CHAPTER 3

“So he finally decided to give you divorce? How generous of him!”

Ashley sat down on the couch beside Maria, while holding two cups of coffee. She handed one cup to Maria who grabbed it with a nod. Ashley was Maria's best friend and after the morning incident with Ronald, Maria came to her first.

“How are you feeling now?”

Ashley's sudden question made Maria's hand stop in the middle as she was about to take a sip.

“I'm fine.”

Maria said with a nod and took a sip, but Ashley was just looking at her.

“Are you sure?”

She again asked and Maria nodded again.

“What will you do now? Will you go back to your home?”

Ashley asked cautiously and Maria glanced at her before narrowed her eyes.

“Say it clear that you're telling me to leave, huh?”

“That's not what I meant!”

Ashley protests at her accusation and Maria rolls her eyes.

“I'm not planning to go anywhere for now. Once the divorce is done officially then I'll think about anything else.”

Maria responded calmly and took another sip of the coffee.

“Your father… he might be –”

“He's aboard right now.”

Maria's cut her off in between.

“Mom's at home and Daniel bro might be in the office, but I'm not going anywhere. I don't even know if they will accept me back or not after the loss I have done yet.”

With a resigned sigh, Maria set down her cup on the coffee table and Ashley reached out to touch her shoulder.

“You're their daughter and your bro’s sister. They'll accept you back!”

Ashley reassures her, but Maria seems uncertain. She just nods and Ashley squeezes her shoulder with reassurance.

“What about Ronald? What will he do after divorcing you?”

Ashley asked her and Maria shrugged.

“Probably run off to his mistress to make his wife.”

“That bastard.”

Ashley cursed under her breath but Maria seemed unbothered.

“I planned everything and hope I'll be successful in redeeming my efforts..”

Maria barely whispered to herself but Ashley heard her and leaned closer to listen.

“What did you plan?”

Maria looked at her and smiled slightly which annoyed Ashley. She knew that look and that's why she just huffed and pulled away.

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“I think we should take action just in case to prevent whatever Miss Russell is planning for the payback.”

Brian, Ronald's lawyer, suggested but Ronald just ignored him and was smoking before crushing the cigarette under his shoe.

“She can't do anything. She has nothing. The least she can do is manipulate accounts of the company, steal deals or documents or make everyone against me. That's all. This is childish and she knew better than to give me empty threats.”

Ronald said calmly but Brian wasn't looking to settle with his assumption.

“She will take her revenge. She'll come back to redeem everything she has done yet but she'll get nothing.”

Ronald reassured his lawyer who just glanced at him with a thinking gaze.

“Imperfect order doesn't need to be corrected… True redemption lies in utter destruction. And I won't let it happen.”

His words made it clear that he's determined to fight back but he doesn't know that it's not any woman but Maria D’Angelo Russell and she's not ‘Alone’.

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