A painful regretUpdated at Jun 14, 2024, 12:29
Introduction:Rachel Smith had spent her life providing food on the table for her family before she met Ryan.She met Ryan at the company where she was working as a chef. She met him while she wanted to ask for advance payment from Ryan's father, the CEO of FL Company.Immediately Nathan and Rachel eyes met for the first time, they were struck by an undeniable sense of attraction, a love at first sight.The office was silent until the father broke the silence. Rachel requested for an advance payment and it was granted.Rachel went back to the kitchen, but Ryan surprisingly appeared to her and they exchanged numbers.Years later, they got married legally.For years, Rachel was unable to give birth. Ryan's father set a requirement for the inheritance of his company among his three sons. The future heir must have a male child. As the eldest son, Ryan found himself in a challenging position.Inciting Incident : Rachel and Ryan planned to have a child through surrogacy. Ryan deceived Rachel into going on a trip.Rachel traveled, and while she was enjoying her trip, she heard that her sister, Ariana would be getting married in two weeks time. Even when she knew that as at that time she left the country, her sister doesn't have a boyfriend, but she never asked about who she was getting married to. She insisted that she would come over to prepare for the wedding ceremony, her family and her husband insisted.Two weeks later, she decided to surprise them and show up at the wedding. So she got an expensive watch as a wedding gift for her sister. She came to the country without informing any of her family members because she wanted to surprise them. But when she arrived she saw her husband, Ryan Anderson getting married to her sister, Ariana. Her family were present and Ryan's father was present too.She was shocked, Ryan ordered the security to send her out, which they did. She waited till it ended, people leaving the hall were sympathizing with her, and she went in to meet her family inside the hall.They told her to accept her fate that Ariana is pregnant because they want Ryan to inherit the company. Ryan told her to sign the divorce paper that his lawyer would be giving her. After they left, Ryan's grandfather said they told him that she was aware about marrying Ariana, that he doesn't know she wasn't aware of it, he blamed himself for causing it, if not for the conditions he set for them, Ryan wouldn't have gone this far.Rachel cried all through and to ease her pain, she decided to go to a bar to drink. She went to the bar and drank alcohol. She got up in the morning, she found herself in a hotel, the bar was attached to a hotel.And she realized she had a one-night stand with a stranger.Unknown to her, the stranger knew her very well. The stranger is Nathan Robinson, the CEO of Creamies company. The competitive rival and enemy of FL company. She was scared and she felt she was trapped.Nathan Robinson asked questions from her about how FL company operates and information about Nathan. She insisted at first, later she really wanted to exact his revenge on Nathan, and she went to meet him at his office to tell him everything in detail.Weeks later, she realized that she was pregnant, she was very happy, she informed Nathan, and they got married.Ariana gave birth to a girl.Rising Action:Months later, Rachel gave birth.She was really happy and she really wanted to give her son everything but here's Nathan, who insisted that she must work as his personal assistant. At first Rachel insisted because she didn't want to leave her day- old child alone, but after pressure from Nathan, she had no choice but to accept.On Rachel's first day at work, Nathan approached her with a proposition to join forces in seeking revenge against Ryan for past transgressions. However, Rachel refused the offer, explaining that she had already found happiness in her current life with her husband and child. She made it clear to Nathan that she had no interest in pursuing revenge or dwelling on past events.Rachel emphasized that her priorities had shifted, and she was content with the life she had built for herself. She believed that seeking revenge would only disrupt the peace and happiness she had found, and she did not want to sacrifice that for the sake of a vendetta against Ryan. Nathan lied to her that he and Ryan were once friends and it was after he shared his business idea with Ryan, and Ryan went to discuss the idea with his father and they used to develop the company, they stopped talking.Rachel believed and they both decided to seek revenge.Nathan, recognizing that Rachel was Ryan's weakness, decided to exploit this knowledge for his own gain. He used Rachel as a tool to undermine Ryan's confidence and performance, knowing that Ryan would be unable to focus on his tasks whenever Rachel was around. As part of his plan, Nathan made sure that Rachel was present during important business events