you don't have to go that far my dear husband, I have other ways to corner you into succumbing to my request" Diana said
"which are?" Aston asked
"our marriage certificate of course! don't yell me you've forgotten about our cozy night together back then which led Into our beautiful marriage,hmmn? all I have to do is to give a reporter the marriage certificate, what do you think?" Diana teased with a grin and aston's brows furrowed
"Diana, you..." Aston trailed off angrily and clenched his fist
"oh, now that I think about it, all the memories of that night came back flooding into my pure mind, it makes me wants to get married to you desperately so we can repeat the same episode" Diana teased further agitating Aston more
"I am not getting married to you!" Aston half yelled
"okay okay, fine! go on with what you want us to talk about, I'm sure you didn't call me just to tell me you won't get married to me " Diana said
"of course, can we act on the deal you proposed immediately? the B.I Award is just around the corner " Aston said
"of course, I'm ready once you're also ready, remember this is confidential and my family can't learn about it until everything is over" Diana said
"I know, I'm not stupid " Aston snapped at her
"we can never tell, alright, let's talk later, my dear kid sister is calling me, I guess she wants to inform me about her vacation, she must be so excited, bye" Diana said sarcastically and picked up arry's call
"hey sis!" Arry called out cheerfully and Diana chuckled in disgust
"what's up Arry, you still saw me at the office today" Diana said grimly
"yes, are you free tonight? well, I don't care if you are, father wants you to come over for dinner, it's been so long we had a family time together" Arry said
"Alright, I would be there, If that is all, I'm hanging up" Diana said and disconnected the call
"geez, that rude brat...." Arry gritted her teeth angrily
"do you have to go?" Tina asked worriedly
"of course, it's going to be so much fun" Diana said with a pleasant smile and collapsed on the sofa
"ugh! this is getting more interesting" Diana groaned excitedly and closed her eyes to take a nap
"Diana...." Tina called slowly
"what now?" she asked with her eyes still closed
"err, Dariella sent a mail yesterday" Tina said and Diana opened her eyes with a jerk
"she did? why are you just informing me bout it?" Diana asked angrily
"I'm sorry, you were so busy with....it skipped my mind" Tina said and pursed her lips
"pass me my tablet immediately" Diana iredered impatiently
"it's nothing serious, she just said the her exams has commenced and they would be on holiday I'm two weeks so she's coming in, her birthday is coming up too"
"I know that least" Diana eyed Tina "you sounded like it was something serious, geez" Diana said and laid back to keep resting
"it's around the time the B.I AWARD would hold and also the vacation...."
"so?"
"the vacation is two weeks, you won't be able to spend more time with Dariella, her holiday usually ends in three weeks period" Tina said
"then I'd just take her along to the vacation" Diana said no chalantly and Tina's eyes dilated
"what! do you even know what you are talking about right now? how can you be so indifferent? it might jeopardize your chance of winning over mr Nicholas's family"
"isn't it the contrary? Nicholas already knows I have a kid and his family are bound to find out anyway if I'm going to get married to him" Diana said grimly
"I understand but isn't it better to introduce her after your marriage?"
"then they would hate me for deceiving them and I'd have to start wasting my time on convincing them to accept me for the second time, it's doesn't sound pleasant to me, i have a lot of things to sort out and showing off my kid is what I find most easy, darie is a smart kid so I'm sure it won't be all that hard, take a chill pill, contact her school mother and ask her if Dariella needs anything, she might have run out of money" Diana said
"I'm sure she still have a lot of money in her savings, her school mother already contacted me and told me to stop sending money and gifts for the meantime. Actually, it turns out that..... Dariella school mother is filthy rich and beautiful too, I heard she's the most intelligent student in the academy too and she has a great influence on Diana, uhmmm...how do I put it? she's like the school mini god, yes!" Tina said
"Why are you talking about a student as if she's some successful older woman, that's so cheeky " Diana laughed
"Well, she's not actually that young you know, she's like..... eighteen years old and in her final year too, I heard she's the daughter of an infamous conglomerate" Tina said
"hmm, if she's in her final year, I wonder how she met Dariella then, I mean, the school college is in an another entire compound" Diana said
"well, you should meet her and thank her before she graduates, she has really been of great help to Dariella for the past two years you know" Tina said
"I know, I'm planning on inviting her to Dariella right years birthday" Diana said
"That's better, you should start getting ready to go to the Mansion now or you would be late" Tina said and Diana suddenly grinned
"ohhh, why do I feel so strangely over excited about this dinner" Diana grinned and dashed to her room
"uhh uhm, I guess I should go for a less conspicuous dress, my dear sister doesn't like it when I look too noticeable" Diana thought aloud with a bitter smile whiplashed on her face
"Arry, I was your iron, garbage, toy, carpet and ladder. I hope you wouldn't mind being my nemesis this time around. gosh, why did I never thought of this, my mother didn't brought me up to be stepped all over like this, did she?" Diana asked Tina with a forced smile and Tina shook her head
"of course she did not" she replied and sighed then walked towards Diana and picked out a red dress from her closet. "this would suit you better" Tina said and Diana collected the dress and examined it
"you are right, it looks just perfect for tonight" Diana said
"hey buddy, I would do all the dirty works, all you have to do is just give out orders, okay? you have bobby too" Tina said and Diana scoffed
"As much as I'd love to, you can't deliver what I want perfectly, do you know why?" Diana asked grimly and leaned closer towarss Tina "you can't act out according to my rage, only I understand the pain I feel. I'm sure you've seen the scar all over my back once, how can you ever relate to a pain you didn't share? this is my call, and I'd make sure I deliver everything just PERFECTLY..." Diana said and her fist clenched so tightly that her nails pierced into her palms and blood started dripping out of her hands, soaking the red dress she was holding to wear.