"Where have you been?" Erica's sharp tone cut through Matthew's ears as he walked through the door. Not this again he thought to himself taking his shoes off at the corner. "Are you deaf?" Erica's voice graced his ears once more, he parted his lips to speak but was forced to shut up when her palm fell on his cheek harshly, leaving behind a burning sensation. Matthew blinked back, not surprised, this was nothing out of the ordinary, just his everyday reality.Her palm slowly left his face but he held her back, Erica parted her lips to protest, probably hurling insults at him when a small black box was presented before her."Take it." He urged and she did."What's inside?" Her tone softened but Mathew did not give a reply and walked away.A few days ago Erica lost her diamond necklace that was worth thousands putting her in a bad mood. Mathew did not see her smile once in those days and thought to himself that he had to do something. He went through hoops running around all day trying

Zane planned everything carefully, it was about time Matthew found out the truth. They had been sneaking around for two years now and he was tired of it, he wanted her for himself but for some reason Erica did not want to let go of her good for nothing husband. "You're not supposed to be home by now." Erica looked away unremorseful, she was still in position and did not care to stand up.Matthew could only get himself to say one thing, "why?"Erica was quick to reply, she had kept this buried for a long time. "You're too weak and cannot satisfy my needs in bed, I want a man who will toss me around and fuck me hard, you care for me too much." She sounded so ridiculous that he almost could not believe his ears. If he didn't witness it himself he would never believe that Erica was capable of such. Zane was pleased to hear her words. "You heard the woman bitch boy, now get moving.""Did it have to be on our matrimonial bed?" Matthew asked, ignoring the man."Can we talk about this later

Jose Pelen was the richest man in the city not a single person could hold a candle next to him. It was impossible to possess even half of his wealth, every luxurious building around was owned by him. However with all his fortune the man was rather miserable. His first wife passed on shortly after delivering their daughter, his second wife met a similar fate leaving him with two daughters, Petra, his pride and Olivia, her father's nightmare. Jose planned on passing his fortune to Petra but who would've known that she would suddenly lose her life in a car crash. Rather than make Olivia his heir, Jose would rather donate all his properties to charity. Beatrice Amell was the first woman he was supposed to marry, after a few months of being together, she fell pregnant and delivered a baby boy. Jose requested to have a DNA test done just to be safe, much to his dismay it came back negative. Beatrice cried on her knees swearing on her mother's grave that she knew no other man and Jose was

Diana was beyond honoured to receive an invite from Jose Pelen himself. It was stated in the text that Jose had found his lost son and was holding this party so as to introduce him to the world as his heir. Diana knew for sure that her being able to secure an invite had something to do with their encounter this afternoon. "Erica!" she screamed running out of her room."What is it mother?" Erica answered from the kitchen with a sandwich stuck in her mouth.The woman raced down the staircase like a cheetah, in no time she was down the kitchen. "Leave whatever it is you are doing we have a party to prepare for, Jose Pelen himself invited us to his party.""Really?" Erica asked excitedly, tossing the sandwich aside. For the first time in days, the two spoke to each other in a calm tone."They also said to bring Zane along I wonder why." She frowned, not too pleased with this, now that Matthew was out of the picture and Jose had found his lost son Diana thought that it would be nice to h

"Please give me one last chance, just one." Diana begged as security approached but Matthew faced her with his back and did not budge. "Hurry up." He urged the security men tired of listening to Diana's cries, Erica suddenly ran to him wrapping her arms around his waist. "I'm sorry for everything please, let's get back together." She was sure that there was no way he'd say no to her, Matthew was foolishly in love with her, in the past he'd served her like a slave worshipping the ground she walked on. Surely, he couldn't be any different now.Contrary to what she had imagined, he parted her arms forcefully and shoved her aside, then faced her with a look of pure disgust, "you must be delusional if you think I would agree to return to a heartless woman like you, after all my sacrifice you still had the nerve to ride another man on our matrimonial bed and you want us to get back together? I think you are high Erica."The way he spoke evoked chills, Erica never thought that Matthew could