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"Darling, where are you in such a rush to?" He asked and she blinked repeatedly before smiling brightly.
"To the bathroom." She answered simply before hugging him.
Mrs Anderson and Nina, whom she loved so much though she was Ross' ex-girlfriend but at a scary point in Mrs Anderson's life, Nina was the one who came through for her. So she trusted her with her life and would do anything for her. Mrs Anderson and Nina stare at Grandpa Philip and Terra interact with a puzzled look.
Who was she? And why did he want Terra and Ross to get married so bad?
Mrs Anderson wanted Nina and Ross together married and having her beautiful grandchildren so anytime she saw Terra, she was simply irritated.
"It's time for you to get changed into your second outfit, my favorite one." Nina announced, accompanying Mrs Anderson who grinned from ear to ear in excitement, she couldn't wait for the women to gush over her outfit.
After interacting with Grandpa Philip and he had informed her he was on his way out, Terra went to the bathroom checking her physical features and trying to fight back the tears in her eyes.
Was I indeed fat? She questioned herself, giving herself an overlook a bunch of times.
She sighed, shutting her eyes and thinking of something positive. She thought of something beautiful that she hadn't shared with anyone yet and instantly a genuine smile spread across her face. She whipped out her phone, taking a mirror picture and sending it to Evelyn. She retouched her lip gloss and went back out in search of Ross.
With happiness all over her, she requested for a Cranberry juice and the waiter immediately went ahead to get it for her though feeling it was strange.
"Thank you so much." She sipped out of it happily and in excitement walked to her seat, as she couldn't skip in such an outfit and gold Ysl Heels. Her phone dinged in her purse and continued her journey to the table she had last seen Ross, her eyes were on her bag and she failed to realize Mrs Anderson was coming in her extravagant white gown, everyone was amazed and clapped for her as she entered back into the ball again.
While Mrs Anderson was now heading back to her reserved seat, she collided with no one other than Terra, making Lydia's juice spill on Mrs Anderson's gown. The crowd gasped and the media began to record, the whole hall was filled with utter silence.
"I'm so sorry, Mrs Anderson. I wasn't looking at where I was headed.." Terra apologized trying to clean the dress but Mrs Anderson who was furious stepped back and looked down on Terra.
"Do you know how much this gown cost? Do you know?" She snapped and Terra jumped feeling the eyes of everyone on the two of them.
"How would you know? You have never ever gotten or worn something this expensive nor have you worked for a single dime a day in your miserable life which is why you have the audacity to try and cross me. Because I told you, you were as fat as a cow. Laying all day doing nothing but spending my son's money like a common gold-digging whore that you are." Each word that came out of the mouth of Mrs Anderson held weight, everyone recorded and whispered amongst each other.
Terra in this moment wished this was all a bad dream. She tried to convince herself this was a bad dream and she would wake up soon because she couldn't believe it.
"You think I won't find out you are not only sleeping with Ross but also my son's grandfather, because of money. You see this is what happens when you let a lowlife come into your family, they take and take and have no respect for expensive materials. Do you even know how much your gown costs? You would have to work for over sixteen years and sleep with all the tycoons to be able to afford that. Such a gold-digging, miserable, pathetic, shameless whore….you disgust me."
A single tear dropped out of Terra's eyes, as Mrs Anderson spoke all Terra wanted to hear was her husband's voice, if not anyone else, saying, "Mum, that's enough." Or anything to end such a humiliating experience.
But nothing, everyone just let her get humiliated, she made eye contact with Ross who wasn't too far away. He stared at her nonchalantly and after his mum was done insulting and embarrassing his wife, he went ahead to grab a champagne then looked away meeting Nina who came to talk to him smiling.
Everyone in the hall stared at Terra who stood in the middle of the hall shedding tears and no one came to her rescue. She took slow steps walking in shame watching as people looked at judgely.
With each step, she concluded that there could never be happiness in this house and family. She wiped away her tears, pain, humiliation, disappointment resulting in anger.
She was done with Ross.
*****
"I will get the papers sent to you by tomorrow morning, I want a divorce." She told Ross as soon as they stepped into the house.
I was going to divorce Ross Anderson and raise this child that was conceived on our wedding night…alone…
I did not need him.
Terra spoke to herself storming away from Ross.
TERRA'S POV:THE NEXT DAY:I was seated at the edge of my bed with half of my stuff packed. The entire room was empty, I had some clothes still in my closet. I sniffled recalling the events of last night and just wiped away my tears. I shook my head removing the thoughts of loneliness and second guessing my decision.A man who wasn't affectionate nor loving or even tried to be, after three months of living together, ninety solid days. He could never love me. It showed in how he let me get humiliated last night. Staying married will only make me look more pathetic and weak than I already seemed. I didn't even want to think about how people thought of me, the media, the public. They would all paint me as a poor girl who married into this family for money.My phone rang, jolting me out of my depressing thoughts. I cleared my throat and exhaled before picking up.“Hello?” I spoke softly.“Good day, Miss Terra. The divorce papers have been done and it will be delivered in about five minut
TERRA'S POV:FIVE MONTHS LATER:It had been five months since I moved to Aurenia, and changed my entire life and name. I ditched my old contact information, my entire identity, my surroundings, everything was different. I moved to Auriena which is about a ten hour flight back home. The whole country was pleasant and the estate I was staying in was fantastic. I had purchased a luxurious large duplex with about five bedrooms including a master bedroom with a king sized bed just for me, a gym, a kitchen with everything I needed, living room and so much. I had spent a lot of time picturing my children playing around. Yes, my children. Two months ago, during an ultrasound for a routine check up. My gynecologist realized I was having twins.“O My….Twins?” I asked with my eyes watering staring at the monitor.“Yes sweetie. Turns out your little bundle of joy was hiding her sister or brother. Listen..” My heart melted at the sound of two heartbeats and my tears threatened to fall.“Congrat
ROSS'S POV:5 MONTHS EARLIER:I was on my way to my house driving by myself as I needed to clear my mind. The cool night breeze was refreshing and the city's lights were shining beautifully. Though it was night and on a Sunday, it was still busy, not just as busy as a weekday.I stopped at a traffic light and I found myself staring at a small family, a man holding his woman's hands and the small little girl skipping through the pedestrian walk. They seemed extremely happy and though I was uncertain if they were wealthy or not, but through their basic outfits, respectfully. They were most likely middle class or not my type of wealthy, yet they were happy.But with everything I had and provided for Terra, she wasn't still happy. Could I blame her? There was so much my grandfather and even my mother did not know about me. I had thoughts on revealing everything to her then probably apologize.Based on the information from my assistant, friends, it was all over the news and the masses had
Ross POV:I walked into the room I had entered into since that drunken night and memories filled my mind especially the morning after.They were right, she was gone and just as she said earlier everything she acquired during our marriage this past few months, she left it in the wardrobe and some were in some shopping bags. I sat at the edge of her bed and her sweet scent filled my nostrils. I exhaled shakily as I brought out my phone from my breast pocket and began to dial her number.“The number you are trying to call is not available at….” I hung up and tried calling about five more times and yet the same result.There was no one who I could call that was related to her or who could help me reach her. The thought of her leaving my life, without at least a last conversation trying to convince and show her how much I needed her energetic, caring, multi-talented, beautiful self in my life.I had messed up!In anger, I threw my phone at the wall making it smash into pieces. My heart wa
3rd POV:A WEEK LATER:Mrs Anderson and the entire Anderson family had been invited to an engagement party of one of the board of director's sons, the Lauder family. They were extremely wealthy and had three daughters and two sons, their father had another son out of wedlock, but wasn't accepted by Mrs Lauder, so he was in another country.Ross, who was seated in his pitch black room, was thinking deeply. He had on a black suit and his entire outfit from head to toe was black. “How would I explain this to Grandpa Philip?” He questioned himself, running hand down his face. He didn't care about anyone else asking about Terra, except his grandfather whom he had promised to take care of Terea, protect and at least try and make her happy.“So much for making her happy.” He chuckled humorlessly speaking out loud. He adjusted his silver wrist watch on his wrist and wore his wedding ring then took a deep breath.He had been avoiding calls from Grandpa Philip while his mother had been ignorin
3rd POV:“Ohh, so ‘cause your wife is not here, you're not all up in my face. What? What was your plan at your mum's birthday party and three months ago when we were cool?” Nina was baffled at his friendliness to her since he was with Terra and she loved it. She felt so loved by him just like other times. But now his cold exterior and dry replies were bothering her badly.“I really don't have time for this.” He spoke more to himself and tried walking away but she held his arm stopping him.“I'm sorry for my attitude. I don't just like us being like this. How are you? How has this last week been? Have you been able to reach your wife?” She kept asking questions and his face remained blank.He removed his arm from her grip and walked further into his party leaving her standing there. From where he stood, he saw his mother, Grandfather as well as Mrs Morris; Nina's mother from a distance. They were seated at the table with about ten seats, public figures and politicians were seated but
TERRA'S POV:FIVE MONTHS AFTER BIRTHING HER TWINS:“Are you okay Miss Catherine?” Such a lovely question! Am I okay? Of course I'm okay, but I'm freaking tired! The kids have been keeping me up all night while Eleanor was an angel most nights, some other night her and Eric must have planned to blow my head up with the loud screaming and crying coming from their nursery.The only thing keeping me awake right now was the strong coffee I had stopped for on my way here. “I'm fine. So what's the latest update?” I questioned my new assistant, Fiona. I had hired her as I needed to start running my late grandfather's company. After his passing, one of the members of the board, Mr Jackson, who had been like an uncle to me while growing up, became the new interim CEO. I was back and ready to run it so My Grandfather's company would become the most popular, huge, successful manufacturing company in the whole country and world at large. I have always been a member of the company and I had bee
Terra's POV:He doesn't even matter at all, I had my greatest treasures, I was beginning to run my company and though everything has been really tough especially with post-partum, losing weight, feeling insecure about my body and the scars on my stomach. Not being able to get enough sleep makes me so frustrated throughout the day. Nevertheless, I was going to get through all of this and be the best in all aspects of my life.“It's going to be okay” I said to myself in the mirror and poured water on my face repeatedly fighting off the urge to break down crying.“You're strong and have the most beautiful children, there's nothing you cannot do. You don't need him.” I repeated to myself then walked out of the bathroom after wiping my face with a paper towel.Time to do better and stop feeling sorry for myself.***************THAT NIGHT:I spent my day taking care of myself, getting my nails and hair done, tinting a few strands blonde and curling it up. Feeding my kids and playing with
3RD POV:Soon after they moved into their dream house, with the beautiful gardens, lawns, the most aesthetically pleasing backyard with a huge pool, and huge and wide rooms for all they needed. It was beautiful and to celebrate their marriage, they organized the housewarming/ wedding celebrations and it was a night to remember. Ross had been grinning ever since and his assistant, Mady had quit since he was happy and he had a new young hardworking assistant, Kelly.“You look ravishing.” Evelyn complimented hugging her, grateful her second child, a ten months old baby girl was now sleeping and she could have time to enjoy herself. She often accused Jackson of impregnating her again so she doesn't flourish in her career as a studio owner and it caused arguments but they ended up making love and shutting out negativity and pointless accusations.“You do too. I'm so happy to see you guys.” She hugged the guys, and Whitney. James and Whitney were engaged after James agreed to stay in Saland
TERRA'S POV:“In the abduction and murder Asian Griffin. The court finds you GUILTY!”“In the murder of Amber Griffin, the court finds the defendant ... .guilty.” There were murmurings among the people. It was crazy how she murdered the two sisters…all for what?“In the theft at the supermarket owner, the court found the defendant guilty. “ I shook my head and watched the jury who looked at her with displeasure.“In the harassment charge of two men, the court finds the defendant…not guilty.” “In the attempted murder of Mrs Anderson, the court finds the defendant guilty…” There were more crimes such as gun possession, trespassing on property and she was found guilty for all the crimes.Someone next to me muttered, “I know for sure, she's going to be sentenced to death, as that's what the law of Salandi prescribes as she is definitely a nuisance and multiple murders and attempted murders, Come on. I would know since I am a paralegal.” She bragged and I glanced at her for a second and s
TERRA'S POV:THREE MONTHS LATER:“How busy are you? ‘Cause I was thinking we can go out for lunch so I can make it up to you.” Ross suggested, and I rolled my eyes playfully at him. He knew I was mad at him for him being mad at me for worrying too much and stressing out about the kids as it was their first day at a new school.It had just been hard since the welcome party and literally settling in Salandi was hard for me in a way that it was hard for the kids.“I'm actually extremely busy right now, and I will be heading to Nina's trial as today is the sentencing. Later tonight?” I suggested and he heaved out a sigh, obviously displeased at the fact that I was headed to Nina's trial but I needed to be there. I just had the need. Everyone had been totally stunned hearing that Mrs Morris had killed herself and it was all over the news. Everyone in the golf clubs, and the elites titled the Morris as a pure disgrace, shame and waste.And I truly did not care, as long as my kids and I got
3RD POV:“Nina Morris, daughter of Late Business Tycoon Mr Marcus Morris, has been apprehended for multiple charges, kidnapping of the twins of Billionaire Ross Anderson and Catherine Williams, Murder…..” The reporter listed out..Mrs Morris was seated in front of her television, watching the news with tears running down her cheek, seeing her daughter being labeled as a criminal. Hot tears ran down through her cheeks and her chest rose up and fell repeatedly. “Everyone will view my daughter as a criminal. How could I have given birth to such a useless being? So freaking useless!” She hit the television stand in anger and shook her head.“I have already lost. I have nothing again, no way to clear my name out of Nina's stupidity. I failed as a mother, as an elite woman in society, as everything. I am just as useless and I can't live with it….I just can't.” She cried out and continued mumbling the last sentence as she walked into the room.She grabbed a rope in her closet, mumbling the
3RD POV:A DAY LATER:Terra held onto Eleanour who was sleeping on her lap while holding onto her father's hand as he was sitting next to her on the couch fighting the sleep forming in his eyes. He hadn't closed his eyes ever since the kids were kidnapped.It had been a rough twenty four hours for everybody and for Ross's little family, it had been a rough 72 hours. They had been able to give the old woman and her grandson the sum of a million for their help in finding Nina and the family was given the media space to be able to show their appreciation to Ross and Terra, letting them know it will go a long way in pulling them out of the hand to mouth lifestyle they had been living especially since the grandmother was single handedly raising the boy.“Mummy.” Eric called out from his bed with droopy eyes, and she waved at him with a smile trying her best not to wake Eleanour who was finding it hard to close her eyes.Eric was not shot neither was Ross but Terra still requested he stayed
3RD POV:AN HOUR LATER:Asian was drained and tired but she took great compassion on the twins especially Eleanour, seeing her as a young version of Amber who was sad and always needed her. Which is why she was more than happy when she saw that Nina had left a glass cup on a high table where farmers usually kept stuff for their animals and it was next to them.Her plan was simple, hit it repeatedly till the glass shatters to the floor, afterwards she would move in her seat and with her back facing away, she would hand Eric the glass to unloose the ropes on his hands carefully, afterwards he would unloose both hers and Eleanours. Then they run out to the nearest farm or police station and get help. And safe!This is a solid plan after all …I can do it, what could possibly go wrong? Asian thought to herself, and like an annoying best friend, her mind pictured all the different possibilities of what could happen.“I'm going to try and get us out of here.” She mumbled and the kid's mouth
TERRA'S POV:“No…It's not your fault. I came out for work and for you and I met the love of my life and became a member of a very problematic family, but I guess all families have their own issues. But coming here, it was just the regular day to day activities and then trips during the holiday but coming here made me realize there's a lot more to life. And I just think…everything happens for a reason and I have experienced all I need to here.” The fact that he didn't hold me accountable or become harsh to me made me feel bad for yelling at Ross and his mother…for another person's action.“I have been thinking about moving away as well. Morgan and Sarah have been calling me everyday since they heard of this. And I totally feel the same way you felt about here and Aurenia except I didn't find the love of my life here.” We both chuckled weakly and he responded, “Yeah okay.”As they both discussed more about moving back, unbeknownst to them Ross and Evelyn, who was bringing breakfast, ove
TERRA'S POV:A DAY LATER:It had been more than 35 hours since I had last seen my kids and since the kidnapping. A flier with Nina's face had been posted everywhere and according to my friends and Fiona, the entire police force was working on it.But it was just Nina….what was so hard about finding and capturing her?I had just been numb, and I could neither eat nor sleep. Last night, when I couldn't sleep, I snuck out in my own mansion in order to prevent Evelyn, who was literally everywhere, from waking up. I drove in one of my old sports cars, which allowed the cool night breeze to run through my body and blow away the tears which kept flowing and I drove to weird looking areas, banishing the thought that I might be robbed, and showed them images of Nina if they had come across her but they had nothing.A particularly shabby looking man asked for some money before providing answers, feigning that he recognised her and as soon as I handed him money, he tucked it into his pocket and
3RD POV:They both went ahead to take a seat on the couch in the hospital room.Without giving a response, Ross brought out his phone from his breast pocket. And dialed Nina's contact and placed it on a loudspeaker, the call rang for a moment and at the fourth ring, there was finally an answer making Chandler's eyes go wide in excitement.“Nina, Where are you? Tell me where are you now and what do you want?” Ross asked with desperation and the other line remained silent.“WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?” He shouted in anger, making Chandler jump a bit.“Hello? Who is this? I just found this in the dumpster ... .What did this woman do though I don't have a television so I need some drama?” Ross clung to his hand with so much force, Chandler thought he would crush it so he quickly collected it from Ross.“Okay…okay…A dumpster where? And what's your address?” Chandler asked smartly as he believed it would lead them to Nina or maybe it was the same area.On the other hand, Terra was at the police