THE BILLIONAIRE CRIPPLED WIFE

chapter 7&8

🌹THE BILLIONAIRE'S CRIPPLED 🌹

🥀WIFE🥀

{Love In Contract…}

Chapter 7💎8

🥀A CATASTROPHIC DINNER🥀

Ophelia sat on her wheelchair, facing the large mirror in her room as the people Richard had hired to get her ready, did her hair and makeup.

Even noises could be heard from downstairs and Ophelia assumed the men Richard called had begun working on the kitchen.

She was still in a bathrobe as she checked herself out in the mirror.

“This makeup is too basic. Are you guys really experienced in this field?”. Ophelia frowned into the mirror as she touched her face, but no reply came from the two ladies as they continued their business and she kept quiet, letting them finish up.

A makeup desk was before her with many makeup tools, and also creams and perfumes.

She kept staring at herself in the mirror as the servants did their duty.

“We're done. Now it's time for your dress”. One of them said and the one moved Ophelia into her dressing room.

“I love shiny red—

“You're crippled no one's going to notice you. Just wear whatever we give you”. One of the ladies hissed as she walked to pick the most basic of all the clothes in her dressing room.

It was a black short sleeve, pencil gown, looking all meek and boring and Ophelia's eyes widened at the clap back from the servants but she kept her mouth shut, as she watched the two servants roughly try to dress her up.

With one holding her to stand on her feet and the other(which was the one who was rude to her) forcing the cloth on her in a very harsh manner.

Ophelia watched as the servant forced the cloth on her, even when the cloth wasn't tight, it was easy to throw on, but the girl before her just chose to be chaotic as the force even scattered her already arranged hair.

Then suddenly as a result of the pressure the zip of the dress got spoiled and Ophelia in anger slapped the servant on her face and she fell straight to the floor in shock.

“You vile woman it's just a zip!!---

The second one holding her, made to shout but Ophelia turned to her and slapped her hard on the cheek also.

Then the second servant let go of her as she also fell to the ground, and Ophelia fell also, but she quickly crawled and got on her wheelchair then she picked up the ugly clothes and began using the zip side to slap the servants on the ground.

“You stupid workers!! You barge into my room and ruin my favorite dress?!! What kind of a trashy attitude is that?!!”. Ophelia screamed.

“Favorite dress?!! But you said you didn't like it?!!!”. The one who was rude to her shouted and Ophelia threw the whole cloth at her.

“You still have the guts to speak?!! Will you shut up?!!”. Ophelia sneered harshly and the two servants stood up with a scoff.

“Mind you, we're not normal staff, okay?!! Lady Angela sent us here to dress you up even though you stole her man!! Low class b*tch!!”. One of the servants hissed and both of them stormed out of the dressing room.

Ophelia paused for a second blinking profusely.

“Angela. Whose that?”. She mumbled.

Suddenly the door badged open roughly and Richard walked in, not saying anything, but his stern gaze did the talking as his eyes scanned through the scattered room.

And Ophelia picked up the black cloth from the floor to rub off her makeup.

“I need new makeup artists—

“No. You'll be going like this because just like the two girls earlier, I'm sure no one would want to work with you. Just wear whatever you feel like, pack your damn hair and meet me at the car in thirty minutes”. Richard muttered sternly before walking out of the room and Ophelia frowned.

“What did he expect to happen when he sent his lover's servant to dress me up? What if they were sent to cook for me, wouldn't they poison me? Does he hate me so much that he wants me to die in her hands?”. Ophelia sneered as she moved herself to one of the racks of clothes to pick from it.

Ophelia wheeled herself to where Richard's car was in the parking lot.

He was in it, busy with his tab as she moved beside it and began knocking for him to open up, but he completely ignored her as his driver was the one who alighted the car and helped her in, then he bundled her wheelchair and dropped it beside her.

He also got into the car later on and drove out of the mansion.

“Did you not see me knocking or you just chose to ignore me?”. Ophelia asked as she checked herself out in her pocket mirror and Richard turned his glances to her.

She was looking completely breathtaking and flashy, in a white long flare ball gown, her diamond necklace and also wedding ring shown alongside her dressing, her heels was a silver one and her hair, was curled gorgeously down to her waist length.

Richard for a second was taken aback by how gorgeous she looked, but he suddenly frowned.

“Did you get the wrong info? It's a family dinner. I never mentioned a dinner party. Even for a dinner party this is too much”. Richard stated and Ophelia only rolled eyes at him.

“I'll wear whatever I want to wear”. She muttered and Richard only frowned more.

“Even if you were supposed to go all out like the attention seeking b*tch you've always been, you should have stayed within the dress theme. Black!”. Richard uttered, pointing at the black suit he was putting on and Ophelia blinked puzzly.

“There's a dress theme? I didn't know–

“Yeah, keep pretending. You would have known if you hadn't sent those two staffs away—

“Well shut your mouth up!! It was my decision not to have them around, you big head!!”. Ophelia sneered loudly as she turned to her side of the window.

“And It's my body I wear whatever I want to wear”. Ophelia added and Richard sat glaring at her for some time before going back to his tab.

Soon the car stopped right in front of the magnificent mansion of the Diamonds and Ophelia stared out the window in gasps.

“We're here boss”. The driver announced and Richard began opening the door.

“First thing first. Don't you dare tell anyone we're married without my consent. So you just sit there and keep your pretty mouth shut”. Richard muttered before opening the door and storming away, straight into the big mansion and Ophelia's shocked gaze followed him.

“It's a family dinner where he doesn't get to introduce his wife? Oh so I'll go in there like some overdressed hungry begger? And weren't we supposed to go in together to save me some embarrassment? Isn't he taking all this secret wife stuff too far?”. Ophelia questioned nonstop as the Driver helped her out of the car, into her wheelchair.

Then he drove off to pack the car in the parking lot.

Ophelia on her electric wheelchair began moving into the mansion, through the path Richard had earlier taken.

There were luxurious cars packed strictly at some spots on her way in and wondered if it belonged to most of the guests.

“That means we arrived late”. Ophelia muttered.

Elegant lamp posts were everywhere in the mansion, even lights from the main mansion shone brightly on the path Ophelia took, there were water fountains of various designs and heights also.

Finally Ophelia walked into the mansion and the first thing she saw were servants dressed in black and white uniforms with white towels on their hands.

The moment they sighted her, one of them who stood by the door checked the invite list as they watched her go in with so much confidence.

“She might be the Mrs Richard, Sir Richard told us to wait for”. One of them muttered and the servants nodded as they shut the front door locked, since the person they were waiting for had already walked.

“Dinner party should be at the dining right?”. Ophelia muttered to herself as she looked around the whole huge living room, with two long spiral stairs in front of it.

“Do you need help going to the garden?”. A soft feminine voice asked from behind and Ophelia turned to face her, and blinked when she saw it was a little maid of about nineteen years, looking so mild as she asked the question.

The maid was wearing the servant's uniform but it only seemed to suit her best, the black shirt brought out her soft upper body shape, while the white flared skirt added to her cuteness, her back hair was packed in a ponytail, and she fidgeted shyly with her fingers.

“Do you know me? And why do I need to be in the garden?”. Ophelia asked and the girl smiled as she moved closer to whisper to her.

“I'm Irene. And who doesn't know you. Though yeah, the people in this mansion might not, the big lady doesn't permit anyone to use the internet”. Irene whispered with a beautiful smile as she went to stand behind Ophelia holding the back of her wheelchair.

“It's electric, it can move on its own. No need to push me”. Ophelia muttered and Irene nodded.

“The family dinner is being held at the garden. I'll take you there and by the way, you're the most beautiful person I've ever seen!!!---

“Ophelia?!”. A strong voice called from the stairs and Irene flinched as her smile faded, she instantly bowed as she ran off.

Ophelia glanced up at the stairs and smiled widely.

“Gerald?! My goodness you're back!”. She said loudly and Gerald who had a blunt in his hand as he smoked scoffed as he rushed down the stairs to meet her.

He was also dressed in a black suit like Richard, but his sleeve was rolled up, revealing the gangster tattoos in his strong veiny hands, the first three buttons of his shirt were undone revealing his scarred chest, his hair was half shaved in round cut giving him a Rogue look all together.

The gold watch in his wrist and chain on his neck could cost a billion in total.

In all Gerald though had the look of a tout, was also insanely handsome like the rest of his brothers.

“Woah! You're looking shiny tonight! The f**k are you doing here?”. Gerald questioned as he pulled in to hug her and Ophelia blinked puzzly.

“You don't look shocked to see me in a wheelchair?”. She asked and Gerald blinked as he continued smoking.

“What wheelchair? Wait--the s**t you're on a wheelchair?!! How?!!”. He gasped as walked round her to see if he was seeing properly and Ophelia frowned angrily as she picked up her white sparkling purse and hit him hard with it.

“You worthless drug addict!! So you didn't even notice it at first!?!”. Ophelia snapped as she hit him and he only grinned then he pointed the way for her and they began walking together.

“So how did the accident happen?”. Gerald asked as they made their way to the garden.

“I don't know. I just woke up and found out your brother's assistant almost sent me to death”. Ophelia muttered and Gerald nodded as he smoked from his blunt, while Ophelia turned to him with a frown and he blinked puzzly.

“You just nodded? Think it through! I feel this blunt keeps making your brain either pause or skip!”. Ophelia snapped and Gerald blinked for a second before widening his eyes in realization.

“Wait---you said my brother's assistant almost killed you? The f**k?!! Which one of them?”. He asked and Ophelia glared angrily as he continued walking in anger ignoring him.

“Come on Lia! Lia! I'm sorry, I'll listen more!!! I've dropped my blunt see?! Lia!”. Gerald shouted, throwing his blunt away as he ran after her.

The entire garden was just like the ones in TV shows and cartoons,with beautiful flowers and lots of lights from the flowery lamp posts placed at every angle of the garden.

A huge dinner table covered in a white linen cloth stood in the middle of the whole beautiful scenery, with fancy curtleries on it. No food had been served yet.

Gerald walked in with Ophelia, and all eyes turned to them, none of them had begun eating as they believed in eating together as family.

Many of the family members at the table were beyond stunned to see Ophelia, except Richard who was again busy on his phone.

Mrs Diamond sat at the elders seat in the middle, while her sons and their fiancé's sat at her two sides.

“Ophelia?”. Pascal, one of Richard's older brothers, gasped as he stared at her, and the moment she waved at him he waved back in shock.

“F**k?! You're still so beautiful! Where have you been all this while? You weren't picking your calls!!”. Gaston asked as he also turned to her and she glanced at Richard who still didn't spare her a glance.

“She wasn't picking mine too. I thought we had issues, but then I remembered, I'm not Richard”. Gerald said and the rest of the brothers chuckled as they glanced annoyingly at Richard who ignored each and every one of them.

They were still laughing loudly when a strong glare from Mrs Diamond met them and they all shut their mouths.

Gerald winked at Ophelia before going to sit right next to his fiancé Melanie who glared at her, they never liked each other.

Ophelia looked around for where to sit and she smiled seeing Richard had left a sit for her beside him.

‘He's not too bad after all’. Ophelia thought as she moved to go sir beside him.

“I saved that sit for someone. You can't arrive late and expect to sit right next to me”. Mrs Diamond's voice came and Ophelia noticed the empty seat beside Richard was also beside Mrs Diamond.

Which meant the seat was in between the both of them, then she looked around.

“But there aren't any more available seats left”. She said looking around.

“Well we didn't know you were attending. But it's a good thing you brought your own seat with you. A movable one at that”. Melanie said with a smile and the moment Gerald threw her a glare she rolled eyes.

“Since you're so popular amongst all my sons, why not beg one of them to go get you a seat, but I prefer you stress no one and just look for a space beside Gloria to sit down!”. Mrs Diamond muttered sternly pointing at Gloria who sat at the far end of the row Richard sat and Ophelia glanced at Richard who said nothing.

And then she sighed as she made her way to Gloria who shifted for her, to see space and shove herself and her wheelchair, in a way that the table would reach her.

Gloria was the wife of Jaxton, the brother of Mrs Diamond, so she was literally like an aunt to Richard and his brothers but because of how young she was, like she is thirty two married to a fifty eight year old man, nobody calls her aunt or even gives her any respect.

Mrs Diamond never liked her marrying her brother so she always treated her like a servant and now she was putting Ophelia in the same position as her.

“Since everyone's present can we start eating?”. Pascal asked, looking at the standing servants behind their mother.

“Nobody eats till my guest arrives”. Mrs Diamond said and the guys rolled eyes as they became busy with their phone while Mrs Diamond's dark eyes landed on Ophelia who sat looking bored.

“And why are you dressed like that? Are you the star of tonight? Casual black but you went with glamorous white! How dare you defile me in my own house?!”. Mrs Diamond shouted loudly.

“Gosh! Mum call it quits! The one time Dad and grandpa allow you to host a family dinner, you want it to start with drama?!”. Gaston shook head and his mother threw him a glare.

“Do not interrupt me, Gaston!!”. Mrs Diamond snapped, then she returned her gaze to Ophelia who let out a deep sigh.

‘My goodness. I don't even know her and she hates me!’. Ophelia thought.

“Who even invited you? Answer you attention seeking b*tch or I'll have someone throw you out!!”. Mrs Diamond shouted loudly and the guys rolled their eyes at her.

Gerald had returned back to taking drugs, and Pascal went busy on his phone also, Gaston on the other hand kept rolling eyes at his mother, while their fiancé only smiled, enjoying the show.

“You're not going to answer?! Someone come take this dramatic b*tch out of here!! I watched your proposal live two days back! And you were all around the place ruining everybody's mood at that party!! At least you could walk then, but now you can't even move?! Isn't that what we call Karma you proud ass thing?!! Now you come here uninvited to cause another tantrum?!! You want our family to be on the news like you did yours right?! Now leave. No! I'll have my guards throw you out instead!”. Mrs Diamond said and some guards gathered Ophelia.

Ophelia glanced at Richard wondering why he isn't saying anythias, as the guards already lifted her up with her wheelchair.

“Mother? Another drama today again?”. A beautiful feminine voice came from behind Ophelia and as the guys rolled eyes at her.

Melanie grinned as she stood up and walked to hold her hand.

“You finally arrived! We were waiting for you Angela!!”. Melanie smiled and Angela smiled back as she walked to tap the shoulders of one of the guards.

“Just leave her for tonight. She's with me”. Angela said, smiling at Ophelia who frowned.

‘Angela? The one with the rude maids? Wait, the one whom I stole Richard from?’. Ophelia thought then she threw Richard a dark glare.

This time Richard finally looked up and their eyes met, then she realized he was on ear pod and she scoffed angrily while stroking her forehead.

‘I was getting insulted by his mother and he dared block his ears? Great, just good’. Ophelia thought.

“My baby girl! Come sit with me! I made your seat close to Richard's because I know you two have a lot to catch up on—

“White suit jacket, white long flare trouser, white hat, white glasses even though it’s late, white fancy heels!! And you dare tell me I didn’t dress according to the theme? Hope the sit beside my husband doesn’t belong to her, or else i’ll be suing alot of us present here Mrs Diamond, for abuse and husband snatching!!”. Ophelia shouted loudly and all eyes turned to her in shock.

“Husband?”. The guys gasped.

“How dare you speak to me in that manner and who the hell is your husband, Richard just did you a favour because you can't walk, his real wife is Angela and no one else?!!”. Mrs Diamond shouted loudly.

And Ophelia balled her fist in anger as she glared at the woman.

“So you knew I was married to him, but you still insisted on throwing me out?!”. Ophelia shouted and Mrs Diamond smirked.

“My sons don't hide anything from me!! And I’ll only believe you both are married till Richard admits that himself. After everything you've done to him! It's so shameless of you to marry him!!!---

“He did a lot to me too, you old hag!!!”. Ophelia screamed back in anger.

“Ophelia!!”. Richard shouted angrily and she turned to him with a scoff.

“What?! She can call me names but I can't? I married her son, not her! So tell her to stop acting like a god!!”. Ophelia snapped harshly and before she knew it a slap landed on her face shocking her and everyone else except Mrs Diamond who smirked.

Angela had actually stormed towards Ophelia and slapped her hand filled with beautiful rings on the face right in front of everyone.

“I can take you insulting me or anyone else here but what I won't take from you is when you call Mrs Diamond names! She's like a mother to me and I won't take it?!”. Angela snapped loudly.

“You're sitting there looking like a wood, while your wife gets insulted?!!”. Gerald hollered loudly at Richard.

“You're so damn useless you asshole! To think you both are married but she has to be the one to reveal after getting so much insulted!!”. Pascal sneered at Richard who threw Ophelia a dark glare and she glared back at him.

“Worthless human! You insult of a husband!!”. Ophelia screamed as she picked up a glass plate from the table and threw it at Richard, and it met his suit.

“Are you mad?”. Angela and Mrs Diamond shouted at the same time and Ophelia in anger drew the entire linen cloth on the dining table and all the plates and glass cups crashed to the ground breaking into pieces and everyone was forced to stand up from the dining so plates don't fall on them.

But a lot injured Ophelia's two feet and legs as she began bleeding, but because she was crippled she couldn't feel the pain.

“You have gone mad!!”. Mrs Diamond shouted soon after a butler in his mid 50s dressed in a black suit also made his way towards them and everyone's gaze turned to him.

“Sir Diamond and the chairman want everyone to retire for the night. Rooms have been prepared for every couple and they also say this whole issue will be resolved tomorrow morning!”. The butler said then he signaled at the servants to start cleaning up.

He noticed Ophelia with bleeding legs, hands, panting angrily and then he walked to her.

“Let me help you inside and have someone tend to your wound”. The butler said and Ophelia ignored him as she turned to Richard who stood glancing at her.

“If you think this is the best way to punish me for what happened that night, then you're beyond petty!!”. She shouted with glassy eyes trying so hard to retain her tears as she left with butler and Richard only stared after her, the guys after glaring at Richard also left with their fiancé's.

Richard with a darker stare turned to his mother and then Angela.

“You'll receive a restraining order first thing tomorrow. Anytime I see any of you, dangerously close to my wife again. Then don't blame me for being cruel”. Richard said before also leaving and his mom and Angela exchanged shocked glances.

‘Defending you in public will only give you wrong ideas like it did in the past. Let's just keep our relationship this way’. Richard thought.