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
The only thing i can hear as i walk out after Malachi is how his shoes give a distinct beat on the floor with each step and the clack of my heel comes after. I’ve never been a fan of heels, and i’m only wearing one today because i have to appear business like, and heels always give that cutting edge
Malachi drops me by the side of the road and he drives off. I stand there, looking and feeling like i could explode from the force of the anger running through me.This is so like Malachi. I don’t know why i didn’t envision it happening. He actually told me to get out of the car and now he’s left me
Why didn’t i see something like this happening?”Watch your step.”Malachi’s voice pulls me out of my thoughts again and i feel a shudder course through my spine. This fashion show - the runway - everything is being broadcasted which means if Grandfather was paying any attention, he must have seen w
I almost run as i make my way towards the general hall. Tieran is fast on my heels and i can see the slight confusion in his eyes - i can see the immediate recognition at the sight of that baby.What in hell’s name are they even doing here?I get down and my heart drops into my stomach. She’s making
A question slips out of my lips before i can stop myself, “Are you sure you want to leave with me after this?”Ever since he suggested it, the questions have been brewing at the back of my mind.Disappearing after my fashion show is one thing. I might be the talk of many shows right now, but i’m sti
I walk down the hallway and try to shake off the icky feeling that clings to my skin from meeting Skye.I can’t believe i ever thought the reason Malachi wanted her was because maybe despite all odds, she was just genuinely a good person. Someone better than i am.Skye is nothing but a snake and a b
The floor shifts and rolls. The very image of fluffy clouds and radiant light.I can see people discussing, talking. Armed with cameras, all of them.Tonigt is going to be a defining night.”Well if it isn’t the talk of the town.”I turn immediately to see a female walking towards me.It’s been a lo
Bridget jacks me away the moment she catches the sight of me. She downright ignores Malachi and glares at him when he tries to follow us. He glares right back but relents and walks off, but not before he directs a look my way.Not before he stares at me long and hard and so well i know he’s doing it
Malachi pulls back almost immediately, and as his eyes turn to me i see something shift in his expression.He smiles. The act is rare enough that i’m stunned but the look it gives him also lights up his face quite well. Malachi’s vopice is tinged with some humor as he responds, “I wouldn’t resort t
Antonia's pov.The sky is rippling with stars and i begin to fidget in the car as we drive out to the Starlight hall.I’m dressed in a simple gown.Long flowing silk is sewn in with some of the moon’s tears fabric, and embossed with a subtle but ripping waterfall of diamonds and jewels. As estravaga
I have something important to do here. I’m not leaving it and going off to have sex with him, especially not on a day like today. It’s too important.”Is there ever a day you’ll put yourself first?”The question makes a line of static ring in my brain for a while but before i can respond Ian goes o