VALERIE’S POV“Stay away from my man!”I blinked, once and then twice as I realized those words indeed resounded from my phone. “Err, excuse me?” I replied, completely and absolutely bemused by the words I was hearing. And even worse, the voice that spoke it!“You heard me.” She said, “Stay away from my man and our family!”A bubble of laughter almost left my lips as I sat up on my bed but I held it back down, “Who is this, again? I didn’t catch your name” I asked, smiling smugly as I readied myself for an outburst.“You very well know who this is, Valerie! Or do you mean to tell me you slut around other people’s husbands too?!” she shot angrily; her voice low but thick with malice.“Of course not! I don’t find other people’s…’husbands’ as appealing as yours.” I retorted, stressing on the word ‘husband’ to poke her where it hurts. “Yours is far more appealing, sexier… I mean, he is good looking and do not get me started how good he is in bed! As a matter of fact, I have decided to set
HUDSON’S POVIt's been three days! Three days since I last heard from or seen Valerie with my eyes, despite living so close to her.We lived barely three blocks away from each other and yet, I couldn't even get a glimpse of her. Can you believe that?The heavens know just how many texts I have sent that all went unread. How many calls I had passed across that went straight to voicemail! She didn't even open them to show that she at least saw the messages nor did she try to reach out to me. What sort of behavior was this?!Why was she so hell bent on pushing me to the wall?!Here I was trying my absolute best so we could work out, racking my brains for solutions, making arrangements that could work for us and also keep everyone safe! Couldn't she make a bit of an effort as well? I know I've done several wrongs on her but I'm trying to do right by her now, couldn't she see that?Why was she doing this to me?! Giving me all these off and on treatments when she knew just how much she affec
CHARLOTTE’S POV"Congratulations Madame!"The voices of the staff at the mansion rang out, smiles on their faces as they complimented me on Amelia's orders. "Aww, thank you so much!" I gushed, smiling brightly as soft giggles left my lips from excitement."You deserve it dear! Don't be shy," I heard Amelia praise from behind before she showed up beside me. Her expression, proud as ever as she smirked at the TV screen in the living room.The news reporter she had contacted was currently being displayed on the screen, as he has been for the past 40 minutes now. The news he stylishly announced creating a rave so bad that my phone has been blowing up with several calls and messages from nosey ass people that wanted to get inside info."Soon to be Mrs. Rodriguez set to be the new Managing Director of Havens Splash City Mall! Which is rumored to be a pre-wedding gift from Hudson Rodriguez himself! Get yourself a capable man ladies!"I chuckled in delight as I heard the news, my heart litera
VALERIE’S POV“Have you had dinner, yet?“It’s past 10pm, go to bed and leave your study alone, Valerie!” I scoffed loudly at that last message. Is he scolding me now? What, no more sweet messages? No more, ‘my love’ or did my goddess take a picture today for me?Absolutely nothing!He just went all out and didn’t contact me the whole day until this very moment! What do I make of this, huh? He was protesting? A show of displeasure after my words yesterday about him waiting till I had made my decision? “Pfft! Fucking dickhead” I cussed under my breath as I partially slammed my phone on a stack of files close by. Not sending any response to those messages either. Not like I used to respond though but… whatever.Just then my phone buzzed again and I quickly grabbed it to see what other scolding text he had sent. But only after I found myself happily unlocking my phone that I realized just exactly what I was doing.“Woah, okay Valerie, okay.” I softly scolded myself, putting down the phon
CHARLOTTE’S POV“Looks like your dad and I, are going to have a longgg chat” she whispered, a chilling smirk playing on her lips as she slowly leaned away from my face. She was fond of doing this. Always looking down on me with contempt, like she was better than I was! But in as much as I wanted to blast at her for doing so, I had more pressing issues to worry about.What did she mean I should go complain to my father? What did she mean by saying they were going to have a long chat?!Could she…could she have found out something? About my father?No. No, that’s not possible!We took precautions and everything had been smooth so far. How could she know about him? Or linked our relationship together?It was impossible! Absolutely impossible!She was probably just bluffing and wanting to get a rise out of me. “Manipulative crazy bitch!” I cussed underneath my breath and turned to get her before she fully left the environment.“Hey!” I called out, my irritation reaching the roof as I watche
HUDSON’S POV“Hudson!”“Huddie, it was her!” a groan of frustration almost left my lips as I heard her yell from outside my office door. There really is no stopping her, is there?She wouldn’t stop screaming about like a crazy person! This was the third time she was going at it just today and honestly; I was so sick of it! But before I could move to lock my door, it flung open and in she came. Fully fledged with her brown eyes holding promises of another round of screaming. I pressed my eyes shut as I groaned inwardly, totally disliking the way my evening was going.First, I hadn’t heard from Val these past days ever since she left me standing at her company’s parking lot. That alone was enough to trouble my mind, and attending that stupid handover party with Charlotte didn’t help matters. Mom refused to listen to a word I said, all she cared about was how I was letting myself get seduced by Val.So, granting Charlotte a space in the business was her own way of reminding me what was i
HUDSON'S POV“It is! It is Hudson, it is!” she snapped, her voice cold. “You’re embarrassed and angry because people now know about me. About our dealings with each other! You wanted to keep me hidden and only meet me when you wanted to, isn’t it? That’s why you brought up that whole talk of getting us a home!”What?My blood boiled hot at those words. Was that what she was thinking? Was that why she had been giving me cold shoulder all these why?! Without trying to understand me?! “There’s a reason why I wanted to keep you hidden!” I argued, my voice loud. “There was a reason I wanted us to build a home where I can easily go to everyday after work without having to remember Charlotte was just few blocks down the street! I wanted us all to be safe, I wanted you and our kids, our family to be safe from any drama that may arise for the meantime! I never planned to keep you hidden forever, Valerie! How could say things like this?!”“Now, they know all about us what next? What next?! What
VALERIE POV“Goodness! I have no idea which rapid dog bit my son that day when he married you.” I clenched my fingers unconsciously around the damn papers while my “dear” mother-in-law rained insults on me.“Not only did you stop him from marrying someone decent like Charlotte, you also went ahead to hurt her and my grandkids!”“I never pushed her! Sh-”“You’re a monster!” she yelled venomously. I took shaky steps backwards in disbelief. Me? A monster!?“Aren’t you going to say anything?!” I spat angrily at Hudson, the very man who was supposed to be my husband.“You mean defend your lies?” He questioned; his expression was cold and mocking.“How about you tell everyone how you secretly stopped donating blood for Charlotte, huh?” I froze at his words. How did he find out? That was just two months ago.I had been feeling weak a lot and missed going one time, and the second time I went for it, I found out I was pregnant. I was finally pregnant after trying so hard for three years.Surel
HUDSON'S POV“It is! It is Hudson, it is!” she snapped, her voice cold. “You’re embarrassed and angry because people now know about me. About our dealings with each other! You wanted to keep me hidden and only meet me when you wanted to, isn’t it? That’s why you brought up that whole talk of getting us a home!”What?My blood boiled hot at those words. Was that what she was thinking? Was that why she had been giving me cold shoulder all these why?! Without trying to understand me?! “There’s a reason why I wanted to keep you hidden!” I argued, my voice loud. “There was a reason I wanted us to build a home where I can easily go to everyday after work without having to remember Charlotte was just few blocks down the street! I wanted us all to be safe, I wanted you and our kids, our family to be safe from any drama that may arise for the meantime! I never planned to keep you hidden forever, Valerie! How could say things like this?!”“Now, they know all about us what next? What next?! What
HUDSON’S POV“Hudson!”“Huddie, it was her!” a groan of frustration almost left my lips as I heard her yell from outside my office door. There really is no stopping her, is there?She wouldn’t stop screaming about like a crazy person! This was the third time she was going at it just today and honestly; I was so sick of it! But before I could move to lock my door, it flung open and in she came. Fully fledged with her brown eyes holding promises of another round of screaming. I pressed my eyes shut as I groaned inwardly, totally disliking the way my evening was going.First, I hadn’t heard from Val these past days ever since she left me standing at her company’s parking lot. That alone was enough to trouble my mind, and attending that stupid handover party with Charlotte didn’t help matters. Mom refused to listen to a word I said, all she cared about was how I was letting myself get seduced by Val.So, granting Charlotte a space in the business was her own way of reminding me what was i
CHARLOTTE’S POV“Looks like your dad and I, are going to have a longgg chat” she whispered, a chilling smirk playing on her lips as she slowly leaned away from my face. She was fond of doing this. Always looking down on me with contempt, like she was better than I was! But in as much as I wanted to blast at her for doing so, I had more pressing issues to worry about.What did she mean I should go complain to my father? What did she mean by saying they were going to have a long chat?!Could she…could she have found out something? About my father?No. No, that’s not possible!We took precautions and everything had been smooth so far. How could she know about him? Or linked our relationship together?It was impossible! Absolutely impossible!She was probably just bluffing and wanting to get a rise out of me. “Manipulative crazy bitch!” I cussed underneath my breath and turned to get her before she fully left the environment.“Hey!” I called out, my irritation reaching the roof as I watche
VALERIE’S POV“Have you had dinner, yet?“It’s past 10pm, go to bed and leave your study alone, Valerie!” I scoffed loudly at that last message. Is he scolding me now? What, no more sweet messages? No more, ‘my love’ or did my goddess take a picture today for me?Absolutely nothing!He just went all out and didn’t contact me the whole day until this very moment! What do I make of this, huh? He was protesting? A show of displeasure after my words yesterday about him waiting till I had made my decision? “Pfft! Fucking dickhead” I cussed under my breath as I partially slammed my phone on a stack of files close by. Not sending any response to those messages either. Not like I used to respond though but… whatever.Just then my phone buzzed again and I quickly grabbed it to see what other scolding text he had sent. But only after I found myself happily unlocking my phone that I realized just exactly what I was doing.“Woah, okay Valerie, okay.” I softly scolded myself, putting down the phon
CHARLOTTE’S POV"Congratulations Madame!"The voices of the staff at the mansion rang out, smiles on their faces as they complimented me on Amelia's orders. "Aww, thank you so much!" I gushed, smiling brightly as soft giggles left my lips from excitement."You deserve it dear! Don't be shy," I heard Amelia praise from behind before she showed up beside me. Her expression, proud as ever as she smirked at the TV screen in the living room.The news reporter she had contacted was currently being displayed on the screen, as he has been for the past 40 minutes now. The news he stylishly announced creating a rave so bad that my phone has been blowing up with several calls and messages from nosey ass people that wanted to get inside info."Soon to be Mrs. Rodriguez set to be the new Managing Director of Havens Splash City Mall! Which is rumored to be a pre-wedding gift from Hudson Rodriguez himself! Get yourself a capable man ladies!"I chuckled in delight as I heard the news, my heart litera
HUDSON’S POVIt's been three days! Three days since I last heard from or seen Valerie with my eyes, despite living so close to her.We lived barely three blocks away from each other and yet, I couldn't even get a glimpse of her. Can you believe that?The heavens know just how many texts I have sent that all went unread. How many calls I had passed across that went straight to voicemail! She didn't even open them to show that she at least saw the messages nor did she try to reach out to me. What sort of behavior was this?!Why was she so hell bent on pushing me to the wall?!Here I was trying my absolute best so we could work out, racking my brains for solutions, making arrangements that could work for us and also keep everyone safe! Couldn't she make a bit of an effort as well? I know I've done several wrongs on her but I'm trying to do right by her now, couldn't she see that?Why was she doing this to me?! Giving me all these off and on treatments when she knew just how much she affec
VALERIE’S POV“Stay away from my man!”I blinked, once and then twice as I realized those words indeed resounded from my phone. “Err, excuse me?” I replied, completely and absolutely bemused by the words I was hearing. And even worse, the voice that spoke it!“You heard me.” She said, “Stay away from my man and our family!”A bubble of laughter almost left my lips as I sat up on my bed but I held it back down, “Who is this, again? I didn’t catch your name” I asked, smiling smugly as I readied myself for an outburst.“You very well know who this is, Valerie! Or do you mean to tell me you slut around other people’s husbands too?!” she shot angrily; her voice low but thick with malice.“Of course not! I don’t find other people’s…’husbands’ as appealing as yours.” I retorted, stressing on the word ‘husband’ to poke her where it hurts. “Yours is far more appealing, sexier… I mean, he is good looking and do not get me started how good he is in bed! As a matter of fact, I have decided to set
CHARLOTTE'S POV “Didn’t you two hear me? Get her down there!” I heard his voice yelled and I was quickly jerked back to reality. No. No! I was not going to end up like that. I was different from her; I won’t end up like her. Never! And so, I did the only thing I could think of-beg. “Daddy!” “Dad…please, daddy. Don’t send me down there.” I pleaded, getting on my knees and rubbing my palms together to plead with him. My every effort desperate as tears streamed down my cheeks. “I’m sorry for being so foolish and not listening to you. I’m so sorry! But I will listen now, I will do as you say. I won’t cause problems anymore, I won’t get myself under the spotlight anymore, daddy! Please…” He scoffed loudly at my behavior and moved to leave but I quickly held on his legs, cuddling it desperately to my chest as I screamed whatever came to mind. Anything to stop him from sending me there. “I will make sure to get back control over Hudson. I will make sure to totally get control over that
CHARLOTTE’S POV “You Idiot!” “You fucking dumbass idiot! You’re a piece of useless shit, an absolute moron!!” he yelled, his fingers entangling with the roots of my hair as he pulled the shit out of it, leaving me grunting and crying out in pains. But all that fell on deaf ears as he threw me to the tiled floors of the living room, all the stuffs from my bag scattering to the floors in a total mess. I could feel the exposed flesh of my legs and arms burning from the rough contact to the spotless floors, but he wasn’t stopping just yet. “All you do is eat and put on makeup on that stupid face of yours!” he cussed loudly, the entire house echoing with his voice but regardless no one came to my rescue. Who would dare though? When my father gets angry like this, someone gets hurt! No one would want to be at the receiving end of that. “You don’t even know anything about that man of yours! First, you couldn’t get him to put the ring on your finger to make things official and now, you ca