“…All the claims and accusations made towards me in recent post are all lies and acts of defamation. I hope you all, as my valued fans, can ignore the malicious and unprofessional claims and continue to support my acting going forward. Thank you all for understanding.”The next morning, Melanie who was reading this scoffed loudly, disgusted at how innocent and noble Celestine sounded, when in reality, she was blacker than a freaking chalk board.“This is all bullshit.” Turning her attention away from her laptop, she face Amara who was reading through some files sent by her grandfather. A quick tip up before she began leading the company. “How can she so innocently lie to those people? She’s the definition of a black sheep. If anyone here is innocent, it’s you, Amara.”Amara who had been too engrossed in her own work, didn’t pay attention to what Melanie was saying, rather, she nodded her head in agreement.Only when the papers were snatched out of her hand, did her work attention vani
“How long has it been?” The blonde male with brown eyes and similar appearance asked Amara as he led her towards a seating area. Holding a chair open, he added. “Three years?”“Four.” Amara corrected as she sat down, whispering a small ‘Thank you’ towards his gesture. She waited till he had settled down in front of her before asking. “How’s life in Italy been treating you, Lorenzo?”“Wonderful actually. I wouldn’t have left if not for the fact that Grandfather wants me to assist you a little since you’ve come to your senses.”Amara chuckled at his words. Lorenzo, her older brother, always had his ways with words, just like their grandfather. But even at that, she was glad he was here.“I’m really glad you’re here, Lorenzo.” She admitted, earning a smile from her older brother. But the smile quickly faded and he said.“Can I ask a question, Amara?” She nodded. “Why…why did you keep your identity hidden from Tobias for so long?”“Is that…is that really the first thing you want to discus
If Amara’s slap was meant to be an action directed towards snapping Tobias back into the right frame of mind, or perhaps a warning, neither of it was working. Rather, it was having the opposite effect.With his cheek stinging, red and bruised from the force Amara had hit him with, Tobias glared at her. The anger he was feeling towards her was indescribable and evident in his eyes.From the moment he had set foot in Sherativinor, the moment he had caught sight of her happily reuniting with that blonde guy, the moment her had heard her talk so freely and intimately with the stranger, his heart had tightened and he could feel himself boiling.How could did she have the nerves to cheat on him after claiming to love him for years? Was it all an act?Of course it was, he knew this from the very first day Amara confessed her love, so why did he feel so angry?And even more, why was he acting so irrationally and not thinking things through, as usual?These questions and more plagued his mind,
The first ever property Tobias acquired with his own hard earned money, was his current residence. Situated in the most affluent and secluded area of the city, building painted with a bright and eye catching cream color, with ten bedrooms, an indoor and outdoor pool, a garden, three kitchens and even a private office, the house was big enough to impress an normal citizen who had lived a mundane life.But for the Larsen family who had always lived their lives above the curve of life, this residence was considered basic.Times without number, they had told Tobias to move out, but he refused, because for some reason, this 'basic' house of his, felt more like home, than any other luxurious estate he had ever lived in.And now, as he carefully walked around the house, eyes scanning each and every area in hopes of finding the littlest trace of the woman he called his wife, Tobias realized why the house which no longer felt familiar had felt so comfortable.It was because of Amara.She had k
Looking at her name written across his phone screen, Tobias didn’t feel anything, whereas he had expected to feel all sorts of emotion. Anger directed towards the pictures of Celestine being with other men, that was currently roaming the internet, damaging her image, as well as the image of his company.Relief, that despite everything happening, how crazy Amara was acting, Celestine was still here for him.But for some reason, all those emotions were absent, leaving him to stare blank stare his phone screen for a few seconds before he even considered answering it.“Hello?” He said, at last, choosing to answer the phone call.“Toby,” Came Celestine’s sweet voice, sweet enough to easy whatever inner tumor he was having.Or so he thought.“Toby, are you mad at me?”“No,” Tobias shook his head with a sigh. “I’m not mad at you, Celestine.”“Then why haven’t you visited me?” She asked. “You said we would meet up today and have dinner together, but you didn’t come. I thought something bad ha
Perhaps it was the way Lorenzo had said his name, or how entitled he sounded when talking about Amara wanting nothing more than a divorce, or perhaps the obvious fact that he and Amara were together at this moment, meaning that Amara was planning on spending the night with him, whichever one it was, it was enough to tick Tobias off.He had spent a few seconds listening to the man’s words, and after those few seconds, it felt like he had listened to a load worth of bullshit enough to spoil whatever good part of his day that was left.“Is that so?” He asked, his tone low and laced with sarcasm.“Yes,” Lorenzo replied. “So if you can stop being a pain in the ass and actually listen to her and give her the divorce she wants, that’ll be a great help.”“A pain in the ass?” Tobias repeated the words, chuckling bitterly afterwards. So that was how Amara thought of him now. Alright then, since she now thought so lowly of him, she might just as well go to hell.But obviously, he wasn’t going to
At exactly 9am the next day, Tobias was standing in front of the civil court, ready and willing to sign those divorce papers.The divorce was set to take place at the same courtroom he and Amara had their wedding in. It was ironic how things ended up this way.As he stood in front of the large doors that led into the courtroom, Tobias had no expression on his face. He had made sure to put on his cold and emotionless mask before heading out and now, he wasn't going to remove it unless he was absolutely alone.Without hesitating, he opened the door and walked in, not surprised at the sight that greeted him.Sitting at the center of the court room, looking prim and proper, was his wife, or rather soon to be ex-wife, Amara. And beside her was the one person he had developed a hatred for overnight. Lorenzo.Lorenzo was dressed in a suit and looked every bit a gentleman that he claimed to be, with a charming smile and a hand on top of Amara's as if he was trying to comfort her.The sight al
Life without Tobias was almost unimaginable to Amara. In the past, when Giselle threatened to make Tobias divorce her, she would always cower because of the threat, one time even going as far as wiping Giselle’s foot and begging her, all because she fear a life without Tobias. But now that she and Tobias were no longer husband and wife, now that their marriage was truly and legally terminated, she realized that life without Tobias was in fact not that bad.Instead, it was great, better than she had expected. There was no one to degrade or disgrace her and she didn’t need to work all day, dolling herself up to look pretty in hopes of grabbing the attention of a husband who would barely even look her way when he returned home.Although, Life without Tobias was strange at first, but a month into said life, she got used to it. She became accustomed to living without him, without anyone there to bother her or criticize her or control her. She had her own free will and could finally take th