Chereads / WOMAN OF STEEL, SAUCE AND SUSPENSE / Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: That Devil Called Roxanna

Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: That Devil Called Roxanna

"Good riddance to bad rubbish."Roxanna said and dusted her hands.

Annette's screams had died down, but she hoped she would survive though, but her life wouldn't remain the same.

Pushing her from the bridge might scar her and make her lose her memories if she survived.

She smiled at the thought as she turned around and began to walk back to the restaurant.

 Annette had always been daft right from the beginning, how she had quickly trusted and believed her and also seen her as a good person.

Even though the cheque was a fake one, she smiled wickedly and quickly went to the restaurant. 

"Stupid poor little girl who wanted to reap where she did not sow."Roxanna said and she rubbed her stomach and smiled again. 

Raphael hadn't left at all,It was just a ploy to get Annette angry, and it worked perfectly.

She walked into the restaurant, then into the private lounge. The flowers and broken glass were still lying on the floor and the envelope which held Annette's grades was there. Slowly, she bent down and picked it up, and her eyes flew over the grades.

Angrily she crumbled it and threw it out of the window. Fortunately, none of the waiters knew what had happened.

She sat down and grabbed the bottle of wine and gulped it all down, crossing her legs.

She waited for Raphael to arrive because she knew he was going to arrive in a few minutes' time. How shocked and surprised he will be when he sees her here. 

As if on cue, she heard feet shuffling, and she smiled to herself. 

"Annie, I'm so sorry for keeping you waiting. It was the traffic. It's so mad that ..." Then he stopped as his eyes took everything that was on the floor, it traveled down around then up to see Roxanna sitting like a Queen in the chair. 

"What are you doing here ?" He stuttered, then he looked around once more, thrown into confusion.

"Why is everywhere so messy? What happened here?"

"Same question I wanted to ask you." Roxanna said." I came here and met everywhere like this. Where have you been, Raphael?" Roxanna asked.

"Where I went to, is none of your business." Raphael spat in anger. 

"Did you and Annette get into a fight ?"

Roxanna rolled her eyes.

"Oh, please spare me all that do I look like a Japanese warrior?"

"So where is Annette ?" He asked again.

Roxanna shook her head. She had carefully hidden the fake divorce letter and note, she had hidden them in her purse.

She shook her head slowly. "How am I supposed to know you are making it seem like I work for the CID? "

"Today is supposed to be our one-year wedding anniversary and I received a text from Annette, and now she isn't here."

Then slowly realization came into his eyes.

"How do you know we are coming to this restaurant?"

"Sometimes you ask me questions that want to make me cry, this is a restaurant and everybody's welcome here."

"But this is the private lodge I had prepared for me and Annette."

"Can you just allow me to breathe, and I will tell you the reason why I am here," Roxanna said breathlessly. "She also sent me a text too, telling me she had something urgent to tell me."

Raphael was about to reel back in shock, but he steadied himself, holding onto one of the chairs.

He was holding an expensive bag which Roxanna knew held beautiful things for Annette. 

"I can see how you go out of your way to create something special for her because you think she loves you just the way you love her. " Roxanna whirled around and looked at the window." But you really don't love her that much, do you ? "

Raphael's heart began to pound. He knew what Roxanna meant, but he wasn't going to let her ruin his day.

"Where is Annette?"

Roxanna sighed. 

"She left. "

"What did you mean she left?" Raphael asked in a gruff voice. "She says she was already here waiting for me. "

"Waiting for you indeed." Roxanna laughed." If only you knew what she did, you would pick all these flowers scattered on the floor and go back home."

He was still trying to understand what she meant.

 He knew Roxanna could be a devil, but he wasn't going to listen to her.

He knew he had done something awful and horrible to Annette and if she ever found out she was going to kill him, but Roxanna had led him into doing that.

He wanted to use this opportunity to apologize to her, but he wasn't going to tell her what he had done.

Annette was daft to even understand.

"Like I said before," Roxanna continued." Annette gave me a call and I rushed back here before she gave me the dreadful news. "

"News about what?"

She picked up her bag.

" You won't listen to me, even when I told you about that stupid girl, you thought I was a fool. If you need to know anything, it is best to call Annette. "

"Wait !" he said, holding her hands." what do you mean by all that?"

"Okay fine, the reason I'll be telling you this is because of the love we once shared." She shook her head.

"Annette is a very bad person." Roxanna lied." You think that uneducated girl is that daft, huh? But news flashed shr had run off with her lover and she is even pregnant for him."

Raphael's eyes bulged out in shock and surprise. He couldn't understand what was happening, the bag he was holding dropped out of his hands, spilling the contents. 

"This is a lie, right?" He said, his voice breaking.

He suddenly felt so cold and confused that he couldn't think properly.

"Annette would never be ..."

" Keep dreaming." Roxanna said." She said she never loved you and had been hoping to kill you, but she just didn't have the chance to do so because I was always looking out for you ?"

Raphael was shaking and his heart broke.

"Why?" He asked nobody in particular.

Roxanna moved closer to him.

"You should be grateful that she's gone. That way she won't find out what you did."