Novel-novel oleh miss sterling

The right side of my head kept pounding as though someone was actively hitting my head for no bloody reason. It was probably from how long I’ve sat in one position, staring at my screen, in hopes that something would change and I would get a text from Scott, or maybe Evelyn, who did not look the least bit repentant.“How long are you going to sit there just staring at the phone?” Desmond asked, and I could hear the slight annoyance in his voice, but just like I’d been doing for hours now, I completely ignored it.My efforts finally paid off because the screen lit up and I immediately lunged for it, hoping it was one of them, but I felt my heart squeeze inside of me when I saw the message.(This is a reminder that your loan of $10,000 is due within the next 3 days.)I read the message again and again, and each time I did, my blood seemed to run even colder. My family was once one of the elite members of the country, we attended the best of schools, the place I met Scott, and we had al

This time around, I won’t let go. I had watched her throughout the night without sleeping a wink just to make sure she was okay, and now, whatever call she received from Scott made all my efforts seem like a waste.It was only a few seconds on the phone, yet, it had undone a whole night of medical attention. Taking the phone from the bed, I ended the call, turned her phone off and tossed it aside. Tears had already brimmed in her eyes and from the way her bottom lip was trembling, I could tell she was doing her absolute best to keep the tears from falling. “You don’t have to go back.”Her throat bobbed up and down as she swallowed.“What?”I shrugged and walked back to my seat. “I’m offering you a place, Isabel. You can stay here, you don’t have to go back.”“But I am married to him.”“I bet he won’t think twice about signing the divorce papers once you hand it to him. You and I know who he truly wants.”Her face contorted into a pained expression, and my nails dug into my palms.

I closed and opened my eyes so many times to make sure I was seeing the right people and truly, it was them standing right in front of me.Evelyn’s face lit up with the biggest smile and before I knew it, she already pulled me in for a hug.She smelt like heaven, I smelt like spice.Disgusted by the stark difference, I immediately pulled away from the hug, creating distance between us.She looked hurt by my actions, but she instantly hid it and plastered her smile.“Isa, I have missed you.”I wish I could say the same. This probably makes me the biggest bitch on earth, but I do not want Evelyn back, not now, not in the nearest future.My gaze slid to the man, who had been silently watching the interaction between us, and as always his eyes were cold and calculating.I hate how much it feels like he can see right through me all because of that one night.“Isa? Are you not happy to see me? Look, I even got you a birthday gift!”The chirpiness of her voice seemed to trigger the headache

“ Can you ever do something right in your life, Isabel?” The food in my mouth immediately turned sour at the sharp criticism. Looking up from my food, I could see the disgust that was sharply etched on my mother-in-law’s face.A quick glance at the other two plates showed they had cleared half of the plate, but they too dropped their spoons and were now looking at me. “The chicken is too bland and the pasta,” she scrunched her nose in disgust, “what on God’s Earth did you make it with? You spend the whole day doing nothing at home, yet you can’t make a simple meal for 3 people to eat and enjoy?”My hands dropped from the table to my thighs where they instantly balled into fists. I spent the day doing nothing? This was a 10 bedroom mansion with 4 people living in it, and no house help, well, except me. I cleaned, cooked, served, every single day, with no break, yet in the eyes of Eunice, my mother-in-law, I do nothing. To the public, I was the pampered daughter-in-law to the fam