Chapter 70 Chapter 35 (ii)
SARAH
That she had moved on from her childhood crush and was now in the arms of a man who was far better in many ways than the one I married was something I couldn’t just accept!
The most insulting part?
I just said it. They were right. Jigo was so much better than Carl. Extremely handsome, fabulously rich, a sharp businessman, and with oozing charisma and sex appeal—Jigo was the fucking cliché.
And I saw him first. He was the first one I desired. I wasn’t even paying any attention to Carl back then because there was Jigo. I didn’t hate Fae then—yet. Fae was just a means to an end and, unmistakably, I still needed her then.
But Jigo didn’t like me.
No, it wasn’t just that he didn’t notice me. He saw me.
He saw and treated me like there was something dirty and foul about me.
I tried to get close to him. To be friends. But he didn’t give me even a bit of hope or a moment’s time. I expected him to be snobbish because I was used to being treated that way whenever Fae took me to her events. They were okay when she was there but behind her back, her bratty friends didn’t hide how they really saw me.
Trash.
I had been used to it. I had accepted it from the start. Many of them, especially the guys, fell into my hands anyway. They used me and paid me what I asked for and this was already sweet revenge. The bonus was when they chased me even when I didn’t want them anymore because they got the kind of fucking they couldn’t get from their very proper girlfriends from me. So, I didn’t care if Jigo also looked down on me as long as, in the end, I got to seduce him. That I got to have sex with him.
But that didn’t happen. He was disgusted by me and didn’t hide it from where others could see—including Fae. Above all, he used Fae to belittle me.
“You may try. But you can’t ever be like her. Does Fae know she has a snake for a friend? That you use her like a clueless pimp to whore yourself to her connections here?”
“Madam! Good morning! What can—”
“Shut up! Leave me alone! I hate this salon! Don’t talk to me!”
Fuming, I left the fifth salon I had visited that morning and returned to the car. Sunday. Of course, it was Sunday, and the wealthy matrons and their friends were in the salons in this area, and Jigo and Fae were the hot topic in the grapevine.
Once seated at the back, I instructed the driver to take me to Carl’s office. Even on Sunday, my husband was there to catch up with work since we were on vacation for a long time. He had only slept last night after the flight and left early for the office.
I hoped he hadn’t noticed or seen anything on social media about his god-sister and friend. I wasn’t by his side, and I didn’t know how he would react. What if this time he realized he liked Fae too?
Before we were together, he was affectionate towards her in a way that made me suspicious. It was as if he liked Fae, that he had feelings for Fae, but something was holding him back. I took advantage of that. I seduced him until he went crazy for me and defied his grandparents to marry me. I still had enough control over my husband to manipulate him into defying them again because they wanted our marriage annulled. They were threatening to disinherit him. If he didn’t comply, all he would get was his salary from working for the family holdings and whatever else he had saved on his own.
Fuck. I knew he still had a lot of money. He had assured me. But we had to find a way for his grandparents to come around. He couldn’t lose his inheritance. They were quite old. I wanted that inheritance. As his wife, his wealth was mine.
I insisted on extending our honeymoon to strengthen my hold on him while we were away from people who poisoned his mind against me. We stayed abroad until he could no longer manage the business remotely and we had to come home.
I felt it wasn’t enough. He was still susceptible to others’ influence. What would I do if Carl found out about Jigo and Fae? Even though he tried to hide it from me, his conscience haunted him. He’d hurt Fae. I thought I had completely separated my husband from that woman, but I caught him once watching the video of the reception, wiping away tears—he cried—where Fae first approached us to congratulate him, when they both caught up that I sneaked her the wedding invite.
That was our first fight. We were on a flight, and I was frantic, explaining my side, but it was clear he didn’t believe me. He was still disturbed by Fae’s attendance at the wedding and her dramatics. He still got lost in thought sometimes.
He even called Fae, but she didn’t take his call. After that was our second fight, where he told it right to my face that Fae was a friend a long way back and he had no plans to lose her over the misunderstanding at our wedding. He’d worded it that way, while his face showed his doubt about if it was our wedding that was the mistake.
The high from the early part of our relationship was wearing off, and besides the pressure from his grandparents, I knew Fae was increasingly becoming a problem.
Why did all men want that woman? She was so boring compared to me! She didn’t even make an effort. If she wasn’t rich or hadn’t become friends with the elite because of her hot-shot father, she’d be trash just like me!
I needed to get to Carl immediately. I needed to think of a way to keep him away from Fae and Jigo until he was completely wrapped around my finger again. He couldn’t see that video. No way.
Jigo and Fae.
Now I had proven that Jigo secretly liked Fae all along.
Ha! Why not?
I could use that to poison Carl’s mind against Jigo. And if the best friends became enemies, there was no reason for Carl and Fae to see each other again. My chest tightened with anger. What did she have that I didn’t?! Ever since Jigo insulted me using Fae, I had hated her with all my being. That’s why I seduced Carl because that brat couldn’t possibly have everything! And I was proven right!
But now, it was her and Jigo. How dare she?!
We arrived at Carl’s office. As I got out of the SUV to go up to his floor in that high-rise building, I vowed to myself that I would win against Fae and Jigo.
I would make sure after I was done that Carl would have nothing to do with those two.
I already had a plan in mind, not only for Carl but also for the new lovebirds.
If Jigo and Carl became enemies, and Fae and Jigo broke up, I would still win.
I just needed to execute my plan perfectly, and I knew exactly how to manipulate Carl’s feelings to get him to do what I wanted...