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CHAPTER EIGHT
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2024-08-03 04:55:36Gabriel’s mother, Lydia Damasco, was a lot like my grandmother when it came to business strategies but at heart, they were as different as day and night.
I remembered the day she called me a troll and unfit for her son, in fact, she had even brought home another woman for her son to marry. It was a horrible day for me, being ridiculed in that manner. Now, she was requesting for my presence in her home, initially, I didn’t want to go but after Gabriel pleaded with me, I decided to use this as an opportunity to redeem my worth. I dressed up for the dinner in an exotic vintage green dress worth millions of dollars, my make up was light and spot on and my hair curly and lush. I drove out in one of Easton’s Exotic cars and mentally rehearsed for the dinner with my ex husband and mother-in-law. “Thank you for coming, sweetheart.” Gabriel tried to kiss me but I dodged it. “I don’t want to give your mother any impression that we still have something so please respect that.” I told him, coldly. He stared at me with hurt in his eyes and forced a smile on his face before leading me to the dinning hall. “Imelda, didn’t think you’d actually come.” Lydia, my ex mother in law said with a smile as soon as she saw me coming. I didn’t even try to fake a smile, she didn’t deserve it. “Please sit.” She said, gesturing opposite her. I sat just as Gabriel sat two seats from me. I didn’t feel particularly hungry despite the enticing foods on the table, I was already stuffed full with the bad energy around. “You’ve really changed, dear.” Lydia told me as the butler poured her a glass of wine. “Yes. Change is necessary for growth.” I stated. I looked over at Gabriel and his face was tight and thoughtful. “You also divorced my son.” And? What exactly was the old witch driving at? “Yes. Do you have a problem with that?” I asked and her eyes widened with surprise. “You’ve grown wings too.” She chuckled, humorless. This dinner was going to be a disaster, I could already tell. “Let’s just eat, mother.” Gabriel exhaled, tiredly. “Are you happy with your new husband?” His mother asked, picking up her cutleries. “Yes, very happy. He respects me.” Lydia looked up at me and shook her head. “A woman should respect her husband and not the other way around.” She said. How misogynistic. “Well, that’s your opinion, Madam Lydia. It doesn’t apply to everyone.” I shrugged. “You used to call me Mother.” She muttered but loud enough for me to hear. “And you used to call me a troll.” I bit out. “Melda, please, let’s just eat like one family.” Gabriel whispered to me. I exhaled and took a sip from my wine. “My son is engaged to Chris Hilton’s daughter. The wedding is in three weeks.” Lydia suddenly announced and I almost dropped my fork. “Wedding?” I blinked, my body temperature increasing. “Yes, oh, didn’t he tell you?” “He— “Well, I guess he didn’t deem you important to tell such news to, somethings never change my dear.” “Mother please, stop it!” Gabriel spoke sharply to his mother. “Why? She’s married and she divorced you, she shouldn’t care if you’re remarrying, am I right, Rosa?” How dare she call me that!? I looked down at my dress, trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. I could not let her win again. “I don’t care if Gabriel gets married to a hundred woman. I don’t have any feelings for him anymore.” I finally replied her. I looked over at Gabriel and he didn’t look quite happy about my reply. “In that case, I’m sure you’ll gladly receive the first set of wedding invitation cards.” I didn’t answer to that, I knew she was baiting me. This dinner was my last respect to her but if she pushed me too far, then I would show her just how much I’ve changed. The rest of the dinner was quiet and with so much tension in the air, I barely ate my food and Gabriel’s food too was untouched, he just kept draining his glass of wine. “I have to get going now.” I said, getting up to leave. “So soon?” Lydia asked with a witchy smile. “Yes.” I replied, trying not to glare at her. “I’ll see you off.” Gabriel offered. “No.” I held out my hand to him. “Oh Imelda, there’s no need for that, he’s just seeing you off.” Lydia said, casually but I could tell she was being sarcastic. “Fine.” I muttered. “Good bye, Imelda.” I heard my ex mother in law say as I headed for the door and Gabriel following behind me. “Imelda!” He kept calling but I didn’t turn back, tears were already spilling down my cheeks. He was getting married in three weeks! “Get your hands of me, Gabriel!” I spluttered, pushing him off me but he grabbed me to himself again. “It’s not what you think, whatever my mother said— “I don’t care!” I snapped. “You do! You do care! You still love me and I sure as hell will always love you!” He said, loudly and before I could say my next words, he kissed me. We were out in the open, kissing deeply, anyone could see us but the moment was too intense for us to care about that. “What’s going on here?” Someone asked, surprisingly and I quickly pushed off Gabriel. “Jane..” He rasped, breathless just as I was. It was his sister. She was home and with bruises all over her face. What happened?Related chapters
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I stood behind Gabriel, conflicted on if I should just hurry off in shame or find out what happened to Janet. She just caught me kissing her brother, my ex husband but the bruises on her face made that less relevant at the moment.“What the fuck happened to you?”Gabriel finally asked his sister in a dangerous tone.“Nothing.”She muttered, looking away.“You better start telling me truth.”He said, taking two steps to her.“He hit me again.”She stuttered, tearfully.Her abusive husband, Alex did this to her!No more words were said, he stormed away to his car and sped off before either of us could stop him.“What are you doing here?”She asked, glaring at me.“Don’t you think we should follow him?”I asked, clearly avoiding the question “I’m not going back. I’m tired of going back.”She muttered, downcast.“You should get inside then, I’ll just…”“He’s going to fight Alex, please help me make sure he’s okay.”She told me as I turned to leave.“I will.”I nodded
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I was wide awake when Easton came knocking on my door by morning. I didn’t want to answer, considering he hit me last night, but the persistent knocks were getting into my already aching head, so, I opened the door and his eyes softened at the immediate sight of me.“Your beautiful face.”He muttered, trying to touch my face but I moved back. There was a purple mark on my left cheek.“What do you want?”I asked, icily.“I’m sorry for hitting you last night, please my love, forgive me.”He pleaded, coming into the room.I stayed behind the door, watching him look around. Since we got married, he has never been in here so his presence was a bit strange.“I want to be alone, Easton.”I told him in a harsh tone.“You have to cut me some slacks here, I don’t judge your past, I married you and merged our companies, I helped you get away from that fool and I agreed to your non sexual marriage terms so I have all the rights to be fucking pissed if you keep seeing your ex husband!”
Last Updated : 2024-08-07The Return of The Scorned Heiress CHAPTER ELEVEN
Getting an invite for Janet’s baby shower was unexpected, I wasn’t someone she could call a friend as we were never close even as sister in laws.She was in a difficult time and she needed all the love and support she could get from me even after all she did to me while I was still married to her brother. I guess it was time for a clean slate.“Oh my God, Imelda, thank you for coming.”Janet said, happily as soon as she saw me coming into the guest lounge with gifts.“Thank you for inviting me.”I smiled, hugging her.“You can keep the gifts over there, there’s cocktails and cupcakes if you’d like.”She told me. It was strange seeing her nice to me but refreshing, like a fresh start.“Thank you.”I said to her.There were a few ladies present too, none were familiar. There were also gifts and the whole place decorated in a pink flowery theme.“It’s a girl?”I asked her.“Yes.”She replied, happy.She had two boys already so she must be excited to have a baby girl.“And
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My grandmother was the only mother figure in my life, she was the only person that truly loved my old self and my new one, she stood up for me when no one else did. She was all I really had in the world and my greatest fear was losing her. “Grandmother please be strong for me.” I sobbed, holding her stiff soft hands. The doctor said she might recover in a couple of days but what if she didn’t? “She’ll be fine, love.” Gabriel was beside me, holding me in his arms. He knew how much I loved my grandmother. I escorted Gabriel to the gates, I wasn’t returning to my marital home that night, I already called Easton and told him what happened and I didn’t even bother asking for his permission to stay with my sick grandmother before I ended the call. He was my husband and not the boss of me. “You know, I could stay.” Gabriel said as we stood by his car. “No, you have to go home. Janet will be waiting.” I didn’t want him staying over because of me and missing his
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My grandmother was buried alongside my parents’ grave.It was so hard seeing all three tombstones, It was like everyone I knew was gone. I felt alone in the world because I was alone and it was pretty terrifying.“You’re not alone.”A voice said behind me.I turned around and there was Gabriel in all black standing with an umbrella above his head. It was raining and I didn’t care because I was crying so much.“They’re all gone.”I sobbed as he walked to me and shielded me from the rain.“I’m here.”He whispered.We stood in silence, watching the tombstones in the rain for a while. Life was so unpredictable.He led me back to his car and drove us to a nearby coffee shop.“How do you feel about a trip?”Gabriel suddenly asked as we carefully sipped our cups of hot coffee.“I don’t know, I haven’t thought about that.”I replied.“Janet’s planning to travel for a few weeks. She needs time for herself and the baby, I think you should go with her. The baby would be lovely to b
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In a grand style, I arrived in the home of my husband—or should I say, ex husband because our marriage was as good as dead. I ignored the flabbergasted look of his securities and I went straight to the lounge hoping to find him there and I did.I met Gabriel Damasco, my heartless husband having brunch with a familiar woman—something he never did with me.Jessica Ford, his secretary.I knew it! I always knew he had a thing for her, never doubt a woman’s instincts. He was having a secret affair with the pretty brunette in the disguise of office duties. One time, he travelled with her to Tokyo for two weeks and never bothered to call once nor picked my calls. He had always compared me to her, saying I would never be as beautiful or elegant as she was.He would regret his words—I swear on my mother’s grave.“Hello husband.”I said, announcing my arrival.The confused look on their faces slowly turning into great shock was simply refreshing!“Imelda?”Gabriel almost choked.“In fl
Last Updated : 2024-07-15The Return of The Scorned Heiress CHAPTER TWO
I cried quietly in the limo on my way back to my father’s mansion, it’s been five years since I was last there, only my grand mother lived there now, my father passed away the second year of my disappearance and although he wasn’t the best father in the world, the news hit me like a storm.“Hello Grandma.”I said as I stepped into my grandmother’s room. She was a famous business tycoon that retired some years ago but was still highly influential and looked a decade younger. “Rosa?”She gasped, immediately recognizing me. Unlike everyone, she called me Rosa—my mother’s name.“Yes Grandma, it’s me.”I muttered, tearfully as I hugged her.“Oh my Goodness. How come?”She asked, her green eyes filling with tears.“It’s a long story, Grandma.”I said, sitting beside her.“I almost died of worry, child. I thought I would never see you again.”She told me, holding my hands in hers.“I’m here now.”I assured her and her smile brightened my heart.“Have you seen your husband? Did
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A week. That was what Easton Grant gave to me to think about his proposal.Why did he want to marry me?He was older than my father and to my knowledge, has been divorced twice. He has been unmarried since fourteen years, why the sudden change?I told my Grand mother about the offer and she insisted the ball was in my court, she also added that such power did not come without sacrifices.Was I really going to do this just to avenge my old self?...I was relaxing by the pool when a convoy of exotic cars arrived in my father’s compound. I took off my sun shades to see properly who the visitor was.Gabriel Damasco.“How dare you, Imelda!?”He growled as soon as he was out of his car and walked angrily to me.He was in one of his expensive Prada business suits—the devil wears Prada and Gabriel Damasco was a handsome Devil at that.“I assume you have received the papers from Hernandez.”I said, casually as I got out of the pool. I was wearing a red bikini that revealed the
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My grandmother was buried alongside my parents’ grave.It was so hard seeing all three tombstones, It was like everyone I knew was gone. I felt alone in the world because I was alone and it was pretty terrifying.“You’re not alone.”A voice said behind me.I turned around and there was Gabriel in all black standing with an umbrella above his head. It was raining and I didn’t care because I was crying so much.“They’re all gone.”I sobbed as he walked to me and shielded me from the rain.“I’m here.”He whispered.We stood in silence, watching the tombstones in the rain for a while. Life was so unpredictable.He led me back to his car and drove us to a nearby coffee shop.“How do you feel about a trip?”Gabriel suddenly asked as we carefully sipped our cups of hot coffee.“I don’t know, I haven’t thought about that.”I replied.“Janet’s planning to travel for a few weeks. She needs time for herself and the baby, I think you should go with her. The baby would be lovely to b
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My grandmother was the only mother figure in my life, she was the only person that truly loved my old self and my new one, she stood up for me when no one else did. She was all I really had in the world and my greatest fear was losing her. “Grandmother please be strong for me.” I sobbed, holding her stiff soft hands. The doctor said she might recover in a couple of days but what if she didn’t? “She’ll be fine, love.” Gabriel was beside me, holding me in his arms. He knew how much I loved my grandmother. I escorted Gabriel to the gates, I wasn’t returning to my marital home that night, I already called Easton and told him what happened and I didn’t even bother asking for his permission to stay with my sick grandmother before I ended the call. He was my husband and not the boss of me. “You know, I could stay.” Gabriel said as we stood by his car. “No, you have to go home. Janet will be waiting.” I didn’t want him staying over because of me and missing his
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Getting an invite for Janet’s baby shower was unexpected, I wasn’t someone she could call a friend as we were never close even as sister in laws.She was in a difficult time and she needed all the love and support she could get from me even after all she did to me while I was still married to her brother. I guess it was time for a clean slate.“Oh my God, Imelda, thank you for coming.”Janet said, happily as soon as she saw me coming into the guest lounge with gifts.“Thank you for inviting me.”I smiled, hugging her.“You can keep the gifts over there, there’s cocktails and cupcakes if you’d like.”She told me. It was strange seeing her nice to me but refreshing, like a fresh start.“Thank you.”I said to her.There were a few ladies present too, none were familiar. There were also gifts and the whole place decorated in a pink flowery theme.“It’s a girl?”I asked her.“Yes.”She replied, happy.She had two boys already so she must be excited to have a baby girl.“And
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I was wide awake when Easton came knocking on my door by morning. I didn’t want to answer, considering he hit me last night, but the persistent knocks were getting into my already aching head, so, I opened the door and his eyes softened at the immediate sight of me.“Your beautiful face.”He muttered, trying to touch my face but I moved back. There was a purple mark on my left cheek.“What do you want?”I asked, icily.“I’m sorry for hitting you last night, please my love, forgive me.”He pleaded, coming into the room.I stayed behind the door, watching him look around. Since we got married, he has never been in here so his presence was a bit strange.“I want to be alone, Easton.”I told him in a harsh tone.“You have to cut me some slacks here, I don’t judge your past, I married you and merged our companies, I helped you get away from that fool and I agreed to your non sexual marriage terms so I have all the rights to be fucking pissed if you keep seeing your ex husband!”
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I stood behind Gabriel, conflicted on if I should just hurry off in shame or find out what happened to Janet. She just caught me kissing her brother, my ex husband but the bruises on her face made that less relevant at the moment.“What the fuck happened to you?”Gabriel finally asked his sister in a dangerous tone.“Nothing.”She muttered, looking away.“You better start telling me truth.”He said, taking two steps to her.“He hit me again.”She stuttered, tearfully.Her abusive husband, Alex did this to her!No more words were said, he stormed away to his car and sped off before either of us could stop him.“What are you doing here?”She asked, glaring at me.“Don’t you think we should follow him?”I asked, clearly avoiding the question “I’m not going back. I’m tired of going back.”She muttered, downcast.“You should get inside then, I’ll just…”“He’s going to fight Alex, please help me make sure he’s okay.”She told me as I turned to leave.“I will.”I nodded
The Return of The Scorned Heiress CHAPTER EIGHT
Gabriel’s mother, Lydia Damasco, was a lot like my grandmother when it came to business strategies but at heart, they were as different as day and night.I remembered the day she called me a troll and unfit for her son, in fact, she had even brought home another woman for her son to marry. It was a horrible day for me, being ridiculed in that manner.Now, she was requesting for my presence in her home, initially, I didn’t want to go but after Gabriel pleaded with me, I decided to use this as an opportunity to redeem my worth.I dressed up for the dinner in an exotic vintage green dress worth millions of dollars, my make up was light and spot on and my hair curly and lush.I drove out in one of Easton’s Exotic cars and mentally rehearsed for the dinner with my ex husband and mother-in-law.“Thank you for coming, sweetheart.”Gabriel tried to kiss me but I dodged it.“I don’t want to give your mother any impression that we still have something so please respect that.”I told him,
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Easton said nothing throughout the ride home and even when got home, he was still quiet. I could tell he was upset, he must be suspicious and jealous about Gabriel and I. I needed to talk to him about it. I needed him to understand I would never betray him… again. “Easton?” I called as we ate dinner in silence.He looked at me. “I would never betray you.” I told him. “How can you promise that? You’re still in love with Damasco, even a blind man can tell.” He said, bitterly. “It doesn’t mean I’ll go back to him. He hurt me.” I said. “If hurt was enough reason to stop loving someone, the world would be filed with hate.” He told me and then continued eating. I had no comeback to that. I stared at myself in the mirror as I did my nightly skin care routine. I had the face and body I always wanted but my heart was heavy. I should be happy, I should be fulfilled but I wasn’t and it felt so frustrating. I needed to get over my feelings for my ex husb
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I could hardly breathe with how fast my heart was beating in my chest as I stepped on the porch of my new husband. I just cheated. I just cheated on my new husband!What if he knew?This could sabotage my whole plan.Was I really going to let my stupid feelings for Gabriel ruin all my plans? Never!“Imelda.”Easton called as soon as I entered the living room where he sat waiting for me with his phone in his hand. He has been calling.“I uh, went out to see a friend.”I lied, smiling and trying not to give anything away.“And you couldn’t pick up your call?” He asked me as he stood up on his feet. “Why didn’t you tell me, then? If it was just a friend? Why did you have to sneak out?”With each question he asked, I felt like I would have a heart attack.“My phone was on silent and I didn’t want to disturb you. You were already asleep.”I explained to him. He scoffed.“Imelda.”He called and I straightened up in my position. I needed to be calm.“This might be a contract ma
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My wedding was as wonderful and luxurious as I wanted, I wasn’t as happy as I was on my first wedding but it was for a greater reason. I was marrying for something tangible not something as useless and painful as unrequited love. Easton and I were greeting our guests and thanking them for coming when I saw Gabriel coming through the small distinguished crowd. My god, he was finely dressed in a dark suit, tall and divine, his black hair was slicked backwards and his jaw freshly shaved, his blue eyes were bluer than ever and there was no man more handsome than he was at that moment. “If it isn’t the bride and groom.” He said to I and my new husband. “What are you doing here?” I snarled, agitated by his presence. “I invited him. We can all still be friends.” Easton said and I saw no sense in that. I wasn’t comfortable with my ex husband at my wedding! “If I may present my gift to the bride.” Gabriel said with a smile and presented to me a small gold box.
