“What is she doing here?.”Malachi’s voice lacks all the ice and spite he seemed to infuse in his words while we were at the table just now. I feel he’s trying to be diplomatic but I don't want to. I answer curtly, “She’s here for dinner. Is there any problem with that?”Malachi turns and the look o
“You’re going to regret doing that to her.”I turn to look at who’s passing the warning and sure enough it’s Malachi in the flesh. I respond with a scoff and ask, “What exactly did i do to your precious Skye?”Apart from the fact that he followed me into the bathroom to tell me this, Malachi has bee
Bridget is trailing me like a duck to it’s mother end. I can tell she’s delirously excited and i wish she would actually squeal like i know she wants to. I knew dinner tonight would be chaotic, but it’s also the first dinner i’ll be having where i don’t take all the talking down on and even actively
Malachi’s pov.Tieran refuses to pick up my calls and i feel my jaw clench at that.He has no right. He has no right to get Antonia furniture when i fully mean to make her suffer without it.He has no right to interfere in my marriage. He’s biting off more than he can chew.The anger in me seems to
My mother scoffs and looks away as she responds, “Does that girl deserve anything better than that?”I hold the response on my tongue until it’s become kinder, “Women aren’t taking too lightly to being maltreated by their mother in laws anymore, mum. I can’t protect you when you’re deliberately tryi
Antonia’s pov.Bridget and i work late into the night. The plan to recover the Moon Tear’s fabric is already settled. We’ll be going to the starlight hall tonight. We also settled on a number of designs for the fashion show i want to throw. I’ve always imagined seeing people seated from far and wid
One, black, the way he likes it. The other a similar version of what i have with me. Malachi’s words from last night comes again and it feels like we’re in the bathroom.His mouth a cruel line as he spoke cruel words, “If you want to act like an animal, then i’ll treat you like an animal.”The remem
I feel silly once i’m done crying.Silly and weak because why should i cry? Why do i cry over a man who has done nothing but give me his fair share of degrading remarks and treated me as nothing but his competent secretary and inadequate wife?“He’s a proper piece of shit.”Bridget’s comment comes o