Mark walks into the police station right after Leia has left when Kasen is brought into the waiting room for the second time in a day.
His cousin, Kasen, looks up at him and asks him to leave.
"Well if it isn't my one and only cousin Mark," Kasen says.
Mark didn't budge, his eyes rolled in irritation.
"I'm here to discuss a few things with you, and I'm afraid I'm not leaving until I find those documents," he says firmly. "I'll burn this place to the ground if I have to."
Kasen shakes his head. "You're not thinking straight. Just go home and cool off, or you can join me here if you want to, for the second time in your life I mean."
Mark stands up and towers over Kasen, sternly looking at him.
"I'll go home… when I have those documents in my hand. And you better take care of yourself, Kasen, I wouldn't want anything to happen to you."
Knowing fully well that Leia has hidden the document, he couldn't help but frown at how good Leia is at playing hide and seek, but what excites him, was the fact that Kasen was being reluctant to tell his wife the reason for his arrest.
"You're lucky my wife isn't here right now," Kasen says, glaring at Mark. "Otherwise, she would have thrown you out on your ass."
Mark laughs. "I don't think so. She's my sister-in-law, after all. She'll listen to what I have to say."
"Before that, she's my wife, Mark! Don't you forget that?"
"But now she hates you does she not?" Mark beams at him.
Kasen's silence was heard, as though Mark was never meant to find out the secret he keeps from his wife.
"I did as you wanted," Kasen starts.
At his words, Mark could feel Kasen panic as he relaxed into his seat, arms crossed and pleased to see Kasen being so nervous.
"And yet, I still find it hard to leave you alone, maybe it's because I find it fun getting into your skin," Mark responds with a chuckle.
"You promised to leave my family out of this mess," Kasen roars, his hand slamming hard on the table.
Mark stares at him, completely calm and composed, without a little fear in him.
"I haven't broken my word yet. Your family is completely unaware of all the sacrifices you're making. Especially my princess," Mark gestures to Leia as he grins maliciously.
Kasen could feel his blood rise as she leaned forward, veins thumping with brows tight, as he whispered in a low voice, "That's my wife you're talking about, so watch your tongue."
"Hahaha!"
Laughter fills the place as Mark holds his belly, stomping his feet helplessly as he laughs.
"Just wait until I find those papers, then I'll be taking my princess with me, and all that is rightfully mine," he tells Kasen, wiping off the tears dangling in his eyes.
"Keep dreaming."
"Watch me," Mark responded.
"I see you're still pining after your ex. Too bad the child will be taking over the company, and your assistance will no longer be needed," Mark says, grinning from ear to ear.
Irked by Mark's comment, Kasen rises from his seat, but with his hands chained to the table, he's forced to sit down once again.
"You're trash, Mark. Complete and utter trash."
Mark just chuckles as he gets up and walks away.
Just when he's about to leave Mark stops, turns around and smirks. His fingers, rub his chin as he nods in agreement.
"Yes, in fact, I like being trash, and as trash, I would love to update you that your ex who claims to have your son is on her way to grant him a title at your place.
Your wife is going to pass through a lot from now on," he laughs, eyes and mouth wide open like a madman.
"You scumbag, what is with you?" Kasen questions.
"You happened, everyone happened, you all betrayed me, so now I'm going to get back all that I lost," Mark tells him.
"Have a nice life in prison, cousin," he waves goodbye at Kasen as he makes his way to the exit.
His laugh echoes as he dances his way out.
Kasen could only wish Leia was having a better life than he was as he remained in wait for the warden.
Unfortunately for Kasen's wish, Leia is getting her cup of tea as she drives back to the company.
It's merely been twenty minutes since she left Kasen and hit the road.
Buzz!
Her phone vibrates upon the sofa nonstop for the fifth time.
It's her mother-in-law.
"Does she want to ruin me too?" She worries, but she knows she can't ignore the calls forever, so she finally and reluctantly answers the call.
"Hello…"
"You should come home, now," Claire yells.
Leia knows she is not in any position to disobey or complain, but she feels nervous as she drives down to the main house.
Finally, she arrives at the Sky mansion, the same place she didn't want to be again after she left.
As she approaches, she puzzles over what may be so serious that would have the very people who dislike her call for her.
"I see you're here," Claire's voice echoes from upstairs. "Janette dear, please come out."
With Claire's words, Janette appears from behind Claire carrying a child in her arms, roughly about four to five years old.
Leia's arms open wide as she watches her sworn enemy emerge with the child of her husband.
Claire upon seeing Leia's facial expressions couldn't feel any more delighted as she smirks in satisfaction.
"From today onwards, my grandson, the new heir and his mother will live with us," she announces, shattering Leia's heart into a million pieces within seconds.
"What?" Leia questions with a stutter.
"You heard me correctly, the new heir of our family business has arrived and will be staying with us, so you're no longer needed. In short, it'll be best, if you can disappear from our lives," Claire warns with menace.
Leia has never felt so angry and betrayed. Annoyed, she storms off her meeting with her mother-in-law, feeling humiliated and disrespected. She knows that she deserves more, and yet, they have ignored her and dismissed her concerns. She couldn't take it anymore. Her best isn't best enough to these people and she's beginning to wonder if they're qualified enough to be called her in-laws."Everyone keeps driving me to a wall," she mutters to herself feeling angered and sad as well. Getting inside the car, an angered Leia revs up the engine, ready to leave, but just outside the gate she finds someone unexpected standing at the gate.Slam!Leia's door closes as Rachel gets inside. "What took you so long?" Rachel asks, putting her seatbelts on. "I'm tired," Leia murmurs, slamming her head on to the steering wheel, causing the car to honk. "Let's go to my place, this family is nothing but chaos to you," she tells Leia. Throughout the drive to Rachel's place Leia is unsure of who to g
Both women stare at the TV in utter shock. Their jaw drops as She reads the headlines over and over, still trying to process what she's seeing.Why? Why was this happening to her? "This cannot be happening." She didn't even notice the angry tears rolling down her cheeks as she stood up. "Why are they so keen on ruining my reputation? Why are they so keen on ruining my life?!" She shouts in frustration.Rachel who heard her turned from the kitchen counter, the concern on her face turning into shock as soon as she saw the TV. The news shook her to her Bones."What the hell is this?" Rachel asks in a strained whisper as she steps out of the kitchen to get a better view of the TV. "Well-known daughter-in-law of the Sky family, Leia Sky's dirty secret is finally revealed as a local source captured a picture of her making out with her brother-in-law, Mark Sky who seems to be her lover since back in her college days. Sources say that the history of the relationship between the two…" The
Everyone looks at the door and sees Mark standing there with his hands shoved casually into the pockets of his slacks.Andrew stands up and the angry look on Claire's face vanishes. They didn't realize he was here already. Claire feels fear settling in her bones, worrying over the possibility of Mark overhearing their conversation with Leia, but after a few minutes of his silence, she realizes he didn't hear anything. He probably had just seen Leia's car drive out when he was driving in. Mark walks purposefully towards them, his cold and arrogant expression enough to frighten them. The aura surrounding him commands respect, dominance practically oozing from his pores. He meets the eyes of Andrew and Claire before lowering himself to take his seat before signalling to a nearby maid and the woman rushes out of the room to get him something to drink. "You can sit, you know, I won't bite," Mark says with a chuckle and the couple having no other choice quickly take seats opposite to
Leia got off the taxi, automatically paying the driver with some cash, and she faces the apartment. She knows her eyes are puffy and red from crying. Although she wiped and washed her face with water recently, the markings of crying were still visible on her face.With a sigh, Leia walks into the apartment building. She stops at the entrance to her place when she catches sight of Rachel and the landlord arguing over something."You have got to be kidding me Mr Jones!," Rachel yelled angrily. "I paid for this building's rent. I have like two years left and you're telling me I should move out tomorrow because someone bought the building?""You have to understand me, Miss Rachel. I'll refund your money but you can't stay here any longer because everyone in this building will be evicted in the next two days." Rachel's landlord, Mr Jones tried to calm her down but Rachel would have none of it. "Where do you expect me to get a building to live in within this short time? You want me homele
The duo were silent as Rachel drove down the dark road. The streetlights were bright in the darkness of twilight as Leia rested her chin on her knuckles, looking out the window of Rachel's crappy car. Said car was unusually silent and Leia could tell something was wrong with Rachel but she decided to not question it till they got back to the apartment. However, there has been something that has been bugging her since they left the station. What was annoying her was the fact that Mark left her in prison to rot there. He didn't even spend five minutes in the station and he didn't even look back to see if she was still there before he left the damned place. He was the reason that old filthy man called the police. Leia grits her teeth as she remembers what that old man did.Leia didn't even notice the car driving into an apartment's driveway. Rachel stopped the car after driving into the car park. Leia blinks at the abrupt stop. She watches in bemusement as Rachel turns off the igniti
Leia sits there waiting for Claire to come out regardless of being mistreated. Leia doesn't question her purposely delaying her. She has a weird feeling in her body but she isn't saying anything, nor is she asking for water or touching the juice she was served.No one in the Sky mansion is trustworthy to her. They are all under Claire's influence and Claire is evil.Soon Claire's footsteps echo in the living room and Leia looks up from the TV which she has her gaze focused on. Claire has dressed in an elegant short blue dress and her hair is up in a bun.She doesn't look like a middle-aged woman at all, she looks like she is in her early thirties."Why do we have you here again today Leia?" Claire says as she stops at the last step and then Leia pushes herself up to stand and greet the woman before her when she suddenly starts feeling dizzy.The ground beneath her is spinning and so is her head. Before Claire can utter another word, Leia falls to the floor, unconscious.A few hours la
"At least learn some manners first." Mark frowns angrily and she seems even angrier as she looks at him."What is he doing here?" She half whispers to Leia who looks back at Mark before replying."Well, he brought me home." She replies softly and Mark walks over to them and dumps the bag of medications in Leia's hands."Don't forget to take your pills and eat. Stress yourself more if you like. If you conduct a funeral for your child in the next few days, know pretty well that I won't pity you even though it might be related to me." Mark says with a hint of anger in his voice before he walks back into his car and drives off.Rachel looks at her in shock. She isn't expecting what Mark just said and she needs Leia to give a proper explanation of everything he just said, but she doesn't look like she's going to say anything about it right there, so Rachel just leads her into the house."Where have you been since morning? I've been worried." Rachel groans as she closes the main door.She h
Leia rushed into the station as soon as she drops Rachel off at the airport. Her body, pumping with excitement and determination to see Kasen, she was going to discuss with him and tell him about their baby. But the closer she gets to the station, the more her heart begins to thump, she could understand that avoiding him was just punishing herself. This was really how she felt towards him, she couldn't let him go. Clutching tightly to the file in her hand, she makes her way into the office."Hi officer, I want to see my husband," she requests, rushing her words as she glances around. The officer stares at her for a while, well he did recognize her, but he exhales before shaking his head. That wasn't looking like a good thing to Leia as she draws closer to questioning the action just now. "What's going on? Why aren't you asking someone to let me see him," she asks. As she looks around, she notices the eyes of people as they start at her but she scoffs at them. "Why're they sta