“I’m so sorry about the miscarriage, Chloe. You didn’t deserve to go through that kind of pain.”
“It’s ok. I wasn’t meant to have that bay any way and don’t even pretend that a part of you isn’t happy that this happened.”
Emilia didn’t know how to react because Chloe was right. “Well…”
“It’s fine, big sis. I’m sort of glad too. It would’ve been very difficult to raise a child alone while the father that rejected it is balling with his psycho wife.”
“Lillian isn’t a psycho, though. She’s just a little stuck up, that’s all.”
Chloe snorted. “But not too stuck up to be a freak. Samuel thought she was cheating on him again.”
“Then why is he renewing marriage vows with her?”
“To spite me, of course. Why else? Such a petty bastard. I can’t believe I was ever in lo
“I’m so sorry, Emilia. I can’t even imagine how disappointed you must feel right now.”She blew her nose into a tissue and acknowledged Matt’s comment with a nod. She was too broken to even speak. She was mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted.“Let’s just go back to the hotel, ok? You need to rest.”“Of course,” she sighed and leaned back on the chair.Matt drove them back and the ride was a silent one. At this point, Emilia was ready to give up the search permanently and finally accept the hard truth that she would never see Tiara again.When they arrived at the hotel, Matt took her to her room and asked her if she wanted anything.“Stay with me,” she whispered. “I don’t want to be alone.”“Are you scared?”“No. I think I’ll lose my mind if I have to stay here by myself all night.”“Ok.
“These aren’t even new photos. Has she been stalking us?”“Looks like it but she denied having anything to do with this.”“Please, don’t tell me you believe her, Matt. Who else has an axe to grind with you aside from Molly?”“But I wasn’t dating her when these photos were taken. These were from the time we used to go to Lake Victoria for picnics. Your grandmother was even alive then.”“Yes. That was about two years ago but don’t forget that Molly has had a crush on you since high school. She may have been stalking you the whole time.”“Come on, Emilia. Molly’s not that crazy. Besides, she’s too busy with her work as the supervisor of the farmer’s market for her to go trotting in the woods, stalking us.”“I know you think Molly is an angel, but I know she did this. This is her way of getting back at me for being with her man
“So, Miss Madison, are you saying that Mrs Beaumont was intimately involved with your ex-fiance while you two were still engaged?”“Yes.”“But are you sure she was aware of your relationship at all? Because according to reports, Mr Erikson and Mrs Beaumont were already acquainted with each other two years earlier.”“Trust me, Emilia knew I was engaged to Matt. I met her for the first time at her grandmother’s funeral. That was where Matt introduced us and I showed her my engagement ring. That didn’t stop her though.”The interviewer sighed sympathetically. “Please, tell us how you found out about the affair.”Molly straightened her skirt over her knee and then looked straight at one of the studio cameras. “It happened the day after the funeral. Matt had gone to fix Bertha’s leaking roof.”“Who’s Bertha?”“That’s Emil
“If you won’t come to the mansion, then let’s meet in my office. I’m heading there right now, so you should be on your way too.”“Stop ordering me around, Kane. I don’t belong to you anymore!”“This isn’t about you, Emilia. Trust me, I don’t want to see you either but unlike you, I’m not about to follow a lead without involving everyone who can help.”“What are you talking about?”“Someone sent a note to the mansion today regarding Tiara’s whereabouts. I want you to be here when I call Detective Riley so that we can deliberate on it together.”“Oh, my God!” She gasped. “Why didn’t you say that first?”“Well, now you know. Are you coming?”“Give me twenty minutes!”She was so fired up with adrenalin that she hurried out of her new apartment, leaving Travis behind with M
“Oh, my goodness! I’m so sorry about that, Kane. What went wrong?”“It was a difficult labour. Her birth canal appeared to be too narrow for the baby and the doctor suggested an emergency C-section but Serena wouldn’t agree to it. She said she wanted me to be there to witness the natural birth, whatever that means.”“Wasn’t there anything they could’ve done to save the baby?”“She was born dead, Emilia. The doctors aren’t magicians. There was nothing they could’ve done.”Emilia sighed. “That’s terrible. I don’t like Serena but nobody deserves to go through that kind of nightmare. How is she?”“Asleep right now. She was a mess before, wouldn’t let go of the baby and kept screaming at the doctors to do something.”“I’m so sorry, Kane.”“Thank you. How’s Tiara?”“As
“Serena is desperate to speak with you,” said ‘Lupe. Her eyes shone with unshed tears but Kane wasn’t moved.“I hope you are aware that both of you have overstayed your welcome in this house,” he said curtly. “Whatever needed to be said between me and Serena has been said already.”“Please, Mr Beaumont, hear her out. She’s been in a very terrible place since…”“I offered to pay for her to see a therapist but she refused. I even offered to buy her a house and she turned that down too. I have been more than generous to her already and I’m not making any more offers to her.”“I know your relationship started on the wrong foot but – ““Relationship? Serena and I don’t have any relationship. What are you talking about?”“I meant – ““You know what, it’s ok. I’ll go talk with her.
A week before the twins’ third birthday, Emilia and Kane had their first mediation meeting with their lawyers. As she’d expected, he was adamant about going through with the divorce despite her insistence.The meeting was happening in one of the conference rooms in Kane’s office building. Her appearance in the office had turned heads and caused whispers among the staff.“Why are you doing this?” She asked in exasperation. “You clearly don’t want me anymore. Not when that hardened criminal is still living under your roof.”“That’s not true, Emilia, and you know it. Serena is only there because Mother thinks it’s good for her recovery. Once she feels better, she’ll leave.”“You don’t believe that, do you? That’s just an excuse to keep her there so you can keep screwing her whenever you like!”“Ehem!” her lawyer cleared his throat dramatically. “Let’s get down to other aspects of this meeting, shall we?”“I agree,” said Kane’s lawyer. “Let’s talk about the children.”“They will remain wi
“How did you find me?”“That’s not important right now. May I come in?”“No. Leave right now before I call security.”Kane snorted. “What will you tell them? I’m sure you’re not aware that I co-own this hotel. You’re going to need a very convincing explanation to get them to throw me out.”“I don’t care if you own the entire city. I’m not talking to you and that’s final.”Matt tried to shut the door but Kane put his foot in the way and shouldered the door open instead. Matt instinctively stepped back warily, bracing himself for a fight with his billionaire rival.“I’m not here to fight with you, Matt. Instead, I came to make you an offer that you will find very beneficial to your life.”“I’m not interested.”“You haven’t even heard my offer.”“I don’t care