CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE:
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Life continued, but it was not the same as before.
Sheryl kept on going back to their house demanding an audience with Tyler, but her appeals sometimes fell on deaf ears or they would just turn her away like how people swat an annoying fly away.
But she’s persistent and kept coming back like they owed her billions, just like today.
She was wearing a fancy black maternity dress with a coat on top to prevent her from the cold. A soft pink colored scarf was around her neck like a snake. Her boots had a rather high heel which is totally unsafe if you’re pregnant, but the soon-to-be mother herself doesn’t care about the safety of
Althea's phone rang. Both eyes went to her pocket, and with no suspense, she took it out and…“Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear.” Althea laughed at the idiom. She flashed her phone’s screen to Sheryl.Sheryl read it and her eyes contracted after seeing Tyler’s name on it.Althea picked it up and purposely put it on a loud speaker. “Hey.”“Hey my love.” Tyler lovingly said from the other line. The sweetness in his voice traveled to the ears of the other three. “How’s it going? I hope my wife’s not stressing herself up. I can’t have the future mother of my children frown all day.”“I haven’t reached the offi
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO:—“Sheryl!” Tyler shouted angrily at the phone. “What are you trying to gain by leaking someone else’s identity?! Did you knock your head and finally went mad?! Kai’s just a kid!”Sheryl laughed loudly. Her small head was thrown back in her laughter and she was obviously bathing in the mirth she felt after hearing Tyler’s angry shouts. Diana looked at her from the opposite seat with a smile on her face. Seeing her daughter happy with someone else’s misery made her proud.Just like how she raised her.Diana shook her head and continued sipping the blood-like liquid inside the wine glass. Her eyes went toward the fireplace and acted like she was the only person in the room.“It’s your fault!” Sheryl equally shouted back, not with anger, but with amusement that seemingly riled the other up. “You should have accepted it without a word, but you
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (02):—The phone call was cut off. Although it was broken abruptly and rudely, the pregnant woman showed no dissatisfaction and she was even wearing a complacent look on her face, seemingly proud of what she had done.She turned and caught her mother staring at her above the wine glass that was hovering right above her lips. Diana had a small smile on her lips as she watched her daughter. When Diana saw that Sheryl’s attention was on her, her smile widened.Her luscious red lips were especially inviting, added by the moisture that was taken from the wine she was taking. Slowly, she muttered. “How is it?”She was asking about what happened. Sheryl chuckled and responded with pride. “Sooner or later, he will be mine!”The pitch in her voice was high, showing an obvious hint of her excitement.Sheryl thought that her mother would also ride her excitement and compliment her on what she’s done, but then, she said something unwelco
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (03):—Her preparation was hasty and before they knew it, she was already at their front door with her things in big bags and suitcases. It looked like she was moving her entire wardrobe. Althea was the one who opened the door for her, and when Sheryl saw her face, her smiling lips turned upside-down.Huh.She was expecting Tyler to open the door apparently.“He’s at work,” Althea stated before Sheryl can throw tantrums in disguise of hormones. Her orbs wandered on the baggage that Sheryl brought before sighing in her heart.The time has come.Before this, Althe
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (04):—“Sheryl, it’s late.”“But I’m scared!” Sheryl refuses to back down. Her voice was slightly muffled but they could hear the begging in it. The two looked at each other. She continued. “It’s a foreign house, you expect me to adjust quickly? I—you should have agreed about moving into my house…”Tyler silently cursed inside his head, he wanted to shut her up but his attention got shifted to the sudden disappearance of the weight on his lap. He looked at Althea in alarm, his eyes questioning.‘Go.’ She mouthed.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE: — “Althea, you’re a bad mother!” Being stressed for the past few days and having the situation was keeping her on her toes, getting yelled at in a phone call is not something Althea appreciates. Her head throbbed right away. She groaned internally and made her self-control run in order to not suddenly yell at the person on the other line. “What is it now, Charlotte?” “You—why do you sound so… Bad? Am I using the right word?” Charlotte paused. “Ah! Why do you sound so tired? What happened?” The concern in her friend’s mouth was not fake. Althea’s irritation slowly subsided and she sighed. “Sleeping with a snake under the same roof is exhausting, Charlotte.” “Huh?” She sounded confused. “You bought a snake as a pet? Did you know that they will eventually prepare themselves to eat their owners?!” Althea sighed again but an inevitable laugh escaped from her lips. “Forget about it.” Althea paused and asked curiously. “Why did you call, by the way? An
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (02):–Two days later.As expected, Sheryl offered another drink for Althea. Althea glanced at it and can’t help but shiver on the inside. To think that she drank things offered by her, Althea let her guard down too much!“Thank you,” Althea said and held the cup in her hand. She didn’t bring it to her lips, and Sheryl didn’t find that odd. She ignored her and drank her own drink.If you are wondering if Sheryl is also drinking the same liquid as her, well, you’re wrong. Althea took the liberty to inspect the teapot that Sheryl’s used last night when she was out, distracted by Tyler.She carefully searched her room and saw a teapot that had the same structure as an assassin’s teapot. It solved the questions she had in her mind and finally understood why Sheryl ‘also’ drinks with the ‘same’ liquid that they gave her!In fact, the tea is not the same!How cunning!Moments passed when Althea suddenly stood up, earning her attention. Sheryl asked with a f
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (03):—Tyler parked his car in the parking lot of the hospital where Sheryl was in and immediately hopped out. He has taken no step yet when the sounds of the clicking cameras and the flickering of the flashes bombarded him. A bunch of people was waiting for him, ambushing him in the parking lot.Tyler glanced at the news media and showed a dissatisfied face, but it didn’t stop them from throwing dozens of questions to his face. They never cared when they saw the impatience on his face and blocked his way with mics pointed at his face. The cameras were clearly on a roll and the flashes were still glaring brightly now and then.“How’s Sheryl Carter—”“Did she give birth properly to your son—”“What was the reaction of your wife when she knew that—”Immediately, his guards went out of their vans and rushed to get in between the prying media and their boss. They made a quick human barricade that was seemingly trustable because of their sturdy builds and