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Chapter 157
Madam Gabriella held the phone to her ear, her chest heaving hard. She hadn't seen the news, but gossip had reached her from various chats that had forgotten her existence before, and all of a sudden was lighting up with messages, asking about her daughter's mental health.Yet, no one was able to tell her what had happened. Sarah picked up on the third ring. A sighbescaped her the moment she picked up. As if she had been expecting the call and dreading it."Sarah. I have been trying to call. I was...""I was going to call you too," Sarah said, her voice low. "Melissa caused a ruckus in the NS headquarters and soiled my plan of approaching Amelia with the papers necessary to hand over the assets."Madam Gabriella froze in place, her heart pounding. "What? Is that why so many people kept texting? Is that why everyone was asking about her mental health?""Maybe," Sarah said, with a shrug. She stood up from the couch where she had been lounging and poured herself a cup of strong beer. "S
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Sarah pulled the baseball hat she was wearing down so it would cover her face even better. She entered the police station, then went to the front desk and gave Melissa's name."She is in the holding cell. You have fifteen minutes."She nodded, muttering a thank you and walking away towards the direction she had been pointed to. The holding cell had a single dim light, and Melissa was sitting on the floor. The mascara streaks had dried off on her cheeks, her hair was still wild the way it had been after the confrontation.She was sitting with her knees pulled to her body, her arms wrapped around her legs. She was trembling lightly, her breath slightly shaky."Melissa."She slowly looked up, and her eyes widened once she saw Sarah. She stood up, her chest heaving as she gripped the bars so hard her knuckles turned a pale white."Sarah. You are here to get me out, right? You are going to pay the bail, right?"Sarah gave a small sigh. "Why did you do that? You could have done it anywhere
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Amelia and Coulter arrived at the police station around half an hour after the car that carried Melissa to the station got there. She was already put in a holding cell, pending Amelia's arrival and then subsequent proceedings.Melissa looked up as Amelia and Coulter entered, and she immediately began to lose it all over again.She stood up, grabbing the iron bars of the holding cell, her chest heaving hard. "Coulter. Coulter. Tell them. Tell them that I am the woman you love and that you won't allow them to treat me this way. Tell them now. Tell them that this little slut...""Don't you dare," Coulter said, his eyes meeting hers. "Don't you dare talk about my woman like that."She flinched, her eyes wide, like she was genuinely confused that he would want nothing to do with her after so many months of telling her just that. "Where is the Melissa who was accepting a proposal on our anniversary? Where is the Melissa who was going on a smear campaign about me? Where is the Melissa who
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Madam Gabriella ran up to the bedroom, her chest heaving as her hand tightened around the phone. Melissa was already dressing to leave, her fingers trembling as she zipped up her dress."Where are you going?""Somewhere," Melissa replied, her voice low. She looked wrecked, her chest heaving as if she was holding back tears She grabbed her keys and her pgone and walked away, leaving Madam Gabriella standing in the room, the real weight of the enemy they now had weighing down on her.Melissa got down and entered her car, then drove out of the garage, till she got ro a secluded path. She parked the car on the way and leaned back, rolling the windows down.She grabbed her phone, her fingers shaky. She dialled Sarah's number. The phone rang a few times before it was finally picked up."I am in the office, Melissa," Sarah said, her voice sounding a little annoyed."When?" Melissa asked, angry tears filling her eyes. "When the fuck are we going to get rid of that woman?! Till when the fuck
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Coulter slowly walked down the stairs, Madam Gabriella's phone tucked carefully inside his pocket. Ian and Jason have gone ahead, leaving him behind to savour her expression. Whatever she would give, which, knowing Madam Gabriella was a whole lot.Madam Gabriella was pacing the length of the sitting room, her voice rising as some of the guards tried to stop her."Let me be!" She yelled, yanking her hand away from one of the guards. "I still have forty per cent of this house! You have no right to stop me!""Ma'am," one of the guards said, stepping forward. "The arrangement was explicit. Your forty per cent jurisdiction absolutely does not include this place. Whatever you are looking for, describe it to us and we will try our best to find it for you."She stopped, her eyes thin as she looked up to the guard. "What I am looking for is important! You don't know it. Just let me look for it!"The guard held her back, and Coulter raised a hand as he finally descended the stairs, his smile sm
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Amelia dressed up in a smart black suit and pants combo, then turned to the mirror. Coulter sat on the edge of the bed behind her, his eyes thin as he watched her, his fingers holding on to his phone."You are staring," she said, her lips parting in a small smile.He shrugged. "You are beautiful."Amelia gave a small smile, then fixed her earrings and then clasped her watch on her wrist. She still wore the diamond ring."Will you be going into the office?" He nodded. "I will. For a few hours, at least."Amelia nodded, then leaned down to place a small kiss on his forehead. "Be a good boy once I am gone."He laughed, then kissed her properly. "Sure enough."She turned away, then walked down the stairs. Melissa amd Madam Gabriella were both downstairs, hovering around the thin line between the dining room and the sitting room where they were not explicitly forbidden to be."Look who is here," Madam Gabriella said, her voice low and venomous.Amelia turned around, despite knowing she wa
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