All Chapters of The taste Of Revenge: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

31 Chapters

Not Their child

Selene"Mom. I am home!" I said, my voice a little higher than usual trying to hide how excited I was. I did not get a reply from my mom like I used to whenever I came over, which was quite unusual.I was just getting back from the hospital, where I found out I was pregnant. Finally. I came home after my parents called me because I wanted to tell them the good news about the baby. When I got home the house was really quiet and that was weird. I was expecting everyone to be happy and talking. Why was everywhere so silent?The entire residence was shrouded in silence, the grandfather clock in the hallway had suddenly stopped ticking, and I couldn't help but feel a shiver run down my spine.I walked slowly. My heart was beating slowly in my chest. I thought something bad had happened to my family. The hair on my arms stood up.. Then I saw them. They were sitting in their usual spot. Dad was sitting in his rocking chair and mum was sitting at the edge of the sofa. They both did not have

He Betrayed Me.

SeleneMy bag slipped from my hands.Not gently. Not slowly.It shattered against the marble floor, the sound sharp and ugly, echoing through the office. My purse spilled open, my lipstick rolling towards the desk where my husband of five years sat with another woman on his lap.I didn't move. It seemed like my body had forgotten how to.The sound startled them. Xavier’s head whipped towards me, his face draining of all colour.He scrambled away from her. For a second, I saw something shudder across his face—shame, maybe panic. But then he paused mid-rise. He took a glance at me and sat back. A worrying sense of calm over him. I stepped forward, about to speak when I finally saw the lady who was hidden behind his arms now visible.Aurora.No! It couldn't be.My pulse stutters. No, not her.Aurora steps into view fully, all red satin and smug nostalgia, her hair loose and flowing like she's in a perfume commercial. Her perfume fills the air like poison. Invasive and suffocating.She

Confessions

Selene He stopped for a moment and turned, “What?" he asked, confusion written all over his face.I smiled seeing his reaction, I stepped forward, speaking as I moved. "I said I'm pregnant.” I paused looking down to my tummy, the baby that would save my marriage."With our child." I finished looking up to him. He shook his head, his face going through different phases of emotions.“How is that possible?" He finally blurted out after a while and I smiled, looking down to my belly. “I just found out about it a few days ago, I was still contemplating…" I stopped my words immediately he spoke over me, his words leaving my hands tightly placed over my belly.I turned, wanting to stop him but he still spoke of the harsh truth I was unwilling to face. “I still can't be with you. I love her, and I want to be with her."My face fell. The feeling of despair I had washed away returning quickly. “I can't let the kid grow up without a father." He said and I couldn't help but scoff.He was so fas

The Real Daughter

Selene “Hi, nice to meet you." Selene said, a hand stretched out with a sinister smile plastered on her face. I stared at her hands unsure of what to do, my head snapped between her and my mother, looking for a little chuckle or anything to tell that they were joking but I found none.I coughed, but Selene spoke up before me. "Do I have something on my face?” She said, looking between me and my mom.My mom's brows furrowed and I spoke up before the thought could form in her head. “No, It's something else.”“Nice to meet you too.” I said, taking her hand that hung in the air. My mother looked between the both of us, a satisfied smile growing on her face. “Great. I can only tell that you both will have a great relationship." My mom said, nodding with her eyes glistening with joy.I faked a smile, trying my best not to let my confusion show in my expression. “We'll definitely have one, if she gets the chance.” Aurora said, her voice in a low whisper as she completed her words.I felt t

Shattered

The rain hit my face like tiny needles, icy and unforgiving. I had no idea where I was running to, only that I had to get away. I had to get away from the looks of disgust of everyone present, most of all from the triumphant smile on Aurora's lips.My Christian Louboutin heels striked the wet pavement, echoing too loudly in the empty streets. Click. Click. Too desperate. One heel broke, sending me stumbling. My fury flaring hotter than the rain dripping on my body, and I rip both shoes off without stopping. Thousands of dollars discarded like it meant nothing.My dress that I'd spent hours choosing, now torn at the hem and heavy with rain, clung to my body like a second skin.Images flashed through my head as I ran towards my car. The medical records on the giant screen, my name… my signature, crimes I never committed. All lies. Perfectly fabricated lies.I yanked the door open and collapsed into the driver's seat. My hands shook so badly, I could barely keep the key in ignition.Th

The Hollow

My world felt like it was coming to an abrupt end. All I could think of in this devastating state was my baby. Addie needs to know about this. Somehow. Anyhow. For all I care, Xavier never wants to see me anymore, I wonder what he'd be feeling hearing the news about the accident. Probably happy. I hope that asshole rots in hell.I heard floating voices above me. Through me. Around me. “ Her BP's dropping. Possible internal injuries.” I heard Marcus say. “How far along did she say she was?” Another voice asked. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. The ambulance door opened. I felt myself floating into the back of the vehicle. Red and powerful white lights shone on my face. Marcus's face was above mine saying words I couldn't quite hear in the rushing in my ears. My vision blurred again.I felt a sharp pain sting my arms, and cold flooded through my veins. The high-pitched siren wails started again. This time, close…too close that it vibrated in my bones. The IV bag swayed. “Se

Blood in the water

Thirty days. The words glowed through my cracked phone screen like a ticking time bomb. Thirty days to save the career I'd bled decades for. Thirty days while I could barely walk without my ribs grinding together like broken glass. While I still had this deafening grief. While Aurora walked free with that asshole. I kept staring at the email when my hospital door opened. Not a nurse or a doctor. Xavier. Not the broken, apologetic Xavier that I expected. Not the grieving husband or the remorseful cheater. This Xavier wore a fresh Brioni suit. Charcoal gray, and pressed to perfection. His hair gelled and clean-shaven. He smelled like new beginnings, his cologne filling the air. Behind him, a man in an equally expensive suit. He looked older. Way older. Silver-haired, carrying a briefcase. A lawyer. Something in my stomach cracked. “ Interesting.” I said my fury boiling like an erupting volcano. “ What are you doing here?” I asked. My eyes shifted to the lawyer with the br

THE RESURRECTION.

Unknown number:“I just saw what happened. I'm sorry. No one deserves that. Especially after losing your baby a few days ago”~ D.W“Who the fuck are you?” I type with my trembling hands on my already cracked screen. “Someone who's been watching. Someone that knows who Aurora is. Look out your window. Top floor building across the streets.” Against every instinct, I look. Although the view was blurry. Obviously, the effect of the rain dripping down the hospital windows. I could still see a figure. Tall, still, his hands raised. Handsome? I can't tell that easily though. I reach out to my phone to reply to the unknown number. Not really unknown anymore since I could quite see him standing there like a rain drenched chicken. “That's creepy.”Viewed. He replied immediately. “Aurora has three people watching this hospital. I've been watching them.” What the fuck! Why is she doing this? Wait, why is he doing this? Why is he helping me? How…? Questions flood my mind like a turbulent o

MARRIAGE PROPOSITION

"Well, hi again.” He says, pulling up the chair Xavier had abandoned like a corpse. He settles on the chair like a king in his glory. With the grace of apex predators who have never known fear. “I'm no threat to you. I'm just here to help you. Only if you trust me to. That sounds crazy right?” You obviously don't know me well enough to trust me. But you see, you don't really have an option here.” He leans forward and looks me dead in the eyes like someone who's deciding whether or not to save me or unalive me. One in which I can't quite tell yet. “While you were being destroyed by those vipers wearing human faces, someone needed to know. Someone needed to bear witness. His elbows on his knees this time. “ You're different. You're brave.” “And what does that have to do with anything going on here? You've not told me how you know me, or Xavier and the scandal with Aurora. Who really are you.?” I ask, completely perplexed, my eyebrows climbing to my hairline.“ Do we really have the

THE RECKONING

‎I didn't go to the car. ‎Not that day. ‎Not the next. ‎Not even for the seven days that stretched like open wounds bleeding and refusing to heal. The contract sat on my hospital bed like a viper. Deadly, waiting to sting. ‎MARRIAGE CONTRACT ‎Two words that taste like salvation and damnation fucking each other on my tongue. I've read it forty-three times. I've counted every clause, every exit strategy, every promise that sounded too perfect to be real. Which means it's probably a lie wrapped in legal jargon and desperation. Dr Jay comes into my hospital room. This is the third day in the hospital and it already felt like forever. Like this trauma and chaos isn't going to end anytime soon. Her face says the exact words her mouth won't. “Mrs Selene, you… need to leave you know…You can't hide here forever.” “Watch me.” I'm medically cleared but refusing to leave. I'm citing emotional distress, safety concerns. Just anything that keeps me in this room instead of being out there, w

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