Masuk********** I lay helpless, tears streaming down my face, as Angelo ravished me. His pleasure was all that mattered. Afterward, I lay still, exhausted, covered in the scent of sex. Angelo caught his breath, his eyes cold and detached. "Today is our last night together," he said. "I want to end this marriage." I felt punched in the gut. "You're willing to throw away everything we've built?" I asked, my voice trembling. "It means nothing to me," Angelo spat, his eyes filled with hate. "I'm done with you, Annika.” ******** Annika's world is shattered when her husband, Angelo, cheats on her with his ex-girlfriend, Lissa, and demands a divorce, ending their four-year marriage. But there's a shocking twist: Annika is pregnant with Angelo's child, a secret she keeps hidden until the divorce is finalized. When Annika reveals her pregnancy, Angelo denies the child, and Lissa pressures her to abort the baby. But Annika refuses to give up, and with the help of Jonathan Blackwood Jr., she escapes to Los Angeles to start anew. Five years later, Annika has transformed into a successful CEO, fashion stylist, and entrepreneur. She's also a proud mother of twins. But her newfound success is fueled by a burning desire for revenge against Angelo and Lissa, who destroyed her life. When Annika confronts her past at a fashion exhibition in Germany, she's faced with a choice: forgive Angelo and Lissa for their betrayal or make them pay for the pain they inflicted. Will Annika choose revenge or redemption?
Lihat lebih banyak~ ANGELO ~ I had a nurse keep watch over Annika before I left to visit my father. My mum had been calling non-stop for the past two hours, and I knew I couldn't delay it any longer. My eyes were bloodshot as I drove towards our family hospital. I hadn't had a good night's sleep for days, and it was already telling on me. Rubbing my eyes to have it focused on the road, I tried to keep my thoughts far from Annika. I just wanted nothing to make me turn the car around so I could return to her side like I wanted."God," I groaned, blinking to keep my eyes open as I reached for the coffee cup I got at the drive-in.Lissa, like my mum had been calling, and I had ignored it like I did to my mum. I just didn't have the strength to deal with her telling me how scared she was, not when I had more than enough on my plate already. It wasn't like I wouldn't visit her, I would.The problem was: that I had to sort other things out. Like getting to know how well my dad was feeling and all that
~ ANGELO ~ I had Annika transferred to another hospital after that episode, knowing she wasn't safe. Whoever that man who attacked her was, I knew they would return. I had to keep my wife safe and away from them.I sat beside my wife's hospital bed, watching her chest rise and fall with each gentle breath. She was finally sleeping, thank goodness. The past few hours had been a blur of police reports and hospital tests, but at least she was safe now. Safe from all the stress and finally at peace.As I watched her sleep, I reached out to remove the stray strands of hair from my face. My heart ached to think that I would have lost her had I been a minute late. That man would have killed her."I'm sorry." I leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead before I sat back in the chair, taking her hand in mine. Deep down, I felt I was the reason for everything that had happened to her. Even though we didn't know who the attackers were or why they wanted her, I had this hunch that it
~ ANGELO ~Pinching the bridge of my nose, I glared at my phone, wondering why I didn't ask her to take care of herself. Well, I know. It wasn't like Lissa to sound so scared, and I perceived the thoughts of someone stalking her, reminded her of her foster brother, the one her family adopted before things went awry, and he tried to rape her."Fuck!" I gritted out, torn on what to do. I knew I should have rejected her and focused on Annika, but I couldn't do that. Even though we had broken up, I promised her I would always be there for her whenever she needed me, and the time was now. She needed me so much she had to call, to let me know she was in danger. The least I could do for her right now was to seek her out and comfort her.I plopped down on the couch and covered my face with my palms, wondering why everything was happening at the same time. A new business partner terminated the deal I was supposed to sign with their company in Morocco after I left my signing ceremony un
~ LISSA ~I stormed into the dimly lit room, my eyes blazing with fury. The two men I hired to eliminate Annika cowered before me. They knew I was pissed at them."You failed me," I spat, my voice venomous. "Twice." Jake, a blonde burly man with an ugly scar across his face, shifted uncomfortably. "We did what you ordered, ma'am. We tampered with her car.""But she survived," I snarled, my fingers drumming against the table. "How can you claim to do what I asked when you left a piece of evidence to make her suspect?! You were careless!"Max, the second man, spoke up. "And the second time, we tried to run her off the road."I glared at them. "But she's still alive!" I repeated. "You are just a failure! Investing in you is nothing, but a damned mistake! Why did I even listen to Andrea when she suggested hiring you?" I paced around the room, my heels clicking on the floor. I'd waited extremely long for him. Too long. And she'd been in the way for far too long. I needed to get A
~ ANNIKA ~"Good afternoon, Annika," he greeted in a husky voice, approaching me. The nearer he got, the more I felt like I had met him somewhere, but I couldn't, for the life of me, recall where that was. His eyes and face were oddly familiar, even though he had a mask on half of his face.Forcing a smile as I tried not to think of the strange thoughts going through my head at the moment, I sat up on the bed. "I'm good. Just feeling a little dizzy," I responded truthfully, even though my mind asked me to run, to get as far away from him as I could. I frowned, wondering why I felt that way with a man who was obviously a doctor. Otherwise, he wouldn't be dressed as one, carrying a tab."That's good to hear." He ran his hand through his unusually long blonde hair. "We will have to take care of the dizzy aspect, though. As you are about to be discharged, we can't have any complications." He dropped the tab on my cupboard and turned to look at me. "Where did your husband go? Why isn't he
~ ANNIKA ~ For the first time, I didn't answer it as fast as I would have. I actually thought about the question and mulled over it before letting out a sigh. "I know you don't support my plans, and you assume I'm wasting my time by doing this, but I hope you will understand me someday," I said, going around his question because I couldn't think of what to give in response.It was a hard question. Before I got to know aside of him he kept hidden while we weremarried, I would have easily said I hated him,but I don't feel that way anymore. I don't likehim, mind you, but I don't hate him. All Iwanted at the moment was to make him feelmy pain, whatever feeling you would call this.Revenge? This came close. It just wasn't hatred."Annika, I don't-""Call me when the kids return from school." I disconnected immediately and switched my phone off, placing it on the cupboard next tomy bed. Sighing, I covered my face with my palms, trying not to grit hard on my teeth as I did so.


















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