ADAM I looked at Adam's assistant. It was a man in his late twenties called Rex. Rex had been working for Adam for a long time and he knew everything about him. "Rex please....can you please let me talk to Adam? I am going to sign the divorce papers. I won't make trouble for him. I will sign it and leave. I just want to talk to him first. Do you think that you can please do that for me? If you can...I will leave. You will never hear from me again. Please..." I begged Rex. After Adam showed me the pictures of me cheating on him that day, I knew that there was nothing else I could do. I had lost and I had to get a divorce..But I still wanted to see him one more time before I was forced to leaveIt had been a few days since then, and Adam had sent his assistant to come meet me with the divorce papers again. It still had the same terms as before. I would only be getting a million and it would be a quiet divorce. I was not willing to resign to my fate just like that. I wanted to talk
JOLIE "Lucian, I don't have the time to joke around with you. I just want to pick up the pieces of my life break. Tell Adam that he has won. He got the divorce that he had always wanted. He doesn't need to make things even more difficult for me. Why are you here to mess with me again?" I did not think for even a second that Lucian was going to help me out. Even if he was going to help me, he should have done it before I got the divorce from Adam. There was no need for him to wait this long. I was sure that Adam and Lucian had planned to mess with me. Adam probably wanted to torture me some more because he blamed me for being the reason why he was separated from Selena for so long.Lucian leaned back on the chair that he was sitting on. He smiled at me. "Why do you think I am here because of Adam?" He asked her. "Please Lucian. Isn't it obvious? He is your best friend. You know all that happened between us. Tell Adam that he can just leave me alone. I won't show up in front of him
ADAMSelena and I were in the doctor's office. We sat still as we waited for him to tell the condition of April. The surgery had been completed two days ago and we were eager to know if there were any complications. The doctor finally looked up at us after what felt like hours. "Doctor...how is my daughter? Are there any complications? Is she completely cured now?" Selena asked the doctor urgently. I did not say anything, but I was just as worried as she was. "You don't need to worry madam. Your daughter's surgery was a success. Of course, she is going to be weak for a while and you need to bring her back to the hospital for regular check ups so we make sure that something like this does not happen again but in most cases, they don't come back. Your daughter is pretty young and we were able to find it on time. So she is going to recover fine and she can live her life like any normal kid!" The doctor said. Selena started to sob when she heard this. I knew that she was sobbing
SELENA"Ma'am, we went ahead and held the interview like you told us. And we have already picked out the people that we are going to hire. You just need to go see them. They all have good portfolios and they will be a good addition to our design department," my assistant, a woman called Abigail told me. I was in my office. I rubbed my temples. I was feeling quite drained. I had not had a good rest ever since Ariel got sick, and now that she was better, I had to rush to the company to take care of work. I could not complain though, even when I had suffered through even tougher days. Back then, I was pregnant with Ariel and entertaining clients. There could be nothing harder than that really. "Fine , you can ask all of them to come in. I'll see them," I said. "You can give them another interview if you want to be sure that we have hired the right people, ma'am," Abigail told me. I shook my head. "No, I don't need to do that. I trust you Abigail and I trust that you know how to do a
JOLIE"Then how am I supposed to explain myself if you are not even going to believe me? Selena, I know that you hate me. And yes, you have every reason to hate me after the things that I did to you, but I am here because I really do need a job. I don't have any plans. What could I possibly do to you? Adam has left me with nothing. I know that he is begging to get back together with you. And I know that you have a daughter for him. You guys are the perfect family. Do you really think that I can do anything to come in between you guys?" I asked Selena. I made sure to make myself look as pitiful as possible. Lucian had warned me that I could not make my hate for Selena known. I had to act like I was very sorry. Besides, I was scared that Lucian was going to come for me if I ruined his plan, so I made sure to do as he told me. "Wait, how did you know that my daughter is Adam's?" Selena asked me. I lowered my head when I heard this and cursed under my breath. Lucian was the one who t
SELENAI looked at Jolie, confused. Why was she asking me this? "I don't think it has anything to do with you if I am going to get back together with him or not," I said rudely. Jolie nodded her head and smiled sadly. "Yes. You are right about that. It has nothing to do with me if you are going to get back with him or not, but I just think that I should warn you. The past seven years of my life has been hell. I didn't want to let go because of my pride, but now that I am out of the marriage, I realise that I have been living in bondage all these while. Adam is not a good person. You should never get involved with him again" Jolie told me. "Once again, Jolie, you don't get to tell me what I can and can't do. How your marriage with Adam was like is none of my business. You wanted to get married by all means, and you got what you wanted. Whatever happened to you is your business. You can take it as karma for what you did to me!" I said hatefully. I did not mind that my words sounded
ADAMI was shocked when I heard Ariel say this. I had no idea how I was supposed to answer her question. "Who....who told you this?" I asked her. My heart was beating fast against my chest. I did not want to tell Ariel the truth yet because her mother was not here. It was up to Selena how and when we were going to tell Ariel that I was her father. But, I also didn't want to lie to hurt her. I was really excited. Ariel smiled at me. It was the most beautiful I had ever seen in my life. She was just as beautiful as her mother. "Well, I overheard my mother talking with her friend since. She said that my daddy is in this city. She also said that my daddy is very handsome. You are the only man who has come to see me ever since we got here. So I think that you're my daddy," Ariel said to me. I had no idea what I was supposed to say. Ariel was very smart. I was proud that I had such a smart girl as my daughter. I was not by her side when she was born, but she was still very smart. "Wel
I rolled my eyes, highly irritated. I was tired and I was definitely not in the mood to argue with this man. "I know I have been divorced two times. You don't need to remind me about it!" I snapped at my father. I walked over to my grandfather and took his arm. I helped him sit down on the couch,while I completely ignored my father. I knew that my father was angry, but I did not care. He brought this on himself. My grandfather was the one who raised me while my father was busy doing whatever. I was not going to show respect to a man who had never cared about me before. "Do you think that this is a joke, Adam?! Do you know that you're a laughing stock back at home?! Everyone knows that you've been married and divorced many times! No matter how rich you are or how great your company is, they will still see you as someone who can't keep a marriage! Do you know how that affects your mother and I?!" My father yelled at me. "I don't know why this would affect you, Philp. You already to
ADAMI slipped my hands into my pocket and approached my father with a cold look on his face. "What did you want me here for?" I asked coldly. I knew he would only ask me to come here when he wanted to ask me a favour. It wasn't like I was going to do it, I just wanted to hear it so I could reject him in person. My father cleared his throat, "Is this how you talk to your parents?! Only God knows how you are raising that daughter of yours when you can't even be respectful to us. No matter what happened before, it's all in the past. Don't you think that we deserve to move on?"My father was getting more and more disgusting. He was even twisting history to make it seem like he didn't do anything big. I held back my anger when I thought of how I had to get back to Ariel as soon as possible. I could not let my daughter down. "You don't need to worry about my daughter's upbringing. You can be rest assured that she will not grow up with a father who knocks his mother around!"A pale l
LILYPhilp's face paled when I asked him this and I leaned back on my chair, comfortably. I knew I had him where I wanted him right now, he would have no other choice but to help me. "Do you know that I am not the only one who will go down if you do this? You are also going to get dragged down with me. Are you sure that you want to face the consequences of that?" He asked. I just shrugged when he asked me this, I didn't care. I was already on the verge of losing everything. "I don't think I can stand to lose anything else as it stands. Adam already hates me, and he is always thinking of ways to get out of this marriage. The most he would do is divorce me if he finds out that truth. But you.....you're his father. How are you going to survive if Adam decides that he wants to come after you?" I smirked at Philp, and I could see that he was shaking in anger. Although he had his own assets in his hands, Adam could easily take it all away from him if he wanted to. "I am going to talk
LILY"It's the truth mom! It's Selena. She seemed so proud to see me! Do you know how much I wanted to die when I saw her face?" I asked my mother. She shook her head and she paced around the living room, "I still don't believe it. There's no way I'll believe something like this. You know what? I think she's lying to my brother. I need to call him and let him know that she's a damn liar. She probably found out about his missing daughter and passed herself off as her. I'll call my brother and let him know of her lies immediately!" My mom yelled.She picked up her phone and she was about to call her brother but I snatched the phone from her and threw it on the bed. "What do you think you're doing?" I asked her coldly. My mother looked at me, uncertainty in her eyes. "I am just trying to let your uncle know that Selena is not his daughter. She..." "Do you think they are fools? They have been looking for her for twenty years. Of course, they are not going to let anyone just pretend t
SELENA"Mommy....who was that person and why was she crying?" My son, Liam, tugged on my hands as he asked me. "Don't worry about it, baby. It's all fine and I am going to take care of it. Why don't you go play with your toys upstairs?" I asked. I wanted to keep my son away from all of this nonsense as much as I could. I didn't want him to be affected by Lily and her antics. Liam pouted, but he listened to me and left. I turned to Ryan, who had a calm smile on his face and I sighed. "How could you be smiling at a time like this?" I asked him. "What do you want me to say? You already knew this was going to happen when you decided to come back, right? You knew they would look for you and they would find you. It's not really a big deal," he said to me. I shook my head, "Of course I know this, but it doesn't make it any easier. Did you know that Lily was going to be here today? You could have given me a heads up if you knew!""Of course, I didn't know!" He denied it vehemently.
Selena was alive. She didn't die the way everyone thought she did. She was still alive....in flesh and blood. She had a kid with her...a kid that looked suspiciously like Adam. The weight of it all came crashing down on me and I almost fell to that ground. I didn't want to believe what was staring at me in the face, but I could not run away from it either. I remembered that Selena had been pregnant five years ago before she went missing. Could it be that she somehow survived and had the baby? How the heck did she do it? And why was she still alive?!."What are you doing in my cousin's house?" I yelled at Selena. Since she realized she could not sink her claws into Adam, she was now aiming for my brother?! How could she do this? What kind of disgusting person did she have to do to do something like this? Selena sneered at me, "And why can't I be here?" She asked me coldly. "Selena, I know that you've always hated me, but don't you think that you're going a bit too far by doin
LILYI shuddered when Ryan's eyes landed on me. I felt as if he could see through me and like there was nothing I could say that could possibly be hidden from him. "I....well....I...""I know the kind of person you and your mother are. And I know you definitely won't be here if you didn't want something from me. I don't have the time to beat around the bush with you. Tell me what it is that you want so I can get on my way," he said coldly. "Ryan, how can you say that? It's fine if you don't like me but my mother is your aunt. Your elder. You have to give her a bit of respect, don't you think? She was worried when...." I was trying to feign anger, but then Ryan's cold eyes fell on me again and all of the words died in my throat.This man was really scary. He was just as scary as Adam. "Are you going to state what you're here for? Or do you want me to throw you out?"I sighed, realising that none of my tricks would work with Ryan. The only thing I could do now was come clean with t
LILY I frowned when I saw the house that my cousin was living in. It was a large villa, and it was located in the most expensive part of the city.I knew my uncle's family had a lot of money, but if they were willing to throw this much away in a house when they wouldn't even be staying here for long......just how rich were these people?!I thought of my so called cousin that I would need to suck up to for now. If my life had gone as planned, if Adam really treated me as his wife then she would be the one who needed to suck up to me. Life just wasn't fair! I walked over to the and knocked a few times, an older woman whom I assumed was the nanny opened the door. "Where is Ryan? Tell him that Lily is here to see him," I demanded. The nanny looked at me like I was crazy and I almost lashed out at her. Who did she think she was to look at me like that? However, since I wanted to leave a good impression on my cousin, I held myself back. I told myself I would get back at her for da
LILYMy mother handed Daniel to the nanny who had rushed downstairs with her. The nanny carried a crying Daniel away without saying snuggling. She had been working for us for a few years now and she knew she was not supposed to talk about anything that she was here. My mother slapped my back and I glared at her. "What are you hitting me for?!" I yelled. I was already pissed off enough as it was , I didn't want to be antagonized by my family as soon as I got back. "I should hit you some more! How could you treat Daniel like that?! He's your son! Do you think you would have been able to stay married to Adam for so long if it wasn't for him?" My mother asked me. I rolled my eyes, "oh please. Adam doesn't even want to acknowledge Daniel as his son. If I had known that things were going to turn out like this, then I would never have given birth to him in the first place!" I yelled. I carried the pregnancy for nine months and had the baby because I thought Adam's heart would soften.
ADAM"How could you do this?! I am your wife and the mother of your son for crying out loud! How can you give a company worth billions to your daughter while you've given your son nothing his whole life?! Don't you know that Daniel is the one who will inherit everything that you have?" Lily yelled at me. I eyed her coldly, "I don't know what my father told you, but you and your son are not going to get anything from me. Maybe he can give him the assets in his hand! But he's not getting anything from me!"I did not consider that kid my son, I had only seen him a few times, after all. Lily had taken advantage of me when I was drunk. She was crazy if she thought I would take responsibility for the child she had by force.Lily looked like she was about to cry when I was done, but I did not care. She had it all coming. She was delusional if she thought that she could rope me into a marriage so easily. "Daniel is your son! Why do you act as if I am the one who got myself pregnant?""I t