"I swear I will make them pay with everything I have. I will use my very own blood to sign the documents that will end them if I must!” To Champagne Gold, life was always like a fast-moving truck with no brakes and a drunk driver, one she couldn't avoid. At the age of five, she lost her parents in a helicopter crash. Life after that was one problem to another but she held on... until her grandfather passed away as well. With his death came the loss of her position of CEO and her hard-earned shares. As if that was not enough, she was served with divorce papers and the revelation of her husband's adultery with her cousin. Dealt with one too many blows, Champagne sought to end it all. Perhaps she could be reincarnated or whisked away to another world like the books she read before, but that was not to be. Instead, a mysterious man entered her life. "Rather than escape like a coward, I can give you the power and resources to carry out your revenge. I have but one condition―marry me.” Champagne held her lips between her teeth and took the offer. However, just when she believed her new life was going smoothly, she found out another painful secret. One more painful than any she had discovered before. She had undergone a uterus removal procedure and she didn't even know it. Now Champagne is more determined than ever to get revenge on everyone who wronged her. She would do and give everything to make them pay for taking away something so precious from her.
"Champagne, you've talked about how much you respect Duke, and how much you love the twins. But tell me, is it just respect you have for Duke? Do you love him?"
That's a good question. But one I'm a little scared to answer.
I take closer steps to her again, then nervously, I move away from her once more. I walk till I'm standing directly in front of the portrait of Moriarty the cockatoo which is about six feet from where Mary is sitting on the couch. My heart is racing rapidly just because of that one question. I turn around and stare at her, silently wondering if she would understand and believe my words.
"Mary," I call her name calmly.
"Hmm?"
"It has just been over a month since I left Rowan. Which means it's just been over a month since I met Duke. To put it simply, today makes it a month and two weeks since I met Duke…"
"Champagne, what are you trying to say?" She simply asks. I bite my bottom lip as I move closer to her again.