Chapter 87

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on her part

“Yeah, the child I’m carrying doesn’t hold a candle to Shela’s precious one,” Letitia responded, “She’s lucky, caught your eye in a heartbeat, living the life of luxury. How could I ever compare?*

Elgin replied nonchalantly. “If you were carrying my child, you’d be living even better than her.”

But how could that ever happen? He hasn’t laid a finger on her, and doesn’t plan to anytime soon

As Elgin walked towards the walk-in closet, he heard Letitia’s whisper-soft voice, murmuring like a mosquito, “What if there was no bad blood between us, would you fall for me?

He abruptly stopped in his tracks, “Say that again.

Letitia was startled, he actually heard her? Has his hearing always been this sharp?

“It’s nothing.” she denied, “I didn’t say anything”

Theard you

Letitia bit her lip. Then why ask?

After a few seconds of silence, Elgin said, Without the deep-seated hatred, we wouldn’t even know each other.

Like two parallel lines, destined never to intersect, each living out their own lives just fine.

Letitia replied. That’s not what I was asking.”

It was about love. Whether he could love her.

Elgin let out a sarcastic laugh, Letitia, can’t you feel it? Why even ask?

But he would never admit it, not even a sliver! He’s too proud, and she’s too stubborn.

Elgin entered the walk-in closet and slammed the door shut with a bang.

Letitia ruffled her hair, wondering if she had knelt for too long causing poor circulation and making her brain slow, to even ask

such a question.

Love? There’s no love between them. It’s all hatred.

He hates her, and she hates him even more. They had been torturing each other without mercy.

the floor, nursing the redness on her knees, applied

she woke up, it was already

big bed,

did she start doing

Elgin might just toss her

the office, Letitia was heading to her workstation when Odetta came up

to your leg?” Odetta asked in a mocking tone,

sorry to

don’t go around seducing men like you. Sooner or later, someone

seducing men, then as you saw yesterday,

can I do?”

You’re proud

aimed to rile her up. “Unlike you, hanging all over Mr Thompson and still

better not fall into

hurting me in the

openly back you up here in

Odra thought she was Elgin’s mistress

Just Vidonia

distorting her face, and she deliberately bumped into Letitia’s shoulder on her

Letitia snorted.

by Elgin, Letitia never lost a battle

greeted her with a bag in hand and a cheery

“Morning.”

the long face.. Hey? Why are you

“Long

is it, did

answered That scoundrel

are never the same

he hit you?” Vidonia exclaimed. No way, that’s domestic violence! Call the cops, get

on me himself, it’s just… never mind, it’ll be okay in a couple of

deal, just a bit numb from kneeling too long, a little blood circulation

one for getting even. After such a blow, she’d

was not an

we can’t just let this slide, Vidonia pulled Letitia along. We’ve got

kidding, that’s

that easy? Is it that simple?

there are plenty of ways to tick

mischief. Letitia looked

with her finger,

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