Rose's POV I was sitting on my chair, my heart raised with expectations. I couldn't help but mutter a prayer under my breath, clutching my palms together as I looked towards the Judge, hoping the next words out of her mouth would be in my favor.“Mr Donald has won the case and….” The rest of what she said faded into the background and I sat there stunned, unable to move.Did he win?He fucking won?I couldn't believe it. I looked at Anderson, watching him assault the jury that he had bribed off with a couple thousand dollars hoping to get him to sway in our direction.The entire hall burst into chaos, as a couple of people were jubilating while the others were arguing amongst themselves, wondering what happened to my part of the l case.I could hardly believe what had happened myself.It's crazy because it had never crossed my mind that I could potentially lose the court case and because of that mindset, I went all out, not caring who I destroyed in the process and I hurt a lot of pe

Rose's POVI waited for a couple of days so the news about how I lost the divorce court case would die down before I stepped out of my house again.I put on my mask…. sunglasses on my face, a hoodie to cover my hair, and baggy sweatpants to hide my shape, making it seem like any other human walking down the street.Ever since I had tried calling David in the bathroom at the courthouse, he stopped picking up my calls and even blocked me from reaching out to him. My worst fears came to pass and this time, I couldn't take it lying down, so I decided to go over there and confront him in person.Thankfully, I still had the spare key to his house that he gave me one other time and his address was fresh in my memory.I was planning to surprise him and then milk him for any other amount of cash that I could, for the emotional damage that I went through.The drive down to his place was quick but I had the cab driver stop a couple of blocks away from his house, so he didn't see me coming and l

Donald's POV I was in my living room when I got a text message from Nalini.It was simple and short, quite straight to the point until I saw….Nalini: Turn on your TV.My heartbeat spiked up in excitement and I hastily reached for the remote, flipping through channels until I got to a news station.“Hello, everyone! Thank you for joining us at our 7:00 p.m. show but guess what? We have a buzzing story for you tonight and it has to do with one of our leading companies in New York. It turns out that its former employee David Knight, was recently arrested for a couple of charges one of which happened to include charges based on fraudulent activities. Anonymous sources claim that he is responsible for embezzling over a couple hundred millions of dollars from the company and now the police have caught up to him and are about to charge him for trial….” The reporter droned on but I tuned out of the talk.The camera shifted from her to replay an old clip from a couple of minutes ago where D

Rose's POV“Arghhhh…” I woke up with my head aching badly.To be fair, it was more like a harsh throb than an ache which made it seem like my head was going to fall right off if I didn't find a solution to it.I tried to raise my hand to touch my head but my hand feel like it was weighed down by a dozen wood chippers.What the hell was going on? Moving my head to the side, I tried to figure out where I was and the distant beep beep sound of a machine reached my ears, the sound grating on my nerves.From the corner of my eyes, I could see a machine and a couple of wires running from it….some of which led to my arm.Dread was setting in my chest as I made an effort to remember what happened.How the hell am I in a hospital?Just then the memories I had suppressed came rushing back with a vengeance. I remembered a fight with David and then hot words being exchanged the last thing that was clear to me was David getting upset and reaching out to hit me then everything went black. Is Dav

Rose's POV Eventually, I got discharged from the hospital and luckily for me, the hospital bill was paid through an anonymous donor. Throughout my stay in the hospital, I kept waiting for a relative to show up and talk to me about or comfort me in some sense but aside from my mother who signed the consent form and filled in some forms at the hospital, appearing briefly…. There's no one else that even cared to know what happened to me or why I was in the hospital.It took me quite a while for it to sink in. At least the police were able to retrieve my effect from David's house which was now a crime scene since it was raided by the cops looking for evidence of his schemes and whatnot.I had my phone, credit cards, and wallet with me but for the three days I stayed in the hospital, the phone didn't ring not once except for a spam call from a telemarketing company.The people I thought were my friends all abandoned me. Even when they heard the news of my sudden trip to the hospital, I