A Sky Full Of Stars (#5)

Chapter 23 | An Idiot

Guys...just nine comments in the previous chapter, seriously?
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⭐ Leona's POV ⭐

We all reached uncle Matt's home late that evening after stopping at our home first, where we took a proper bath (seperately) and rest before going there where everyone was waiting for us, including my mother who flew here from Houston.

I made sure to hide my hickeys with some makeup and did the same to Rafe.

Reaching there, everyone was extremely delighted and relieved to see us both in one piece, not because we were in a forest for six days, but because we were both alone with no one to stop us from murdering each other.

If only they knew...

Uncle Matt smiled on seeing us, a sly smile because he knew what all we did there and how things had changed.

Later, we all sat around the living room, with me beside Rafe and father explained us everything.

"Carl's in prison for what he tried to do..." Father adjusted his spectacles. "When I first went to him for help, he agreed to it but later on when Carl got to know that, he got his own father locked away to stop him from ruining his plans. But Isaiah was smart enough to bribe Carl's assistant which accompanied him here in the meeting."

"His assistant helped? But how?" I spoke up.

Uncle Matt replied to me. "He recorded everything secretly, everything Carl said which was a huge evidence but it took him some time to get that to Isaiah and when Isaiah got hold of it...he made sure to somehow get it to the media after deleting that 'fake matrimony thing'."

"So, he's a good guy now?" I asked.

"Yes, Leona. I told you before, he changed and he helped us." Father told me making me nod.

"But you guys had no idea what was going on, right?" Rafe questioned.

Uncle Nelson and Matt and my father, they all shook their heads.

"So..." Father spoke up once again. "That marriage contract between you two...it can end now. The companies will remain merged but you both don't have to live together anymore and Leona can work from Houston only."

At that Rafe and I looked at each other and I started to internally panic a little. How are we even going to explain them everything?

Uncle Matt cleared his throat. "Well... about that..."

"About that what?" Uncle Nelson asked and uncle Matt gave him a weird look, as if silently communicating with him.

"The contract", father said to Rafe, "it was with you, right? Where is it?"

Rafe looked at my father, acting all confused. "Contract?"

And then he looked at me and said in the same confused tone, "Contract?"

"Contract?" I asked him, copying his tone. "What's that?"

He shrugged. "Yeah... what's that?"

"I have never heard of it...have you?"