Her consciousness was groggy and her mind was completely hazy. She frowned as she picked up her phone and answered the call.
“Hello”
“Ariel Ann, I heard from Elvira that you booked a room in the hotel with a man. Did you forget you are married?
It was no other person than Damien Ford who was on the line.
“What is it with the two of you? She still has time to snitch at you and what will a pregnant woman be doing at the club that late”
There was some sort of heaviness in Damien’s voice.
“I know what I did was wrong and I have let you down, but you shouldn’t continue to defile yourself because of that. What will people think of the young madam of the Anderson? What kind of a place do yo…”
As Ariel was not in the mood to listen to whatever point he was driving at, she cut him off straight.
“Don’t bother me.”
Then she hung up the phone.
She was driven out of Ann’s family and forced to marry Rex Anderson. Everyone in the city only knew her as the unwanted daughter of Ann and now Damien called her in the early hours of the morning to advise her on how to live her life.
Ariel closed her eyes feeling everything was so ridiculous.
Suddenly a man’s voice came up to her, “Ariel Ann, is it worth it? You are still sad for that cr*b of the Ford family”
She froze and looked over at her blurred vision. She saw a man sitting at the edge of the bed. His eyes were cold. Only then did it come to her mind that she had a lot of drinks with Rex yesterday.
Rex Anderson raised his eyebrows and his stare fell on her red eyes. He walked out of the room without saying a word to the woman.
Ariel calmed down after a while before she noticed that her skin was sticky from sweat. She went to the bathroom to take a shower. Pius came in with two women in hotel uniforms.
One of the women was holding a long, pink dress. The dress was sealed carefully and it was high quality while the other was holding a shoe box.
Pius looked at her and said softly, “Mrs. Anderson, here are your dress and shoes.”
The women put the dress and shoes on the bed before the three of them left the room.
She dresses up without asking Pius any questions. Knowing Rex was upset with her.
By the time she came out of the hotel, the sky was gloomy and the fog was heavy. The cold wind blew in her face.
Ariel wrapped herself tightly with the coat and walked towards her house. Now that she had married Rex as promised, she decided to ask her father for money. After all, she did all this in the first place to pay her Aunt’s medical expenses. She also has one more thing on her mind that is to ruin the atmosphere in the Ann’s house. Killing two birds with one stone.
The hotel was not far away from her house so she walked down.
She stood in front of the villa quietly, pressed the door bell and waited for someone to open the door.
Ariel snickered at herself as she needed someone to open the door to her mother’s house when she was the owner. How ridiculous?
Soon the rain started pouring, Ariel waited in the rain and shivered. The servant of the house finally opened the door after a long while. She was shocked when she saw Ariel, so she greeted her reluctantly, “Young Miss”
Ariel looked at her coldly and sneered, “Well, it looks like you can still tell that I’m the young miss of this house.”
Dumbfounded, Aunt Rachael stood by the door without moving an inch, seeing the look on Ariel’s face she dared not follow behind Ariel. She waited until Ariel disappeared.
Aunt Rachael regained her composure and couldn’t help feeling furious.
Why was she suddenly so arrogant after marrying into the Anderson family? Elvira was sure to be the one that would inherit the company, since she was fancied by the master so much and Ariel would soon be thrown out of the Anderson. Aunt Rachael reminded herself to only listen to Elvira and her mother as they would soon be the owners of the property.
Ariel could already hear their chatter before she walked into the living room.
Elvira beamed with joy, “Dad, Mom, Grandpa Ford finally agrees to let me marry Damian and he has also terminated the engagement between my sister and Damien. This is so great! We can now start preparing and I can finally be part of the Ford family with my child.”
Although Elvira was pregnant with Damien’s child, Grandpa Ford never allowed them to get engaged. Until yesterday, the doctor told them that they were going to have a son soon.
Lawrence Ford, begged his father to let Damien marry Elvira. Well, he wouldn’t make the grandson of the Ford family become a child born out of wedlock.
After a lot of consideration, grandpa finally agreed and gave his permission with the condition of Ann’s company giving Ford Company five percent share.
However, Elvira has other plans under her sleeve.
Ariel walked slowly to the sitting room.
Elvira stood up when she saw Ariel coming in.. She put her hand on her belly and exclaimed, “Ariel, why are you here were you sent out of the Anderson because of your sluttery behaviour?” Tanya looked up at Ariel and smiled faintly. “I can see you are getting along well with that crippled, it suits you well. Your marriage is not even up to a month. What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be at your house? Did something happen and he threw you out? I know you won’t stay there long”. This is their second meeting after marriage and they never for once mention the money they promised her, as if they had never made the deal.
Ariel smiled sweetly at them, “Actually I’m here to have breakfast with my family members, after all, I’m visiting for the first time since my marriage, or am I not welcome? and I am also here to get the money dad promised to give me as soon as I married Rex”
Tanya crossed her legs and smiled gently. They didn’t plan on giving Ariel the money. It was just a tactic to persuade her into marrying Rex. It’s nothing but an oral agreement, so there’s no evidence of them saying so, so now Ariel wouldn’t be able to do anything if they went back on their word.
“Ariel, don’t be impatient, your father will surely give you the money. You and I both know the situation in our family now. If your dad hadn’t invested in the contract, we wouldn’t be in such situations. Hmmm who would have thought? The owner of the company will withdraw the fund. Look at your father. He has suddenly aged within two months, doing business is not easy. Just take a look at your dad’s hair. It’s already grey. The family is really going through a hard time. We are having a lot of trouble with the cash flow and can’t afford such a large sum of money. Besides, your sister will be having her wedding with Damien and we need a lot of cash and, since you chose not to persuade the Anderson’s to invest more money into the company, we cannot afford to give you money for your Aunt’s surgery from the investment made by the Ford. Ariel, please try to understand” how can they allow her Aunt to be well. Their effort will come to waste if her aunt ever get out of the hospital.
Ariel’s body trembled with rage. Her father and Tanya was pure evil. She knew how much the Anderson had invested in the Ann and yet that was yet to satisfy their greed. She looked at the people sitting in the sitting room and accessed the pair of jewellery they had on. Even a small piece of jewellery was worth more than her aunt’s medical expenses, and they also had money to prepare a fancy wedding for Elvira, yet they were lying about not being able to afford the promised money. This is her mother’s hard work yet she has no access to it. What a pity.
With a smile plastered on her face she approached her father with a steady footstep, “Dad, I understand the company is low on funds now. I will not pursue the matter again.” What would she have done if Rex Anderson hadn’t paid for the hospital expenses? At that moment, Ariel looked like the helpless girl of before.
“Let’s eat” Timothy Ann said reluctantly.
The situation around the dining table was a bit awkward. Ariel was eating without a word. Everyone’s eyes were on her but she was acting as if she didn’t see the weird look around her and she continued to do as she wished.
Yes, she is the victim. Why should she be the one to leave? This was her mother’s house. Why should she let people who own nothing live in comfort? She now has Rex Anderson. It’s now time for them to pay.
“Elvira, you are pregnant now. Have this chicken soup. I prepared it especially for you”
Just as Elvira extended her hand to take the chicken soup, Ariel also extended hers and picked up the chicken soup bowl at the same time and the situation was once again very gloomy.