Chapter 15: Stepdaughter"What's your problem, Kiera? You've been so cold to me these past few days. What did I do wrong—""Stop annoying me right now, Logan Achilles, seriously? Stop!" I exclaimed before turning my back at him. "Can't you see? I am making a PowerPoint presentation right now for my project so please, spare me with your shits,"I heard his frustrated sigh behind me. I am now sitting on the edge of the bed. I dragged the table near it, so I could do my project properly. I didn't expect for Logan to come here tonight. I mean, for the past few nights, he started sleeping in the guestroom because he know I was still mad at him. And he, being the most understanding husband that he is, he decided to give me a space again. And the only solution that he found is by sleeping in the guestroom... again. Little did he know, I became more irritated with what he did.Like, why would he do that in the first place? I didn't ask him to do that! I didn't asked him to distance himself f

Chapter 17: MissionI... ended spending that whole boring day with Mom and her stepdaughter. I know it's rude and kinda mean to say that it was boring, but then, it was really boring though. I was only telling nothing but the truth here. I didn't even feel like Mom was really making it up to me, because she was talking with her stepdaughter almost all day, and I feel like nothing but a complete outcast.I rolled my eyes when I remembered Anita's words before they left the mansion yesterday. "We're going to be back here for sure, Brielle. I would love to discuss about business with your husband. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to meet a businesswoman like me,"Thrilled? I scoffed and crossed my arms. Why would my husband be thrilled to meet her in the first place? As if I will tell Logan about her. And her business lines up with the cosmetic industry. Does it look like my husband's interested with her makeups? I gritted my teeth. I swear to God, I know that I'm probably looking like a co

Chapter 19: ClaimShock, happy, and satisfied. I was on the verge of crying myself out after hearing all of those words from Winston when my phone suddenly rang. Interrupting my very slight emotional moment. I sighed as I let out an apologetic smile towards Winston, and he just nodded. I gestured that I'm gonna answer the phone call first, and he nodded understandingly again.I turned around and walked for a bit, just far enough from Winston before I answered the call without even looking at who the caller might be."Yes?""Brielle!" The other line immediately exclaimed loudly causing me to flinch. I slightly withdraw my phone from my right ear. The loud voice from the other line almost made my eardrum burst! "Where were you, huh? We came to the mansion, but you weren't here? What happened? Where are you?"I deadpanned. It's no other than the woman who gave birth to me again. And wait, did she just said 'we'? That means, she brought her stepdaughter with her again, huh? I rolled my

Chapter 21: TearsMom awkwardly laughed. She looked flustered with what I said. Mr. McConnor couldn't even looked at me straight in the eyes after I said that. And Anita? Oh well, as usual... the jealousy in her face was undeniable.I pouted and shrugged. I didn't mean to say that though. Well actually, a part of me wanted to reveal how happy we are in our marriage, but then... that would be too much information, right? So, I decided to just keep the rest to myself.Anita suddenly stood up which immediately gained an attention from Mom and her Dad. I watched her too while raising my right brow, wondering what would be her dramatic entry again."Oh, are you going to sleep already, sweety?" Mom asked. She looked at her wristwatch and then looked up to Anita again. "It's still early. You and Logan should talk about business, after all, you guys are in the same page."I arched my brow. Same page, huh? Same page? What does she mean by that same page? I glared at Logan, and I was kinda sho

Chapter 23: Drunken Rants"Thank you, Calvin." I smiled at Calvin before unbuckling the seatbelt from my waist. I was about to open the door when I was done when Calvin held my hand, stopping me from going out of his car.And yeah. This has been going on for three days. Calvin has been sending and fetching me everyday, and Logan was unable to stop me from doing that. I wasn't still talking to him. Am I bad? No. Definitely not. He's the one who's bad, because it looks like he didn't still realized what he did wrong. He didn't even said sorry. He didn't tried to apologize to me, and that sucks! I just married a completely fucking heartless asshole who's fucking numb to be able to feel what I felt when he shouted at me, and how he indirectly accused me that I started that fight. I still couldn't moved on, yes. Especially because Mom was freaking texting me things. Saying that I should apologize to Anita and the likes. Even Dad texted me that about it too. Although he didn't told me to a