Chapter 7 Just a tip of the iceberg

7.

Author's POV

Bianca clenched her fists. She knew Samantha was deliberately getting under her skin. Looking at Samantha now, the difference between the lady she slapped and the lady standing here was clear. The cloth she wore was even pricier than hers. If she knew the tables would turn like this, she would have minded her business, but now that things have changed, she could only face it head on.

Nathan smiled and tried to touch Samantha, but she slapped his hand away. "Sam," he rubbed the back of his head. "You didn't tell me you were this rich. You told me your parents were-"

"In a remote village with no means of survival," she completed his statement, and he took in his bottom lip while giving her a nod. Samantha chuckled. "Yeah. I lied to you." she answered lazily, her eyes rolling.

"Why would you lie to me?" he asked, happy within himself that he had found something to use against her. If he could blackmail her emotionally for lying, then it was all going to be alright for him.

Samantha saw right through him and scoffed. "Did you think my parents were ready to accept you as their son-in-law?" she asked, her expression turning into a serious one. "I forsook my family to be with you, Nathan. I loved you so much and left everything behind just to get married to you behind their backs and without their blessings. So, I was practically with nothing then. I had the chance to return to my father when your family started mistreating me, but I didn't because I loved you," she snickered at how foolish she had been. "I even begged you not to divorce me because to me, you were my only happiness. I endured everything your mother and brother did to me because of you, but you brought in another lady and chased me out despite my pleas. You thought I was going to suffer, right? News Flash: I'm the main event." she chuckled at how stupid he was.

Nathan realized he was the one who was actually at loss now. If he had treated her well, she would have looked for a way to help him.

"Sam," he called softly, but she didn't give him any response. "I'm sorry. I had no idea you were hurt by everything I and my family did to-"

"Hush!" she silenced him. "I am not a robot without emotions. You're saying all these now because you lost."

"I haven't lost anything. You haven't signed your own part on the divorce papers. There is still something we can do."

"Nathan!" Bianca snapped at him, but he gave her a reassuring look.

Samantha looked at the file in her hand. "I already signed the divorce papers, Nathan," she slapped the document on his chest and he grabbed it. He quickly brought the documents out and gasped as he saw her signature neatly placed on its spot.

Nathan couldn't believe she actually signed the papers. He thought she loved him so much and wouldn't sign it yet; he thought she was going to wait for him to take her back. How on earth did this happen? He glanced at her, his expression changing. "Samantha, I didn't expect you to sign it so soon."

"Why not? Do you want me to waste time so you can come back with an excuse later that it was a prank?" she huffed. "Even if all the things you did to me were a prank, the slap your bitchy girlfriend gave me and how she made her men rough handle me and throw me out of the house was not a prank," she threw a glare Bianca's way, making a mental note to deal with her later.

Nathan tried to explain, but she raised her hand to stop him.

"I hope you have a nice life, ex-husband." With that said, she didn't say anything else to him and walked away, leaving him to ponder on all she had told him.

Bianca looked at him, and as if sensing his discomfort, she wrapped her hand around his arm. "Stop worrying about what she said, Nath. You can count on my father's company. I'll be announced as the CEO soon, and I will definitely make sure I bring your company back to life." she assured him with a smile, but Nathan's mind was occupied with something else.

How was it that he lived with Samantha for three years and wasn't able to even get a whiff of her true background? He was blinded by his company loss that he took out his frustration on her and blamed her for everything even though he knew that it wasn't her fault.

He didn't even care to ask about her background or anything. He felt she was worthless since she told her parents lived in a remote area.

That moment, he realized what he had just lost.

"Shit!" he exclaimed as he looked at Samantha, who stood elegantly speaking with some businessmen and smiling brightly. He hadn't seen her smile so brightly before. He had ruined her life and taken her smile in their marriage.

He recalled how she would work late into the night and still come home to take care of the family before going to bed, only to wake up very early the next morning for another work. He saw her struggling with her health numerous times and turned blind eyes to it, but she never complained.

Despite the stress, she would always welcome him back from work with a smile, but he would yell at her to stay away from him and complain about things she hadn't done. He had been mean, and it seemed his actions were coming back to haunt him.

"Nath!" Bianca shook him, and he turned to look at her. "What are you thinking about, huh? Forget about Samantha. She's gone, so let her be. Forget about her money as well. I already said I was going to revive your company." she whined.

Nathan sighed. "Let's get out of here." he didn't wait for Bianca to say anything else before walking out while she rushed after him.

Samantha saw them walking out and smirked. This was just a tip of the iceberg. She hadn't even started yet.