Chapter 90

NICOLE

“Please, what are you all insinuating that my woman is a thief!?” Marcus' voice boomed through the hallway. His nose flared and I could tell that he was angry.

“Why then is my diamond in her bag? Why?” The woman whose name was Mrs Lockwood shouted.

I was stunned for words and couldn’t speak. How the diamond got to my bag was beyond me.

Every eye in the room was on me. Some were judging me already and whispering amongst themselves.

“It has to be a mistake somehow, I won’t allow you to insult her. She clearly knows nothing about the theft”, Marcus said.

My head was spinning. This was clearly a set up. Marcus and I had been in our room all day enjoying an intimate moment together.

The only time we went out was when we had to go to the lounge downstairs.

“No, gentle man, your wife here is nothing but a thief, if I hadn’t noticed earlier she would have escaped with it” Mrs Lockwood said

Unable to contain himself any longer, Marcus stepped forward, his voice cutting through the roo