Chapter 18
Harper.
Later that night.
9:00am, Dinner.
“It’s actually a good investment Mom, I’ve looked into it,” I heard Michelle say to mom, I paused in my tracks immediately deciding to listen to their conversation for a while.
“Are you sure about this Michelle, it’s looking too good to be true,” Mother replied and I slowly walked in closer to be able to
hear well.
“There’s nothing too good to be true about it, don’t you trust my judgement anymore? I’ve looked into it and it’s fair enough,
it’s good business, after a few months I’ll get my interest back,”
“But you don’t have this much money Michelle,”
“I used my Shares as Collateral what’s business without taking risks,” she replied, that was enough that I wanted to hear, I cleared my throat immediately and stepped in, immediately I stepped in they stopped talking and changed their
conversation, I shook my head with a knowing smile as my heels clicked the tiles sophisticatedly, I could tell mom was
checking me out as I took my seat on the dinning opposite her and Michelle.
I was putting on a bottled green chiffon gown that stopped above my knees, it exposed a little cleavage and I paired it with a
silver sandal and black shoulder bag, with a very light make up on.
Staring at her I just knew she had something to say but she had come to a point where she could no longer complain about my dressing, she could only sneer and roll her eyes as she was doing right now and I actually do not give two shits about it!
“What’s going on?! What’s the occasion,” I finally asked breaking the pin drop awkward silence, Michelle turned to me and rolled her eyes at me, I didn’t even pay any attention to her, this one is just being a child, she doesn’t even know what’s
coming for her.
Just as mom wanted to speak, we heard the door close shut and I looked up at the entrance of the dinning table, after a while Novan and his family appeared, I scoffed the corner of my lips raised in an irritated sneer, I slowly turned to look at mom, how did I not even realize that she was about to set me up, she knew immediately that I was going to stand up and leave and she responded to me in a firm voice.
“Don’t you dare walk out on us! Nobody here is your mate,” she gritted out and on a second thought I decided to stay and
make my self clear one more time.
As everybody settled on the chairs, Novan took his seat beside me and his mother stretched her hands to me and placed her
hands on mine on the table,
“We have decided to forgive you and take you back into our family after your unruly behavior, stop being so stubborn, you can’t find any man willing to marry someone like you asides Novan,” she said calmly, I almost bursted out laughing, just how naive was I in my past life, I couldn’t decide if she was pleading with me or what she was doing right now.
Plus why is he so insistent on getting married to me, after everything that had happened it’s very evident that he didn’t love me so what’s with the obsession.
I withdrew my hands from underneath hers without saying a word and placed my hands on my thigh.
I could feel Novan turn to look at me but I didn’t turn to acknowledge his gaze.
“It’s time to stop this child play! Novan is your husband and you will get married to him!”
“I changed my mind, the wedding would hold in the next two months!” Mother finally voiced, Novan’s mom was obviously so
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excited that I felt like if I reached out and grabbed the air I would pick her excitement.
“I’m talking to you Harper!” Mom yelled slammed the table and I finally look up at her,
“Oh wow, really?! I thought we were all waiting to see the bride,”
“Because the last I remember I vividly called off the wedding, you’re craving party right? Ehn go ahead and continue planning the wedding,” I bursted out, I slowly turned to look at mom and looked at her dead in the eyes,
“You remember I told you earlier today that meaningless matter like this can be discussed over the phone, I can’t believe I wasted Uber fare to come and see this!” I said to her, with that I pushed my chair backwards intentionally scraping my chair against the floor as I got up, Novan grabbed my hands about to pull me back to seat, instinctively I elbowled him loosing his grip around my arm and I slowly turned to him,
“The next time you come around my house or around me I’ll personally see to it that you rot in jail!” I muttered and with that I stormed away.
“Calm down I have everything under control the wedding would still hold,” I heard mother say to them like she was hundred percent sure I was going to come around, if only they know that things have changed around here.
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With my shoulders slumped downwards, I slowly pushed the door to my house open, I bent sideways slightly and took off my shoes, I wanted to tiredly throw them in one side of the living room but on a second thought I strutted along and walked into my room, I carefully dropped it on my shoe rack and walked back to the bed, I dropped tiredly on the bed and exhaled deeply my hands stretched out on the bed and my legs wide apart.
My phone beeped in my hands, I slowly raised it up to my face to look in it, it was a message from Collin, I swiped up and
opened the message,
-The criminal we caught committed suicide in jail- the text read, I sat up on the bed at once blinking in disbelief as I kept trying to read and reread the text, maybe I was reading something wrong but nothing changed and what I was reading was
what was actually there.
I swiped up immediately and placed a call across to Collin,
“Are you sure it’s suicide,” I asked immediately he picked up my call.
“That’s what information reaching me now says, I called for an autopsy on the body, first thing tomorrow, I’ll go and find out what’s going on there,” he explained
Before I had a wide range of suspects but this incident narrows it down to one person, only mom is capable and powerful enough to infiltrate the police custody and have this guy killed, Novan could only bluff he wasn’t that powerful.
**I have done a lot to get here, to finally get rid of you! Even if you survive this, you won’t survive what’s next!“* My mind flashed back to the words she said to me on my death bed, could this be one of the a lot she would do to finally get me out of her life? Right now her cruelty seems even more real to me, what could I have possibly done to deserve this manner of hate.
The more I think about what I did to deserve it, the more flabbergasted I get.
“Make sure you get to the root of this Collin, his death cannot be a coincidence” I said to him my voice barely above a whisper.
“Ofcourse I’ll do that,”
“I can see Michelle is taking your bait already,” I added.
“It’s all your idea, I followed your instructions, made sure it was thoughtful and not superficial,” he said and I nodded slowly.
“That’s good, apply pressure and let’s see how that pan out,” I concluded and with that I removed the phone from my ear, I
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slowly stood up to my feet and walked towards my wardrobe, I pulled it open and my gaze met with Damon’s army green
blazer.
I contemplated giving it back to him but what logical explanation would I give to him on returning it, what if these items does not even exist in his present world and I end up looking like a fool.
How in the world would I tell him that we’ve had an intimate encounter before, but I died that night and somehow got reborn without sounding crazy, I exhaled deeply and closed the wardrobe with a soft thud.
This would definitely be one of my deepest darkest secret.
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