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
CHAPTER 164 HEATHER’S POV That bitch was digging her own grave if she thinks Richard will believe a word she said against me. I was his childhood best friend. His sweetheart. The love of his life. And his soon-to-be wife. Over these past few weeks, I have managed to make Richard believe anything I want him to believe. He was naïve and easily manipulated. And the fact that he felt guilty for what happened in the past and not always being there for me, especially with what happened yesterday made everything a whole lot easier He was now like a dog under my leash. I can lead him in whatever direction I want and he will willingly go. I must say I deserve applause for the drama I pulled off this morning. I came out only to see that bitch was making his favourite meal. Chocolate soufflé. I knew how much he liked that meal. She was probably doing it to win his heart over again. But you know me. I can’t let that happen under my watch. I wanted him to stay forever mad at her so I
CHAPTER 165 HEATHER’S POV I couldn’t believe my ears. Richard’s father was trying to bribe me so I could forever stay away from him. I knew he hated me but I never thought it was to this extent. He was the major reason I decided to come up with that rape and runaway story. I thought that if I returned after such a long time of being away, he will feel so much pity for me and finally accept me. Accept that I can good enough for Richard. Accept me as his one and only daughter in law. Little did I know all my efforts will be tossed into the trash bin. I hate this man! If not for the over the edge desire I had to please him, none of this would have happened. I would have never left Richard. He and I would still be together, stronger in love and possibly gotten married by now. We would have had the grandest wedding in the whole world that will be the talk of the town. He wouldn’t have married that bitch and I won’t be working my ass off thinking of ways to get rid of her.