Never accepting defeat

I knew I had her where I wanted her. Her facial expressions gave it all, she was shocked beyond words.

‘’How… How did you –?’’

I tiptoed slowly to where she was standing, taking another stick of cigarette to place in between my fingers. Aurelia fidgeted, clutching her handbag tightly.

‘’I know about the little games you've been secretly playing,’’ I disclosed, taking a twirl around her, ‘’Is your husband aware that you're flirting with his rival?’’

She heaved a heavy sigh, and I watched her lips quiver in guilt and shame. I stood tall, watching her shoulders slump, and eyebrows furrow with a deep crease forming on her forehead.

Her pursed lips parted slowly, trying to form the right words.

‘’What do you want from me, Ivy?’’

‘’Valerie,’’ I corrected for the third time, sighing in frustration, ‘’I told you it's Valerie,’’

She shrugged her shoulders, forcefully giving in to my correction. ‘’Whatever,’’ her eyes rolled impatiently, ‘’What do you want from me?’’

‘’Now, you're talking,’’ I