1.Reality

4 years later,

Caroline Lightwood

The sunrays falling directly on my face through the windows wakes me up. A smile find  its way on my lips. Today is the day when I am going to inherit my dad's company, when I am officially going to be the CEO of LIGHTWOOD ENTERPRISES.

I went to the bathroom and did my daily routine. Then I went in my walk in closet and got dressed for the office. I gave my hair a loose curl.

I went to my angels, my children, my baby twins, Jackson and Ella. Jackson Lightwood who was a minute older than Ella Lightwood. They were sleeping peacefully. Ella was hugging Jackson from behind, a habit since they were born, this is how they always sleep.

"Wakey wakey honey bunyy."I gently shake them.

"Mommm mor one minete."

 "Mommyyyy more slweepyy" they both said in their baby voices.

"Don't you guys wanna go to your grandparents?? They made  your favourite cookies too." Hearing this Ella woke up and asked me excitedly,"Rweally mommy??" 

"Yes baby." I said caressing her cheeks. "Jackson aren't you goanna wake up." He started groaning but woke up when Ella said,"It's gwood if he's dowesn't wak up mommyy,I'll ewatt thwem all." 

"No no I'm up,I'm up."

I laughed seeing their excitedness for cookies, they both loved choco chip cookies just like their father. Almost everything of twins reminds me of their father.

I remember when I made cookies for him for the first time. It was the time when we were in college, we had moved in together. He went out to meet his friends I prepared the cookies watching YouTube videos when he came home and saw the cookie he loved it, from that day onwards he only ate the cookie I made, and he didn't liked when I made those cookies for anyone else.

Does he eat cookies made by Alexia now??

I was bought back to the present when both my children shook me out of my thoughts. I helped them bath and got them dressed for the day. We went down in the dinning hall and had our breakfast, which was already prepared by Moris, my cook and driver, sometimes he babysits the twins too. He loves spending time with them. It reminds him of his children. They are now grown up adults and settled somewhere in Europe.

I dropped them at their grandparent's home. I started doing this when I started to work as the acting CEO of the company. My parents are more than delighted to have them at home. They love spending time with their grand children. My brother has started his own company after completing his engineering course. He always wanted to study that and dad didn't had a problem with it, because I was more than willing to inherit my dad's business, well until I got married. 

After marriage I wanted to be a housewife, when I look back I don't know why did I wanted that!? "Because you were blindly in love with someone" my conscience mocked me. But now I'm happy that I am working.

I wouldn't be at this position if my parents didn't own the company. My heart breaks for every woman who opted to be a housewife rather than working and being financially independent and then were kicked out by their husbands. What would they do then? They would literally be on streets with no money, no food, no shelter and a very poor degree, which won't really get you on a good position in the company. How hard would life be for them.

Something that I've learned is that women should always be financially independent. No matter how rich her husband is, or her father is, or her brother is or any man in her life is. They should earn their own money. They should be financially independent.

I didn't even know when we reached my office until Moris told me so. I went inside and was greeted by everyone as usual. I went to the private elevator and pressed the floor no.71. I reached the floor, while going towards my office the receptionist greeted me, then my secretary did the same.

I went inside and thought to read the paper as I didn't have anything else to do. My meetings were scheduled in the afternoon and I have had completed all my work needed for those meetings.

As soon as I opened the newspaper I was greeted by the photos of my ex and his bitchy fiancé/bed warmer.

I tossed the newspaper in the bin without reading it because I knew that what the news was, it was about how my ex proposed her and all that romantic shit. I was going through my phone when a certain news caught my attention, because that news mentioned me, none of the other news did, and I know why because my dad and brother had threatened the reporters.

Not that I couldn't do it, it just makes me feel that I'm loved and people do care about me. .

"The playboy, again is engaged, with a Victoria secret model, who claimed to be his best friend during his first marriage with the heir of Lightwood enterprises Ms. Caroline Lightwood."

Is this the reason for the divorce of Ms. Lightwood and her player ex-husband Mr. Knight.?

As we all know how much both the partners were in love with each other. What might have led to their separation? We all know Mr. Knight's playboy reputation. Did he cheat on Ms. Lightwood with his best friend and now fiancé Ms. Alexia Lodge?

Now it's gonna be lovely to see how many months is this marriage gonna stay and when will Mr. Knight get bored of his new wife and go back to his playboy ways.

Now this was an interesting news, but who would dare to write such a news which was against my dear ex husband. Well I know who. And I'm gonna call the company's CEO right away and share my good mood.

Ethan Knight

I saw the news in which I had been called cheater. Well they don't know about the one who cheated. I saw Alexia enter the room wearing a sexy white dress. She came towards me and kissed me. "How do I look?" she asked I smirked and said, "You would look much better with nothing on."

With that I peeled off her dress and then her undergarments were  gone next. I put all my anger, frustration and irritation into it to forget everything. Soon we both came.

She went inside the bathroom to clean herself, while I was laying on the bed. Her phone rang. It was inside her purse, which was thrown on the floor.

I picked the bag and took out her phone but the ringing stopped. Then a message popped 

"Meet me at the same spot at 12:00." with a wink, smirk and kiss emoji.

To be shocked was an understatement. I also saw an envelope in her bag, on the envelope at top it was written 

To, Ethan 

and at the bottom it was written,

From, your soon to be ex wife

I was so confused I didn't know what was going on. I heard the bathroom door unlock. I hid the envelope below a pillow to my back.

"Umm..Lexi your phone rang."

Her face paled ,"Oh h......umm who was it?" 

"I don't know the ringing stopped till I could get it." 

"Oh..so you didn't see who it was?" Relief washed her face.

"No I didn't." 

She went and checked her phone.

"Umm..sorry babe but I need to be somewhere now, I hope you don't mind."

"Yeah sure, bye."

 With that she rushed out of the room.

I took the envelope out. But little did I know it would change all the thoughts I had in my mind. I would know the Reality.