HUDSON'S POV "Argh, what are all these thoughts for crying out loud!" I groaned under my breath for at least the 100th time today since I saw Val on stage. Without so much as a thought I reached for the glass of champagne on the drink stand, maybe it would help clear my thoughts. Not like all the others I had gulped down had helped anyways, but there was no harm in trying for the last time. But just then as I reached for the glass, a slender hand with perfectly manicured white nails reached for it as well, pausing me in my tracks. Both our fingers were at the bottom of the flute glass, it was a simple mistake or unplanned action but i felt my throat go dry instantly. Without needing anyone to enlighten me, I knew just who had those fingers and when I looked up, following the smooth skin of those nails, I met the very green orbs i had been avoiding all along. Those green pools that seemed to draw me in and rope me down in it's grip the more I stared into them. Way to go Hudson,
VALERIE’S POVThere is a fine line between persistence and destruction. A line that could either forge new beginnings or bring havoc to a person, that is why it’s advised that in everything there should be moderation. A balance…don’t do too much, don’t do too little. Give room for self-reflection, but yet, some people just can’t seem to understand this principle. They never learn, they never stop…until everything comes crashing down.*BOOM*“Valerie you wench! How dare you!” Amelia shrilled as her hand went flying straight to my left cheek, the impact alone sent me flying backwards till I landed on the cold white floors of the Rodriguez mansion with a thud. “How dare you play foolish tricks such as this?! Do you want to kill her?! You want to cause her harm!” she screamed some more, and quickly reduced her form to meet me on the floor, her hands slapping and pulling at my hair almost immediately.Pains quickly replaced my shock of been slapped. “Stop! Let go of me!” I screamed, while
VALERIE’S POVOh, how I would have loved to see Charlotte’s reaction when she learns of what her dearest lover had been up to all evening, it would have been a blast honestly. To see her pompous smile fall as she stood there clinging to his arm like it was her lifeline.Quite tacky if you ask me, I mean they were a couple; that I already knew. Was there a need to be even more dramatic about it right in front of my face? Like seriously, “Pfft! What a joke!” I scoffed out loud at the memory and turned up the heat in the bathtub. It was just unfortunate that I had to wait to squash that smile of hers. This was just the beginning, no need to rush. Besides Charlotte deserved way more, a frown can’t cut it. After all she did to me back then, the one she openly confessed to right outside my house plus her threat to my kids? C’mon, she deserved way more than just her losing her usual triumphant smile.In fact, after her uninvited visit in my yard that day, I had realized that my babies would
VALERIE’S POV“Huh?? You want him to know where we- ah! oh my God, oh my God…” Nanny Beth exclaimed loudly, so loud that the sound waves probably affected her aged body and she rushed to sit on Mason’s bed opposite me while holding unto her back. I could only chuckle at her display but she didn’t seem to take it lightly though. “This is serious Valerie, just what are you thinking baby girl?! If he comes here and then…sees them, what are we going to do?! Isn’t that like the opposite of your plans!?” she added, her voice slightly lower this time but her tone all the same tensed.“Ah! Nanny…” I droned out before standing up from the bed, “You worry too much! Who said anything about him coming here? I mean he could but! He won’t.”“Pretty confident, huh?”“Absolutely confident!” I responded with a smile and turned to head out the room. She didn’t see Hudson at the event, I did. And one thing I was sure of was that talks about me having kids made him uncomfortable. Just like how he lost hi
HUDSON’S POV“Boss, the documents you asked for has arrived. It's in your study" James said the moment I stepped out of my car to head into the house. "From Paul? Is it everything?" I asked, handing him the car keys and walking to the steps on the front porch."Yes Boss, everything.""And Aby?" I added"Taking a swim with Madame Charlotte at the pool" he replied and I froze almost immediately on my feet. "The pool? Are you sure about that?" I asked in surprise"My eyes are still working fine Boss, I'm pretty sure that's them at the back. They look pretty happy too, Ma'am Aby especially." He replied with a sass but I just chose to ignore it. James will always be James; true he was becoming bold these days but that was not the point.The point is that Charlotte seemed to be doing a lot with Aby these days, it was nice to see but also quite worrisome. So worrisome that I had to tell James to keep an eye on them, I don't want something fishy happening right under my nose. And especially n
CHARLOTTE’S POV “Stop crying! Do you want someone to hear you?” “I didn’t want to touch the horse, it’s scary” she complained back “Don’t be so timid! Do you want your Grandpa to scold you? Or you want everyone to know you wear diapers?” but she only cried more, her voice louder. “Stop crying, someone’s going to hear you!” I quickly rushed to her, bending to her level to wipe a bit of her tears. I couldn’t believe a child I birth could be so timid; truth be told she looked pitiful. “that’s enough,” I said to her, my voice softer this time. I needed her in other to save my relationship with Hudson but while I was at that, I needed to teach her to grow a backbone. No daughter of mine will be a spineless senseless fool! She still had to compete with that bitch’s daughter as well in the near future, I had to make her ready. “I need you to not get scared of peeing on yourself you hear me? You’re wearing the diaper, even if you pee in there, no one will know. Only you will, and as well a
VALERIE’S POVI knew this Parents Representative meeting was going to be all drama but what I didn’t expect was this! These type of drama!After a very successful meeting with Hudson at the gym, I had gone home. Making sure to point out to him that I lived just few blocks away and the perplexed look on his face right after was all I hoped for! Just splendid!But anyways, later that day a reminder was sent by the school to welcome back their students and also gather the parents for a Parent Representative meeting. I had remembered the women from the event mentioned something about it but still, I made sure to get a comprehensive info from Nana (Mama Joyce), who was more than ready to indulge me in the details.Ever since her encounter with Charlotte at the event, she had been a number one supporter of my plans. Though not all of it but, it was more than I ever hoped for. In her words, it was an opportunity to crush Charlotte’s hopes, although that wasn’t quite what I was going for but!
HUDSON’S POV“Paul, what else do I have on my schedule? We have to attend a brief meeting by 3PM” I said immediately I stepped out of the conference room with Paul, my assistant behind me.“Nothing of too much importance sir, just that…You had a call from a parent in your daughter’s school” he said and my steps came to an absolute halt after that. “What? Why?” I asked in alarm because this was new. “She wouldn’t say anything other than you should meet her at this address, that it’s about your daughter” he replied while showing me an address from his phone.“But since you said we have to attend a meeting maybe I should call her to-“No. Cancel the meeting, I am leaving to meet with her.” I cut him off before taking a turn for the elevator. This was Abrille we were talking about. She already had a medical condition I had not even finished addressing plus her weird behavior when we went to see Grandpa too. I knew something was up already and now this kind of phone call? Just what is goin
THIRD PERSON POV“Woah, isn’t that Miss Hernandez of De Hernandez Dreamz? She’s a parent too?”“She really is something! Check out those thighs…hm, so yummy!” another man close to where Hudson stood complimented, his eyes viciously taking in the features of the still smiling woman from afar. “I wonder how she does it, CEO and then a parent! Amazing.”The entire atmosphere buzzed with chatters mostly centered around the new addition in their midst. But not everyone could partake of these thought-provoking conversations. As to some persons like Hudson Rodriguiez, who had arrived a while ago. He couldn’t stop thanking the heavens internally for making him attend this function, to be able to stay this long that he was granted the opportunity to see the very woman that had set his heart on fire.Only the heavens knew just how worried sick and lonely he has been the past few days that he didn’t hear from her. His world had felt so dull and colorless these past few days, that the only thing
THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEWWhat was that people often say about karma? That it is a bitch, right? Well, they were so right I tell you!I mean, who could’ve thought a mistress that replaced the main wife of a wealthy man, would turn out to also get so agitated by even the slightest chance her said trophy man would have another woman in his life? Another mistress I mean.Haha! It looks like no one likes the idea of her man having a mistress, especially Charlotte in this regard. One would think since she took the same route to barging her way into the life of a newlywedded couple, causing several conflicts and misunderstandings that ultimately led to a divorce, that she would be more understanding if some other woman was to show up in her man’s life using the same tactics.But no, she has proven to be of quite the high morals at the moment. A true believer that a man should absolutely have no one else in his life except his partner! Alas, been in the position of a current main wife has t
VALERIE’S POVIt was relaxing to hear and I hoped he stayed true to his words until the end. In no time, he disconnected from the call, leaving Rob and I. And looking at his relaxed form, all cladded in casuals as it way past work hours. I couldn’t help but remember how he comforted me that night at his place. How he refused to let me know about it the next morning, probably because he didn’t want me to worry over it.He was so good to me… so good that I wished I had more of him in my family than those ruthless people I called family members. How good that would have been… “How are you? Have you had dinner?” he asked, staring at me like he didn’t deliver me a truck load of food earlier today when I didn’t even ask for it.I was about to give him a sassy comment, when I noticed something on one of the screens and almost immediately, my phone vibrated with a call I couldn’t take. “Everything okay?” Rob asked, reminding me we were still on call. But I just waved him off and ended the cal
VALERIE’S POV“Please…”“I’m begging you, don’t push me down again. I will leave! I won’t come back here again,”“I promise you; I won’t come back here…just don’t hurt me anymore, please”“No,” “No! Don’t push me down again,” “Please don’t!”“Don’t!!”“Val! Calm down,” “It’s me. It’s Rob… you’re okay now”“Val?”“Valerie!!”And just like that, my eyes snapped open. A loud gasp emitting from my lips as I roughly hit down a glass of water from the table, I had apparently fell asleep on. Frantic, I looked around the environment and sure enough everything pointed to one thing; that I was currently in the underground in the house outside the city and breath of relief left my nostrils.Although, my heart was still pounding loudly in my chest, my forehead wet from sleep sweat. Other than that, everything was the same.“Ugh, goodness me…” I grumbled as everything came flooding back in my mind.I had apparently taken a time off from the world to meditate here in my game room. it was a ploy
HUDSON’S POV“What? The cops are here? What for?!”“Sir, they found Madame’s car at a hit and run scene last night” Paul explained, his words confusing me further. “What the hell are you talking about? How can Charlotte be involved in a hit and run incident?!” I asked, with furrowed eyebrows as the words refused to settle in my brain.What the hell was this new problem now?! I already had too much to worry about, I don’t need her adding to it. I haven’t even been able to come to a conclusion on how to handle her recent behaviors and now she went right ahead to get involved in a hit and run?! Just what is going on with that woman?!“The issue is all over the news, Sir” Paul added, turning on the TV and there it was on the screen with the craziest headline. ‘Popular Real Estate guru Hudson Rodriguiez’s supposed wife was rumored to have been involved in a hit and run scene that looked like it came straight out of a movie!’“What th-“It’s not looking good Sir, but our team are on it to b
CHARLOTTE'S POVEven Raymond had been unable to give me any information, saying he was still working on it! “So much for trusting him to help me out” I grumbled darkly as I rigorously washed my hands in the bathroom sink. I have actually been here for quite some time. It was high time I go back into the bedroom. Maybe even have a third round with Ethan so I could kill this anxiety brewing inside of me.We had met up earlier today as I needed a real good fuck to clear my head. Otherwise, I might just end up going crazy inside that mansion! Hudson didn’t even take his mom’s calls so I had no way of pacifying my annoyance. My only option being Ethan’s dick.Of course, I would love for him to be Hudson right now but I had to make do with what I had presently. The next time I would meet Hudson, heaven knows I will have him tied up so I can have my way with him!“Let’s see how he would avoid me then!” I said out loud and finally turned off the sink so I could dry my hands. I was just about
CHARLOTTE’S POV“Kiddo, hold on!”“I will look into it okay? No need to disturb the boss”“But I saw it with my own eyes, Raymond! There was eyeshadow stain on his suit!” I insisted, my voice rising from both anger and frustration as I tried to move past him so I could go into the living room. “That eyeshadow didn’t get there on its own, some woman was busy rubbing herself on him! He is seeing another woman under my nose! We need to find her!”“Kiddo! Wait!” he yelled, hurriedly running after me after I had pushed my way through. “Yes, we need to find her and we will! But the boss is meeting with an important guest right now, you can’t go there”“What? Even you too?!” I shot at him, my fury rising at his words as I paused to glare at his aged face. “My father is meeting with important guest, and so what?! Am I not important? Is my matter not more important?! His soon to be son- in law is now seeing another woman, shouldn’t that be a problem for him?!” I yelled, my voice rising and ech
VALERIE’S POV“G-get lost?”“H-how can you be so mean to me?!” she shrilled; her brown eyes red rimmed from shedding so much tears and more still continued to drip. Her mascara was far gone as it had already formed a long streak down her both cheeks since I stepped into the office. I already knew she was crying.She had most definitely seen the makeup stain on his suit, just like I had planned and now nothing will hold back her doubts and fears. I knew she wouldn’t accept that Hudson was cheating on her so easily if she hadn’t seen it with her two eyes. He was after all loyal to her all these years, not once having a scandal or looking at other women. A man with such devotion, what woman would believe he was cheating without concrete proof? No one!And as such, I had to create one for her.I couldn’t show myself just yet so telling her about it was out of the question. Hence, my reason for intentionally applying a bit of my makeup on his suit earlier this morning before we came to his
CHARLOTTE'S POVAs if my day couldn’t get any worse, she just had to show up! To pop up out of nowhere just when I was losing my shit over finding out that Hudson cheated on me. “You’re here to mock me, aren’t you? To gloat in my face just like all those other bitches, aren’t you?! Beat the dog while its down, eh?” I sneered, my eyes glaring daggers as I equally approached her incoming form.“Charlotte, are you well?” she asked instead, her overall expression nonchalant like she couldn’t be bothered by my approaching form. “What are you talking about?”“Admit it!” I spat angrily, my temper rolling as I moved even closer to her. “You’re here to laugh at me. You think I’m pathetic? You think I’m stupid, right?! So stupid that I couldn’t see Hudson was cheating me!” I sneered in her face, each word leaving a bitter taste in my mouth as it further confirmed that this was truly happening and to me, of all people!But sadly, my inner turmoil only brought joy to the face to the brown-haired