Chapter 4
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Michelle rushed out of Pascal's office, exiting the secretary's office and entering the elevator. She went down to the last floor, not looking at the staff faces who were looking at her with pity.
Michelle cried, going back to her car in the parking lot to drive home.
Kaleb exited Pascal's office and rushed out of the building. He swiftly got into the elevator and went down to the car park to catch up with Michelle.
"Wait, Michelle!" Kelab called, trying to stop her from driving off in anger. As he worried about her. He waved for her to wait, but she ignited her red car engine, and zoomed off of the company grounds and driving away.
"Dammit! Michelle!" Kaleb called, catching his breath and watching Michelle's car take off. He looked back at the company's building and went back to the top floor to see Pascal.
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Pascal was so disappointed at Fiona as silence ensued between them in his office after Kaleb and Michelle left the room.
Meanwhile, Kaleb returned and yelled at Pascal.
"I'm so disappointed in you, man! How can you cheat on Michelle with this thing?!" Kaleb yelled, at Pascal, who was still stunned to find out the truth that he has been married to the real Williams heiress. Yet, his greed led him to cheat on her and believe Fiona's deceit.
Fiona tried to speak, still standing in Pascal's office. "Babe.. Mary just lied to you.."
"Don't call me that again!" Pascal growled.
"You deceived me, Fiona. How could you?"
Pascal rushed over to meet Fiona. He grasped her neck, and started beating her up.
"How could you lie to me about my wife? You destroyed my marriage by lying to me about my wife's identity being fake, and I foolishly believed you," Pascal beat up Fiona up.
But Kaleb rushed to separate them, seeing that none of the staff cared to interfere.
"Pascal, I am pregnant for you!" Fiona yelled, wanting to use her pregnancy to win Pascal back. As she was jealous of Michelle's happiness.
But Pascal kicked Fiona hard on the floor, and she winced in pain, clutching her belly tightly for the fear of losing her pregnancy.
"To hell with your pregnancy, Fiona! I am not the father of that bastárd that you're carrying. You liar and witch! Get out of my office before I kill you with my bare hands!" Pascal yelled, and Fiona stood from the floor and felt a sharp pain in her stomach.
But she hurriedly left Pascal's office in shame, knowing that Pascal wasn't joking about hurting her. As he was so annoyed.
Pascal clutched his head in shame, crying. "How do I fix this, Kaleb? How do I beg Michelle to forgive me? She caught me cheating on her, bro? My wife.. she saw me deep within Fiona's body," Pascal lamented, his hands on his head, thinking about how he would pacify Michelle.
"I warned you, Pascal. I told you not to cheat on Michelle with Fiona. After you told me that you like Fiona and cannot resist her, why would you do this to Michelle? Let's pray that she doesn't hurt herself," Kaleb said, turning to leave Pascal's office, but Pascal's words stopped him.
"Did you know that Michelle was the real heiress of the Williams family, too?"
Pascal was unable to believe why Michelle would lie to him about her true identity.
"If she truly does love me, she should have told me the truth that her family was alive and she was the real daughter of Mr. Pedro Williams," Pascal added and Kaleb sighed.
"Like you would believe Michele if she told you the truth. You heard her say that she was in search of true love, and that was why she left her family and lied about them. For the records, I had no idea who she is. I only like her and admire to date," Kaleb announced, and Pascal glared at him.
"Don't you dare to think that you can get my wife, Kaleb? You should stay away from Michelle!!" Pascal threatened, glaring at Kaleb, who laughed out and said, "You should be the one to stay away from Michelle from now onward, Pascal. You told her to my face that you want a divorce. This will be the best time for you to divorce her. Besides, Fiona is pregnant with your child."
"Shut up, Kaleb! I am going to kill you before you think that you can have my wife. Michelle Williams is mine and mine alone!" Pascal yelled, glaring at Kaleb from his office chair.
Kaleb laughed aloud, "Hahaha!"
"Let's see about that, Pascal. I am not in a hurry to have your woman. I only told you the truth that I like Michelle, but I was keeping boundaries because she loves you. If I don't see you two getting back in a month time, then I will try to have her before another man with sense and value does. Take care. I will come back for our business collaboration later, knowing that your head is messed up right now."
Kaleb smirked and left Pascal's office, and the latter frowned.
"No! How did I lose a rare gem in search of silver? What did Fiona do to me? I need to get her arrested for lying to me and my wife," Pascal lamented once more. He swiftly grabbed his briefcase, shut down his computer, and left his office.
Stepping out, all the staff lowered their heads in shame, still remembering the epic sight that they had witnessed earlier in Pascal's office.
"Ms. Loretta. Tell Gabriel that I have left for home," Pascal said, quickly wanting to leave, but Loretta's words stopped him.
"Sir, I would like to resign from my position as your secretary."
"What?!" Pascal spun around and looked at Loretta's face.
"And why do you want to resign now?" He asked, trying to contain his anger.
"My fiancé... he called me just now, thinking that I am also having an affair with you in your office, since I'm working closer to you. He told me to resign unless he will call off our engagement. I'm sorry, sir, but some staff already spread the rumors online, and I have to quit." Loretta exited the office, and hastily grabbed her handbag to leave.
Pascal stood there, looking at Loretta. Once she was done turning off her computer, she swiftly left the top floor.
Gabriel came out of his office that was just next to Pascal. "Sir, I have contacted the PR to take down all the trending video reports about you online, but the situation has already made it way to the top trend in the city."
Pascal frowned and asked Gabriel, "So, are you also resigning too? Let me know."
"No, sir. I cannot leave the Thompson group just because you made a mistake. We will see how we can try to fix the mess," Gabriel said, showing his honesty and respect for Pascal, even after the embarrassment that Pascal has brought for himself.
"It's fine. I will be going home now to see if I can resolve the issue with Michelle. I was fooled by her best friend.. Fiona lied to me and used me, and now, I don't even know where to start from." Pascal looked so sad, and Gabriel told him, "Take it easy, boss.. You will get over it."
"That's fine. Take care too, and thank you," Pascal said, immediately exited the top floor, and entered the elevator.
He recalled when his new company was under construction.
Michelle had helped him to fix it, and he wondered how she got the huge money that she gave him to finish the company project, and it even helped the company to get many new partners, too.
"I should have known then that Michelle was the real heiress of the Williams family. How dare she lie to me," Pascal muttered to himself. Getting out of the elevator, which stopped on the first floor, he got out and went to his car.
Getting into the driver's seat, Pascal took his phone and tried calling Michelle's number again.
"Pick up, babe," he said nervously, but there was no sign of Michelle answering his calls.
Pascal tried calling Michelle's phone number three times, but the phone call couldn't connect.
Sighing, Pascal ignited his car and drove back home, hoping that by the time he arrived home, he would get to see Michelle there.
But would she forgive him? His heart beat loudly in his chest, recalling the weight of his sins.
Pascal had been sleeping with Fiona after Michelle introduced Fiona to him after their secret wedding. Yet, he hardly slept with his wife, giving Michelle excuses that he was stressed out with office work.
"What is wrong with me? Why did I allow the devil to enter into my marriage? I am going to get Fiona arrested for this," Pascal finalised, driving ahead to his house.
Once he got home, Pascal honked his car, and his security man pulled the gate to unlocked.
Pascal didn't bother to ask the security man about his wife. He drove his car into the premises and parked it.
Pascal got out of his car, grabbed his briefcase, and hurriedly went into the mansion to find his wife.
"Michelle! Michelle!" He called her name but received no response.
Pascal ran upstairs to the top floor in search of his wife. However, he met an empty bedroom with no sign of his wife at home.
"Michelle!!" He cried, falling down on his knees and reaching for his phone in his trouser pocket to contact his wife again.
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