CHAPTER 4_ Revenge

~Arya~

I refused to accept the glass of water Karl was stretching to me at the moment. I squirmed on my seat unable to control my heart from contracting. The pain was unbearable, they betrayed me and the way they sought to get rid of me was by locking me up?

I gave those two my all. I made them feel how loved they were by me and yet this is the way they chose to repay my kindness?

“I trusted them with my life. Alicia was the one who gave me that knife and I can't remember anything that happened in that room afterwards..” I explained in between sobs.

“Did you drink or eat anything that morning?”

I fell into a deep thought, what was he suggesting? Could I have been drugged on my wedding day? I suddenly had a very vague memory from that day.

“Uh.. yes, I remember drinking a glass of wine or champagne that Alicia...” my words slurred. “.. gave me” The realization hit me hard.

I snapped my head to him in shock, I was indeed drugged. That was the reason I was feeling weird that day and also the reason that I couldn't recall anything that might have led to an argument between Simon and I which would have resulted in me stabbing him to death.

My jaw clenched hard at the realization, they played me for a fool and tried to get rid of me. Now it made sense why Alicia was throwing up back then at the washroom when I saw her a few days before my wedding.

She was pregnant for Simon at that time. How could I have been oblivious to what was going on right under my nose? Damn! I'm such a fool.

“Why are you helping me, Karl?” I managed to ask. I know I've asked him this same question at least five times today but I still needed to know the main reason for his help.

Nothing comes free in this world. Especially not a house or a fancy car, everything and everyone have a price.

I watched him crouch before me, he took both of my hands into his big palm and stared at me with the softest gaze I've ever seen on a person.

“I'm not sure if you remember me, but we go a long way back. You might have forgotten, but I didn't.” he pressed my hands softly. “You're right, there's a clause you skipped when signing. But it's not difficult, all you have to do is to marry me and let's set things right..”

My body froze in shock, I quickly retracted my hand from his grip.

“Me? You want to marry me?” I asked in surprise while pointing at myself. I received a firm nod from him.

I watched him rise to his feet after a while, he ran his tongue over his teeth and sighed. “Yes, Arya. I'll give you till this evening to think about it..” he took a glance at the wristwatch around his left wrist. “My car just arrived, I have to be at an important meeting, if you need anything at all, give me a call..”

He didn't wait for me to say anything else before leaving, how was I supposed to call him when I had no phone nor his contact number? I just stepped out of prison. I took a glance around the medium sized living room.

I knew he was rich the moment I saw the Rolex wristwatch around his wrist plus this house and a Rolls Royce?

The door opened instantly which had my attention, it was the lawyer this time walking to me with a small box in his hand. When he got closer, I was shocked to see that it was a brand new phone. The lastest model of the iPhone series.

“I forgot to give this to you earlier. The boss already registered his contact on your phone..”

Shocked, yet I reached my hands out to accept the phone box. I took a long glance at it and gasped.

“Who is he? And why did he choose to help me? He says that he knows me but I don't know him at all..”

Matthew smiled. “I believe Mr Adams can never be mistaken. You have a phone now, search for Karl Adams and you'll see for yourself..”

I watched him smile before leaving through the door. I quickly unboxed the already opened box and brought out my new device.

After the basic setup required, I proceeded to G****e to search up Karl and also know who he was. As soon as I typed 'Karl' in the search bar, his name and last name was the first in the search engine.

Curiously, I clicked on it and it brought out his photo. These photos didn't do justice to the man himself, as much as I'm heartbroken, I couldn't deny how good-looking and extremely attractive he was.

“Karl Adams, the owner of KAL group of companies..”

KAL? I knew I've heard that name from somewhere. I scrolled down and that was when I saw his net worth, my eyes grew large and my hands shook. He wasn't an ordinary person like I thought he was or a rich man. He is a very wealthy man.

He's a fucking billionaire! The amount of zeros attached to his net worth made my head spin.