Steffany'S pov.
"What are we gonna do now? Should we go back home and wait until it's over?" Divya asked, with a hint of panic in her voice.
Divya panicking? Ok, this is something new and I don't wanna get use to it.
"Steffany, say something, should we go back home?" she asked again.
Even Ken is also asking the same question silently, because he nodded in agreement with her.
"Go home? Then what about my cafe? I should close it when I'm supposed to be making money?" I scoffed. "Do you know how much I'm gonna miss if I close my cafe for five minutes?"
I reached for the door handle and pushed the door open, but Ken grabbed my hand before I could alight.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Going to check out what's going on" I answered.
"Huh? Can you withstand those angry monsters?" Divya asked, nodding at the paparazzi and reporters.
"Of course, I haven't be in the spotlight before, I guess it's time I know how it feels like being in the spotlight and having everyone's attention on me"
"But they..."
"Relax" I cut Divya off. "I can handle them, I don't flinch from situations like this because I've been through hell"
I shrugged Ken's hand off my arm and alighted the car, I rearranged my outfit, fixed my hair and wore the brightest and most beautiful smile ever, then crossed the road and headed towards my cafe.
The paparazzi and reporters noticed me in time, because I made a grand entrance after all and they flocked towards me.
"Miss Daniels, Audrey claims she's Justin's mysterious wife, but you were spotted with him last night, does that mean he's having an affair with you? You're a homewrecker?" A male reporter asked me.
I ignored the question he asked me and turned to Divya, I raised my brows questioningly at her but she shrugged her shoulders.
If she doesn't know what they're talking about, then how did I ended up being spotted with Justin?
Then again, Audrey claimed she's Justin's wife?
"Hey, you boyfriend snatcher!" Another girl suddenly yelled from behind the paparazzi and reporters.
Her words got heads and cameras turning towards her, they made way for her and she leaped forward to attack me, but luckily for both of us, Justin's bodyguards caught her in time and prevent her from reaching me.
I stared at her with a frown, a very confused frown at that.
"Who are you? Do I know you?" I asked, making it so obvious that I'm oblivious of her accusation.
She scoffed loudly and wiggled herself out of the guards grip.
"You don't know who I am, but I know you, because you're the reason my fiancee called off our engagement!" she snapped.
Wait, what now?
This is a shocking news, the reporters had all turned to face her by now, and they've started interviewing her to get more details.
Her fiancee called off their engagement because of me? Wait, doesn't that mean she's Ken's fiancee?!
I turned to Ken with a frown, he's massaging his forehead, he looked kinda flustered, he's shifted his gaze from me and he's staring at the ground as if it's way interesting than the drama unfolding at the moment.
He slowly raised his head and locked gaze with me.
As if he understood my telepathy question, he shook his head in denial of her accusation about him breaking off their engagement because of me.
Now I understand why he said it's complicated earlier, when I asked why he and his fiancee didn't do their pre-wedding photoshoot.
I sighed mentally, poor girl, she doesn't know her fiancee is just my lawyer and there's nothing going on between us.
"So, you're not only having an affair with my husband, you're also seducing other people's fiancee" Audrey clapped her hands and gave me a thumbs up. "I'm impressed, you're truly a professional golddigger and I must admit, you really take your job very seriously" she said.
The reporters turned away from Ken's fiancee and faced me.
Audrey's words were so annoying, that I felt my hand itching and urging me to give her a resounding slap -she's the golddigger here and she's trying to force her name on me.
"Miss Daniels, both ladies are calling you a homewrecker, what do you have to say about their accusations?" A female reporter asked me, and the others nodded in agreement with her question.
I turned away from the reporters and faced Ken's fiancee, ignoring their questions because I don't feel the need to deny or explain myself or anything to anyone.
"Listen, girl,Ken is a good man and he's very faithful to you, you wanna let your insecurities push him away?"
"You don't have to teach me any..."
"I'm not trying to teach you anything because I know you'll never learn" I paused very briefly then continued. "I have a husband whom haven't come home for six years now, I'm working on divorcing him and Ken is helping me with the divorce papers, but..."
Now all the reporters have wholly given their attention to me, and they're extremely quiet as they wanna get every single word that proceed from my mouth.
"... I've never for once doubted his fidelity, I'm mad at him and I wanna sever all ties with him so badly, but I'll never question his faithfulness to me..." I took a step closer to her and tapped her shoulders reassuringly. ".. darling, trust is all you need to make your relationship work and trust is the only leash you need to keep your man by your side"
Her shoulders slumped down as my words sank deep in her, she looked at Ken with remorseful tears brimming her eyes and threatening to fall.
My eyes trailed her body from her head to her toes, taking note of some hidden details about her and from what I've observed, she must be a daddy's girl and an over-pampered who doesn't do anything for herself. I released a sigh and shook my head.
"And you should stop being a crybaby, men don't love girls who are crybabies" I put my right arm around her shoulder and hugged her sideways. "Take a look at me, I'm married to a man who's got bastard money and he's more than ready to spend every cent he's worked on me"
I smiled as my mind flashed back to how Justin bsends me $100,000 everyday.
"But I don't use his money, look at this cafe..." I pointed at my cafe. ".. it's mine, I hustle for my own money and I don't hesitate in investing them on myself" I said and gestured on my outfit.
"A-are you a model?" she asked after taking in my outfit.
I smiled and shook my head.
"No, but I love fashion and I don't flinch from my love for fashion" I replied her.
She nodded and turned to face Kenbagain, she took slow steps towards him but he stepped back from her.
"Ken" she whispered his name.
Ken frowned and turned away from her, but I stomped on his feet which made him hiss and faced me with a displeased scorn.
"You're being very stupid and irresponsible,Ken, take your fiancee to a quiet place, handle the situation in a matured way and talk things through with her, even if you wanna break up with her because of some irrelevant things..." I'm referring to our rumored affair. ".. then break up with her respectfully and responsibly, make her understand the reason you're breaking up with her"
"Oh"
I slapped his shoulder.
"Oh what? Now get out with her!"I ordered and he smiled before he straightened up at once, he faced his fiancee and locked gaze with her for a moment, then nodded towards his car across the road.
"Come with me" he said and headed towards his car.
His fiancee smiled appreciatively at me with a small smile.
"Seize this opportunity to set things straight" I told her. "Don't let your insecurities make you loose a good man, they're very hard to come by these days"
"Thank you" she whispered, then rushed after Ken who's about crossing the road.
Divya leaned closer to my ear and whispered. "Since when did my best friend become a relationship expert?"
"Circumstances changes a person's life and career" I whispered back to her and we both giggled.
I stopped giggling and turned to face Audrey. it's time to give her the taste of her own medicine -you wanna humiliate me? Ah, in your dreams!
"And you, whatever you call yourself, you're a public figure, the most popular and highest paid female model in the world... according to you"
I paused and laughed shortly, as I recalled how proud she was saying those words two nights ago.
"Yet, here you are, protesting and destroying your reputation that you've worked so hard to build, because of a man who doesn't give a fuçk about you" I paused. "Why don't you ask yourself this question, if he really takes me seriously why wouldn't he stop staring at another woman's photo? Oops..."
I gasped and covered my mouth slightly.
".. what do I expect from a woman who's no shame to fight over a man, of course your brain is too stiff and it's of no use since it has expired!"
"You... "
"Oh, and about your boyfriend or husband -like you claimed" I smiled tightly. "Keep him to yourself, my husband is already enough headache for me and I'm thinking of getting rid of him soon"
I grabbed Divya's arm, flipped my hair back and briskly walked towards my cafe like a badass queen with a wicked smirk playing on my lips.
"Audrey, what's your response to Miss Daniels comeback?"
"Is Justin really your husband or you just made it up to cause a wave in the internet?"
"What do you think Justin is gonna say about today's incident?"
I heard the reporters bombarding her with series of questions, but I didn't even turn to take a glance.
"I bet she's never gonna step on your tail next time" Divya said as we walked into my cafe.
"Of course" I replied.
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THIRD PERSON'S pov.
Mr Bieber's car was parked at a safe distance from 'S&J coffee and ice cream cafe', and he could see everything that was going on, but he couldn't hear anything the reporters were asking his wife or even her response.
But it seemed like he enjoyed the drama he had watched, since there's a proud smirk playing on his lips. He watched his wife walking so high to her cafe, while the reporters were trying to swallow Audrey.
"Mr Bieber, should we still go over there and make things clear with the reporters?"Julius asked looking outside the window.
"No, she's handled it in her own way" he answered.
"But we..."
"Going over there will only make the situation worse, let's go, I have a lot of things to do in a very short time before my wife gets home"
"Yes, sir" Julius replied, then started the car and zoomed off.
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>>KJ'S fast foods_(an eatery near Ken'snoffice)<<
"Have you decided what to order, Miss?" A waiter asked Pamela who was still going through the menu.
She raised her head and glanced at Ken, but realized he's already ordered something.
"Just get me chicken and fries, and a bottle of soda" she said.
"Please hold on a minute" the waiter said after jotting down her order, and walked away from there to get their orders.
Pamela met Ken's gaze on her, she quickly bowed her head and looked down at her fingers that were resting on laps underneath the table.
"Ken, I'm sorry, I thought..."
"You thought what?" he cut her words short.
"I was wrong about everything, I shouldn't have doubted you or Steffany" she said.
Ken nodded slowly, he wanted to say something, but hold on when he saw the waiter approaching.
"Here's your chicken, fries and soda" he said while dropping Pamela's order in front of her.
Then he dropped a bottle of water in front of Ken and smiled at them. "Enjoy" he said and walked away.
Ken nodded at Pamela's order and gestured her to eat up, she nodded but didn't start eating, rather she reached for Ken's hand on the table.
"Let's not call off the engagement, our parents wouldn't be happy if they hear we broke up" she said.
Ken withdrew his hand from hers with a frown, he tilted his head slightly and furrowed his eyebrows.
"Our parents?" she nodded. "You're doing this because of our parents? Not because you love me?"
"No, no, no, I love you, I love you very much and I don't wanna be apart from you"
He inhaled deeply and wiped his face.
"Pamela, I think we shouldn't rush things, we shouldn't get married yet"
"Why?"
"We've been friends since childhood, but I don't think we really understand each other at all... "
"I'll try my best to understand you better now, I swear, I'll try my best" she promised quickly.
Ken released a small smile.
"... yeah, which is why we shouldn't get married yet"
"But... "
"Pamela, marriage is a lifetime commitment and I've seen a lot of broken homes, I've dealt with a lot of divorce cases and I don't wanna fall victim myself... so, let's take our time to get to know each other better"
Pamela's eyes welled up, but she tried her hardest to push back her tears.
"Does this mean you're breaking up with me for real this time?" she asked.
Ken stayed silent for a moment.
"Are you gonna let me go if I break up with you? Are you willing to let me go?" he asked her back.
She quickly shook her head.
"No, never, I'll keep coming for you" she answered.
Ken chuckled and shook his head at her response.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna break up with you if that's what you're thinking..."
He paused and studied her expression, she sighed deeply when he said he wasn't breaking up with her.
"...but we aren't getting married just yet, let's remain engaged and take this time to think of we really wanna spend the rest of our lives with together"
Pamela broke into a smile.
"Thank you, I swear, I'll show you a better me this time" she promised, but Ken simply nod and gestured at her fries.
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Steffany'S pov.
>>S&J coffee and ice cream cafe<<
"Ow!" I groaned as I massaged my right shoulder and glanced at the wall clock. "It's already 8:10pm?!" I gasped out.
"Yeah, and it's way past our closing time" Divya grumbled from the chair she's been sleeping on.
I rolled my eyes at her comment, because this is the hundredth time she's grumbled about it, in fact, she's been urging me to lock up and go home in time as if she's got an unknown motive.
But I didn't listen to her because customers kept flocking in and I can't have them locked outside, doing that means letting the money that was supposed to come into my purse, go into someone else's purse -I won't allow that, hehehehehe!
"Alright, let's lock up" I told her after making sure no customer is coming.
"Finally, I would have passed out if we stay a minute longer" she exaggerated which made me rolled my eyes.
"Let's go" I pulled her off the chair and we headed towards the door.
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>>Bieber's Mansion<<
I got home later than I had expected, mostly because there heavy traffic hence making getting a cab kinda difficult for us.
"Mrs Madison?" I called as I entered the living room and realized it's pitched black.
My hand searched the wall for the light's switch, which I found in no time, but I frowned when I turned it on and it's still dark. Is this another power outage?
"Mrs Madison?" I called again, but there was still no response.I sighed and concluded maybe she's gone home early today, I only hope she made dinner before leaving.
Without wasting too much time in the living room, I reached for my bag and blindly searched for my phone until I found it, I pulled it out and turned on my flashlight, then headed upstairs, to our (no, it's mine now) room.
A frustrated sigh left my mouth when I entered my room and realized the lights are off too, I was about turning the lights on but was suddenly slammed on the wall and a frightened shriek escaped my mouth -though, I was gently slammed against it.
My phone fell off my hand, the flashlight capsid to make things worse and I couldn't see the intruder's face.
"Who are you? What do you want? And how the hell did you get in?" I bombarded the intruder with questions.
"Fret not, it's me" a very, very familiar voice huskily whispered in my ear.
I put my hand on his chest and tried to push him off me, but he didn't bulge.
"What are you doing here, Justin? Did you forget this is not your office? Or you're drunk and forgot this isn't a hotel?" I asked.
He chuckled lightly.
"I'm back" he said.
I frowned slightly.
"You're back? For what?"
"To be your husband again and make up for all the years I neglected you" he said.
To be my husband again...I don't understand why, but hearing him say those words made my mind flash back to the passionate times we had together, before he became famous and everything fell apart.
I scoffed.
"It's good you know you've been neglecting me, but it's too late for you to come back"
"Too late?"
"Yeah, I've filed for divorce and I have also signed the papers, we just need your signature on the papers too and we'll be done" I replied.
He moved his hands that was caging me, down to my waist and pulled me flushed against himself.
"What if I don't agree to the divorce?" he asked.
"Sorry, but there's nothing you can do about it right now"
He pressed a remote control and the room suddenly light up, my mouth fell open as I looked around in admiration -like, is this the room I've been sleeping every night?
It looked kinda different, but I can't tell how different it looked from before.
"Well, there's actually something I can do about it" he said.
"What?" I turned my gaze to him.
He smirked as he stared deeply in my eyes.
"I can get you pregnant with my kid" then he crashed his lips on mine.
I wanted to protest and push him off me, but for some unknown reasons I didn't push him off, rather, I wrapped my arms around him and submitted myself to him.