LOVING THE REJECTED BILLIONAIRE

I swallow another bitter sip of coffee, closing my eyes a little as the bitterness washes my throat all the way down. Damn it! I can’t take another sip. I pour the remaining into the sink and start dragging my feet out.

“Is it too bitter for your liking?” Oh, this, BITCH!

“What do you care?” I snap, turning slowly to look at her ugly face. That’s according to my hatred for her, though.

Truth is, Maria is a beautiful woman with a fair complexion. With a few touches, she would be a beautiful model goddess that this nation has ever had. She has been perfectly aware of her alluring beauty from an early age, and she lost no chance in taking advantage of that to tame men. She has screwed dozens, and it’s too unfortunate that one of them had to be Andy. Screw this bitch!

“Take it easy now, dearest cousin! Actually, I really don’t give a damn. But just a friendly advice. Things are always not sweet. A little bitterness won’t kill either. You should try and make adjustments, just in case.”Friendly my foot! Not even in the afterlife shall this fucked up devil and I be friends.

“I don’t have to adjust to anything, Maria. I know my taste. I only have room for what I like, and I certainly don’t know how to force things. If it’s bitter, then it’s not for me. Too bad I poured it already. I should have given it to you. That’s your taste, right?” I fire.

“You are absolutely right. Too bad. Anyways, I’m willing to give you a chance to be close to the angel.”Oh yeah! What now? I’m under her mercies? Ooh, damn you, hell!

“In exchange for what?” I ask.

“I hate your thinking, Tania, but I will let this slide. Just this once. But I am warning you, keep your fucking smart thinking to yourself. Stop making me look so evil in front of Andy if you want to be at peace with me. Trust me, you don’t want to have me as an enemy, Tania!””I’m not afraid of your cheap threats, you know? What is the worst you can do?””Oh, you have no idea! You have been warned, and I won’t repeat myself again!””I am so ready for what you have got, Maria! I know you have planned this thing very well. Pray unceasingly that it doesn’t backfire on you, cousin!”She eyes me for a while. Studying my expression. She nods slightly, a faint devilish smile on her face.

“Very well then! You have declared a war with me, and as early as now, I assure you that you will lose. You know, Like always. Anyway, that aside. I will let you bond with my daughter, mine and Adrian’s. The first fruit of our love. She is my bridge back to Adrian’s heart. Oh, I miss our love-making crazy moments. He sure is every woman’s dream man. So gentle, so tender, so manly, so satisfying. Oh, I miss his wild sex. I loved his sex so..””Yet despite all that, you left him for another better man. Cut me the crap and tell me what you really want.” I cut her sarcasm off.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“I want the recipes for their favourite meals. Especially, Angel’s.”Wow! Brilliant! This bitch sure knows how to play her cards. She knows the first step to Andy’s heart is making his daughter happy. Wow! I might as well be a bitch, because there is no way I’m getting myself into this deal.

“Thank you for the offer, but no, thank you.”She looks shocked, raising an eyebrow.

“I thought you would do anything for the child you claim to love so much?””And you were absolutely right about that. Anything but gambling for her affection. Truth is, I don’t need to do anything to be with Angel. She herself will come to me whether you like it or not. She will choose me over you a million times, because you can never be a mother to her like I have been. And she is not a dumb child to be bought with sweets. She is no longer the one-year-old you abandoned three years ago.” I finish and turn to leave, leaving her to ponder on that because she seems hurt. The nature of the truth, huh? “By the way, good luck in winning their affection with that crap that is burning in the oven!”Now I am the one who is smirking. She was so busy being overconfident bitchy on me that she forgot whatever shit she was baking. Serves her right! Let’s see if she will go through that trouble of baking it again!

“Shit!” I hear her curse as I open the kitchen door. “What the fuck!” I’m smiling broadly as I walk out, taking pleasure in her state. “This is all your fault, you…” I turn around to see her irritated face, only to collide with a black rectangular cake, hitting me on the forehead. I stagger back.

“MOMMY!!”

Angel calls from behind me, almost crying, running towards me. She falls in my hands the minute she gets to me, the same time Andy comes running downstairs, and the witch comes out of the kitchen.

In a minute, Angel stands before her real parents, and me, her acting mother.

The kid looks at the stranger, who is smiling at her as if she is the most precious thing she has ever seen. The precious thing she left behind without a care.

“Angel, my dear?” Maria calls, and Andy walks to stand behind his daughter, holding her by the shoulder.

Angel stares at her for a period that is too long to cause tension in the house. Andy and I are quiet and stone-faced. Angel is seriously studying the stranger before her. Maria is smiling at Angel, walking slowly toward her.

The kid seems to be angry but thinking. But about what?

As her lips part to pave way for the words from her mouth, I hold my breath, and I sure am so is Andy, and the witch too.