The Model's Ex-Fiance

Inside Justin's apartment

“You did what?” Nina asked incredulously.

“Nina… Listen to me… I didn't know anything. I can swear it on my life”, Justin said as he tried to hug her.

“Don't touch me! Take your dirty hands off me! It disgusts me just to think that these same hands touched another woman intimately,” She angrily threw his hands off.

“Nina…”, Justin called, sounding pained.

Nina then stood up from the sofa, calmly turning back to look down at Justin. She had reverted to the Ice queen everyone was familiar with. He instantly had a bad premonition about whatever she was going to say.

“Jay, I think we need a break.” She dropped the bombshell and even though he had expected her to say something he wouldn't like but still… Not this!

“…Wait… What???.. A break?!.. More like a breakup!”, He blanked out for a minute on hearing her words and stood up in anger as he stammered out.

“I said I know absolutely nothing! I just had a few drinks with my business partners at a bar and the next day I woke up with a strange woman by my side. I am not even sure if anything happened! Why can't you for God's sake understand that, huh?”

“You don't understand, do you?” Nina asked softly as she stared at him directly in the eyes and said word for word.

“I can't accept that MY man slept with another woman, even if he knew nothing! It makes me feel dirty and I definitely can't take that!”

“Nina, you don't mean it, right?” Justin still asked as he looked pleadingly at her though when he had heard her say the word 'dirty', a flash of hurt appeared in his eyes.

One wouldn't know how his subordinates and business partners would feel when they see this proud and arrogant man on usual days begging a woman humbly. But how could they understand the depth of his love for the woman in front of him, not to talk of begging, he would do so much more, after all, he was the one in the wrong here. He didn't care about his pride if it could make her stay, but from the looks of it, he didn't think it could make any difference...

"You know me, Jay. I am a clean and possessive freak. So I can only breakup with you and after today we would no longer be related in any way." She replied with chilliness in her tone trying hard to hide the quiver in her voice when she mentioned breaking up with him.

"No! You can't do this, Nina, I love you and cannot live without you, and you know it!" He panicked and grabbed Nina's arms tightly making her wince in pain which made him hurriedly let go of her and looked at her nervously and hurriedly apologized.

"I am sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, baby."

"But you must be joking right, Nina? We can't break up not when there is just less than a year before our big day! We had plans, baby! Our honeymoon, the children names and I even bought our house already, Nina. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you, only you!" He continued saying with deep emotion as he lightly held her hand hoping he could move her heart even just a little bit.

Indeed, Nina's expression wavered a little but before he could fully rejoice, her face turned cold again and she unceremoniously threw off his hand and looked at him indifferently.

"You should have thought about that before you got drunk and left yourself at the mercy of others."

Justin knew right then and there that there was no longer a turning back. He and Nina would never go back to how they were even if they got back together. He had ruined it all for them even though to be honest, he wasn't exactly sure how he had done that.

"Nina!"

“Stop it, Justin! You knew me better than anyone. You should have guessed the result when you decided to hide it from me. Three months! YOU lied to me for three frigging' good months! And I had to find out only when that little bich decided to come to look for me!”

Nina inhaled deeply to stop herself from getting agitated and completely losing control of her emotions.

"WE ARE OVER! We were from the moment you slept with that woman so you can forget about whatever wedding you have in mind or maybe not, I forgot you still have a ready substitute you can hold a wedding with!"

“Nina… How could you say that I should hold a wedding with that woman?!! Can't you give me another chance? Give US another chance. I need you, baby, I do.”

"Another chance?!"

Nina asked with incredulity written all over her face like she heard something very ridiculous.

"You want another chance?! But I think you forgot one thing... That btch is pregnant... by you," She stated calmly while pointing indifferently at his chest to make sure she got her point across properly.

"So there is no second chance. There was never one from the minute you slept with her to when you hid it from me and to the moment I found out."

Justin: ".I.."

He became speechless because he knew she was saying the truth after all he was most familiar with the kind of person she was exactly which was the reason why he hid it from her in the first place and not because he had been guilty. If he had known earlier that hiding it from her would have led into a much bigger problem, he would have come clean to her right in the beginning.

But could he have predicted that an incident he had thought nothing of would have separated him from his beloved? He just didn't know who it was that scheming against him. If anyone tells him that nobody was messing with him, he really wouldn't believe it because why else would that stupid model who he had already warned suddenly go to meet Nina and talk nonsense?

His eyes narrowed as a cold glint flashed in them thinking to himself, "You better not let me find out whoever you are or else…"

The thoughts in his head seemed to have taken a long time but in reality, it happened in seconds. After which he gave Nina his full attention and opened his mouth to say something.

However, Nina gave him no chance to say anything as she already turned towards the door and walked out right out leaving behind her faint words.

"Goodbye, Jay."

Justin watched as she resolutely left him not turning back even once and could almost hear the sound of his heart as it broke into smithereens, because how else could he explain this bone deep pain in his chest.

He screamed out loud and with frustration, swept off everything on the coffee table.

It wasn't like he couldn't force her to stay even if she felt unwilling, because he had the confidence to say he could achieve that.

He could threaten or coerce her into it with her best friend or with her family if she had any, unfortunately she didn't.

Yes, she was an orphan.

But what after that?

What happens to their relationship after he does that? Without doubt, he knew if he ever did threaten her with her bestie, whatever love she had left for him would cease to exist and be replaced by hatred. And that was definitely what he never wanted to see.

He was a businessman and would usually do anything to achieve his goals, of course that was excluding murder, arson, drugs and the likes. However, Nina has always been an exception to those dirty schemes as he loathed to use those methods on her. He loved her too dearly to even harbor the thought.

What he wanted had never been a canary, he wanted the stubborn and independent woman he had fallen in love with in the first place.

His love for her has always been his weakness but he couldn't bear to part with this weakness.

Chaotic thoughts ran through he head making him more and more irritable but in the end, he finally managed to suppress those thoughts slightly. Subsequently, he calmed himself down and focused on trying to remember everything that happened that night.

Yet, he thought and thought of anything and everything but still remembered nothing. This realization only made him even more suspicious because he had always had a large capacity for drinking and no matter how much he drank, he could still remember what happenened the next day even if those memories were a little fuzzy.

Despite that fact, he completely had no memory of what happened after drinking what? Only a few cups of alcohol which wasn't enough to even make him tipsy normally?

This could only mean he had been drugged!

A gloomy and foreboding aura instantly appeared on Justin's being at that thought.

He had been careless!

But... He would make sure he finds out whatever had happened that night and make whoever dared set him up pay a bloody price!

Without pausing, inky darkness flashed past his eyes as he picked up his cell phone and dialled his personal assistant, Larry's number.

As a qualified and capable assistant, Larry dared not allow his boss's call to ring for not even a minute longer and instantly picked up seconds after Justin dialled his number.

"Sir?", He said respectfully as he waited for Justin's instructions.

"I want you to bring that woman to the Night Kingdom in the next halfhour!"

At first, Larry felt puzzled as to the woman his boss meant but quickly understood when he heard his boss's dark tone and also remembered the recent incident that happened to his boss.

After relaying his instructions, Justin expressionlessly hung up, then he proceeded to call his business partners who were present that night to also meet him at the Night Kingdom. Only then did he head out with the car keys.

Meanwhile, after Nina left Justin's house, she drove aimlessly around the town trying the ignore the burning sensation in her eyes.

'I won't cry... I won't cry..', She kept repeating to herself as a mantra and at the same time tried to ignore the gnawing sensation coming from her heart.

"Damn it! I told myself I wouldn't cry but what is this?"

Her hand moved to feel the wetness on her cheeks with the tears that kept dripping out of her eyes with no intention to stop after she screamed that out in an hoarse voice.

Moments later, she noticed her sight beginning to go blurry due the tears and hurriedly stopped the car at the side of the road after which she slammed her head heavily on the steering wheel.

Not long after, her heartbreaking sobs sounded continuously from the car making the hearts of the listeners feel somewhat stifled for some reason.

She cried for quite a while and only when an abrupt sound rang loudly in the confines of her car was she startled and at the same time stopped crying. Following that, a slightly sluggish look appeared on Nina's face as she finally seemed to realize what she had been doing all along.

Was she, who had always been hailed as the ever cold and gorgeous supermodel actually crying so pathetically over a man?

"Damn it... Nina, you are better than this. He isn't worth it! He just isn't worthy of your precious tears!" She shook her head in disbelief before saying with some degree of force.

Then, she hurriedly took a tissue from the car compartment and wiped her face dry and also touched up her makeup in the process regaining her composure in a flash. No one would have believed that she had been crying pathetically few minutes ago if not for the reddish tint in the corner of her eyes.

After doing all that, she ten remembered that it had been the sound of her phone ringing that had snapped her back to her senses.

'I wonder who is calling?' she wondered absentmindedly before picking up her phone to check the caller but the call happened to end as soon as she picked it up.

"It's Lena!" she whispered excitedly when she saw the missed call.

"Is she back?" She was going to call her back when the caller whose ID was 'My Lena" happened to call back.

"Hellooo Nina darling! I missed you so sooo much!", Selena, Nina's best friend exclaimed excitedly on the other side of the phone.

When Nina heard the voice of her bestie, an urge to cry overcame her again, because she knew that even if the whole world turned against her, Selena wouldn't. It had always been the two of them against the world. Her backbone was back!

She asked in an hoarse voice, "Are you back in the country?"

Sensitive as she was, Selena quickly noticed that something was obviously wrong with her bestie's voice. Her voice on the phone panicked as she asked with urgency, "Nina, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you! Tell me, I promise to make that person's life a living hell!"

On hearing Selena's protective words, warmth instantly suffused Nina's iceencased heart. She replied teasingly, the unpleasantness in her heart fading away temporarily.

"How are you so sure that I was the one who got bullied and not the one bullying people?"

Almost without thinking, Selena replied arrogantly, "Even if they got bullied, it's their honour to be bullied by you."

Nina instantly laughed out loud, feeling carefree for the first time after finding out about Justin's affair.

On the other end of the phone, Selena inaudibly breathed out a sigh of relief listening to her friend's carefree laughter. No one knew how scared she was hearing Nina's obviously wrong tone and now listening to her laughter, she felt relieved and at the same time thought to herself that whatever the problem was, it would have to wait until she was facetoface with Nina.

She never believed that there was an unsolveable problem in this world, only people who were unwilling to try!

"I am back, Nina darling! Come pick me up at the airport. I'll be waiting for you, don't lemme wait for too long, okay?", Selena said.

"Okay Lena... I'll be there in a moment, just give me a few minutes."

After hanging up, Nina quickly composed herself and drove towards the airport.

AT NIGHT KINGDOM

The Night Kingdom was the most luxurious entertainment hub in Nova City. It had everything you could ever imagine for entertaining either yourself or business partners.

It's luxuriousness was apparent in its garage. Various luxury cars ranging from Bugatti, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and others whose prices you couldn't even begin to imagine could be found parked neatly over there.

It had three floors. Two of which was open to normal rich customers while the top floor had three suites; Heaven, Earth, Stars. The Heaven suite belonged to the mysterious owner of the club and wasn't for booking while the Earth and Stars suite were mostly booked by the mega rich and powerful.

Currently at the top floor, inside the most luxurious Heaven suite, the situation appeared obviously tense. Three handsome men who looked like they had walked out of an magazine cover sat inside the room while another stood beside one of the men.

The three gazes all looked in the same direction with a gloomy and sinister look in their eyes. The object of their stare, a seductive looking woman was kneeling on the floors as she sobbed heartbreakingly.

It was supposed to be a particularly moving scene but none of men in the room felt anything towards it. In fact, Justin who was sitting on the sofa stared at the woman crying with deep coldness and even killing intent. He wished nothing but to strangle the woman to death right then and there but repressed the thought after thinking of the consequences.

Not to mention that even though he had the power to make sure he could take her life cleanly and wouldn't even be able held responsible for it, he didn't want to dirty his hands because of someone like her since he found her unworthy of doing so.

Moreover, it wasn't time yet after all, he hadn't gotten the information he wanted to know from her mouth yet..

"I will ask you once again, how had you been able to get inside the suite that day?"

Yes, this was the woman he had found on his bed and whom he had supposedly cheated with.

"Young Sir, I really do not know anything! You have to believe me when I say that I also can't tell how I found myself inside your room. I was also suprised to find myself on the bed, with you beside me that day as well. I must have been setup, Young Sir!" Emily looked up pitifully with her puffed up eyes at the gorgeous looking man who looked like he walked right out of a painting.

He was silverhaired and had deep ocean blue aquiline eyes which seemed to see through everything making her panic for no reason as she feared the fact that he might have seen through her, yet those eyes also made him seem even more beguiling. He also a straight nose with a perfect jawline and his thin lips looked absolutely kissable, making her swallow involuntarily.

Then, she thought with hatred, jealousy and resentment to herself.

"We had both debuted at the same time together but why was her road to stardom so smooth while mine was filled with obstacles! And what right does that bch has to receive the love of such a perfect man? But anyway, it doesn't matter now anymore for he now belongs to me because I am now pregnant with his child!"

A cold and sharp look from the man in question ruthlessly snapped her out of her daydream. She then began to tremble when she remembered the rumors of his ruthlessness. With one word he could decide her life and death, so she definitely couldn't let him find loopholes in her story. If he finds out it was all a setup to separate him and Nina....

Emily shuddered just thinking of the consequence. She definitely couldn't let him find out! Never!

"I slept with you that night?" Justin asked again, looking sharply at the woman trying to decipher any change in her demeanor.

But he was bound to be disappointed as the woman who was definitely a born actress blushed furiously like a newly bloomed flower, only he couldn't feel any tenderness or attraction towards the woman. But if it was Nina....

Realising his thoughts were moving in the wrong path, he quickly cleared his thoughts to focus on the matter at hand.

But after questioning the woman for a while, Justin discovered the fact that he couldn't get any useful Intel from her since she was very tight lipped. Turning to Larry who was standing beside him faithfully, he ordered with deep coldness in his voice.

"Move her to the villa in the outskirts of the town and tell them to watch over her well."

Emily eyes shone brightly when she heard his orders thinking dreamily to herself,

'I finally won the jackpot! This perfect man is going to be my man and maybe even my husband! I am sooo happy. That bch can go to hell for all I care! I am going to be Mrs Walters!'

Justin looked at the woman who turned dreamy when he gave his orders, he could guess what was going on in her mind. He smirked cruelly, he would make her realise just how far from reality she was. He then signalled at Larry to bring her away.

Larry went forward to not so politely drag her out and left.

After Larry left, he began to doubt his vision as to why he couldn't see through the stupid woman who could even turn dreamy because of what he said. Or could it be that something did happen? because except for that he couldn't fathom why be couldn't tell if he was telling the truth or not.

When he also interrogated his business partners who he was drinking with that day earlier before questioning Emily, they also claimed to know nothing.

But it shouldn't be possible that he did sleep with her, should it? He couldn't be possibly that cheap that he would sleep with whatever he sees even if he was drunk!

He fell into self doubt for the second time in his life, the first being when he fell in love with Nina at first sight in college and afterwards pursued her but was rejected which made him doubt his charm. It's funny how both times he doubted himself were relates to her.

Ryan Anderson, one of Justin's best friends and a shareholder at Night Kingdom frowned and asked coldly successfully interrupting his thoughts,

"What do you plan on doing with her?"

Dan, his other best friend also looked questionably back at him.

Justin asked amusingly, "do you guys really want to know?"

"Cut the crap and tell us the plan or do not tell me you plan on really making her your mistress!"

"Always impatient, Dan." Justin made a disgusted face on hearing his last sentence before shaking his head slightly looking like a father who was disappointed at his son for failing to live up to expectations.

"Fck you, J. Don't stare at me with that look, it makes me to really want to bash you up violently" Dan swore with annoyance.

"But can you? You know bash me up.." J said teasingly and slowly as he raised his eyebrows.

Dan deflated as quickly as he blew up because he knew he could never beat Justin in a physical fight.

"Okay that's enough both of you. We have more serious issues on the ground," Ryan said to the two of them.

Justin quickly replaced the teasing look on his face with a serious one.

"I already ordered an investigation on her. My men found out that she is just an average model. She had been looking for a sponsor but would not settle down for normal rich folks. I also found out that she and Nina had bad blood between them." Dan stated straightforwardly.

Justin raised his eyebrows and asked mockingly,

"Bad blood? She and my baby? Is she worthy?"

Both Dan and Ryan looked amused at Justin's words.

"Umm, you are right. It is probably that btch onesided obsession with Nina. I am betting Nina never really remembered who she was. Well... until she went and introduced herself as your baby mama" Dan mockingly commented.

"Don't worry brothers, I got this under control. Since she wants to play, I will definitely play with her and whoever the hell is behind her. I am only worried they would be played to death by me."

Ryan and Dan nodded at him, they knew he wasn't boasting or anything. It was what he was fully capable of doing. They also breathed a sigh of relief on seeing he hasn't gave up on his self as they were both in the know to how much Nina meant to him.

"If you need anything, don't hesitate to find us, brother." Ryan said while giving him a friendly pat on the shoulder.

Dan also puffed up his chest and patted it, "Yes. Come look for us at anytime. You know we would always be ready to help".

Do not look at Dan's frivolous or foolish attitude or at his somewhat feminine features, he was the secondincommand of the most feared and dangerous mafia in the world, the Blood Gang and he had a nickname that was also feminine, The Poppy Beauty though he would kill whoever dared to call him that to his face. Ryan however, with his perfectly sculpted face and domineering aura was the big boss and commander of the gang.

"Umm, I will definitely find you guys if there is any problem. I could use the free labour" Jay said deliberately while eyeing Dan.

Dan blew up as expected and cursed,

"Fck you! J. I am trying to be nice here, can't you see that? You don't have to be so annoying all the time!"

Justin was the sort of person that when he wasn't happy, he also liked to make others unhappy. And Dan was always an easy target but that was to him, the bones of his enemies buried underground will probably like to claim otherwise.

Ryan sighed exasperatedly unexpectedly making a joke unlike him,

"That's enough, J. Stop bullying Dan. His little heart wouldn't be able to take it."

"Are you actually taking his side or mine?" Dan asked frustratingly glaring at him.

"None" Ryan replied.

"You guys want a drink?" Dan asked knowingly.

"You wanna die?" Justin asked threateningly.

He was thinking, 'Alcohol got me into this mess in the first place, how am I supposed to continue drinking? I am definitely never drinking again in this lifetime. Not even one drop!

"I will be on my way then. I have an engagement. Good luck getting the girl, J." Ryan stood up and patted him on the shoulder.

Dan and Justin also stood up.

"Let's go together."

The three handsome men exited the hub together inviting countless stares of adoration from women and envy and hate from the males.

A random woman asked her female companion curiously,

"Who are those men? especially the one in the middle, he is sooo handsome with that silver hair and blue eyes. Is he a movie star?"

The female companion looked amused at her friend who was totally in fangirling mode with hearts practically shooting out of her eyes and whispered secretly in her ears,

"That is not a movie star. That man is Justin Walters."

"What! THE Justin Walters?" The woman shouted incredulously.

Her friend quickly covered up her mouth and whispered furiously as she dragged her to the side.

"Don't get me into trouble, please. Why did you have to shout? What if he heard and felt like we were disrupting the club? Do you want to be banned for life? You know being able to get inside here is also a status on its own."

"I am sorry. I just got carried away for a moment. I finally got to see the elusive heir!"

Similar situations could be seen in various corners of the club but the trio were indifferent to it. It seemed they were already used to scenarios like this.

It comes naturally when you are Rich, Famous and Handsome!

Nina went to pick up Selena from the airport and drove home while chatting excitedly in the car, with none of them taking the initiative to mention Nina's matter.

A while later, they arrived at their destination, a condominium in the suburban district of Nova City where the girls lived together.

As soon as they got inside the house and settled down, the sweet and gentle looking Selena immediately transformed into a fierce looking tigress.

Without doubt, Nina immediately knew it was questioning time. Selena might be petite and looked sweet and gentle, but her personality was the exact opposite. And although she herself looked seductive and mature, her personality was kind and gentle although stubborn at times.

"Are you ready to spill it out or should i force it out with torture" Selena asked with a devilish smile on her face.

When Nina remembered the "torture" she subconsciously shuddered.The torture in Selena's mouth was simply tickling but because she had a very sensitive body, Selena's way of torturing her was to tickle her till she had no choice but to spill everything. And for someone with a sensitive body like she had, it really spelled torture.

"I will tell. I would tell you everything, okay? Just don't.. do that." She conceded hurriedly, not willing to provoke her shedevil friend.

At her obedience, Selena nodded with satisfaction after which she said with crossed arms, "Okay. I am all ears."

Without delay, Nina narrated everything she knew and experienced to her dear friend and by the time she finished she somehow couldn't hold back anymore and started sobbing out loud while leaning on Selena's shoulder.

By the end of Nina's narration, Selena was absolutely irate, temporarily putting her aside her doubts as to the feasibility of Justin cheating on Nina. But even with that, she also knew that now was not the time to settle scores with Justin since she had to comfort her heartbroken friend first. But after that...

Hmph!, Selena snorted. She was definitely not going to show mercy to that cheating couple.

"It's going to be okay, honey. You will be fine, I promise. Even if we choose not to have anything to do with him after today, revenge must definitely still be taken! All I am trying to say is that we definitely can't let you be the only one suffering! He has to suffer the consequences of his actions too!", Selena smirked cruelly as she comforted her friend and at the same time a feasible plan began hatching in her mind.

Her words temporarily made Nina forget her sadness and looked up to see the look on Selena's face. As someone who had been with Selena since childhood, Nina was no stranger to the meaning of that expression. It meant, 'someone was definitely going to be in trouble and I am furious beyond belief.'

Immediately, Nina tugged at the sleeve of Selena's dress and asked with cautiousness, worry and concern.

"Lena, what are you planning on doing?... Don't go too far, okay?"

Selana raised her eyebrows at Nina's words and asked without bothering to hide her mocking tone.

"What? Does your heart ache for him? You feel bad? If you really do, I promise you not to do anything but I would be very disappointed in you!"

Nina's face fell a little at her words but she also knew that Selena was doing it all for her and therefore could not get angry at her.

"Selena... that's not what I meant. I just don't want you to get hurt. He's not as easy going as he usually seems. I am just being worried about his retaliation...", Nina explained to her in softened tone.

Selena's face also softened in return on hearing her explanation but still didn't mean to back down, "Since he dared to hurt you.... I want to make him feel exactly the same pain you felt on hearing the news of his infidelity, and maybe even worse. Don't worry, I am not going to do anything overboard after all I am a lawabiding citizen and besides even if I do go overboard, there is still someone I can look for to back me up.."

Sure enough, Nina looked a little relieved on hearing her words, especially the last sentence. Indeed, she thought to herself, that person shouldn't stand by and watch Selena being retaliated upon.

Following that, Selena then told Nina what devious plan she had come up with, though the Selena herself hardly thought so since in her words, they were only repaying an eye to an eye.

At first, Nina was still a little worried but after Selena repeatedly assured her that nothing would go wrong, in addition to the fact that the little devil in her heart also craved revenge, she finally agreed.

The next day.

Various tabloids, magazines and released photos of Supermodel Nina going out on a date, checking in at an hotel, kissing and hugging a very handsome man.

The news made waves in the entertainment industry as that was the first time supermodel Nina ever had a scandal and with a very handsome and obviously rich guy at that.

At the Walters' Corporation, Larry's hands shook as he read the tabloids while wondering the odds of him still being able to keep his job after delivering this hot potato to his boss.

In the end, he took a deep breath, bit the bullet and entered Justin's office.

"There's something you should see, sir." He reported with anxiety hidden in his voice.

Justin raised his head slowly from the piles of documents which needed his approval.

He stared coldly at his assistant and spatted out, "This better be important. You know the rules if it isn't..."

There was a rule in W Corps that stated that no one was ever to disturb the boss unless it was an absolutely important matter. If the rule was broken by anyone, a light punishment was getting demoted and the heavy one was getting sacked.

Larry's heart shook violently hearing his boss' words but he still feigned calmness before passing the tabloids to him.

After all, some important things could not be delayed, especially when it was related to that person...

Taking the tabloids from Larry, Justin calmly began to read what was on the screen, but at the first look his eyes suddenly shook violently before he quickly swiped up the pages impatiently. Everything written on screen did enter his eyes yet he seemed incapable of registering it onto his brain.

His first impression was,'Someone was framing Nina.'

The second was, 'This definitely isn't true! It was all photoshopped or maybe the person in the photo wasn't Nina but a look alike.'

But he knew that he was just in denial since he knew very well that the person in the photos was indeed his Nina. Her smile, the genuine happiness on her face, her figure, even the mole below her eyes. He was all too familiar with every single one of them.

It was true. The photos were true.

At that realization, Justin immediately slumped on his chair. His heart was in so much pain that he could found it difficult to hardly breathe.

Every part of him seems to be on fire, inside and out.

For some reason, a thought couldn't help but occur to him at that moment, 'Was this how Nina had also felt when she heard that news?'

Looking at him looking so despondent and sorrowful, Larry could not bear to continue lookinh at his boss who was obviously collapsing inwards. He knew just how much his boss loved Nina and the deeper the love he felt for her was probably how deep of a pain he was feeling right now.

Although, he knew he shouldn't, Larry still couldn't help bt develop some dissatisfaction towards Nina. His boss loved her so much but although he missed her like crazy, he buried himself in work since yesterday to numb himself and also to stop himself from taking drastic actions to force her back to his side. Moroever, he was also busy with devising plans to deal with Tyson which had drained him alot and not to forget that there was also that green tea btch.

It had only been a day but he felt like his boss already aged ten years.

Feeling the need to comfort and encourage his boss, Larry said, " Boss, it might actually not be what it seems. Maybe they have a sibling relationship..." Even to his own ears, the reason sounded too weak but still, although it might be cold comfort, it was better than none at all.

Justin didn't look like he heard those words as his eyes gradually became bloodshot and his aura murderous and violent, but suddenly he thought of the thought that had occured to him before now.

'Was this how Nina had also felt when she heard that news?'

Yes! His dim eyes suddenly lit up and at the same time the violent aura around him retracted. Thinking of how vengeful the person beside Nina was, it wasn't out of question for her to come up with this type of plan to get back at him for supposedly hurting Nina!

Then, without looking at Larry who had long since moved to a corner of the office after seeing Justin's aura becoming murderous, Justin grabbed his windbreaker and rushed out of the office. He practically ran to the garage, got on his car and drove past the speed limit towards Nina's house.

In his heart, he would rather believe that those photos had only been to get back at him than to believe that Nina had cheated on him.

Meanwhile

"You sure he's going to come?" Nina asked nervously, looking eagerly towards the door.

Raising her eyebrows elegantly, Selena looked unperturbed as she answered unhurriedly, "If he still doesn't appear considering how blown out of proportion the news was... Then I can only tell you this, girl. You might have wasted your entire youth on a scumbag!"

Nina heard her words and lowered her head her long, lustrous hair, covering up whatever expression she had on her face at that moment before answering noncommittally, "Um."

Selena sighed exasperatedly when she saw her that way. She was almost unable to help but want to shout at her friend to get herself together but in the end, she sighed helpessly.

She still couldn't bear to see Nina sad.

"He will come. I know he will, okay?", She said with conviction, not because she was trying to deceive Nina but because she really did believe so. If she hadn't been so sure he would come, she definitely wouldn't have made this plan in this first place.

Almost as soon as she was done speaking,the furious sound of a car's engine came from outside. Nina ran excitedly to the window and peeked out to see a familiar car.

"He is here. He really is here." She repeated in an obviously good mood.

Selena sighed inwardly on seeing her reaction while thinking to herself.

'We women are all fools when in love. Even when we are continuously hurt by the men we love, we still uncontrollably pine for them.'

A knock came from the door.

Nina mouthed, "Open it".

Selena took no action and instead came over to Nina to whisper in her ears, "Let him wait and panick a little more."

Continuous knocking came from the door and even after a few minutes had gone by, the door still showed no signs of opening.

This made Justin really panicked and with every lesson he learned in the etiquette class thrown out the window, he raised his voice.

"Nina, I know you are inside. Open the door I need to talk to you. Baby, I am sorry, please open the door, okay?" His shouts gradually turned into pleading at the end. No one would ever believe that this business mogul who was known for being arrogant and prideful will dispose of his pride just to beg his lover.

Finally, moments later, the people inside the room seemed satisfied with the mental torture they had put him through and decided to open the door.

The three of them sat on the sofa, Nina and Selena together on a double seater and Justin alone on a single one.

At this time, Nina had reverted back to the cold queen everyone was familiar with, making it literally impossible for Justin to guess how anxious she had been prior to his entrance.

As a bystander, Selena stared at the two foolish idiots in front of her who were both treasuring their words by keeping silent and decided to help them. Or else she would never know when they were going to open up their mouths to speak!

"I am sure you are not here to have a staring competition with my friend here. So shoot!", She wasn't polite at all as she addressed Justin. Anyways, with what he had done, no matter what had led to it, he doesn't seem to deserve her politeness.

Justin wasn't mad at Selena because he knew just how overprotective they both were of each other. So, although he really wanted to be alone with Nina right at this moment, he understood that it was impossible for Selena to fufill his wish since in their eyes, he was still a cheating bastard.

With that, he decided not to beat around the bushes and go straight to the point.

He snapped out of his despairing thoughts at her cold and unbothered answer, "So?".

Justin's violent temper almost flared up at her unflattering answer but he clenched his fists hard until the veins in them were bulging out scarily. Only then did he manage to suppress the inherent violence in him and ask as softly as he could manage, "So, what is between both of you?"

Nina was unable to help but sneer as she asked sarcastically, "And with what position are you asking me this?"

Justin replied Instinctively without thinking, "Of course your fiance..", It was already too late by the time he reacted and realized what he just said.

"Fiance? You?" Nina questioned coldly.

"We already broke up, so you and I are no better than strangers now. Let's get that very clear."

After saying that, she then smiled charmingly, making Justin's heart beat wildly until he forgot what she had just said and thought that she was willing to forgive him.

"And you.. want to know about Brian and I? Do you really want to? You won't regret it?"

Her words made Justin snap out of his wonderful imagination ad take in the words she just said. He didn't know why, but he had a bad premonition about what she was going to say next. However, in the end he still nodded his head without hesitation because he really wanted to know about what the deal between her and that man was..

On receiving his nod, Nina smiled even more seductively, yet the look in her eyes revealed a strong desire for revenge. Even Selena couldn't help but look at Justin with pity and gloating at that moment. Although, it was a fact that Nina had a gentle personality, it was also a fact that considering how she hadn't been taken advantage as a model, albeit with Justin's overt and covert protection showed that she wasn't a Holy Mother.

She might have been the one to come up with this plan but now, not even she herself was required to do anything since Nina had taken it all upon herself to do it all.

'Probably because coming facetoface with Justin had sparked her desire for revenge?', Selena thought wickedly to herself.

At the same time, she heard Nina say, "Okay! I will tell you the truth. The thing is that, Brian and I are good friends from Junior High. Me, Lena and Brian are also from the same orphanage. He happened to pay us a surprise visit from Country A last month when you went on a business trip to Country H."

Justin immediately let out an inaudible sigh of relief on listening to her explanation.

'Fortunately, they are just friends. As expected, it was those gossip bloggers saying nonsense.'

Yet, he didn't know that Nina had been keeping an eye on him so the moment he relaxed, she had noticed.

She smirked inwardly, "Not so soon, my love. The worst is yet to come.."

Selena actually felt pity for Justin again at that moment Giving him hope and then ruthlessly destroying it, that was Nina's strategy.

Nina might actually be kind and gentle but that is only towards people who never hurt her but towards people who did, she would be completely ruthless!

"I guess I misunderstood you..." Justin began saying.

Nina interrupted him, "No, you didn't".

Justin's heart that was already relaxed suddenly sunk again. He instinctively didn't want to listen to whatever Nina was going to say anymore. He had a feeling it was going to completely break him apart.

"Nina... Don't.."

"Don't what? Don't say the truth? Don't tell you I also cheated on you last month?" She dropped words that were akin to a bombshell nonchalantly.

Boom! Fireworks exploded in Justin's mind. He sat rooted to the chair while Nina carefully savoured that expression of pain on his face.

"Nina... Don't lie to me... You wouldn't do that. You can't possibly do that to me.." He went to hysterically hold her and shook her as if it could somehow erase whatever just came out of her mouth.

Nina caressed his face lovingly, well, that was if you could ignore the cruel words that came out of her lips.

"But Justin darling... It's all true.. You were away for two months... and he came... It just happened but I enjoyed being with him sooo much.."

Justin couldn't hold himself back any longer and slapped her, hard. It was too late after he reacted and realised what he just did. He just slapped the only woman he ever loved his entire life!

"Baby...I am sorry.. I got carried away. I didn't mean to." He apologized remorsefully as he went to hold her arms.

Selena who was already fuming after he slapped Nina pushed his hands off violently.

"Don't you dare touch her! Get the fck out of here. She doesn't need your halfassed apology"

Justin looked to Nina for help but what he saw made him freeze.

Emily finally realised what a nightmare she was in. She thought she was going to be enjoying the wealth, fame and glory that came with being Justin's woman.

She was wrong, she really was.

Justin had ordered her phone to be confiscated and she wasn't allowed to take one step away from the house. She once dolled herself up and tried to go out of the villa to show off as his woman but she was coldly stopped at the door by the leader of the group of bodyguards, Ian.

"Boss said you should obediently stay inside and give birth to the baby. You are not allowed to take a step out of the villa until then"

"What? I am not allowed to take a step out? Have you all gone crazy? I am the mother of his unborn child! You dare to treat me this way?"

Emily shrewly screamed and raised her hand to slap him.

Ian coldly stopped her staring at her stomach while cruelly spitting out these words,

" You wouldn't want to lose your bargaining chip as early as this right?"

Emily instinctively went to wrap her arms around her stomach. It was not because she was actually protective of the child but she was afraid of losing whatever hold she had on Justin.

Ian curled his lips coldly at Emily and told her off,

"Don't ever dream of walking through the Walters' doors. We will accept only one mistress and that is Miss Nina. You... are not worthy to be our mistress."

Emily staggered when she heard Ian's words, his words ringing in her ears.

" Take Miss Nina inside. Remember she is not allowed to take a step out of the house. Any who dares to disobey the order should be prepared to face the boss' wrath. Understood?"

The maid hired to take care of Emily and the remaining bodyguards all answered respectfully,

"Yes Sir Ian, we are all loyal to the master. We would not dare disobey him"

She was doomed.

By her own greed.

As the maid came closer and grabbed her. She could feel her freedom slowly fleeing her, she panicked and screamed hysterically,

"Tell Justin to come see me! I am the mother of his child, he can't just do this to me...." Her remaining words cut short when the maid lightly pushed her into her room and slammed the door shut.".

Her muffled voice could still be heard from the door but no one bothered about her.

You reap what you sow

W Corps

Top Floor

The hallways and offices all seemed like graveyard. It was so silent that it was disturbing. Everyone walked quietly and slowly to avoid provoking the big devil at the top. Since a month ago, the boss suddenly went crazy, employees had to work overtime every day and if they couldn't cope, they were asked to politely resign by the boss' executive assistant, Larry.

You are gossiping during work hours? Resign!

You made a mistake during a presentation? You are demoted!

All this resulted in everyone working conscientiously, presentations were checked over and over again to prevent a single mistake.

Everyone was overworked but no one dared complain. You couldn't get a single job that paid and gave employees incentives as well as W Corps. So obviously no one was willing to resign.

Larry looked worriedly at his boss, his shiny beautiful hair had turned messy, heavy eye bags, a result of severe insomnia, pale skin, a result of not taking a step out of the office unless it was for a very important business meeting, if not Larry would be the representative. He sat lazily on his chair, the usually wellironed shirt had already come undone at the collar and creased at the edges. He looked a total mess, different from the man who usually was.

The man practically lived in the office, he had an en suite in his office.

He would take a shower and sleep for a maximum of 1 hour and if so much as a noise sounded, he would completely wake up. So yeah, he literally lived at the office.

His body already showed signs of

breaking down but he didn't dare to say anything to the man.

He could only employ help.

He fell into thought, he already told Justin's mother, Mrs Walters earlier in the day. And predictably the woman was irate but mostly worried and scared. She was afraid of losing her son just like she lost her husband so she was bound to call any moment from now. He really prayed she did because apart from Nina she was the only one who could talk sense into him.

As if the woman heard his silent prayer, Justin's cell phone rung.

Larry panicked when he saw the man frowning obviously he thought it was Larry's phone ringing, he rushed to explain to prevent being punished.

"Boss, it is your phone ringing" He said pointing at the table.

Justin's frowned dissipated as he looked at his phone, picking it from the table, he frowned at the caller ID. but he picked it anyways.

"Mom" His voice sounded hoarse from disuse.

"Justin Walters, BETTER GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!!"

Du du du..

She hung up.

His mom never called him his full name unless she was very angry and she was VERY angry.