Chapter 35; Andrea has a wife
“Thank you so much miss, I don’t know what I’d have done if you hadn’t rescued me” Brianna mumbled, feeling embarrassed.
“Make sure you’re very careful next time and try to avoid her path” She advised and Brianna nodded.
“Do you know you’ve been trending for the past few hours?”
“Me? Why?” Isabelle demanded, clearly surprised.
“You’re trending because someone dug out the price of your accessories for the award show. It costs lots of millions, you looked too beautiful yesterday and I wouldn’t be surprised if your trend for a while week, reporters are very terrible, they used your dress in shaming Lilian and that explains why she’s very angry” Chris disclosed.
“The movie belongs to Thomas, why is she a part of it?”
“The director recommended her and we hate to have her but we have no choice, we are planning on cutting her scenes” Chris disclosed and Lettice walked inside.
“There you are! What the hell is wrong with you?! Why would you step on Lilian’s dress?” Lettice ranted, making Brianna bow her head with remorse.
“I got it settled and that’s all that counts”
“Stay out of it Isabelle. If Isabelle wasn’t smart enough don’t you think she would make you work directly under her just to get her money back? Good thing is that it’s all over the news and lots of fans are in support of you, do you have a social media account?”
“No.. i.. I don’t have a phone” Brianna muttered and Isabelle held her hand.
“Let’s go get a phone” She announced and Brianna shook her head with disbelief.
“No… miss, you’ve done more than enough.. thank you so much” She protested and Isabelle burst into laughter, dragging her towards the car.
Alessandro drove to a phone slot and within minutes, Isabelle took one of the latest models of Samsung.
Brianna stared at the price and covered her mouth before slumping on the ground with shock.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
Brianna opened her eyes slowly and was amazed to see herself in Isabelle’s car, she inhaled deeply, feeling ecstatic that she was riding an exotic car.
Isabelle noticed her smiling and waved a hand over her face.
“Are you awake?”
“Yes miss, thank you very much, I’m sorry for passing out” She apologized and Isabelle burst into laughter.
“Don’t be, passing out isn’t a problem but don’t do that again please” Isabelle pleaded as they went to get a SIM card.
Brianna felt thrilled, getting a phone was like a dream come through and her smile dampened when she thought of what her parents would do.
They headed back to the set with Isabelle trying to make an account for her and Alessandro telling them a story.
Everybody stared at her with envy as they stepped inside.
Aurora, who had been waiting for Isabelle, was furious and she didn’t hesitate to show it.
“Where the fuck have you been?! What are you doing with this scum?” Aurora questioned, pointing at Brianna rudely.
“Don’t call her that, she’s a new friend of mine”
“Do I need to remind you that she’s very poor, dirty and below our standards? We can’t be seen making friends with this type of thing” Aurora lashed and when Isabelle was about to say a piece of her mind, Brianna stopped her.
“Thank you so much miss, I’ll leave for now. Please don’t fight because of me” Brianna pleaded and left.
“Why would you do such a thing?” Isabelle scolded and Aurora hissed.
“Have you forgotten that you’re a big time actress too? Can’t you learn from Lilian? Does she associate herself with riffraffs or trends for the wrong reasons?” Aurora fired and Isabelle walked out angrily.
Chris followed her, he had so much to talk about and decided now was the best time to start, he tried to get Alessandro to leave but his words fell on deaf ears.
“Isabelle you should try to calm down, you guys can settle this amicably. I’ve been wanting to tell you a few things… Excuse me” He muttered and sluggishly picked his ringing phone.
He conversed for a while and informed Isabelle that it was urgent and he had to leave, he left after apologizing.
“I hate him so much!” Alessandro muttered and she chuckled.
“You are always getting jealous, why?”
“Why wouldn’t I get jealous when I have the most beautiful woman in the world as my girlfriend. You’re every guy’s dream” He disclosed, taking her hand and she pulled it back.
“This is public, everyone is walking around with cameras. I don’t wanna trend again” She headed to the toilet.
“If you don’t do as I say… I’ll tell Isabelle about your wife. Don’t try to act smart with me you shameless fool, you were married all these while and only wanted Isabelle for her properties” She heard a voice whisper to another in the toilet.
She stood transfixed on the spot, weak in the knees at the revelation that Andrea was married, she touched her face, trying to stop hallucinating and was surprised to see Aurora coming out of the toilet.
Aurora looked shocked at first but concealed it with a smile.
“What’s wrong? How long have you been here?”
“I just got here, I came to apologize for the fight we had” Isabelle replied, taken aback by Aurora’s actions.
“It’s alright dear, I’m also sorry” She replied, hugging her and walking out.
Isabelle held the door for support, her legs wobbled and she tried to think of why Aurora would hide such a thing from her.
She didn’t know when tears started falling from her eyes, damn! How she hated her father and Andrea so much now.
If I had been forced to marry him then, what would have happened to me? She thought.
From the looks of things, it was evident that his marriage was a secret one and only a few people knew.
Alessandro knocked on the door and she cleaned her tears quickly then dashed out.
He stared at her closely and noted something was amiss.
“Are you okay? You don’t look too well” He suggested.
“I’m fine, I wanna get my scripts and head to the house” She replied and hurriedly left.
They got to the house and he followed her inside. She shrugged when the maid told her that the president would be gone for 2 days.
With a deep sigh, she bowed her head and began sobbing.
Alessandro was shocked at first but bent and held her hands, she sobbed heavily and he wondered why.
“What’s wrong, please tell me… Isabelle you can trust me with anything… Please just tell me” He pleaded and she shook her head.
He wiped her tears, cupped her face while staring at her eyes and placed a light kiss on her lips.
“It’s all going to be fine, you can trust me with anything…” He comforted and kissed her again.
“Bravo!” This is so nice” Andrea clapped, walking inside. They jolted with shock and Isabelle stood up defensively.
“What are you doing here?”
“Your dad is away for 2 days and he has asked me to come watch you, I’m sure he didn’t trust you that’s why… You’re betrothed to me and you run around kissing different guys, you’re such a cheap slut…” He spat out and she slapped him immediately.
“Just shut the hell up! Look at who’s throwing stones at a glass castle, do you think I’m stupid and I don’t know of your plans also?”
“What plans Isabelle?! The only plans I have are those of getting married to a slut like you!” He yelled and she chuckled, venom dripping in her voice.
“You lying son of a bitch! You’re married already and all you wanna do is get married to me for properties” She yelled and Andrea’s face turned pale, he looked shocked then regained his old posture.
“Who told you such an absurd thing? Is it this fool?” He retorted, pointing at Alessandro.
“Call him a fool again and I’ll give you another slap. If you don’t want the whole world to know about your secret marriage, it’s best you back down from the betrothal”
“What secret marriage? I’m not married. How would a respected public figure have a secret wife?” He denied and she laughed sarcastically.
“You don’t have a secret wife, you never saw us doing anything and you’re no longer interested in marrying me, deal right?” She stretched her hand to shake him and he refused.
“What do you see in this lowlife? I’m promising you a better future, a future that’s filled with money, fame and a great career. Would you throw all that away because of this guard?” Andrea demanded softly and Alessandro fisted his hand, resisting the urge to punch him.
“I’d rather have him than have all that with you who’s married already, what hope do I have that you wouldn’t abandon me somewhere and get another wife after me?” She demanded.
“Isabelle, I’m doing all these just because I love you. We could become the best couples, you would get a career boost from me and wouldn’t have to worry about Lilian or any bully, I’m offering a once in a lifetime opportunity that lots of girls would kill just to have half of it”
“You said lord of girls not Isabelle. Read my lips, I’m not interested in marrying you and I’ll never marry you”
“You know your father would almost kill you if he finds out about the little secret affair you have with this guard?”
“You should also know that you would be in big soup if I decide to talk to the media about your wife. She must be really dumb, what stupid woman would get married to a terrible monster like you?” She retorted and hissed.