Shirley's POV“Water,” I croaked as I opened my eyes from the annoying beeping sounds coming from the machines around me. I knew I was in a hospital. Why? I didn't know but I hoped someone would tell me soon. My whole body hurt like hell and my throat was dry. “Water,” I grunted and coughed in a bid to clear my throat but it didn't work. It felt like something was stuck there and wasn't coming out. The door opened and I leaned up to see my mother, Sharon walking in. “Finally you’re up.” She walked towards me with a straight face, no smile, she looked so cold that I almost didn’t identify her. “Mom?”“I need water Mum,” I groaned and she looked away pretending not to hear what I said to her. “Mummy.” I called her again, but she still didn’t answer me. “Are you upset? Did I do anything wrong? Why are you not talking to me?” I asked her, still sounding very weak. Sharon didn’t say anything to me, she sat beside my bed looking at me like she was seeing a ghost. This is very unlike S
Shirley's POV“You're just a spare tire,” Amelia said. Her usually cool voice was now bitter as her eyes flashed with hatred. “What are you talking about?” I choked, refusing to believe it. She turned to my mother and smirked. “Mum, you want to do the honours?” “Sorry darling, I already told her but she’s just too slow to understand what I was talking about. I became confused all over again, “what are they talking about? What did she try telling me that I didn’t get?My eyes widened and I coughed when I finally realized what they were talking about. “What are you saying? Oh my goodness, where's the camera, fine y'all got me, please round it up cos I'm losing my mind right now.” I said to them but no one moved, they didn't act like I was talking to them, then I figured out Felix was standing there looking at me with guilt, mom and Amelia looked cold. “It’s true?.” “It's English Dumbo. You are just the adopted one and I had to pretend to be just your best friend, mom had twins, sho
Shirley's POV I snapped out of my thoughts and pulled away just as the driver walked up to me. He frowned down at the little boy and pulled him away. “I apologise Miss but he must have confused you with someone else. He does this a lot so pay him no mind.” The little boy in question struggled against him and kept stretching to touch me. I sighed and leaned down, picking him up in my arms. Immediately his cries and protest stopped. “I'll just stay with him until he falls asleep.” The driver opened his mouth to argue but I shook my head. “If that's okay, of course,” I added as he struggled within himself. He gave me a curt nod and I smiled. “Could I get some dry clothes?” He sighed and nodded, motioning for me to continue walking. I adjusted the boy's head on my chest and started walking up the stairs again. Once we reached the top stairway, the little boy raised his head and pointed at a door. “That's your room mummy!” He yelled excitedly and started bouncing in my arms. I g
Shirley's POV He chuckled, the sound both mocking and intimidating. “You won't,” I blinked. “Excuse me?” He cleared his throat. “You won't refuse because deep down you know you need my protection.” He stood up from the table and walked back to his seat. “You're all alone now. Your family and everyone you ever cared about betrayed you. Your whole life is a lie and you are angry. I can help you get revenge against them.” I sucked in a breath, his words opening up the wounds that were beginning to heal. And he was right, I was alone and didn't have anyone. “You can think about it but you don't have time. I do always get what I want and seeing as my little boy is convinced you're his mother, I will make sure it stays that way.” I shivered and swallowed saliva. “I need to go and prepare for my day..” I whispered as I staggered to my feet. “You're attending Yvonne Steel's birthday party.” He announced and I whipped around in shock. Has he been stalking me or something? “Adam will ta
Third Person's POV Shirley felt like she was hallucinating or suffering from a hearing problem. “Uncle Jackson?” Felix muttered as he let go of my hand. “What are you doing here?” Jackson ignored him and turned to the woman who was standing there, looking utterly confused. “Darling, would you like to retouch your makeup in the car?” Shirley stammered. “I…there's…sure.” She eventually gave in and allowed him to lead her to the car. Amelia pinched Felix's hand and glared at Shirley's back, envy trimming in her eyes. “How did she even know him? Why would he want someone as plain as her?” Felix was too stunned to pick up on the jealousy in her voice. “I don't know. What is he even doing here?” He turned to ask his grandmother but found that she had walked off. He sighed and patted Amelia's arm. “They are crazy,” Felix said and walked away, Amelia followed behind but paused for a moment.Amelia bit her lip and stared at the luxury car parked in the driveway. She smirked as an evil p
Shirley’s povThe next morning. I woke up very early in the morning and sat up on the bed while yawning with my hand covering my mouth. I suddenly had a flashback to what happened last night. My heart started beating faster than normal then I placed my hand on my chest. “I can’t believe he actually did that yesterday.” I muttered and placed my hand on my head feeling conflicted. The more I tried not to think about it the more it lingered in my mind. I heaved a sigh of worry, there were so many things to consider, which is why I was living more in accepting then rejecting it. Seeing how arrogant Amelia has become because she succeeded in getting Felix. I thought life would be very difficult for me if I don’t accept Jackson, they’re going to keep rubbing it in my face that they were able to hurt me. But considering what he does, Jackson is a dangerous Mafia, my life could be in danger living with him. I was getting frustrated and tired thinking about everything, I fell back on the b
Third person povJackson was pissed to hear the kind of question Felix asked him. He turned to look at Felix and smirked. “Do I look like a child that doesn’t know what he’s doing?” Jackson asked. His tone was so scary that even Shirley shivered a little. Felix quickly turned his straight face into a smile. “Uncle, I didn’t mean it that way, I was only wondering why you decided to rush the proposal, you don’t even know the kind of woman she is.” Shirley was fuming while listening to what Felix was saying to his uncle, she knew Jackson isn’t the type to be easily manipulated but words like that can put a seed of doubt in his mind, the only good thing is that the marriage isn’t real. “Felix can you stop!” Shirley yelled at the top of her voice, getting the immediate attention of everyone. Amelia smirked sheepishly the moment she heard Shirley. “Are you about to show everyone the real you?” Amelia asked. “What? Haven’t you two done enough? you are married now, can you stay out of my
Shirley’s povI still can’t wrap my head around the reality that I would be getting married to Jackson, so many things were going on at the same time and there’s Dylan too, whom I need to consider before doing anything because of how much he likes me. I patted his head softly as he was laying beside me because he refused to sleep in his room last night. He wanted to spend time with me here. Today is the wedding and I am not even sure I’m taking the right step. I gently got up from the bed and headed out of the room, by the time I got to the sitting room, it almost looked like a completely different place. How were they able to set up immediately? The sitting room was used as the hall for the wedding tonight. Yvonne wants it to be just a small gathering of people. She didn’t want a crowd so she chose to use the house and there’s no one that can object to her decision. I rushed back to my room, it’s really happening. I’m really getting married today. I rushed into the bathroom to t
Writer’s povFelix has been having issues at work, so much that he has been thinking a lot about how to handle the issue without getting Yvonne involved, he didn’t want to Involve her because it’s only going to make her feel like she made a big mistake making him the company’s director and not her son. Felix was not really interested in the divorce case anymore because he had a bigger problem, but Amelia was bent on making his life miserable. “We have to talk Felix.” Felix was just working when she suddenly came to his front saying they had to talk. Felix was wondering why it’s so hard for her to read the room and tell that he is in a tight situation and might not be able to talk with her.“Can’t you see that I’m busy?” He asked her angrily. “This conversation is very important, I will not let you shove it aside like you always do, even though you want us to get a divorce but we are still married so we need to have a conversation. Felix heaved a sigh frustratedly when he noticed th
Writer’s povAmelia had no other choice but to keep it to herself, she realized that no matter what happened she will just never be as lucky as Shirley. Even though the luck annoys her so much she couldn’t stop admiring the fact that Shirley always ends up having the best things. Just when she thought Shirley would be miserable after she took the man Shirley was supposed to get married to. Jackson came into the picture and agreed to Marry Shirley within a few days of having a conversation with her. Amelia was the only one in the sitting room thinking about herself and how things got this bad. At first it was all just to punish Shirley but as time went on it started turning into something more than that, she started wanting Felix around her and her insecurities started growing that she thought everytime that Felix isn’t in the house it means that he’s with Shirley, those type of thought is what made her become crazy and now everyone around her even her parents sees her as a crazy pers
Writer's pov“What on earth makes you think that after saying such a thing I will just give up on trying to win my husband back? Let me warn you, the next time you give me such advice I will not take it lightly with you.” Yvonne was utterly shocked to hear what Amelia said to her. She couldn't believe her ears, isn't it the same person she had a calm conversation with yesterday and all of a sudden she's gone back to the same Amelia she used to be that everyone hated. “Fine I know you do not like the advice that I gave you, but still you should calm down and understand what I'm trying to say.” Yvonne said so Amelia trying to calm her down but Amelia was already too upset with Yvonne after hearing what Yvonne said and because she was already tired of pretending, when her pretense isn't even helping her marriage at all and the only person she expected to convince her husband is now advising her to let go of him. So Amelia thought there was no reason to continue pretending to be a better
Writer’s povShirley was very pissed with Amelia for showing up in her house only to tell her to leave the house . She couldn’t believe that Amelia would have the audacity to tell her such a thing while using their dead friendship as a threat, “I really don’t know what she takes me for.” Shirley said a little above a whisper and sat on the couch. While she was sitting she remembered Jackson left in such a hurry so she was curious to know what the problem was, after trying to call him several times he was not picking his calls. “I hope he’s fine.” She muttered to herself while staring at her phone. She didn’t know how to feel about what’s going on, there was no one present for her to talk to, and the little boy had been taken to a school for special kids, though It’s a boarding school and she still tried to go see him almost every week. And each time she goes to see him she could tell he was improving. Seeing him happy made her happy too, even though it was a tough decision for her a
Shirley povSeeing Amelia standing in front of me with a smile on her face in my house is something that I never imagined I would ever get to see. She didn’t go with a frown, she came with a smile which was completely unlike her. I was wondering what could have gotten into her or if she missed her way and ended up in my house.“You do not look pleased to see me here.” Amelia said to me as she was walking closer to where I was standing. “You heard me clearly because I don’t remember giving you an invitation to my house,” I said to her, sounding angry and making it obvious to her that I wasn’t interested in her visit. I was a little relieved because Matilda was no longer in the house because both of them could actually team up just to make my life miserable. “Is it a bad thing to visit my best friend? You seem to forget that we used to be best of friends, why are you sounding like you have forgotten our sweet moments together.” I knew very well the kind of person Amelia is and how cu
Writer’s povIt’s been days now since Felix handed the divorce papers to Amelia and she’s yet to give him a reply, both of them barely talks, and they don’t even see each other most of the time, because it was taking time so Amelia was hoping that he wouldn’t bring up the conversation again because she didn’t know how she would react if he dared to bring it up again. She woke up very early in the morning and just thought about trying to please him one last time so that he forgets completely about the divorce topic. While she was in the kitchen struggling to make breakfast, Yvonne was on her way there to get a bottle of water. She stopped when she heard sounds coming from the kitchen, she was wondering why the maids would wake up so early to make breakfast. Then she walked in hoping to see the maid in the kitchen but surprisingly it was Amelia. Yvonne made it obvious that she was shocked to see Amelia in the kitchen. “What’s going on? I mean why are you up so early trying to make b
Writer’s povShirley and Jackson went out of the house, and while they were on their way to the restaurant Shirley thought of apologizing to him for what happened with the food earlier, she thought that would be the only way he would forgive her. “I’m sorry about earlier, I didn’t tell the chef to….” “I know what happened, you don’t need to apologize.” He said to Shirley as he was trying to stop her from apologizing to him. Shirley was shocked to hear that he knew what happened and how the meal was switched into something else. She realized that might be the reason why he told her to go with him. “You knew what happened? So why didn’t you say anything, I could have told the chef to change it.”“When she was sending the note last night I was downstairs so I told the chef to show me the menu she ordered, that was how I found out her intention.”“Why didn’t you stop the chef?”“There was no point.” Shirley was wondering what he was trying to say and why he was sounding like that in th
Writer’s povIt’s a new day, but not one they should be excited about in Jackson’s house because it’s his ex wife's birthday and because he’s not completely over his ex wife they had to walk on eggshells for the rest of the day. Even though Jackson stopped his wife's memorial that they do monthly he still hasn’t gotten over her completely and seeing Matilda in his house could only stir up the thoughts of his ex wife that were almost forgotten. Shirley woke up late and the first thing that could come to her mind is the fact that today is Daphne’s birthday. Shirley thought it would be better to not do anything that would upset Jackson because today isn’t the best day for him. “Good morning.” Shirley greeted with a bright smile on her face. Jackson gave her a faint smile and sat down for dinner. Shirley knew he wouldn’t be going out on such a special day so she thought it’ll be better she makes him feel better. She gave the chef an order on what’s going to be made today and from the
Writer’s povWhen Amelia got to her room she threw the paper on the floor and was about to rip it into pieces but she stopped herself. She still can’t believe he’s still thinking of divorcing her even though she has proven herself to be a changed person several times. She had stopped yelling and obsessing over him and he’s still hell bent in divorcing her? Amelia was confused and upset, she wanted to tell him to his face that she would never divorce him, but telling him that would only make her look like a pretender so she decided not to do that instead she pretended to be fine with what he said. Seeing that she has successfully brought Yvonne to her side made her even more happy because all that’s left for her to do now is to get rid of Shirley, once Shirley Is out of the way he wouldn’t think about divorcing her anymore. “Shirley is the problem and she has always been the problem.” Amelia said to herself as she heard echoes of what she heard him say to Yvonne a few minutes ago. He