CHAPTER TWO.

Alyssa

I sat on my king-sized bed the bed felt too big now It felt empty and cold.

I just sat there my hands in my lap as listen to my family doctor, Dr Mendel explain the situationship.

“The fall you took… it caused a significant trauma. I’m so sorry Mss White. We did everything we could but we couldn’t stop the bleeding. We couldn’t save the pregnancy.”

A silent tear escapes my eye and traces a path down my cheek.

“The ultrasound… it showed that you were carrying twins” he informed his expressions saddening.

A small choked gasp escapes my lips as I bring a hand to my mouth, “Twins?”

“Yes! I wish I had better news for you Mss White, your body has been through an enormous shock. The physical recovery… it will take some time, you need to rest now as much as you can.”

I nodded unable to say anything.

“I’ll return tomorrow to check up on you” he says before gathering his things and left.

I lost two babies.

Twin babies.

The memories of what had happened at the anniversary party came back to me sharp and painful like a knife cutting my heart.

Damon’s nonchalant face as he looked down at me as I bleed on the floor, unbothered if I live or die.

He let me bleed.

He let our babies die.

He betrayed me after seven years of being my husband after seven years of me loving him with my whole heart.

I felt numb like all the feelings inside me had been frozen solid, I couldn’t even feel the soft sheets under my hands or the pillow behind my back.

I should have listened to Marcus.

Marcus had been my late father’s assistant.

My late parents, Robert White and Eleanor White i lost them both in a plane crash when I was only seventeen years old.

They left me everything.

They left me a billion-dollar company to deal with, a billion dollar company I knew nothing of, my father had always said I’d someday be the ceo, I didn’t think that they would come soon.

Marcus has been taking care of the company all these years, he handled everything. Even after college when I was suppose to resume my position as the CEO of White Enterprises, I didn’t because it the time I met Damon and fell in love so hard and so fast.

I had always kept my identity on a low profile cause of my status, it attracted nonsense and backstabbing liers.

I’ve always wanted to tell Damon who I was but was never really sure, over the years I got so used to keeping it low that I wanted to give away my life as Alyssa White to Alyssa Hall.

But reality had hit harder than I expected.

Marcus has never liked Damon, he has tried a couple of times to warn me but I would never listen, I was stupidly blinded,

Marcus would say ‘Alyssa that man is not good for you, he is not a good person.”

I thought Marcus was just a worried old man who did not understand our love I shut him out.

I told him to stop saying bad things about my husband I did not want to hear it.

I pushed him away at every single chance.

And just like I thought I had everything, I lost it in one single night.

A sob burst out of my mouth then another, and another.

I cried so hard my whole body shook I cried for my two babies I would never get to hold I cried for the seven years I wasted on a man who never loved me.

I cried because it hurt so much.

For seven years I gave him everything and this is what I got in return.

Betrayal, pain and heartbreak.

A knock came through making me suck back in the remaining tears I wiped my tears with the back of my hand.

“Friday… who is it?” I ask my home monitor my voice shaky and broken.

“It’s Marcus… Should I let him in?”

Before I could answer I heard the front door open and then close.

Of course he had access, he was the only person in the world who cared if I was alive or dead right now.

He walked into my bedroom.

Marcus was a man in his late fifties he had gray hair and a strong face, he stood there clad in black suit.

He did not say anything for a moment he only stared then he said, “It is good that you are recovering. You look better than you did last two days ago.”

I let out a sad choked sound that was almost a laugh. “You can gloat now Marcus,” I said, my voice thick with tears. “You can say ‘I told you so.’ You were right about him. You were right all along.”

Marcus chuckled but it was not a happy sound. It was a tired sound. “Well I did warn you Alyssa. Many, many times but you were only in love. You were blinded by what you thought was love. It is not your fault he is an asshole.”

“You had let him take over your life making you forget who you truly are… a heiress to the White Empire” he hissed.

I still didn’t say anything.

He let out a sigh he “So now that all this is over,” he said. “What do you want me to do with Damon and his family? I can make them pay I can ruin him or take his company away so. Just say the word.”

I looked up at him.

I felt a cold hard anger starting to grow in my chest.

“No Marcus,” I said my voice becoming a little stronger. “Thank you but this one is on me. You let me handle them.” I paused sucking in a breath

“Are you sure? You’re—“

I cut him off, “Yes… I can deal with this, I created this mess in the first place so you let me deal with it”

Marcus looked at me for a long time a small smile appeared on his lips before he nodded slowly.

“There is one more thing. The divorce papers. Damon’s lawyer sent them over. He is very eager to make you sign them so he can marry that woman.”

I looked at the folder Marcus was holding feeling the anger grow hotter inside me.

“I will sign them,” I said my voice now clear and cold. “And I will deliver them to Damon myself.”