Chapter 7
Layla’s POV
I stood there looking dumbfounded, I had never felt this much insult In my life, he didn’t even respect me enough to buy something different for her, he gave her the same thing. Is that how much he despises me now? This is the highest form of disrespect I have ever received.
“Oh, we are both putting on the same necklace! She said excitedly when she noticed I was staring at hers, “I must say we both have good taste” its almost as if she knew and was trying to make me mad.
“My husband got me mine…what about you? I asked stirring the pot.
“My boyfriend!” she replied with a corny smile on her face, she knew what she was doing, she knew he got me the same necklace that’s why she wore hers.
“He is the sweetest man alive, he buys me
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outrageous gifts all the time, takes me on fancy dates and stuff…” she boosts as she recounts how he left his work to come to see her in the middle of the night.
“What am I saying, I bet Alpha Dante does even more for you…we are lucky” she added
I didn’t say anything, I just nodded, what’s the point? He already gave her the power to run her mouth, the advantage is that they don’t know I know about their relationship. They will be so shocked when I finally strike back
“Well have fun at the party Kira, I have more important things to tend to,” I said and walked out leaving her no room to continue the conversation.
My ride home was quiet and therapeutic, I took my time to reflect on my journey up to this moment. I remember vividly the night my father had told me I was to get married to one of his business associates for his
benefit.
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I was furious, I had told him I wasn’t going to go through with it but he tried to force me so I ran away, I left my mansion with just a few cash and the clothes on me.
I traveled on a train I was still left stranded with no more cash to travel or feed, I had given up on life when Alpha Dante found me and took me in. He was the nicest person I had ever met.
But I didn’t trust him, I pretended to be mute for six months so I didn’t have to tell him anything about my past, but the truth is that he would hate me if he knew.
My father was his father’s sworn enemy, they went into battle after constantly throwing attacks on each other. My father emerged victorious and his dad was killed in battle.
I wanted to tell him the full truth on the night of our wedding but I couldn’t, If I did I would lose everything, including my life because I saw how much he loved his
father. So I just told him about my father’s
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cruelty towards my mother and left out that
part.
A beep on my phone brought me back to reality, I looked at the screen and saw a text from my private investigator, I had told him to look into something else for me and he just gave me feedback.
I clicked the file he sent and what I saw gave me mixed feelings, my plan B was already in motion, and now I have option C
My father is dying, and he has no one to succeed him his second wife didn’t give him any child not to talk of an heir.
So he is searching for me, because I am his only hope, but the only way he can find me is if I want to be found.
I changed my name and did a little surgery years back just so he wouldn’t.
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