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Nirvana felt her head pound and her body grew hurt, she tried her best to control her irregular breathing but failed.

She had always been so careful, never allowed a slip or a misstep, how on earth was Kaitlyn able to know that all these while she had actually been pretending and waiting for the perfect moment to sabotage her.

If Kaitlyn was aware of all of that now, did it mean that all of what she said earlier wasn’t a threat? She really had her proof of identity and diplomas with her and she wouldn’t really be able to get a job even if she decided to leave the family on her own?

That was bad!

Those things were supposed to be with Derek, he had them with him for safekeeping, how on earth did it manage to reach Kaitlyn?! Did she steal it or have taken it out without letting Derek know that it was with her?

There were a lot of things swirling in her head at that moment, there were a lot of unanswered questions as well as imperfect answers, she needed to see Derek right now in order to clear the misunderstanding and plan their next step of actions.

Nirvana tried to walk past her but Kaitlyn pushed her back and her head slammed hard on the wall, she grunted in discomfort. She was so used to ignoring her that she didn’t feel the need to answer and she was so used to letting her have her way that it became instinctual to do nothing even when she attempted to hurt her. She had been acting for so long that it had become part of herself, a big part of who she was or maybe that was who she really was? She had no way of knowing and she didn’t want to confirm that now.

First priority was seeing Derek.

But Kaitlyn already had her under a lock hold.

“I freaking hate it when you act like a mute, it makes me want to kill you,” She seethed before grabbing her hair in another and yanking it hard that a yelp of pain escaped Nirvana’s lips. She didn’t let it go on for long before she pushed her back and staggered herself. She quickly made her way away from where she was, stepping on those clothes that belonged to those cursed guests that came and stumbled out of the place, but she hadn’t staggered for long before she collided with a strong object, or rather person.

She recognized the shoe from an expensive brand and tried to look up at him but the tingling at the back of her head made her touch the back of her head as she continued to raise her head up slowly. The Armani suit and the royal tie showed his wealth.

When she raised her head enough to stare at his face, she brought the palm of her hand in front of her face and saw that it was stained with blood, her vision went dizzy for a moment and she felt her legs weaken. Before she could fall, the man’s hand wrapped around her waist and his only feature he could make out were his pair of green eyes but even that was a blur—she couldn’t be specific about the type of green it was.

“You have turned useless and stupid, after ten years, why can’t I still let go…” Nirvana heard his deep velvet voice and it resonated in her mind but before she could hear the complete words, she was pushed away and fell to the ground.

“YOU WOULD DO YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST TO GET YOUR SHITTY SELF AWAY FROM HIM OR I SWEAR I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU ROT IN DEEPEST PART OF HELL! DON’T TRY TO SEDUCE HIM WITH YOUR CHEAP ACTS, IT WON’T WORK!”

This time, Kaitlyn wasn’t yelling, it was a roar and it made her head buzzed again, she shook her head, closed and opened her eyes before she opened it, trying to keep focus.

“Who the hell made her lose her marbles to such an extent? Was that someone we both know? Is–No! I need to meet Derek!” She got a grip of herself and tried to stand, she discarded the thoughts as soon as she remembered that she had to see Derek. There were some things she had to inform him and some misunderstandings that needed to be cleared.

Adrenaline was still pumping in her veins, she should do some things before she has a meltdown. Derek left even before the guest left, he had some things to attend to at work, so he could only be at Jules Corporation at the moment. That was the direction that she needed to head in but first of all, she had to change her clothes and clean the blood off her hair.

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It wasn’t long before she got to Jules Corporation, and just as usual everyone she met stared at her weirdly. They had mixed expressions that fluctuated between longing and pity, it was something that was truly confusing to deal with, especially when all these people had nothing to do with her.

She had asked Derek a lot of times if she had any sort of relationship with them but he only told her that almost every one of them was aware of the kind of situation that Nirvana had with her family and had witnessed some of their shit so they couldn’t help the feelings that coursed through them anytime they laid their eyes on her, but she still felt that it was long overdrawn and it didn’t fail to irk her the wrong way and feel like she was truly missing something very important.

She hadn’t taken more than four steps in the lobby and was heading to the elevator when she was double crossed by her brother who immediately blocked her way.

“Where do you think that you are going?” Greg asked and she scoffed before she crossed her arms over her chest.

“Why don’t you take a guess?” She raised a brow when Greg stared at her in surprise.

Normally, she would be quiet as a mouse when dealing with every single one of their provocation because her whole family worked for Kaitlyn and had pledge their allegiance to follow her, obey her orders and get things done for her simply because she gave them a lot of money which they discarded her—their own family—for.

Strangely enough, she couldn't find it in herself to think more about them, it didn't hurt anytime they were brought or when she saw them, to her, they were nothing but greedy average people hungry to climb the ladder in high society.

That was how she ended up as the Mistress who started living with her husband and his wife. Her parents had thrown her out of their place by Kaitlyn's order, right after Kaitlyn’s wedding with Derek.

Kaitlyn wanted to leave Nirvana homeless and helpless against everything but she hadn’t expected Derek to be unable to ignore her and be daring enough to bring her into Jules Mansion in order for her to find a place to stay.

Normally, Derek didn’t have enough authority to let her stay and his mother didn’t like her enough to make her enjoy the comfort of their home but there was another person in Jules Family who seemed to like her a bit and that was Mr. Jules himself, Derek’s father. So he let her stay and she had been staying there for the past five years.

Since they worked for Kaitlyn, she had always been mindful in order to not let them tip anything off to Kaitlyn but now that the truth was out in the open, why even bother with them?

“Are you talking to me like that?”

“Do you see a ghost,” Nirvana scoffed before she folded her arms. “Oh! It is even better to chat with a ghost than with a useless devil spawn like yourself,” Nirvana snapped at him which made his eyes grow wide.

Nirvana didn't know why it was like that but when she wasn't dealing with an anxiety attack, she was as snappy as a bitch it made her feel like she didn't know herself at all.

But contrary to the anger she expected from Greg, she was met with fear instead before he managed to open his lips and asked tentatively.

He swallowed first and seemed to brace himself. “D…Do you remember everything?”

Nirvana stared at him with narrowed eyes, was there another important thing she was forgetting?!