Chapter Twenty one
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A few months later.
"Good morning" Good morning. I'm going to work"Let me come with you"Maraian said" No I can go alone"Maxwell too protested "I insist okay" I'm done so yeah" he said I held his hand and we walked to his office." hi, Good morning Robert" Good morning Mrs Gomez "I'm glad that I met you not that girl"Gina" Robert said" yeah her" she replied rolling her eyes"let's go"yeah" she said " why is she still here" Nathania please excuse us" but I was. "please" yeah, now start explaining like you always do" it's not easy and it won't be easy to get rid of her"maxwell tries to make Maraian understand" Why?
" I can't sack her because of the insecurities of my wife That's not how it works around here I've already invested in the project and pulling out is going to be hard"Wow" she said shocked "Maraian your company can help me but my image will be shattered into pieces it will be ruined please Maraian try to understand me"
You are saying you can't sack her because of your wife's insecurities Max I wasn't the one who was fucking around with an investor to make your wife not believe in you Ian "she shouted annoyed
Flashback
I went to my aunts' house whilst they were throwing a party. I disguised myself so that they wouldn't recognise me. I went with my lawyers after I had the right to inherit my parent's properties.
I went to stand beside my aunt and I said hi. I removed my mask and she looked beyond shocked. I could see her teeth shudder in shock.
" Aunt, why are you surprised to see me? I'm sure Valeria didn't tell you that she saw you last time with my husband. Just tell your guests to exit the house very quickly.
Before you be the face of the entertainment industry today, as the woman who sold her nieces for money, the selfish, money-centred bitch.
"EVERYONE GETTTT OUTTTT," she shouted. Maxwell's guards sent the guest out, and within minutes, the house was cleared.
I and Maxwell sat down on the sofa, and I told Aunt to sit; she was still shivering from the shock; she should have expected this to happen when she took everything that was given to me by my parents.
We sent the case to court since Valeria didn't want her aunt to give everything back;
I made a deal with her to give two companies to her as my aunt also helped in growing and decreasing the company's value.
I won and still gave them the two companies I had promised to give them; Valeria tried to slap me but ended up getting hurt; she twisted her ankle. How funny.
And that's how I had the power to say that I wanted to support Maxwell.
But he still wasn't ready to understand that that woman would do anything to make him hers. "babe you aren't getting it.
Just help me with work and we can go to the beach or the penthouse, to have fun" Come on you are trying to end this conversation please be honest with me, tell me why you are doing this?"
Maxwell started kissing her on the cheek and she dropped the topic. Let's do something else" yes
Maxwell's Pov
I didn't know what came over me to sleep with that bitch and know she was blackmailing me about something.
SHE WANTS ME TO MARRY HER, WHAT THE FUCK. I didn't want to tell the guys, or Dylan might tell Maraian and she would leave me, and I don't want that.
Well, I should have thought of that long ago what came over me.
And it's even now that she understands me more and loves me than always.
Since the accident, I've been trying to overcome the fear of not having a family with Maraian. It hurts so much, but I'm sure it hurts Mara more than me.
I helped her overcome that trauma for weeks until she suddenly woke up one day saying a miracle could happen.
I had a meeting with Nathania to convince her to leave the city. I made a deal with her, and she rejected it.
Saying that she wanted to meet with me in person I had to go cause she was the hammer that could shatter my marriage into tiny pieces.
I went to the address she has sent me and the restaurant was one of her favourites, it made me regret cheating on Maraian more.
The table was quiet when Nathania burst into laughter shouting, I'm pregnant.
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I had been receiving lots of messages from an anonymous email from the last time I saw Nathania in Maxwell's office.
It always emphasised on me about to be a. It always emphasised me to be a Stepmother. It really frightens me.
It was giving me sleepless nights, and I decided to talk with Maxwell about it that morning. It had been disturbing me at work and I felt stressed with the addition of that too.
"Good morning, hon,", I said. "Good morning, my love ", Maxwell playfully answered. "how was your sleep, Mon amour?" Great, Mon Cherie.
"I was trying to learn Spanish and French from Maxwell, but yeah, it wasn't going well."Was I right this time, 'cause I didn't feel the excitement like I always do," I said, rolling my eyes as he laughed at me.
I pushed him away, not wanting to go any further, or I might not say what I wanted to.
"I love you so much I have never regretted marrying you so early," Maxwell said lustfully in my ear."Noo...st..op..it, I wa..nt to tel..ll you something," I said, stammering whilst trying to push him back.
"yeah, go, and let's continue what we started"I'm really serious. Please also be okay". "Okay, I'll be, baby", he said. I got an email from someone congratulating me on being a stepmother.
Then the smile on Maxwell's face vanished he became shocked and later angry."The look on your face tells me that you seem to know something about this, and you don't want me to know" "I said fucken ignore it" Maraian, why are you so hard to instruct? I simply said, ignore it" Maxwell yelled at me.
"Just ignore it it might be those boys trying to fraud you, just ignore it okay "
"Well I can't just ignore it, and the word stepmother has a relation with you, Wait are you cheating on me, don't tell me it's that bitch" "I'm just telling you it better not be Nathania nor anyone if true, or else this might lead to the end of this" our relationship" I wore my floral dress and walked out on him.
How could he, of all people, yell at me? It's been so long it was like that was when we were getting along when we were new, I have to be protective over my man I mean yeah right " I felt uncomfortable
I stepped out, not knowing what to do. I took my phone and removed my necklace so that Maxwell wouldn't track me. I took my keys and left not bothering to look at his sad face. I went to my restaurant, which is in the City Centre, and sat down on one of the empty seats.
I ordered Roasted lamb grilled cheese and a chocolate dessert. I felt satisfied and went to my office.
I started to review some files I took from the manager. The business was booming, but that was the only restaurant I had, so I was planning with Maxwell to build other branches across other states.
Maxwell's Pov
I was as shocked as hell when she said that she was pregnant."But we did it only once and we...,shit I didn't use protection. "Yeah and that's the cause of doing that but you have to be happy, I heard that your wife is barren" I held her neck almost choking her but I stopped when the act started to draw attention "dammit".
We went to my car and I yelled at her, how come this, my marriage was so perfect, with the most perfect woman ever and I ruined everything. I'm so stupid. "What do you want then" I said after calming down.
"I want you to divorce your wife and marry me", she said. "What, I... You know I can't do that just get rid of the baby and I'll compensate you.
Nathania's Pov
"How can you say something like that to me?" He must be joking to say that; I've gotten the opportunity to have my man again, and I won't let this opportunity slide at all.
I make sure I ruin his divorce and make him marry me at all cost I'll do anything to get him back, even if It means rejecting money.
Maxwell's Pov
I decided to go to a club, it's been a long since I did this, a blonde came to me and started to flirt with me, the old me wouldn't have jumped over this opportunity, I was the type of guy who wanted women to come to me and yeah they never failed to disappoint me.
It made me remember Dylan; he was so good at courting girls but left them after some time. The girls mostly slapped him, and I wasn't someone who would ignore that; no, No, No.
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