EMMA'S POVIt wasn’t long after Simeon and I had finished talking when I heard my name. Aunt Grace was calling. The urgency in her voice startled me, and I felt my heart tighten. “Emma, come quickly,” she said, her words filled with tension. I didn’t hesitate. My feet carried me to the living room where Aunt Grace sat, looking perfectly fine on the couch.“What’s wrong?” I asked, breathless and panicked.Aunt Grace shook her head, her expression calm. “Nothing’s wrong with me,” she said, her tone almost dismissive. “But you might want to look at this.” She gestured toward the TV with the remote in her hand.I followed her gaze and froze when I saw the headline plastered across the screen:“Emma Trenton Caught Cheating to Ruin Her Husband’s Life.”My legs wobbled as if they couldn’t bear my weight anymore. The words on the screen felt like knives stabbing me repeatedly. My breath caught in my throat, and a wave of dizziness washed over me.Aunt Grace’s voice seemed distant as she asked
VERONICA'S POVThe question on everyone’s lips was, “Who is Veronica Stacy?” Since Simeon’s explosive interview, where he revealed my name to the world, the media had been in a frenzy. Overnight, I had become the most talked-about woman in the country, and not in a good way. The headlines were relentless, the gossip unforgiving.“Daniel Trenton: Cheating Billionaire or Wronged Husband?”“Veronica Stacy: The Woman Behind the Scandal.”“Husband Snatcher or Innocent Victim?”Photos of Daniel and me flooded the internet. There we were, holding hands in a restaurant, walking together in the park, and the most damning of all—a picture of Daniel kissing my cheek during one of our secret dates. Those moments, once private and intimate, now felt like evidence against me.The world was painting me as the villain, the woman destroying the Trenton marriage. I hated it. I never wanted this kind of attention. I had dreamed of being known, yes, but not like this. Not as the other woman.Staying indo
EMMA'S POV Leaving the house was no longer an option for me. Every time I thought about stepping outside, the weight of people's judgment held me back. The situation between me, Daniel, Simeon, and that husband snatcher Veronica had made me a prisoner in my aunt’s house. The last time I attempted to go out, I regretted it immediately.It happened at the supermarket. I had gone there to buy some foodstuff, thinking it would be a simple errand. The moment I walked in, I could feel the stares. Whispers grew louder, and before long, the comments began.“It’s because of women like you that most men don’t want to get married,” a man sneered as I walked past him. I kept my head high and ignored him, pretending his words didn’t sting.But it didn’t end there. A few aisles later, another man approached me. At first, he seemed uncertain, glancing between me and his phone.“It’s you… wow,” he said, sounding almost impressed. For a moment, I thought he might say something sensible, maybe even ki
EMMA'S POVThe feelings I had for Simeon were no longer something I could ignore. Every text message, every video call, only made me want more. I didn’t just want to see him through a screen or hear his voice over the phone—I wanted him here, beside me. I wanted to feel his presence.This morning, I decided to act on my desire. I sent him my aunt’s house address. For the past week, I’d convinced myself that the only reason he hadn’t come over was that he didn’t know where I lived. After the text message, I finally received reply:"I’m on my way."I couldn’t believe it. He was coming. My heart raced as I paced the living room, nervously glancing at the mirror to make sure I looked okay. When I finally heard the knock on the door, my heart nearly stopped.I opened the door and there he was, standing tall, looking effortlessly handsome. His smile was warm, and his eyes held that familiar kindness that had always drawn me to him.“Hi, Simeon,” I said, squeezing my fists behind my back to
SIMEON'S POVThree days after I bought forty percent of Pixel Forge Studios’ shares, Daniel showed up at my office. I wasn’t surprised; I knew he’d try to get them back. What did surprise me was his approach.He walked in with a confident air, as if he already knew how the conversation would end. I offered him a glass of wine, which he accepted, but his focus wasn’t on the drink.“I’ll pay you twice what you paid for the shares,” he said without hesitation.I leaned back in my chair, keeping my expression neutral. “I’m not interested in the offer,” I replied firmly.He took a sip of the wine, studying me. “What about three times the price?”“Daniel, I’m not interested in your money,” I said, trying to keep my tone civil. “Don’t you get that?”He chuckled softly, placing the glass on my desk. “Why do I have this feeling that this isn’t about business? Is this your way of retaliating for me taking Veronica from you?”The mention of her name made my chest tighten, but I refused to give h
EMMA'S POVWhen my phone rang, I was still half-asleep. My hand fumbled around on the bed until I found it. I didn’t need to check the screen to know who it was; the voice on the other end was enough.“Good morning, dear,” Simeon greeted.With my eyes barely open, I mumbled back, “Good morning.”“Are you still asleep?” he asked, and I finally opened my eyes to check the time. It was 11 a.m.“Nope, I’m awake,” I lied, sitting up and brushing my hair back.“How was your night?” I asked, trying to sound cheerful.“Bad,” he admitted, his tone heavy. “I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened yesterday. The world now thinks I’m secretly involved in drugs.”The pain in his voice hit me hard. “I’m so sorry, Simeon,” I said softly, wishing I could take his pain away. “All this will end soon.”“How? When?” he shot back, frustration lacing his words.I didn’t have a solid answer, but I couldn’t let him lose hope. “Soon,” I said firmly, even though I wasn’t sure myself. “Daniel will pay for h
DANIEL'S POVI was on my laptop, going through some emails when a notification popped up. A new mail. It had been months since I received one on this device, so my curiosity got the better of me. I clicked on it, half-expecting another spam message, but my heart stopped when I saw the content.It was a court summons. Emma was filing for a divorce.“What?” I shouted, my voice echoing through the room.The door burst open, and Veronica rushed in. “What’s up, baby?” she asked, her tone laced with concern.I was still staring at the screen, reading and rereading the message to ensure I wasn’t imagining things.“Daniel, what is going on?” Veronica pressed, moving closer.I finally turned to her, my face flushed with anger and disbelief. “Emma… she’s taking me to court. She wants a divorce!”Veronica’s eyes widened in surprise. “Oh my God,” she whispered. “So, what are you planning to do?”“I don’t know!” I snapped, pacing around the room. “This can’t happen. A divorce would cost me everyth
EMMA'S POVI couldn’t believe what I had just heard. The judge had declared, with absolute finality, that Daniel had no properties and owed me nothing. Nothing. No properties, no money—nothing to show for years of building a life together."Daniel, one of the richest men in New York City, has no properties? How is that even possible?" I whispered to myself, disbelief coursing through me as I watched him standing before the judge. My mind reeled. What about Trenton Corp? Who owns it? I needed answers, but they weren’t coming fast enough.As the proceedings wrapped up, Veronica approached me with a smug smile. "Thanks for making all of this happen," she said, her tone dripping with mock gratitude. "I will forever be grateful." And just like that, she turned and walked away, leaving me rooted to the spot, stunned.From where I stood, I caught a glimpse of Daniel. He looked… off. There was something in his expression—unhappiness, perhaps regret. It was like something was eating away at hi
JASON'S POVWhen I finally settled her in the limo, I couldn't hold my hunger for her anymore.Emma, who is now my wife, is like a drug to me, I can't resist her. She tastes so good and now that she is my wife, I can have sex with her with no restrain. I kissed from her lips till the nape of her neck. I unzipped her wedding gown because it was a hindrance to me.“Hubby, please can you take it easy with me”. She said with a whisper.“Alright wifey”. I replied then resumed what I was doing but this time I was as gentle as I can even though I just want to devour her.I exposed her cleavage and her glorious pears shot out. They were so erect and attractive.I grabbed one of it in my mouth and suckled on it. She moaned out and then covered her mouth with her right hand.I chuckled at her behaviour. “Don't worry wifey, the driver will not hear you no matter how loud you scream. I want you to moan as loud as you can”. She smiled, her cheeks were already red.“Hubby, if we do it here, how
EMMA'S POVMy eyes gradually opened and the room was dark, I couldn't see anything. But what happened to me? I calmed down to rethink about what happened. And I remembered that I was with Jason and he…..I couldn't even think about it.How would Jason do that to me? No, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere.I need to find out what's going on. I stood up and I almost stumbled with the heavy dress that I was wearing. Just then, I began to inspect the long thick gown that I was wearing. This seems to be a wedding gown.At that moment, the room's light was turned on and everywhere was very bright.I covered my eyes because my eyes weren't able to contain the bright light at first, but gradually I opened it.What I saw in the room shocked me. Jason was at the center of the room, smiling while Judith, Kelvin, in fact the team I selected for the event were also present in the room wearing smiles on their faces.“What's going on Jason?”. I asked curiously. “First of all my love, I wan
EMMA'S POVAn unknown number called me at the office. When I picked up the call, I was surprised to hear Daniel's mother voice. She finally broke the code. Before I left Daniel, she made it clear to me that if we happen to meet in the future that I should act like a total stranger towards her.I did just that at the hospital, the day she picked on Cherry. I wonder what could be so important now that she needs to call me. “Hello, who is this please?” I asked her, not that I didn't recognize her voice but because I wanted to act oblivion towards her.“We need to talk”. She replied with no emotion.“Is that how you talk to strangers madam? You didn't even introduce yourself before opening your mouth to vomit nonsense”. I retorted back with the same tone.“You are the one that has refused to let my son breathe and live a peaceful life”. She yelled out.“Accusing me now?” I asked“Accusing you? I didn't call you to barter words with you. This is just a warning, next time, I will take act
CHERRY'S POVI am now like Daniel's nanny, I took sick leave from work and had to take care of him at his house.Though I lied to my mom that there is an event happening in the office and I won't be back for some days.I have been in Daniel's house for five days now, he has fully recovered and the wound is not that fresh anymore.Today, I plan to resume at the office. Daniel insisted that he would also resume today with me.I packed enough food to eat. When we got close to the office, I insisted that Daniel drop me because I don't want anyone to know that I've been with him for the past five days.“Cherry welcome back to work. Are you okay now?”. Zara ran to me as she spotted me at the gate, she welcomed me with flowers, I was really moved by her actions.“I am perfectly fine now, how are you doing?”. I asked her after hugging her.“Very well thank you, let's go in my lady”. She said in a playful manner.We settled in the changing room with other girls.“Look, she's back to break more
SIMEON'S POVEverything is going according to my plans, Veronica doesn't know what awaits her yet.My plans are falling into place. She thinks she can use the media to threaten me to marry her, she has really overestimated herself.My second plan is to find the little boy whose mother I used to ruin Emma's wedding with Jason.My phone rang on my way to work and it was that bitch Veronica who was calling me.“Hello, little slut”. I said with a mischievous grin.“We went back to being enemies so soon”.It seems the person that I hired promised her something. That's interesting to hear.“I am quite busy right now, what do you want?”. I asked, sounding urgent.“It's nothing, I didn't see you when I woke up this morning, so I wanted to know where you are”. She replied like a good wife.“When did you start caring about my whereabouts? I hope what happened last night didn't make you misunderstand? We are still enemies”.“It's fine, you don't need to tell me, I know that we are not compatibl
VERONICA'S POVI can't possibly move in with Simeon, at least not right now that I haven't even achieved anything. I don't know what he is planning but I won't give him that chance to know about my own secrets. Today, I plan to go with my team for the outreach. The site they sent to me is really a rural area, but I don't mind as long as I achieve what I want.The election is fast approaching and I haven't even made any preparation yet for my plan B.I observed my new looks in the mirror, I totally changed, with a different face and different body shape.I got ready with my team and we traveled to the area. The journey was two hours and some minutes.My assistant did a great job, she has already arranged for the doctors and nurses, in fact treatment was already going on by the time I arrived. I watched as each person was attended to from my car. I waited for everything to be over before I would come down and introduce myself to them.Free food was given to each and every one of them
DANIEL'S POVI was shocked to see Cherry in my office. I didn't know that this branch that I've not visited for years will be where I will meet her.Yes, my mother is the sole owner of this branch. This branch deals with jewelry design and it is the second best in the country.I knew she didn't break the vase but I don't want her to leave my sight again. That was why I challenged her to find out the culprit in one week's time.She is also my mother's target, it will be dangerous for her if my mother finds out that she is working as a cleaner in her company, she will definitely make life miserable for her.Not that I can't protect her though, but she still has some grudge against me, that's why she wanted to resign.I took her back to my mansion to ask her who gave her the inhaler that she brought to me at the bar that night.She looks so beautiful when she's asleep. I sat beside her on the bed and removed the strands of hair that were covering her face.Suddenly she held my wrist and
CHERRY'S POVI froze the moment I saw him, how could it be him?He also froze when he saw me. But the next moment he behaved like he didn't know me at all.“You can leave us now”. He said with an aloof tone to Sir Andrew, who whispered in my ears with a smirk “You are doomed for sure”.Mr Grumpy is the CEO of this company. Since it's him, I will surely stop working after today.“Your uniform is cute”. He said with a smirk on his face. “Mr grumpy. …sorry Mr CEO I…. didn't know this was your company, don't worry i will resign immediately.”.“You think you can resign that easily after breaking a flower vase worth millions of dollars?”. He asked with an intimidating look. “I didn't break the flower vase, this is a set up. Someone broke it and he or she is trying to pin the blame on me”. I defended myself with tears threatening to fall down my eyes.“Can you prove that you didn't break the flower vase?”.“You don't believe me?”.“Why should I believe you? If you don't provide evidence th
CHERRY'S POVI feel so guilty for lying to big Sis but I know that if I told her that I am working as a cleaner, she would definitely make me resign.As of the new job, I am staying to do the work. I will just stay out of that mean man's trouble.I need to work out the money that I will use for her company's party. I will also buy some clothes for my mother as well.Yesterday, the work was really hectic because of Sir Andrew.But after the advice from my new friend and colleague, I am willing to do this work with diligence. “Mother, I am late for work. I am going now. Make sure you take your medicines as prescribed, do you hear me?”. I said to my mum who was lying on her bed but not sleeping. “I have heard you. I hope you haven't finished all the food at home?”“Mum, how can I finish the food at home? I have eaten my share, your share is waiting for you in the kitchen”.“Alright take care then. And don't come back late, okay?”“Alright. ..Alright”. I pecked her cheeks hurriedly and