I just stared at the documents before me. I didn’t know how to feel, but one thing for sure was that I was totally shattered.
I had been played like a fool. And for the first time, I regretted ever taking those bullets for him.
It was even more shocking how they played their roles perfectly that I didn’t suspect for a second that Wesley was plotting against me.
“Were they really that good? Or did I choose to ignore the signs?” I thought.
Maybe I should have suspected when he insisted on hiring Mia even though there were better options.
“How did you get that?” Wesley’s voice broke through my thoughts as I jolted. And for the first time, I heard anger in his voice. He briskly walked to me and picked up the documents.
I said nothing. I was only disappointed because I and Hazel’s plan could no longer work.
“Mia left you here last night? I’m so sorry babe, I was so tired from work yesterday that I didn’t notice,” he said in a calm voice as he kissed my forehead and started massaging my hands.
I was repulsed by his touch. Those same hands touched, fingered, squeezed, did every imaginable thing to Mia last night, and there he was, using it to massage me.
I pulled my hand away. He looked at me in surprise because he knew how much I loved his massage and his company.
“Did you go through the documents? They are for work,” he said, subtly trying to find out the reason for the change in my mood.
He looked obviously worried, and for good reason.
I just shook my head.
Looking at him standing before me, it was even harder to not confront him. The one person I could lay down my life for saw me as nothing more than an inconvenience that he had to kill to get away from. It hurt so bad.
I hated how pretentious he was!
“I’ll make breakfast for you so you can take your vitamins.
“I won’t let you give her that poison!” Hazel spat from across the room.
Wesley was shocked to see her there, and even more shocked to hear those words from her.
“When did you get here, Hazel? I didn’t know you were coming,” Wesley said, quickly changing the topic.
“Yes, Wesley. I’m here to fetch Alice and Aidan. Uncle Thierry requests their presence,” Hazel said, cooking up a lie immediately.
But Wesley was smarter than that.
“You really think I’m stupid, right?” Wesley said as his expression darkened.
“Babe, it’s very urgent, I just found out this morning too,” I said, trying to cover up.
Wesley knew I was lying. I hadn’t spoken a word to my dad since we got married, even when I was shot, he didn’t come to visit me in the hospital when he learned I was trying to protect Wesley.
“You can’t just come in here and ruin our plan, Hazel,” Mia said as she came in through the front door and locked it, clutching the keys in her hand.
Wesley’s lips curved in a smile as he sat down in front of me.
“I know you know, babe. Quite frankly, I don’t care. You shouldn’t have brought your cousin here, I’ll have to hurt her too,” Wesley said. Mia burst out laughing and Wesley joined in.
I swallowed hard as I realized what was at play here.
“You think we didn’t hear your useless wheelchair coming to the door yesterday? Tell her babe, tell her how we spiced it up, knowing she was at the door,” Mia said amidst giggles as she went and sat on his lap.
“Stop this nonsense at once! How dare you act so shamelessly after everything your wife has done for you?!” Hazel thundered. Even she couldn’t believe what was happening.
“Done for me? I did her a favor by marrying her. She had always been obsessed with me. As for the extra benefits, she chose to do that, I never forced her to,” Wesley said as he kissed Mia.
“This… this isn’t my wife, my real wife is right here,” he said as he kissed Mia’s neck. “Not this vegetable,” he said as he used one leg to push my wheelchair, causing me to fall.
I felt so ashamed and hurt that I wished the ground would just open up and swallow me. What could I possibly do? They had us locked up in the house. Our plan was destroyed.
I thought I was one step ahead, how did they outsmart me like this?
Tears flowed freely down my face as Hazel rushed to help me up.
“Now, let me tell you how this will go. No one is leaving here. You will sign this deed of transfer, then, we will kill you and your cousin, of course. Because Aidan is such a sweetheart, we will keep him.” Mia said in an excited tone.
“We will take good care of him, you don’t have to worry,” Wesley said with a smirk.
What kind of a cruel joke was that? I wanted to scream, to fight, but all I could do was watch as they reveled in my misery.
And now, I had endangered Hazel’s life.
“I can’t die.. not like this,” I said to myself as I made up my mind to do it. I would do anything to stop these monsters from winning!
