Rhea frowned as she made her way inside the shoe store, the place was quiet, and she saw no sign of Sia, she wondered if the lady saw the wrong person; however, she decided to check out something. Maybe she could see some nice heels to match her dress for the party. Everything was nice, but Rhea didn’t seem to like anything, with a sigh, she prepared to walk out only for someone to bump into her
“Ouch!”she muttered as she stumbled back but to her luck she didn’t fall
“Hello pretty lady”Rhea who was still checking herself for any bruises heard a familiar voice and when she looked up fear washed over her as she nervously took a few steps from the man standing before her only for Carlos to smirk as he moved close to her with a smirk plastered on his face. Nothing but pure evilness was radiating from the man
“D… don’t come near me”she said nervously as she hit the wall and Carlos trapped her completely with his large frame but kept his distance from her
“You have 24hours to divorce him… I warned you not to act smart with me… and if you choose to go against me”Carlos leaned close to her ear and whispered in a dead tone that carried so much disdain and anger such that Rhea felt scared for the first time as she tries to keep her breathing stable and Carlos added “if you choose to go against me… I’ll hurt him in the most cruel way possible”he said that and moved away from her only for Rhea to crouch her chest and closed her eyes when the man wrapped his hand around her neck ready to choke her
“L… let go of me”she tried to say and Carlos moved away and let out a sarcastic chuckle
“You are pretty”saying that he was joined by four huge men in suits and walked away leaving Rhea shattered as she dropped to the floor and sat down shaking her head because again she was not going to be at peace with Carlos around, he was a dangerous man out to ruin her life, and now she was going to put Logan’s life in danger if she stayed close to him
“No… no please no”she kept on saying as if she was crazy and when someone put a hand on her shoulder she shrugged the hand off and kept muttering something that Logan standing before him didn’t understand
“Rhea… snap out of it”Logan said as he went on one knee and tried to shake her out of the trauma
“No leave me”she said again as tears flowed on her face and Logan looked around to see if anyone was around but just customers minding their own business
“Shh”he mumbled and quickly caged her in his arms and rubbed her back until she was calm only then did he stop and Rhea sniffled a little and moved away from him
“S… sorry”she said and tried to stand, but Logan stopped her and held the sides of her face
“Who was it?”he asked seriously looking straight in her eyes and Rhea scanned the place and shifted her eyes back to Logan
“It was him… Carlos was here… he threatened me… he said i… I should divorce you in 24hours”she said and Logan darkened his expression and pulled her in his arms making her rest her head on his chest. He only stepped out to answer his mom’s call because she wanted to know what rhea liked and when he was done, he went and asked Sia where rhea was unfortunately the two had no idea, and hence he left them and came looking for her only to find her crying to herself
“It’s okay… Sia and Emiliano already left… It’s late, we should go and get ready”he said as he helped her to stand and Rhea nodded and went with the flow because the man had a protective arm around her waist as he left her out the store
***
“Welcome dear”Logan’s mom said with a smile as she welcomed the guests, and it was none other than Cristal and Seth
“Wow Annie I’m impressed”Cristal said with a smirk as the two mother hugged it out and Logan’s mom chucked because Cristal was the only one who addressed her by her name Annie
“Welcome Seth… I’m glad you made it”Annie moved away from Cristal and said to Seth who had a bossy aura dressed in a blue tux looking like a typical business tycoon scanning his surroundings with narrowed eyes
“Nice place you got here… I’m just wondering how this whole charade happened without us knowing”Seth said coldly and Annie together with Cristal knew exactly what he meant and as if things couldn’t get any more awkward, Carmen and Vince walked in hand both with matching elegant outfits
“I thought the same too… the Martinez family regard as enemies, and hence their son got married without any of us knowing”it was Vincent who said coldly, and the three mothers knew just how their husbands were
“That would be me… making rush decision gentlemen… welcome to my humble home”Logan’s father came out of nowhere and said with a smile and raised his wine glass in the air as if calling for a toast and the two angry men arched their brows and looked at the two waters standing before him with trays full of liquor and other alcoholic beverages
“Is this a joke… you made my daughter your daughter-in-law without my permission”Seth said in an angry tone but still smirked, Rhea was Sia’s friend she also had worked for the Navarro company for quite some time hence he regarded her as his daughter
“I have to say I had no idea my son and her were involved but if she’s… from under your wings… then I’m glad she’s our daughter-in-law”Logan’s dad remarked with a mischievous smile and the two men including the mothers laughed
“And where are our children… this looks like our welcoming party”Cristal said with a chuckle as they walked in admiring the beautiful decorations, and she had to say the atmosphere was clear, clean and amazing just the right way to plan an evening party. Even the guests were nicely dressed as they chatted among themselves while entertaining themselves with cold drinks of their choice,
“You know how they are… I’m sure soon they’ll be here,”Carmen added as the three mothers let their husbands go and Annie smiled and looked at her watch. He was hoping Logan could come so that they could start the celebration and as if the heavens granted her wish, the spotlight moved and everyone had their eyes towards the entrance and Annie’s smile doubled when her eyes landed on her son and Rhea standing there hand in hand. She had to admit Rhea was indeed beautiful, her son had chosen the right woman
“Calm down, everything will be fine”Logan whispered to Rhea who had gripped his hand far too tight, and he knew she was very nervous however Rhea just nodded as she kept her gaze to Logan because countless people were staring at her making her wonder if she was nicely dressed or maybe over dressed for the occasion.