Emily's POV Lucy stood in the centre of the living room between myself, Tony and Joanne with a white face.Her phone sat on the table, and the voice recording that she had done played loudly to our hearing."Lola, you know you can not afford to mess up. I don't care about your desire to make them suffer, but you must be careful. They must not suspect anything..."There was a pause for a moment before he continued."I know that they were mean to you and all, but as much as you're trying to enforce your laws over them, make sure that they don't get wind of you. How can you tell me that Alicia walked in us us talking on the phone! What if she heard something!"He sounded angry as his voice was not a tone higher than normal."I don't care how you're doing to do it, but you have to make sure that Alicia did not hear anything. If you know you still want me to be on your side in this operation, you had better get your head in the game, and out of the stupid cloud you've stuck it in."There
Emily's POV I settled into the hotel and mapped out my plans for the next three weeks.The plan was to get into the Wilsons mansion somehow. It was not safe to inform them of such a sensitive matter over the phone.I had to speak to Eric somehow, but I had blocked his number after his incessant calls. Even if I hadn't done that, I still wouldn't have been able to tell him about Lola over the phone.Having a faint idea about Lola, I knew she would not only be staying at the Wilsons mansion but also doing her best to make sure her secret did not go out.She also would not want to see me anywhere close to Eric.I had to be wise about it.I ran a hand through my hair as I thought of what to do.Going to the office to see Eric sounded like a brilliant plan, but I could not trust those nosey employees of his. As much as it would be the best idea, the last thing I wanted was yo be on the cover of the news and on every headline for being the shameless designer who wants to wreck the wedding
Lola's POV Strangely, I felt like something was off.Something was wrong.I just knew it.From the way Alicia stormed out after I forced her to make me a steaming bowl of lasagna, which she did not know how to prepare, to the way she walked back in with a cool expression.I had to know what was in her mind.I observed her with hawk eyes as she ignored me and stormed into her room, slamming the door loudly behind her."Alicia!" I called with my usual shrill voice.When she took time to respond, my palms curled into fists."ALICIA!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, storming over to her door to bang hard on it.As she opened the door, I shoved her in and walked in as well.My eyes scanned her room to observe if anything was amiss.She glared at me."What do you want, and why did you barge into my room like that? I did not give you permission to enter my room like that! It's trespassing and will not accept -"I raised my hand to cut her short."What are you doing? Why did it take you s
Alicia's POV "Ahh!"My scream was muffled into my pillow as I pounded my fists on my bed.Lola had stepped on my last nerve.How could someone be so cruel?Just to think that my mother and I had brought her in to be a puppet under our control. Now, she had flipped the freaking table!I couldn't keep watching.Her storming into my room and snatching that letter from me was the height of her mischief.My jaws ticked as I pulled myself up from my bed and headed to the mirror to observe my reflection.My hair was all over the place. and my eyes were red and swollen. My face was puffy from my crying nonstop."Lola has to leave!" I gritted out loud to myself."I will make her leave even if it's the last thing I do."Now that the letter had been snatched from me, all I could do was build assumptions over the first sentence that my eyes had read.'There's something you need
Emily's POV I felt a wave of nausea hit me again, but I refused to let it deter me from diligently strategizing how to expose Lola to Eric. For some reason, I had a hunch that Alicia might not do anything about the letter. Lola was her friend, after all. Or was she? A flash of her reaction back at the mansion told another entire story. I had expected her to take drastic action when she found out the content of the letter. Honestly, I did not even expect to still see the news of their wedding anymore when I turned on the television. Yet, that was all I saw, and it seemed like nothing had changed. Had Alicia not gotten the letter? I paced around my hotel room, running a weary hand through my hair as I thought and thought. I had to find a way to tell Eric since obviously, neither Alicia nor even Cecilia could be bothered. Their animosity towards me seemed to be much greater than their desire to be free from Lola. I rolled my eyes as I thought. Perhaps, the best idea would be
Eric's POV "Mr Wilson, you've been invited to the annual dinner for the Wembleys," Tristan informed me while I sat lazily behind my desk.I had my head in my hands, and a lot of things flew around my mind at a million thoughts per second.It had been almost two months since I last went home, and my wedding with Lola was drawing closer and closer.Personally, I was glad at her suggestion to take it slowly to plan the grandest wedding ever in history.Perhaps, I was hoping for a miracle to happen, which would lead to me never meeting Lola in the first instance.I sighed and tugged at my tie."I know, Tristan. Tell them I might not be able to make it this year."Honestly, I was in no mood for that party. It would definitely be an opportunity for the nosey press to be all in my business, and I was in no mood for their shenanigans."But sir, he plans to announce his successful partnership with you on the la
Emily's POV How I had escaped the shadow in the dark remained a mystery to me for the next couple of days. All I recalled was that I screamed, "No, no," as loudly as I could. I had remained locked in my room, still feeling like I was being monitored by someone. Perhaps, it was really a terrible idea to even come back here in the first place. I did love Eric and want to save him from the manipulative grip of Lola, but did I really want to put my life at risk because of him? Did I really want to put my unborn child's life at risk because of them? Something must have gone terribly wrong. Who was trailing me, and who wanted to harm me? The only suspects on my mind were Lola and her baby's father, but I wondered how they came to know about me being in on their secret. Suddenly, it began to make sense. My eyes widened like s
Alicia's POV I stood in the centre of the living room, my mind blank for an entire minute.Emily's stood there, practically blaring smoke out of her nostrils as she stared at me, but things seemed to be happening so fast.After a while minute, I finally processed what she had just said.My brother was shot. Lola was a fraud. My mother had passed out, but what was I supposed to do now?What should I attend to first?"No! No! No!" I screamed, grabbing Emily by the shirt. "Tell me you're lying."Her face was point blank as she stared right back at me with blazing eyes. I could swear that she was hanging on a thin thread from killing me on the spot."I would have been able to tell you that I am lying if you had actually paid attention to me when I came here the first time," she snapped, pushing my arms away from her shirt.Tears found their way down my cheeks on their own accord, and my lips quivered.Why was my family falling apart?"You better pray nothing that nothing happens to my hu