A deal

Veronica looked at me as if I was being unfair. Her eyes darkened with annoyance and distinct irritation. She clenched her fist, nails digging into the arm rest. Honestly I wanted to choke her to death for ruining my nails. Let last week I had them done in my favorite salon.

" So you are not going to help me sort out the situation?" She asked, my voice low but condescending.

" You don't have the right to demand after ruining my marriage and now stealing my body. What made you think that soul swapping would be a good idea? Did you think you can just become me with my body?"

Her face twitched with rage. She looked at me with a sharp gaze,

"You—" she opened her mouth to say something but became quiet, looking defeated. " It wasn't what I intended to do. But, can you do me a favor?"

"No," I flat out refused coldly, crossing my arms. "Deal with yourself. I don’t care. Since you started this, you have to deal with the mess."

"Don’t be dramatic, Yvonne. I’ve moved past your husband. He’s not even worth the trouble now. I just want my life back.” She sounded so entitled. " If I knew that my husband would accept my apology and want to try the marriage for our baby's sake, I would have never sent the pen drive." She hissed with self-disappointment.

So she sent it with this intention. Her words made my blood boil. But I remained composed.

"I don’t care about others, particularly you and your situation. But yes, I want my body back. Still, it’s your responsibility to fix this. Listen, Veronica, until we can swap our souls again, if you do anything to tarnish my reputation, I will destroy yours. Be careful."

"Are you threatening me now?" she growled.

"No. I’m reminding you. Your entire life is now in my hands. I can destroy you without any effort."

"What?" she gasped, "What do you want? Tell me—should I kneel down? Beg until I bleed?" She yelled aggressively, shaking.

"I’ll try to act just fine in front of your husband. But you’ll have to make Liam divorce me. Half of his company must be under my name. The house, the saving. Everything" I made my intention clear. " And you will help me with that."

She looked shocked. "Liam said you would never go after his money!"

"Then He’s stupid. I, Yvonne Rogers, love money more than anything. So it’s up to you how to handle this. Otherwise, say goodbye to your family."

She bit her bottom lip, fidgeting, "What if we never swap back? Your everything will be mine."

Her words were right and I thought about it. That was why those what was mine originally, I would separate them. My Lawyer was trustworthy but he might change his mind if Veronica met him with my body.

But I hope he wouldn't be stupid. We usually use passcode on everything. He had helped me with something three years ago with my grandpa's inheritance. Since then, we had set different kinds of passcode on everything.

" Nothing will be yours. Technically yes. You can use my resources and assets. But I won't let it happen to you..So don't be naive!" I said, my voice firm.

" Then what can I do? Half of the shares will still be a part of his company." She shrugged dismissively.

"Buying and selling exist. And if we can’t swap, maybe all you can do is sort your life out and act like me to survive. While I will help you to sell the property and transfer those money to me."

She looked bitter, as if she regretted everything she had done. But what was done was done. Of course, if she knew how much money I had, she would possibly think of staying in my body forever.

Her greed for money was appalling.

As I changed the screen lock and kept my phone with me, she finally cleared her throat.

"Aren’t you going to ask me how long we’ve been having an affair? You look calm. Liam said you might make our life miserable if you knew about it "

Calm? I wanted to scoff. It took every ounce of control not to explode. But I knew that whether it was a nightmare or cruel reality, all I could do was accept it.

"I don’t shed tears over something that doesn’t matter to me. I hate cheaters, so I won’t bother questioning. Judging by Liam’s words, you both have been betraying your spouses for more than five years."

She flinched. "I didn’t betray my husband, technically. We got married three months ago. The child... I stole his sperm to get pregnant."

My attention snapped to her. Air left my lungs. For a few seconds I couldn't move or blink. My eyes widened. "You stole...what?"

She shrugged as if she was confessing some petty lies, "So yeah," she said flatly. "It’s ironic that you, the perfect wife I used to be jealous of, ended up becoming me, a shameless woman. I don’t know why, but now I’ve started thinking… what if you suffer the consequences of all my actions, and then we return to our bodies after everything is settled?"

The curve of her lips made my blood run cold. This sudden shift of her attitude caught me off guard. Was this her intention all along?

"Then I think you’ll be wise enough not to ruin my life with my newlywed husband. After all, the consequences of offending him will be nothing compared to being cheated on by yours. He isn't a man we can afford to mess with. Even hundred of Liams will tremble at his presence."

She stood tall, almost proud. Her demeanor shifted completely as if she had found a way to control me.

" I will accept the deal. I will talk to the person who told me to send the pen drive. Until we swap back to our body, I hope you will play a good wife with my husband!" She smirked, while leaving.

I stared at the door that slowly shut. A question crossed my mind- Who was her husband exactly?