The Lost Consortium Heir

Three years of Pretend

Mike gazed at the tall, well-built man in front of him. He couldn't comprehend what a man was doing in the hotel room his wife called him to.

"Baby, who is that? Please tell me our food is here. I'm famished." Stella's voice fell into Mike's ear, causing him to furrow his brows.

"Baby?" He thought and tried to peep into the room but he couldn't,

"Williams..." Stella called the man's name when she didn't get a response.

"Oh honey, come over here," Williams said, causing Mike to swallow hard. He gazed at the door, waiting to see the woman's face.

"Baby, who...." Stella was stunned the moment her eyes fell on her husband. Mike couldn't bring himself to utter a word. He was still in shock.

"What are you doing here?" Stella asked abruptly, with a frown on her face.

Mike shook his head as he took his phone out of his pocket. He quickly scrolled to her text and showed her, asking, "What are you doing here, Stella?"

"How is that any of your business?" she sneered.

Williams smirked and pulled Stella in for a hug. He wrapped his hand around her waist. "Honey, is this the so-called boring husband that you've been complaining about?" He asked

Mike bit his lips as he watched Williams hold his wife closely. He clutched his fist and said in a rage, "Get your dirty hands off my wife."

Williams laughed dryly and asked, "Between the both of us, tell me who has dirty hands?"

"Mr. Williams, find another lady to mislead. Leave my wife alone," Mike said, causing Williams to grin.

"Mislead? Stella has always been the one running after me, I dumped Stella years back and now that I want her, I got her” His words irked Mike.

“I've known your wife longer than you think. I knew her before you both even got married!" He paused and turned to Stella,

"I met Stella three years ago before I traveled overseas, and I came back with so many gifts for her. What have you gotten for her in your 3 years of marriage?"

Mike turned to Stella in hopes that she'll call everything he said bullshit, but instead, Stella just smiled lovingly at Williams.

"Stella..."

"Hush Mike! Look at me very well, don't I deserve better? Did you honestly think I would stay with you forever?" she scoffed

"But... Stella! I did everything I could for you, I did my best to make you happy" Mike said hoping that she would laugh and call this all a joke, but the look on her face spelled the word serious.

"You're so poor, and I can't spend my life with someone like you. I never loved you..." She paused and turned to Williams, "it has always been Williams," she added.

Mike felt completely weak in his knees. It took him less than a minute to understand the whole scenario, "Y... Y... You only married me because Williams left you? Now that he's back, you'd rather be with him? Someone that abandoned you for three years." Mike stuttered

"Enough with all of this Mike, Is she the cause of your poverty? You couldn't meet up to her standards so let her be with someone who could provide for her needs. You couldn't even satisfy her. Look around you..." He paused and smirked at the expression on Mike's face.

"There's no commoner anywhere near here, do yourself a favor and leave this hotel room premises so that I can take care of her properly, better than you've ever done," Williams said, Mike noticed the smile that instantly appeared on Stella's face causing him to grow furious.

Mike grabbed Williams by the collar and said in anger, "My wife won't go with you into that room."

"You're so pathetic Mike, think about it... Why did you think I invited Stella here, huh?" Williams said, causing Mike to tighten his grip on his collar, refusing to let Williams's words get to him.

"Well, let me tell you for free. It was only because I knew all about your plan to surprise her with a common movie date at a hotel. We both texted her, right? But who did she come to?" Williams asked. Mike shook his head and turned to Stella who did not attempt to even deny his words.

"Argh, you son of a...." Mike punched Williams in the face. He could no longer control his temper.

"Mike, stop!" she yelled, scared that Williams would get hurt. Mike ignored her and pushed Williams to the ground before clutching his fist tightly.

"You're a liar!" Mike said. He couldn't bring himself to believe that Stella could act like that. He was about to launch a punch at Williams when Stella yelled,

“Get your lazy ass off him! You can't even match up to his class. It's jealousy that's written all over your face, you can't even feed yourself and you're standing here with a man that's not on your level”

She paused and hurried to help Williams up before continuing, “I’ll pick him over you a million times. Look at what I'm wearing, can you ever afford it? You poor animal” Her words hit Mike like a million stones were thrown at him.

"Have you heard for yourself? I can have your wife whenever I want, Mike; whenever I call her, she’ll be here to warm my bed,” He grinned, causing Mike to swallow hard.

“Stella, have you been drinking? I trust you with everything and now you’ve suddenly switched sides.”

“Trust me with what? Do you have any landed property to trust me with? You speak about everything like you have anything,” she cut in.

“Better get out of this place before I call the security on you, poor church rat,” She hissed.

Mike chose to ignore her words and believe that she was being brainwashed by Williams. He tried peeping into the room and his eyes fell on a used condom on the floor.