109 109–It Was Nina’s Turn
Nina moved her eyes to the laptop screen whereas her inbox was flooded with messages from designers, clients, and organizers. O
Usually, this stuff was handled by Geena but today she wanted to give the girl some time think about her offer.
There was no one on this earth who didn’t like money. Geena was no different.
Nina scrolled, noting down the urgent stuff to respond first.
“Urgh. So many details to finalize, she muttered to herself, pushing a stray lock of her hair behind her ear.
She clicked open an email from a prominent organizer, who was requesting last–minute adjustments to the runaway schedule. Just as she began typing, her phone buzzed with a reminder of a video call.
“Great! Just what I needed, she sighed, switching gears, and setting up for the call. After a few minutes, the call was through, and she had to put up a professional smile for the sake of her name and appearance.
“Let’s get started! Shall we?” she said cheerfully flipping her hair aside, “We have a lot to cover before the big day!
She must have been halfway through the meeting when her phone started ringing.
The participants on the video call went silent for a minute. They all were aware of how she despised disturbances in between her meetings and discussions.
But this time they all were in for a surprise when she smiled broadly and waved her phone on
the screen.
“Sorry, guys. My beloved daughter–in–law is on the call. This can’t wait
They all nodded good–naturedly. And maybe were impressed a bit. After all, the dragon boss lady was giving importance to her daughter–in–law, “Sure, Nina,” one of the executives said, “we all
can wait.
‘No ladies and gentlemen. Please carry on with your stuff, we can connect again and discuss. My call might take time.”
After all, she knew why she was getting this call. The same daughter–in–law who wasn’t ready to talk to her was now calling her impatiently.
“Hey, sweetheart!” she cooed on the phone, “how is your trip going? Missing me already?”
“What did you just send me?” Valerie retorted rudely, “Who sends such messages to their daughters–in–law?”
“Oh!” Nina laughed loudly, “The old crappy women who get discarded by their daughters–in–law,
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She could imagine Valerie gritting her teeth.
“Why would I discard you? You have got your own life, Nina, and I have mine. Please let me live.”
Nina who was smiling until now, her face turned into a fierce ball of rage in a matter of seconds, “Do what you want to do with your fu*cking life, Valerie Aaron but not at the cost of my son’s
money.”
“Ahan! I’m not Valerie Aaron, Nina. It’s Valerie Sinclair,” Valeric chuckled, “Your son’s
money belongs to his family. I am his wife, I’m his family. He hasn’t even divorced me, and you are dreaming of bringing another daughter–in–law? In your dreams baby. In your dreams.”
Nina wanted to strangle Valerie’s neck, but she needed to take control of her emotions. The more she would get irritated the more advantage Valerie would take of her anger.
“While you are busy on your precious trips, my son is about to take a woman who already has children, Nina hissed into the phone, “The money that was supposed to be spent on my
heirs…
on his kids is being spent on someone else’s children.”
“Raf… Rafael is involved in some woman?” Valerie whispered, “I…. knew it… I had somehow guessed it.”
“And still you chose to do nothing
about it. What kind of wife are you?” Nina snarled.
“Just shut up. Shut up, Nina. You don’t know my struggles,” Valerie cried, “You are not aware of what I’m going through while following your son all around the world to catch him red–handed.”
Now Nina seemed shocked, “All around the world? You must be out of your fu*cking mind!”
“Yes. I was in San Francisco and then I went to Denver and then Dallas after him. He is with a
woman who looks like…” for some reason Valerie trailed off.
“Yes?” Nina asked her impatiently, “Who does she look like?”
“Marissa. She looks like Marissa,” she snapped, “and he is roaming around…”
“Cut the crap, Valerie. Stop blaming my son for things he never did. This is because of your ignorance that he is spending his time with a woman who God knows if she is married or not but she is surely a mom. My son might be looking after a bunch of kids of some other man. And now my son seems to become their father. I didn’t know if it was a single child or there were multiple kids but she or he was calling him daddy.”
“Th…that woman has kids?” Valerie stuttered.
“Not only kids but she lives in Kanderton. I don’t know why you are following him all around the globe when I told you last time that he was still in Kanderton,” Nina let out a sigh, “or maybe this is one of your excuses to see the world and enjoy yourself. But let me tell you one thing. You won’t get a dime if my son decides to leave you someday”
“Oh, I will, Nina,” she asserted, “I will not only get his property, but I’ll get more than half of whatever belongs to him if he is caught cheating. So sorry. But it’s no more in your hands. It’s in my hands now. The law gives me this freedom.”
This time Nina Sinclair couldn’t contain it and laughed loudly holding her belly.
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“What’s so funny, Nina? Or are you scared to lose such a big chunk of money to a common girl
like me?”
Nina who was still laughing tried to control it and then started laughing again.
By now, Valerie wanted to disconnect the call but then she didn’t. Why should she when soon she would be as powerful with all the money as Nina?
No. She can’t be intimidated by this woman anymore.
When Nina’s laughter subsided, she spoke on the phone, “Oh, Valerie. You are so funny”
“Why? Because I know my rights?” Nina could imagine the girl raising her brows questioningly. Too bad that she was beautiful but didn’t have brains.
“Rights are for wives, Valerie,” Nina said softly.
“Yeah. So?”
“So? You aren’t even his wife. Or have you forgotten?” there was silence on the other side now. When it prolonged for a few minutes, Nina smiled, “What? Have you fainted or died?”
“This was a joke, Nina. Right? You can’t prove a thing against me. No one knows…”
“Oh, he’ll know, Valerie. I was there when he got married. He was blind but my eyes were working perfectly fine, love. The man who approached me that day and informed me that had left the church. He still works for me.”
Valerie felt as if her whole world was crashing down.
“You can’t be serious. Right?” her bravado was slowly crumbling now. And Nina’s smile was widening with each passing minute.
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She didn’t respond to Valerie, enjoying the fear she had successfully instilled in her heart. What was she even thinking when she thought of double–crossing her?
Valerie’s voice trembled with desperation, “Nina. You there? Please don’t do that. I was depressed that was the reason I was spending my maximum time outside… away from him.
Please, Nina.
She was crying and pleading on the phone and Nina felt a sense of achievement and satisfaction.
“I know I have been awful. I’ll try to improve. I’ll either ask Rafael to join me in Sangua or I’ll go to Kanderton. Please, Nina. Do you hear me?”
With an evil grin, Nina disconnected the call and switched her phone to silent mode. The phone started ringing again but this time it was Nina’s turn not to receive the call.