8

Oh no! Are you alright, Rose?"

Zera gasped in shock, but she wanted to laugh.

Witnessing this, Kalus rushed ahead to assist Lydia to rise from the ground, but she did not move.

Lydia cried, "Kalus, it hurts. Will you bear me?"

Her knees were numb from the fall.

I crossed my arms and scowled at the woman on the ground.

Lydia was such a hypocrite bitch prior to Kalus.

"Mpicu, Ms. Kol pushed me!"

Lydia cringed in Kalus's arms and gave me a threatening stare.

"Lydia, what did you say?" Kalus was amazed.

"Are you certain that you pushed me?" I grinned. I did not get angry. Instead, I was appreciating Lydia's acting.

"Why would I have fallen suddenly?" Lydia was so angry that her usually soft voice rose in pitch.

"That's not at all impossible. Anyway, you are so thin that a gust of wind can blow you away."

"How dare you insult me?"

Lydia was so angry that her face became red. "I clearly felt your hand pushing me from behind. Why are you not taking responsibility for it?"

"Ms. Osita, there are CCTV cameras everywhere, so don't blame me."

Suddenly, my bright and clear eyes turned dark. I looked menacing. "I can sue you for defamation once I get the evidence."

Kalus blinked in shock. He believed that I was completely different before.

I was no longer the dull, honest, and modest wife who stayed alone in an empty house.

Lydia obviously feared me and quickly sought Zera's help.

"Oh, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Zera glanced up at the surveillance camera looming over her head and smiled to defuse the tension. "Lydia must have slipped by mistake because she did not stand her ground. She must have collided with Amara and thought Amara had pushed her. It's all a misunderstanding!"

"Lydia, did you slip by yourself?" Kalus peered down and looked at the woman in his arms. His tone was cold.

"I thought she pushed me…"

Kalus frowned.

Lydia was upset and simply blamed me. "If she didn't move, I wouldn't have fallen! She obviously did it on purpose. My grandmother's bracelet, which is a Gold family heirloom, is now broken too. It would not be broken if it were not for her.". Ms. Kol, I realize that you are upset with the divorce, but you should not be upset with me. Am I the one responsible for you getting divorced?

"

Lydia wept once more.

She literally had an endless reservoir of tears.

"First of all, I'm not upset about the divorce. Far from it, I should like to thank you for setting me free from that hellhole. I don't have to sit waiting from dusk till dawn like a cast-off wife anymore." I jutted my chin up and retorted.

'Sit waiting from dusk until dawn?' Kalus was baffled.

"Secondly, if this bracelet is a family heirloom, you owe me thanks.".

I stepped across, took half the bracelet, and placed it in the light. "It's fake."

"What?!" Lydia and Zera were stunned.

"This bracelet has poisonous glue, and long-term exposure is dangerous for your health."

I casually threw the bracelet into the rubbish bin. My emerald-green jade bracelet on my wrist was the biggest mockery to Lydia.

"Mr. Mike, if you want to marry Ms. Osita, why don't you buy her some fine jewelry?"

"Amara!" Kalus glared furiously.

"I have a jade toad on my dresser at Tideview Manor that I think will fit you, Lydia. You can make it into a bracelet if you'd like." I wiped the dust from my hands as if the bracelet I had touched earlier was dusty.

Lydia's mind thought, 'A toad?! This bitch clearly is trying to insult me in a roundabout way!'

Lydia was furious. She tried to fight back, but I had already left.

Out in the parking lot of the hospital, I couldn't help but laugh loudly when I remembered Lydia's face.

"Amara!"

I turned around with an expression of disinterest when I heard the deep voice of Kalus.

The wind tousled a few of my dark strands of hair, adding some bit of mussiness to my perfect loveliness.

Kalus narrowed his eyes and moved towards me.

"Yes, Mr. Mike?"

I was expressionless. "If Ms. Osita remains obsessed with her bracelet, you can tell her that tomorrow I will deliver to her a cart of bracelets."

"When we were at the ward, you told Grandpa…"

"Oh, don't make a fuss. I simply did not want to upset Grandpa." I showed my eyes softening at uttering Joseph's name.

"We're even now."

I gazed stunned.

"You pretended to be someone else and went out of your way to marry me. I won't tell Grandpa or anyone else in the family about that." Kalus's expression was grave and threatening.

I widened my eyes with shock.

"But you have to explain to me why you married me under a false pretense. No, I should not say that."

Kalus walked towards me slowly. "Why did you pretend to be someone else to befriend Grandpa?"

My heart constricted, and I stepped back.

As a result, I forgot that there were some steps behind me. I lost my balance and fell backwards.

The next thing I knew, I had a warm hand on my waist as Kalus stood me up.

When our eyes met, I blushed, and Kalus's breathing was in disarray.

Until now, I still thought that Kalus was handsome. Everything about him fit my taste.

I remembered when I first saw these bright eyes. It was 13 years ago, and I was only 11 then. I got lost in the dark forest, and it was raining heavily.

Kalus once saved my life. Without him, I wouldn't be alive today.

Now, Kalus had broken my heart and hurt me so badly that I thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen to me.

Kalus pulled his arm back and held me up to a standing position.

"Thanks."

"Answer the question I just asked." Kalus was persistent.

"I am no longer your wife, and I have the right not to tell you."

I smiled coldly and turned my back. "If you told me we're even now, why go to the trouble? Even if I married you based on false assumptions, I haven't harmed you in the past three years, correct?"

Then Kalus suddenly grabbed my arm and told me seriously, "We haven't completed the divorce process so far, so you are still my wife by name. You owe it to me to tell me who you actually are!"

"I'm not telling you."

I panted for breath and had red eyes. "Mr. Mike, don't you think you're acting silly by bringing up the word obligations? You have never once honored your obligations as a husband in the last three years, and now you have the cheek to demand that I honor mine as a wife?"

"Amara, don't think I won't do anything to you!" Kalus shocked me by embracing me tightly. Our breathing became one.

Kalus was not a wrathful type, but this woman had kept him on his toes lately.

She certainly was capable!

"Then go investigate. Why question me?"

I struggled free with some effort from his grasp and left without looking back.

Kalus looked at the woman's beautiful back and remembered her bright red lips and those stilettos. His chest was tight.

He said to himself, 'Why did she dress like this? Was she dressing according to Frank Denz's liking? She's evil and a cheat. I really do not know what Grandpa's attraction to her is!'

"Mr. Mike, Ms. Osita told me that she has sprained her ankle. She requires you to accompany her." Ian came over, panting.

Suddenly, there was a thunderous rev of a sports car engine.

"Wow! That's the young madam!"

Kalus was shocked when he saw his ex-wife riding in a black supercar. She rode by him, so condescending.

She was cruising in a limited-edition supercar—a Bugatti La Voiture Noire, the cream of the crop in the automotive industry.

"OMG! Turns out that the young madam is a low-key tycoon!" Ian's eyes widened.

The eyes of Kalus darkened, and he curled his fists slowly."Follow her!