Love & Revenge : The Billionaire's Secret Wife

Chapter 2

Seeing Kalyse who was silent and unable to say anything else. Tamara spoke again

“All of that is true. It was your daddy who came up with the idea of marrying you to Mr. Hartley and luring him to the island containing gold to help an almost bankrupt company. If you hadn't insisted on rejecting your daddy's offer to set up a mining company there, we wouldn't have done this short-sighted way. This is all your fault. You are too greedy to want to control the island yourself."

“Because it is completely mine. Grandpa gave it to me. Not to my dad or you!” Kalyse shouted.

"But not anymore. The island already belongs to Mr Hartley and you gave it to her willingly. Ryan Hartley's charm is no joke. You, who are naive and innocent, without much effort immediately fall under Mr Hartley's charm. You stupid girl. If we knew that love could make you stupid and easily deceived, we would have done all this a long time ago." Tamara explained.

Kalyse sobbed bitterly. She still remembers how Ryan persuaded her to sign the letter transferring ownership of the island in the man's name. He said he wanted to build a beautiful, luxurious resort for Kalyse there. And ridiculously, she immediately believed it.

Her stepmother was right, Kalyse was a very naive and innocent girl.

And stupid.

She is stupid

Very stupid.

“You think Mr Hartley is helping our family because he loves you. Don't be ridiculous, Kalyse. Ryan Hartley is a big businessman. He cannot possibly do something that does not provide benefits for himself. Love? Are you crazy if you think Ryan Hartley married you because he loves a stupid girl like you?” Chloe added with a mocking laugh.

Kalyse couldn't hold back “Why are you so mean? Why did you all feed me to the devil? Why?!" Kalyse shouted angrily.

“Feed you to the devil?” Chloe answered in a very sarcastic tone.

“You should be happy. If it weren't for the company almost going bankrupt and you being the legal owner of Samarina Island, it would have been me who married Ryan. Not you! And now you come here crying and protesting as if we just did something mean to you? We give you an opportunity. The opportunity to become Ryan Hartley's wife. Yes, even if it's just a secret wife. But shouldn't you be grateful? So many women adore and are willing to throw themselves into Ryan's arms for free. But instead, you cry and whine here."

“I'm not that kind of woman. I'm not a slut like you Chloe!”

"Damn, you w***e. How dare you!" shouted Chloe, who then slapped Kalyse hard.

“Chloe!” Avery Hudson stood up.

“Why Dad? Kalyse was the one who called me a slut first!” Chloe defended herself.

"Kalyse you should go home." Avery Hudson looked at her biological daughter coldly.

Still holding her cheek which was still sore from Chloe's slap, Kalyse looked at her father sadly. “Where should I go, Dad? I don't have a home anymore. Where am I going home? My home is here."

“Your home is now in the Hartley Mansion. Not here anymore. You have to go home there." Tamara answered. “Don't cause trouble. Be quiet. Assume you don't know about this problem. So an obedient girl as usual. There's no point in protesting. Your life is currently at Ryan's mercy. Don't make Ryan angry and be a good girl like you usually do, maybe that way Ryan can take pity on you so you no longer have any relationship with the Hudson family. Your name is out of the family card. We have no more business with you. Go away. After this, whether Ryan throws you away or treats you like that is up to him. Don't involve yourself anymore with this family."

The woman's body collapsed on the cold floor. She could no longer support herself. All the painful facts that hit her one by one made Kalyse's self-defense completely crumble.

The girl hugged herself. No one can comfort and heal the pain in her heart other than herself. Ryan betrayed her, then her family rejected her. She now has no one but herself.

Avery Hudson, Tamara, and Chloe just looked at Kalyse with cold eyes. None of the three people had any intention of stopping the girl's sad tears or just offering a short sentence of consolation.

“Instead of crying here, it's better for you to go home now. Don't make Ryan suspicious about your departure." Chloe spoke up. The girl was tired of hearing her stepbrother's sad wails.

Tamara then left her husband's workspace and returned with two houseguards for the Hudson family, one of whom was Mr Thompson who had opened Kalyse's gate.

"Take Miss Kalyse out," said Tamara.

The two guards nodded obediently then lifted Kalyse's weak body. The girl had neither the desire nor the energy to rebel. She followed the Hudson family bodyguard wherever he went to guide her.

Kalyse took the time to look at her dad who just watched her get kicked out like this. She instructed Mr Thompson to stop for a moment and then look at the three people she would no longer consider family.

"Just like you all who have never considered me as a part of this family, starting today, I will also no longer consider you all as a family. I severed my ties with the Hudson. From now on you all will be nothing more than strangers to me. From now on, you are no longer my daddy. I will never forget what happened tonight."

Kalyse then looked away with an incredibly tight chest and let the two Hudson family bodyguards drag her away.

Kalyse left the Hudson family residence on foot. This luxury housing complex is not passed by taxis and public transportation cannot enter the location carelessly. So the poor girl walked towards the outer gate of the complex. Even just to take her back to the Hartley residence, her dad was unwilling to ask their family driver to take her back safely. Avery Hudson reluctantly chose to let her daughter walk alone in the middle of the night. Tamara and Chloe may have had their reasons for being mean to her, but why would her dad be too? Kalyse is her biological daughter, why does he have the heart to treat Kalyse this cruelly?

How cruel Avery Hudson is as a father.

No, Kalyse will no longer consider Avery her father. Not after tonight.

Kalyse, who couldn't walk anymore, finally gave up and sat on the shoulder of the road. The girl hugged her knees and sobbed again.

She cried for a long time about her misfortune until a black sports car stopped near her. The presence of a woman sitting on the side of the road in the middle of the night like this and crying attracts the car owner to look closer.

A man in a black shirt came down and walked towards Kalyse.

The man stopped right in front of Kalyse who was still sitting and buried her head in her knees.

The girl was so caught up in her tears that she didn't notice the man's presence

“Hey, Miss! What are you doing here? What happens to you? Is there anything I can help?"

The man's voice was loud enough to make Kalyse look up. The girl wiped the tears that were still flowing down her cheeks.

“S-sorry. I have to go." Kalyse looked away then hurriedly stood up. She wanted to run away immediately. How embarrassing and sad it was for her to be caught by someone crying alone in the middle of the night like this. Even if it was someone she didn't know.

“Hey, Miss! Wait a moment. Where are you going?" The man grabbed Kalyse's hand. Making the girl stop in her tracks.

“Let me go. I want to go."

"No. I can't let you go. Not before you say what happened to you? I will take you to the hospital.”

“I'm not sick,” Kalyse snapped quickly.

“Then what can I do to help you, Miss. You don't look okay.”

“I just need you to remove your hands so I can go.”

Instead of obeying Kalyse's words, the man tightened his grip even more.

“Let me go,” Kalyse shouted.

“I told you I wouldn't let you go until I found out what was wrong with you. I can't pretend to leave after seeing someone needing help.”

“I don't need help.”

“Yeah, you need help. Where are you going walking alone in the middle of the night like this and crying? You're not okay. Let me help you. If you don't want to be taken to the hospital, I will take you to your family."

Hearing the word 'family', Kalyse's emotions bubbled up again. “I don't have a family. You won't be able to take me anywhere. "Because I currently don't have a family or anyone I can turn to," said the girl, full of emotion.

“You just go. I don't need any help at all. You won't be able to help me. No one will be able to cure me, no matter if you take me to any hospital." The girl sobbed again while patting her aching chest. There was no cure for the tightness she felt in her chest.

“Dying seemed the only way to stop the pain I was feeling.”

The man took a deep breath when he heard the words of the desperate girl in front of him.

“I don't know what kind of problem you are experiencing, but one thing is certain all problems have a solution. Dying is not the only way out of trouble.”

“For me, it is the only way. There is nothing more I want in this world. My life has no meaning anymore. I don't have a family. My dad didn't want me and my husband betrayed me. Everyone is mean to me. Then why else should I live? I have no one. I have nothing left. I just want to die. I have no reason to live anymore.”

The black-shirted man rubbed his face in frustration. All his life he had never known how to persuade women. Especially the woman who was crying in despair and wanted to die. He is not good at sweet words. He is used to speaking directly and frankly, even appearing rude and sharp, especially to his subordinates in the office. Then now he is required to persuade a woman who is committing suicide.

What nonsense is this!

“You said you have no reason to live? You are very wrong," said the man. He then squatted down. Aligning himself with the crying woman. He grabbed the woman and forced her to look at him.

The man was a little shocked when he stared at the bead as dark as the night. The beautiful face of a typical Middle Eastern girl was so enchanting made him freeze a little. This girl is so beautiful. He had never seen eyes as beautiful as those of the girl in front of him.

He quickly changed his focus. Not the right time to admire the appearance of the poor girl in front of him.

“You said you had no reason to live,” the black-shirted man repeated. "You are wrong. Now you have a reason to keep living well."

"What? What reason can keep me alive? I'm not a religious person. Maybe after I die I will go to hell, but living through the pain of betrayal and abandonment is no better than living in hell.”

The man shook his head. “You have great reasons. People who hurt you. That is the biggest reason you have to live. Your death will only make them happy. You won't get anything by choosing to die. But you can stay alive and avenge all your heartache. You don't want to see them suffer? Don't you want to see them also feel the pain you are experiencing? Do you choose to let them live in peace after hurting you? Are you willing to see them having fun after your death? Isn't that unfair? You must seek justice for yourself. Take revenge on everyone who hurt you.”

Kalyse laughed softly. “Reply to them? But how? I don't have any strength. While them? They have everything they can to destroy me? I do not have anything."

“You know, that's where your strength is. You don't know that there is a saying that never starts a war with someone who has nothing to lose, because people like them have no fear at all because they have nothing to protect. They always know that they have nothing to risk. And that's where your advantage is. You should know that."

Kalyse laughed again. The man in front of hER seemed to be too good at words but didn't know that acting wasn't as easy as speaking.

“Save all your nonsense. I don't need words like that. So what if I don't have anything? Doesn't that mean I don't have anything I can use to take revenge on them?”

“You know, to defeat your enemy, you have to ally with someone your enemy fears. You just need to find someone who can help you.”

Kalyse laughed again. The man in front of her was good at creating drama scenarios. “Do you think revenge is as easy as you say?” Kalyse didn't want to do anything silly by taking revenge on Hartley. Who can beat Ryan Hartley in the country world? Even the president obeys his orders. Kalyse once witnessed firsthand how the current president came to Ryan Hartley to ask for campaign funds.

If he can drive the number one person in the country, then who can drive Ryan Hartley?

She had never seen her bastard husband submit and obey anyone except her father. Just his father—wait a minute...

A wide smile appeared on the puffy-faced girl's lips.

Kalyse looked at the man who was currently looking at her confused because the girl suddenly smiled for no reason after thinking for a long time.

“Is the offer to take me still valid?”

The black-shirted man nodded with a confused face. "Yes. I can take you wherever you want to go.”

“Can you take me to Lower Manhattan? There is a winery I want to visit there.”

For a moment, the black-shirted man frowned. Not because he didn't know the location of the place this girl was talking about, but actually because it was the opposite.

He knew who this so-called girl was. Because there is only one winery owner in Lower Manhattan. The Hartleys.

What does this girl have to do with the Hartley family?

"You mean the Hartley family's wine estate?" the man asked to confirm.

Kalyse was quite surprised that the man in front of her could guess correctly where they were going. But considering how influential and well-known the Hartleys are throughout the country, it's certainly not unusual for ordinary people to know all about the most famous family.

"Yes."

"But who do you want to meet there?"

“The person my enemy fears most is there.”