Chapter 28: Bad Dream.

The Following Day.

Steven sat in bed watching Dua sleep. His mind raced with a lot of thoughts. Amidst his thoughts, he saw her face tense up, her eyebrows furrowing together.

His hand moved to her face, relaxing her eyebrows, easing off her tension. He looked at her wedding ring on her finger and pulled it out of her finger, sliding in an identical one in return. He looked back at her face, his hand caressing the ring on her finger. "Until I figure you out completely, I can't let you out of my sight," he said. The new ring he wore on her had a tracker embedded in it.

As he watched her still, she sprang up from sleep, screaming "Jesus Christ!"

Sitting up and seeing Steven she sighed, "sleeping next to the Devil. It's no wonder I had a bad dream."

"This Devil is in charge of your life, remember that," he replied, leaving the bed while she swallowed.

She quickly got prepared for her day and proceeded to leave the house but was stopped by Steven at the living room. "Have you had breakfast?" He asked.

"No, I'll pass. I'm suffering from indigestion," she replied.

She turned to leave, but then faced him again. "could you please lend me some cash? I need it for transportation," she requested.

"What happened to my cars?" He raised a brow.

"Nothing. Just let me jump buses as I please," she replied.

Without thinking much, he dipped his hand in his pocket and pulled out a bundle of cash and gave it to her.

"Thank you," she smiled, collecting the cash.

"Bye," she waved at him and skipped out of the house.

"Why did she ask for some cash? Diane is rich and would never ask for cash for transportation." Steven thought.

Dua began her journey, and in about five hours she arrived in front of her family house in the countryside. She smiled, still reeling from the fact that she was finally back home again. She walked to the door and knocked. In a few seconds, the door opened, Desmond stepping out with shock written on his face. "Hi," she waved at him with a smile and he engulfed her in a tight hug.

"I missed you, sis...I missed you so...so much," his voice cracked.

"I missed you too." Dua replied, hugging him in return.

"Hey, Desmond, go clean up..." Denise was saying as she stepped out but paused when she saw Dua.

"Sis?" She got teary instantly.

"Hello," Dua smiled at her as she pulled away from Desmond.

Denise hugged Dua, crying hard and not saying anything.

Hearing her sister cry, Dua was heartbroken, rolling in her own tears. "It seems you're not happy to see me," she said.

"Of course, I'm happy to see you," Denise pulled away as she replied.

"Then stop crying." Dua smiled, wiping her sister's tears.

"Where's mom?" She asked.

"Her bedroom." Desmond replied and Dua went into the house, going straight to her mother's bedroom.

Seeing Dua, Stella's knitting pins fell off her hands, a tear rolling down her cheek. "Dua?" She couldn't believe her eyes.

"Yes, it's your unfilial daughter, Dua." Dua fell on her knees in front of her mother. "I tried hard to come home sooner than now, but I couldn't," she explained. "I'm sorry," her voice came out as a whisper.

"You're not unfilial," Stella help Dua to her feet. "You're my very filial daughter," she hugged Dua.

"Alright, enough with the crying, no one died." Dua pulled away from Stella and they all laughed.

"Whoa! Sis, you're reeking of wealth." Desmond was all over Dua. "You're glowing and oh my God, this is cashmere?" Dua exclaimed as he examined the coat Dua was wearing.

"Yeah, it is." Dua replied, taking off the coat.

"Sell it off and use the money to settle things at home for now," she said.

"No!" Denise shouted, snatching the coat from Desmond. "If you don't want it any longer, I'll keep it."

"Are you crazy, sis? Who sells off a cashmere coat? This is really expensive." Denise said.

"That's the more reason you should sell it, the money from it will be huge." Dua said and Denise scoffed. She couldn't believe her sister.

"If you've given Denise the coat then you have to give me something too, sis." Desmond said.

"Alright, but first count the money in the bag. I'm too tired to count it." Dua said, giving Desmond her bag.

"Whoa! Even the bag is a fortune itself." Denise exclaimed.

"This is iPhone." Dua was amazed when she saw Dua's phone.

"$97,000" Desmond said after he finished counting the money.

"What's that?" Dua asked.

"The money you asked me to count, it's $97,000 altogether." Desmond replied and Dua burst out in shock, "what?!"

"He gave me that much money? Who the hell uses $100,000 as transportation fee from the city to the countryside?" She said.

"He?" Desmond raised a brow at her.

"And is that diamond ring on your finger?" Denise asked, noticing the ring on Dua's finger.

"Yup." Dua replied.

"What happened to you at the city, Dua?" Stella finally asked as they all gave Dua a questioning look.

"Just as Desmond predicted I met and married a rich man, a very wealthy one on my first day at the city." Dua answered.

Stella and Denise mouths fell open, while Desmond smirked, "told ya."

Dua explained everything that happened with her the past months leaving her family in surprise. They couldn't believe her story.

"Wait, you mean to tell me that the feared and most powerful Mafia King and the CEO of Universe Technologies, Steven Levi is your husband?" Desmond asked.

"As much as I still think I'm dreaming, he's my husband." Dua answered and silence reigned between them. They were all trying to process the news.

"But the principal problem now is I'm not his rightful wife. They all mistook me to be Diane who's his rightful wife because I'm her lookalike. And no matter how hard I explain that I'm someone else, they never believe me. Now I'm stuck with a husband that's not really mine." Dua explained.

"You're his rightful wife." Desmond said and Dua raised a brow at him.

"This isn't just a coincidence, it's fate." Desmond said.

"Fuck you and fate." Dua glared at him. "What if Diane returns any moment?"

"You won't be blamed. They'll all remember you kept stating your real identity and they're the ones who refused to listen." Denise replied.

"But for the mean time, sis." Denise continued. "Use this opportunity to get us out of poverty. Maybe it's the reason this all happened."

"That's not gonna be possible. I have to be Diane to achieve that." Dua replied and they all gave her one look.

Knowing that look, her eyes widened, "are you guys crazy?!"

"Yeah, so become Diane." Desmond replied and she scoffed.

At The City.

Time passed fast, and night fell. But Dua was yet to be back. Steven sat in the living room, waiting for her. As the door opened, he was expecting to see Dua, but was disappointed to see Shane. He took out his phone and checked Dua's location through the tracker he had put in her ring. And when he saw that her location was outside the city, he was perplexed. "If she was really going to her family's house as she said, then it would be the Sierre family house in the city. Why's the tracker reading that she's outside the city?" Steven thought.

Without thinking much, he grabbed his keys and dashed out of the house leaving Shane bewildered at his action.