Chapter 43
Jenny glanced at Eduardo, he seemed to be busy, checking on things on his phone or probably browsing. She kept glancing at him for the upteenth time before finally calling his attention.
“Sweetheart” Jenny called. It sounds sweet to call Eduardo like that. She wants to call him like that henceforth and forever, her sweetheart.
“Mm… mm” Eduardo grunted and raised his head to look at her. His face was expressionless. He saw her eyes brightened and full of humour. It was contagious and he smiled too.
” Thank you” Jenny blurted those two words. Her eyes were teary but it was that of excitement. She doesn’t know how to repay him for his kindness.
” For what?” Eduardo asked. She is happy and the way she was being teary, it’s like her heart was filled with gratitude and she doesn’t know how to express it.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“For everything. For saving my mother and keeping her safe. I knew I accused you in the past…” she was saying and her voice was becoming choked when Eduardo simply placed his long slim finger on her lips.
“It’s enough. You are my wife. Should you be thanking me for anything?” Eduardo asked. Without waiting for her to answer, he pulled her to himself, an act that Jenny willingly agreed with.
Emma was more than excited. She was going to be Rodrigo’s woman finally. This was a dream come through. He had made the announcement himself that he was getting engaged with her.
Ella couldn’t hide her satisfaction as she shared in her daughter’s joy. Now, things were going to fall into place for them. That poor brat Should never have messed up with her and her daughter. She’s nobody to share Rodrigo with her daughter Emma.
Anyways, she was going to meet Lola as they agreed. She told her daughter she was going to see her future mother inlaw and Ella said Okay.
Lola was already waiting in the private room she paid for. Ella would arrive soon and tell her how she did everything so complicated and Rodrigo didn’t sense anything wrong.
Rodrigo had always been a smart guy. Her fears had been that he would discover a loophole and investigate. But he didn’t, rather he went to the extreme, doing terrible things to hurt the innocent girl.
All she wanted was to separate her from Rodrigo. But what she was going through at the time and what her family had lost was not part of her idea.
She didn’t sign to that. Someone cannot suffer so innocently and her family share in such suffering and torture and yet the the accused was innocent.
It wasn’t quite long, Ella walked in dressed gorgeously and shut the door behind them. She took her seat opposite Lola and the two women smiled at each other.
Lola poured Ella a drink and poured herself too. They cheered together and drank their juice. The look of happiness in Ella’s face was understood by Lola: Rodrigo was getting engaged to her daughter.
” Tell me how you did it?” Lola went straight. She has been waiting to know about how it all was planned. She wants to know if murdering Ambrose Kelvin was also real and part of their plot.
“Nothing special. We had someone mastermind the whole thing and it appears real” Ella said, skipping the part of her family’s kidnap.
She knows the likes of Lola. She would frown. What she wanted was getting her daughter in front of Rodrigo and ensuring only her matters to him. Whatever Lola thinks was her sole business.
“So simple? What about Ambrose Kelvin’s death?” Lola asked and Ella said, he was not dead but will be out of reach for the time being.
She would not mention that he was out of the country already. That information was not necessary.
Lola sighed. That means Camilla will not stay long in jail. Once Ambrose Kelvin comes out of hiding, Camilla will be free.
The two women drank happily. No harm done. The few days Camilla has to stay in jail is to teach her a lesson not to drag position and privileges with the rich and classic people.
Rodrigo is beyond her. She doesn’t fit into his class. She should take her miserable self to someone of her class and status.
Lola remembered something Vital, and asked “what about the documents she took, where are they?” that documents are more important than the union of Rodrigo with Emma.
“I will give them to you tomorrow or after the engagement if I don’t get to see you tomorrow. They are with me” Ella said and Lola gave her a thumbs up.
They drank to the future of being in-law’s forever. They were happy and Lola soon declared she was leaving. Taking her bag she asked ” did Camilla really had an abortion?”
She knew her son tortures that girl a lot. She might be pregnant with her grand child then. But Ella waved it off. “There is no pregnancy and no abortion either. All was part of the plot”
If Lola knows that Camilla was indeed pregnant, the woman might blow off all they’ve laboured for. She wasn’t going to give her the chance to do so.
That night Camilla felt troubled in her dreams. She saw Rodrigo walking down the aisle with Emma. Then suddenly it was Felix Freeman and Emma. Her dreams were getting interwoven and she saw Rodrigo sliding a ring through Emma’s finger when she woke up with a start.
Jared remained in the hospital. He saw and heard the news of Rodrigo’s engagement to Emma Martins. Both he and his mother just watched on and couldn’t do anything about it.
Sara had gone to jail twice and Requested to see Camilla but she was denied that right. She was told Camilla’s atrocities were so grave that she was not going to be allowed to see anyone.
Sara cried, explained, pleaded but not worked. It was only when her sobbing was much that she was told to go and plead with Rodrigo Campbell, the richest young dude in the country.
Sara didn’t dare. She then knew that Rodrigo had forbidden anyone from seeing Camilla. She returned and told Jared and the latter said she shouldn’t.
If she does, Rodrigo would have her killed. She should wait until he has become fine, he would try and get a lawyer who would help them plead not guilty.
Jared said if Rodrigo could do this to him, it is certain he would instruct his bodyguards to shoot a bullet through her skull.
That way he folded their arms and waited for the day when the engagement would be done. What can they do, they are poor and cannot withstand such a ruthless man like Rodrigo.
The day of the engagement was the worst day for Rodrigo. He woke up late and got ready to go to work. He had no rest for days.
He had done terrible things to Camilla and her family but he was feeling more hurt than when he heard the news of her abortion. Why was he feeling so terrible?
Whatever it is, he must ensure that he tortured her. The engagement was so to hurt her. It never came from his mind, even if he never was going to be happy with Emma, he was going ahead with her.
This was never part of his plan. He never thought a day would come without Camilla by his side. But she pushed him to this point and he would deal with her as much as she’s done to him.
She’s made him not to believe in love again. Surely she would pay for breaking his trust to her. She would pay and live in regrets for the rest of her life.
The engagement took place that evening. It was going to go live on various Television stations and all the social media. Even if he doesn’t want to make it so lousy and publicised, what Camilla had done had really created interest in all that he does.
But he would ensure Camilla got the photos that evening. She would sleep that night with pain in her heart and would wIe up with tears in her eyes.
Rodrigo couldn’t do anything that whole day besides smoking heavily and drinking in the office. Joel didn’t say anything to him about Camilla since the first night they argued about it.
He saw him and shook his head. How can someone torture himself so much simply because he is trying to hurt someone? He knew this was done to get revenge on Camilla.
He wanted to see Camilla and ask her what happened but Rodrigo had bribed the warders and the magistrate to place such a restraining order on seeing her.
There’s nothing anyone can do about it. He returned but asked that they deliver his message to her. Those warders just shrugged and he knew they wouldn’t.
After doing such terrible things, he was suffering himself. He doesn’t understand how some people actually behave. But he won’t say anything again except when his opinion was asked.
Ella has dressed her daughter up in a beautiful, latest designer gown. The dress was made by the best fashion designer in Spain.
It was actually imported and it costs millions of dollars. She would give it whatever it takes, this was her daughter’s engagement to the richest and most handsome dude in City A.
Emma wore gold, pure gold jewellery. The highest carat of gold, made by a best jewellery Company and that is the only made of such jewellery.
She must look special and sophisticated. She can’t afford to appear with anything less than the best and most expensive.
Her make up was done by a makeup artist and she looked so beautiful and glamorous. She was going to be engaged to Rodrigo and she hopes he chose her as his soulmate from deep down his heart.
As she got into the car with her parents, her father asked “I have been having this uncomfortable feeling since this whole incident happened between Rodrigo and Camilla Dickson.
Do you by chance have anything to do with all that happened to her?” Martin was worried. Why the sudden decision of Rodrigo to be engaged to Emma?
He rejected her and said he loved that girl alone. But now that things suddenly went sour between them, he came back to Emma and wants to be engaged to her.
Was he using Emma to get back at Camilla? Was it a game of revenge or he truly was interested in his daughter now? Everything seemed unclear to him. But he needed to be sure his daughter had no hands in all that happened to Camilla.
“How can you ask Emma such a question , Martin’s? Emma is a pure inside heart and has never done anything bad in her life. Don’t you even trust your own daughter anymore!” Ella defended.
Martins shrugged and said “I hope so”. Emma said nothing. Her Mother had spoken in her defence. She wouldn’t have been able to stay in self defence than her mother had done.
Rodrigo was the last to arrive at the venue. Lola was already feeling worried. She was scared that Rodrigo would suddenly change his mind and not show up.
Joel was his assistant and definitely needed to be with him. He knew if it wasn’t for Rodrigo’s high tolerance for alcohol, he would have been staggering already.
But he still looked fine and compost. As he alighted from the car, Joel said ” You can still change your mind Rodrigo, if you know this is hurting you” he didn’t say anything else.
Rodrigo gave him a sterning glance and hissed. He suddenly became the focus of cameras and spotlight. Suddenly he remembered there was no ring.
“Get me a ring as fast as possible” he whispered to Joel and the latter cannot contain the excitement in him.
He was getting engaged and had no ring? Engagement without a ring, how amusing. But he tried his best not to laugh out loud. He actually remembered but didn’t bother to ask him if he already had the ring.
” I’m sorry Rodrigo but I have a running stomach, I need to go to the nearest restroom” Joel said and walked away. They went and stood far behind and watched the show of Revenge that Rodrigo had put up that he called an engagement party.
Since there was no one to get him the ring, Rodrigo went ahead. It doesn’t matter. They would get engaged like that. That fellow Joel was being deliberate, he was not having a running stomach.
Each step of Rodrigo was being captured. He looked expressionless and looked around as he walked the red carpet to Meet Emma on the other end.
When he reached her, he smiled and took her hand, her fingers intertwining with his. He was being deliberate, he knew he was going to send a copy of those photos to Camilla. So he made it appear as real as possible.
Everyone was clapping and cheering them up. They were saying they look good together…