Novel Square
Chapter 117
Chapter 117
She totally blanked-forgot that the guy in front of her was Elgin.
From her behavior, he could sense that something was off. Someone with nothing to hide, someone who’s sure of themselves, wouldn’t look like such a deer in the headlights
“Shela,” Elgin’s voice cut through the air like ice, “got anything to say about what Letitia just dropped?”
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“Nothing, then?”
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Elgin leaned in, eyes piercing like daggers, “Spill it
His voice boomed, echoing through the entire Ivory Towers
Letitia seizing the moment chimed in, “Shela, you could also zip it and head straight to the hospital for a check-up. If I’m slinging mud here, the results will clear everything up, easy peasy!”
“Shut your trap’ Shela screeched. “Letitia, you bitch!”
“Looks like you don’t have the guts, do you?”
Letitia was playing her cards right
Hearing the recording, she was sweating bullets-what if she got it wrong, what if Shela’s “a normal person” didn’t have a deeper meaning into it?
But backed into a comer with no way out, she had to roll the dice
Screw it, all int
Turns out, Letitia hit the jackpot.
She couldn’t believe Shela had the nerve to play Elgin and faked her pregnancy and miscarriage!
It was like digging her own grave!
Even if she had no kid, there would be no problem-Elgin was still treating Shela like a queen, giving her the sun, the moon, and the stars!
Under Letitia’s relentless truth-hunt, Shela was toast
She gave up the fight, collapsing onto the carpet, muttering, “Yes, Mr. Ramirez, I wasn’t pregnant, and I never had a miscarriage.
Shela had to less up Otherwise, a hospital check would reveal her little secret and pull out way bigger skeletons from the closet!
No way could Elgin find out it wasn’t her that night, but Letitial
Even if Elgin blew his top and never wanted to see her face again, she wouldn’t let Letitia climb the ladder and live the high life!
Letitia cracked a smile. It was a light laugh, a sigh of relief. “Elgin, did you catch that?” She asked
Finally, Shela’s admitted it
She did it, she proved herself innocent
No way Shela’s bouncing back from a screw-up this big!
Letitia was ready to keep the pressure on, not letting up an inch, giving no room for a comeback
Letitia prodded Elgin, “she’s been soaking up your care, spending your money, sweet-talking about how much she’s into you, dreaming of having your kids. And what do you get? A big fat lie. She played you, toyed with your feelings, your hopes for a kid, had you tricked by her”
Letitia knew just where to hit-a man’s pnde-so she laid it on thick, fueling his fury, setting him up to throw the book at Shela.
“Zip it, Letitia Shela bellowed, “Just shut it!”
Im just spitting facts here, no sugar-coating.” Letitia said in a calm tone.
“You just you wait!”
Letitia nodded, “Sure, I’ll wait… to see you crash and burn.”
She’s no saint Never one for bleeding hearts.
Cutting Shela some slack was like being cruel to herself.
If she didn’t step on Shela now, tomorrow she’d come back twice as vicious and leave Letitia in the dust!
“Ah! I’ll rip your tongue out!” Shela, shaky on her feet, lunged at Letitia, “You bitch, ruining my life, I’m gonna take you down today!”
Her blood-red nails aimed straight for Letitia’s face.
Letitia stepped back, ready to dodge, but Shela didn’t even get close before she tripped and fell.
Elgin was quicker, stepping in. He yanked Shela back and tossed her aside like trash
“Shela!” he roared, “You dare make a scene here?”
Shela scrambled up, kneeling at his feet, “Mr. Ramirez, I’m sorry, I just got carried away… I did all this ’cause I’m crazy about you, please forgive me…
This time, Shela was bawling for real, a total mess
“.. I just wanted your attention… You’re always so busy, it killed me. I wanted more of your love, more of your time, so… so I cooked up this pregnancy scam!”
She even tried grabbing Elgin’s hand, “I did all this out of love… I wanted to have your babies, to be with you forever…”
Elgin shook her off, his face a frozen mask, “So that’s your excuse? Faking a pregnancy just for me?”
“Yes, I had no other motive, I never hurt anyone, Mr. Ramirez, please, just this once… I swear, I’ll never dare again!”
He asked coldly, “That night when Letitia showed up at the Breezy Bay Condos, caught us in bed… did anything actually happen?”
Shela stumbled over her words, “You.. you were hammered and then… then…”
“Did anything happen?”
“No” Shela didn’t dare lie any further, coming clean, “You were drunk, and I helped you to bed, stripped down, and just slept next to you Who knew Letitia would show up outta nowhere.
“Why didn’t you explain then?”
“Mr. Ramirez” Shela looked up, tears streaming. You promised to marry me, that marrying Letitia was just for show, part of your master plan. You care about me! So, us in bed together, whether anything happened or not, did it really need explaining?!”
“Even if nothing did, so what? Should I have spilled to Letitia? And if something did happen, that would’ve been normal anyway!”
Elgin squeezed her shoulders, snapping, “Shela, you’ve been playing games! Lying about sleeping with me, pretending to be pregnant… You are way too sly!”
“Mr. Ramirez, we. we really did sleep together, remember? That first night, have you forgotten?”
“Cut the crap!” Elgin cut her off. “You keep saying you faked the pregnancy for me So what about the fake miscarriage, was that for me too?”
Shela was at a loss for words.
“Or are you telling me, his eyes narrowed dangerously, ‘you knew you couldn’t have kids and pulled this stunt to bail out, while also throwing Letitia under the bus? Killing two birds with one stone, huh?”
Shela’s little schemes were completely seen through. The whole plan was exposed!