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Penulis: Vanessa Pens
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Darcy

"Leave the bitch to rot," a sharp voice said, a mocking laughter following the words. 

I gasped, shooting up from the bed as I woke up from the horrible nightmare I had been trapped in. Cold sweat lined my forehead and relief swept through me at the realization that it wasn't real. 

"Mrs. Madigan, you're awake." 

A woman in light green scrubs approached me from the door, wearing a wide smile, "Congratulations to the newest mother in this ward." 

All of me hurt down to the root of my hair and I began to lay back down when I realized that something was missing. Panic gripped me like a vise, "Where's my child? Where's my husband?" 

"Relax, Mrs. Madigan. The child is fine. You had a beautiful baby boy, and he was registered as Christopher Adam Madigan two days ago." 

My jaw dropped open, "Two days ago?" 

She nodded, heading over to the machines behind me to adjust them, "After your operation, you lost a lot of blood and passed out. We almost thought that you wouldn’t make it. But we're glad you did. You're one strong mama." 

I was still reeling over the fact that Vincent had finally chosen a name, but it hadn't been any of the ones I had written down for his consideration. There was a churning in my belly, and something inside me was trying to tell me something. 

"Where are they? Can you let them know I'm awake? They must be so worried," I sighed. 

The nurse's forehead wrinkled, "Who is they?" 

"My husband and his associate. They must have been coming everyday to check up on me." 

She stared at me blankly, "Actually, ma'am, we haven't seen your husband since we handed him the baby. The only person that has been coming around to check up on you is_" 

Before she could finish her statement, there was a knock against the partly opened door, and a second later, a tall, familiar figure strode in like he owned the room and all it's occupants. 

My face drained of color as I stared at the hard eyed man monster of a man standing in my room, holding a bouquet of Daisies. 

"Hello, Darcy."

"What the hell are you doing here?" I hissed through clenched teeth. 

Instead of replying, the tall man walked around my bed and placed the flowers on my bedside table, then stuck his hands in his pockets. 

From the corner of my eyes, I could see the nurse going about her task like nothing out of the ordinary was happening, which led me to believe that my brother-in-law's presence here was nothing new. 

"What are you doing here!" I asked again, anger curling in my belly. 

Rhys Madigan was my husband's stepbrother, and the thorn in his flesh. Ever since he had moved in with the Madigans at the age of five, he had been doing everything in his power to outshine my husband. He sabotaged Vincent to get higher grades in their school days, stole Vincent's cars and crashed them, stole his girlfriends, lied against him to get him grounded and now, he was gunning for my husband's rightful position as CEO of the Madigan holding company. 

Worst of all was that Jude Madigan, their grandfather had not only permitted, but was the mastermind behind the competition. 

"No one else was coming to visit, so I decided to show some humanity," he said in that toneless voice that grated on my nerves. His dark blue eyes dragged over my face intently.

I froze, realising that in my anger at his unwanted presence, I had forgotten to hide my face behind my curtain of hair. In fact, someone had tied my hair up into a bun, and my hideous face was completely bared to him. 

I tried to turn away, but his cold voice stopped me, "So that's what you've been hiding." 

"You have no right to be here." 

"How ungrateful of you," his eyes narrowed. 

I scoffed, "You expect me to bow and thank you? Well, newsflash, I don't want you here. You can get out. And stop trying to use me to get to Vincent. I will never betray my husband for you." 

His mouth quirked up into a sardonic smile, "I wonder what your darling husband has done to warrant such loyalty." 

That was the thing with Rhys. Hiding beneath his clean cut, designer suits and a face that made both women and men alike do a double take was a truly black heart. 

He was manipulative, conniving and evil. Vincent and Cora had done their best to keep me out of his crosshairs. Which made me wonder where they were. Why weren't they here? And had the nurse meant it when she said she hadn't seen them since the baby had been bone? 

I shook my head to push that thought away. 

It was impossible. 

"My husband is the best man on earth. He is kind, noble and selfless," tears welled in my eyes as I remembered how he had looked at me with a soft smile that first night I had run into him at the hotel foyer, "He sees deeper than what's on the outside, and treats everybody like an equal." 

He had been the first person except my mother that had treated me like a human being. 

"Oh?" One dark mocking eyebrow that matched his inky dark hair raised up, "Is that so?" 

"Yes!" I snapped, "And I won't let you ruin our relationship. I want you to get out. I don't want him coming here and thinking I have something to do with you. Get out. Now!" 

Rhys calmly adjusted his cufflinks, "It seems you've managed to capture the heart of the only prince charming left in the real world. I hope he's everything you say he is, Miss Graves." 

I waited for him to walk out before turning to the vase of flowers he had left behind and hurling it away from me with a ferocious roar. 

It was only as I stared at the fragments of the broken vase that I realized he had called me by my maiden name. 

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  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Heart Ache

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  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Mixed Feelings

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  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Old Friend

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  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Ally

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  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Three Steps

    Rhys“What do you want?” I typed and waited for a reply while I began to drive down to the police station.The car was silent on its way there, but the ride didn't last long since it soon became apparent that my phone was ringing. It was the sound of my cell phone ringing that alerted me to where I was. I stopped the car and reached for it.“We said don't go to the police and you are parked in front of one? You really must think we are unserious right?” The voice said from the other line.I looked in the streets but everyone was going about with their business, there was no sign that I was being followed.How did they know where I was?“What do you want?” I yelled through the line as loud as possible just to make sure my message wasn't lost in the noise from the cars passing by.“You already disobeyed us and now your darling wife would pay for it” He sneered “Do not test our patience” “No, no, no” I heard Tessa scream from the background. I could only imagine her franticness and dang

  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Truth

    Darcy“Why? You are supposed to be his friend. Why would you do this to Rhys?” I asked the man in front of me. My hands were shaking from trying to break free and my body was trembling with rage. He stood staring at me.“You see my dear, life is not always black and white. There are people who can love others, and those that do will be remembered for eternity. The difference between you and them is that you choose to stay with the light and I decided to go to darkness. That, or it takes too much effort” His face was twisted in amused expression, as though he was watching a child trying to figure out their math homework. But he was serious about what he said.“Rhys has always had things easy, he was always good at everything, he had the women, they loved him, and he loved them back.” He shook his head sadly ‘The thing is, there is no such thing as perfect men, only ideal ones. And unfortunately, there isn't any such thing as perfection in this world, and there's nothing you can do to c

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    DarcySomeone pulled the fabric that blinded my eyes open, and I squinted as a bright light invaded my mind and consciousness. My body ached, it felt as though someone had taken a hammer to me. I could barely breathe. It seemed impossible that such an intense pain existed in this world, especially in my own body. My heart felt like it was going to burst with every beat.“Hello there Darcy” Cory’s voice sounded so cheerful yet it was laced with malice, it didn’t help at all to calm me down.Beside her was her husband, and him… the least person I expected and when Cory forcefully pulled the duct tape away from my mouth, I let it hang loose. Could he?“I can tell you are familiar with all of us, aren't you?” It was Vincent. A smug smile stretched his face as he said these words, as if he were about to play a cruel prank. “Well, you could imagine the surprise when my wife told me the person I thought was Tessa had been Darcy all along and it made sense. How every move I tried to make was

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    Rhys“Hello” I yelled into the receiver, the alcohol in my system had immediately taken a halt as the sound of someone speaking filtered through to my ears. I thought I had heard wrong.“We have your wife” the voice on the other end said, it was almost robotic, as though this had been practiced in front of the mirror so many times that it felt natural. I heard Tessa… I mean Darcy scream again . She sounded so frightened and alone, like she was in pain and terrified of everything happening around her. “Is… Is she okay ?” My words stumbled across my tongue as I struggled to keep them together, “Tess…”“She is unharmed, for now” I heard, again from whoever was speaking to me.Suddenly anger course through my veins, like lightning through dry leaves, burning the insides of my skin with heat.“What do you want?” I asked, my voice low but sharp as a knife. My words were laced with hatred, and rage, like poison as they seeped out from the ends of my lips. It wasn’t often I spoke to people li

  • Revenge Of The Scarred Billionairess    Call her

    Rhys It felt like Tessa took the life of the house along with her when I asked her to leave.The house felt empty, dead and void of warmth. I had gotten used to the way the walls vibrated with her laugh, the light touch of her hand on my arm, or her voice, but she’d never taken it away before, she was always there. And yet, now, she seemed so far away, a ghost who would never really be. It didn’t feel right that she wasn’t still here. My chest constricted in a way I’ve never experienced before and I wondered if maybe she could hear me, even though I knew there was no sound to reach her ears. She’d left me, after all. Just like everyone else has. Except she didn’t just leave, she left with everything that mattered to her me. Everything that mattered was lost forever. When you lose something that matters, it hurts like hell. You’re alone, but at least the other person knows. But this time, it hurt in a different way, because she took that with her, too. The only thing I have left is m

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