2025-02-12 21:15:48Kyle took the opportunity to taunt him more. He stopped nursing his wounds and held Lara by the waist. Pulling her closer to his body, he planted a kiss at her lips.
"Honey, we're going to have the media itching for more of the juicy news because our names would be on everyone's lips. You will be the envy of those colleagues of yours who have been chasing after me but could not get closer. They'll all watch me place the trophy in your hands. Hahaha."
"Ofcourse, you're the best my dear Kyle and my daughter deserves the best. Not some dumb pauper who has wasted eight months of her life. I'm glad that it's over now." Lovelyn chipped in.
Crystal had been without a word, she just sat at the couch watching all the drama. She suddenly stood up from her chair and walked towards the door. Opening it, she said. "It's the least I can do for my ex brother-in-law. Don't say I'm not being considerate because I just helped you open the door."
They all began to laugh at Crystal's little drama.
Prince thought that he had had enough of the insults and belittling so he decided to let them be. As he left the place, he kept cursing them in his heart. He was a few steps outside when he heard their hysterical laughter.
"So long." Crystal waved at him when he turned around. She was standing at the door and watching him leave.
As soon as Prince was outside the gates of the Villa, he brought out his phone to make a call.
Turning around, Prince glanced at the house one last time and swore to make them pay. He was so happy when he saw the pregnancy test and was close to revealing his identity to her before she dropped the bomb.
Thinking about it, he was glad that he hadn't said a word before learning the true character of his ex-wife. They had to embarrass him on his thirty fifth birthday. Prince shook his head as the events of the past six months came back to him.
"You're ashamed to introduce me as your husband. Maybe you're afraid that your colleagues would laugh at you and mock you for being my wife." Prince angrily said to her. It was just after her colleagues had finished flirting with him.
"If you had told them that I'm your husband, they wouldn't dare flirt with me before you. Look how they're disrespecting me before your presence." Prince was angry at her.
"I'm not ashamed of you Prince, you're my husband after all. My lucky charm. It's just that it's not yet the right time for me to tell everyone. You know that I'm a public figure. Just give me some time to put things together. I'll definitely flaunt you to everyone as my lovely husband." Lara responded to him but Prince was not convinced. Even though they loved each other, Prince knew that Lara was somewhat ashamed to introduce him as her husband.
Angrily, he left her standing at the place.
Lara didn't know that it was him behind her newly found success.
Prince laughed at the thought that they would soon meet their waterloo.
He was walking and searching for his friend's number that he didn't know when he entered the major road. He was still devastated by the news and turned out of events. His wife had suddenly become someone else's.
He had put in so much effort to find a decent lady. Prince thought that she was the one. Unfortunately, he was wrong.
"Hey, watch it. Maybe you have a death wish."
Prince heard someone yell at him and that was when he realized where he stood. Swiftly, he ran back to the pedestrian lane and saw some people casting him a questioning look.
"Is he okay? He looks like one who is tired of living."
"Yeah, maybe his ex has just broken his heart. He also looks like one who got into a fight. Look at all the bruises on his face and neck."
Prince heard the people gossiping about him but didn't care. He touched a part of his face and felt pain. It was then he remembered the fight.
He hasn't been feeling pain all these while. Maybe it was because that was the least of his problems. The shocking news he was trying to digest did not give him room to feel the pain from the fight.
Ignoring the two people gossiping about him and reaching a conclusion without knowing anything about him, Prince stood aside and placed a call to the people's hearing.
After a few rings, the call went through.
"George, send the driver to come pick me up at Midday avenue."
The gossipers glanced at themselves and wondered what Prince was blabbering about. What driver was he talking about? The man was just blabbering.
The two women gossiping about him glanced at themselves. There was a third person who just watched and seemed to be uninterested in the matter. They were sitting at the bus stop waiting for a bus.
Prince went around and sat close to them as he continued the call.
"Are you still there George?" Prince asked and the latter was jolted out of his reverie. He was still trying to comprehend what was happening. Why would Prince tell him to get the driver over there? Has he revealed his real identity to his wife and family?
All he knew was that Prince was trying to find out if his wife was really the person she married. If she was not a pretender.
"Really Boss, are you through with your undercover mission?" George tried to tease him but was immediately shunned.
"I'm not in the mood for jokes. Just do as I have instructed you. I'm waiting at a bus stop around the place." Prince ended the call and turned around to see three eyes that were about to pop out of their sockets.
Taking a quick glance at them, Prince looked away and shoved his phone into his trousers pocket while facing front. The women exchanged glances and kept wondering why such an unkempt man would speak with so much authority. Was he some kind of Boss?
After a few minutes, a black luxury car pulled over before Prince with George alighting from it. He wanted to get a first hand gist of what was happening so he came by himself. Why would Prince suddenly end the facade he put up when his wife had not proudly introduced him to the world as her husband.
"Prince, is everything alright?" George asked what concern when he saw the bruises on his face."
"Just take me home, I'll be fine. The bruises mean nothing compared to my shattered heart." Prince spoke as he strode towards the car causing his friend to be confused and the gossipers watching in awe.
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