Lisa's POV

"It's a baby Lisa! Have some mercy!" Andre yelled at me that night. I had confronted him immediately in our bed room.

"I don't care! I don't want to see her here!" I screamed louder. I was this close to losing it.

"I can't send her away, she has my child" he grumbled.

"What! I can't believe the nerve- I sneered- you cheated on me and brought back a receipt and you had the guts to throw it in my face? What of me? My- " I was about to tell him about my own baby when he interrupted me.

" my hands are tied" he announced.

" So you are going to sit there like a dummy and do nothing?" I turned my head to the side. The next thing I know I am being shoved.

Andre pinned me to the wall

"I have had enough of your stupid attitude. " He growled." If you had quietly gotten pregnant, this would not be the case!" he warned me

"what" I gasped. Shock reverberated through my body. I couldn't believe those words are coming from Andre. My Andre.

Andre walked out of the room.

I slowly sank to the floor and tears began to flow. And so that night, sleep came and stole me away.

The sun penetrated through the partition in the room. That was how I knew it was morning. I blinked my eyes to reality and, my brain dredged up the last thing I heard from the night before. My heart was heavy but the one that stuck like glue was Andre's last words.

"We have waited for 3 years without a child and I am not going to turn my back on the one woman who has my child"

Although he mumbled that he would find the lady a house but I doubted if he would actually do it.

********

who is there?! Please don't break down my door!" Becky screamed from inside. She opened the pigeon hole, peeped, and then proceeded to open the door.

"Jeez! Girl you.... Oh my god Lisa, what's wrong your eyes are swollen!?" I flung my arms around her and tears pulled in my eyes.

She managed to calm me down and I told her the whole story.

"what do you plan to do?" she asked.

" honestly I don't know" I said. Then I remembered my parents.

" Please Becky Don't tell them I told you this" I begged. She nodded.

"Your secret is safe with me"

I knew that if my parents were to know, they would definitely not take this lightly. Especially my father. I want to handle this as quick as I can.

"I will handle this" I say aloud to Becky's hearing. She looked at me. Worry etched on her face. Honestly I wouldn't handle anything. All I wanted to do was to lock myself in my room and cry.

*******

I was in the kitchen the next day, trying to make myself breakfast when my phone rang. The maids were not around.

My heart skipped when I saw the caller ID. I quickly washed my hands and walked out of the house.

"hello dad" I whispered.

" Lisa why won't you reply my messages"

" Dad I have been busy. You know married life and-

"I spoke to Becky" he said. I shut my eyes and cussed in my heart. That traitor. She said she would not tell anyone.

" Lisa I want you to come home" he said.

"No dad I have a life here. I have a husband-"

"Honey please come home, come to where you are loved. That's barely a life"

" We miss you!" I heard my mum's voice. Immediately I felt some nostalgia. Tears flooded my eyes.

"I miss you too" she said.

" Come home Lisa" my father said. I looked behind and the house came to view. I remembered when I was taunted and bullied. They said all I had were given to me by my father. I was hated for coming from wealth. That was why when Andre, asked me to marry him I readily agreed. I wanted to make something of my own, without the influence of my billionaire father.

" no... no dad"

" What?"

" Dad I will solve this out" I said. I immediately plastered a big smile on my face and talked cheerfully till I ended the Call. Before I went into the house, I wiped my tears and took a deep breath. I will fight this no way or the other.

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I walked in on the most disgusting scene on my life. Andre's side piece was in the kitchen. She was blasting the sex tape she had sent to me. I know this because I had accidentally put it on. Out of curiosity I let it play

Standing in the entrance of my kitchen and listening to it, I regretted ever putting it on.

"Fuck baby.." Andre groaned.

"Do you like that?" she purred like a cat as she batted her lashes.

"Stop. Doing. That" he groaned. She knew what he was taking about. She knew that whenever she acted all innocent while she was riding him, it always gets him off. she continued doing that.

"Oh fuck! You. Are. So. Sweet" he groaned in between sentences as she began moving faster. Then he emptied himself in her. He signed deeply as he leaned on his hands to give her a deep kiss.

"I love you" Andre said in between kisses as he began nibbling her neck.

"Yea, are you sure of that" she said chucking. He bit her neck and she screamed in pain and pleasure.

"Yea I am. I love you with all my heart" he said as she could feel his mouth pull up into a smile on her neck.

" well I am lucky to have you Baby. You make my life so beautiful" she said.

" fuck babe...I'm.. I'm" she gasped.

She turned to me and smirked. I walked out of the kitchen and tears stuck to my eyes.

Lisa's POV

At this point I believe I had been cursed. On Monday Shelly, because that was her name. The girl my husband cheated with, messed with my smoothie combination. She ate up all the apple. I swiftly told Andre and he told me to be more accommodating. That she was pregnant. I had to let that slide.

On Tuesday, she occupied the sitting room with her bitchy friends and they laughed like witches. I couldn't concentrate on the book I was reading.

On Wednesday, she made Andre's mother yell at me. She had told her series of things about me and when I entered the sitting room she stopped talking. Before Andre's mother left, she warned me to let Shelly carry her baby to full term, since I didn't want to get pregnant. That hurt me so bad, even though I was pregnant, it still hurt.

On Thursday, she asked the delivery guy for my package to go back, that this was the wrong address.

I didn't react too because I didn't want to stir up trouble. It was on Friday that I couldn't take it anymore. I woke up that morning to hear that raunchy video playing in the sitting room. It was then something flipped in me. I walked to the sitting room, picked up the phone and stopped the video.

" what the hell are you doing?" I heard from behind me. I turned to see Shelly glaring at me.

I smirked. "I understand you come from a whore house but you don't have to rub it in our faces" I could hear snickering and gasps from the maids. Shelly's eyes widened. I watched her. My heart beating like crazy. I was ready if she wanted to get physical then I remembered she was pregnant. My courage was slowly turning to fear. I waited for her to do something but nothing came. She walked towards me, grabbed the phone and headed upstairs. I was happy. I was able to face my problems squarely.

In my era of triumph, I had forgotten that I live in the same house with Shelly. She could attack me at anytime. After taking a glass of orange juice, I began to walk upstairs. When I got to the floor which will lead to the next flight of stairs, I saw Shelly.

She was holding a glass of juice.

"who do you think you are" came her voice from behind me. She glared at me. Her eyes glowing with a fire I could recognize as revenge.

I turned to her. "No one, just not a whore" I said acidly. Immediately Shelly splashed the contents of her glass on me. I reached out and slapped her. And must before the fight became too physical, the maids intervened.

" You are a hoe!" She yelled. Her voice high in octaves. We were separated. I went to my room, waiting for Andre go come home, when I heard a knock on my door.

"come in" to my surprise it was Shelly.

She smiled. "I wanted to apologize to you for how I acted earlier. I stared at her and tried to decipher if she was faking it. I found no clue.

"Alright" and she asked to sit in my room. We discussed for a while until Shelly suggested we go downstairs for a stroll. When I declined, she begged that it was for the baby. I finally agreed.

We had gotten to the second part of the stairs and as I walked down, I felt a hand grab my clothes and gave me a hard shove.

"oh my God!" I let out a shrill cry as I tumbled I down the stairs. As I fell the only thing I thought of was my baby. I landed on the floor with a hard thud.

As I laid there, I prayed and wished the baby would survive. The maids rushed to my aid and helped me sit up. That was it. I was going to tell Andre to send this asshole away. I have had enough.

*********

There was an excruciating pain on my waist as I writhed in bed, that night. Suddenly the door to my bedroom was yanked open.

"Baby you wouldn't believe it, Shelly pushed me down the stairs and-"

"What did you do Lisa?" Andre growled. What? How?

"I did nothi-" he raised his hands to hit me and I ducked. I felt no pain and I opened my eyes.

"If not for the years we had spent together" Andre growled. I had never seen him this angry but that was not what hurt the most.

Andre raised his hands on me. He was about to hit me.

"did you Just want to hit me?" tears began to flow down my cheeks. I roughly wiped them away.

"I would gladly do it correctly" he said. I looked into his eyes and I didn't know who was there any more.

"I hate you!" I sneered as I wiped a stubborn tear that slipped down my tear stained face m

"I am glad we are on the same page" he smirked. I wanted him to feel pain. Excruciating pain

I clenched my teeth " I promise you, I will get back at you".

He looked me up and down and snorted.

" You are poor, your anger can't even get you food to eat"

I swallowed as I fought back tears. That night was one I would never f forget. I cried myself to sleep, hoping that by morning I would feel better.

I was wrong. I slapped with the reality of my memory that Andre wanted to hit me.

I managed to pull myself together and went to the hospital. I just wanted to be sure that I was okay. I called Becky for support. As I lay in the bed and the doctor checked, the sour expression on her face made me anxious.

"I'm sorry you -" immediately I broke down in tears.

"Becky she's gone! My little princess is gone" I leaned on her and cried for the greater part of my life. The doctor managed to calm me down but as soon as I got out of her office I sighted my father in the reception. I ran to him and enveloped him in a hug as I bawled into his shoulders.

My father wiped my tears and I saw his eyes glossy. I grifted my teeth and made a resolve.

Andre Luster will pay for making me cry. I will make sure of it, even if it's the last thing I do before I die.

Lisa's POV

3 months later, after I finally picked the pieces of my life back, I went back to work with dad. He made me the chief Finance Officer.Honestly working was hard. It was a herculean task but I was up for the challenge. Well, except for today.

I sat in a fully air conditioned office but had beads of sweat running down my cheeks and no matter how many times I had swiped them away, there was more from where that came from. My phones and the land lines have been ringing non stop all morning. The company was on fire. Well Hypothetically.

Over the weekend, a very damaging rumor arose like the stench from a refuse dump. It's been said that the Kay conglomerate was about to go bankrupt. I has had clients and customers breathing down my neck in the last 10 hrs. She had begged and cried and barked and screamed.None worked.

I ran my hand over my wavy locks, making it more of a mess, than it was before. I searched through my bag and took out a pack of tissues. I had exhausted the one in the office. Just then the door to my office swung open.

"Miss Lisa, the vice president, is on the other call," the secretary said. Her eyes were wide and she had some stress marks underneath her eyes.Ana has been working tirelessly for me for the past 3 months but since this month, the pressure was getting intense. This morning while in the shower, I thought of her handing over her resignation letter and I flinched. I can't have her leave now.

"Thank you Ana" I gave her a small smile and she exited the office. I took a deep breath, pushed my hair to the side and grabbed the phone.

"Good morning, your excellency" I kept my voice calm even though there was a volcano erupting inside of her. Oh God!

"Miss Kay, please tell me they are all lying?" the vice president's voice boomed from the other end. I didn't respond immediately as it might give an impression that I had something to hide.

"Yes your Excellency. That was just a rumor from one of our rivals, please don't let their words sway you too" I said standing to look through my window. A gigantic beautiful view of the city. I ended the call with more positive talks.

"Pew that went well" I muttered when placing

the phone down on my desk. I stared at the

computer. The logo of the Kay Company was dancing all over the screen. I stared at Dad's message on my phone and slumped further into my chair.

The Kay Company was the 3rd biggest company in the United States. We dealt in the shipping of everything you can think of. Everyone loved them because they were good and reliable. So when the vice president decided to become a shareholder in the company, my dad and I were ecstatic. That deal was like the tip of the iceberg to the other deals that came flooding in. It took only 5 months, and the Kay conglomerate went majorly global. We were as big as Maersk.So when the rumor that we were going bankrupt began, everyone went on a frenzy.

So when you are a big person, your problems are nothing but big problems. For the past few months, what I didn't know was that Dad had been getting dozens of emails. These emails were from a person who he had borrowed some money from, to fund the business. Then there was news that the person had died. Dad saw that as an opportunity to flee but then life always had plans to bring him to his knees.

The threats from the person got worse, when he informed Dad that the money was from a bank.

Then the bank began to go after him. Last week, they had gotten hold of our goods that were about to be shipped to customers. Dad secretly paid through his nose to be free from that scandal. Now it was getting worse. They not only threatened his life, they threatened to report him to the police, and as you know, that will not be good for the business.

He told me that he would meet an old friend for

help. I hoped he did that fast because I was now running out of lies to tell.

"Miss Lisa!!!" I spun around to find Ana burst through the door, like a broken dam.

"They are about to have a shareholder's meeting!"

"What!" I marched out of my office to the board room. I was shocked to my bones. It was

true.

"What is going on here?" I asked.

"Lisa, kind of you to join us" Mr. Madrigal said. The sarcasm in his voice was so obvious, even to the deaf.

"Hello Mr. Madrigal" I said quietly.

"We have been trying to reach your father, where is he?" The two of them gave me a pointed stare. I opened my mouth but closed it.Just then my phone began to ring. I checked the screen.

"Oh see it's my dad" I waved the phone in front of them smiling. "Please excuse me" then I walked away from them.

"Dad!" I whispered harshly as I looked from side to side "Where are you? They are about to have a shareholder's meeting. I think they want reassurance"

Within a minute the rest of the call was over but

I got one statement clear. Stall them and come

meet me.

So I managed to make the shareholders keep the meeting waiting for the next 3 hours, with a little sweet talk. Immediately that was certain, I dashed out of the office to meet my father.

I went to an auction event, as directed by my father.

What the hell is he doing here? "I muttered as I went through the crowd to find him.

"Lisa" I turned around and my dad grabbed my

hands.

"We sit here," he said.

I had a big question mark on my head. What was dad doing here during such a crucial time?

I opened her mouth to bombard him with questions, when I heard a voice. My eyes went wide as soon as I saw it was Mr. Fibonacci. He was the richest man in the country.

"Lisa" my dad whispered. I turned. "Don't stare. My friend Charles is sitting over there" I followed his gaze. And then a thought began to brew in my head. I took out my phone and went for a quick G**** sounds. Obviously Mr.Fibonacci is way richer. If only I could get him to invest in the company, we will be big and pay back that money.

"Excuse me dad" I stood up despite my dad's glares and walked up to where Mr. Fibonacci was sitting.

"Excuse me sir, is this seat taken?" I gave him my charming smile. He smiled back at me and shook his head. The rest was history.

After a few talks here and there, Mr. Fibonacci was now an investor in the Kay conglomerate.

Due to how I solved that problem, dad was so happy. He called for a meeting to campaign for votes on making me the new CEO.