Chapter 35 Capture my Heart
Elena's POV
He promised me this marriage of mine would be the best as it was an arrangement between the son of his best friend. I know that guy, the one who's head over heels for me. He'd treat me perfectly but too bad, someone else had captured my heart.
I faked a smile as he narrates tales about my childhood and now I will be leaving him again. I embraced him after our conversation, telling him that he was forgiven and i have considered his words and won't fall back on my lover again.
His mistake was believing in me. I handed him his favorite cinnamon tea and he was delightful, without a second thought, he drank from it and I let out a wry smile watching him drop down to the ground, gurgling for air, wincing, panicking and wailing before he died.
His death caused grief in the heart of so many but not for us. We just shut down our enemy and have no regret about that. The family runs a forensic test on him as they didn't believe his death was ordinary.
The poison was discovered but the blame was pin pointed on the maid who served him the tea. She couldn't even defend herself because I made it look realistic with my acts and tears. My lover too chipped in, to make it sound convincing.
She was arrested and I don't know if her fate in prison but her sentence was life-imprisonment.
Then came the girl who always swoon around him, she became my next headache. I wish to crush her but then he keeps me put and to a point I thought he was falling for her because whenever I bring up her issue or try to slander her, he defends her.
I ran a background check up on her and discovered she was an heiress which wasn't bad and I let them be just friends but my eyes keeps watch over them. Just to be close to him, I decided to go to the same college as his.
Soon, he told me about her confession and how he intends to reject her but then I realized she was our jackpot for wealth. Someone who could elevate him to become his dreams.
I was his special advisor and convinced him of the benefits of having such a woman as his. He agreed to the plan, it was simple, no love attached. One thing leading to another, they got married in my presence but then I didn't want to be far from them and thought of a way to live in their house.
I was quite surprised that his mother would be living in the house. I appeared vulnerable before her, offering to be an assistant in the house. She loved the idea of another family member being around.
His mom saw no wrong in me living in their house, besides, this wife of his was too stupid to suspect anything. She was too nice, trying to win my heart, along with her mother-in-law.
Unfortunately, her efforts seems frutile as her mother-in-law needed a grandchild but she couldn't fulfill that dream. I guess she was barren after all. The reason she still stays in that house is certainly because she was the wealth of her son.
We still had our sex in that house but that was when she was away to crack a business deal or impress him with something. He showered her with a cruel affection that I sensed he was getting fond of.
How depressing it was to share my man with someone else or for the sake of personal gains. At a point, I felt I was losing him gradually despite the fact he claims he dislikes her, he still panics when she wasn't home early or wait to receive her by the door.
His mother was really a stress for that lady and I love every act displayed on her and I fueled the actions. Somehow, I get confused over his feelings for that woman.
I only ignite the hatred for her, especially the fact that he was with her, even though it were for his personal gains, I couldn't bare being jealous. Even though I control his acts most times, I still wanted to be the only one around him, for him.
It seems I got that but at a wrong timing because she left when he almost hits big, the grand moment of our plan. That was heartbreaking and I tried to be his solace. However, that wasn't enough as his mother mocks him.
That witch calls him incapable and makes him recall the incident of another man snatching his wife away from him right under his nose. Once again, I tried to be there for him but he always avoided me.
Oddly enough, I began to do her chores in the house but she wasn't harsh on me. After all, we are one big family and the blood flows. I loathe her and just wanted her out of the picture.
I wonder what kinds of emotions she has towards me, it wouldn't be as bad as that of her daughter-in-law who a mafia dragged away from the house.
From her acts and words, I get to realize that people never get to miss a thing when they're close and always around you but when it leaves, boom, you always talk about it, wanting to have it back.
I just think both son and mother are sick over that girl! I thought they despise her? I thought she was their ache but then it turns out it was just my assumption. They actually want her back.
I tried not to think it was an emotion called love because I'd flush that though out of his life. After everything we've been together? He dares not try to ditch me.
Lately, he gets drunk, not sparing me a glance and always calling her name in his dreams! I got this feeling that he is actually loving her but hiding the feeling not to hurt me. Well too bad, I'm already hurt and I just want to eliminate her.
Furthermore, he had been trying means to bring her back. The last time I checked, old things were past away, I was his future and she was never existence.
Here I am in his room, waiting for him to come home. I dressed up sexily just for him to notice me and I promised to have him on bed tonight. It's been a while and I miss those moments that the world just had us two in it.
I guess we're grown ups now but my love never died and I hope his wouldn't and even if it tries to, he'd still be mine. All I have to do is eliminate anyone who tries to take him away from me.