Ethel had a lot to say, and no one stopped her.“I can’t believe you are putting all the blame on me because I decided to endure everything. I had three miscarriages, Lucas.”The revelation stunned everyone except the one to whom it involved.“All because of your girlfriends parading our house, I lost three pregnancies,” she yelled.Lucas was beginning to feel ashamed, but there was more.“Aside from the mental and emotional trauma, the last one kicked me in the stomach when I just got back from the hospital.”Ethel was finding it hard to hold it in this time, allowing the tears to stream down her cheeks.The more she remembered, the more she realized had foolish she had been to continue staying in the marriage because of her love for Lucas.Zora passed her a tissue and was glad that Ezra had decided to give Lucas’s money to Ethel, even without knowing what the poor woman had been through.No woman deserves to go through this. It was already painful to know that your husband was cheat
As a woman, she knew that some pregnancies revealed no symptoms until almost the second trimester, but Lucas scoffed.“If she’s pregnant even now, I’m sure it would be someone else’s child.”Everyone was shocked, knowing that Lucas wanted a child to claim a bigger portion of the inheritance.As it stands, he might just be spitting nonsense to prevent Ezra from giving that money to Ethel.“You will regret this, and don’t tell me that I didn’t warn you,” Ezra said seriously, but it did nothing to move Lucas.“Ezrah, I know my wife better than you do.”Ezrah knew it wasn’t true. He could tell a good woman when he sees one, judging from his experiences with Piper and Zora.He could now detect a cunning woman like a book, but Ethel was not it.“I have lost my woman before, and trust me, it's true what they say: you don’t know what you have until you lose it,” Ezrah said in a soft tone, hoping to appeal to Lucas’s conscience, but that also did not seem to be working.“There are many fish in
“From the looks of it, these two never lost. You might be the one losing again, Lucas,” Ethan said.Lucas shook his head, disappointed that Ethan was not in sync with him for the first time.Since this was a matter concerning his wife, Lucas felt that he had the upper hand in everything.For the first time, Zora and Ezrah were making very big mistakes. Still, he remembered that Ethan equally had his own rotten skeletons.“Impossible. Stop pretending to be self-righteous. When are you going to tell them that you broke up with your fiancé because of your new girlfriend?”The information dump was like a tidal wave, which Ethan seemed to take rather coolly.“Breaking up with my fiancé is better than divorcing your wife, and if you haven’t heard, a broken relationship is always better than a broken marriage.”“Well, choosing another woman over the one you claimed to love and even going to the extent of giving a ring is just as repulsive,” Lucas pointed out. Ethan shook his head.“You have
“Ezrah, it didn’t mean anything,” Zora cut him off, but that only confirmed it. Ezrah did not like this, feeling like a gold digger.“You made the transfer from your personal account, and that is unacceptable. You have to replace that money, please.”She must have initiated it, but it was still Ezrah’s mess, and he did not like her using her money when he was there to spoil her.All along, he thought she had transferred the money she gave Ethel from the company account, but since he did not receive any debit alert, it meant otherwise.Zora stood on her toes and kissed him. He responded passionately to her kisses but did not allow it to cloud his judgment even as she spoke playfully.“If you’ve put everything under my name, then it’s up to me to use it the way I want.”A pout decorated her lips as she spoke seductively, tracing her finger over his muscular chest.“Don’t forget that as soon as we get married, you are also entitled to everything belonging to me.”Ezrah was enchanted by h
“Hey, can I have a dance? I’m Lucas, Ezrah’s elder brother,” Lucas said. Margo stared in Ezrah and Zora’s direction.She had never met Ezrah’s brothers because they were never on good terms with Ezrah, and having been away for so long, she had never heard about their bad reports.Lake was already boiling, but due to Ezrah, he had not attempted to stop Lucas. However, Margo made him proud this time.“Sorry, but I’m not in the mood.”Lucas felt his bubble of pride burst for being rejected like that. He was not asking her out, just for a dance, and she rejected him.After all, he had a girlfriend, but she could not attend the event with him because she did not want to be introduced as his girlfriend, in an attempt to pressure Lucas into marrying her.Ethel had not attended the wedding because she had a family emergency and had to travel to the countryside.The divorce procedures went smoothly, and Ethel was the one who insisted on not wanting anything from him.He had to give her a thumb
“Hello, sweetie, how are you doing?” Ethan said coyly as he leaned over Ethel’s desk. She frowned imperceptibly and leaned back to prevent their faces from colliding before she answered.“What do you want, and don’t call me that,” she replied sternly, which somehow made Ethan smile.“You look rather cute when you frown like that.”Ethel was getting really uncomfortable with the whole situation.“Look, I have so much to do, so you better speak now or forever hold your peace.”“Hahahaha,” Ethan laughed. “I knew it. You have a great sense of humor. But here is the deal. I want you to keep all my money for me,” he said seriously, but Ethel found it rather ridiculous.“Excuse me, do I look like a bank? Why would I keep your money?”“Because I want you to be my woman. You know, like how Zora has everything under her name? It would be impossible for Ezrah to bring in another woman because that means he's gonna lose everything,” Ethan explained. Ethel shook her head.“Ezrah and Zora are about
Ethel thought through Ethan’s words. Even if she believed him, her heart was not ready to take on another journey of love.Besides, she never felt attracted to Ethan. It was rather unfortunate that he had been secretly in love with her for years but her heart was already dead to things like that.“Ethan, I’m so sorry you felt that way but I don’t feel attracted to you.”Ethan was heartbroken. He wanted to do this in their parent's house but lacked the courage. Then thinking about it for days, he gathered the courage, only to be rejected. Knowing he hadn’t been of good behavior, that was because of the grudge he had against Ezrah but that was also out of the way.If only Ethel could give him a chance, he knew he could give her all the happiness Lucas failed to give her. All he needed was a chance to prove. “I’m not asking you to love me, Ethel. Just give me the chance to love you.”Ethel shook her head. With her newfound peace, her only focus was on being a better version of hers
“Zora, I think I’ve stressed myself too much for a first pregnancy. My panty is wet, and I know it’s blood,” Coco whispered as she wrapped her arms around Zora.She also did not use bridesmaids but hosted the wedding in her mansion. She was going to sell it after the wedding to invest the money into something else since she was going to live with Lake. This was a memory she was going to have in a house she initially thought she was going to live in with River, but he was now in prison, and Lake was too well-to-do to take advantage of it.Coco had bonded so much with Margo, and the girl insisted on taking the job as maid of honor, but Zora was still her best friend, so the only way was for Margo to become Zora’s maid of honor.Now, something was happening that might distract the whole wedding.Zora quickly dialed Ezrah’s number. The ringing of his phone raised a lot of eyebrows, and Ezrah was about to switch it off when he saw Zora’s ID and answered it.“Ezrah, create an excuse for L