~REVENGE WAS THE PLAN~
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EPISODE 03🍇🍇🍇🍇
EMMA’S POV
I opened my eyes in response to the sunshine
coming thru the one of the windows of my
room. Immediately realized I over sle-pt by
looking at the time in my phone, in a second I
was out of the be-d and into the shower and
fifteen minutes later I had my waitress uniform
on, I had to get to work in forty five minutes
and since I don’t know the buses routes in this
area I will probably wouldn’t make it on time. I
went down the stairs and was just about to
reach the door handle when a strong voice
made me st©p.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
I realized it was Adam’s voice and followed
the sound to find him siting in the living room
with a coffee in one hand and the newspaper
in the other, his gaze still fixed on the
newspaper. I’m so done with his man and his
arrogance, fist yesterday and now this, if he
thinks he can treat me like one of his
employees he’s so wrong.
“Where do I look like I’m going?” I mean,
considering I was wearing my waitress
uniform.
He finally lifted his eyes from the news paper,
and walked over to me, now standing only
inches away from each other. I could smell his
intoxicating aroma, his hair was we-t probably
the result of a recent shower, brushed all the
way back, looking so soft, I found myself
struggling with the nee-d to t©uçh it.
“Care to tell?”
“I’m going to work, Adam.”
“No you’re not, I don’t think you have a job.”
“Yes I do, that’s where you first saw me.”
“I know where we first met, I’m just saying you
don’t work there anymore.”
“If you’re asking me to quit my job let me t..- I
st©pped as Adam interrupted.
“I’m not asking you to quit your job because I
did for you. I thought you would be thri-lled,
after all isn’t this why you married me isn’t it?”
“No Adam I didn’t marry you for that, st©p
offending me I’m not like that. Why would you
do this, quit me from my job without even
asking me.”
“Let me put this very clear to you, because it
looks like you’re not fully un-derstanding. I paid
for you to be my wife, meaning as my wife
you’ll do what I say because I paid for it. You
literally sold yourself to me, so now you’re
mine. Here take your check.” He tossed the
check to my face, by now I was ma-king the
biggest effort to not cry in front of him, but he
wasn’t over, he continued. “What were you
expecting? This is what gold diggers like you
get, money has a price and now you’re paying
yours…. Enjoy your money, wife .” He made
emphasis on the word ‘wife’ and walked away,
leaving me in the big living room speechless
and watery eyed. I didn’t move for probably
twenty seconds, I never expected this.
———
“Good morning Mrs. Emma.”
I heard Martha’s joyful voice as I entered the
ridiculously big kitchen of my new home.
“Good morning to you too Martha.”
“Are you hungry? Is there anything in specific
you will like to eat this morning?”
“No worries I’m not hungry, I’ll just make
myself some coffee.” In fact I was hungry
when I woke up, but lost my appetite after my
encounter with Adam minutes ago.
“Absolutely not, I’m here to serve you I’ll make
your coffee.”
I rolled my eyes with a genuine smile, I knew I
was at loss in this argument.
I was almost done with my coffee when Adam
stormed into to the kitchen, he looked at me
for a few seconds clenching his jaw, I could
tell he was just looking for some excuse to
insult the hell out of me, and it looked like as
always he succeeded when he barked .
“My study, now.”
I followed him, ma-king sure to not get lost
because besides this house was hvge I had no
idea where his office was. I found him siting
on his desk once I entered, books surrounded
all four walls around us, surprisingly ma-king
him look more powerful and intimid@t!ng, and
me of course, smaller than ever.
“Few things I nee-d to discuss with you. First,
in case you didn’t know, I have a daughter
therefore your behavior should be nothing but
at its best when she’s around, plea-se don’t let
her see the who-re you really are, that’s all I
ask.”
What, he had a daughter ? How old was she?
What was her name? I looked into Adam’s
hateful eyes and decided it will be better if
Martha was the person answering those
questions.
“Second…” he continued “I have a c0cktail
p@rty I nee-d to attend tomorrow evening,
unfortunately as my wife I have to drag you in
with me, here take this card and get yourself
some decent clothing.”
He extended his hand with a card in it for me
to gr-ab, he looked into my eyes confused as
not a single muscle of my b©dy moved to
receive it.
“Thank you Adam but I don’t nee-d you to buy
me anything, I have my own clothes.”
Adam’s laughter filled the entire room I
wondered if even the gardener could hear it
from the outside because of how loud it was.
Something I knew for sure, this laughter was
f0rç£d and it had one purpose: humiliate me
even more.
“You have got to be trying to pu-ll off some
stupid joke, aren’t you?”
I didn’t say a word, I didn’t even blink as a
way to reas-sure him that I was being serious.
He took the message perfectly as his reply
demonstrated.
“Oh for goodness sake, those rags you brou-ght
and call clothes should be anywhere but in the
garbage. Don’t you realize how pathetic you
are, I mean look at you?.”
“First you call me gold digger, and then you
give me a card to go shopping, I don’t
un-derstand.” I said in a sas-sy tone and
crossing my arms across my che-st. Which I
regretted a second later when I saw Adam
getting up from his chair and walking over to
me, with a sm-irk on his face and the look of a
lion going after his prey. He was so close that
I could not only smell his lovely masculine
scent but his minty breath brushing my n£¢k
s£nding electricity throu-gh my entire b©dy.
“Emma don’t make a foul of yourself, I know
who you really are, st©p pretending and take
the card I have no time for your stupid
wining.”
I was so nervous by his proximity that my
br@in went into a complete shut down, all I
was able to do is gr-ab the card from his hand
and walk away. But of course, he had more to
say.
“Ohh ….. And before you go, be very careful
with what you buy and wear to that event, I
don’t want people realizing the tramp that you
really are, and plea-se do your best to act like
a lady, I know is challenging for some people
to act a certain way but you better not
embarras-s me.”
————–
“Hi, I’m so happy you’re here!!”
A sweet little voice yelled from the main door
now open, I tuned around to see who it was
and la-id my eyes on the most beautiful little
girl I’ve ever seen.
EMMA’S POV
“Hi!! What’s your name?”
“I’m Demi and I’m four.” She said signaling
with her tiny f!ngers. I bent down to be at the
same level and make eye contact with her.
“Well, very nice meeting you Demi, my name is
Emma.”
“I’m happy that you’re here Emma, come let me
show you my room.” And gr@bb£d my hand
running upstairs ma-king me follow her, me
tripping here and there in my way up the long
staircase.
She opened the door to her room, it was any
girl’s dream room, walls and be-dding were
light shade of light pink and the furniture was
white as well the the curtains, images of
ballerinas where hanged in the walls, it felt so
peaceful in this room.
ADAM’S POV
I walked into the house and noticed absolute
silence, called Martha, nothing, called Demi,
nothing, I knew by this time she should’ve
been home from school, went to the kitchen
still nob©dy. Went outside to ask the driver, he
informed me that he brou-ght Demi from school
about one hour ago.
I decided to go upstairs calling Demi’s name,
no reply from her, I heard some voices coming
from her room and decided to go in. What I
saw left me speechless, a wave of warmness
t©uçhed my heart, I couldn’t explain this
feeling, a p@rt of me liked it and another p@rt
of me didn’t.
Demi was laying on the floor with Emma they
where both coloring some princess coloring
books, laughing and having fun, they looked so
natural with each other. I didn’t know what to
say, Emma’s smile faded when she saw me
standing by the door.
“Daddy, you c@m£ early today!!!” I heard Demi
say, my eyes incapable of leaving Emma, I
had to break the gaze at the feeling of Demi’s
tiny arms around my legs. I bent down and
hvgged her, and somehow my eyes found
Emma for the second time.
“How are you my princess?” I said breaking
the hvg and looking for Demi’s eyes.
“Im happy daddy, thank you so much for
bringing a new mommy for me, I’m having so
much fun with her!”
Once again I was speechless.
“Daddy, don’t stay there, give a k!ssto Emma
too.”
Oh god plea-se no. I’m not tou-ching that
woman.
“Daddyyyyy!!!!”
“Ohh …..yes, of course.”
I walked over to Emma, and noticed how
nervous she was, to my surprise I was feeling
the same, the closer the distance between us
bec@m£ the more anxious we felt. For a few
seconds I stood inches ap@rt from her face,
just appreciating the intense emerald green in
her eyes, intensity that for some reason I
haven’t noticed before. I landed a fast and
small k!sson her cheek and felt a shoot of
electricity running all over my b©dy. Have to
admit, her skin was soft like silk and I liked it.
We both took a step backwards trying to grow
the distance between us, her eyes on the floor
and mine still on her. I broke my gaze as a
result of hearing Demi’s cl@pping her hands,
giving me one of the happiest faces I have
seen in her in years. I didn’t know what to do or say, I never expected this to happen so just
stormed out of the room to clear my thoughts.
EMMA’S POV
During dinner, was ha-rd not to notice the
tension between Adam and I, neither one of us
spoke a word other than awkwardly smiling to
Demi’s non st©p conversation. When diner was
over Adam finally spoke.
“Ok, is time to re-ad a book and go to sleep
little Ms. Perfect.”
“No, I don’t want to.” Demy replied ma-king a
fake mad expression with her face while
crossing her arms in her che-st.
“Demi you know that there’s no way around
be-d time.” I loved how Adam’s tone bec@m£
serious and loving at the same time, no doubts
he’s a wonderful dad, something t©uçhed my
heart just at the realization of this.
“But daddy …. I want Emma to re-ad to me
tonight.”
“Me!” I shouted in surprise. Adam’s face
looked as shocked as mine.
“No Demi, Emma is tired, we nee-d to let her
rest.”
“No, she’s not, right Emma? Right? Tell daddy
you don’t mind re-ading to me tonight.”
I didn’t know what to say, going against
Adam’s wishes was something I was definitely
not looking forward to do, but Demi melted my
heart, she showed me so much affection since
the minute we meet and I could tell she
missed her mom. I don’t know what happened
with her mom, nob©dy has mentioned her, all I
know is how much a mother is nee-ded, me
more than anyone was aware of that. My
mother left me and Jason when I was five and
Jason two. I know how empty you grow up
when mom is not around, maybe that
emptiness made Jason the monster he is
today. “It’s Ok I’m not that tired, I can re-ad a few
stories with you.” I said looking at Demi with a
soft smile, she gr@bb£d my hand and took me
to her room.
After re-ading a few stories Demi finally fell
asleep. I looked at her, and couldn’t st©p the
smile forming in myl-ips, I k!$$£d her
forehead, and covered her with a blanket.
I closed the door of Demi’s room softly
avoiding to make any noise.
Looked around the quiet long hallway and
decided to explore this beautiful house, I
opened a few doors, just to find be-droom after
be-droom, all of them with different decoration
within the same clas-sic style. Maybe I should
go to be-d now I’m tired and there’s nothing
exciting to see, I decided to open one last
door before heading to my room.
To my surprise this last room wasn’t like the
others, I walked inside, my eyes exploring. The
walls held pictures of all sizes, got closer to
them to see the faces reflected, I saw Adam
with a new born baby in his arms next to a
beautiful woman in a hospital be-d, both with
wi-de smiles, then the same woman with a
baby probably one year old, in her l@p, siting
behind a Christmas tree opening a pres£nt.
To the other side I sp©tted some manikins,
probably about ten, all wearing different
gorgeous go-wns, some had rhinestones all
over, some didn’t but I could tell they were all
very expensive.
On the be-d I saw a hvge displ@yof jewelry,
n£¢klaces, earrings, br@celets, I had no doubt
that those were all precious gems and
diamonds. Then at the end of the room
something called my attention like anything
else, a hvge painting of a gorgeous woman,
looking regal, like a queen. Golden hair fell
into waves p@rted all to the right side covering
her shoulder. She wore the most elegant and
beautiful red dress, mermaid cut accentuating
her curves.
My hand went on its own slowly to make
contact with the beautiful painting, but I never
reached, a strong hand gr@bb£d mine ma-king
me st©p.
EMMA’S POV
I couldn’t get my b©dy to move an inch, fear
suddenly made me stay frozen.
“Who the fv¢k told you it was OK for you to
walk around like you own this place?”
Adam turned me around to look me in the
eyes. I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t think and now
after seeing Adam’s rage perfectly reflected in
his eyes, my b©dy started trembling.
“You were trying to steal from me weren’t you?
I should’ve known better, bringing a tramp like
you home was a bad idea.” I felt how Adam’s
hold in my left arm was getting ti-ghter and
ti-ghter, his hateful glare made me have a
flashback of my brother walking towards me
with that evil smile which I knew very well, he
always did it before starting his beatings. I
don’t know how but I found the strength to
speak.
“No, I will never–” but Adam interrupted.
“Don’t try to foul me Emma, I know what
who-res like you look for, but trust me on his
one, I will destroy you with my own hands.”
Now my vision was blurred by all the tears
formed in my eyes. Another flashback
appeared, this time Jason was beating me, the
pain felt so real my whole b©dy ached, the fear
and the pain were unbearable. I wanted to
scream for help but like always my mouth
betrayed me. Finally in a f0rç£d and a weak
wispier I begged.
“plea-se…. Don’t ….. plea-se……”
Involuntary I covered my face, it was a reflex to
prevent Adam from actually hitting me. His
face suddenly changed, the rage was gone
from his eyes and I felt in relief as he let go of
my arm. This was my opportunity to leave this
room so I desperately ran to my be-droom.
Locking the door behind me I sledded against
it and sat on the floor hvgging my knees
crying my eyes out. I was so hopeful that I will
no longer have to encounter this fear ever
again, but it was like if life was telling me that
this is what’s there for me, maybe I deserved
it, maybe I was the problem, maybe something
in me made people hate me so much bring the
worst in them.
ADAM’S POV
I was furious when I saw Emma walking into
this room. She was the last person I wanted
to see here, but my anger faded the second I
saw how terrified of me she was.
I hated her with all that’s in me, I wanted to
see her like that, desperate and broken and
now that I finally started to get what I was
looking for it felt like something wasn’t right. I
didn’t get the satisfaction I was looking
forward to have.
Emma thought I was going to hit her. Why I’m
I feeling this nee-d to let her know that I will
never t©uçh a woman in such way ? What she
thinks of me or not shouldn’t be one of my
concerns. But it is. A voice in my
subconscious said.
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EMMA’S POV
“I’m impressed Emma, you managed to get the
money for your dad’s treatment. I just hope
you didn’t get in trouble for this. ”
“Don’t worry Dr. Collins, I didn’t do anything
crazy.”
I just married an aggressive stranger, who hates
me for no reason. I thought to my self.
“I took a loan, and I’m currently paying every
single penny back.”
Like hell I am.
“Ok, then that’s a relief, your dad will be very
proud of you. Life is given you many
adversities and every time to managed to
overcome them. I hope you know how strong
you are.”
“Trust me, I’m not that strong, I just do what I
have to do.” I said thinking of last night’s
encounter with Adam.
“You have one thing less to worry about now,
your dad’s treatment is covered for a year,
unless he decides to wake up sooner.”
*TO BE CONTINUED*