Gwen. The next day after getting that invitation card from Dad’s study, Jade, Nina and I went for dress shopping. We were attended to quickly and after searching for a perfect dress, I finally found one. It was a black dress with spaghetti hands and I immediately fell in love with it. After that, we went shoe and bag shopping before having lunch at a restaurant then went back to the mansion. Dad gave me a list of those attending the ball and I had to memorize them and know every freaking one of them. According to Dad, he was the one behind the project like he was the one funding the company in California and also the one pointing out where to invest or not. I was surprised with that news but overall it was expected that Dad was super rich.I went through the list but paused when I saw Henry Baldwin’s name boldly written there, my heart squeezed painfully just seeing his name. Henry, will he ever be able to forget him? I asked myself.He was my first love…and still is. My first ki
Gwen. “How have you been Gwen?” Ryan asked as the car drove out of the premises. I turned to him and smiled, “I have been good…well apart from missing my daughter I’m good.” I nod. I’m fine, I only miss my daughter too much. “Don’t worry we’ll get Jasmine back.” He said reassuringly while I nodded. I believe that I believe that I would be with my daughter any moment from now and this will be possible because I have dad and Ryan. The rest of the ride was listening to Ryan talk about business and how the court was going to accept our case as soon as it was brought forward. I just couldn’t wait to get through all of these processes and get my daughter. We got to the venue and our driver stepped out of the car to come open our door for us but Ryan shook his head. He looked at me and I knew what he wanted, he wanted to be the one to open the car door for me. Well, I wasn’t against that. “Have I told you that you look beautiful?” He asked, his eyes searching mine. I blushed and bro
Gwen. “Gwen! I wasn’t expecting to see you here!” Emily called out excitedly like the both of us were best friends. I looked at her and instantly knew what she was up to, having Emily near was not good. She would try to create drama if I didn’t answer her or act like I was pleased to see her. I beamed and forced a smile out, “You too! I don’t know you will be coming with my…Henry Emily.” I almost said something that I would have regretted later on. “We were invited, no actually Henry was so I decided to tag along with him since I can’t stay alone at home with me being fussy every time.” She complained with a cute pout on her lips. And I will have to commend her for her good acting, she was trying to rub more salt into my injury. “That’s great then!” I replied, not knowing what to say next. We weren’t friends and I don’t want to see these two cheating bastards before me. Their sight irks me and all I wanted to do at this point was slap them. “What about you? How did you get in a
Gwen. “Stalking you? Well Henry I should say this since you probably do not know, this ball,” I pointed around the hall, “Is organized by my family. The Mars, I bet you’ve heard of that name right?” I asked with a smile and the loud gasp from Emily and Henry’s wide eyes already told me my answer. I smiled widely at their shocked reaction, just what I was aiming for. Henry should know that I wasn’t a pretty girl from the street who would grovel under his feet for food and money. I had my own money before going after him because I did love him. But still, he kept on shoving his wealth into my face over and over again like I was some charity case he was taking care of. I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Emily laughing. It wasn’t a fake laugh but a full belly laughter. She laughed until she couldn’t go on anymore and tears dropped from her eyes. “You….you are so funny, Gwen.” She said once she stopped laughing but that didn’t stop her from letting out a low giggle either. “Yo
Henry. I wanted to believe Emily when she said Gwen was stalking me, because no matter how I try to tell myself that it wasn’t true I just can’t come up with anything. The question in my head troubling right now was; how was she able to get in? I mean, this is an elite party where a ‘nobody’ is allowed in but she was here. Dressed in a body-fitting dress that show all her curves and damn was it my eyes or does Gwen look more sexy and beautiful in that dress. She looked sophisticated like a goddess, so beautiful that she was the attention of all men at this ball which I hated. I hate that she could grab these men's attention and that makes her a queen. She was so beautiful that I am seeing her in a new light, this Gwen wasn’t the one I married years back. She looked different, colder, and had no love in her eyes when looking at me. I have always seen the love in her eyes when she looked at me but now all I could see was hate. The deep dislike she has for me and the hatred seem to b
Henry. “I was just introducing you to Ms. Mars here but she told me something surprising.” He wasn’t smiling any longer. His face was cold as cold and I couldn’t help but wonder what Gwen would have told him. My eyes flickered to Gwen who was acting like she hadn’t done anything wrong. “What would Ms. Mars get to say about me?” I asked trying to force a smile out. “That you both knew each other for a long time now and that you are also her ex….” I blanked out after hearing that. “She told me you were her ex and the one who made her miserable for years Mr Henry.” I looked at Gwen who was still smiling and her eyes twinkled at seeing my misery. “I….don’t know what you’re talking about Mr Noah?” I let out a low nervous laugh. It should not be Gwen who had told him we were once married because if she did then it meant that I’m losing this deal and if Gwen and Noah are telling the truth about her being the Mars heiress then I’m done for. “Oh, I believe you know Mr Henry, you know
Gwen. The expression on Henry’s face was worth it, it was worth every bit of pain I had passed through in his hands and I couldn’t wait to see that of his mother. I wondered how shocked she would be seeing me this way and not as she had viewed me to be. I felt scared as we walked to the podium but with Ryan by my side, I had nothing to be afraid of. Mr. Noah gave me a light hug and peck on my cheek as I got there. “Ladies and gentlemen, Ms. Gwen Mars, heiress to the Mars empire.” He introduced me once again resulting in yet another episode of applause. “Thank you,” I told him and he smiled. He shook his head as if telling me it was nothing. “This is your chance, Gwen, show everyone in this room that you are bold enough to face this especially your scumbag of an ex and his mistress,” Ryan whispered in my ear, and from his position one would think he was kissing me. I would like Henry to see this. I took in a deep breath feeling energetic after hearing Henry’s make and the fear
Gwen. The driver stopped at a restaurant, and Ryan opened the door for me. “This way Gwen.” He held my hand as we walked into the familiar restaurant. It was the same place we ate after meeting for the first time the day Henry drove me from his home. “From the look on your face, I can tell you already know where we are?” My head was whisked to his side, he was smiling. “I do.” I won’t forget how kind he was that day. If it wasn’t for him, I don’t know what would have happened to me. “Okay, so I did not bring you here to run down memory lane. I brought you here to have dinner with me because I saw how much you liked their food served here the other time and I have no reason to impress you.” He explained and all I did was nod. We walked in and were offered a table, I noticed there weren’t many people in the restaurant. It was so late but they were still open. It was a good thing for those who don’t come home early, they can get a place to hit dinner instead of going to bed with a