My father didn't take a second to hit me in the face and make me feel a strong burning on my cheek "Enough, respect your sister!" he shouted.
I placed a hand on my cheek as I groaned.
My father let out a sigh and turned to Sarah and looked at her. "You're fucking your sister's fiancé?"
"Yes, for a year now. And we're getting married soon" she said, taking Adam's hand in hers.
"Shut up, how can you say that? You'll ruin the family by marrying your sister's fiancé!" announced my father.
"Yes we are getting married. Besides, I'm pregnant by him," she added with a huge smile on her face as she caressed her belly.
As soon as I heard those words, my whole world seemed to spin. I lost my strength, and I staggered. If it wasn't for a guard holding me up, I would have fallen to the ground.
However, when I looked down, my eyes fell on my engagement ring.
Without hesitation, a smile tugged at my lips and I was thrown off balance as the men carried me out of the room.
How could I have been so stupid, my fiancé and my sister? This had to be a joke.
***
That morning I woke up feeling terrible. The wedding to Adam was off; my life and happy ending were just a complete lie. I was left alone and without a place to live; now it was just me, in a cheap hotel room with a lot of hatred built up.
The only thing I had now was my job and my promotion. The reality is that I am an employee of the Delaware Group, the most acclaimed company in the real estate world.
Unfortunately, my father, a bastard who hated me more and more every day, was the director and owner of the company.
Without thinking about it, I showered and put on a semi-transparent dress with an open back; Adam hadn't bothered to send my things to the hotel. Luckily I had stashed a dress at a friend's flat.
I looked down as I walked through the corridors of the company.
"Oh my gosh, have you seen him yet? Her fiancé cheated on her with her older sister".
"They say that now he and her sister will get married on the same date and in the same hall".
"Has this girl no shame, to come here after such a scandal?"
There were murmurs all along the corridor, but I still gritted my teeth and continued walking towards my cubicle. I could feel every employee's gaze on me, but I pretended not to notice and kept my expression calm.
"Sofia, to the boardroom, now" I suddenly heard Adam's voice.
That cheating bastard stood there with his suit pressed and his face triumphant.
Immediately, the gaze of the employees fell on us. With a sigh, I take a step and walk towards the boardroom.
Adam enters and closes the door behind me as he walks to his desk.
I looked up at him feeling the anger run through my entire body. I hated working with this idiot "What do you want?" I asked coldly.
He looked at me surprised by my reaction; however, his posture remained straight. His gaze swept over my body before settling on my face.
"Where did you spend the night, where did you get that dress? All your clothes are in my apartment," he added.
I looked at him in silence for a few minutes, while a cold expression came over my face.
"It's none of your business" I said without encouragement.
He remained silent as he seemed to frown in anger "Where am I going to send your things?"
In fact, I had nowhere to stay. After all, my father wouldn't accept me in his house, so I arched an eyebrow and kept silent.
Seeing my calm expression, Adam took a step towards me, but I backed away.
"You can stay in my old flat. Until you find a place" he said.
His words left me completely dumbfounded "What, you really care about me now? After fucking my sister and getting her pregnant?" I said mockingly.
"This is your fault!" he said with an annoyed tone.
Hearing that, a sneer came to my lips "This has got to be a joke".
"Sofia, you refused to have sex with me! I have needs as a man!" He tried to argue.
I felt a stabbing pain in my chest as if a dagger was plunging in. The reality was that Adam and I had never had sex. We always got to touching, but we never went beyond that, after all, we had made a promise to wait until our wedding night.
"You proposed! You agreed to wait yourself!" I said angrily.
He gave a derisive laugh as he shook his head, "You weren't even able to convince your father to sell me the shares of his company. You're useless!"
Just when I thought his words couldn't hurt any more, I was wrong.
"You came to me for that?" I said, hiding my pain.
"Fuck, Sofia, how can you be so stupid. This was just business. Until I found out you were the black sheep of your family. If I had known that, I would never have approached you. I would have gone straight to Sarah. She did manage to convince your father and I'm willing to do anything with her" he added, proud of what he was doing.
That just meant that my whole relationship with Adam had been a sham. How could I not see it? Would a businessman like Adam notice me?
Thinking about it, I swallowed my tears and straightened my body.
"Fuck, are you going to cry?" he asked mockingly.
At his words, a surge of anger came over me. I wanted to jump on him and punch his face, but I restrained myself "If you're done, I should go. You're not the boss of me and you're really wasting my time"
The reality was that Adam was buying the shares, so he would become my boss, which would be the beginning of hell for me. That bastard was going to fire me without hesitation.
"Maybe I'm not your boss, but your father is" he said mockingly "He planned a dinner and you're obliged to attend with Sarah" he added with that triumphant smile.
Without a word, he turned away and walked out of the boardroom.
***
My life had become hell in less than a day. I needed to find another job before Adam fired me and made me feel even more humiliated.
With that in mind, I left the building and went straight to my father's mansion, where he lived with Sarah and my stepmother.
I walked into the huge living room and saw my father sitting at the head of the table, next to his wife and Sarah, who was looking at me with a smile as my father held her hand.
The three of them looked at me as if nothing had happened.
"Oh, little one, we're glad you came. We have a lot to talk about," said Adeline, my father's wife.
Adeline, she was an elegant and beautiful woman. She was always my father's mistress, even when he married my mother. In fact, she was the cause of my mother and I having to leave the family.
"Talk? What could we talk about? It's all been said. Sarah was sleeping with my fiancé and now they're expecting a baby. They're getting married and that's it, that's all we need to know" I said with a smirk.
My words made Adeline and Sarah look down, but my father didn't miss the opportunity to growl in annoyance "Enough, Sofia! You should be more polite"
"Polite? How could I be polite to a bitch who ruined my mother and her daughter, who ruined my life?" he said mockingly.
Everyone was silent, but before they could speak, my father let out an annoyed snort.
With a superior grimace, I turned my gaze to my father and nodded "Father, it's all clear. What do you need me for? It is best that we keep the custom and I stay away as you have always wanted me to. I'll ignore them and keep my mouth shut. Can I go now?" I said.
"You can't go!" shouted my father, banging on the table.