Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
“How was it?” I asked, a cold smile on my face.
She gulped, “How is what?”
“It must have been fun watching me make a fool of myself, right? I mean, you’ve been dating him all this while, and then tough, stupid Isabella decides to let her guard down for once and this is what she gets in return?” I threw my head back and laughed at my stupidity, yet that laughter carried an air of ominosity.
“Isabella, I know how you feel right now but you shouldn’t -“
“No!” I roared, my chest heaving, “If you know how I feel right now then you would know that I’m freaking mad!” I boomed, picked the short little wooden stool I could find, and hurled at the large screen television, damaging it.
“If you truly know how I feel, you’d know how volatile I can be when betrayed by no one but my own relative,” I spat, intimidating her by approaching her with slow, calculated steps.
“I’m s-sorry, okay?” she choked, ” I chickened out; I just so scared of telling you that Pedro and I were a thing, I thought you’d.. you’d.. be what you are right now,”
A cruel smile parted my lips, “Well, thanks for your selfish cowardice, it ruined my life!” I rammed my fist into the vase on the mantel.
Anabelle screamed, shielding her ears with her palm. None of the broken fragments injured her but the same couldn’t be said for me. However, the pain in my heart was far greater than this physical one so I didn’t care.
“I hope I never see you again, cousin, ” I spat and left.
On my way out, I saw the guards rushing past me into the living room, it seems the butler heard the commotion and called them. I snorted, yeah, they must think I’ve murdered Anabelle.
I ran into Pedro on my way out and I was really expecting him to say something, anything! Which was evidenced by him opening his mouth, but then, his eyes fell on my bleeding fist.
Oh yeah.
His eyes widened, disbelief with fear crept into his orbs, “Anabelle!” he shouted, rushing into the house.
And yeah, Pedro assumed the worst. What was I even expecting? Of course, evil Isabella would hurt her cousin – that was how heartless they saw me.
Tears streamed down my face, it wouldn’t hurt to be that sweet, unfeeling villain once more. I don’t need stupid feelings in my life.
Reina’s POV
“What do you plan to do to Niles?” I questioned father as soon as I strode into his office. Anger was boiling through my veins like never before. Though I didn’t remember most things about Niles, the thoughts of knowing that we had something great together made me just so angry. Even if he did hurt me, I deserve the right to know the truth. I felt cheated and hurt.
Sakuzi looked up from the desk where he and Emerald were having some sort of meeting. He must have seen the fury in my eyes hence instantly dismissing Emerald.
“Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be at the office or doing anything else than glaring at me,” He said lightly, but I was not in the mood for jokes.
“Niles loved me, why did you lie to me?” I finally asked what was on my mind.
“People never treasure what they truly have until they lose it,” Father glanced up without even an apologetic smile, “Just apply that in your case,”
I was numbed with disbelief, I couldn’t believe my father had this side to him all along. But he loved me, he favored and treated me well at this time.
Tears stung my eyes but I hardened my heart to see the end of this before my emotional meltdown, “What are you planning to do to Niles?” I asked again, this time firmer.
“I’m already doing it already,” Was his answer.
“What,” My brows furrowed together in confusion, “What are you talking about?”
“As I said earlier, people never realize what they have until they lose it. I’m just preying on his guilty conscience and by the time you’re done with that, I’ll take everything he’s ever worked for and watch as he crumbles in defeat,” he revealed.
“Oh my God,” A gasp left my mouth as I came to a startling realization that I’ve been torturing Niles all this while.
Today, I just had a realization of how much Maria meant to Niles, her death truly devastated him. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, I, Maria’s alleged doppelganger appeared, not only was I bringing up that ugly past for him, I was killing him with despair amid feeding him with hope.
Not to talk of the fact I took away seven years of father-twins bonding from him. The guilt was forming an ache in my heart, I was killing Niles a second time and my father knew that.
This was his plan all this while: when Niles finally gets an idea of who I am and his kids, Father would cut him down; take away everything he ever treasured, and probably send us away to where Niles would never find us – that is, if he keeps him alive. There was no doubt that would break him; Niles already lost me once, he can’t lose me a second time.
I banged my hand on his desk, “You can’t do that to him, Niles is the father of my kids,”
“Just because I accepted Allen and Ailee whole-heartedly, doesn’t mean I would accept him. The kids have Armani blood running in them, Niles doesn’t,” he replied, sitting back on his desk.
“I’m going to tell him the truth,” I decided.
Father scoffed, “Then what happens next? Might I remind you that his father is the reason why you went through that hell in the first place?”
I stiffened, the ugly memory of me falling off that bridge resurfacing in my mind. I think I’m going to need a therapist, again.
My fist clenched, “I’m not going to let Adam got scot-free for everything’s he’s ever done if that’s what you’re worried about,”
“Just the same way I’m not going to let Niles go scot-free for what he did to your brother,” said Father.
“Seriously, stop it! Okay?!” I snapped at him.
“What?”
“Don’t compare your vengeance to mine!” I felt like tearing something apart. I grabbed my scalp, “You talk about Niles taking something from you when for christ’s sake, you took something away from him first!”
“What?” there was a crease on his forehead.
“I studied that incident years ago, turns out his wife died after you ordered your men to open fire on them -“
“Because he betrayed me!” Father stood up in a rage, sweeping stuff off his desk to the ground. But I stood unfazed even though I have never seen that look on him – he had always shown me his soft side.
“If he hadn’t disclosed our location to the authorities nor stop his wife from tagging along, such thing wouldn’t have happened,”
“And out of spite, he shot at your son,” I concluded, “I would have done the same if I were him. You killed his wife right in front of him, Father”
“Correction,” He spat, “She was caught in the crossfire,”
“And so was Maxwell – he died in the shootout you ordered,” I said pointedly, holding his fierce gaze. The moment I stepped into this study, I already knew this confrontation was going to end on a bad note, hence no need to hold back my mouth.
“All this wouldn’t have happened if he hasn’t gotten the federal police force involved. I lost not only your brother but a lot of good men that day -“
“Which is why I’m begging you to end this craziness already. This bad blood has gone on for a long time now, we need peace, don’t you see it, father?” I pleaded desperately, already on the verge of tears.