Can we be friends?
Tiara Pov
How can Dad, Slap me? all because of that liar he calls his wife.
I won’t let her go free for this slap her husband gave me.
I must return the slap to her in another way.
At first, I thought rich people were free from all troubles and problems, but I was lying because they are the highest, people who have problems even more than some poor people.
How can they be rich, stay in a big mansion, and eat at the same table?
But they are great enemies.
Two brothers living in the same mansion but behave like fire and ice.
There is a mother who was supposed to bring the two children together.
Here she is separating them and causing them to fight with each other simply because one of the sons is not her birth son.
Her stupid son, who knows very well that I am married to his brother, has feelings for me.
Even though he hasn’t said anything.
I know very well he has feelings for me because of his actions, but what bothers me, is how he can have feelings for his brother’s wife.
And with the way he and his mother are doing, I am sure they are up to something.
I know that because my instinct never lies to me.
Especially that mother of his.
She looks so suspicious.
Ever since I came into this mansion, she has not been happy about it.
Maybe she is afraid I will find out the truth about her games and spoil her plans.
I need to be one step ahead of them because I came into this house to be a billionaire.
And I won’t let that woman and her foolish son spoil my plans, of being a billionaire.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
Before my marriage contract comes to an end.
How will I be able to find out what they are planning?
Yes, I got an idea, I will need to play along with Allen and when he finally tells me what their plan is, I will then know what to do next.
With my plan. Tiara said to herself.
After a few minutes, her phone started ringing and when she checked the caller ID, it was Nick.
She accepted the call.
Hello! Hello Tia, how are you doing?
Am I fine, Nick and you?
Same here.
I just saw the news and it shows that you are married to Laurel Goldman, the guy you took his details from me.
Yes, Nick, we got married a few days back just as I told you.
I’m so happy for Tia,
Thanks, Nick.
Hope they are taking good care of you there.
Yes, they are and everything is going just the way I wanted my life to be like Nick.
Alright, I am so happy to hear that.
How is work at the club?
Well, it is the same as where you left it.
Just that most of the girls here are not happy with the fact that you married that guy.
Especially, Caroline, she said she was the person who was supposed to be in that position and not you.
I just knew she would never be happy for me. So I don’t give a fuck about what she thinks.
Then what about Jane? How is she?
Well, she is just there.
The boss warned her the other day in front of everyone and, since then, the other girls have been mocking her.
But why would the boss do that?
Jane was just like a mother figure to all the girls at the club.
Yes, she might have her own bad behavior.
But the boss shouldn’t have done that to her.
You know your ex-boss so well. All he cares about is his money and his club’s honor.
I really feel bad for her. What really happened?
Caroline went and reported to the boss that she had drugged Mr. Goldman to sleep with him, but he left her room that day.
And went inside the room you were sleeping in when you fainted.
What!
How could she do a thing like that?
Well, she didn’t say anything, but I am sure it was because she wanted to get married to the man.
But instead, luck smiles on your side.
That is very bad, I can just imagine how she is feeling right now.
And no wonder Laurel keeps telling me he can’t remember when he slept with me.
Because at that time he was under the influence of that drug.
But thank God he learned to accept the baby and me after the paternity test he did on the baby.
Are you sure you are okay there Tia?
I am fine, trust me and you worry too much.
I am just making sure you know you are like my younger sister, so I need to make sure you are okay.
Thanks so much, Nick, but I am fine, and not just fine, but perfectly fine.
Alright, so when will you come to visit us here at the club?
I will come to visit you guys next week.
Alright, I will be waiting. Let me continue my work.
Thanks so much for checking up on me.
After the call ended, I kept my phone on the bed.
I heard a familiar voice.
I heard you went to the garden with Allen.
And when I turned to the voice, it was Laurel.
How did he get inside the room without me noticing?
How did you get inside the room?
Don’t tell me you were thinking of how to run away with my baby, money, and stepbrother when you did hear me come inside the room.
Don’t tell me you are jealous that I will leave you for your brother.
I will never be jealous of that because I haven’t forgotten where I met you.
I met you in a club and most girls who work there sleep with different men.
And you are not different from them.
So, if you leave me now for my stepbrother, it would be good because you would both suit each other.
Say the guy who goes to the club to sleep with different girls.
If not for the fact that you are rich, I wouldn’t be here with you.
Because I don’t know the type of sickness you have contracted from sleeping with almost all the girls in that exclusive club.
That’s why, when I found out I was pregnant with your baby, I made sure I ran some tests to make sure I was safe.
And if not for the fact that I was unconscious that day you slept with me, do you think I would like to sleep with you?
No way.
I would rather sleep with your stepbrother than you.
Take back what you just said. He said with an angry voice.
I won’t, that is just the truth.
I said you should take back what you said.
Laurel stopped”
You are hurting me.
He was holding my arms with too much force.
Take back what you said.
I am sorry, I was just saying that to make you offset.
When I said that, he finally let go of my arm.
I am sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you and the baby.
Also, I don’t just like it when someone compares Allen and me.
And that is what you did. That’s why I reacted the way I did.
I could truly see regret in his eyes and tears threatened to fall down his eyes.
I took my hands and cleaned his teary eyes, and I held his face with my hands and said,
I am sorry, I said that to you, just that I was angry when you called me a prostitute.
Yes, I once worked at a club, but not as a prostitute, but as a cleaner and I know you know that, but you still keep calling me a prostitute.
I am not happy about that.
I know this marriage started on the wrong foot, but why don’t we fix it by becoming friends?
Why don’t we be friends?
Even if it is for these last few months, I will be in this mansion as your wife.
At least there will be no problem if we become friends for the sack of the baby I am carrying in my womb.
Because that is what he would want, for his future mother and dad to be friends.
Since they can’t love each other.
What do you think?
Friends?
Yeah, friends.
Good, that means from now on you will stop calling me a whore and I will stop comparing you and your stepbrother.
Another thing you should do is stay away from him. Laurel added.
I can’t say anything about that particular request of yours, because he is the person who is always coming close to me, and you know we are in this mansion, so I can’t push him away.
But you can always walk away from him. Laurel said.
You don’t need to worry yourself.
Because there is no way I will be with him. He doesn’t have what I want in a man.
Really? Laurel asked.
Why will I leave you, that have what I want? To be with someone who doesn’t have what I want?
You and money.
I just knew that is why you came to this mansion the first time to cause a scene.
Well, I am not looking for only money.
Then what else do you want?
Popularity.
Do you know ever since our marriage was published by the reporters, my online store has been doing very well?
People keep placing their orders.
Wait a minute, do you have an online store?
Yes, I do.
I opened it 2 years ago, and it has been helping me a great deal with my expenses.
Even though the money I earn there isn’t that huge, at least it helped me with some of my expenses.
And then, now that the news of me being your wife is out, you can imagine how much I make from the online store.
Now I see.
You are using the fact that you are my wife to make your money.
Well, what can I do and do you even have my number?
You are quiet now, which means you don’t have my number.
I have been with you for a few days now, and you don’t have my number while I have yours.
You know I have always been meaning to ask you for your number, but I keep forgetting.
Thanks for reminding me.
Help me with your number.
I took my phone and dialed his number.
When I saw it, I called and my number appeared on his phone.
That is my number.
How did you get my number?
If I could find the address of this mansion, what makes you think I don’t have your phone number?
I forgot I married a cunning and ambitious woman.
Friends don’t use that type of word with each other.
I said to him,
Sorry, my bad. But the truth remains that you are cunning.