CLARA’S POVI don't know what came over me at that moment but all I knew was that I wanted to get back at Brent. I knew my dress would be sent in a couple of hours so I decided to do as much work as I could before leaving. I called Claire again but she didn't answer so I made a mental note to call her later. After cleaning the house and disinfecting the kids room to avoid getting a relapse in Aiden’s health, I decided to do something I never thought I would. I called Anna, Sam's wife and bit my fingers nervously before she answered. “Hi, who's this?” Her sweet voice came up and I almost ended the call. “Uhm, hi, it's Priscilla. Brent's ex wife.” it sucked to introduce myself as his ex wife and not the head of the biggest fashion brand in the world but that would soon happen. “Oh, hi, Priscilla. It's been awhile since I heard from you. How are you and how are the kids?” She asked and her calm demeanor made me feel relaxed for a bit. “We're fine,thank you. Actually, the reason I'm
PRISCILLA’S POVMoans filled the air as I made my way into the bedroom that I shared with my husband.What was going on? Still not believing my ears, I pushed open the door and what I saw stopped me dead in my tracks. For a minute, I couldn't breathe. My husband was laying on the bed while his ex, Pamela — the one he assured me was no threat to me— rode him. She bounced up and down on top of him, her skirt hitched around her thighs. I stood there, frozen in disbelief. “Oh, harder, Brent,” she cried wantonly. “Harder.”The world seemed to slow down as I watched them, my mind racing with a thousand different emotions. Betrayal, anger, heartbreak—they all swirled together inside me. How could he do this to me? How could he break my trust so completely?She continued her moans while I just stood there, tears pooling rapidly in my eyes.I must have made a noise because Pamela looked back and threw a wicked smile at me when she saw me. Blindly, I pushed out of the room, made my way out
PRISCILLA'S POV“Cheat!”My step faltered at his word.“What?”“You heard what I said, Priscilla!”“I didn't cheat on you. What are you talking about?”“Would you cut the hell with your innocent act?!”“I honestly don't know what you're talking about, Brenton,” I said and took a calm breath. I knew what he was doing. This was a ploy to distract me from what he had done, a ploy to distract me so he would not have to apologize to me for his betrayal.“Brent, you don't need to do this. Just tell me you are not going to apologize.”He stood up from beside Pamela on the sofa and advanced toward me, his entire body tensed with anger.But anger from what? I was the one that was supposed to be angry. After all, he cheated on me. So why was he labeling me as a cheat?“Are you out of your fucking mind, right now, Priscilla?” he asked, his voice low and cold with fury as he kept on coming at me. “Apologize?! Apologize for your dirty habit?!”Suddenly, I was frightened. Something had happened.M
PRISCILLA’S POVHis sentence slapped me across the face like a lash.“What did you say?” I asked in a whisper, unwilling and unable to believe what he had just said.“You heard me, ” he said coldly, “Divorce or I show the whole world the kind of woman that you are.”I saw Pamela send me a smirk of victory behind Brent's back and I immediately knew that this was her doing. This was all her plans — what she wanted. My heart squeezed in pain at her victory.“Brent, are you really going to divorce me because of these lies?”“Because of your lying and cheating nature. I want nothing to do with a woman who won't think twice before sleeping with her ex.”I stared at him for a few seconds. Then at the papers. This was it. I had lost. He hadn't believed in the end. Knowing that crying and pleading would no longer do me any good, I wiped my tears and stood a little straighter. Henceforth, I would no longer let any of them see my tears. I was done.“I'll sign the papers.”“Good, but not only th
BRENT'S POVI sat at the bar in the living room, drinking shot after shot, still unable to process what had happened the past few hours. My mind was a whirlwind, tangled up in thoughts I couldn’t seem to unravel. But one thought remained dominant. Priscilla. The woman I’d given everything to. The woman that betrayed me. I tossed back the drink, feeling the burn in my throat, but it did little to numb the ache in my chest. How could she? How could she do this to me after everything we’d been through, after everything I’d sacrificed for her? I’d given up so much, bent over backward to make our marriage work, only to be blindsided by her infidelity. It didn’t make sense, none of it did. But the images of her with another man, the damning evidence that I had seen—they all painted a picture I couldn’t ignore.But why, Priscilla? Why would you do this? Had there been a point that I neglected her and her needs?No, I doubted it. I had always paid adequate attention to her, even in the ear
PRISCILLA'S POVI sighed as I read the email sent by my assistant to me. It was about our investors rescheduling our meeting and also changing the location.And not just changing it, but changing it to New York, the one place I had always tried to avoid and had managed to do so far. But it seems my luck had now run out.Ugh. Why New York of all places?That city held nothing but bad memories for me — and going back would no doubt trigger them back.I had lost everything I had in New York, my marriage, my business — everything and had ended up being a single mother.I stared at my laptop screen, blinking a few times to make sure I wasn’t misreading the email. It was still the same:"Priscilla, just a quick update—there’s been a location change for the investor meeting. We’ll now be convening in New York next week. I’ve taken the liberty to adjust the itinerary accordingly. Let me know if you need anything else. – Alyssa"New York, New York — the name was like a sore taste at the back o
PRISCILLA'S POVI stopped in my tracks, one thought ringing in my head. ‘'Please tell me I’m dreaming.’ Life couldn't possibly be that wicked to me, and yet I knew, the bad feeling I'd felt immediately I entered this hotel was now justified.I walked as if on autopilot towards my kids and yanked them behind me, causing Brent to stand up and stare at me in, was that shock? I was too rattled to tell.I turned to the twins and grabbed their hands. If I was lucky enough, I would be able to leave this place without talking to Brent. The words he had thrown at me that fateful day were still resounding in me. “Come on, let's go.” I muttered to the twins, who were staring at me confused. Hopefully, their inquisitive side wouldn't come out anytime soon.I hadn't taken a step away when I felt pressure on my shoulder. I sighed softly, faked a smile for the twins’ benefit and turned to Brent, no point letting them see my distress even though if they hadn't run off, I wouldn't be in this situatio
PRISCILLA’S POV Brent opens the door to a room and I enter, the sense of foreboding not leaving my chest. I take a deep breath and look around the room trying to ground myself and realize that this giant room that could pass as a suite is a bar??? I follow Brent with my eyes as he takes a seat at the bar table and opens a bottle of wine. I take another deep breath since the previous one didn’t do anything and go and meet him, the bottle of wine bringing unwanted memories to my mind. We had met for the first time at a bar and after that, everything had gone downhill seemingly. I couldn’t believe he would think us taking alcohol right now could even be considered. “I’m not drinking with you.” I called harshly and sat down. The earlier we talked, the earlier I could go and meet my babies. Brent glanced at me emotionlessly. “There’s no alcohol in this wine and I remember you don’t like drinking soda when it’s late.” I scoffed internally. That was years ago. While struggling to make s
CLARA’S POVI don't know what came over me at that moment but all I knew was that I wanted to get back at Brent. I knew my dress would be sent in a couple of hours so I decided to do as much work as I could before leaving. I called Claire again but she didn't answer so I made a mental note to call her later. After cleaning the house and disinfecting the kids room to avoid getting a relapse in Aiden’s health, I decided to do something I never thought I would. I called Anna, Sam's wife and bit my fingers nervously before she answered. “Hi, who's this?” Her sweet voice came up and I almost ended the call. “Uhm, hi, it's Priscilla. Brent's ex wife.” it sucked to introduce myself as his ex wife and not the head of the biggest fashion brand in the world but that would soon happen. “Oh, hi, Priscilla. It's been awhile since I heard from you. How are you and how are the kids?” She asked and her calm demeanor made me feel relaxed for a bit. “We're fine,thank you. Actually, the reason I'm
PAMELA’S POVThe next time I woke up, I was in the hospital with tubes and monitors connected to my body and all sorts of foreign sounds ringing in my head. I couldn't look around because it felt like my head was stuck in place. All of a sudden, my head started to ache and my heart started beating faster. I clutched my chest tightly while slapping on the bed to call for help. The monitor beside me was blaring loud and I became even more scared. Am I dying? I asked myself. I peeked as much as I could but there were no doctors around me and tears started falling from my eyes. Finally, a doctor noticed what was happening and rushed into the room. Shit! I heard him mutter. “Her heart rate is dropping. Intubate her.” That was the last thing I heard before I crashed out. I found myself in a dark place with no form, no wound, no light, nothing, it even felt like I was an alien for being there. Out of nowhere, I felt a deep gash through my stomach and when I looked back, I found Kent hol
BRENT’S POVI couldn't believe Priscilla just ended the call on me. She sounded so upset like we had an argument that last time we met. All through the ride to the office, I kept thinking and wondering what could be gone wrong but there was nothing in my head. When I got to the office, Evelyn was already in my office and she had a big grin on her face. I, on the other hand, wasn't too excited to do anything. “Uh uh, someone doesn't look too happy to be here today. Looks like you had a bad night, well that's not my fault is it? Let's get down to today's business.” She said and I hurried to my chair. “What are we doing?” I asked, pulling apart the chunk of files on my table. “You still have about twenty minutes before your first meeting so I'd suggest that you go through some of these paperwork before then. That way you won't have to return to excess work later.” She read out. “Okay, great, where do I start from?” I asked, confused on what was happening. My head suddenly felt hazy
PRISCILLA’S POVMy entire life is chaos! This morning was worse than I expected it to be. I'd woken up with a terrible headache, which I would blame on the fact that I wasn't able to sleep normally. For some reason, my mind was occupied with thoughts of Brent and the female voice I heard in his car. “Get a fucking grip, Priscilla.” I'd yelled at myself in the shower. I had to rush through the kids' breakfast and prepare for school. I had to prepare waffles and pancakes for them because I couldn't deal with any complaints from them. After rushing through breakfast, I expected that things would go faster than normal but life as usual, had other plans. Aiden was burning up with fever while Avery was more reluctant to stand up. On mornings like that, it always felt like the universe was punishing me for my unknown sins. “Aiden, honey, please, let's just get through this bath. We'll go to Doctor Morris in the afternoon, okay?” I said but that didn't help so I had to make special attem
PRISCILLA’S POVMy entire life is chaos! This morning was worse than I expected it to be. I'd woken up with a terrible headache, which I would blame on the fact that I wasn't able to sleep normally. For some reason, my mind was occupied with thoughts of Brent and the female voice I heard in his car. “Get a fucking grip, Priscilla.” I'd yelled at myself in the shower. I had to rush through the kids' breakfast and prepare for school. I had to prepare waffles and pancakes for them because I couldn't deal with any complaints from them. After rushing through breakfast, I expected that things would go faster than normal but life as usual, had other plans. Aiden was burning up with fever while Avery was more reluctant to stand up. On mornings like that, it always felt like the universe was punishing me for my unknown sins. “Aiden, honey, please, let's just get through this bath. We'll go to Doctor Morris in the afternoon, okay?” I said but that didn't help so I had to make special attem
PRISCILLA’S POVMy heart was screaming fear and the hope of Brent helping her was the only thing keeping me going. Brent assured me he's had men sent to help her but I still couldn't bring myself to a relieved stop. Claire's boyfriend kept throwing things around and yelling and I could hear Claire's tiny whimpering and it almost made me break into tears. Balls of sweat were trickling down my entire body despite the full air conditioning in my room. After a while, I finally heard what sounded like doors opening and eventually a fight. Ten minutes later, Claire's boyfriend's voice disappeared into oblivion. It was then that I finally heard Claire's full breathing which eventually turned into a bout of tears. I couldn't bring myself to say anything because my tears were also stuck in my throat and crying together won't solve anything so I stayed quiet while waiting for her to be calm. “We've gotten to her, ma’am. She's safe now.” I heard one of the men speak into the phone. “T…than
PAMELA’S POVMy fear and sense of security heightened after he asked that question. His eyes were roving all over me for answers which I couldn't provide for certain reasons. Slowly I watched as he went through the four stages of anger in a few seconds before flaring up. He jumped from his seat and wrapped his hand around my neck tightly, causing me to gasp and beg for air. “Are you cheating on me bitch?” He yelled angrily but I couldn't respond. Even if I want to, there's no way I could speak with his hands squeezing my guts together. A tear rolled out of my right eye as I tried to pull his hands off me but with every attempt, his hold became tighter. “Kent, p..please..” I tried to force the words out. “Answer the fucking question bitch. Have you been sleeping with another man behind me?” He yelled, his eyes were filled with so much hate and anger that I could see my funeral in my head. If I eventually survived this, I doubt I'd die anytime soon. I slapped my hands on his to fr
PRISCILLA’S POV After what felt like a year of fun and laughter, we were finally ready to leave the park. The twins were clearly tired as we both had to carry them in our arms to the car. Avery had fallen asleep on his shoulder while Aiden wrapped his hands around my neck. The park was closing so it made sense for us to leave. We got them strapped safely into the car and the car zoomed off to my house. Brent and I barely said a word to each other as he kept going back and forth with his assistant. Watching him work while holding tight to Avery’s hands, almost made me tear up. There's just something about the way he's trying so hard to be present in their lives and make them happy, that gets to me all the time. I couldn't believe I once thought he wouldn't care for them. “You know if you keep staring at me like that, I may be forced to do something you don't like.” He muttered loud enough for me to hear and I felt heat rush up my thighs. I took my gaze off him and focused on the
BRENT’S POVShe was still disgruntled about the sudden trip to the park but it was fun to see her let loose again as she dressed Aiden and Avery up. I had to go to their room with her because they insisted that they wanted to see us together, kids may be kids but mine are definitely smart kids. “Don't put that on Aiden.” She spoke through gritted teeth to Aiden who was planning to put on a puffy jacket. “But mum, I want to wear it. It's cool.” He whined and she almost snapped at him. “Yeah and it's hot outside. I don't want you ripping my ears apart due to how hot it is so drop it, honey, we'll find you something better and more suitable.” She explained after successfully dressing Avery up. She went to Aiden next while Avery came to me and tapped on my leg. I looked down at her with a smile before lifting her in my arms. “Do you want something sweetheart?” I asked, knowing that the face she was giving meant she wanted to make a request. “Can we go to that picture studio sometime