تسجيل الدخول(Same night- Brookes Mansion)Liya stood at the arch of the spacious lounge with her arms folded and a smile sat on her pretty face. In the middle of the room, on the biggest sofa, her mother, Rosa sat with all three of her grandchildren squeezed against her like they were toys. Gifts boxes were littered everywhere and she could definitely win the award of the rich grandma determined to spoil her grandkids silly. Two maids kept walking in and out with juice and cookies as they also packed some of the gifts to take inside. Outside, beyond the glass doors, Stefan and Dan were seated at the pool side with a glass in each hand. The light from the water danced on their faces and they were talking low so it was definitely about business. “Oh my babies, y’all are so cute...I can’t have enough”. Rosa squealed and kept giving them multiple kisses on their heads and faces. One on the forehead, one on the cheek and another on the nose.Skylar giggled while Saylor closed her eyes and let it hap
“Your...”. Warren sat straighter. “Edward, she’s not your wife anymore, you signed the...”.The door was already swinging because he was gone.“You can’t!”. Warren yelled after him. “Edward!”.Warren stared at the empty doorway for a few seconds. He looked at the TV, at the coat Edward had left behind on the chair, and the car keys on the table.“You left your keys, genius”. He muttered. “And you won’t even get access into that building”.He shook his head and picked up the remote.“Well, it's not my problem”.…“Grandpa!”.“Look at this!” Dan Brookes smiled, the man who had made grown businessmen sweat in boardrooms for over 30 years, went down on one knee in the middle of a VIP lounge and opened his arms like a boy. Skylar and Saylor slammed into him from the left. Skye, who had been walking slowly because he was too cool to run, gave up halfway and ran too.“You’re too heavy now!”. Dan laughed, wobbling, his tie crushed between three pairs of little hands. “What has your mother bee
Megan stood there for a long time.Then she walked to the sofa and sat down, the house was so quiet she could hear her own breathing.It's been five years. Five years since the day she thought she had won. And what exactly had she won?Nothing.He didn’t touch her at all, not her hand, not her waist, not even her shoulder when they passed each other on the stairs. He always comes home when she was already in bed, or he avoid dinner saying he had eaten at the office. On the rare nights he sat at the dinner table was whenever his mom was around and he barely spends up to a minute before leaving. He wasn’t living with her.He was avoiding her.And the ring? The wedding? The thing she had waited for, came back for and even did terrible things for? He had never even mentioned it.Her fingers curled into her dress. ‘What did I do all this for?’. Megan thought.And then there was Sarah, Edward's mother.Sarah, who used to smile at her. Who used to pat her hand and call her a good girl then.
Liya dragged her box along the road…step after step.Her eyes were swollen and her cheeks were wet. She cried and hiccuped all at once, and it was getting serious.A black car pulled up beside her as the driver came down in a hurry and bowed slightly. “Mrs…”.“Miss”. Liya corrected him and got into the car, while he moved her box to the back.“Is everything alright, ma'am?”. He asked when he got into the driver's seat.“Just drive, Mike”. Liya sniffed as she looked outside the window, but the tears did not stop because she was really heartbroken. [Five years later]Time flew like it had a target and the mirror didn't lie about it's projection. The black blazer, hair pulled back with a lipstick still in her hand, Liya was pulling off the look of a capable CEO. But, this CEO just lost a bet she never agreed to. “I can’t believe they are making me do this”. She smiled, drawing a red line across her lips. “My babies are too much”.Christie, her best
She wanted to cry but then reminded herself that she had not signed the divorce paper and as long as she had not signed, she was still his wife. That was what she told herself at 4am.That was the only reason she was standing here, she'd endure and Edward would come to his senses soon. “Good morning”. Liya said quietly, but nobody answered her. They sat down, Edward at the head of the table while Megan on his right.Liya lifted the jug and poured juice into Edward’s glass. She placed his plate in front of him with his fork and napkin. She did everything the way she had done it for three years like nothing had changed. She did not look at Megan’s empty plate because she did not serve her and she was about to step back when a hand caught hers…Edward's hand.Her breath got caught in her throat, and her heart skipped. ‘Maybe he wants to apologise’. Liya thought, ‘I stayed, despite how badly he hurt me. Maybe he finally sees it’. She lifted her eyes to his.“Liya”. Edward said softly.“Y
“What? Are- are you really serious about this, Edward? How could you do this to me?”. Liya asked and desperately looked at him, hoping that whatever he had just said to her was a joke.But, a single glance at her, and that was it. “It's over, Liya. You should leave. But considering what we have gone through together, I won't let you leave empty-handed”. Edward said to her, as he buried his guilt in the deepest parts of his heart. That was because he felt sorry for Megan, who had to stay apart from him all this while. “Just leave, jinx. You are staining my eyes”. Sarah said with a hiss. As for Liya. She couldn't take it anymore. The betrayal. How Edward was nonchalant to her, like he had become a completely different person.This was not the person she had fallen in love with and had given her entire heart to. “Is this why you took me to the villa? To reject me in the presence of your mother? What about father?”. Liya’s lips trembled as she asked, not expecting Edward to bring out







