All Chapters of Discarding my Loveless Marriage : Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

Ronica's meeting with the investors was a huge success and they were all eager to see her rendition come Saturday. As the day drew nearer, she grew more giddy with excitement. When the meeting was over and she had spoken with her crew. Tickets for the concert were sold out. She slid into the back of the limousine with Eric. Due to the last time when James had abducted her, Eric banned hotels. She was now a guest in his fortress like mansion. If James and Mona were making any efforts at all trying to find her, they would fail woefully. Eric shot her a genuine smile and asked her how she felt. "Like you've handed me the world. Thank you for being my biggest fan, Eric." As children, they had been best friends at the orphanage until her adoption by the Risconce family. She never thought she'd see him again, but at the crucial moment, at the height of her suffering with James, when she was at the verge of losing everything, he had swooped in to save the day. He sponsored her hope. It tur

Patrick Simmons was a happy old man when he entered his car and assured his security detail and the rest of his personal staff to meet him at the concert hall. He had had no chance of seeing his daughter in law since the time James told him that she was pregnant. He had promised himself that he was not going to miss her concert even if his life depended on it. He had always felt a sense of loss back when she quit her music for marriage. Initially, he had tried to convince her that she could have both. After an eight year hiatus, she was finally sharing her music with the world again.Patrick felt sorry that James never appreciated Ronica enough. James had always been obsessed with the family business so much that Patrick had not seen his marriage with Ronica coming until it actually happened. He had never expected the marriage to last this long either, and he told himself he would not be surprised if the marriage fell apart at the very moment. After all, Ronica had reverted to her ma

Ronica's heart skipped as she missed a note. Was that a gunshot? Nobody even noticed that she had just made a vocal mistake."Ronny!"She turned and saw Eic along with several members of his security detail running towards her. They immediately and effectively blocked her from view of the audience. Eric crouched protectively before her. Patrick was there too as well as her adoptive family."Are you okay? Are you hurt? Do you feel pain anywhere?" He barraged her with questions. Then his gaze traced hers to a hole in the piano's board."Was that bullet for me?" Ronica found herself numbly asking."I put eyes everywhere. The shooter has been apprehended. Come on, let's get you somewhere calmer."Throwing his coat around her, Eric personally escorted her off the stage."Help! Help! I'm bleeding!" came a distant wail."I think someone was shot," Ronica blurted out."The security committee is actively deescalating the situation," Eric assured Ronica.***The news headlines flared.R. R. S C

It's been seven whole months since James had been in jail on remand. He had been unable to secure bail for obvious reasons and he was stuck in a place were luxury was nothing but a dreamy idea. His jailers had told him to count his lucky stars and that at the extent of his crimes, he could only be less safer in the outside world."The prison is here to protect you," the Warden, Max Beaurogard had told him. Max was being sarcastic but when James managed bypassed the verbal cruelty, he realized Max had been telling the truth. In here, he still got shoved around. Power was money and vice versa. In here, he had neither. But at least, he had interacted with several murderers. The fellows hated that he had been a pampered heir, but they seemed mighty satisfied that he was now a worthless piece of shit like the rest of them. All in all, it wasn't too bad. He was facing forty years to life. He imagined he could get used to this.Of course, he laughed bitterly. He could certainly get used to w