The Secret Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Pov Calista "Cali" I couldn't believe the life I had. I was abused both physically and mentally. I was forced to work as a maid for my stepmother. Parents are supposed to love and protect their children right? well, not in my case. Have you ever heard of the Cinderella Effect well if you haven't it's where step-parents abuse their stepchildren. The term comes from you guessed it the Cinderella fairytale that s**t Disney made. To make little girls think that a prince will come and save them. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's all F**king bullshit. No one will come you gotta get yourself out. I was adopted as a baby by Jack and Jane Larson. My name is Calista Larson. For one reason or another, they couldn't produce a child and my stepdad's family was pushing for a child. So they decided to Apoted. That's where I came in. Now I was only 3 years old when my stepmother found out she was pregnant with a baby of her own. Jane never liked me never wanted me. It was Jack's family pressuring them to have an heir. Jack's family never cared for or liked Jane. She came from nothing Jane came from a middle-class family. She was what was considered a rich leech. Just stick your teeth in and hope someone would bite. Well, you guess Jack did take her bait. Which was her body I doubt it was her generous incredible personality because she is satan reincarnated Medusa herself. Think of the worst person in the world and triple that by 1000%. That was Jane. Now Jack Larson(Jack's father) believed her to be and I quote a "gold-digging wh0r3" and lord knows he was right. I was pretty sure Jade was not Jack's child she looked nothing like him, not even a little bit and she grow up to be exactly like her mother. I had no way to prove any of this of course but I saw everything that happened here and let's just say neither mother nor daughter knew how to keep the legs closed... if you knew what I mean. Once my evil step-sister Jade was born every changed Jane stopped everything with me not that she did much period. She handed me over to her butler and maid Edward and his wife Claire. They were already in their fifties I believe. They had a small house on my step-parents' property. I moved out there with them. Jane and Jack gave them a monthly payment of $500 for me. That was nothing they still had to put money out of their pockets for me. They never complained they loved me and I become a loving caring person. I learned life skills I'm so grateful to have now. From the day I moved in with them, I became their child. Those were the best days of my life we didn't have much but they gave me what they could. At age 10 Jane dragged me kicking and screaming from Edward and Claire. This was a power move by Jane she didn't feel like giving $500 a month to them anymore. I was put in the attic with an old mattress a Crappy wardrobe no heat no air conditioning. This is when the real abuse started. The hitting and the verbal abuse as well. Jane forced Clarie to teach me her job. Once I learned it if didn't do all my work I wouldn't get food. Jane always said that food was a privilege that need to be earned by me. Now Claire and Edward didn't leave they would constantly sneak me some food on days that got bad. They would give me money when they could which they told me to hide in a hole in my matters. Now I'm sure you're wondering where my stepdad was and why he didn't help. Well, that's because he's a coward. He couldn't even save himself. Jack never joined in on the abuse that was mostly Jane and Jade but he never stopped them either. He didn't have the balls to stand up to his wife and his s**t daughter. I became home-schooled at 10 because I couldn't leave my work undone. At age 14 I was forced to drop out by Jane because I no longer need schooling since I was a maid by trade. A slave was more like it because I didn't get paid. I was constantly hit and verbally abused by Jane and Jade. I wasn't allowed to have any friends I wasn't allowed to do anything kids my age could. This is where I got my passion for drawing. It was my only outlet drawing was the only thing that I could do for myself. Claire and Edward were so angry they couldn't keep going to school. So Clarie used up all her savings to get me a used laptop and a portable wifi that I could connect to the Hotspot on my cellphone which they also got me and paid for. She paid for the high school online. I was able to graduate at age 16. I poured all of my extra time into finishing high school. I was terrified Jane would find out about my stuff I had to hollow out a hole under my floor broads. to keep everything hidden. At age 17 I told Jane I need to get a job outside of the house because I didn't have anything. She wouldn't let me finally I threatened her with calling the cops. I got a black eye and a busted lip but I was allowed to go. However, I didn't get a job. Instead, I enrolled in college. The scholarship and grants. Claire and Edward helped me out with whatever they could. Plus I got student loans. Then at 18 Claried passed away from a heart attack. That same day Jane fired Edward and kicked him out of the house. I was in class. This broke me but I had to push forward for her. Edward turned to drinking his sorrows away. He couldn't hold a job or keep up with rent. He become homeless and there was not much I could do being a broke college kid. Literally no money. I made my way through college getting a degree in Fashion design took me 4 years I graduated at 21. Fast forward to the present day. I'm currently 24 I'm still living in this s**t hole working for that b**ch and Im still broke. All of the money is currently going to pay for all of Edward's hospital bills. I had got him clean and settled in a cheap apartment but something was better. Then him leaving on the streets. The man and his wife raised me and loved me I couldn't leave him. Then he fell down the stairs after suffering a stroke. He broke his hip and at the same time, they found out he need to have a liver transplant due to all the years due to alcohol abuse. So I stayed. Jack started giving me $500 a month. I doubt Jane knew about this she would never allow it. They also gave me petty cash weekly to buy clean supplies. I had learned to coupon and became pretty good. I learned to start forging receipts. I got most of the stuff for free because of the coupons, but I started taking the money, and I didn't spend and stash it away. With my fashion degree, I started to create some of the most original custom pieces anyone has ever seen. This is currently how I make money selling pieces on this app for an independent artist. To sell their work I didn't make much but something was something. With some of the money I saved, I got myself a used sewing machine and started making my clothes. It was cheaper to buy fabric than it was to get fashionable clothes. I was doing whatever I could it was getting hard to pay his hospital bills but I kept going. And where is Jade well I Can't say the same for Jade she turned out to be a Spoiled wh0r3, gold-digging, and a b**ch. She hated me I blamed Jane I was the forget-gotten child. Jade always wanted what I had she took my cheap toys even tho she had the better toys. To this day if I don't hide my stuff. Jade will find it and take it. With all the money in the world, she chose to steal and not just from me. She stole from anyone and any store. She is what I like to refer to as a Winona Ryder a kleptomaniac. I lost count of how many times they had to bail her out of jail. Of course and a small circle knew. The Larson name still cared a little weight in the rich folk's world. Even that was running low. Jack was nothing like his dad he was a shitty businessman. He has already lost multiple stores. This was like thanks to his wife who like to live past her means. The only reason he still had some business partners was that they had respect for his father, not him. Jade was no better she dropped out of high school and became a socialite bouncing from rich man to rich man. Once she completely took everything she wanted she just leaves them in debt and moves on to the next. Mean while I was the forgotten child I wasn't in family pictures or anything. No one spoke of me I was a no one. I doubt anyone remembered they had an adoptive daughter. It was around 10 pm I was tired I had just gotten back to this hell hole while looking for a job in my field I had been going to job interview after job interview at fashion companies but had no luck. I was positive I was being blacklisted. Jane and jade had found out what I could do and what I was trying to do with my life. I'm positive they found a way to ruin me. I hadn't had much time for anything as I was walking up the stairs I decided to call Paul my boyfriend for 3 years we met in college and after months of chasing me, I finally gave in. He was from a wealthy family too his dad was a huge deal in the fashion world but even his dad wouldn't give me a job. The phone rang and rang so I hung up. once at the top of the stairs, I decided to call once more. that's when I heard the ringtone he had set for me on his phone. I followed the noise and that took me straight to Jade's room. I could hear moaning. He was cheating on me with that wh0r3! This wasn't happening why! I thought he said he loved me! I gave him virginity! Bastard. I slowly walk to the door and swing it open with a slam. They both jumped when Paul saw me his eyes went huge he pushed Jade off him. As he scrambled to get up but I wasn't sticking around to hear his excuses. Jade on the other hand had a huge smug smile on her face.