CHAPTER 106.
Mirabelle's POV.
"He was the one that set the fire." Morgan revealed.
The room spun like a hundred times in a row. I gripped the edge of the desk, my nails digging into the wood.
"No that doesn't make any sense at all, Samuel is loyal to Noah. He has always been loyal. He wouldn't–he couldn't–"
"He didn't have a choice." Morgan cut in, his voice heavy.
"What do you mean he didn't have a choice? Was he forced?" It almost came out sarcastically as a tear rolled down my cheeks.
"Natasha forced him, she held his wife and unborn child hostage. So it would make her record clear. He only did it to protect them." Morgan said.
"But he could have come to me or to Noah at that. We would have done something about it." I said.
"Yes he could have, but not when he had a wire tap on him, and Natasha could hear anything he was doing. She also had a bomb strapped to his wife, so it was his only chance." Morgan explained.
How many things did I know and how many things didn't I know.
I thought I knew some certain things but I've always been in the dark all these while. It was such a pity to be honest. All these things were happening and I had no idea about it, and I was blaming the wrong people for it.
I stared at the phone in disbelief, my breaths coming in shallow gasps. My mind raced trying to make sense of the revelation. The pieces were there, scattered and jagged, but they refused to fit together.
"Natasha." I whispered, her name dripping with venom. "She did all these, why Morgan? What does she wants from me?" I asked, thought I could already guess an answer to that, I guess I just needed it said aloud.
"It's simple Mrs Sylvester. She wants your husband and she would stop at nothing to do so, she's obsessed with your husband. She has always been, after they broke up I guess she didn't see your husband moving on and then he did. So she has been planning on how to come back into your lives again, and she using Mr Ali, the business man your husband went to see as an entrance to get him back."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, your husband needed investors on his new project, and some of his members told him about Mr Ali, they brought in Mr Ali's people, and Natasha used those people. They told your husband that Natasha was the only person that could get through to him and he would answer quickly. So for business purposes only, your husband decided that they would go to Shanghai together. But I guess Natasha wanted more, she wanted to use the opportunity to get your husband I guess." Morgan said.
"Fuck." I cussed.
I closed my eyes, my hands trembling. My heart ached for poor Samuel that had to go through that because of Natasha's hatred for me. For the impossible choice he'd been forced to make, and Noah, the thought of what I'd put him through made my chest tighten.
I knew Noah, he would be so worried sick about why I've been so distant lately and it would be eating away at him, only because I chose to believe what wasn't there.
"I've been so blind." I admitted. My voice breaking.
"I let her manipulate me, I let her turn me against Noah, I–" my breath hitched as I thought about the kiss with Ken again and I swallowed hard.
"I don't know how to fix this…"
"You start by facing it head on." He said firmly.
"But make sure to have all the information with you, I personally feel like you should get all your facts straight and get things right in your company first. Then wait for your husband's return and sort out everything you guys have between you before facing Natasha together. Because I'm not going to lie, the things that woman pulled, she had to be connected very well to be able to pull it off. Now I'd like to believe that the connection she has can't be as deep as that of your husband. So the both of you fighting it together would make it more easier for you." Morgan explained.
I nodded as if he could see me.
"Do we have any proof on Natasha though?" I asked.
"I'm working on it." He assured me. "And you need to be careful, she's dangerous and she's not done yet. Make sure your children are protected 24/7." He said.
The weight of his words settled heavily on my shoulders. I leaned back in my chair. Staring at the ceiling as tears pricked my eyes. Regret, anger, and determination swirled within me. A tempest of emotions I couldn't fully control.
"Thank you Morgan." I said quietly.
"You'll get through this Mrs Sylvester, just be wise about your moves." he said with conviction.
"Thank you Morgan."
"You're welcome Mrs Sylvester." He said and I heard the click of the phone. He hung up, I honestly didn't have the strength to do that.
The whole news was tiring and it felt like all of this should be a dream, why do I want Noah to be the bad person I envisioned him to be? Was I that fucked up? Maybe I didn't deserve him after all, after everything he did for me, I couldn't even do right by him by just trusting him.
I guess I was still fucked up from what Ken did to me.
I wasn't sure how to make things right at this point, fuck, I thought about going back to Ken who hurt me more than anything in my life. Did I have abandonment issues? Was that why I thought of jumping to another man at the guess that the one I was with was about to hurt me?
What if Noah hated me after hearing what I did? What if he didn't want to have anything to do with me again? Well that would be understandable.
But I would make sure that I used the rest of my life to apologize.