Chapter 56


    Tessa''s POV


    I am a strong woman and I won''t let anything break me down, not even Aidan. After crying for a while


    at home, I decided toe to see things for myself and here I am.


    I reapplied my makeup and asked the driver to drive me to the party with Zoe who was looking at me


    with pity. I don''t need any pity. Aidan has just trampled upon me and I am going to deal with the idiot, I


    no longer care if he is the man I love or not.


    I am no longer here in the event because of Aidan, he is no longer the reason why I am here. I am here


    to satisfy my curiosity, I want to see the girl Aidan brought to the party in ce of me. I want to see the


    person that took my ce. I want to see how worthy she is. I want to see who she is and what she is.


    That will determine my next line of action.


    I ask the driver to drop me off at a little distance away from the entrance and I take bold steps out of the


    car when ites to a stop. I didn''t wait for Zoe before walking to the back of the hall. I have no


    intention of taking the right entrance because of the media.


    They might want to interview me and hear what I have to say about Aidan bringing another girl to the


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    party. I had told a friend of mine working with a mediapany that Aidan and I were getting married


    and I saw it in the newspapers the day before. I did it on purpose, I wanted the news to disseminate


    that I was going to be his bride soon.


    I didn''t see thising. I have humiliated myself. I have no idea how I can exin these to the people I


    have bragged this issue to. I see a man in a suit with his back to me and a phone on his ears. He is


    pacing to and fro, making a call.


    He looks familiar and as I walk closer, I see his face when he turns back. I gasp when I see his face.


    "Damien?"


    He looks angry and he didn''t look like he recognizes me. What is he doing here? Why is he angry? We


    met just two days ago and he did not tell me he wasing to the event. Is he the Damien Trevor was


    talking about? Is he the opposition of Aidan?


    "Damien?" I call again.


    He looks away with his hands in his pocket. The man before me doesn''t look like the man I find myself


    craving for his touch of recent. He is my newest attraction, taking over my desire for Aidan and his


    father.


    After the sex with him at that party, I found myself going back to find him because I missed his touches,


    even though I didn''t want him to repeat what he said to me that day. After much contemtion, I


    decided to go to meet him and have thest sex with him, that way I can get rid of my stupid lust for


    him.


    When he gazes at me, I see a sh of guilt. He removes his hand from the pocket and begins to walk


    towards me. I am thinking he is going to stop in front of me and exin what is happening but I am


    shocked to see him walking past me.


    "Damien?" I call him again. He didn''t stop walking nor turn back to look at me. "What the hell is


    happening? Why are you here?" I shout in frustration. He stops walking without turning back.


    "What are you doing here, Damien? Are you the Damien....."


    He didn''t let me finish my statement before beginning to walk again. I stare at his figure in disbelief till


    he is out of sight. I turn around to watch where I am going with numbness.


    I am confused. I can''tprehend all that is revealing itself tonight. I can''t even figure out what Damien


    is doing here.


    I know he must be here because of just one thing. One thing that will exin his presence is the fact


    that Damien and Aidan are enemies. I can''t believe I slept with Aidan''s enemy.


    When the reality dawns on me, I gasp and shiver in fear.


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    Damien''s POV


    I had so much confidence in winning. I had so much confidence in ruining Aidan again and I was


    expecting nothing but pleasure from the whole show that I had already staged. My n was not to have


    him on the list at all, not as the second or anything.


    When Alex was called as the second best, my confidence increased.


    Who would have thought Aidan will still be the winner of the award of the best businessman in New


    York?


    When his name was called out, I knew instantly that my father was to be med for it. I couldn''t hide


    my displeasure and anger.


    His so-called bride seems to be like someone who knows what is going on with the deadly stares she


    was giving me. I thought Aidan was supposed to get married to Tessa, why did he bring another


    woman to the party then?


    I am mad at everyone. Did Esther give me the wrong information? Even though she made it known to


    me that Aidan doesn''t really like Tessa but he was willing to be married to her just to get the ward.


    Why is everything not working in my favor?


    I pace the basement, thinking of my next line of action and where to begin from. Because I didn''t get


    the award doesn''t mean I can''t ruin Aidan as I have nned. This is just one of the ns I have in


    stock in ruining him.


    I called my father and throw the mes on him for not giving me his support because of the stupid


    woman he calls wife. He is to be med for not doing what ought to be done for me to get the award. I


    am sure if father had helped me, Aidan wouldn''t have won.


    I tried to reconcile with my father just so he can give me what I want but he was aloof and still angry at


    me. I guess that was because I used him of making mother die. Father had a partial fault in my


    mother''s death. He was careless and less observant and that pushed my mother to her death.


    I was still talking to him on the phone when he disconnects the calls angrily. I couldn''t hide my


    disappointment at his refusal to help me. When I turned back, I was surprised to see Tessa.


    The surprise wasn''t supposed to be there because I had anticipated the look on her face when she


    gets to know who I am. But since she wasn''t in the hall, I don''t know if she knows me now or if she


    knows about the camera I sent to Aidan already.


    The camera? Something clicked in my head. Is this why Aidan dumped her for anotherdy?


    Seeing her now in this sexy dress makes me feel guilty. I am not supposed to feel this way because I


    only did what I did to get my revenge back on Aidan. Tessa looks innocent in that dress, she didn''t look


    like the wild girl I had sex with two-three weeks back and two days ago.


    She looks vulnerable at this moment and I figured she must have been informed that anotherdy had


    taken her ce beside Aidan.


    I know what it feels like to be betrayed. This was the exact way I felt years ago when Aidan betrayed


    me. I feel sympathy for Tessa. She has been betrayed by Aidan and me. That betrayal turned me into


    the person I am today.


    Losing my mother at that age was a very difficult thing for me to cope with. I began to despise the


    people around me because no one had shown me so much love as my mother used to. I loved her.


    Why then won''t I hate the people who killed her in cold blood?


    I hate Aidan and I will continue hating him till myst breath. As I walk past Tessa, I muttered to myself


    that this is just the beginning of the war between Aidan and me. He might be the winner now but I am


    damn sure I will have thestugh.