BLURB Amelia found herself torn between love and betrayal as life takes an unexpected turn. Divorced by her powerful ruthless and emotionless husband, Ronald, she watches as her own sister becomes his wife. Devastated and torn apart, she chooses to end her life tragically to end everything but fate offers Amelia a second chance as she was saved by her childhood best friend Jake, who is Ronald's estranged half-brother. Will she embrace the opportunity to rewrite her destiny?
view more“Amelia, sign this… I want a divorce." Ronald's voice cut through the room like a blade, sharp and emotionless. The envelope that had fallen onto the glass table with only a soft thud weighed upon her chest like a boulder. He stared at her, his eyes cold as though he was searching for something in her reaction-anything but the surprise that washed over her face.
Amelia's breath caught. "Are--are you teasing, Ronald?" she finally whispered, her voice trembling. It was the first time he had asked her to sign anything, certainly not this.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" His face was impassively hard as stone. "It's the divorce papers. You just need to sign them. I'll handle the rest." His words dangled in the air, uncaring, final as if the choice had been torn from her before she could ever make it.
Her heart was racing, the beats loud, irregular in her ears. "I-I-I booked a dinner. to celebrate our third wedding anniversary. Everyone's going to be there." Her voice barely held together, fragile as glass. She wanted to melt into the floor, to disappear from the agony twisting in her chest.
Ronald didn't bat an eyelid. "I have a business meeting. Go without me." He sat down, his back to her, as if she were already gone from his life.
Amelia's gaze dropped to the papers on the table. Her hands were shaking, her mind refusing to believe the reality staring back at her in black ink.
Amelia, stop this foolishness. Just sign the papers." His sharp, authoritative voice cut into her like a hot knife, severing her internal musing and making her jump. "I have already signed. It is done.
Why, Ronald? Why now?" Her voice broke, and her words could hardly be heard over the knot in her throat. "Today of all days? Our anniversary…" Tears blurred her vision while her mind reeled, reallocated membranes harboring the memories of a man she had thought she knew-the one who vowed to stand beside her. What has changed?
"Between us, Amelia, there's nothing left," he spat, each word a lash, each word a verdict. "No love, no marriage, absolutely nothing!." And then he looked at her, the chill of his stare piercing to the bone.
Those words shattered something deep inside her. Her legs buckled, and she collapsed into the nearest chair, her vision swimming. The baby, her baby was to be the hope, the bridge to their future. Now, that future crumbled before her eyes.
"I cannot… I will not sign." The voice was more sure now, yet behind it rimmed a desperation that she could not conceal. "We have been through too much. You can't just lay it away like this." Her hands had bunched to fists while her heart throbbed strongly against her chest of its weight of the last three years.
“Throw everything away?" He laughed bitterly. "There's nothing left to save, and you must have been out of your mind if you really believe we still have a marriage." His face contorted in anger, he rose over her. "Sign the bloody papers, Amelia. Let's just end this farce now!”.
Her world spun. Her heart tugged, her mind racing to keep up with the nightmare unfolding before her. How could this be happening? What of their future? The child she had growing inside of her that he didn't even know about yet?
Tears sprang into her eyes as she struggled to speak, the words catching in her voice. "Ronald…if–if I've done something wrong, let's talk. I'll fix it." She reached out toward him and made a motion to take his hand; he jerked his away, twisting his face.
“You're always so slow, Amelia. It's exhausting." He snarled-the venom oozed from his tone into her veins. "I can hardly believe that I've put up with you this long." And he stared down at her with a cold gaze, as if she were a stranger.
She felt his words like daggers, each one deeper inside her than the last. She opened her mouth to say something, but the words just wouldn't come. Her miscarriages, her failures played in her head over and over again, some broken records. It was Ronald's next words, though, that froze her in place.
"You've been the cause of all of it, Amelia. The miscarriages, the failures. Look at you…you have become ugly. I just cannot counterfeit anymore. It is over."
Amelia's heart stopped for a moment. His words were the coup de grace, one of those pains that hollows you out and leaves you with nothing inside. Then, something dark kindled inside her, a little smoldering ember of defiance.
Her hands fisted, her gaze jerking up to his, fire crawling up her chest. "I won't sign. You can't force me, I'm not going to sign this fucking papers." Her voice was unruffled, even eerily so. She took the divorce papers and ripped them into pieces.
"What do you think you are doing, Amelia, what the fuck did you do! You're insane." He merged onto the highway, shaking his head. "I'll get another copy. You'll sign them eventually, and this will be over”.
Amelia's eyes flashed cold, hard. She watched him head for the door this time, and she moved fast, standing in his path.
"You think you can just leave me, Ronald?" she hissed low and controlled. "Not after everything I've done to keep us together."
His steps faltered, the cold mask he wore slipping, just for a second. "What the hell are you talking about?" Her eyes sparkled, dark and secretive. "You shall soon see, our marriage is far from over, Ronald.".
The resulting silence was thick, electric. She stared at him down, unreadable, before turning on her heel and spinning out of sight into the room.
Ronald was frozen, some chill running down his spine. For the first time, doubt fluttered in his chest. What had she meant? Why did it suddenly feel like he wasn't in control anymore?
The executive level of Wellington Holdings was empty at this late hour. The soft murmur of the city beyond the glass windows was the only accompaniment to the tension that existed between Ronald and Amelia.The office dinner arranged with Ronald had lost its warmth by now, yet neither of them had touched the food on his plate. The subject of their conversation had deviated from office matters, lost halfway between the past and the present, between space and something unsaid.Ronald leaned back in his chair, fingers drumming lightly against the polished wood of his desk. His sharp blue eyes never left Amelia, watching, calculating. She had changed—become a woman of fire and steel—but he wasn’t sure whether that fire would warm him or burn everything in its path."You’ve certainly made an entrance," he mused, a smirk ghosting over his lips.Amelia's eyebrow rose, and she picked up the glass of wine that had not been touched. "Did you think I'd stay in the shadows, then?""No." His voice
The mood in Wellington Holdings had altered. The tension from Amelia's coup persisted, but fixed as that tempest was, there was something else simmering beneath the surface—tangible but undeniable.Ronald Wellington sat in his office, tapping his fingers lightly against the glass surface of the table. His mind should have been on the firm, on the new battle Amelia had initiated against him. And yet, his mind had failed him. Again.Her voice.Her eyes.The way she stood before the board, unwavering.Four years had gone by, but it was as if she had never left.And here she was now—his opponent, his equal. And for the first time in his entire life, Ronald felt something foreign. Something dangerous.A chink in his armor.A flaw he should not possess.His jaw flexed as he released the breath, dispersing the illusion. He was master of every emotion, every impulse, every weakness. Amelia would not be the one to break that.Not again.Not ever.The rap on the door snapped him back to conscio
The corridors of Wellington Holdings buzzed with tension. News of Amelia's return had already spread like wildfire within the company. Employees grumbled under their breath, directors scrambled to make adjustments, and even the most seasoned board members were left dazed.Amelia sat in Jake's vintage grand office, her fingers running along the rim of the desk in a soft caress. The air was heavy with the scent of expensive wood polish and leathered wear, a bitter reminder of the heritage she now possessed.This room yelled Jake Wellington.But it belonged to her now.She took a deep breath, letting reality seep in. Jake never questioned her, not even when no one else did. He left her this kingdom, not out of charity, but as a provocation."Make them beg, Amelia. Make them regret the day they underestimated you."His voice lingered with her, a past echo.A. rap at the door broke into her daydream. She didn't have to ask who it was."Care to come in?" she suggested.Marson did, his usual
The room was thick with air, stifling under the enormity of Amelia's declaration."I went back to reclaim what is mine."The conference room remained mired in heavy, stifling silence. The weight of Amelia's statement continued to hang heavy in the air, immobile and dense. Faces once so certain of their rightness now twisted with outrage, shock, and disbelief.Ronald Wellington didn't budge, his scorching blue eyes locked onto Amelia. His stance was rigid, but there was a menacing piercingness to his look—a warning, a threat. In front of him, Catherine's rage was contained by a thread, her fists clenched so tightly her knuckles turned white.Beatrice, however, was the first to get her words out. She leaned forward, her immaculately manicured nails tapping on the table, her face deliberately composed despite the rage simmering beneath the surface."This is absurd," she said slowly, her voice restrained but laced with venom. "There is no way Jake would leave all his money to. to you."Am
The air was heavy in the conference room at Wellington Holdings. Weight hung over the polished mahogany table where board members sat, waiting. There was no arrogance of corporate culture in the air, only an unease that none of them could quite put their finger on.Ronald Wellington sat at the head, his pose commanding, staring on towards the double doors as if he was waiting for a ghost to walk right through them. To his right sat Catherine Rodriguez, poised in a crimson blazer, the fingers of one hand interlocking tightly into the other on the table. Next to her, her mother Beatrice sat her lips painted in a thin line.The air was thick with uncertainty, whispers buzzing like insects between the minor board members. Even Charles Wellington, who seldom showed interest in these affairs, sat forward in his seat, furrowing his brow.This was supposed to be a straightforward announcement: a name would be called, and a new president would be crowned. But something in the silence before th
The city never slept, but within the walls of Wellington Holdings, a suffocating silence loomed over its empire. In the office lights, long shadows stretched as Ronald Wellington sat behind his mahogany desk, his fingers interlocked in deep contemplation. The world moved on, yet there was something in the air tonight-charged, unsettling.Standing across from him, Ethan was posed with well-practiced ease, but his eyes flickered with the barest hint of hesitation. He had seen Ronald in many moods-indifference, cold precision, calculated fury-but this silence was different."You keep staring at me like that, Ethan. You got something to say or you just waiting for me to read your mind?" Ronald's voice sliced through the silence cold and sharp.Ethan adjusted a cuff and spoke in his professionally even tone. "Sir, if I may say so, with all respect, I believe this is about the announcement."Ronald leaned back in his chair; his face showed nothing. "Who is it, Ethan? Who's going to be appoi
The halls of Wellington Holdings hung in silent turmoil, a tempest brewing, waiting to erupt from beneath their tranquil surface. Since Jake's death, the company had lived in a frail balance, and while Ronald showed his usual icy exterior, people who worked close enough with him knew something had changed. Something was missing, and though no one dared mention it, that absence was felt.Jake had been more than just a vice president. He was a force that balanced the company, someone who stood firm between Ronald and the chaos brewing beneath the surface. And now, with him gone, the cracks in Wellington Holdings were widening.But today, the tension wasn't about the company's market performance or its internal power struggles.Today, it was about Jake's final wish.Ronald sat at his office desk, his fingers interlaced as he stared out the floor-to-ceiling window. The view of the city below was amazing, but his mind was elsewhere. The knock on his office door was sharp and deliberate."C
The weight of night had fallen, and there she was in the study pacing round and round. The atmosphere felt thick. It was like the moving shadow of the dancing candles from outside reflected the extent of darkness which she had plunged her life into. Day and night, every moment was directed toward this event, and that was the result.The knock on the door had been slow, a tap almost, as if whoever it was on the other side of the door took their time to savor the moment. She had known he would come-she knew that someone from her past would find a way to break through the walls she so carefully built around herself. And she knew she had to face what was coming, head-on.As the door creaked open, Beatrice's eyes narrowed. The man who stood before her now was one she had not seen in many years, a man whom she had erased out of her memory!."You," Beatrice exclaimed-cold and detached-while observing the man. She neither smiled nor betrayed any hint of surprise; instead, she acted as though
The Rodriguez home was tense as the silence thickened to make the very weight of the shifting balance in grudges both old and alliances new heavy even upon its walls. Beatrice stood very still at the door, inside their big estate home, gazing at what faced her. Evening air that fanned slightly stood still around the moment filled with energy - undecipherable."Who-who are you?" The voice of Beatrice barely rose above a whisper, yet held in it years of unanswered questions.The man standing on the threshold didn't say a word. His eyes, dark as coal, roamed over her in a slow, deliberative look that weighed her with quiet precision, as if he had seen it all before. He didn't say anything; he didn't have to; his presence was enough to convey the gravity of the situation.Behind him, the merest movement might be glimpsed—another figure, shrouded, a shape out of reach andrange of the porch light. Instantly, she felt the chill down her spine; she knew this was no ordinary caller, and though
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