Chapter 4.
MARIE IS A SNAKE!
Present day…
Alyssa was taking in deep breaths as she sat in her office, burning with anger and embarrassment from the earlier live show.
Bellony sat across her, confused and in shock as well.
"You kept this a secret from me? That Marie and the boss were…" her voice trailed off as she saw the tears prickle in the corner of Alyssa's eyes.
"They are not anything!"
"But the boss just said…"
"It is all a lie!" Alyssa sharply cut her off. "All a big lie! I don't know how or why, but I know it's not true. He barely even knows her!"
Bellony raised a brow at that, "Are you sure? They seemed to be getting close during the meetings. He personally choose her as his partner, remember?"
"That sneak!" Alyssa suddenly lashed out. "Everything she was doing was just to gain his attention and take him from me! She is evil! All these are her plot!"
"Alyssa," Bellony gave her a cold look. "Were you and the boss really dating?"
The look in Alyssa's eyes suddenly became hard and cold. "What do you mean by that?" her voice became really strange in Bellony's ears.
"I mean," Bellony continued, clearly no longer intimidated by Alyssa. "Are you sure you were not reading too much into things with the boss?"
"Reading too much into things? Are you really serious right now, Bellony? You were there. You've always been there when he showers me with gifts, invites me to balls, galas, charity events as his date. What of introducing me to his family?" her voice had begun to crack and the tears began spilling from the corner of her eyes. "He took me to his family gatherings and dinner nights with his parents. He pays me more than my normal salary!"
Alyssa was breathing heavily as each word poured out of her mouth.
Bellony smiled softly before turning away slightly, and she asked in her light voice. "Did he, at any point in time, tell you that both of you were dating? Did he ask you out?"
Alyssa frowned subtly at that question, her tear-stained face trying to remember. "I'm not so sure, but we bought a ring together."
This made Bellony raise her eyes in surprise. "He was going to propose?"
"Yes, he asked me which ring was the best ring. He asked for my opinion on a wedding dress! He asked for my opinion on a wedding of a century! He…"
"Did he say it was your wedding?" Bellony's voice cut sharply through her frantic assumptions of Ammon's intention towards her.
The words caught in Alyssa's throat as she struggled to find the right words to counter that argument. She was stumped! Alyssa looked and could see a gloating expression on Bellony's face, but something crossed her mind.
"Should I burst your bubble?" Alyssa gave her a small sly smile. She wouldn't be the only person embarrassed today.
"What bubble is there to burst, Alyssa? You've just lost in this game. Ammon doesn't even care so much about you. I mean, he just embarrassed you out there in public by declaring her as his wife. You can no longer prance around as the future lady boss," Bellony replied mockingly and stood up to walk out of the office.
"You think Tyler is safe, right?"
That name made Bellony pause in her steps. She turned to look at Alyssa whose sly smile was still plastered on her face.
"What are you talking about? What is this?" Bellony asked in confusion as she fully turned to face Alyssa, walking back into her seat.
"You think I don't know about you and him sneaking around when no one is watching?" Alyssa asked, her smile growing wider.
Bellony's cheeks turned pink in embarrassment, but she looked at Alyssa indignantly. "So? You know about both of us, so what?"
Alyssa scoffed at that. "Is that what is making your shoulders rise? Just because you're sneaking around with Ammon's brother, you think your level has risen, heh?"
"Go straight to the point, Alyssa. I'm not at all interested in your mind games or whatever it is you are doing."
Alyssa nodded, full of smiles, before taking her time to speak. "Do you know that Tyler is Marie's ex boyfriend and his first love?"
As Alyssa dropped the bomb, everything went silent in Bellony's head. Alyssa smiled at her reaction and continued. "Are you aware that Tyler has been spending a lot of time with Marie recently and has been giving you a lot of excuses why he is always busy?"
"N-no…" Bellony stuttered before slumping deeper into her seat. This could not be true, but it was. Tyler had been giving her excuses these days and she thought she had done something wrong that was making him keep his distance. "How are you sure about this? What makes you think she's the one he's been going to see?"
"Do you forget that I am Ammon's secretary? After Marie pulled so many stunts, Ammon has been keeping an eye on her with a private investigator. Tyler takes her home every evening and stays with her in her house. Every. Single. Day! For the past one week," Alyssa replied, starting to wipe off the tears from her face.
"That's not true…" Bellony did not want to believe that. Tyler was supposed to be her breakthrough, what was Marie playing at?
"When did his excuses start? Isn't it a week now?" Alyssa cocked her head to the side, looking for reactions from the smaller woman opposite her. There were tears gleaming in her eyes now.
Bellony felt an unexplainable pain in her chest, she couldn't lose Tyler. She couldn't!
"Why is Marie doing this? Why can't she stick to one person?"
A ghost of a smile appeared on Alyssa's face. "That's just the type of person that she is. A subtle seductress. You won't even see her coming…" there was a glint of evil in Alyssa's eyes, like she was planning to do something terrible that would totally destroy Marie.
Of course, she would totally destroy Marie, and Marie wouldn't see it coming. Why? That was because she was still going to be the ever sweet best friend to her.