One of the maids looked around mindfully before entering the Lamborghini car, slamming the door carefully, she bowed after sitting beside the woman reeking of wealth and authority, sitting next to her in a privilege she might never get in her lifetime again.
" Good afternoon, Ma'am", " Good afternoon, how's it?", " They've changed the woman your son is getting married to", " What?! What do you mean by that?", " Apparently, their biological daughter turned down the proposal of marrying your son, ma'am". Sharon scoffed and laughed, " I'm damn sure it's because of the rumors, no offense, that makes it perfect, I was never in support anyways, thanks for your hard work", " But", " But?", " Yes ma'am, he's still going to marry from their family", " What do you mean?", " I told you they've changed the daughter he's marrying", " Oh yeah, I forgot you said that which other daughter do they have?", " Mr. Ferdinand's brother's daughter, he's her new father since her parents died", " From the information I gathered, she got married a month ago", " She's divorced, Ma'am", " What?! Ha", Sharon gasped and burst into laughter, "What a joke, this is so ridiculous", her laughter turned to that of anger, " I'm going to see for myself", she said and turned to the maid, " thanks for the job, your pay has been sent", " Thank you so much ma'am", she thanked her and left while Sharon ordered the driver to take her to Ferdinand's house. *************** The sound of laughter could be heard from the room, the two men seemed to be enjoying their conversation and chatting away, " That's great! Excelling in business is for geniuses I must say", " I feel flattered I must say", Charles said and they both burst into another round of laughter, " But I'm being honest, it's just a fact", Ferdinand added, " Joining families wouldn't be a bad idea after all, I'm sure your families must be full of intellectual people". Ferdinand laughed, " I know right, I'm so glad it's finally happening, and I'm sure we'll reach great places together", " Same, cheers to prosperity and abundant wealth", " Including good health and long life", they cheer to that and drink up, " Hmm, this tastes good", Charles nodded as he dropped the glass cup, " How's my son-in-law doing?", " Christian is doing great, away on a business trip", " When will he be back?", " I don't know, no one can predict that boy's movement but worry not, he's not going to miss the wedding ", he said and Ferdinand chuckled, " Since you said that, I'm not worrying anymore then". They giggled, " your daughter in law is also doing great, she's so excited and eager to marry your son", " Really? Even if they've not met?", " Uhh! Sure, she stares at his pictures every time", " Where did she get them?", " Online of course", " I didn't know there are many of Chris's pictures online", " Ha ha ha, you're funny", he said and sipped his wine. " Anyways, I'll anticipate my wife's reply", " Ain't you the husband? The head of the family?", " Of course I am! But you know, our mothers love us so much, and they know mostly what's best for their children, and my wife is a very modest and intelligent woman, she knows exactly what's best for her son so I'm going to let her decide whether your daughter is good enough for him. I always trust the woman's judgment", " And how is she planning on doing that?". Charles chuckled, " she's probably on her way to your house, if not there already", " What?!", " Hm", he nodded nonchalantly and sipped his wine, " Umm...I .I. want to ease myself", he found an excuse to use so he would reach out to his wife. " Sure", Charles replied smiling, he knew exactly what he was trying to do. " Okay, don't enjoy this all alone, just give me some minutes", he said and went to the restroom, dialing Patricia's number immediately, " Hello", " Hi, honey", " Where are you?", " Doing some shopping", " What?! Why the heck are you not at home", " I told you I'm attending the women's club party so I need some new wears", " The heck! Charles's wife is on her way to the house", " Which house?", " Moron! Our house!", He yelled inaudibly, " What?!", " Fly to that house now and change that girl's dress, we can't let them see her like that", " Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!", She panicked and quickly hung up, told the attendant to pack the clothes for her quickly, and rushed out after paying. ************** Sharon sat down in the sitting room scanning the whole place and she could admit the place was not looking bad. She was allowed in after one of the maids called Patricia who permitted them to let her in. She sat on the couch when a maid came forward with a glass cup of juice and served her. " Where's my daughter-in-law?", " Ma?", " The lady my son is getting married to?", " Umm..", she looked around cluelessly, there's only one person who is getting married in the house so she guessed she might be the one, " I'll get her for you". A few minutes later, Clarisse walked to the sitting room and approached her, she bowed her head slightly, greeting her, and looked up to see the woman frowning deeply. " Who are you?". An insignificant being. She wanted to say but she kept her gaze down and said," Clarisse", " The lady my son is marrying?", " I..yes ma'am", she said staring at her feet. Sharon's frown deepened, " you're not their real daughter, are you?", " Yes. Ma'am". Sharon scoffed, she looked at her from head to toe and was so displeased with what she was looking at, she got so angry and made to leave but her heels were on her gown, and on standing up, it tore the fabric. She gasped, "My dress!", She cried. She pulled it up but that only tore it more, ", she screamed startling the maids. " Calm down Ma'am", " Don't tell me to calm down", she yelled, " I love this dress so much and now it's ruined", " I might..be able to fix it for you". She eyed her doubtfully. " That's if you'll permit me", her calm and cool voice sent this shiver to her that made her feel even angrier. " You better not ruin it", she hesitated but her love for the dress left her with no choice. But Clarisse knew she wouldn't dare ruin it, she was familiar with fabrics and when she felt the texture, she would bet the dress was worth millions of dollars, and indeed the dress was specifically made for Sharon as her birthday gift from her grandfather and it cost 2.5 million dollars. A few minutes later, after waiting anxiously and nervously, Sharon saw her come back with the dress, shorter and it looked different. She wanted to scream at what she did to the dress but after she put it on, she was stunned. " Woah!", Including the maids, Sharon gasped, "This is beautiful", " I'm glad you like it", " Are you kidding? I love it", she grinned accessing the dress that looked so beautiful on her, it was shorter, reaching her knee but some adjustments were made to the dress, " never knew you were a fashion designer". Clarisse smiled in response but then Sharon saw her thumb finger, it looked swollen. She grabbed it and saw the injuries of the needle, both old and new. " It wasn't a machine you used?", " No ma'am". Sharon was even more stunned, surprised that a very talented fashion designer like her had been using her hands, but that didn't cover her anger, in fact, it only made her blood boil more. She rolled her eyes and dropped the hand angrily, Clarisse was nervous, afraid she had done something wrong, and was panicking. " This family is so fucked up!", She cursed and looked at her, " Thank you". " You're welcome, Ma'am". Sharon took her purse and made to leave but stopped when she got to the doorway and turned back at her, " And why are you not calling me mum already?", " Huh?"." Huh? What happened to your dress?", Ashley was surprised to see her mother's dress changed, " but I must say, this one looks better and more beautiful, who's did it for you?", She asked admiring the dress," My daughter in law"," No way!", She chuckled, " wow! Can't believe that big head's wife-to-be will be someone with a skill, a nice skill"," I was surprised too", she relaxed back on the couch, dropping her purse beside her and kicking the heels off. A maid quickly came forward to pack it and take it to the room where it belonged." But why is your mood sour, is she not beautiful? don't worry, your son is a heavenly god, his handsomeness alone is enough so worry not, they won't give you ugly grandchildren"," It's not that"," Then what is it?"," I was angry when I saw her"," Why?"," The way she looks broke my heart into pieces, I was so angry that I wanted to yell at her and ask why is she not taking care of herself"," I don't understand"," I don't know, what did that fam
" Hi laws", Patricia waved at Sharon but she rolled her eyes in disgust. She whispered to her daughter, "Had I known I'd have come and pick her up by myself and doll her up, what is this?", she said referring to the lonely lady at the alter," I can tell immediately she's not their daughter, their daughter is not even present here"," I don't care if she's present or not, I'm very angry right now", she whispered.Clarisse stood at the altar, stood blankly at the flower in her hand. Not like she's throwing it to anyone, who would want to catch a flower from a woman like her, a woman who's getting married to another man just in few days after her divorce? She sighed dejectedly, trying hard not to listen to the murmurs, though there was nothing new, it just hit differently. She knows they're laughing and pointing at her oversized wedding gown, and her oversized heels and probably also gossiping about her divorce and shamelessness. Her eyes welled up in tears, why is her life full of p
Alice groaned covering her ears with the pillow and tried falling deep asleep back and just as she was successfully sleeping back, her phone rang out again with the ringing tone that sounded so noisy." Ugh!!", She groaned loudly and sat up with anger ready to blast whosoever was calling her with insults, " Dani?", She called the name showing on her phone screen out and picked up the call." what's it?", She said tried to suppress her outburst." oh my goodness! Congratulations baby!".Dani's voice was clouded with excitement that makes Alice even more pissed." Congratulations for what?"," c'mon...stop feigning to be pissed, I know you're very happy right now and I'm actually pissed that you keep such a thing from us, me especially, but I guess you just wanted it to be surprising, anyways... I'm so so so... happy for you right now to even be pissed, but I still am", she said and laughed.She felt so happy for Alice that her heart could not contain it but Alice was just confused at a
" who's that?", One of the maids asked Ally as she went back to her duty." just some men", she replied not giving the maid much attention," Oh, some men are already coming to look for you...tell me, is that your new crush?", the maid teased Ally but she wasn't anything, " he is good looking though","You should get back to work, he's not my crush or anything", she replied coldly." tsk, you're no fun", she pouted her mouth and left her.Ally resumed back to what she was doing but her mind was feeling unsettled, disturbed, and guilty." I shouldn't have said that much", she said and sighed, falling back on her butt and scolding herself. She had just told a total stranger things she felt like she shouldn't and that was because she was so angry at that moment that she couldn't caution herself. A few minutes ago" Who are you?"," I'm her friend"," Clarisse does not have any friends"," she does now, I'm her new friend but I feel like I don't know anything about her, she constantly zon
Christian frowned and said in a deep and vibrant tone that made Clarisse's heart skip so hard," and why would my woman do that?"." huh?".' did I hear that right?, He's been acting crazy since the wedding, I'm not Alice, who's his woman?', Clarisse said in her mind as she looked up at him, meeting his gray eyes.Their eyes met and Chris felt his heart skip, her blue ocean eyes were so beautiful and drowning but at the same time, held lots of emotions." I'm doing that because I know it isn't me you want to be here and I understand that", she said looking away. She's sure Patricia can't just send her off to a good man so this is what she's thinking it is." What makes you think it's another woman I want here?"," because I know it definitely can't be me", she said like she was so sure puzzling Chris and thinking if he was missing something." I don't know what you're thinking princess..."," Clarisse, that's my name", she said feeling uneasy about him calling her princess, nothing is
Clarisse followed Sharon as she went into another section, she watched Sharon who was immersed in a joy-suffused atmosphere as they embarked on a journey to find the perfect wedding dress for her. She felt strange and her heart ached, it made her imagine what the moment would be like if her mother was alive, she was feeling motherly love and it hurt, eyes were glued on Sharon but she was seeing her mother's face.Sharon browsed through the collection of dresses, trying to find the perfect dress for Clarisse, the one she was wearing was making her angry, she wanted her to look their best, and make this day a memorable one for her, and she was controlling herself so hard not to hug the fragile and lean looking Clarisse. Now that she's married to her son, she's likewise excited that she has one more daughter so she wants her daughter's wedding to be such a memorable one and after she found out that her real parents are there, she already assumed the role of a mother belongs to her now."
Clarisse sighed and she relaxed back and took a deep breath.' is he after my death? This is the second time I've been in a helicopter in just a day. Clarisse cried in her mind, she had thought of the worst scenario that could happen and she was feeling so tired and hungry and the situation was not helping matters. They are finally done with taking pictures that took so long and now going to only heaven knows.She clenched her gown and relaxed back, trying to steady her breath and not panic and it worked, she soon felt relaxed, and gradually she began to feel the cool gentle breeze on her skin and face, it was no longer noisy, rather the atmosphere seemed quiet and peaceful.Have they arrived?She opened her eyes to see if they had arrived but her eyes were opened to see a breathtaking and serene environment, it was so beautiful and was full of nature, she could see the birds flying, the trees had blossomed wonderfully and the floor was covered in different kinds of flowers that make
" please...", She pleaded with tears in her eyes and opened them back to life. Her eyes opened slowly to the bright room, so bright for her eyes that she groaned and stood up.She tried to adjust her eyes to the light, looked around the room, and wiped her tears off." I had a dream", she said to herself, " but now I'm back", she said sadly. She sniffled and got down from the bed, her body felt healthy and strong, she looked at where she just stood, it was so soft, big, and comfortable. She had not slept on such a bed for years and she didn't feel aches or pain in any part of her body like she also feels, except that she was feeling so hungry.She took a look at herself and saw that her clothes were changed also." Did he...take my dress off?", She asked and walked out of the room in a flip-flop. She went out to the hallway where she walked by some maids who bowed at the sight of her and she momentarily and subconsciously bowed back.She could hear them whispering and gossiping but sh