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REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS 85.
It had barely been fifteen minutes when Ricardo stepped out of the compound that Davian called my phone. I hesitated for a few seconds and sat there, just staring at the name ‘My husband’ flashing across the screen.I had changed it from Davian to that after we determined we would be together even after the revenge. I didn't want to save his name as "babe" or "my love." "My husband" felt right, like the solid and secure title I needed during those uncertain times.I took too much time staring at the screen and reminding myself why I saved his number like that when the call ended.I grabbed the phone in panic but I didn't have to fear because it began ringing again. I took a deep breath and answered, trying to keep the tremor out of my voice as I said, "Hello?"“Malia, please don't end the call. Hear me out for a minute,” Davian’s urgent voice came through the line.I hated that it was like this between us. Though he was on the other end, I could tell his expression was guarded and it
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Davian wasn't able to keep his promise to meet me at the airport because of an impromptu meeting with some shareholders, which he couldn't miss.It was odd that he was having a meeting at night, but he claimed it was something urgent that couldn't wait, so he had to have the meeting.I was worried, but he assured me there was nothing to worry about and that he would meet me at home.I was currently in the car with Shiro, and we were on the way to the house. My phone rang, and I was surprised to see it was Blair calling.I waved my phone to Shiro, who was seated beside me for the first time after so much insistence.“Why is she calling?” I asked him with a frown. “Did we pull any moves that would cause her to contact me?” I asked, confused. She had not bothered to call me after the kidnapping, and even her mother had stayed away after they released the article about me.“Only way to know is to answer the call,” Shiro replied.I hesitated. I didn't know if I wanted to deal with her toda
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The air seemed to be at a standstill because I could not breathe all of a sudden. His words hung in the air, suffocating me with their weight and my mind struggled to process the words that just left his mouth.There was no way it was true. There was no way that the man who I spent five years of my life loving more than anyone else was responsible for the most painful moments of my life.“No” I whispered and stumbled backwards, not able to accept that truth “There is no way Silas did that. He was with me through every miscarriage. He cried when we lost our babies. He was in as much pain as I was with each miscarriage”“He was pretending, Maliah because he was responsible for every last six miscarriages. He gave you the poison that led to the miscarriages” Davian confirmed but I shook my head in disbelief. I don't believe it. I couldn't.“Why would he do that? I don't want to believe it” The ground beneath me shifted with the weight of his revelation and the betrayal. I couldn't stomac
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"Hey,” Davian whispered softly against my ears as he tightened his arms around me. “Can’t sleep?” He asked with a kiss on my forehead.I let my gaze drift towards the clock behind him, and it read 4 a.m. I sighed in defeat. I wouldn't be able to get any sleep tonight, at least not with my mind wandering like this.“Something’s been bothering me,” I confessed, and I leaned backwards. Davian’s hands around me loosened, and I shuffled backwards so I was looking at him.The light from the moon illuminated his features and provided enough vision so we could see each other clearly without the lights turned on.“What is it? Don't tell me you are starting to feel guilty about Silas,” he accused in a knowing tone."Well, it started with that, but my head started to ask questions that didn't make sense to me. I've tried to give it explanations, but it wouldn’t accept it,” I mumbled.Davian’s brows tugged up, and he wore an amused expression. “You are speaking as though your head and you are two
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“I'm surprised you called me out for a shopping date, but I'm happy you did. It's been so long since we talked,” Nova gushed as she went through the racks of clothes on it.I called her as soon as I deemed it okay, since I couldn't sleep after all the pictures I saw last night. The images were still vivid in my head, and I could tell you the exact image of the 50+ pictures that stole any wink of sleep I had left in me in the early hours of this morning.“I'm sorry about that. I've been dealing with a lot recently, and it's been hard to keep up. I felt bad when Davian mentioned you yesterday. He said he hasn't seen you in a while, and I couldn't believe I forgot about my best friend,” I said, trying to keep the regret in my voice to feel as natural as I could.“I don't mind, Mali. I know you are going through a lot with your revenge, so I don't want to bother you. As soon as everything settles, we can spend all the lost times together,” she told me with an understanding smile. This was
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“That’s not true,” I cried out. I wanted to reach for her and shake that assumption out of her, but what good would it do? “You were always my friend, even my sister. You were never a charity case.”“Shut the fuck up." She yelled, “Wasn't that why you asked your dad to enrol me in the same school as you? So you could brag about how kind you were and how your dad was such a nice person; he was paying the tuition for his driver’s daughter to attend a school worth ten years of my dad’s paycheck.”She wasn't done. “Did I ever tell you to help me? Why did I have to constantly hear from my parents to always be grateful to you? Why did they always tell me the only reason I got to where I was was because of you? It was all my hard work!” she screamed.Her eyes glowed against her brown skin, but right now, I didn't think she looked pretty like I did all the time. She looked like the devil.“Who do you think you are to pass me your crumbs? Did I ever tell you I wanted to fit in? Why the fuck wo
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I'm sitting in front of my vanity and haven't been able to pick up my toner to begin my skincare routine for the day.I know I'm going to be late for work, and I've considered not going in and just calling in sick, but that would be admitting that Nova and her team won. I wouldn't allow them to have that much power over me.Davian left earlier after I forced him to go to work. He argued that I didn't look fine, and I know he was just worried about me, but I wasn't going to get depressed again. I've been hurt so many times already that I have developed a little bit of thick skin, but it was hard to ignore the betrayal that still lingered in my heart.A knock pulled me out of my thoughts, and I saw Ria enter the room with a bouquet of red roses. “This came in for you just now. It's from Mr. Davian,” Ria said with a smile and placed the large bouquet on the bed. I wondered how she was able to carry the big bouquet. It looked so heavy.I gasped and approached the bed, kneeling at the foo
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“Are you serious?” I said it with a happy smile when I realised where Davian had brought us for our date."Yes,” he said with a smirk before climbing down the car and walking around to open the car door for me. He held his hands out, which I took, and helped me climb down from the car, even though I was fine doing it on my own.“Where it all began” He pulled me to his chest and placed a small kiss on my lips, careful not to smudge my lipstick. “Technically, it began in your office, but I guess this works too,” I teased, glancing behind him at the restaurant he brought me to the night he accepted my marriage proposal. He shook his head. “My office doesn’t count. I accepted your deal here, so this was our official beginning." He insisted, linked my fingers around his arms, and began to lead me to the entrance of the restaurant.I chuckled amusedly and leaned against his embrace. “This place it is then. We will go with whatever you want.”A warmth spread throughout my body as I realis
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REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS Epilogue
Three Years Later:I checked my appearance for the nth time. I was nervous, but I was also excited because today was my baby's first recital.I can’t believe three years have passed since everything happened. My life has been so happy. I can’t ever remember it’s signing my life when I felt this much peace for such a long time.I had nothing to worry about; I was surrounded by people who loved me and supported me. It was insane that I had a life that was so perfect.My phone began ringing, and he picked it up from the table in front of me."Obaasan,” I cried out happily as soon as he answered the call. “I was just going to call you.” I said it with a smile in my voice.“I’m sure you were,” she teased. Ever since I promised to call her one day and I forgot to do so, she never believed me. I told her I wanted to call her.“I promise. I was going to call you because I wanted to talk to you before we left the house,” I said with a pout.“You haven’t left yet?” She questioned me with an acc
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“I’ll wait for you by the car." Divine pressed the kiss to my forehead and walked back to the car while I made my way into the cemetery.I haven’t been here since dad was buried, and it was weird, to say the least. I missed him a lot, and I was sorry that I had never visited since the six years he had been here.Maybe I was ashamed because of the hate I felt towards him in the four years that followed his death.It didn’t take long for me to reach this spot where he was buried. Words could not describe the emotions that were flowing through me as I placed the flower on the grave.“Hi dad,” I whispered, and I took a seat on the grass beside his grave. Thankfully, Shiro had paid someone to always make sure that the grave was always clean and well taken care of, so there were no overgrown grasses or thorns on the bed.“I’m sorry I haven’t visited in a very long time. I was very angry because of the misunderstanding caused by Sabrina. I’m sure you must have been lonely.” I’m also cute, wh
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I groaned as my eyes opened groggily. The first thing I noticed was that I was no longer in the hospital room.I lurched forward in shock, but my body was dragged back with a force that caused me to look down. I was tied to a chair, and the movement has caused pain to travel up my healing hand.Blood trickled down the bandaged hand, meaning I must have hurt it while trying to move. I winced as the pain from the hand increased.“Can I get a fucking break? I was just shot and now kidnapped.” I cursed and looked to the ceiling, but there was nothing to look at.The roof was falling, and I doubt it would hold if a storm were to happen.“And an abandoned warehouse too,” I scoffed when I took in my surroundings. Judging from the look of this place, I’m sure no one has been here in years.“Aren’t you going to come out, Sabrina?” I called when no one would step forward or speak to me.I wasn’t stupid. I could feel eyes on me, so I knew she and whoever helped her bring me here were in the shad
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I could hear the loud beeping, but my eyes wouldn’t open, so I couldn't see where I was. One thing was certain, though. I wasn’t in bed with Davian, as the bed was too hard and the sheets over me weren’t familiar.“Maliah?” I heard Davian whisper. It sounded like he was so close yet so far, and I tried to pry my eyes open, but it wouldn’t budge.“Are you awake? Can you hear me?” He asked again, but this time his voice was more desperate.I was also desperate to open my eyes so I could see the family grey eyes I fell in love with, but my body seemed to have forgotten how to function.“Can you twitch your hands for me, love, if you can hear me? Please, baby,” he pleaded, and I tried my best to move any part of my body.I hated that tone on him. I didn’t like how desperate and almost close to tears he was. My brain wasn’t functioning well, and I was having a hard time figuring out why I was here, unable to open my eyes or move, or even what had happened earlier.“She moved her fingers,”
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The pain never came as I closed my eyes and waited for it. What came instead was Blair’s cry of pain, and I heard the gun clatter to the ground.I opened my eyes, and a strangled gasp escaped me when I saw the familiar custom-made tanto embedded in her hand, which had been holding the gun earlier.Blair’s other hand held the hand that was now bleeding profusely as she cried out in pain.My eyes snapped to the door to find my Oniichan standing there with a glare in his eyes and the sheath of his tanto in his hands.“What the fuck?” Blair screamed in pain.Shiro walked over to me and began to search for any signs of injuries.“I’m fine, Oniichan. Nothing happened. You came on time,” I muttered shakily.We looked behind me to see the spot where the bullet had been embedded.“We need to get that out of her hand before she loses too much blood and call the police too,” I told him.I winced as I looked at Blair again. The floor now had her blood as she cried.“What? Are you crazy?” Shiro hi
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I stilled at the question, and a cold crept up my spine. My head snapped to the back, and I gasped in fear to see Blair at my back. How did she get in?I said nothing to her at first. I wasn’t going to confront her in front of my babies, so I turned back to them with the most genuine smile I could muster.“Mummy, who is she? Is she a bad person?” Keita asked, his brows in a frown as he kept watching her from the end of the screen.“Keita, why don’t you keep your siblings company? I have to attend to my guest, and I’ll call you back as soon as I finish here, okay? Maybe Dad will be back by then, and you can talk to him too. Is that a good deal?” I proposed, knowing they might protest a bit.“Okay?” He answered with uncertainty, still not taking his eyes off Blair. “Will you be fine, Mom?” He asked again, and I nodded.“Of course, I’ll be fine. I know her,” I said, but they looked like they didn’t believe me. Just like the twins, though, Little Ro had a curious expression on his face as
REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS 95
The impact of the news release was crazy. The effect was bigger than we expected, and the fans were angry. I was actually scared of the uproar the revelation of who Blair really was caused, and I was somehow worried when I saw articles of people demanding her head.“The comments are crazy, Maliah. This is bigger than we expected.” Ria said it with surprise as she scrolled through the comment section.“I know, right? It’s almost as if a saint got disgraced. I didn’t know she had this big of a fan base, and now they’ve turned on her,” I said with worry, and I glanced at the tab in my hand as well.I was also going through the comment sections, and while I was satisfied with the result, it was still alarming at how quickly people turned against others.“Apart from the comments tearing her apart, what do we have? Remember, she shouldn’t be able to recover from this.” I reminded Ria and logged out of the tab before I started gaining sympathy for Blair because of the violent threats her for
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A wide grin appeared on my face when I saw Davian climb down from the private jet. He had insisted that he would meet me at home, but I was too eager to see him. I missed him like crazy."I told you not to come," he said with a roll of his eyes as he handed the bag he was holding to the nearest bodyguard, but he had a pleased grin on his face."I missed you," I muttered before I flung myself into his waiting arms. "It felt like you were gone forever," I mumbled into his neck.Davian laughed, but his hands tightened around my waist, and he pulled me closer. I felt his lips leave kisses on my hair and the side of my head."I missed you more, kitten. Maybe we should go together next time?" He offered, and I nodded eagerly.I leaned back to kiss him just as eagerly as I felt, and he groaned against my mouth and deepened the kiss."At least wait until you are home," Kurt mused. I had almost forgotten that he had gone with Davian.Harvey and Isa chose to stay home and wait for Kurt since I
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“I still can't believe that Nova was the cause of everything. You can never fully trust anyone,” Harvey said with a shake of her head and disdain in her lips.“I'll be proving her right if I say that after everything you've done for her, but she was cruel and ungrateful to do that. She had a gem of a friend in you,” Isa added."Honestly,” I said with a sigh, “I just want to forget she existed. It's going to be hard, but I don't want to think about or talk about her. I'm just happy that we discovered everything before she did more damage.” Davian and Kurt left for Vegas for a business expo, so I decided to stay with Isa and Harvey for the two days they would be gone since I didn't want to be home alone. “You've been through a lot, child. Whatever it is that's going on, I hope you don't get hurt and keep yourself safe at all times." Isa reached out to grasp my hands and gave them a little squeeze."Thank you, Isa. I promise I won't let harm come to Ronan again because of what I'm doi
