Balotelli-Bale Series Book #4: THE OTHER MAN PART 1

Chapter 22: Jealous wife

"...Jealousy is the ugliest trait..."

Margaux's POV
Keira is a threat to me.

In the four years Nick and I have been together, he has never paid attention to another woman. There have been incidents of flirting but never anything like this. He's bringing her to family gatherings! He doesn't bring me to any family gatherings. He is adamant about a divorce. I have also found out that he will sue for full custody of our daughter. Keira is replacing me and that makes her a threat. She has to go.

I hate her! I hate her stupid blue doe eyes! I have the strongest urge to gorge them out! I want to scar her skin and leave her flawed and hideous so that Nickolas won't even look at her anymore!

I will not feel small or insignificant next to her.

As much as my marriage with Nick was on the rocks, I am determined to make sure it's end won't come as a result of that damn little girl he is cozying up with. It will end on my terms! I warned her and now she's fair game. It's not my fault she was stupid enough not to listen!

There is no love between Nickolas and I. There has never been any love to start with. I came into his life when he was heart broken and it was easy to manipulate my way to fit exactly where I was supposed to. It was hot and it was fun until I got pregnant. I didn't want the baby. I realized he did and it was even easier to leverage a marriage out of him. He married me to save face. He didn't want his baby to be born outside marriage.

It got complicated on my end because I was involved with another man at the time. That is the man I was supposed to marry. Nick happened to come into the picture because I messed up with the Mafia. The man I'm supposed to marry is a French billionaire who doesn't give a crap about the marriage. I don't either. Ours will just be on paper because there are terms to his inheritance. He must marry and father a child before he gets his inheritance.

Nick doesn't know about him. I feel that if Nick paid more attention to me, he would know about Theo Sinclair.

After I got word that Nick was in Santorini with her, I didn't hesitate to follow them. I am grateful for the gossiping session between Nick's housekeeper and chauffeur. They are not my biggest fans and they are obviously excited that Nick is divorcing me and getting together with Keira. But as they gushed about my divorce they let it slip that he is romancing her in Santorini. He brought her to Athena's wedding! Naturally, I have followed them.

Nick has a Villa in Santorini. It's just at the edge of a cliff, facing the sea. This is the first place I have come to. He is having an affair and he won't take her to a hotel. This villa has to be part of my alimony. I want it. But a pest has to be exterminated before it can feel like it is mine once more.

I hid myself in the garden when I got here. It's a cold morning. It's even raining and I'm stuck out here watching the house like a deranged woman! This situation is making me crazier than I usually am. As soon as Nick left, I decided to make my move.

How will I get rid of her? Stab her? Choke her? Drown her? Hit her in the head? Slit her throat? How? I just want her dead. I made my way around the house, trying to find her by looking through every other window. I hope she's alone.

I felt relieved when I realized I won't have to wait long. She is outside the house. She looks like she's about to sing and all the birds and butterflies will stalk after her and sing along! The way she is walking in the rain smiling like the universe belongs to her is irritating me.

I clenched my fists emerging from the bushes and trailing her towards the wooden deck that is at the edge of the cliff. I think I know how to end her. She won't survive the fall or even the rough cliff that slopes into the sea.