CHAPTER 156HEATHER’S POVEver since I saw her getting all cosy with Richard earlier in the morning during breakfast, rage ached every part of my body. I tried to make her look bad in front of him as I broke the news of our outing together to her because I knew she wouldn’t take it well. But Richard ended up foiling my attack, announcing that she would be the one taking me shopping instead of him.How…insulting?My heart split in my chest. I felt betrayed. How could Richard do that to me? He gave me so much hope last night and I held on tight to that hope. It was the only reason I managed to sleep well last night, only for him to disappoint me. The last thing I wanted was to go out with this bitch of his wife. This was supposed our first official romantic outing together after almost four years of being away and not knowing what it felt like to wear makeup and a beautiful expensive dress to go on a date. It was meant to be just the two of us. Alone with no one else.Throughout that s
CHAPTER 157HEATHER’S POV “Heather… what the fuck!... Where have you been all this while…and…why do you look like this?”He welcomed me in, taking a close look at my face. I cried my way into the apartment, putting on a pitiful act after which he quickly closed the door.“Who did this to you?” He tucked a messy strand of my hair away from my face and asked in concern. He clutched my chin and moved my face from side to side to assess the severity of the damage. “Did you get into a fight?”I shook my head in response. He should have known me better by now. I’m not the type of ladies who fight or make a scene in public.“Tell me…did Ben do this to you?” He asked me that carefully as if I were made of a delicate ceramic, the angry look on his face intensifying.I nodded slowly and that prompted him to lose control.“Fuck…” He tightened his jaw. His face contorted out of shape with a boiling rage as he punched the wall with a furious roar.I flinched in fear. I have never seen him this a
CHAPTER 158BIANCA’S POVMy heart ached in my chest. I didn’t know why Richard was so blunt to me. From his expression, it was obvious he was still upset. I thought that was subsiding after I told him Ben might be responsible for Heather’s disappearance. Not me.Perhaps, Heather might have told him something that him made suspect me again. My heart beat unsteadily on thinking of what she might have told him.“No…no….no….this can’t be true,” I grimaced, biting onto my index finger. She must have told him I left her for Dylan. Gosh…this wasn’t good at all. Overcoming a slight pain in my feet, I turned to face Heather’s bedroom, my mind running wild with a cacophony of thoughts. What did she tell him? What could they be talking about now? Where the hell has she been all this while?I never wanted to go to Dylan at first. She made me. So if this happened, it was partly her fault. And she could have easily waited for me in that spot like I told her to. Even a five-year-old could have he
CHAPTER 159RICHARD’S POVI opened the door and guided Heather into the room. She was so fragile she could pass out at any time soon. Ben just outdid himself. If Heather hadn’t stopped me, I would have been ready to find him wherever he was in this world and end him once and for all. He doesn’t deserve to live at all.And not to mention B. I never thought in a thousand years that she’d lie to me after the promises we made to each other. How could she tell me she had gone to see a friend when it was actually her ex-boyfriend? Who was it?No doubt it was that lawyer who thought he was better than everyone else because of his prestigious position. David. That’s his name. After what happened at our wedding reception dinner, the last thing I wanted was for him to have anything to do in the lives of B and me.If B had gone to see him then there was every chance she’d been seeing him behind my back ever since. How could she? I never expected this from her.I gently led Heather down to the e
CHAPTER 160RICHARD’S POVMr. Sam came over and presented us with the remaining evidence of Ben’s shady drug smuggling business. They included hardcopy photos of him meeting with known traffickers, his workers growing and producing some of the illegal substances in their secret hideout location, financial records of illicit transactions, and surveillance footage of drug exchanges.Heather had done well in sharing some hints that helped Mr Sam in gathering all these. I was mesmerized by how much she knew. And Mr. Sam turned out to be as good as B said he would. Everything was on point and he didn’t take long to get the job done without Ben or his colleagues and workers suspecting anything.The phone Heather brought back that had the videos and the anonymous social media account Ben used to spread video plus these photos were everything and more we needed to finally take that bastard down. He won’t know what he hit him. By the time we were finished with him, he’d know better than to me
CHAPTER 161BIANCA’S POVLast night seemed to last forever. I couldn’t sleep and I didn’t know why. For some reason, I thought I was losing Richard. He had changed drastically. He wasn’t the same Richard I knew. The same Richard I married.I can’t believe he will think everything I told him was a lie. I can’t believe he’ll think I am a liar. Of course, I really hurt my feet. I wasn’t faking it. If not for the little massage Gideon had given me, I didn’t think I would be walking properly by now.I have told him severally I wasn’t responsible for what happened to Heather. I knew I was bent on sending her away before, but now I wasn’t. I was willing to help her but Richard doesn’t see it that way.How can he even think I have been seeing Dylan behind his back? I never thought Richard would stoop so low as to think that. Dylan was a good-for-nothing womanizing piece of shit who karma will soon catch up with. With the post I made about him on IG, his life must have been destroyed by now.
CHAPTER 162BIANCA’S POVShe wanted to turn back and leave my presence but I quickly grabbed her by the wrist, stopping her. Not so fast. My husband hates me because of whatever she told him and whether or not she likes it, she’s going to undo that damage.“Listen to me. I have shown you nothing but care and kindness since you came here and I knew what happened to you. Everything you are putting on right now is my money and you still have the guts to talk to me like this. I don’t know what has gotten over you this morning. But whatever it is, you had better keep it aside. My husband now hates me because of whatever you told him yesterday. And now, you are going to reverse that. You’re going to tell him what exactly happened….”“You are spitting on me Bianca,” she cut me off, squeezing her face as though I was something unpleasant. “It’s not like I forced you to care for me or take me out shopping and spend on me. If I remember correctly, you almost argued with Richard because you wan
CHAPTER 163BIANCA’S POVIn not less than twenty minutes, I finished baking the chocolate soufflé. Richard had finished dressing and was seated at the dining table with Heather.As I served him, I noticed he didn’t have that gleam in his eyes like the first time I prepared this chocolate soufflé. I tried not to worry. He will once he taste it. I prepared the meal with extra care and caution. He’ll like it.Heather was either glaring daggers at me or pulling a face to mock me when Richard wasn’t looking in her direction. What a bitch! I still can’t believe I didn’t see what a snake she was before all these happened. Richard was dining with the devil herself and he didn’t even know.I knew if I had to expose her to him and prove she wasn’t what she said I had to do a lot more than just say it out with my mouth. I had to think outside the box. If I continued pointing fingers at her without any evidence and with everything that has happened then I was digging my grave. Richard might leav