DANIEL’S POV.I was at work when I received a call from the driver I had designated for Sapphire whenever she wanted to go out.Even though she had never gone out on her own since she moved in, I knew a day was going to come when she would need to.I had ordered the man sternly to make sure to drive her and be on alert whenever she was going out.“Sir, I just brought Mrs. Preston to her family house,” he said as soon as I placed the phone in my ear.Finally, she visited her home. I had wondered if she was never going to visit her parents and now that she finally visited them, I nodded my head.“Fill me in on everything, and make sure to drive gently,” I said and ended the call.I had told him to update me on everything that might happen today, but what I was not expecting was for him to tell me that my wife looked pissed when she got out of her parents’ house.She did not even spend up to half an hour before she came out again and I thought that something was wrong.“You did not know
AUTHOR’S POV.“What has come over your child? This is unlike her!” George, Sapphire’s father asked his wife as he paced around the room.The couple could swear that this was the first time they got such a reaction from Sapphire.She had always watched them do whatever they liked with her, but with what happened today, George knew that might never be the case again.“I… I don’t know either,” Charlotte shook her head.“You don’t know anything! You don’t always know! Are you not fed up with that life?!” He hollered as he pointed his finger accusingly at her.“I don’t know what has gone wrong either. You saw that she did not even let me touch her.”“That is because you did not do your job as a mother well! Because if you do, she would not treat you like that,” he accused.“Are you saying that, George?” Charlotte snapped her brows together and stood up.”“Have you ever done your job as her father too? Because if you do, she would have never insulted you that way,” she retorted.George exha
SAPPHIRE’S POV. “What do you mean?”My mouth trembled as Hilda said to me.A week had passed since I had visited my parents and I had not heard anything from them.I knew they ought to have called, but I also thought it was for the better that I had not heard from them.Maybe my threat worked on them and they assumed that Daniel was actually fond of me.The man that I have not even set my eyes on since that day.Earlier in the morning, I texted Daniel and told him I was visiting a friend since I assumed that he was not pleased that I went to my parents without informing him first.He did not reply, yet it was marked as read.What a snub.“The audition has been canceled,” she repeated.The upcoming audition was what I had been anticipating since forever and Hilda announcing to me right now was definitely not what I needed to hear at the moment.“What? It is coming up next month. How could they cancel it that way?” I frowned.“I don’t know why. I got the mail last night.”She was in ch
DANIEL’S POV.I raised my head as I heard a soft knock on the door of my office and when the door pushed open, I beaded my brows and watched the woman who entered the office with Alfredo, my informant.“Sir,” he stopped in front of me with a middle-aged woman.“Here is she, the head maid of the Rodriguez family,” he added and my lips tugged gently into a smile.Because my detective instinct would not let me rest, I knew I was going to do everything to know the truth about what goes on in that house.“Good day, Mr. Preston,” she bowed slightly and I nodded my head.“Please, have your seat over there. I will join you in a jiffy,” I pointed at the chair across the office and watched as she turned around.“Well done,” I said to the man and he bowed before me before he walked away.____“I hope you do not mind that I call for you today,” I said as I dropped the fresh juice that I got from the machine in front of her and settled on the single couch opposite her.“Not at all, sir. I am extrem
AUTHOR’S POV.When Daniel found out that Sapphire was aspiring to be a model, he frowned at the idea. Not that he did not support her dream, but he would never sit still and watch his wife take on a ridiculous job.He knows little about the profession and the little he knew was not pleasing.He would not sit still while his wife paraded in front of the hungry eyes just because she was seeking verification from them or whatever.Realizing that he was the major supporter of the audition, he pulled out immediately without thinking twice knowing fully well that they might have no other choice but to cancel it.Daniel knew that this was going to hurt his wife, but he hoped she would let go soon and move on to something else.He would do anything for her, but not this.—“What are you saying?” Daniel snapped his brows the moment he heard what Sapphire said and he raised his head to look at her.It was a Sunday and he had decided to stay back at home. He was in his office in the house when s
DANIEL’S POV.As I descended the stairs, I tried to listen to the women's conversations. It was evident the two of them were bickering and I could only wonder what was wrong.However, when Sapphire’s palm landed on Kira’s cheek, I stopped walking and frowned at the scene.“I warned you to shut your mouth!” Sapphire hollered and slapped her again.I don’t know what was more shocking. Sapphire slapping Kira or SAPPHIRE SLAPPING KIRA.I knew the woman had quite a bad temper, but what I did not know was that she could do this too.When she turned around and her eyes fell on me, I watched her stand still in her position before she finally composed herself and walked towards me.As she prepared to walk past me, I grabbed her wrist and turned to look at her. “What happened?”“Before you pick sides, I would advise you to ask her what happened. Don’t anger me more,” she said and tried to snatch her hand away.“But I am asking you,” I said, not letting go of her.“Ask her!” She snapped and wrig
DANIEL’S POV.“Are you okay?!”The moment I entered the house, I rushed to Sapphire’s room and asked while I panted heavily.She tore her gaze from the television and turned to look at me. She was sitting in the middle of the bed, and barging into her room was definitely not what she was expecting.I scanned her body and when I realized that she was wearing the exact clothes in the picture that was sent to me, I breathed heavily.That picture was taken today, and that realization indeed scared me.“I should be asking you that. What are you doing?” She snapped her brows together and pulled the duvet to cover her thigh.“I… I have been calling you. Are you okay? Did anything happen to you? Did you see anyone? Did anyone…”I stopped bombarding her with questions when she pinned her eyes on mine. She glared at me in disgust and I breathed out.I should have been rational, at least.Rushing to her should not have been the next step.After all, I knew for a fact that this person could never
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I stared at my ever-dominating husband and gulped hard. My neck was starting to hurt from raising my head to look at him, so I dropped my head and looked away from him.“You don’t want to?” He asked me.I did not answer him and only kept my head buried.“Alright then,” he said and turned around,“Wait,” I exhaled and looked at him as he turned to look at me again.In his eyes, it was evident that he wanted me to agree to his offer and I knew deep down that I was going to agree to it.Apart from the fact that I knew that I would get paid handsomely, it was still better than the job I had found.I found a part-time job at a mini-dancing academy where I would be teaching little kids how to dance.Sounds not too good, I know, but I would do anything to make money and probably get rid of the boredom I was battling with in the house.At least, I would get to see the environment my husband was working in and even though I would be in the same space as him which I hated, it wa