3: Two Faced In Laws

ROSHIDA

Sophia had been with me for so many years. Back home, she'd been my personal maid and she'd proven herself to be my friend and the sister I never had.

She was there for me when my father, brothers and mother died, helping me get through the grief I thought would envelope me.

That's why I knew I could trust her with everything.

“Luna, do you realize what you're saying? Please, don't make harsh decisions in the heat of the moment. They will come back to bite you.”

At this point, I didn't care. Felix and his family had gone insane and my parents didn't raise a fool that would sit back and watch as everything was being taken away from her while she did nothing.

“Sophia, does this look lIke the face of a woman who cares? What do I have to lose? What? My title? Not exactly. Someone else already has it.”

At this point, I didn't care about anything. I didn't care about being married to Felix anymore. The marriage never meant anything to him anyways so why should I be the one fighting for it?

He never said his vows to me so they're basically void.

Whatever I have to do to regain my dignity that has been dragged in the mud by this damn family, I'll do it.

“Luna, don't tell me you're going to let them do what they want with your inheritance. They'll take everything if you move for a divorce. You're married to him which means you're legally binding in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of everybody.”

That may be true, but I have one last trick up my sleeve.

“My inheritance and everything my mother told him about is what he knows of. What he doesn't know won't kill him.”

She didn't understand what I was talking about and I didn't want to risk it because in this house, there was no privacy.

If they thought that they had found a fool that they could treat anyhow, then they had better think again. I may be silent but I wasn't stupid.

She dropped the towel and walked over to me.

“Luna, the only way you can leave him is through the Seal of the Lycan King and I'm sure you know how hard it is to get. The moment you start, it's not just going to be hell on earth for you here because it will be a disgrace but everything you have, he will take it away. I know he will.”

Being the gold diggers that he and his family were, I knew that they would squeeze me of every last bit of riches that I had the moment they heard that I wanted to get divorced.

Since they didn't have money for the wedding and they wanted me to pay.

Since she was close to me, I took that opportunity and dragged her closer, stopping my lips just by her ear.

“Do you really think I'm going to be stupid enough to show him everything I have? Come on, this is not everything. Some things, he will never know of.”

I saw that the realization had hit her when I let go of her. If they thought they were smart, I was smarter.

I'll fight him with my last breath if I have to. He wasn't worth a penny that had been spent on him or any of his family. I couldn't take that back but I sure as hell could stop it from happening again.

The door opened and Sophia stepped away from me like I'd burned her.

There was only one person that could get that reaction out of her. She curtsied and stepped out of the room, leaving the dense atmosphere to settle between me and the witch behind me.

“You two looked like you were in a heated conversation. What were you talking about?”

Without turning around, I went to sit on the bed.

“Nothing that will interest you.”

She should be downstairs, ogling her new daughter in law. What did she want with me?

“Its no news that your husband has brought home another woman. What are you going to do about it?”

Did she overhear our conversation? I tried to play it cool.

“What do you have in mind?”

It still marvelled me that she made me carry her back down the stairs earlier and here she was standing in my room unaided.

“Well, I'll tell you this. It will be in your best interest to go ahead with whatever Felix has planned. He will marry her and the best you can do for yourself and for peace is to go along with it.”

I finally looked at her and all I could do was laugh. Of course, did I expect her to tell me to fight for my rights?

How predictable.

“I mean, with someone of your class, I don't think you should be wandering around alone. It's not safe for you.”

She knows.

I couldn't hide my surprise as I looked at her.

“You didn't think my son would marry someone and not tell me everything, did you?” She laughed, obviously proud of the hold she had on him.

“I’ll do just fine on my own. I don't need advice from you, trust me. I already know what I am going to do.”

She was just here to play some sick game and get me to tell her what's on my mind. I had a couple of things I wanted to say to that sick son of hers.

She scoffed

“Don’t tell me you see that girl as competition. That girl…she's a sickly one. Put her side by side with you and she doesn't even hold a candle to you, in appearance or status. I can't believe you're letting her get to you.”

At this point, I didn't know if I was supposed to be surprised at what she was saying or expect it.

Grace was like this. Two-faced when she needed to be. One could never really know her true intentions.

“Bad-mouthing her so soon? That's too bad.”

Poor girl, if only she knew what she was walking into. This family wasn't a treasure, it was a prison.

I knew she was only doing this because she knew that I was the only one who could pay for the damn wedding.

“Do you hate her? Kelly, don't you find her a good fit for him?”

She took her time with answering.

“Why do you find that important? I mean-”

“Do you dislike her? Yes or no.”

I could see the panic in her eyes.