I was stunned by her words, "a wild night with an old man?" I repeated her words, unable to understand what she meant by, she just shrugged casually, "Come on, Bella, I thought you were smart since you excel in everything, but you're a real fool to be frank, you're an emotional fool."
My silence seemed to make her happy, "just one message from him and you rushed to the hotel without thinking about anything? Is there any fool like you?" She taunted at my helpless situation, I snapped back, "Whether you believe it or not, I got a message from him." "Oh, I know you did," she smirked with a proud smile, "Bella, meet me at the Blue Royal Hotel at 7 PM, let's celebrate my appointment as CEO, isn’t that what you got?" My eyes widened in shock, how did she know the exact message I got from my husband? She tapped her fingers in front of my face bringing me out of my thoughts, "you must be wondering how I got to know the message, it's because I sent it to you." I was speechless as she continued, while blushing, "I sent that message while I was in his lap, so busy with kissing him passionately." "How could you do this?" I demanded at her audacity to speak about having an affair with my husband right in front of me, "You never wanted him, so why now? Why do you always want everything I won? Why did you steal my husband?" She sighed in frustration, "shut up, he is not your husband, just an ex-husband, moreover it’s your fault, he’s just a bastard child born out of wedlock. How could I, the one and only heiress of the Bellchester family, marry someone like that? But then you came along and helped him become CEO with your brilliance, now that he has power I dreamt for, so I want him." I clenched my fists being extremely furious at her, "you never wanted him, you just want the heir to the Morgan family." "So what? I get what I want, I didn't want him then, so I tossed him aside, now I do, and I got him" she rolled her eyes spinning her mobile in the hand, "He has always been interested in me, not you, so stop acting as if I ruined your relationship which never even existed, you've to be thankful to me, since you finally lost your virginity last night all because of my efforts." "Why do I have to suffer? I never asked you to give him to me!" I shouted demanding an answer, "Why did you ruin my life by sending me to a pervert's room? Why did you ruin everything?" She laughed in my face, like a madwoman without an ounce of guilt for what I've gone through because of her selfishness, "Oh, poor Bella, it’s not me who ruined you, it’s your dearest husband, Joseph." "What?" I was in total shock being in disbelief, "I don’t believe you, Joseph would never do that, he might've cheated on me since he loved you always, but there's no way he would ruin the life of others like you." Rolling her eyes, she pulled out her phone and showed me a video of her and Joseph being intimate, he was talking about using me to get ahead, "If I can sell Bella’s innocence to that old pervert who is interested in pure and naive girls, he’ll give me a huge project, and I'll be CEO soon." "Do you think she’ll agree?" Natalie asked him in the video, "No matter how much she loves you, I don’t think she’ll agree to something like this." He smirked while kissing her passionately, "of course she'll resist, but I've got a plan for that, I just need to push her into his arms even if it is by using a drug, once that's done, we can frame her for an affair and get rid of her, making the way for us to marry without any objections" Natalie laughed being extremely happy, and I stood there, stunned and exhausted by their betrayal. My heart sank as I realized I was ensnared in their web of lies, their selfishness had made me the scapegoat, and there was nothing I could do about it, still I payed for their actions. "That man must have treated you well last night, want to share the details of spending a night with an old pervert?" Natalie teased, igniting my anger and I slapped her hard which she deserves, "You're not even human, you're just a monster." Joseph pushed me away, "How dare you touch my woman?" I looked at him with pure disgust, questioning myself how I even love someone like him. He turned to Natalie with concern, checking her again and again, "Are you okay? Why did you come here to deal with this crazy bitch? You know you're not in good condition." "Come on, I'm just pregnant, nothing more, when my grandmother arrives, we'll tell her this news, she'll be thrilled to hear about her great grandchild and will bless us," Natalie said loudly, mocking me with the news that she was carrying Joseph's child. He glared at me, yelling at the security, "Get this crazy woman out of here." "This isn't over yet, you both will suffer more than you can imagine, you'll rot in hell for ruining my life," I screamed in anger, I don't care whether it's god or a devil, as long as one can pass my curse to these monsters. As ordered, the security guards dragged me out of the mansion, Natalie clung to Josephine's arms, enjoying my humiliation, I was tossed out of the gates mercilessly, and I laughed bitterly at my shattered fate, for five years of my married life, I strived for his future helping him being in darkness, but in return all I recieved was a cold betrayal than a warm embrace. The heavy rain poured down, laughing at my misery, drenched and aimless, I wandered the streets with no destination, no hope, and no one to turn to, this loneliness was all I got as a gift. With my faith in life lost and no place to go, I stumbled along the wide road until a car sped toward me, I didn't move maybe it's because I no longer have the desire to live, as I hit the ground, I felt someone holding me, semi-conscious, I managed to whisper, "I wa...want rev...revenge." Before blacking out, all I heard was a man's concerned voice, "Hey, are you okay?""Mommy... mommy!" The sound of my children’s voices pulled me out of the nightmare that has been stressing me, I opened my eyes to see Abigail and Alexander, my everything, looking worried, seeing me opening eyes, they quickly hugged me."Mommy, we were so worried," Abigail was the first one to jump on me with a worried look, while Alexander mumbled wiping my tears, "You were crying in your sleep, are you okay, Mommy?"I smiled at them, trying to ease their concern, while ruffling their hair, "Yes, I'm fine, just a bad dream, Mommy's okay." They hugged me tighter once again, and filled my face with kisses."These are good luck kisses," they announced with a proud smile."Oh my goodness, I’m going to have so much luck," I chuckled at their innocence playing along with them, these past six years of hellish life, they’ve been my only ray of hope to dream about the future.I thought back to the day of the accident, the day I lost consciousness in the arms of a stranger, when I woke up, I
"I thought I was on time. Am I late?" My presence in the dining hall left everyone stunned, the surprise on their faces was quite evident, I had anticipated this reaction, after all, they never expected me to return, since they wanted to hide their sins forever. Their hateful glances made that clear.As soon as she saw me, my grandmother approached with a warm smile, "Oh dear! You're finally here, I missed you a lot," she exclaimed, pulling me into a loving embrace, I hugged her back and smiled, happy to meet her after a long time, "Yes, I'm here for you, grandmother, happy birthday."Holding her hand, I glanced at her smiling face just as always, but she is weak than before, wrinkles on her face more visible now, "How is your health, grandmother?""I'm fine, especially now that you're back, I'm much happier," she replied, her eyes brighter with full of happiness, her glance shifted at my children, and I introduced them, "This is Abigail, and this is Alexander, they're my children."S
The moment I decided to give my grandmother a limited edition Sapphire and Pearl necklace from Star Light Jewels as a gift, I anticipated this kind of reactions from everyone. This necklace, a limited piece even among VIPs who are in queue to get this into their hands, but this is something I designed personally for my grandmother.Britney glared at me, with suspicion, "Don't tell me you brought a knockoff as a present for my mother's birthday, you should be ashamed of yourself and your actions."I smiled calmly being surprised by her confidence to call it a knockoff without any proper knowledge about what she is speaking, "A knockoff?"Natalie sneered with a frown, "If it’s not a knockoff, do you really think you could get your hands on a limited edition necklace from Star Light Jewels? When even Joseph struggled to get one for me."My father sighed in disappointment as always, "If you can't afford something like this, why embarrass yourself and us with your foolish actions? I'm sorr
Arabella POV....."Beep" the sound of my phone vibrating on the kitchen counter broke my concentration on chores, with soap still on my hands, I washed my hands, before I grabbed the phone eagerly. It was a message from Joseph, my husband. In five years of our marriage, it was the first time he had reached out to me directly rather than delivering his message through Ruby or his mother, but now his direct message filled me with a mix of surprise and happiness, "Bella, meet me at the Blue Royal Hotel at 7 PM, let's celebrate my appointment as CEO."I still couldn't believe whether it's a dream or real, for a moment, I allowed myself to believe that Joseph was finally recognizing my love and support, maybe tonight, he would publicly acknowledge me as his wife, maybe all my dreams might come true tonight, this is moment I've been waiting till now.But my brief moment of happiness was shattered by the cold voice of my mother-in-law's cursing echoing from the living room, "Bella! You use
The warm rays of the sun straight on my face pulled me out of a deep sleep. My head is extremely heavy, and everything felt like a blurring image, still sleepy, I mumbled to myself, "What's the time? If I'm late and miss making breakfast, Mother will kill me." The moment I opened my eyes completely keeping aside the sleepiness and looked at my surroundings, the reality hit me hard that I wasn't at home and this isn't my room, this realisation turned into bewilderment.Memories of last night started to appear in front of me as I saw my clothes scattered across the floor. "I can see that you're loving it by the way you're moaning with pleasure under me, right, little lamb?" That husky voice ringing in my mind even now. The man from last night wasn't Joseph, nothing is my imagination, moreover the bloodstain on the bedsheet confirmed it I had lost my virginity to a stranger, this confirmation clenched my heart.Tears began streaming down my cheeks, not because of physical pain but from