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 ke
Looking at her name displayed on his phone screen, Tobias felt numb. When Celestine reappeared in his life after six years, he thought he would be happy. Of course, he was happy for the first few days initially.He had successfully taken revenge on his wife, Amara - that viper who used his grandfather to force him into marriage. Seeing the anguish on her face brought him immense satisfaction. He even filed for divorce, wanting to see her despair further.He thought she would beg him as usual, but this time, she didn't. Infuriatingly, she was even more eager for the divorce than him, and it was obvious there were other men in her life. At this thought, Tobias gripped his phone tightly, clearly forgetting he was on a call until Celestine called his name again."Toby?" Celestine said. "Yes, Celestine, it's me. What is it?" Tobias replied. "I just wanted to ask, did Amara agree to do those photoshoots with you to quell the rumors?" Celestine asked expectantly. "No. She didn't," Tobias s
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 alo
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 the
Tobias had just concluded greeting a client of his when the sound of commotion coming from somewhere caught his attention.The first thing he did was trying and find Celestine who was no longer by his side. For a few seconds, his eyes swept through the crowd, trying to locate her, but only seconds later, his eyes stopped their search, not because they had found who he was looking for, but because his brain had registered the sight of his ex wife, Amara.And she looked unbelievable in the dress she had adorned.“Amara…” The name left his lips in a whisper and before he could stop himself, he had started to move towards her, but his movements were abruptly stopped when the figure of a tall man came into view and effortlessly wrapped his hand around Amara’s waist.“Is there an issue here?” Lorenzo asked, glancing between Celestine and Fiona with a menacing glare that made the latter shiver.“Not at all.” Amara beat them both to the punch before they could speak. “I was simply educating th
After what Amara dimmed as her grand show, she turned on her heels, gave Tobias one last nasty look and walked away, feeling more satisfied than ever.As she left, Fiona managed to pull herself out of the pool. Then she leant a helping hand to Celestine who was not pleased by the way the entire situation had turned out.When she fell into the pool, what she had in mind was for Tobias to scold Amara, detest her even more. At first, it seemed like that was working, but then Amara being, well Amara, went ahead and busted her bubble.Celestine couldn’t have felt more angry when she saw the smile on Amara’s face as she tossed the money at them.Who the hell did she seriously think she was? The daughter of a billionaire?!How dare she throw money earned from selling her filthy body at them and call the dresses they had customized to perfect, trash bag?!The more Celestine thought about it, the more angry she got. She wouldn’t have noticed how her finger nails were drawing blood from the skin
While Amara peaceful snoozed in the comfort of her mattress, Tobias sat in the dim atmosphere of his office, reading through the same article she had read and re-watching the video attached.The first two times he watched the video, he had refused to believe that it was just as the article had said, that Celestine purposefully pushed herself into the pool to gain sympathy and attention. But the more he watched the video, the more he saw that Celestine had indeed fallen into the pool herself.She hadn’t been pushed.‘But if that’s true,’ He thought. ‘Then, why would she go out of her way to make it seem as if Amara pushed her?’He knew Celestine wasn’t the type of person who would do such a thing. At least, he thought she wasn’t. But now, after seeing those pictures and this video, he was left with an uncertain feeling that wasn’t settling all too well with him.What feeling this was, Tobias wasn’t given enough time to figure it out as the sound of someone knocking on his office door sn