Billionaire's Admirable Bride

Six months had past since Olima Adams lost her parents, and she had been living with her stepmother and stepsister since then. Her stepmother turned her into a maid and withdrew her from furthering her education.

Seventeen years ago, Mr. Leo Adams, a wealthy businessman, had married Mrs. Zoe Elliott, a beautiful blonde woman. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with sparkling brown eyes named Olima Adams. But after Olima was born, her mother experienced complications.

Mrs. Zoe lamented that she wanted to give her husband more children, but her husband assured her that his love for her would not change.

Two years later, Mr. Leo spoke to his wife about his intention to marry a second wife who would bear him a son, since Olima was a girl. He wanted a son to continue to bear his name and inherit his properties.

Mrs. Zoe grew worried about another woman entering her matrimonial home and turning her husband's heart against her. She spoke to her best friend, Gina Edwards, and asked her to agree to marry her husband.

Gina and Zoe used to be childhood best friends. They attended the same college and grew up in the same town.

Mrs. Zoe wss a light-skinned 25-year-old woman. She pleaded with her best friend Gina Edwards to agree to marry Mr. Leo.

"Please, Gina, can you please accept and marry my husband? He needs a son to take over his properties and bear his name."

Gina Edwards was also 25 years old and light-skinned like Mrs. Zoe. She wasted no time and accepted Mr. Leo Adams' proposal.

Mrs. Gina had previously been jealous of Mrs. Zoe's marriage, even as they were childhood best friends. She told Mrs. Zoe, "Yes, I will marry Mr. Leo."

Unbeknownst to Mrs. Zoe, Gina was jealous of her marriage and secretly admired Mr. Leo when she visited Mrs. Zoe's home to see Olima.

After Mr. Leo married Mrs. Gina, she arrived at the white villa to live with them. However, Mrs. Gina changed on the first day of her arrival.

Mrs. Gina told Mr. Leo to send Mrs. Zoe away from the master bedroom, since she was the new wife and could give Mr. Leo more children, as Mrs. Zoe was unable to.

At the time, Olima was only two years old when her father officially married Mrs. Gina.

Mr. Leo was annoyed by Mrs. Gina's sudden change in attitude. He told Mrs. Gina, "How dare you move into my mansion today and quarrel with your best friend Zoe? I thought you and Zoe were best friends? Do you think I agreed to marry you because I love you? If Zoe had not spoken to me about you, do you think I would have wanted you? Get ready to sign the divorce papers tomorrow and leave my house! Olima is still my daughter, and she will inherit all my properties. Even if Olima grows up and marries a man, thereby changing her surname to her husband's, she will still be my daughter."

Mrs. Gina frowned, realizing that Mr. Leo truly loved Mrs. Zoe much more than she had thought. She switched back to the good friend she had been to Mrs. Zoe. She went down on her knees and begged Mrs. Zoe to plead with their husband not to divorce her.

Mrs. Zoe was a kind woman, and she knew that it was all her fault, as she was the one who had begged Mrs. Gina to agree to marry Mr. Leo.

Mrs. Zoe finally spoke to Mr. Leo on Mrs. Gina's behalf and begged him not to send Mrs. Gina away after marrying her.

Mr. Leo calmed down and finally allowed Mrs. Gina to continue living with them, but he moved Mrs. Gina to a separate bedroom and told her not to cause any more quarrels, or he would not hesitate to throw her out.

Mrs. Gina saw that she could not claim Mr. Leo, as she had thought he would ditch Zoe and accept her as his new wife. Instead, Mr. Leo had rejected her.

Mrs. Gina stayed in the new room that was given to her, but Mr. Leo ruined her wedding night, as he did not touch her that night and refused to see her.

Days turned into weeks, and unable to bear the shame of being called a barren woman, Mrs. Gina went into Mrs. Zoe's bedroom one day and pleaded with Mrs. Zoe to beg their husband not to divorce her, and to perform his conjugal rights with her, as her husband too.

Mrs. Zoe knew that it was all her fault, as she was scared of another woman coming into her home and turning her husband's heart against her. So, she agreed to speak to Mr. Leo.

When Mr. Leo arrived that night, after their dinner ended, Mrs. Zoe refused her husband's advances and sent him away to Mrs. Gina's bedroom.

She told him, "You cannot continue to avoid Mrs. Gina in this house. Please go to her room and perform your conjugal rites with her."

Mr. Leo could see the pain in Mrs. Zoe's eyes, as her words did not reach her heart, but he finally left for Mrs. Gina's bedroom and made love to Gina that night.

Mrs. Zoe cried on her bed alone and finally drifted to sleep, as there was nothing she could do.

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After that night, Mrs. Gina still wanted Mr. Leo to be with her every other night, but Mr. Leo refused and told Mrs. Gina, "I cannot be sleeping with you every night. One night is enough to get you pregnant."

Mrs. Gina got annoyed, and after Mr. Leo left for work that day, she quarreled with Mrs. Zoe, calling her a wicked woman.

She accused Mrs. Zoe of being a bad friend and told her that she was depriving Mr. Leo from loving her too.

Mrs. Zoe later informed Mr. Leo about the quarrel when he arrived, and Mr. Leo got annoyed and brought the divorce papers home the following day. He ordered Mrs. Gina to sign them and leave his house.

But Mrs. Gina refused and told Mr. Leo, "I am pregnant."

Mr. Leo knew that he could not send Mrs. Gina away with his child growing in her womb, so he allowed Mrs. Gina to continue living with them.

After eight months of carrying the baby in her womb, Mrs. Gina finally welcomed a baby girl, and Mr. Leo's hope was shattered, as he had thought the baby would be a boy.

Mrs. Gina was happy to be a mother, and she named her daughter Mia Adams.

Mrs. Gina hoped that Mr. Leo would be with her again and get her pregnant, but still Mr. Leo avoided her, as he had sent her to live outside in the guesthouse.

Time flew past, and 14 years later, Mr. Leo still did not touched Gina again.

Gina knew that she could not go outside to cheat on Mr. Leo and get pregnant for him, to give him another man's child. So, she made up her mind to kill Mr. Leo and his wife and seize all of Mr. Leo's wealth and oil company to become her own.

Mrs. Gina was tired of seeing Mr. Leo and Mrs. Zoe acting so lovingly all day, as Mr. Leo avoided her and never accepted any gift from her hand.

With each passing day that Mrs. Gina yearned for Mr. Leo's love, she knew that Mr. Leo would never love her, so she arranged for a truck driver to ram into Mr. Leo and Mrs. Zoe's car.

Gina knew that they were going to Lemon Hill High School for Olima and Mia's graduation ceremony, as she was also going to the school for her own daughter's graduation. Mia was going into a senior class, while Olima was graduating as the best in her class.

Mrs. Gina attended the graduation ceremony alone, and she snapped several photos with her daughter, while Olima waited in vain for her parents to arrive.

Later in the evening, when Olima got home, she was shocked to receive the news of her parents' absence. She cried, knowing that her stepmother hated her the most.

Olima wanted to leave the house, but there was nowhere she could go.

She patiently waited for her uncles to arrive. When her uncles arrived, they were asking Mrs. Gina about the oil company, other documents, and the mansion.

Only three months after Olima's parents' burial ceremony ended, Mrs. Gina wasted no time and arrested all her in-laws.

She accused them of being the ones who had killed Mr. Leo and his wife, so they could claim all of Mr. Leo's wealth.

Mr. Leo's two brothers had to sign an agreement never to disturb Mrs. Gina again, and they left and never returned.

No one asked about Olima, and Mrs. Gina moved into the main mansion that Mr. Leo had previously chased her away from. She threw away all of Mrs. Zoe's properties outside and burnt them.

Gina could not withstand seeing all the beautiful portraits and images of the late Mrs. Zoe on the living room walls.

She replaced the empty walls with her own photos, but she left Mr. Leo's images on the wall.

Mrs. Gina sacked the five housemaids, including the cook, and turned Olima into her housemaid.

She told Olima, "I think you saw how your late father treated me when he was alive. Well, there is no money for you to further your education. So, you will have to remain as my maid to help in taking care of this house that your parents left behind. We cannot sell it to sponsor you through university. That would be very evil of you to sell the only property that we live inside when we have not seen the will or acquired another house..."

Olima could not do anything against her stepmother, as her stepmother withdrew her from her tutorial classes and turned her into a maid.

Olima was forced to learn how to cook, wash the dirty dishes, and wake up very early in the morning to tidy up the house.

She had to take care of the garden, her mother's farm, and trim the flowers.

Olima cried, but her tears were not enough to resolve the issue. She watched Mia resume going to high school, even though her stepmother had told her that there was no money for her to resume.

Mrs. Gina later invited the family lawyer to learn about the late Mr. Leo's will.

When the lawyer arrived, he told Mrs. Gina that the will could not be changed, and the will about the company stated that the oil company left behind by Mr. Leo Adams should be given to Olima Adams, but only when Olima turned 24 years old.

Mrs. Gina got annoyed and sent the lawyer away. She thought of how she would turn the oil company and all other companies that belonged to the late Mr. Leo Adams into her own.