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.“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

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 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

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