"I'm done expecting someone else to love me when all the love that I keep giving to people who don't deserve it is supposed to be directed to me. I will make Lucius regret spitting on my face. He will come back begging for me to take him back once he realizes who I really am." *** Camilla's comeback after her divorce from Lucius Hall leaves everyone with their mouths agape. No one thought that the girl Lucius picked up from the damp could be the richest woman to have ever lived. Not only is she being chased by every rich bachelor in town, but her ex-husband comes begging on his knees, asking for mercy when he loses everything. But fate might just play a funny trick on Camilla when she comes back with a son looking exactly like Lucius. And when a business deal that was meant to stay business turned into something more wanting and intimate, hearts are bound to break.
Lihat lebih banyak•CAMILLA•
“Alisha.” I was about to get inside my car and drive home when someone called my name. I turned around and looked at the person. “Hi,” I replied, with furrowed brows, because she was wearing big shades that made it difficult for me to see her face. “I wanted to confirm that it was really you,” she smirked as she leaned closer to me. “You don’t know me, but I’m sure you have an idea now about why I’m here. I don’t even have to say his name.” Then it clicked. Well, I’d be damned. The last time she and I talked was when she called my husband while he was in the shower, and I answered the call. I could recognize her voice since it was a few days ago when she called. “I don’t know you, but if you don’t mind refreshing my memory, you can remind me.” I smiled at her. She narrowed her eyes at me, irritated. “We talked. Three nights ago. Do you remember?” “No, I’m afraid I don’t.” I folded my arms on my chest and looked at her. “My name is Sasha.” “Oh, you’re my husband’s mistress?” I chuckled. “What a lovely surprise. You must be a brave mistress to approach me so boldly. I thought wives had that tendency of sneaking up on their husbands’ mistresses.” “That’s not the point,” she scoffed. “Then why are you here? If you bothered me, I think I would’ve taken the first step to approach you woman-to-woman, but as you can see, I’m not bothered by your existence.” “Thought this might be a good time for me to introduce myself, since Lucius has made me the mother of his child,” she answered as she caressed her stomach, and my heart sank. It couldn’t be true. She had to be lying. If Lucius had made her pregnant, then our childlessness all these years had to be my fault. It didn’t come as a surprise that he was cheating with her because I knew for months, and as long as he came back home to me, it gave me hope he would change and realize that I was enough for him. But her pregnancy meant she successfully proved to him he wasn’t the one with the problem, and that was enough for him to leave our marriage. “You know that I’m his wife, don’t you?” “Yet, that didn’t stop him from planting his seed inside me. I’ve given him something that you’ve been failing to give him for 3 years. So now, tell me, what good does your title do?” I gulped and didn’t know how to answer her. It took everything in me not to shed the tears that were creeping to the corners of my eyes. I clenched my fists in frustration, and my heart raced. How dare she? As Lucius’ wife, I deserved that respect. Or was I no longer entitled to receive any kind of reverence from her because she was carrying his first child and heir? Sasha chuckled when she saw my distress. She closed the small gap between us, and when I smelled the cologne that was always left on the collars of my husband’s shirts, my blood boiled. “Lucius will make me his wife, and me and this baby,” she scoffed as she looked down at her stomach before she returned her gaze to me. “Me and this baby are going to be his family. If I were you, I would make sure that I leave the marriage before things get too bad.” “What makes you think he will leave me to be with you?” I asked, scolding. “What makes you think he wouldn’t, my love?” She chuckled. You’re a barren woman. He can’t build a family with someone who can’t give him any children.” “Until Lucius tells me himself that he no longer wants me, I will remain his wife.” I turned to get inside my car when I stopped and turned to her. “The fact Lucius had never once said anything about you means you were nothing but his cum rag. So, you’re a fool to think that a baby will make him leave his wife to be with someone that he has never made a mistake for his wife to find out about.” “I know it won’t be easy to accept that the man is now mine, but in due time, you shall see.” I rolled my eyes, got inside my car, and drove back home. *** Two days later, something strange happened. Something that changed my life forever. “Where were you?” He asked as soon as the door closed behind me. “I was in the laundry room doing our laundry,” I replied as I slowly walked closer to him. “I’m sorry.” “Didn’t I tell you to prepare something for me to wear before I came back from work?” He seethed as he turned around and looked at me. “Why do I always have to fight with you when I’ve clearly given you instructions before I left the house?!” “I’m sorry, Lucius, but your mother told me to cook and clean the house all day. With all the house chores I had, it slipped my mind. I’m sorry that your suit wasn’t ready when you came -“ I felt a hot slap on my face before I could finish my sentence. There was a ringing sound in my ear before it registered in my mind that Lucius had laid his hand on me for the first time since we had been married. “The next time I tell you to do something and you don’t do it, I am going to do something that you and I will regret,” he snarled as he pointed his finger at me. “I am your wife...” was all I could whisper in my raspy voice, trying so hard to hold back the tears at the corners of my eyes. “Then act like one,” he frowned before he walked out of the room and left me standing there with my hand on my cheek. I closed my eyes and couldn’t believe that the same man who loved me so much and could’ve given me the world if needed was the same man today who made my life a living hell. It suddenly became clear that I didn’t know the man whom I had married and called my husband for the past 3 years. Taking a deep breath, I fixed my dress and hair and wiped my face before I walked out of the room and went to the dining room to prepare it. But when I walked in, everyone was in their seats, including Lucius, next to a woman who looked familiar. I looked at her but couldn’t trace where I knew her from. “Oh, you’re here, Alisha!” Olivia exclaimed. “You might as well be useful and bring us sharper table knives. Seems like your steak needs a lot of cutting. Should’ve kept it on the stove a little longer for it to be tender and edible.” Everyone at the table chuckled, and I felt my heart being ripped apart. What hurt more was Lucius joining in and laughing. I swallowed the little pride that I had and went to get the table knives, and when I laid a table knife in front of Lucius, I noticed his hand brushing over the woman’s thigh next to him. “Did you get a new maid?” One of the 3 ladies who visited asked. “She’s an amazing cook. This food is so delicious.” “She’s Lucius’ wife,” Brandon answered, earning a frown from Olivia and Nevada. “This is your wife? I thought she was the maid.” The woman next to Lucius asked as she glanced at me and chuckled. That’s when I realized who she was. “She’s nothing but useless junk, sweetie. You don’t have to worry about her,” Olivia answered. “Lucius is only keeping her around because she has no home. You are the one who’s going to make this family happy by being my son’s wife.” “What?” I dropped the table knives I was carrying. “Tell this thing that you’re engaged to be married to Sasha, Lucius. She needs to get herself ready to leave your bedroom for your fiancé. You can’t keep inhabiting a useless thing that can’t bear you heirs,” Olivia answered. Lucius stood up from his chair and looked down at me. “You have heard my mother, Alisha. I want a divorce.”•CAMILLA•I looked at the reflection in the mirror and sighed when I saw Francesca walking into my room. I got up from the chair and looked at her."Hey." She scolded as she walked toward me and stood a few feet from me. She was upset with me, and I understood her reasons. "I'm sorry, Francesca. I know I should've taken you with me, and I understand why you're mad at me." She scoffed. "Is that why you think I've been avoiding you all morning? Camilla, I was supposed to be your friend, well," she rolled her eyes. "Assistant. Can you imagine how the last 3 years have been for me? Your father was on my neck 24/7, and I didn't even know what to say to him." I leaned toward her and took her hands into mine. "Thank you for being a good friend and keeping my secret for me. I know my happiness was all you wanted, but I'm sorry that it had to cost you. I never wanted to make your job difficult for you." She looked at me, and when I saw her mouth curling into a smile, I released a sigh of
•CAMILLA•“Camilla?” My brother, Paxton, gasped when he opened the door.“Hey, Pax.”He let me inside the house and then scolded me. “Where have you been all these years? Do you have any idea how worried we were? We couldn’t find you anywhere.”“I’m sorry, Pax. I promise to answer all your questions. Is our father home?”Paxton was about to answer as we walked down the hallway when Cecilia approached.“Well, well, well,” she smirked as she folded her arms across her chest. “Look who we have here. The prodigal daughter finally found her way back home. I was certain that you were dead and buried somewhere we could never find you.”“Hi, Cecilia.” I frowned as I stood in front of her.She was my stepmother and had been married to my father for over 15 years after my mother’s passing. She and I never got along.In fact, Cecilia never liked me from the day she moved in with us. She always preferred my brothers over me, and she was the reason I left home.“Paxton, please tell your father in
•CAMILLA•“What?” I scoffed. “What are you doing here?” I asked as my heart raced.It felt as if I were totally forgetting what the doctor told me 5 seconds ago, which was going to change my life forever.I was so concerned about Santino being in the hospital and calling me by a name that most people didn’t know.“I -“ He was about to answer when I interrupted him and turned to the doctor.“Doctor, can I speak to him for a minute, please? He and I know each other. We are friends.”“Really? That’s great. What wonderful friends you guys are. Alright, I’ll give you some time to talk,” she smiled as she turned her back and walked out the door.I quickly sat up on the bed and fumed. “What are you doing here? You shouldn’t be here, Santino. I made it clear when I left home that I never wanted to see you again.”“Well, I had no choice but to come here when you crossed the road and hit my car. Ugh,” he groaned as he sat down on the chair next to my bed. “If you think I came here because I car
•CAMILLA•“She pushed me into the pool.”I looked in horror as Lucius took off his jacket, gently helping Sasha to sit down on the floor and covering her shoulders with his jacket.“Did you push her into the pool?” He narrowed his eyes as he leaned toward me, and I stepped back, my heart pounding in my chest.“Answer me!”“I - She,“ I stuttered, barely able to utter a single word as I looked at Sasha, who was smirking at me.It suddenly made sense why she had jumped into the pool. She knew Lucius would believe her if she told him I pushed her into the pool.“What was the plan, Alisha?!” he sneered. “Did you want to kill her? Do you even know that she can’t swim?”“I didn’t do it, Lucius. She -““Are you calling her a liar?” He snarled. “Are you calling me a liar, even after what I saw?”“You must believe me. I didn’t do it,” I cried. “I was barely standing two feet from her when she fell into the pool. This was all her plan, Lucius. She wants you to be angry at me,” I answered as I lo
•CAMILLA•I leaned back from Lucius and felt the ground under my feet trembling. A tear silently rolled down my eye, and my heart ripped open.“I’ve done everything for you and this family. I gave my life and even my soul to this marriage. Even the time when your company barely made any money. Why are you doing this to me now?”His mother stood up, frowning. “My son doesn’t owe a wretched and barren woman any explanation about why he wants to marry a capable woman. The only thing you can do for yourself is to leave my son alone and give him the divorce that he wants.”My stomach turned as I looked at Lucius, who didn’t show any emotion whatsoever about what his mother was saying to me.“So, you brought another woman to our home to bring me shame and dishonor?” I asked.“Sasha is my fiancé, and she has every right to come here. Our marriage is over, Alisha. Plus, we don’t have any kids, so I believe it will be easy for us to go our separate ways.”Well, of course. We didn’t have any ki
•CAMILLA•“Alisha.”I was about to get inside my car and drive home when someone called my name. I turned around and looked at the person.“Hi,” I replied, with furrowed brows, because she was wearing big shades that made it difficult for me to see her face.“I wanted to confirm that it was really you,” she smirked as she leaned closer to me. “You don’t know me, but I’m sure you have an idea now about why I’m here. I don’t even have to say his name.”Then it clicked.Well, I’d be damned.The last time she and I talked was when she called my husband while he was in the shower, and I answered the call.I could recognize her voice since it was a few days ago when she called.“I don’t know you, but if you don’t mind refreshing my memory, you can remind me.” I smiled at her.She narrowed her eyes at me, irritated. “We talked. Three nights ago. Do you remember?”“No, I’m afraid I don’t.” I folded my arms on my chest and looked at her.“My name is Sasha.”“Oh, you’re my husband’s mistress?”
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