
He raised his hand to stop me, “Enough of this rubbish, leave my sight find something to make yourself useful and stop bothering me.”
I took steps back as clouds of sadness began to cover my heart, my eyes were full but I dared not make a scene by crying. I quietly left the scene trying my best not to anger Victor.
I went to the corner of the party and stood there all alone trying to make sure that I didn’t get into any trouble with the family.
“Well, well, look what the cats dragged in.” A familiar voice said behind me, I turned to see who it was. It was the one person that I didn’t even want to bump into not even in my dreams.
“What do you want Sara?” I wanted her to leave me alone, she wasn’t taking the hint I was giving her. She kept looking at me with a weird grin on her face, it clearly read trouble.
“Well, I don’t want anything but then you know that you are welcome here. I have never seen anyone so shameless; you really can’t take a hint and stay off where you are not wanted.”
I looked at her, I didn’t know why but a smile formed on my face. “What do you find amusing?” She looked at me, she was already getting pissed off.
“Well I’m sorry, it’s just that you said all that when you’re the one hovering over my husband like a fly. And you are here talking about being shameless, maybe you should look in a mirror.” I smiled; I noticed her raise her hand to strike me.
I caught it before she had the chance to do so, I looked her dead in the eye. “I might tolerate everything the Walters do to me; I might even tolerate whatever Victor does to me. But never in your wrenched life think of hitting me!”
“You better unhand me; I will make sure you pay for this.” Sara was trying to shake off my hand, I let her go. She was looking at me, before I could say or do anything she took a glass cup from a tray of drinks close to us and shattered it on the ground.
She took a shard of glass, and injured herself. “Help! Help! She’s trying to kill me.” Sara began crying though the tears were all fake, she had a smile on her face.
‘What the hell is wrong with this woman?’
~Victor~I got up really early, got dressed in my casual outfit and left the house before my mum or sisters could even get out of bed.When I had returned from saving Isabelle, my mum and Mona had tried to throw tantrums for abandoning Mona in the middle of the road and going for Isabelle even after promising otherwise, but I had simply blocked out their words, gone into my room and shut my door.When I drove out of the mansion, I called my secretary. “I am going to be absent today. Tell my team leaders to take the day off as well, and if you need anything, regardless of how urgent it might be, please do not call me; simply send an email,” I instructed her.“Mr. Victor, are you okay?” She asked with concern in her voice.“Just do as you are told,” I told her and ended the call.Then I drove right to the cabin away from town that I had privately bought for just myself and Isabelle. The first year we had met, I had fallen madly in love with Isabelle, so much so that I couldn’t get enoug
~Isabelle~Sasha had to practically drag me all the way to Barrister Andrew’s office even though I tried to tell her that it wasn’t exactly necessary. “We are going to be meeting in court in two days, Sash, what is the need?” I had asked, trying to persuade her.“It baffles me that you are taking this for granted, but I am not going to let you put your life at risk. We are going to see your lawyer, and take possible legal actions,” Sasha had declared firmly.“Sasha, you do know that filing a legal action incurs a lot of money, and I don’t have that. Besides, I am already spending a lot on this divorce thing with Victor,” I had told Sasha weakly.However, it was impossible to dissuade Sasha once she had already set her mind to doing anything. “You are not going to talk me out of this one, Belle,” Sasha had warned. “You have the means to afford these things, Isabelle. Why do you keep putting your life at risk? Why are you hiding who you are?!” Sasha had almost begun to blow hot.“You w
~Victor~I felt like a complete zombie as I drove out of Sasha’s neighborhood. Things with Isabelle had gotten worse than I had anticipated, and that was way different from what I had hoped would happen. At the same time, I was more than grateful that I had followed my instincts, because the thought of what might have happened to Isabelle sent shivers down my spine.My heart and face hardened as I thought of Mr. Hedge.I knew he was a dangerous man, but I never anticipated that he would that dangerous enough to try to kill Isabelle simply because she seemed to be standing in the way of me and Sara. I was getting close to the house, and I knew that if I wanted to do anything, I would have to do it before I got there, so I took my phone and dialed the number of a senior cop whom I had once made his acquaintance a while back.Thankfully, he picked on the first ring. “Mr. Victor, it is such a delight to be getting a call from you,” he said cheerful the moment the call connected.Upon hea
~Isabelle~I squeezed my eyes in pain as Victor left. I did not even bother keeping my ears alert to be certain that he had left the apartment, even though he now scared the hell out of me; I was too broken and my heart was too pained to even listen to anything else.I continued to close my eyes tightly, because I was trying every means possible not to cry; that was exactly how I was feeling deep inside. It was bad enough that Victor had hurt me in more ways than one since I filed for a divorce, and if he had simply let me go, I would not even have seen or known about any of this.Was this why he pushed for the divorce to be readdressed; so that he could drag me back to Seagate City and torment the heck out of me?What was the story behind this attack? It was obvious now that Victor either knew something or was even involved, and I could not even explain how that made me feel. I would never do anything to hurt or harm Victor or even any member of his family even though I deeply hated
~Isabelle~I wondered why I hadn’t even thought of that to begin it. Usually, in situations like this, after knocking him down, Victor would have been concerned about holding the attacker down and instantly calling the cops so that he would be arrested, and whoever sent him would be known as well, because I had no doubt that someone must have sent him to me.First of all, Sasha had lived in this very apartment for more than four years, and there had never been a break-in; not in her apartment or any of the other apartments situated in the neighborhood, and secondly, he waited until Sasha had left the house before breaking-in to attack me. It was very obvious that he did not come to steal or rob us; he intentionally came to kill me.The thought of it even made me shiver.“Can you answer that?” I asked when Victor kept mute.I caught a flicker of guilt in his eyes before it was quickly replaced by regret and sadness, and it made me even more uncomfortable? Did Victor have anything to do
~Isabelle~I heard a loud thud as I closed my eyes, which even made me confused, because I had been dreadfully anticipating a painful slit over my throat, or a piercing stab to my stomach, but the thud came as a shock, and more confusing was the fact that I did not feel any pain.Then I opened my eyes.“Isabelle, are you okay?” Victor asked.I hadn’t known when Victor entered into the apartment or when he even did, and although I was surprised and still confused, I was more than relieved. I looked down and saw the man writhing on the floor, but almost immediately, he struggled to his feet and scampered out of the apartment without anyone of us chasing after him.“Isabelle, breathe…” Victor was saying when I continued to look dazed and confused.I tried to breathe, but I had held my breath for too long that it had become stuck, and so I didn’t even know when I slid into unconsciousness. I felt myself being carried in the air and laid gently, but I just couldn’t open my eyes or protest
~Isabelle~After taking a hot bath with the words of the doctor stuck in my head about the condition of my pregnancy, I came out of my bedroom.Since Sasha stalked off angrily, she hadn’t come out of her bedroom. Even when I made dinner and had a fill to my satisfaction, she did not show up, which indicated that she was very pissed off, but then again, this wasn’t her decision to make.I meant it when I said that neither Victor nor any of his family members would know anything about this pregnancy. The only persons that knew were Sasha and Jason, and I already made them promise to keep it a secret. Every time I got pregnant, Victor never wasted time to announce it with glee to his family, except the last one before this one anyway, and so now, I just wanted to carry this baby in secrecy.Then there was also Laura Walters who would not mind killing me if she ever found out just so that I would not in any way be connected to her precious little family anymore.I thought of going to Sash
~Victor~The choice my mum gave me was a crucial one, and with the fiery look in her eyes, I knew that she was dead serious. If I didn’t know her, I might have thought that this was just a mere choice, but there was no way I was going to get out of this.“Which is it going to be, Victor; your family or that woman?” Laura asked as she tilted her head, waiting for a response.My eyes went to the gigantic expensive and customized clock on our wall, and I was again reminded that time was ticking by really fast, and that if I didn’t do something, Mr. Hedge was going to get to Isabelle, and I would live the rest of my life in regret. I could have decided to call Isabelle right now and send a warning to her, probably ask her to leave Sasha’s apartment for now, but then again, there was no way I could achieve that while standing right in front of my mum, and more importantly, Isabelle was too upset with me that she would not even take my calls or read my texts.I inhaled and exhaled, knowing
~Victor~The thought of anything happening to Isabelle almost made me go insane, and I just knew that I had to do something. Running out of the house like a cat on a wild chase was crazy, but I could not think of something else. First of all, I wanted Isabelle back, and secondly, I would never forgive myself if anything happened to Isabelle because of me.I got into my car; there was no need for any driver or bodyguard, and I drove towards the gate, but to my utmost surprise and anger, the gate refused to open up for me, which was strange.“What is going on?” I asked as I came down from the car and proceeded towards gate.The security guard was standing by the gate, erect with a serious look on his face. Although it was an expensive gate, I had expected an excuse to the gate not opening that it was having some sort of fault.“What the heck is going on?” I asked. “I am hurrying out and you are just standing there,” I said, getting increasingly upset.“Mrs. Laura has instructed me not t
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