"Hello, you can come now. She left a while ago. And I don't think she's coming back anytime soon," Lexis said to the person she was speaking with over the phone.
Isabella made sure that she stayed hidden from her sight as she tried to find out her mission tonight.
"Huh? Who is she talking to? I hope it's not what I'm thinking!" She thought inwardly.
"Well, the truth would reveal itself." She concluded and maintained her hiding position.
Unbeknownst to Maya, her late-night movement wasn't a secret, Lexis seized the opportunity to also play her own game.
As a loving and caring friend, Lexis had gone to check on her friend around 9:00 pm to know that she's asleep and not still drenched in thoughts about the cheating.
Getting to the door, she overheard Maya speaking with someone on the phone.
What caused her to halt her steps was when she heard Maya call "Damien" and heard a deep masculine voice
Probably, Maya had put it on speaker because the number appeared strange and she wanted to hear the person out clearly.
"Hmmmm," Lexis sighed with her brows knitted.
"Just caught her husband cheating yesterday, and she's seeing someone already? Then why am I wasting my time and effort offering a shoulder for her to lean on?" She smirked.
"Maya, you don't deserve my pity!" She said it inwardly and kept standing to know Maya's next move.
Lexis had been hiding in a safe place when she saw Maya tiptoeing out of the house like a thief.
She stayed for a while to see her return, but Maya wasn't back until 11:30pm, prompting her to make her own call, unknowing to her that Isabella was also eavesdropping.
"Oh-my-gosh!" Isabella exclaimed, almost letting out a loud scream for seeing the unbelievable, but she immediately covered her widely opened mouth with her hands.
Before twelve midnight, she saw Maya gradually opening the door to a huge masculine figure.
"This man's perfume smells familiar, just like Damon's," she said to herself as the man stepped in and everywhere was smelling of his strong perfume.
Isabella was familiar with her brother-in-law's perfume because she had accompanied her sister to the mall on countless occasions to get some surprises for her husband, and Maya would always pick that perfume.
The lights were off, so she could not see the man's face clearly.
"Finally, you're free, baby. At least I can have you all to myself now." Lexis whispered to the man's ear.
"I know, right? Thanks for waiting patiently till I get myself released from the so-called prison called marriage," the man said reluctantly, and they both laughed in a very low tone.
"I said it! This is Damon's voice!" Isabella exclaimed inwardly and watched as the two adults made fun of her sister for being foolish all this while without noticing that they share something in common.
"Imagine a small discovery of you and your secretary's affairs, and she's barking like a dog, jumping into divorce without a second thought!" Lexis muttered.
"I wonder what would have happened if she discovered that you and I have been an item and would be planning our wedding soon," Damon chuckled.
"Then she would have poisoned herself to death by now already!"
"And that would have been a perfect beginning for us, right?"They clattered in the thick darkness.
Isabella was moved with pity for her sister.
Indeed, the devil you know is better than the angel you don't know!
"Are you sure we're safe?" Damon whispered.
"150% safe if that's what you care to know!" Lexis replied reluctantly.
"Her stupid younger sister is sound asleep in her room upstairs, so we have the whole of this place to ourselves!" She explained with enthusiasm and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"Before anything, I'll advise that you go in there and pick your core valuables before she gets back," lexis suggested.
Isabella watched with dismay how her sister's best friend and ex-husband ascended the staircase in a romantic manner and came down after they'd gotten whatever they were looking for.
Before daybreak, Isabella had watched her sister's friend and ex-husband entangled in a moment of love, carelessly carrying out their filthy and disgusting romance on the couch in the living room.
She felt like doing something in turn to hurt them for betraying her sister's trust, but her plans were interrupted by a sudden thought, "Never try a two-on-one fight, Isabella. What if they do something drastic to you that you can't even live to tell your sister what you've seen?"
She was left with no option rather than keeping silence and watching the disgusting moment the two adults fucked each other hard under her sister's roof.
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"Maya! Where have you been? I have been looking for you!" Lexis exclaimed as Alexis came back and met her seated on the couch.
"I went to see someone, for a business deal!" Maya explained.
"Maya," she said softly. "Have you given him the divorce papers already?"
"Not yet. My lawyer told me they'd be ready today. Sure, he's having it today before nightfall."
Lexis inhaled, taking a deep breath before she hit the nail on the head.
"Maya, don't you think it's unfair divorcing him without alimony?" Maya asked softly.
"What do you mean by that? Maya focused a bitter look at her friend.
"Who are you supporting, Lexis?" She asked suspiciously.
Seeing that Maya was becoming suspicious of her, she decided to change her tone and expression to that of pity and concern.
"Don't get me wrong, Maya; I just want to remind you of your prenuptial agreement with him."
"Oh no!" Maya exclaimed. "Shit!"
"Yeah, that's why I'll advise that you compensate him with something so that he wouldn't be triggered to take the case up."
Maya huffed, "So what do you suggest I do?" She asked.
"The house in Vegas. I suggest you compensate him with it, and that's all."
"Lexis!"
Lexis screamed.
"That's too much!"
"Besides, the house is in my sister's name," she admitted.