BRIANNA CAMPBELL

The reunion

Liam's POV

I turned around to look at who they were talking about and strangely, she looked familiar. Where have I seen her before?

Surprisingly, she sat at our table just like we thought and I felt like she was sitting at the wrong place. We've been having this reunion for years but we've never seen a beauty like her in our midst.

"Excuse me! Did you graduate from Floral highschool?" someone at the table asked

"Of course, that's why I'm here" she answered

"What's your name then? I never saw you in class" someone else said

"My name is Brianna Russell. How come you never saw me in class when I was a top student?" she scoffed

Brianna Russell? That's the name of my third wife right? I looked closer and started seeing the similarities. How come I couldn't even recognize my own wife?

She always wore suits and never applied make up so I didn't know she was this beautiful. I'm sure Mrs Grant would be surprised to see her like this too.

"Wow! Brianna Russell? There was no one in school back then that didn't know you. You look so pretty now that we couldn't recognize you" they said

"Thanks for the compliment" she smiled

We started discussing about work and other things when someone suddenly called out Brianna.

"Everyone of us have been coming for the reunion so we know each other's job. Can you tell us about yourself a little?" he asked

"I work with the prosecution, I'm sure you must have heard of me already since I often appear on the news" she said

"Wow! A top student is surely different. What about marriage?" someone else asked and I started feeling uneasy after that question

Like she knew exactly what I was thinking, she turned to stare at me and I gave her a sign to not say she was married to me but she smirked instead. What is that? Don't tell me she intends to tell them about us?

"We don't need to know about her personal life, let's just talk about work" I quickly said

"No, why shouldn't we? I want to talk about it, do you have a problem with that?" she asked me and I could only shake my head with a small smile

Brianna's POV

Oh how much I'm loving this atmosphere right now. I think Liam would have almost peed in his pant right now since I said I want to talk about it. That's what he gets for maltreating me all these years.

"I'm married, I've been married for over four years now" I said

"Awwn! That's so beautiful! Your husband must be the luckiest man on earth" the men gushed

"You think so? My husband doesn't think that way though" I said and sipped some wine

"What are you talking about? He should proudly flaunt you to everyone in this world and let them know how lucky he is" they said

"I wish he would. Do you want to know who my husband is? He's sitting here right now" I said

"There's no need to pull a prank on us, we're not kids. If your husband is here, how come he has never mentioned you?" someone asked

"I know right? Shouldn't you answer them? Why haven't you ever mentioned me?" I faced Liam

"What? There's no way you are saying Liam is your husband, that doesn't make any sense" someone said

"Are you going to say I'm not your wife? You should satisfy their curiosity quickly" I said to Liam

"I..... I got married to Brianna but I didn't bring it up since she wasn't attending the reunions" he lied

"Why didn't you come together today then? You seem like you were even surprised to see her here" one of them pointed out

"She said she would be busy today so I didn't know she would have time" he said

"I never said I was busy and you never mentioned the reunion to me. You even lied to the public about being single but you're busy making up excuses here. You are so great at what you do. I'm done here so I'll take my leave" I said and left with Lia

"Are you going to be okay? Liam's face was red with anger back there" Lia said as we walked to the car

"I will try to hold on. The only thing he was threatening me with was my sister's life and now that she's out of the country, I can feel at ease" I said and drove home

Within two hours, different news started popping up about Liam's marriage to me. I knew there were reporters among our classmates and I knew they wouldn't miss this chance to cover important news so I purposely gave them an exclusive to write about. This will automatically disqualify Liam from the presidential election and it's just the beginning of my mission.

"Brianna! Come down here before I show you what I'm made of" I heard Mrs Grant's voice downstairs

She must have seen the news about Liam's marriage. Why is she so angry though? It's not like it's a lie.

"What the hell have you done?" she asked as soon as I walked downstairs

"What are you talking about?" I feigned ignorance

"You witch! Why did you tell the public about your marriage to Liam?" she screamed

"Oh that! I only told our friends at the reunion we went to. I didn't even say it directly, Liam was the one that confirmed it himself. He must have wanted to flaunt his beautiful wife" I shrugged

"You wicked woman! You know the presidential election is just around the corner, how could you do this now?" she cried

"You think I'm a wicked woman because I said the truth about our marriage? Why? Did Liam have no intention of letting the public find out about me?" I asked

"Why would he have that intention? If he didn't need your support for his governorship election, would he have married you?" she fired

"Ahh, I didn't know. I thought he married me because he loved me but I must have been wrong" I said

It hurt to finally hear the truth even though I had a hunch that he married me because of my position.

"Can you see what you've done? I've become the center of discussion on all social media platforms because of a statement you made" Liam shouted ad he came in

"Didn't you say it yourself that we were married? You could have denied it and no one would have believed me anyway but you choose to confirm it so why are you blaming me?" I asked

"What? You crazy woman!" he said and raised his hand to slap me

"I dare you to do it. Slap me and I will make sure you loose everything you have in a few minutes" I threatened

"Let's get a divorce" he said after a few seconds

"You want to divorce me now that you don't need me again? Fine, let's get a divorce. But I will be the one to send the papers. If you send anything to me, I won't sign it" I declared and went to pack my things

"Where are you going when we are still married?" Liam asked while I was leaving

"We will be divorced soon anyway. Staying in the same house with you for one more day will kill me" I said

"Just let her go, I don't want someone like her in my house" Mrs Grant said

"One more thing before I leave. If you dare think of harming me, you will be sorry. I've already scheduled some posts and they will automatically upload unless I change the time everyday. If you want to continue enjoying your wealth, then just ignore me. Bye!" I concluded and left

The real battle is going to start now. I will make him pay for everything he has done over the past four years.

To be continued

© Tricia