CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE
CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE
ENZO’s POV.
I am seated on the kitchen counter watching my wife as she makes breakfast. Michelle insisted on making breakfast and I allowed her too. Now I am having a cup of coffee while watching her make breakfast for the both of us. I can’t even take my eyes off of her for reasons best known to me.
Looking at how happy she looks while swinging her waist from side to side listening to some music, I make up my mind that I must protect this woman at all cost, no matter what happens.
My attention is drawn to the phone on the table when it starts to blink and when I see the caller ID, I immediately pick it up and press it against my ear.
“Hello”
“Sir” Mr Hernandez’s voice filters into my ear.
“Tell me, why have you called?”
“I have sent the copy of the approved divorce papers to your email sir and I called to let you know”
“Very well then, thank you”
I end the call and place the phone back on the table as my attention returns to the lady who is now dishing the food into the plates.
“Baby” I walk up to her and snake my hands around her waist.
“Hmmm” Michelle flashes me a smile, “are you okay?”
“Hmm” I nod, “the divorce has been approved and a copy has been sent to my email. Now you don’t have to worry about Nicholas doing anything funny”
“I was never worried” she answers and slowly turns to me, “why would I be when I married the most capable man in the whole wide world?” She press a kiss on my lips as the smile on her face grows, “I knew you were going to get everything done and I won’t have to lift a finger”
“Hmmm” I raise an eyebrow at her, “you trust me that much?”
“More than life itself, baby” she tells me, “I trust you so much that I will gladly die for you”
“Shhh” I immediately press my index finger on her lips, “no one is talking about death here”
“I was just giving an example”
“I don’t like such examples” I tell her sternly, “don’t do that”
“Fine, I am sorry” Michelle kisses me again, “we should eat and watch a movie together. The past week has been so hectic and I am glad that it’s all over now, we should…her voice trails off when my mobile begins to ring again. Seeing it is Maria from the other end, I immediately pick up the phone.
“Boss” her voice resonates, “have you seen the news?”
“What news?” My forehead creases into a slight frown.
“Yes boss, I think you should”
I end the call and turn on the television in the kitchen. The moment I see the headlines, I clench my fist together in anger.
“Breaking news: billionaire’s scandal. Michelle Xavy threatens her sister into leaving her lover and she ends up marrying Nicholas Woodsborn and after three years, she leaves him and gets married to the business tycoon, Enzo Phillips. Who knows who her next target is?”
This was the headline and the more I read it, the angrier I become.
“Hmmm, interesting” the lady beside me says as she reads through the details, “I am actually getting tired of Nicholas' cliche moves now. Shouldn’t he try something different? I mean, we have all heard this story haven’t we?
Before I can say anything, some of the comments of the netizens online are displayed on the screen and it does not look nice.
“How can she do something of the sort?”
“Is she trying to trap rich men?”
“Was her ex husband not enough for her?”
“Avanti has always been my best brand, how can she tarnish the image of the CEO like this?”
“I wish she can come out and say something, this has been going on for a while now”
These are just a few comments from the netizens but looking at the lady beside me, she doesn’t have any iota of pain or anger on her face, she is learning well.
“Are you thinking what I am thinking babe?” Michelle asks as she raises her head to meet my gaze.
“I will make arrangements for it” I tell her and a smirk appears at the base of her lips.
“I think it is time i hit the nail on the head finally” Michelle’s eyes darken as she speaks and i know for a fact that all hell is about to break loose.
Picking up my phone, I dial Maria’s number and she answers on the first ring.
“Make arrangements for a press conference later in the day and i want all the top media companies to be in attendance”
“Yes boss”
As I turn towards the lady who had a piece of grape in her mouth, I know for a fact that the face slap is going to be massive this time around.
From where I am seated at the back of the hall, my lips curl up when I see my woman walk onto the podium looking as gorgeous as she can be.
Dressed in a limited edition dress from Avanti and her hair pulled back into a neat bun, I can't help but admire the woman the moon goddess has blessed me with. she is an epitome of grace and poise, perfect in all ramifications. Right now, I am a proud husband ogling at his wife whose attention is one the sea of eyes before her.
For a moment her eyes search the room and when she finally spots me in the crowd, a smile appears on her face and I know for a fact that she will definitely make me proud.
“Good evening everyone” Michelle begins to speak, her voice sounding so beautiful that I want to just pull her into my embrace and love her, “thank you all for gracing this press conference with your presence even though it is as impromptu as it can be. It is because of a news circulating online about me and my personal life. Normally I would have turned a blind eye to this because it is the most insignificant thing to me right now but the fact that my husband Enzo Phillips is involved is the main reason why I am standing here”
I chuckle lightly when I hear her call me her husband to the entire world, I am clearly over the moon.
“And I hope after all misconceptions are cleared today, no baseless accusations will be leveled against me again because I will make anyone who says otherwise pay with everything I have got and I am very serious about it” Michelle pauses for a while as her eyes travel around the room and settles on me for a moment, then she continues.
“Two months ago, my ex-husband Nicholas Woodsborn served me divorce papers on the basis that I made him and his first love, which happens to be my elder sister, separate. He forced me to sign those papers and told me Natalia was already pregnant for him and I had no choice but to sign it since I was no longer needed, three years of marriage all gone with the wind. Even after that, I still went on begging him to take me back but guess what, he would not because he never loved me. Fast forward to days later and that was when I came across Enzo Phipps and despite knowing everything about me chose to stay by my side and help me with the heartbreak I was going through” the more she talks, the more I can feel the anger emanating from her and how I just want to pull her into my embrace and tell her everything is going to be fine.
“Even after I met Nicholas a few weeks back due to the fashion week, he promised he was going to make sure he takes me away from Enzo because he hates the fact that I am happy with another man, clearly he wanted me to suffer which I didn’t and now that he has found out that the so called baby that my sister claimed belonged to him actually belonged to another man and now they want to make me look like the bad guy. I am telling the world this because from this moment onwards, I will not hold back in making the two of them pay for the humiliation they have caused me these past weeks and whatever they are going through now is just the tip of the iceberg, I am far from being done with them” she pauses again for a moment, trying to control the anger enveloping her. Seeing her this way, I get more angry and how I am going to make everyone grumble before her.
“And for the last time, I am letting these companies who published those articles about me and my husband go. The next set of articles to be published by these companies will really cause them problems because I will make sure to bring you all to your fucking knees and like I said, I will not be discussing on this matter again. Let he who has ears heed my words. I am too pregnant for this rubbish”
Not bothering to wait for any of them to ask questions, she turns around and walks towards the backstage while the whole hall is silent, Michelle has brought everyone and everything to a standstill just in a few minutes.