Filed to story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
“Your mother is dying! “
“She is not my mother!” Reina gave Niles a warning growl. There was trouble in paradise already.
“Oh yes, she is!” Niles stood his ground.
“Say that again Niles and I’ll punch you right in the face!”
“Even if you deny it a million times, there’s no denying that Angela is your mother -” Niles was still saying when she cut him off with a punch to his face. He really didn’t know she would do that.
“Don’t. Call. Her. My. Mother!” she spat out, “Because she is not! Niles, you of all people know what I went through in her hand! You of all people should understand my pain! You saw it all! Then you should understand me! You should be on my side, not hers!” She yelled at him.
“I am on your side!”
“No, you’re not!” She told him, “If you’re really on my side, you wouldn’t be taking her side!”
“Reina, stop being childish here! I know what your mother did to you over the years is unacceptable and abusive, but she’s trying to make peace with you before she dies. I would have even forgiven my father Adam if he had such a change of heart, Reina!”
“No, she doesn’t have a change of heart, Angela just doesn’t want to go to hell,”
“What?” Niles was confused.
“Angela was brought up in a strict Christian home by my grandmother and though she hardly goes to church anymore – thanks to her work – she still believes their doctrines and I bet right now, she’s reviewing her life choices and checking for sins that might drag her to the fiery pit of hell, “
Reina recalled Grandma had been a strict churchgoer when she had been alive since the old woman normally took her there when she was a kid and though Angela had forgotten all about the church, the teachings still stayed with her.
“Doesn’t this mean she’s dead serious about gaining your forgiveness then?” Niles said to her.
“I can’t believe you,” Reina spoke through gritted teeth and with a warning gaze, headed for the door.
“Where are you going?” Niles followed after her.
“Don’t follow me!” She turned and hissed at him, “Trust me, you’re going to regret it,”
Niles’ gaze softened, “Maria… ” He called her by that name and that did it. She slammed the door at his face and strode away.
“God damn it!” Niles cursed out loud kicking the air before threading his hand through his hair, pulling his scalp hard.
He knew Angela was a sensitive topic for his wife but then this was a life and death issue. Angela did her wrong, yes, but in the end, blood was blood, and the fact the woman had already reached out first was enough reason for Reina to listen.
If his own father Adam had atoned for his sins in the end, though it would be hard but not impossible, Niles was sure he would forgive him – especially if he had a few days to live.
“She doesn’t understand what would happen if Angela dies without them reconciling,” Niles muttered to an empty room.
The guilt would plunge her for a long time. He knew Reina like the back of his hand, she might appear to be tough, but in reality, her heart was as soft as jelly, however, that doesn’t mean she would allow anyone to step over her without retaliation.
As far as she’s the same Maria he knew, she would surely regret it. One can only make changes while they’re still alive and he had to reconcile both mother and daughter – it was time to end the feud.
Niles didn’t go in search of his wife immediately, he gave her time to cool off – that blow she gave him was still fresh in his memory – and only went for her after two hours. Finding out about her location wasn’t hard since he was able to track her down effortlessly.
Well, Reina doesn’t know this but Niles planted a tracker in her wedding ring. Yes, he knew it was completely wrong but then, his wife had a knack for attracting trouble so he had to make sure she was within his watchful range.
He could have bugged her phone but it felt completely wrong and there were ninety percent higher chances of her finding out. Also, once a phone was switched off, the tracker wouldn’t work efficiently so this was much better.
Niles was honestly surprised when he tracked her down to the hotel’s rooftop; he had expected her to be in a bar or something. But as usual, she had a bottle by her side and was drinking from it.
He came to stand beside her and when she made no effort to yell at him like earlier, he took that as a signal that she had calmed down and sat on the floor cross-legged.
“How did you find me? This is the last place you’d thought of me coming,”
Niles gulped, he couldn’t possibly tell her he bugged her in this tense atmosphere, so he lied as usual.
“I went through the hotel’s footage,”
“I avoided them,” Reina said, turning to look at him this time, “How did you find me then?”
“You didn’t avoid one well enough,” He replied with an expressionless face knowing she could read him well.
As expected, Reina raised a skeptical brow.
“Are you doubting my skills?” He asked.
“Whatever,” She rolled her eyes and was just about to take a swing from the bottle when Niles snatched it from her.
“That’s enough,” He kept it far away from her.
“Why don’t you leave me alone if you’re going to be a party pooper,” Reina groaned.
“You can’t keep drowning out your problems with drinks,”
“Trust me, that woman is hardly my problem,”
“Liar,”
“You keep annoying me, don’t make me divorce you,” She threatened.
“Ha!” Niles scoffed, throwing back his head in sheer mockery, “Why don’t you try? I’ll just keep you locked up in my bedroom,”
Reina gave him a dirty look, “That’s the only way you can think of keeping me by your side?” she added, “I’ll simply kill you in your sleep,”
Niles chortled, saying suggestively, “As if we’d be doing any sleeping,”