HOW YOU LIKE THAT | JENLISA

Chapter 74

Jennie

Grace Manoban

September 17th

I want to ruin Chris' life, but you know... when you're in love with someone for so many years, it's hard to comprehend the fact that your husband never loved you. And that I was just a pawn on his path to riches. All the riches that never belonged to him in the very first place.

I gave him a choice and had a little talk, which turned out to be very ugly.

'You've been having an affair with Lorna for so long! How could you do that to me, Chris!?'

He received my outburst with shocking calmness, as if he expected me to find out about it soon. "I'm sorry, Grace, I've wanted to tell you since a long time ago. I don't love Lorna, but she's very hard to get rid of... I don't know what happened to me...' he said.

'You have two children with her and a third one on the way. How many lies are you going to tell me?'

'Grace, I love you. I had to pretend with her.'

I held up my hand for him to stop talking. 'I want you to pack up your stuff and leave. You can take Nichkhun and Sorn with you if you want, since they are yours and Lorna's...'

It had hurt for me to say this because over the years, I had loved and cared for both of them as much as I had for Lisa and Bambam; it shattered me to do this but there was no way out of this.

I picked a cheque book and signed a hefty amount. 'Take this money and don't ever show your face here again.'

Chris looked broken, and I tried not to let it affect me and yet it was difficult to not feel anything at all. He'd cheated on me, married another woman while being married to me, yet in a small deep corner of my heart, I wanted him to leave Lorna and come back to me.

'Sweetheart, please, don't do this!′ He begged. 'I'm Lisa and Bambam's father too.'

'I don't care and I don't need you in their lives.′

'I'll divorce her.' He said, 'I'll break off the marriage with her and be with you.'

'No. I want you out of my life and this mansion. I will not change my decision.'

'What decision?' Lisa stood at the door. She looked so much like Chris. I knew that it would break my heart every time I look at her in the future. She looked between her father and me, clearly picking up on the tension. She had a basketball spinning on her finger.

'Nothing. Go back to your room, Lisa.' I told her.

'Mom, Nichkhun is being an asshole again. Can I throw him in the garbage or better yet, ship his ass off to some isolated island?'

'How many times have I told you to watch your mouth, Lisa!?' Chris berated her, obviously feeling threatened and taking the joke very seriously.

'Don't talk about your brother like that, Lisa. Now leave and close the door on your way. Your father and I have some private matters to discuss.'

She made a face before closing the door.

'Did you see the way she talks about Nichkhun? She thinks she is entitled to everything.'

'But isn't she?' I asked. 'Lisa is my heir, Chris, and it will always be that way. If not for Lisa, it will be Bambam.'

Chris laughed, 'You're taking revenge on those poor kids.'

'Those poor kids are the ones you forced into the house by lying to me. Lisa and Bambam are my blood and they are true Manoban heirs! After the divorce, Nichkhun and Sorn will go with you, and they won't have any more share into my will. I will pass whatever assets that you possess, onto them.'

He loved Nichkhun and Sorn more. When he talked to them, he had a different spark in his eyes and over the years I'd ignored it, as I always thought that Chris treated them like his own, out of the goodness of his heart.

But that was never the case. My children, Lisa and Bambam were born out of greed for my money and for the Manoban family status. Nichkhun and Sorn were born out of love.

'This is unfair!' He seethed.

'You can tell that to my attorney.'

'You're a heartless bitch, Grace.'

Those were my husband's last words to me. He called me a heartless bitch when all these years I had been feeding his kids, children that had no blood relation to me. He'd lied to me time and time again, while enjoying the luxury that my family name offered him.