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BENEATH THE FACADE Behind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits. Chapter Fifty two Emily's POV Later that day*** I'm bored in the room. I was given a one month break at work, to enjoy my honeymoon. To be honest, I'm not grateful for the break. I miss work, I miss Ace, I miss my students. By now, Ace would have been all over me, begging me to tell him a story. I wonder how the one month would be if the first day was this boring. The time is 2:00pm. I pick up my phone and dial Nyla's number. It rings for a while but she doesn't pick up. Few minutes later, she returns the call. “Hey bestie,” I said excitedly. “My Emily,” she replies. “I'm in the middle of something, let me call you back” she adds. “Okay” I say and end the call. “What's Nyla busy with? She didn't sound all good on the phone. Saturdays are supposed to be her free days though. I just hope she and her baby- Josh are well. I look around thinking of what I can do. I remember I haven't checked aro

BENEATH THE FACADEBehind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits.Chapter 54Emily's POVToday is a Sunday. I wake up by 7:00a.m in order to meet up with the time I gave Nyla. After I take my bath, I sit down on the bed, thinking of what to wear. After much thought and scattering my closet, I finally decide on a white and black polka dot palazzo to pair with a white tank top. I straighten my curls with a straightener and I'm all dressed by 9:00 a.m ready to step out. I stole one last glance at myself from the engraved, polished brass mirror hanging in my bedroom and plastered a wide smile on my face. Its the way I looked effortlessly pretty for me. I'm walking down the stairs when I hear my name. I recognize it as the cook’s voice.“Emily, Emily” she says.“Yes ma'am” I respond. “Which of the cars would you be taking?” She asked.“Cars??? I don't understand. Did I move in here with cars? Or what does she mean?” “Cars? I don't understand ma” I say out aloud. “Yes

BENEATH THE FACADEBehind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits.CHAPTER 56Emily's POVI set out to prepare my special pancakes for my husband. This would be the first time he would ask me to cook for him. I got my eggs, flour, milk, honey, onions, cinnamon. I poured them into a bowl and mixed with a whisker for it to be smooth. “Maybe I could use my special pancakes to win his heart”I whisked till it was smooth, poured into a pan and fixed into the oven. I closed the oven and set it on 15°. I waited in the kitchen for it to be ready. I didn't want to risk burning it. I needed to please him. Immediately the oven's alarm rang, I opened it and brought out the pancakes. They smelled good but even tasted better. I brought out the finest of plate and transferred the pancakes there. I looked into the fridge to see if I could find a juice, which I did and served in a glass cup. I set the pancakes on the green glass plate alongside the juice in the glass cup on the woode

BENEATH THE FACADEBehind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits.CHAPTER 58EMILY’S POV: The silence in the room was deafening.Not the calm kind that wraps itself around you like a blanket but the kind that presses down on your chest, steals your breath, and leaves your thoughts too loud. The cook had left a while ago, but my words clung to the walls like smoke. They replayed in my mind, again and again, no matter how hard I tried to shut them out.I sat on the edge of the bed, arms wrapped tightly around my legs, drawing them to my chest like I could hold myself together that way. My back was hunched, my forehead resting on my knees. my whole body trembled not from cold, but from something deeper. Something I didn’t have the strength to name.My heartbeat thudded in my ears, fast and heavy, as if my own body was trying to remind me I was still alive even when everything inside me felt broken.My eyes burned. The kind of burn that came from crying too much, too har

BENEATH THE FACADEBehind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits.Chapter 60Emily's POV It happened three weeks later, quiet, sudden, and right in the middle of the night.I had been curled beneath my sheets, my breathing soft and finally finding some rest after days of pretending to be fine. The darkness in the room was thick, the kind that made shadows look heavier and the air feel still. The fan turned slowly above me, humming like a lullaby. I was somewhere between sleep and wakefulness when my phone lit up on the nightstand.A soft vibration.I stirred.Groggy, I reached for it, barely lifting my head from the pillow. I assumed it was a message from Nyla checking on Josh, or maybe Eddy checking in again, like he sometimes did when sleep wouldn’t come for either of us.But the moment my thumb tapped the screen and my eyes focused on the massage, the drowsiness drained from my body like water from a broken cup.Something in my chest tightened.Because what stared