I'll Help You Get Your Revenge...

Maya:

"Dad, you can't be serious."

"I am dead serious, Maya. If you don't reconsider this decision and go talk to Josh about getting married immediately, you can leave."

"I'll go pack my things."

"There's nothing to pack. You can walk out the same door you came in."

"Can I at least take my documents?"

That was the only thing my father let me take from the house -- I left with the clothes on my back, my documents, and my cell phone. With nowhere to go, the only place I knew I'd find love and understanding was my godmother Ava's house.

"I can't believe you went through all of that, sweetheart. George has lost his mind, and you're just like him -- how can you leave your own house? He's the one who should leave. That house is yours!"

"I don't want any fights, Godmother."

"You don't want fights? He humiliates you, tries to force you to marry a cheating bastard -- Maya, you have to be smarter than this, my girl. You need to find a lawyer and revoke the power of attorney. How can you let your father run your inheritance from your own house when he's the one who kicked you out and told you he's disowning you as a daughter? If he disowns you, then he can go find another source of income, because you're no fool."

"You're right, Godmother. I can't let them humiliate me any more than they already have."

I don't know why I opened my mouth, because it seems like whenever we say something out loud, it attracts bad luck. The doorbell rang, and when I opened the door --

"What are you doing here, Kate? Wasn't what I gave you at the hotel enough? You came for interest on top of it?"

"I want to explain, and I'm telling you before you hear it from someone else again. Like I said, I fell in love with Josh during the wedding preparations. If I gave myself to him, it was out of love, Maya. That's why, as soon as you left, he proposed to me. I thought I should be the one to tell you."

"You damn bitch -- I'll kill you!"

"Let her go, Maya. She's not worth it."

"You're right, Godmother. She's not worth it."

I turned to leave and close the door, but then I stopped and looked back at her.

"Oh, Kate, darling -- be careful when you're planning your wedding and choosing your friends, because what you sow, you'll reap later. Congratulations, sweetheart. If you want me to be your maid of honor, I'll buy a beautiful dress."

I slammed the door in her face and went to cry in my godmother's arms.

"Stop suffering over this, Maya. Those two bastards don't deserve your tears. You're strong, and you're going to come out on top. We'll be laughing at their downfall someday."

"You're right, Godmother. I'm going to find a lawyer, take back what's mine by right, and figure out a way to get my revenge on those two. This isn't over. They're not going to laugh and have a good time at my expense."

I took a shower and gathered all my documents. As my luck would have it, the lawyer's office was very close to Moore Corporation. I had no idea Josh would be there, but as soon as I came up from the subway, I ran right into him in front of the building.

"What are you doing here? If you came to beg me to come back and go through with the wedding, you're wrong. You made me go through the worst humiliation of my life -- having to cancel a wedding just hours before it was supposed to happen."

I let out a laugh.

"Not if you were the last man on the face of the earth would I go back to you."

"You think you're so important, don't you, Maya?"

"I am important, dear ex. I love myself and I know my worth. Thank God I woke up in time and caught you in the act. Imagine marrying a worm like you."

"Listen here -- you're crossing the line."

"Excuse me, Josh, the world doesn't revolve around you. I have better things to do than waste my time on your insufferable presence. Oh, and congratulations on your next wedding! I hope this one actually happens. Maybe you'll catch your 'bride' with someone else this time."

"This is all sour grapes because I traded you for Kate. I just realized you're not on my level. Look at me, Maya, and tell me -- do you really think a pathetic nobody like you could ever reach my level? You're going to end up alone. I doubt you'll ever find a fiance who measures up to me -- if you find one at all. You'll end up on the shelf, and that ridiculous dream of yours of getting married in a white gown will never come true. And still a virgin on top of it -- you'll scare off every man. That's the difference between you and Kate. Kate knows how to satisfy a man, while you're just pathetic."

I wanted to fly at his throat, but when I raised my hand to slap him, he shoved me and I fell hard, a searing pain shooting through my ankle. I watched him walk through the company doors without looking back. It wasn't long before another man scooped me up in his strong arms and carried me to his car, then to a hospital. He was incredibly kind -- not only did he take me to the hospital, he listened to my entire vent and smiled. It was comforting to let out everything that had been bottled up. The rage was immense.

After boring him with my story, I apologized for being a nuisance, but he asked me to keep going and tell him more. The only thing I said was that I wanted revenge -- to find a fiance better than Josh and make his life and that bitch Kate's life a living hell. He paused for a moment to think, and then suddenly looked at me with a serious expression, took my hand, and gazed deep into my eyes.

"Well, you just found him. A pleasure to meet you -- Nathan Ford Moore, your fiance."

That name wasn't unfamiliar, but I wasn't understanding what he was saying.

"I don't understand what you mean."

"Isn't this what you want? A fiance better than Josh, and revenge on those two? I'm willing to help. We get married, and I help you get your revenge on your ex-fiance and your ex-best friend."

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