A shiver ran up my spine as I stood there frozen looking at the men who looked angry and mad. I didn’t know what to say as I swallowed a saliva that was in my throat.Before I could say a word, I felt a hand wrap round my waist and I looked to see Lucas as he kissed me next.“Oh Matt, you met my wife already, I was about to bring her to introduce to you,” Lucas chimed in as he smirked, I couldn’t do anything to see that smile wiped from his face.I knew what he was doing. He was mocking Matt, the golden haired man standing in front of me and Matt did nothing to show his displeasure against him.“You devil pawn, how dare you” Matt snapped as he glared at Lucas.“Mind your words Matt, you don’t want this to end up where you will regret,” Lucas warned and that only made Matt angry as he glared at Lucas.“You dare come into my home at my sister's remembrance party and spit on her name,” he growled out, and Lucas only smirked. My eyes widened, and for the first time I took notice of the pa

I stayed in my room, for the rest of the day. Maria sent the maids to take care of me and put me to bed, but I didn't see her for the rest of the day, which I was grateful for.At least she understood I wanted space, which I was grateful for. I didn't want her coming here and trying to explain anything to me, tho rage had taken control over me and I had slapped Lucas.When I was calm later that day, I still couldn't believe it, I had indeed slapped Lucas and I had said those words to him. And he had done nothing about it.Maybe I did expect him to barge into my room later at night and give me a piece of his mind about what I had said but to my greatest surprise, I didn't find him.I played awake for another hour, lost in thought. Tomorrow was the meeting of my biological mother and siblings and I didn't know how it would go but whatever it was I knew that I was anxious about this meeting and I found it shook the thought off my head of how it was going to end.I fell asleep soon after

As soon as I came down, I could see Ava coming to me with a bright smile on her face. But I didn’t return it, she looked elegant as usual with her yellow dress which looked beautiful.“Ariana, nice to have you here” she greeted and I nodded at her, so I could spot a slight frown on her face but she quickly replaced it with a bright smile.“Funny she would think I would smile at her after all she had done to me,” I thought as I tried not to roll my eyes at her. She hugged me, as she smiled at my belle.“Look how big you’ve gotten, pregnancy suits you,” she teased and Dad smiled as he placed his hands on my shoulder.I didn’t know what to say as I returned a smile to her, making the whole situation seem awkward. I could spot Briteny rolling her eyes and went back inside.“Come inside, we have a whole time and the rest of the day to sit and talk,” she said as she led me inside the house.As I stepped into the house, my heart fluttered with anticipation and nerves. The air seemed thick wi

My eyes widened, as I looked away from Damien, but before I could go any further, Damien held my hand.“You, how, why, “she screamed, as tears spilled out of her eyes, her voice had Ava, Brian and my dad running out of the house probably to see what the noise was about.Damien held my hand, tightly as he frowned at her, he never let me go.“What is the meaning of these?” Ava snapped at Britney, as Britney looked pale for a second, I pitied her somehow, she was obsessed over Damien and what she had just witnessed wasn’t something that she would be calm about.“I caught them kissing, mum, they fucking kissed,” she screamed as she jumped, everyone looked at us in horror except for Brian.“What is going on here?” My dad asked confused, as he looked between me and Damien. I could see the confusion in his eyes as he spoke.“Your daughter is a whore who is married but would not have her husband,and instead what’s my man,we were engaged and he called off the engagements just because of her,”

Ava made provisions for a room for us. Meanwhile, Damien made sure I ate food after we got to the room till I was full, and Brian left after informing me Of my mother, Susan. Turns out he caught her, just when she was about to expose the truth about my secret to the press and he had taken her hostage, he couldn’t send her back to jail, to avoid unnecessary attention. So instead he took her to the mental hospital and declared her mad. So all the words she had to say were invalid, she was locked up in a facility and well taken care of, and given everything she needed Brian told me and I couldn’t help but agree with him. My mother was dangerous, and with her out of my space, life felt easier without having her breathing down my neck, and threatening me, or exposing my secret to everyone who had ears. I was grateful to Brian. Susan deserves more than that for all she had done to me, and for these plans to come to light, she had to be locked away. Meanwhile, Ava informed me, that