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~SETH POV~I had my belongings packed up and ready to leave the moment Scarlett walked out the door. I knew she wouldn’t choose me over her family; it was stupid of me to even pit that against her.With tear filled eyes, I had called my mother to let her know of everything. She was angry, but if I were to leave Michael’s house for the second time, my mother had to know the reason, and given that she is the only one who has ever seen me at my lowest, I understood she wouldn’t take things lightly.When morning came, rather than leave, I waited. Maybe it was because I had a little bit of hope that Scarlett would choose us; I wanted that for us, but it was indeed far fetched.My phone vibrated from inside my pocket as I pulled out to check what it was. The surge of excitement that overtook me the moment I saw it was a text from Scarlett, only to be let down in the worst possible way.It would have been better if she had said all these to my face so I could see for myself how much she mean
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Michael kept his rage aside as he saw my mother and immediately greeted her out of respect. My mother has been touched as she began begging for Michael to forgive me or do what he must with me, but do not send me off to jail as it will scare me again.It was true; I was yet to get over all that happened, but Michael could only do that because my last employer held a high position in our town and the police took bribes easily just to do his bidding.Money is indeed power.“I wasn’t expecting to see you here, ma’am,” Michael said calmly to my mother. He looked to the ground to see that my bags had already been packed. “Why didn’t you leave? Why did you wait for me to get to you? Where are you trying to mock me in the face?” Michaelvoice raised his voice at each question he asked.“Like my mother, I don’t plan on apologizing,” I said so brazenly that even my mother’s contortioned by my bravery, I was quiet when she spoke to me, and that was because she was my mother, but I won’t be quiet
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~SCARLETT POV~I dreaded each day that passed, wanted to kill myself at each month I got passed, and now it has been a year and I haven’t set my eyes on me. Everyone seemed to have moved on, but here I was, stuck in the moment I watched him leave my balcony forever.I hardly got by without crying about the decision I had to make on the spot. I wished he knew all that I had wanted to say to him, but that would be selfish of me.Ever since Seth’s departure, things have gone from high to low in my life. It was as if he were the only screw left to my sanity, and I let him off so easily.Was it my relationship with Leo? I scoff because I am truly a horrible mother for keeping him and Rocky apart just so we can continue to push his false relationship with Patricia’s daughter. I didn’t want to do this, nor did Michael, but we came to a conclusion about how important Patricia was to the campaign and there by putting our son up to the task.At least in the end, Michael eventually won by a big
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Like a mad woman on crack, I drove all through the night. My entire body ached seriously because I haven’t had proper rest as I have been preparing for Leo’s celebratory party, mostly to get my mind off of Seth being with another woman.I did take a stop at a hotel along the way to spend off the night; time was going by so fast that even the time I had calculated was clear that it wouldn’t work out at all.My phone buzzed continuously the moment I turned it on, and there were notifications for Seth’s missed calls—over seventy eight of them. I didn’t reply to his texts or bother calling him back, as I had only one priority in mind, which was Seth.My first screw up was waking up so late. I woke up by 7:45 AM, which at this rate I could only blame myself for my foolishness. This was a fallback for me as I was not only far behind in my timing, but I also could miss my opportunity with Seth if care isn’t taken.I projected again to reach at least one but accepted the universe was against
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“I see that our son means nothing to you as much as Seth does,” Michael said the moment I stepped into our room. He was sitting on the bed with the curtains raised up, showing what I had seen when I arrived.“Michael I have had a busy and tiring day. I tried to brush it off, but Michael retorted, “You have no right to complain about that, as it was your lover you went to see.”I was taken aback as I looked at him. “So I have no right to say that I am tired just because I went to see Seth once, and that too after a whole year that I have given him up for our family, like it was so easy for me to do.”“Spare me all of that, Scarlett; this isn’t your first time seeing him, so don’t lie.”“Lie? This is my first time, and it will interest you to know that I still did not get to see him, so give me a break, Michael, please.”“The first time you claim yet you have so many pictures of him stored in your wardrobe,” Michael brought out three bulks of Seth’s picture I had hidden in a hollow war
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A month had gone by since he ran after Seth, and though I hate to admit that he was still running tirelessly on my mind, I was happy with myself for pulling through the entire moneth without sending anyone to look into his recent whereabouts, even as it itch me to."Ma'am, an email came in for the mayor; it is for a family company meeting,” Tasha says while I was seated having my breakfast alone, as I had woken up very late following my late night out with Melissa.Don’t ask how we got close again after the election; it just happened.“Alright, forward it to me. I will personally let my husband know of this; he doesn’t like when his family is brought up sometimes, so it has to be of much better timing,” I said, and Tasha nodded before leaving me to my meal.After eating, I looked into the invitation and noticed it was for private guests only, and it was to celebrate the new milestone the company had crossed given its new leadership. While my family’s company languishes in debt, others
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The event that Michael anticipated so much, as he even organized a convoy for himself, something he has refused to do for a while because he needed security,he just brought it up to prove to his father that he was acting like a pick me.I simply acted like I didn’t care; he was acting weird around me and just looked away. At least all this added to my distraction; if I could get occupiers like this, I wouldn’t have to think about him all the time.When we entered, eyes seemingly stared at us, and trust me, I did enjoy all of the stares. They made us feel very important because obviously we are. We were all rushed, as so many of the guests invited must have been here for networking.I simply excused myself from Michael, as he enjoyed the attention he was getting, and clearly, I wasn’t needed there.“Enjoying being the mayor’s wife?” Melissa’s asked as I came to her after seeing her be sidelined from afar."Well, to them, I might just be the wife.” I looked behind me to see how they had
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I looked at him, and all of us could wonder if he was fine. How did he end up here? Does he know he is Michael’s brother? Has he eaten? Does he eat well? Why didn’t he travel? Who was the woman beside him who he clearly brought to show off to my face? Was he happy with her as he was with me? Was he even happy with me? What of Bella? Why didn’t he settle for her instead? Or does she still hate him? I visited his place a month ago; did his mother tell him that I came?And that was not even all; there are more I would love to ask if given the opportunity, but I first need to get to him. With Michael constantly reminding me that I already have rumors in my head that I am having an affair with another due to his neglect, it was best if I didn’t do anything funny as everyone was watching us.Again, I thought of sacrificing my happiness for Michael; his mayoral position does mean a whole lot to him. Just look, we are seated next to his father as a family, not at some other table like other t
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