Viper Strikes Back

"Ma'am, I filled in the wrong address." The assistant explained awkwardly, looking at the box I was holding. "You haven't opened it yet, right?"I looked down at the parcel in my hands, and even though the parcel didn't say what it was, anyone who'd bought this specific brand before would be able to tell instantly what it was.I smiled, and handed it back to the assistant. "Don't worry, I haven't. Here."The assistant retrieved the parcel and left with an apology.The night before, Zephyr Grant had asked me, "Honey, are bras without underwire more comfortable?"I thought he wanted to give me a gift, so I put down the milk that I had warmed up for him and smiled. "Do you know my size?"My size was slightly different than average, so I always need to head personally to shops to try out their sizes when it came to underwear.Zephyr and I had been married for years by now, and he had never given me any proper gifts before. He'd always wire me the money and let me pick myself, so hea

It was one past midnight, and the front door finally opened.Daphne practically pranced into the house like a happy deer, while Zephyr followed behind her.Turning on the lights, they seemed to be confused that I wasn't waiting for them in the living room like I always did.Daphne didn't seem to care whether I was asleep or not, and shouted toward the bedroom, "Wash my clothes! I'll leave them on the sofa!"After that, she started reminiscing about what she did today. "Dad, Samantha's so pretty! You have to take me with you again next time, I absolutely love her!"Zephyr smiled and nodded. "Of course I will. Good eye, by the way. She's the one who's voted as the most beautiful in the industry right now, after all."He paused as he saw the balloons and ribbons in the rubbish bin, but after a few moment's hesitation, he took out his phone and transferred a hundred thousand dollars to me.While the money was transferred into my account, I was looking at the surveillance footage on

Verona was astonished to see me, both at my weight and at the wounds on my body. After a while, she spoke, "You know as well as I do that your current figure won't do. I'll give you half a year to become slimmer, and if you can't do that by then, you'll have to go somewhere else.That evening, what greeted me when I got home weren't words of care and concern, but instead Daphne's venomous shouting. "How dare you hit Samantha? Honestly, you're just embarrassing yourself! Compared to her, you're even more like a pig! Gosh, why isn't she my mom instead?"Then, she threw her phone at me, letting me see the posts she was looking at."Theresa Carter's now a pig on two legs!""Zephyr's a faithful man who didn't abandon his wife, while Theresa attacked an innocent woman out of jealousy.""Samantha's much more honorable than a viper in the sewers."The entire internet was filled with posts slandering my name, and these posts could have easily been removed by Zephyr… If he wanted to, anywa

Attached to the post was a picture of Samantha and Daphne holding their hands and entering the Grant Estate."Gosh, how could someone be this much of a b*tch? I know the paparazzi who posted this, and they told me that Samantha's the one who paid them to make this post! Is she trying to force your hand or something? Have you gotten divorced or not?"The entire matter of divorce, even on mention, was a headache and a half.I wanted nothing more than to have a divorce, and I was even willing to leave without taking anything with me, but Zephyr wasn't willing to sign the papers no matter what. Every few days, he'd call me and try every hand he could, from appealing to my emotions to threatening my future. For the sake of getting divorced, I couldn't even block his number, either.I didn't understand what he was doing, honestly. He was the one who would get to be with Samantha in broad daylight if I stepped away, so why wasn't he willing to get a divorce?As if we jinxed it just by ta

Two months later, my figure had returned to how it was prior, and even better than before at that. My face, with maturity, became even more alluring than it was before.After such a long time, I finally got the chance to act for the script I had obtained from Verona a while ago.Coincidentally, the day I joined the set was the day scheduled for Samantha's last shoot. This time, I went in there without wearing a mask, showing my face proudly."Woah, who's this?""She's so pretty! Wait, is she part of the cast? Is someone as beautiful as her not the main female lead?""Well, you know how it is with capitalism sticking a bunch of uglies into the cast nowadays. It's more common for beautiful ones like these to not get a good script.""Gosh… Wait, why does that face look familiar to me?""Hah, you're just saying that because she's pretty."I walked to the director and greeted him, "Hello sir, I'm Jennie Lind."Other than the director, Samantha and Zephyr were the only two others in