AUTHOR’S POV.“What do you mean by you don’t want to be accompanied by anyone?”It was early Saturday morning and Daniel was preparing to go out when Sapphire hurried to his room.Apart from the fact that she woke up very early which surprised the man, the request she had made was more surprising.He would never ask her to not go out, but he would not agree to her leaving the home without the driver.“It is not that serious, don’t strain the muscle around your face,” she said.Sapphire knew that it was wrong to visit a man when she was married, especially a man she had a history with. So, Daniel finding that out would not work in her favor. He was going to misunderstand her and if he decided to dig into the matter, he might find out what was happening.That was the last thing she wanted. Daniel finding out about the truth before telling him was what she did not want.The previous night, Hilda had warned her fervently to not meet Aidan, but in her own defense, it was to seek closure.S
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I made my hair fall on my shoulders and I stared at the mirror to know what was missing.Right now, I would even mistake myself for Emerald.I did my makeup and made sure it was quite heavy as Emerald always does hers. I used red lipstick on my lips and tugged my lips in a soft smile as I watched my reflection in the mirror.Something was missing.I scanned myself over and over again to find what was missing and finally, I got it.It is not Emerald without her eyes.I rushed to the nightstand beside my bed, opened the drawer, and searched for the case of the contact lenses.I had not thrown it away just in case and I was glad I did not.I breathed out in relief as I saw it and prepared to wear it.After I was done, I walked to the dressing mirror again, stood in front of it, and stared at myself in it.I was wearing a luxurious red silky gown which hugged my body a bit and showed my curves.My eyes fell on my bone collar, I shook my head at the obvious difference.Unli
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I wriggled myself from his grip gently and exhaled in irritation when he murmured in my ear.“If you know how much I have missed you, you will not let go of me.”“I know, but…” I groaned and finally pushed him off.He formed a pout with his lips and I forced a smile.This was a gesture I used to find cute, now, it was nothing but disgusting.I moved to the chair, pulled it out, and settled on it and he did the same to the chair in front of me.“You look different, is it just me?” He asked as scanned my face.Not to lie, it was quite offensive that Aidan could not tell us apart. We had been together for almost two years, and the fact that he was seeing Emerald in me was heartbreaking.What if he had always viewed me as Emerald?That could be the case since he had been crushing on her from the beginning.I curled my hand in a fist and pressed my lips together. It was taking every bit of me to not express my irritation to the man.“What should we order?”“Uhm… I think I a
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel kept tapping his index finger on the table in front of him till it hurt, yet he did not stop doing that.The anger he was feeling was greater than the hurt his finger was feeling.Maybe if he had known, he would not have told his guard to trail Sapphire, because what in the name of a heart-wrenching picture was this?He wished he could disappear into the image he was staring at and give the man a hard punch in his mouth.How dare he hug his wife like that?Why did the woman even allow that dirty man to touch her the way he did?All of these questions were messing with Daniel’s head and the least he could do was stare at the pictures and punish his innocent index finger more.Was this woman never going to tell him?He wished he would walk up to her and tell her that he knew everything, yet, he knew that he should not.If he told her that he knew, it was going to be easy as he had indisputable proof. Yet, he wanted the woman to tell him by herself.He wanted to give
As I struggled to get the shopping bags out of the car, the maids rushed out and collected them from me.“Leave it, I can…”I was still saying when they collected it and I clasped my hands together.I walked back to the owner’s seat and grabbed the box that I had received and walked to the house.—As soon as I entered my room and waited till the maids arranged my clothes in the closet, I began to unwrap the box after they left.My eyes widened in shock and before I could collect myself, I screamed and dropped the box in my hand.I breathed heavily as I staggered backward and fell to the ground.My hands began to tremble as my heart palpitated and my palms sweated.I closed my eyes for a while and composed myself before I crawled gently to the box again.The content in it had thrown me off guard and I wondered why anyone would do something so inhumane.Inside the box was a rat. A dead rat and its blood spilled on a picture.I had not taken a clear view of the picture before I threw aw
SAPPHIRE’S POV.Daniel turned around, picked up the cloth lying on his bed, and walked to the closet.I stood in my position as he walked away.Did he not hear what I said to him?This was a huge discovery and anyone would almost go crazy at it.He did not even give any expression and I walked to the closet with him.Shortly, he came out and bored his eyes on me. “You were saying something?”“You did not hear what I said?” I frowned.It took everything in me to tell him that but he did not hear?Right now, I was wondering if I should just walk away or repeat my words to him.It would be doing me good if I repeated them, else I would just keep living in fear of when the truth would come out.When he did not answer me, I pressed my lips together and bowed my head gently.The wave of nervousness that hit me was greater than none and I was starting to feel scared.Should I just run away?This man was looking at me, waiting for me to say whatever I wanted to say but that was scaring me mor
DANIEL’S POV.I don't know what was more exciting. This woman finally telling me the truth or my reaction to everything she said.It was taking everything in me to not pull her into a tight hug for finally coming clean to me.It made me feel better that she was finally going to be and act like herself without bothering about what anyone would think of her.I know how hard it was for her to act like her sister. I know how pained she might get whenever people call her that name instead of her name.Doing this… was the best decision she could ever make, and I was sure that the peace that came with it was second to none.I watched the tears that dripped down her face as she shook her head in disbelief after I told her that.I wondered how she was feeling at the moment.What she thought was secret… was actually no secret.“How… how could you?” She stammered and I pulled my brows together.“How could I?”Was she going to get mad that I did not tell her that I knew about it? That should not b
SAPPHIRE’S POV.It’s been a while since I heard someone call my name and this brought tears to my eyes. Aside from my parents and Hilda, I have literally not heard anyone call my name.It was always Emerald.I know that I should be happy about how this turned out to be. No, I was happy.Yet, I could not stop feeling ridiculed by the man.His connections and how he found out about everything and set things right according to him were so crazy that I could not help but wonder how anyone could have such influence.I had married him in Emerald’s name but seeing my name on the marriage certificate made me scold myself for underestimating him.“You are my wife.”“I am responsible for you.”“Sapphire.”These words that he said to me literally made me want to rush into the huge man's embrace.I wanted to tell him ‘thank you.’I wanted to thank him for giving me a chance to come clean.Despite the fact that I hated that he knew about this and kept it to himself, I still appreciated that he did