The morning sun seeped into the room gently and the brightness complimented the room's decor as it gave it a hue."Good morning ma'am," a maid greeted Hadley while she drew the curtain so the sun could shine more into the room and when she turned around she was faced with Hadley staring at her."Ahhhh," she shrieked, jerking back in fear seeing the young mistress and Hadley scoffed at her reaction.Hadley turned to look at herself in the mirror and she could say if she got casted for the character of the walking ghost she was not going to need makeup because she was perfect for the role. She looked horrible.No wonder the girl was scared, Hadley pondered.She has not slept a wink ever since she got home the other night and after what she heard from her father she knew she would be lacking it alot.Ella was not going to come back, that was the silliest joke she has ever heard but after her father explained the situation to her it was more than clear that she was duped from the beginning
Maurice looked at Hadley who was just staring at him blankly and he wondered if she was not the woman that was staring at him earlier.Was I mistaken? Maurice pondered but he decided not to dwell on it."What do you mean you cook?" Maurice asked, trying to change the subject and Hadley looked flustered hearing that.How was she going to explain to him that she was trying to be a good wife to him, there was just no way of pleasing the man, Hadley pondered but she decided to still act sweet."Humm did you want to eat now?" Hadley asked and Maurice creased his eyebrow. He was very sure that Ella was a girl that was raised with absolute care and lived so he just does not know how she can cook."You can cook?" Maurice asked taking brisk steps towards Hadley and she shifted back in fear.Different thoughts run through Hadley's head as she looks at the approaching Maurice.What is he saying? Does Ella not know how to cook? Hadley thought but she decided to gamble."I learned some dishes rece
Carolina's face darkened at Hadley's blatant disrespect to her and she also felt like she was mocking her.The nerve of that woman!"Cousin, I am sure Miss Ella is not used to attending the party of the socialites so I think it would be overwhelming for her," Carolina says and Hadley knew she was trying to get him not to go to the party with her but also mocking her that woman was a witch."What did you mean that she might not be used to the way of a socialite? She was raised in the family of an aristocrat and most especially I could tolerate her in my space a little so I can tell you that she is my best bet in going to this party," Maurice says coldly like Hadley was just like a business proposal that sounds better and Hadley felt offended but she knew it was better than not getting recommended.Carolina gritted her teeth at the obvious truth and she decided to swallow her displeasure there could always be another day to get back at her Hadley."Ok I would be going now," Carolina say
Hadley let out an awkward laugh and even her laugh sounded stiff to her ears. There was no way she was going to admit that she almost fought the man over a cone of ice cream.Ladies of high society don't do such things."Of course, we have met before Mrs. Elliot so what are you saying," the man that was supposed to be the host said again and the man beside him looked at her wondering what was happening.Why are they making a fuss about their meetings?"I really don't remember sir because I have met a lot of people but did you perhaps come to our wedding because you kinda looked familiar," Hadley says trying to get the man off her back. She could easily push him off her back by saying that and she hopes the man catches up on her lie."I don't think you are someone that quickly forgets people that easily because you look like someone ready to make me compensate you for that ice cream the next time we meet," the man said with a smug smile and Hadley's awkward smile faltered.The secret s
After Hadley dragged Maurice to the car the chauffeur had a series of questions lingering in his face wondering why the boss and the madam were out early."I didn't just do that right?" Hadley asked immediately as they get back into the car and Maurice wondered what she was blabbering about."I might have lost it, I really might have lost it," Hadley chants, and Maurice rolled his eyes at her drama but he jerked in fear because of the woman's action."Ahhhh ahhh," Hadley burst into hysterical laughter but it immediately turned into cries and Maurice wondered why the woman was experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions."I have been the headlines tomorrow and it would go like this 'The crazy wife of Maurice Elliot' or that does not seem right 'The crazy wife of the business tycoon finally show the symptoms for her disease'," Hadley says and Maurice and the chauffeur kept glancing at her while she dampened in her monologue."Mr. Elliot I think you should book your lovely wife an appointme
Silence reigned in the dining hall after what Carolina said and Hadley gritted her teeth looking at the snaky woman.What was she after trying to move into her house?"You can stay," Maurice says and Carolina shrieked excitedly while Hadley's eyes widened in shock.What does Maurice mean by that? Should he not ask for her opinion too? It was her house too but she knew she was not that important so he definitely does not regard her in that manner.Maurice looked at Hadley and he saw that her expression was solemn so he decided to reverse his decision which himself does not know the reason why. "But make sure to leave tomorrow morning," Maurice says and Carolina's bubble attitude dampened immediately.Hadley almost went over the moon when she heard that but she was able to contain and happiness and maintain a poker face but Maurice still noticed that she was pleased."What did you mean, cousin?" Carolina asked, her voice almost breaking but she held herself because she does not want to
Hadley looked at the approaching Maurice and she cracked her brain about what she should do because she knew it was going to be all over if Maurice sees Ella, it was going to be game over.She can't let that happen.She looked at the busy road and she knew the only way to prevent Maurice from coming to her side was to go to his side and without thinking she opted to cross the busy road.Hadley rushed towards the road without caring about the incoming cars and the car blared its horns wondering what the sick woman was thinking crossing the road without any car at the traffic light.Hadley stood transfixed at one spot overwhelmed by the blaring horns of cars and she suddenly felt confused and her legs refused to cooperate with her until she felt a grip on her arm dragging her from the middle of the street.Hadley felt her breath ragged just remembering how the cars could have crushed her and she looked at Maurice that looked like he would erupt because of so much anger and she felt like
Caleb gulped his saliva and wondered how to sympathize with his friends but he does not know how Maurice felt towards the whole thing.An affair is a huge scandal for the aristocrat and for a marriage that is still fresh, it would not be taken lightly."Why did you think like that?" Caleb asked and Maurice raised his head at him. "What did you mean?" Maurice asked not understanding his friend's question and the man was even perturbed about his friend's cluelessness."Don't you say your wife is having an affair?" Caleb asked and Maurice nodded his head in affirmation. "Then tell me what you noticed about her that makes you conclude that your wife is having an affair"."Ohh you meant that," Maurice mumbled and he went on to talk about how he and Hadley went to the Sanders party and she denied knowing Nicholas whereas they have had an encounter.He also tells his friend about how he saw Nicholas exiting the coffee shop he saw Hadley staring at earlier that day and after his narration, he
Maurice was transported to a room in the hospital after he fainted in the hospital's hallway, and the doctors attended to him. They couldn't find the reason for his rash, but they ran a test on his brain, which he was examined to be suffering from shock.“What are you saying, doctor?” Mr. Elliot, Maurice's father, asked the doctor because whatever he was hearing sounded strange to him. “It's just as you heard chairman, your son might be suffering from a great shock which leads to his allergy coming back.” The doctor said, referring to Maurice's allergy to woman's touch.“But that's not possible, I mean he doesn't have the rash, no matter who he touches now and..” she was saying, but the doctor interrupted her.“I understood your stance ma'am, but that doesn't change the fact that his allergy has returned, and it might be best if you consulted a psychiatrist.” The doctor said, and Mrs. Elliot burst into tears.She didn't know her son was that vulnerable, and his wife's death would be a
Inside the Gilbert’s mansion, Robert was seen sitting alone in the living room. After Robert Gilbert, Hadley, and Ella's father, ordered for the explosion of the building, he went home like he did nothing wrong to create a perfect alibi for himself. “Hello, I hope you did a clean job.” He breathed into his phone as he watched the news broadcasting about the explosion of the building. “Yes boss.” The person at the other end of the phone assured him.“That's good, make sure you go into hiding because the police might get up to something we wouldn't want, right?” He said, hanging up on the phone.He would make sure that he cleaned off any evidence that might make the people suspicious of him. He needed to save his empire, and if sacrificing his two daughters was the price, he surely wouldn't hold it down.“Now that I have this with me, I don't think anything would ever stand in my way in the business world.” Robert beamed, and he picked up the file to go to his room, but his wife rushed
The news about Ella's death reached the Elliott's family, and they all rushed down to the police station to confirm it because it was unbelievable to them. “Where is my son?” Mrs. Elliot asked, and the police officers took her to Maurice, who was sulking at the check room where Hadley's body was placed. “Maurice.” Mrs. Elliot called slowly as she walked to Maurice, but the man didn't bother to look at her. “They are telling a lie, Mom. They are all saying that the woman on that table is my wife, how can that be?” Maurice blurted, and his mother's feast aches watching her son suffer so much. Her eyes trailed to the body on the table, which was covered with clothes, and she knew that officers couldn't be wrong with the identity. “Maurice, please, I'm sure that they couldn't be wrong with the identity of the body..” Mrs. Elliot was saying, but Maurice cut her off. “What did you mean by body? How is that a body? What if she is my wife, she has a name and..” Maurice trailed off seeing t
An Hour Before The ExplosionHadley, Ella, and their mother were locked in a dark room by their father, with no way out. Hadley looked at her sister, who was in pain, and barely hanging on, and she hated herself for not telling Maurice about her father's plot.He would have prevented this from happening, but she was too stupid to grooved that her father was not the monster he was.“Are you okay, Ella? Are they in pain?” Hadley asked an obvious question, but Ella just chuckled. “I don't think that we should worry about me because I feared that any of us would be able to escape from here.” Ella said.“No, we would be able to escape, believe me, okay?” Hadley assured, but she knew she was the one that needed that assurance.“But how? Did you think we can..” Ella was saying, but she broke into tears. “Why are you crying, Ella? Can you not handle the pain?” Her mother asked, and Hadley got worried.“I'm sorry, I got you all into all this mess.” she said, but Hadley shook her head. “That's
The afternoon sun slithered into the room, and Maurice groaned as he turned around on the bed. He has a horrible night, and coupled with his drunk self he has to wake up with a hangover.“Damn!” Maurice cursed as he felt his head banging with a headache, he pried his eyes open gently, and looked around the room he was in.He wasn't surprised that he wasn't in his room because he feared he might do something Hadley would hate him for if he stayed there.“This is crazy!” He cursed as he got down from the bed, but he almost lost his balance because his eyes were a bit blurry. He couldn't believe that he drank himself to stupor. “It's all her fault.” Maurice murmured.A part of him believed that Hadley didn't betray him, but he was too jealous and he acted rashly. He walked to the kitchen to fix himself a hangover soup, but he hoped that he wouldn't bump into Hadley because he feared he might not be able to control himself.He might have fallen to his knees and begged her not to divorce h
Hadley's heartbeat increased as she feared who was coming into the room, but she released her breath when she saw the person, who just came in.“Are you okay, ma'am?” The maid, who just entered the room asked, and Hadley let out the breath she was holding.“Yes, I am.” She replied hurriedly, and hid the file she was holding. The maid was suspicious about Hadley's movement, but she couldn't pressure her if she wasn't ready to talk.She wouldn't want to lose her job. “Ok ma'am, then I will leave you to it.” The maid said, as age walked off and Hadley let out the breath she was holding. “Oh my goodness! That was such a narrow escape.” She mumbled.She looked at the file in her hand, and she knew she had to get out of the house before Maurice woke up. She wouldn't want to get caught by the man.“I have to get this to the heartless man before he does something to my sister.” She muttered, and walked out of that room. She got to the backdoor of the house, and sneaked out without anyone seei
The starry night was illuminated by the moon, but Hadley felt gloomy as she looked at it. She was devastated and didn't know what to do.After she left the party while chasing after Maurice, she had this unsettling feeling that something was going wrong, and she didn't even know what that could be.“Are you not coming in, ma'am?" Hadley heard one of the maids ask, and she beamed her a smile telling her that she was fine.“No, I am going to wait for my husband," Hadley replied, asking the maid not to worry about her. Yes, Maurice wasn't home even though they left the party together. He was kind of her to ask her to enter the car but immediately he dropped her off the zoomed off without saying a thing.How was she supposed to explain to him when he wasn't even giving her a chance to do that?“It is all that prick's fault, how could he have hugged me? That demon from hell should be castrated!" Hadley cursed but she stopped herself seeing that she was yelling at that quiet night.“I just
The whole ballroom fell into silence, and Nicholas's gesture raised an eyebrow to everyone in the room, and they were all curious as to what Hadley was going to do. “What are you doing, Mr. Sanders?” Hadley asked through gritted teeth warning the man to behave herself, and she wondered why Maurice was silent on the matter.He wasn't that quiet, so she understood what was going on. Maybe she should be worried after all.“I am asking you to dance, Mrs. Elliot? Did you find it so wrong?” he asked, and she hissed hearing his words.She was sure that he was trying to get Maurice to lose his temper in front of those people, and when Hadley started wanting to lash out at the man, Maurice interrupted her.“You are really funny, Mr. Sanders I almost mistaken you for a comedian instead of a businessman. How could you ask my wife to accompany you?” Maurice asked, and his chilly voice resonated through the room, and the bustling atmosphere dampened.Maurice has that effect, his voice alone was e
Days passed, and Maurice was finally discharged from the hospital but as time passed Hadley kept getting withdrawn because of her father's pressure on her.He kept pressuring her about her sister's health, and making different threats about her so that Hadley couldn't succumb to his threats. She hasn't come up with a plan, and she couldn't inform Maurice who just woke up to help her out.“What are you thinking about?” Maurice asked, and Hadley jolted in fear hearing his words because she didn't know that the man was behind her.“When did you get here?” she asked, trying to get the man's hand off her but the man wasn't letting her go.He could sense that she hadn't herself the past few days, and it might be that his secret fears were finally surfacing.Maybe she wanted to leave him, Maurice thought, but he was planning to hold onto her no matter what.“Did you just get out of the shower? You have to change or you are going to catch a cold!” she reprimanded seeing that Maurice was dripp