"Haven't you seen the news? I am being humiliated and disgraced by the world. No one believes I am Camilla Ross, not when my stepmother has presented the world with someone else to impersonate me. That's how far she's willing to ruin my life." "Are you going to let her win? Are you going to sit here and do nothing but cry when someone is out there living your life? You're Camilla Ross. It's time the world meets the real you. They must all regret what they did to you - the lies they told about you and for underestimating you." *** 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.
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“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 kept pacing on the balcony and looking at the time on my wrist, waiting for Santino to come home because I felt bad about the way our conversation went. My heart was racing, thinking of everything I had said to him before he left, and I knew I probably sounded like someone who had no idea how his situation with his mother made him feel. "Hey, are you okay?" Francesca's voice came behind me. I groaned as I turned to her and scowled. "Can I have some time alone without you and Roy trying to check up on me? I'm fine, okay? I need to be alone. A lot is going on, and I don't think I have to talk about everything all the time." "It's alright, I'll get off your hair." She raised her hands and was about to walk back inside the house before I stopped her. "Wait, I'm sorry, Francesca." I sighed. "I'm just a little stressed out." She turned to me, took my hand, and sat with me on the couch. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked. "It's nothing I can't handle. Thank you for
•SANTINO•“Your mother?”“Yes. My mother.”“I don’t understand, Santino. I’ve met Arya, and she’s with Nico.”No one knew Reyna. No one knew she left me as a baby with my father before he died. She disappeared from us and never came back.She reappeared a few years ago, after I had grown up and forgotten about her.She came into my life and told me motherhood overwhelmed her. She claimed to have suffered from postpartum depression and didn’t know how to get help. So she left.But we both knew it wasn’t true.She didn’t want me. She left because she couldn’t stand me, and she knew that.My father had money, and he took care of her, made sure she had everything she wanted.She left when I was only a month old.It wasn’t hard to conclude that when Arya revealed to me she wasn’t my birth mother.When she told me about Reyna and showed me her pictures, it was obvious she didn’t leave for any other reason but me. She didn’t want me.But in the last 10 years since I had known about her, I ha
•LUCIUS•[6 YEARS AGO]"I know you love your wife, but let's face it, Lucius -" My mother sat beside me on the couch. "She's not of any use to you. She has no education, no business prospects, and on top of it all, she's a barren woman. She hasn't been able to give you any kids for the past 2 years you've been married. You must find someone else." "Mom, I can't. I love Alisha. She's the woman I've chosen, and I'm not going to be with anyone else, but her. I don't care if she can't bear me any children. We'll adopt if we still can't have our own kids in a few years.""Would you say that even if the woman I have in mind for you is Sasha Ross, the very own daughter of Daniel Ross?" God. I rolled my eyes. She couldn't be serious. We've talked about this a million times, and I've told her a million times over that I loved my wife and wasn't intending on replacing her with any woman. "Mom, please, for the love of God," I turned to her. "Can you leave my wife alone? I don't want anyone,
•CAMILLA•"Hey, baby," I called Nico on our way to a restaurant to get something for lunch. "Mama. When are you coming home? I miss you." "Mommy will be in Chicago soon, okay? I want you to be a good boy to your grandma until Daddy and I come home. Can you do that for us?" "Yes," he replied. "I'll be waiting for you to come back. Where's Dad?" "He's home. I'll tell him to call you." "Alright, Mommy. I love you!""I love you too, baby." I hung up the call and smiled. Gosh, I missed my boy so much, especially now. When we got to the Italian restaurant, Francesca and I found a table and sat down while Roy stood behind us. We had already ordered and were waiting for our food when the waiter serving our drinks mentioned my name, causing me to look up at him. "My God, Camilla, is that you?" He asked. I looked at him for a minute, wondering if I knew him from somewhere, but his face didn't ring a bell. "Yes. Do I know you?" I asked, hoping he would remind me. "No," he chuckled. "
•SANTINO•"Who are you, and where did you get my number?" "I am Santino Banks. I'm sure you've heard of me. I want us to meet, Mateo. I know you're in New York with your brother, Lucius." "I don't know who you are, nor have I heard of you. What do you want from me?" "It's about Vin. I know you're his advisor and right-hand man. We don't have to make this difficult, Mateo. Your brother doesn't have to know you're onto him. We both know you're staying in New York and have a much greater purpose than what you've told Lucius." He breathed and was quiet for a moment before he answered. "Vin is my friend, and I'll never betray him for anything, if that's what you want. The business I have with my brother is mine, and telling him my mission won't make things difficult for me. You would be making my job easier and faster instead. So if I were you, Santino, I wouldn't threaten someone I do not know." "What do you think your brother would do if he finds out that you changed the ownership
•SASHA•I walked into the home care facility that was looking after my adopted mother, Aunt Halle, and when I walked into her room, she was sitting in the far corner on a couch.She was thinner and looked different.The cancer weighing heavily on her body, and my heart pained, knowing all the things I had done to make sure she lived longer. Healthier.I leaned toward her, but her gaze remained fixed on the ceiling, ignoring me completely.“Aunt Halle?” I placed my hand on her thigh, trying to get her attention.When she heard my voice, she snapped her head and looked at me, her eyes tearing up.“Sasha?”“Hey,” I giggled as I knelt before her, taking her hands into mine. “How are you?”I was so happy when she recognized me. The last time I visited, she was drugged and could barely recognize my voice or my presence.“I want to go home,” she whispered as tears rolled down her cheek. “I don’t like this place. They don’t want me to go anywhere. Why am I here, Sasha?”“You’re here because y
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