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 "Different headlines. Different stories. Different talks. All in all, we got what we aimed for, right?" I glanced at Elijah who nodded. We were lounging on the patio of our mansion which by the way was renovated to a bigger mansion and then council's part of the building was destroyed
Elaine's Pov "Different headlines. Different stories. Different talks. All in all, we got what we aimed for, right?" I glanced at Elijah who nodded. We were lounging on the patio of our mansion which by the way was renovated to a bigger mansion and then council's part of the building was destroyed
Her once-loyal allies were turning away, slinking toward the exits like rats fleeing a sinking ship. Cowards. She had built them from scratch. She had given them everything, made them who they were. And now, in the face of a little adversity, they were abandoning her? No. No. NO!Her hand shot out
Author's Pov Gasps rang through the entire place as the recording played. Vivienne stared in shock, the corner of her eyes going red."Turn it off! Turn it off!" She shrieked. But no one moved to do so, either they didn't want to or they were frozen in shock. Vivienne growled under her breath and r
"Oh, so you admit it’s your love life!" Jared teased, grinning widely. "Jared!" Elijah snapped, though the tips of his ears turned red again. Zade, who had been quietly observing the lively exchange, finally spoke up, "We need to stay sharp. The council will try to salvage whatever they can at t
Author's Pov The council room was quiet, none of the elders speaking. Each were deep in their thoughts. News had began to circulate, news that they weren't able to control and it didn't help that no matter what they did, they were not able to find something they could use on the Delacroix family, i
Elaine's Pov “Pregnant?” I blinked, staring at him as if he’d just spoken in a foreign language, "W… What?" "You’re about eight weeks along.” He continued gently, his eyes twinkling, "And everything looks healthy. Congratulations." For a moment, I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t even breathe. I tu
Elaine's Pov"So... Have you set a date for your wedding with Zade yet?" My mother asked while wiggling her eyebrows. "We haven't actually. With all the stuff that's going on, we haven't been able to see each other as much as we used to. And it doesn't help that he's always at the company, I barely
Authors Pov "There's nothing?! You've checked and there is really nothing?!" Vivienne questioned, her eyes wide, "But how is that possible? There should be at least something that we can use to..." Vivienne frowned."How about fabricatng evidence against them? If we are able to do that just to thro