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Charlotte's povThe next morning, I woke up and hated how last night had gone. It wasn't very pleasant.Then the questions came pouring back, questions to which I had no answers, there could be no answers for this. I rubbed at my eyes, rolled onto my side, and tried to tell myself not to mind his actions and his cold words to me. But I didn't mind. He was leaving me. I could feel it down deep in my bones.And I knew why.It was all because of her.Eloise.That woman who always seemed to be around. Always in his orbit, even if she pretended she wasn’t. I’d seen the way she looked at him, and worse, I’d seen the way he softened whenever she was close. Like his guard dropped without him realizing. Like she already owned part of him.They were married in the past but not this time. He belonged to me and not her. What was the matter with him?I decided to go ahead and finish what I had started. I was going to face her and make sure she knew who she was dealing with.I bathed and dressed u

Charlotte's povSandra sat opposite me like an animal in a snare, her shoulders up against the base of the chair as she looked at me in anger. She ran her fingers nervously back and forth along the table edge. I could smell her terror sweat from where I sat. Good.I leaned closer over the table and said softly, enjoying her obvious discomfort at my nearness, “You asked me what I wanted.” My smile was thin-lipped, slow, and entirely calm. “Well, then I want you to take down Eloise. It should be easy for someone like you, don’t you think?”She looked at me in shock. “What do you even mean? Eloise? What has she done to you? She has done nothing wrong.”I laughed in a sharp and ugly way. “Hasn’t done anything wrong? Please. She tried to take what’s mine. You think that’s nothing?”Sandra pressed her lips together. She didn’t need to say anything; I could read it on her face, she didn’t believe me, she didn’t get it. None of them did so long as they were not in the problem I was in.“She d

Eloise’s povI couldn’t sit still. I needed to do something or I felt like I would explode. No matter how I tried to think of this it didn’t make sense of how someone would target the food instead of the finances unless this were some personal vendetta against me.My mind suddenly went to Charlotte but I pushed it aside. There was no way she was the one who was the brains behind my pain. Nope. She was too stupid to do that plus I believed she liked to do things in a very open way. This was beneath her.I packed up my things and headed out of the room as I headed into the elevator that took me to the ground floor.While walking past some of the guests, I could see them staring at me with such hateful eyes. And who could blame them? If I had paid such an exorbitant amount of money for a meal and someone had told me that rubbish I would be mad too.I was lucky enough to escape as I got to my car and sat in there while strumming my fingers on the steering wheel.I needed to tell him. E

Charlottes povBy the time I swung up to the house, I was weary of my thinking, fed up with having to smile.I just wanted to rest and have a glass of wine before falling asleep.I walked into the house and dropped the key on the counter by the door as I saw him sitting by the long dining table like he owned the entire world.He was eating his meat dinner like nothing bothered him and that disturbed me.It bugged me.I walked over to him, clicking my heels against the cold marble floor as I crossed my arms before I even reached the table. “You get home and you don’t even call me,” I said, my voice sharp as a knife.He glanced up at me, chewing and swallowing lazily. He didn’t jump at the sound of my voice. “Yeah,” he breathed out between chews nonchalantly. “And? Do you want a medal?”I hated how he spoke to me as I tried to be calm.I pulled up a chair and sat down next to him, plastering a smile on my face that didn’t reach my eyes. “And how was your day?” I asked sweetly.“It went

Sandra’s povI could see the look of concern on his face as I sighed and looked away.This wasn't good. I was supposed to tell him off, not bring him closer. My escape had led me to open up my dramatic side so that I would push him away and run. That was the only thing I could do to save myself at this moment.Either way, I started to hope that this moment wouldn’t last past how it should.I took in deep breaths as he asked me if I was okay.“Yeah… I am,” I gave off with a shaky voice like I was truly emotionally disturbed.“Then talk to me Sandra,” he said in a caring voice. “What is the problem?”I nodded and wiped the fake tears from my eyes.“Am I ugly?” He blinked, clearly taken aback. “Are you kidding? No. No, not at all.”I winced and forced more tears forward. “Then how come… how come nobody wants to date me? What’s so wrong with me?”This had him chuckling as he stepped toward me with a serious look and he placed his second hand on my shoulder.My shoulders weren’t naked but