Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
Feeling bad, Alice gave Elisa a hug and consoled her, ” Elisa, you should stop yearning for him since
Zachary’s married. He’s not the only good man on earth. You’ll find better men once you let go of him.
“You’re a great girl to me, Elisa. Don’t beat yourself up just because Zachary doesn’t like you. Take my advice. Forget Zachary. Your brother and I will find you a good man who is better suited for you and yours alone.
“I promise you will live happier than Zachary. It might not be all sunshine and roses for the woman to marry a stoic man like Zachary. Think about it. Who would want to be with an aloof man?”
Elisa bit her lips, refusing to shed tears.
Worried Elisa might draw blood from the furious biting, Alice ran her mouth about her husband. “Clive is an *sshole for making me a meanie bright early in the morning. Don’t do that, Elisa. You’ll only hurt yourself.
“Cry it out if you’re feeling sad. Cry it all out. I’m not an outsider. You’ll feel better after crying.
“How about I take you shopping? We’ll buy anything and everything you want. Why don’t you look for a fun time with your friends?”
Elisa lifted her arm to rub her eyes and loosened the bite on her bottom lip. She tried to curl her lips, but her smile was uglier than her crying face.
She said, “I’m fine, Alice. I already knew. I knew when I saw the wedding ring on Zachary’s finger the other day.
“You’re right. There are so many good men under the sun. Zachary’s not the only one. He doesn’t have to be the one for me. I don’t want to love him anymore
since he belongs to another. That’s good. I can finally get over him.”
Elisa went to her brother and cried in his arms when she saw Zachary wearing the ring for the first time.
Now, there were no more tears to shed.
There was no use bawling over it anyway.
She would cry for days on end if crying could make Zachary single.
“Are you really not going to cry, Elisa? You’ll feel better after letting it all out.”
Elisa stared at her sister-in-law, caught in between
tears and laughter. “Do you really want to see me cry, Alice?”
“I don’t want you to bottle up your feelings. It would make you feel better after releasing your pent-up emotions.”
“I have already cried for him.”
Elisa took her sister-in-law’s phone once more and was fixated on the photo for a long time before saying, “I wonder who was able to steal Zachary’s heart and get him to marry her. I think the woman must be someone gorgeous and caring.”
It took tender-heartedness to overcome callousness.
“I have a fiery temper. Plus, I’m willful. No wonder Zachary doesn’t like me.”
“No, Elisa. You’re a nice girl. I admire your character. It’s just not meant to be as Zachary doesn’t reciprocate your feelings. It’s okay. Your Mr. Right must be out there somewhere, waiting for you. He’ll soon find his way to you once you take your eyes away from Zachary.”
Elisa burst into laughter.
“Alice, you don’t have to rack your brains to find the
words to comfort me. My world would come
crumbling down if today was the day I found out
Zachary is married, but I discovered this earlier. I had not harassed him and stopped thinking about him for a while.
“Although I have not let him go completely, I have my pride. I can get over him now that he has a wife. I won’t take what’s not mine.
“He would be a man who can’t keep it in his pants and is disloyal to his marriage if he strayed away from his wife. I wouldn’t want to love a man like that.”
With Elisa laughing, Alice felt a little relieved. Alice reached out and lovingly ran her fingers down Elisa’s hair while uttering, “Do you know what I like most about you, Elisa? You’re a little willful and fiery, but you’re right-minded.”
“That’s what I admire the most about you, unlike some people who don’t care if others are married. They find someone they fancy and come in between the marriage of others under the pretext of finding true love. Those people disgust me the most.”
Alice was speaking from the heart.
She embraced Elisa as her in-laws would because her sister–in–law had good qualities.
Alice would not even bother if Elisa was not a decent person.
“I’m fine, Alice. Go and catch up on sleep. Tell my brother not to worry about me. It’s not like 1 can never find a man.”
“Alright. I’m heading back to my room. Do you want to go back to sleep?”
“Nah. I’ll go to spend some good time with Serenity later. That reminds me, the pastry chef made some great desserts yesterday. Is there any left? I want to bring some to Serenity and Jasmine. They have a thing for desserts.”
These girls were just like her sister–in-law.
Previously, Elisa’s family did not have a personal pastry chef as their chef could take on the dual role. Since Elisa welcomed her sister–in–law into the family, her brother had hired a pastry chef to create all kinds of sweet delicacies for her sister–in–law.
Alice said with a smile, “I thought the food was delicious too, so I told the pastry chef to bake some today. You can head downstairs and check. The pastries should be hot out of the oven. Bring a few boxes to Serenity. You can deliver the desserts to her every day if she likes them.”
Knowing that Serenity may possibly be her husband’s cousin, Alice already had a good feeling about Serenity before even meeting her.
“She likes them for sure.”
The mention of Serenity and Jasmine sparked joy in Elisa’s speech. Since the girls were foodies, it was no wonder they became best friends.
They shared the same qualities.
After changing the subject, Elisa seemed to have put Zachary’s marriage behind her. Only then, Alice was comfortable returning to her room.
Clive was waiting for his wife’s return in the bedroom.
“How’s Elisa?”
“She’s stronger than we think, probably because she already knew. But you had to make me go to her first thing in the morning. It really put her down. You should be the bad guy next time. I don’t want to do it again.”