DANIEL’S POV.I raised my head as I heard a soft knock on the door of my office and when the door pushed open, I beaded my brows and watched the woman who entered the office with Alfredo, my informant.“Sir,” he stopped in front of me with a middle-aged woman.“Here is she, the head maid of the Rodriguez family,” he added and my lips tugged gently into a smile.Because my detective instinct would not let me rest, I knew I was going to do everything to know the truth about what goes on in that house.“Good day, Mr. Preston,” she bowed slightly and I nodded my head.“Please, have your seat over there. I will join you in a jiffy,” I pointed at the chair across the office and watched as she turned around.“Well done,” I said to the man and he bowed before me before he walked away.____“I hope you do not mind that I call for you today,” I said as I dropped the fresh juice that I got from the machine in front of her and settled on the single couch opposite her.“Not at all, sir. I am extrem
AUTHOR’S POV.When Daniel found out that Sapphire was aspiring to be a model, he frowned at the idea. Not that he did not support her dream, but he would never sit still and watch his wife take on a ridiculous job.He knows little about the profession and the little he knew was not pleasing.He would not sit still while his wife paraded in front of the hungry eyes just because she was seeking verification from them or whatever.Realizing that he was the major supporter of the audition, he pulled out immediately without thinking twice knowing fully well that they might have no other choice but to cancel it.Daniel knew that this was going to hurt his wife, but he hoped she would let go soon and move on to something else.He would do anything for her, but not this.—“What are you saying?” Daniel snapped his brows the moment he heard what Sapphire said and he raised his head to look at her.It was a Sunday and he had decided to stay back at home. He was in his office in the house when s
DANIEL’S POV.As I descended the stairs, I tried to listen to the women's conversations. It was evident the two of them were bickering and I could only wonder what was wrong.However, when Sapphire’s palm landed on Kira’s cheek, I stopped walking and frowned at the scene.“I warned you to shut your mouth!” Sapphire hollered and slapped her again.I don’t know what was more shocking. Sapphire slapping Kira or SAPPHIRE SLAPPING KIRA.I knew the woman had quite a bad temper, but what I did not know was that she could do this too.When she turned around and her eyes fell on me, I watched her stand still in her position before she finally composed herself and walked towards me.As she prepared to walk past me, I grabbed her wrist and turned to look at her. “What happened?”“Before you pick sides, I would advise you to ask her what happened. Don’t anger me more,” she said and tried to snatch her hand away.“But I am asking you,” I said, not letting go of her.“Ask her!” She snapped and wrig
DANIEL’S POV.“Are you okay?!”The moment I entered the house, I rushed to Sapphire’s room and asked while I panted heavily.She tore her gaze from the television and turned to look at me. She was sitting in the middle of the bed, and barging into her room was definitely not what she was expecting.I scanned her body and when I realized that she was wearing the exact clothes in the picture that was sent to me, I breathed heavily.That picture was taken today, and that realization indeed scared me.“I should be asking you that. What are you doing?” She snapped her brows together and pulled the duvet to cover her thigh.“I… I have been calling you. Are you okay? Did anything happen to you? Did you see anyone? Did anyone…”I stopped bombarding her with questions when she pinned her eyes on mine. She glared at me in disgust and I breathed out.I should have been rational, at least.Rushing to her should not have been the next step.After all, I knew for a fact that this person could never
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I stared at my ever-dominating husband and gulped hard. My neck was starting to hurt from raising my head to look at him, so I dropped my head and looked away from him.“You don’t want to?” He asked me.I did not answer him and only kept my head buried.“Alright then,” he said and turned around,“Wait,” I exhaled and looked at him as he turned to look at me again.In his eyes, it was evident that he wanted me to agree to his offer and I knew deep down that I was going to agree to it.Apart from the fact that I knew that I would get paid handsomely, it was still better than the job I had found.I found a part-time job at a mini-dancing academy where I would be teaching little kids how to dance.Sounds not too good, I know, but I would do anything to make money and probably get rid of the boredom I was battling with in the house.At least, I would get to see the environment my husband was working in and even though I would be in the same space as him which I hated, it wa
AUTHOR’S POV.“What do you mean by you don’t want to be accompanied by anyone?”It was early Saturday morning and Daniel was preparing to go out when Sapphire hurried to his room.Apart from the fact that she woke up very early which surprised the man, the request she had made was more surprising.He would never ask her to not go out, but he would not agree to her leaving the home without the driver.“It is not that serious, don’t strain the muscle around your face,” she said.Sapphire knew that it was wrong to visit a man when she was married, especially a man she had a history with. So, Daniel finding that out would not work in her favor. He was going to misunderstand her and if he decided to dig into the matter, he might find out what was happening.That was the last thing she wanted. Daniel finding out about the truth before telling him was what she did not want.The previous night, Hilda had warned her fervently to not meet Aidan, but in her own defense, it was to seek closure.S
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I made my hair fall on my shoulders and I stared at the mirror to know what was missing.Right now, I would even mistake myself for Emerald.I did my makeup and made sure it was quite heavy as Emerald always does hers. I used red lipstick on my lips and tugged my lips in a soft smile as I watched my reflection in the mirror.Something was missing.I scanned myself over and over again to find what was missing and finally, I got it.It is not Emerald without her eyes.I rushed to the nightstand beside my bed, opened the drawer, and searched for the case of the contact lenses.I had not thrown it away just in case and I was glad I did not.I breathed out in relief as I saw it and prepared to wear it.After I was done, I walked to the dressing mirror again, stood in front of it, and stared at myself in it.I was wearing a luxurious red silky gown which hugged my body a bit and showed my curves.My eyes fell on my bone collar, I shook my head at the obvious difference.Unli
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I wriggled myself from his grip gently and exhaled in irritation when he murmured in my ear.“If you know how much I have missed you, you will not let go of me.”“I know, but…” I groaned and finally pushed him off.He formed a pout with his lips and I forced a smile.This was a gesture I used to find cute, now, it was nothing but disgusting.I moved to the chair, pulled it out, and settled on it and he did the same to the chair in front of me.“You look different, is it just me?” He asked as scanned my face.Not to lie, it was quite offensive that Aidan could not tell us apart. We had been together for almost two years, and the fact that he was seeing Emerald in me was heartbreaking.What if he had always viewed me as Emerald?That could be the case since he had been crushing on her from the beginning.I curled my hand in a fist and pressed my lips together. It was taking every bit of me to not express my irritation to the man.“What should we order?”“Uhm… I think I a