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CHAPTER 88EVA'S POVI hadn't made dinner in a very long time. Jonathan hardly ever ate my food. He left for work very early and came back home really late so after a while of trying to meet up with his schedule and trying to make him warm up to me, I gave up. I gave up waiting up for him until he got home, gave up cooking his meals for him and hired a bunch of people to do those jobs.But today, I wanted to make a grand gesture for him. He needed to see that I had started to see things the way he did. I had to convince him that I had accepted his illegitimate daughter as his child too even though the family would never accept her.The dining was agog with a frenzy of activities. The maids were setting the table and arranging cutleries, some we're headed for the wine cellar to get us a wine I had selected for that evening.I head Jonathan's car pull to a stop outside the house and heard him open the door."I was beginning to think you wouldn't be back." I told him. He hadn't slept in
Collateral Wife THE PERFECT PLAN
CHAPTER 89LEONORA'S POVI was tense, not because of the plan - I had been on more dangerous missions than this and stopping a killer was no big deal. What got me really nervous was the fact that I would be meeting my father for the first time up close. Of course he wouldn't know it was me. I would be dressing like Lorena, speaking like her and becoming her just for today. It made me so nervous that I would be this vulnerable and he wouldn't even be able to see me.Lorena would not be the person attending the party tonight, it would be me. It was the only way to keep Lorena safe. We knew Eva's plans but we we did not know how it would be executed so we couldn't risk it. The two of us could not be at the venue either in case they wanted to hurt Lorena there so it was better that I go in her place. I had been learning to behave like my sister for a week. Learning how she spoke, what expressions she used and her mannerisms as well. It helped a lot that we were very identical so even if t
Collateral Wife THERE'S SOMETHING OFF ABOUT HER
CHAPTER 90EVA'S POVMy palms were sweaty. I might be cold hearted but I'd never actually killed anyone before. I could have done that to Ariana of I'd wanted to but I didn't want to have that on my conscience when she wasn't even worth it at the time. This was different, this was a big deal and I could lose everything if she didn't get out of the way.With my step brother doing everything he could to take all my parents had, Liam was my only shot at maintaining the wealth I was born into. My parents were conservative and had always believed that a woman could not run a company. No matter what I did, they never could see my capabilities and because my mother could not have any more children, he had a son with his mistress, a son that took everything from me simply because he was male. Sure, he was good at handling the business too which was why my father had him take over but I couldn't help but want him gone. He took everything from me, including what should have been mine from the b
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CHAPTER 91LORENA'S POV.Today is going to be different, and by different I mean worse. After the announcement at the party last weekend, Monday morning was definitely going to have a new feel to it. Yes, you guessed it. My father announced me as his daughter to everyone present at the party. That included people at work, his friends which for the most part were also business tycoons like him. His board members were not exempted. The grandparents were out of the country and could not make it to the party but they had heard about it. It was literally everywhere, on the news, internet, everywhere!Fun fact, my grandparents had called a board meeting this morning and I had to attend. I wasn't ready for the judging and scrutiny but this couldn't be avoided. Besides, I didn't choose to be born a Railings. It was my parent's mistake, not mine and I wasn't about to go there to be treated like a piece of trash.I would be seeing Eva too. The woman who tried to kill me, well, my sister but t
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CHAPTER 92EVA'S POVThe glass collided with the wall and shattered to a thousand pieces on the floor. Liam stood there unmoving and red liquid stained his cheek where a piece had cut him. He winced but did not touch the cut. He did not say anything either.I had been vandalizing my living room since we got home. It was just the two of us. Jonathan had said his piece and had returned to his hotel, swearing never to return until we began discussion about our divorce. He was this close to disowning Liam but he decided it was best to stay away from him instead and strip him of every right he had to be a part of the company. He was being punished right now and he was not to show up at the Railings Corp until his anger was appeased. He was determined to divorce me though. The deal we had fell through. It was my fault for being overconfident. I thought Lorena would not survive the attack, I also thought the board of directors would stand by Liam who they had known for much longer. I knew
Collateral Wife THERE'S SO MUCH I DON'T KNOW
CHAPTER 93JONATHAN'S POVWe sat in silence around the table, each one focusing on the food in front of us but barely touching it. A woman who had been introduced to me as Laura looked from one face to the other and sighed."I spent a lot of time on this meal people so you better get down to business." She said."Thank you for this." I told her and proceeded to dig into the food. I looked up to see Lorena and Ariana doing the same. Sarah Tanner picked up her spoon and began to eat too.Ariana had called me over. She said she had something important to tell me and I had to come alone because it was something that couldn't get out. I know our relationship was shrouded in secrecy and there would be more shocking revelations to come since I didn't know half of what happened all these years. I had a lot of questions to ask her but I didn't want to bombard her with them. I'd wait and let her talk to me on her own time."Thank you Ariana, for letting Lorena be my daughter. I'm glad you let
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CHAPTER 94EVA'S POVLoud, angry footsteps descended the stairs, the sound echoing through the living room. I sat down reading the papers perhaps to find out if Jonathan had decided to push through with his threat after all. I needed to know if any news outlet would state that we were going to get a divorce but everything I'd seen so far were mere speculations.He was right too, about the public's reaction to the press conference. Sure, there were people who criticized him for his actions but a lot more supported how well we were handling the issue. The incident happened a long time ago too and there was no need fussing over it now when over twenty years had passed. Besides, the Railings Corp was too established to be pulled down with something so fickle.I also checked the papers regularly now to see if my in-laws had announced lorena as the heiress. It would be game over if they did. It would mean that they had really just turned their backs on their only grandson. My own parents to
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CHAPTER 95LEONORA'S POVI sat down at my desk going through some case files when I heard a tap on my table. I looked up to see Keith looking down at me, his expression grim."Someone's here to see you." He said and pointed towards the chief's office."What's wrong? Who's here to see me and why the chief's office?""Who do you think? Your step mother of course." He replied and looked around to make sure no one was within earshot. "I'm sure everyone has their suspicions after the announcement was made on TV and in the papers. They all say you look like the new heiress but no one wants to come flat out and ask you about it. We're the police and we would never meddle in your personal life. I've been getting a lot of questions though "I sighed, remembering how Keith met Lorena the same day that I did. Also, he was the closet person to me at the office. "Thanks for not saying anything. I'll address that later, just not right now ""I understand. It's because of the case right?"I nodded.
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