Elaine's Pov “A… Alvirez? Why are you asking about her?” Zade eyed me, dropping his hands down from my waist and stepping back. He had a tone of disappointment in his voice but his face looked serious, he was trying to mask his inner feelings. “I went to Caleb's house and I saw her there, stan
Elaine's Pov “What?” I stood up, my other fist clenching, “Are… Are you sure?” I muttered, my voice trembling, “Are you really sure of what you're saying?” “Elaine, this is something important, we wouldn't dare lie to you.” Elijah's tone was soft, almost mocking. I felt my left eye twitch in a
Elaine's POV Zade's hands stopped in mid air, freezing as he took in my words. For a moment, he looked like he was going to deny it but then the slightest flicker of guilt in his eyes told me everything I needed to know. “Ha…” I dropped my hands on the floor, it was like all the strength was zapped away from my body. “Elaine…” He started, his voice low, pained, “It was… You don't understand…” “Oh I think I do.” My voice was stronger now, fueled by raw anger, “You let me think that I was innocent all along, you let me think that I did nothing wrong and that all those accusations were just bullshit but they turned out to be wrong, I had slept with someone else and that person was you! You said that you would never come back here, Zade!” “Oh damn it, Elaine, I came back here because of you! I came back because I wanted to see you, because I missed you!" "You missed me? Zade you left, you were the one who promised that you wouldn't come back, you left!" I screamed at him,
Elaine's Pov My phone rang relentlessly on the couch, I didn't pick it up, I already knew who was calling. It had already been four days since Zade left the house and he hadn't come back yet, he didn't even make a move to call me. I scoffed, it was my fault after all so why was I complaining? My phone rang again and this time, I sighed, picking up, “Yes?” I said tiredly, expecting some old news that I was already tired of hearing. “We found Le Brown, Elaine, he is in our custody.” Jared started and I could not help but roll my eyes. Tell me something I don't know about, but what I didn't expect was what he said next. “Since we've been calling for quite a while and you didn't pick up, we gave ourselves the liberty of questioning Le Brown ourselves.” At this, I sat up, “Well, what did you find?” It was already clear that Zade was the one whom I slept with so what other news did they want to tell me? I didn't want to anticipate but at the same time… “Actually, we als
Elaine's POV I almost jumped out of the chair at this. So all along, it was Emily… But why? Why did she… Oh. That was it. “Ha… Hahaha.” I chuckled deeply, raising my hands up to sweep my hair back, my eyebrows twitching in incredulity, “That fucking bitch. How dare she…” From the very beginning, Emily had been planning on lying against me with pictures of me ‘sleeping’ with three men, she had wanted to use this as evidence that I was a wayward and loose woman, so that she could come into the family with a hitch. “What a very good plan! She wanted me ruined." I whispered, the words bitter on my tongue. Emily wanted to strip away everything I had, to tarnish my reputation, leaving me disgraced and abandoned. But why? What could I have done to her that would lead her to orchestrate something so vile, so twisted? Just because of a man, she was doing all of this because of a man?! “What a pity, you don't actually get to keep that man.” I muttered hatefully under my breath, dialling a
Elaine’s POV “Ah… Is that so?” I leaned forward, “That is not the truth of what I had investigated though, would you like to see the results of what I investigated?” I questioned, waiting for his answer. I could see the confusion that filtered across his eyes, he was clearly asking why I chose to do something like this, not only did his eyes ask, he also did as well. “Why are you trying to find out things about my ex wife? She’s dead so I don’t think it matters anymore.” Caleb said without any ounce of guilt. “I am merely curious. There was something that my mother said about you; She said that you were a smart man who knew how to make choices and how they would be able to benefit you but ever since I fully met you, I have felt nothing but disappointment both in your recent endeavours and in your past relationships, I still can not believe the fact that my future husband would allow his intelligence to be used by a woman to throw out another woman right under your nose and you wo
Elaine’s POVThis guy really had no idea that I saved him… After all this time, he actually had no idea that I was the one who... A chuckle escaped my lips. This was funny, it really was so funny. “Is there anything wrong? You look angry.” Caleb questioned, staring at me. I unclenched my fists and smiled at him, shaking my head, “I’m fine, I was just thinking about something but one day, I would very much like to meet this Emily who turned a man like you into a mush head, I would like to hear just how she did it.” I stood up, dusting the not so existent dirt on my clothes, “Farewell, Caleb, it was nice speaking to you and lest I forget, my mother has set a date that you would come into the mansion. It is the twenty fourth of this month so you still have a lot of days to prepare as today is the tenth. I am looking forward to seeing you, Caleb.” I curtseyed slightly before turning around, a frown on my lips. How dare Emily? That bitch was eventually going to die at my hands. Fuck slow
Elaine’s POV “It’s here.” I said to the driver who stopped right in front of the little house that my mother… Selene and I used to stay at. It was still a rundown apartment… Was it even fit to be called an apartment at all? Anyways, that is where I had always stayed even when I was dating Zade, I had only moved out after I got married to Cakeb. My mother moved out as well as Caleb’s grandfather could not bear to see a member of his family live in such a place. However, hearing the noise from inside, it seems she had returned back here, she must have been sent away from the apartment after my divorce. I raised my hands to knock at the door, pausing for a moment to catch my breath and then finally knocked, twice. “I’m coming!” I heard her voice, a voice that I had not heard for so many months. I wondered how she would react if she saw my face after thinking that I was dead. The door opened to reveal a very old and stressed Selene who held a sponge which fell from her hands the mome
Elaine's Pov Zade’s warm smile made me smile in response to what he said. His hands in mine felt very grounding, like nothing was going to happen while he was here. “I wasn’t sure if you were still in the mood for it.” I replied, my voice lighter than I felt.He tilted his head, studying me for a
Elaine's Pov “Am I interrupting something? And why is my dear sister on the floor shaking like a leaf? Did she do something to you, Elaine?” Katherine questioned, standing beside me, next to Elijah. After this, I was going to become a wingman for both of them. If Katherine could get married to E
Elaine's Pov It was as if a boulder had fallen down on Mila and Jade, the both of them stumbled in shock and horror. I went straight to them, my brother's and Zade right behind me. When I stopped, I beamed at them, stretching out my hands for a handshake. “Mila Hall and Jade, right? I've heard s
“Elaine, although to you and to others, this is just a normal debut, but it's not. You don't know how you went missing and why I spent so much time finding you. There are people in this family who haven't shown themselves. Those who are waiting for you to be officially recognised into this family so
Elaine's Pov. “This is bullshit, you know?!” I muttered angrily under my breath, frowning when a gust of wind flowed into the shed, making my body automatically shiver. Not only was I locked up in a place where it was going to be hard for people to pass through, I was also cold, dirty and smelly.
Elaine's Pov “They’re just people, Elaine. It's not like you've not stood in front of a lot of people before. You literally did this when dealing with Caleb and Emily.” I muttered under her breath, trying to steady my raging nerves. Guests who were dressed in glamorous attires filed into the l
Elaine's Pov “Yours? How noble.” Jade sneered, brushing imaginary dust off his shoulder, “But don’t think for a second that your actions will go unnoticed. Father doesn’t take kindly to being disobeyed, baby brother. You know that better than anyone.” “Like I said, it's your problem not mine. H
Elaine’s Pov “That’s your brother? He’s ugly. Really ugly.” I whispered to Zade who snickered at my words. Truly, to me, this Jade was really ugly, not as handsome as Zade. I stared at him for a while, frowning, even from where he stood, I could smell the amount of female perfume coming from him.
Author's Pov "I am so exhausted." Katherine groaned. She plopped down on her bed, covering her face with her pillow. Going to the Delacroix Mansion was not something she had counted on in her entire life but Elaine made it happen. Mila might have gone there but she no chance to. "Miss. Your sis