Chapter One

~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?’