Lahat ng Kabanata ng No Longer His Ugly Wife: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

Lucy’s POV“I object to this travesty!” the girl exclaimed. “Don’t do it, Alaric!” she berated.The room gasped in unison at the outburst. I incredulously looked at Alaric, silently questioning what was going on, but he was too irritated to even look at me. It was as if he’d almost known that this was going to happen.“Alaric-” She yelled as Ray, Alaric’s assistant, snatched her up by the waist and dragged her away. “Don’t do this! You’re making a huge mistake!” she spat, her eyes glaring daggers at me as she struggled against Ray’s grasp.As I watched her be carted off, my eyes zeroed in on Alaric. Was this his lover? The notion itself made me despise him even more. To bring me into a marriage with an established side-piece? And a psycho one at that. I didn’t think he could stoop no lower. “Are you kidding me?” I hissed irately.“Calm down. Just smile and stay cool.” He hissed.“You’re really telling me that?” I asked sarcastically under my breath.“Don’t ruin this wedding, Lucy.

Lucy’s POVThe room I ended up in that night, was a haven away from the simmering tension that was growing in the house in the few hours that I’d arrived.I relished every second alone in the grand and beautiful room that was all my own. Even better than that was the fact that it came equipped with a bathroom, so I didn’t have to do very much to avoid the brother-sister duo.One thing that I couldn’t avoid, however, was having meals with them. And though in some way I definitely could, Alaric would have made a problem out of it for sure if I had. That morning, I did my due diligence in looking as neat and nice as I could, my hair brushed out in its soft waves before finally leaving the room.Descending the stairs into the kitchen the scent of eggs, bacon, corned beef hash, and a little something swift wafted through the morning air. The coffee was what had been calling my name the most, though.“Oh!” I gasped when I saw Alaric sitting there at the island, reading the morning newspape

Alaric’s POV“What just happened?” I snapped at her as soon as we had the room. “How did he become a shareholder?!” “Alaric, I don’t-”“And 30% at that?” I hollered irately.“Alaric, if you stop yelling, and just let me explain-” she started to say.“Then go on!” I quipped. “By all means! Explain.” It was when I gave her room to speak that she stood there, clearly dumbfounded and without any explanation at all.“Alaric, I don’t know how he got it. I really don’t.” I was so infuriated by her ignorance of the situation that I could barely look at her. “Yet again!” I hissed. “Yet again, you’ve made an already impossible problem worse! For me and your family.” She took a step back from me, probably intimidated by every unconscious step I took toward her. “I…I didn’t mean to-”“Of course you didn’t!’ I growled. “Do you ever?!” She frowned. “Do you ever think about the decisions you make? How will they affect everyone around you?!” “That’s not fair,” retorted in defense.“Oh, the hell

Lucy’s POVThe meeting with Tom went the exact opposite as I’d planned, and I completely regretted it now. Niki only exacerbated that feeling further once she showed up.“NIki, I wish you wouldn’t tell Alaric about this. My meeting with Tom is not what you think.”“It doesn’t matter what I think. You should be more worried about Alaric’s opinion.” she said as we sat in her car. She insisted that we ride back to the house together, and I knew why.She wanted to be there to see everything blow up and most of all, she wanted to be the one to detonate the explosion. I rolled my eyes. “What were you even doing there?” I asked.She scoffed. “Not that I owe you an explanation, but everyone knows that Whisk & Bloom is the place to get the best pastries.”We pulled up to the house, and NIki quickly hopped out of the car. I dragged my feet a little more. At least at first.“Come on, Lucy. Let’s not lollygag," she said and wrapped her arm into mine as we pounced up the steps to his mansion. Wh

Lucy’s POVAfter my conversation with mom, I felt even more determined to find a resolution to the problems that I’d created. The number one goal on my mind now was making sure that we solved this problem. I left the hospital, a lot on my mind.As I headed towards the car, my phone began to ring. When I saw that it was Niki, a dread crept enveloped my entire being. I was still sore with her about what she’d done in telling Alaric about my meeting with Tom the day before. Other than Alaric, the last person that I wanted to talk to was NIki.I answered anyway, because I knew I’d get hell if I didn’t. “What is it, NIki?” “No hi, sister-in-law. How are you?” she said sarcastically.“What is it, Niki?” I asked. “Is there something you need?” She scoffed. “As if I’d ask anything of you,” she laughed bitterly. “No, I don’t need anything from you, but according to Alaric, you need something from me.” “Oh yeah?” I countered. “And what is that?” I asked, getting in the car. “A sense of st