Betrayed by husband, married his uncle

Class reunion

Lucy's pov

I gently walked into Jack's office the next morning. Throughout the entire wedding night, Jack never came home and i spent it alone in the big mansion.

Sure enough, Hannah was snuggled up in his arms like a lazy cat.

“Lucy, hand over that one hundred and fifty million dollars project to Hannah to handle” Jack ordered immediately he saw me.

I thought my ears were fooling me as I stood there stunned.

“Hand over a project that could determine the company's year end net worth to a mere secretary?” I thought to myself. When Jack suddenly employed Hannah as his secretary and promoted me to project manager, I knew something was going to happen.

“What?” was all I could whispered in disbelief. “But I've been working on that project for the past six months and I'm about to close the deal, why should I give it to Hannah?”

Hannah's eyes became red and she clung to Jack's arm. “I'm sorry Lucy, Jack is only doing this so I can gain little experience on how to handle things in the company” she said pitifully.

I didn't say another word and just dropped the documents in my hand down. “Then you can have it, good luck” I simply said and hurried away.

That afternoon as I sat In her office trying to go over other small projects, Hannah came over with a cup of milk tea.

“I'm sorry about the project Jack collected from you Lucy, please accept this tea as my token of apology” she meekly said, stretching the cup towards me.

I looked up at her suspiciously. “No thank you I'm okay”

She slowly withdrew the cup in disappointment and just then, a smug smile appeared in the corner of her mouth. Before I could figure out why, she poured the cup of lukewarm tea on her body.

“Ah! Lucy why'd you do that?” She cried, holding her wrist which had turned red.

Jack immediately ran into the office and without asking what the problem was, slapped me hard across my face.

Still in shock at Hannah's behavior, I couldn't react quickly and was sent stumbling backwards by the slap and hit my head hard on the wall.

“Jack, I was only trying to apologize to her with this cup of tea but she suddenly splashed it over me” Hannah cried.

By now, all the staff has gathered by the door, whispering to each other.

“I think Lucy is just jealous because Jack treats Hannah better than her that's why she wanted to burn her” I heard someone say.

My head was buzzing and I touched my blood stained forehead. Jack didn't even glance at me and carried Hannah to the hospital.

With much effort, I used the first aid on my injury, my mind still in turmoil. Did Jack just slap me for Hannah?

I wanted to cry but was too angry to and this came as a surprise to me because anytime Jack wronged me, I always cried.

After settling down, my phone buzzed with a social media notification. It was a post Hannah made few minutes ago.

She was lying on a hospital bed and Jack was beside her like a doting mother, holding a plate of food.

Seeing the picture, I just scoffed and put off the phone. If Jack wasn't my high school sweetheart, I won't even spare him a glance but after everything he did for me, I felt indebted to him.

Just then, another notification came in. They were holding a class reunion tonight and everyone that graduated from Shinch highschool was expected to attend.

Immediately the announcement was made in the group, Hannah was the first to react, faking happiness and eagerness to see everyone again.

“Good for them, but I aren't attending” I muttered and wanted to put down the phone but a message from Jack came in.

“You'll attend the class reunion tonight. Dress well and don't embarrass yourself” it read.

“I'm not going” I texted back, his reply came almost immediately.

It was a picture of him kissing Hannah's forehead as she laid on the hospital bed. My fists clenched and my nails dug into my flesh, beneath the picture, he wrote:

“Then you're pushing me right into Hannah's arms”

It's always Hannah, I wish it were someone else but it is that scheming girl.

Fine! Then I'll go, but I have to wear a real designer because those girls from our set were very pompous and could smell a fake designers from yards away.

So when I closed from work, I hurried to the mansion and ransacked my wardrobe till I found a coulter gown Jack bought for me on one of his trips.

With no other option, I put it on and headed to the restaurant. Hannah and Jack were already present and Hannah was chirping excitedly and toasting everyone.

I quietly made my way to a seat and began to scroll through my phone.

But Alen, who had always bullied in highschool suddenly walked up to me, all smiles.

“It's so good to see you again Lucy. Come on why are you so quiet? You were such a bookworm then, I guess you must be working in a very big company now” she pressed, clearly trying to humilate me.

But I smiled a little and sipped from the wine in my glass. “Yes, I work as the project manager in Wilmore group” I calmly replied without an iota of fear.

Alen was taken aback by my boldness. If it were to be the old me, I'll never have the nerve to speak to her that way. She looked like she had swallowed a frog and her face turned ugly.

“Isn't that Jack's company?” Someone suddenly voiced and Alen's face instantly regained their color.

“Wow, so you never stopped being the leech. Even after high school and college, you still followed Jack to his company. If I were Jack, I'll have contacted the police for stalking by now” she mocked and everyone laughed. Including Jack.

“I guess she isn't even project manager there. Probably some cleaner and is trying to impress us” another classmate chipped and everyone continued laughing.

Alen sighed the ring on my finger before I could hide it. Her face froze, but it lasted only for a moment.

“So you're even married. I guess your husband must have it really tough. Don't worry, I work as the logistics manager at Lunar headquarters and can find him a job that'll be more better than his construction job” she laughed and flung a card in my face.

“Alen is a staff at Lunar? Oh my goodness that's the biggest technology company in the country. I heard Elijah is the owner” everyone began to whisper to each other.

Alen smiled proudly. “No no guys, it's not a big deal that's why I didn't mention it earlier. After I graduated from college, my dad who is working there found me a little spot”

“Alen is so modest! Calling being a manager at Lunar little. Unlike some people who are cleaners and claim to be logistics manager” a girl name Mitchell mocked.

“I heard even to get into lunar as a security guard is very hard and tough. But Alen was able to secure such a position there” they all praised, trying to suck up to Alen.

I didn't speak further and just focused on eating the food in front of me.

“Lucy you should slow down with the food. I know your broke husband has never taken you to a high end restaurant like this, but you shouldn't rush so much” Mitchell mocked me again but I didn't reply.

Jack looked at me in disgust and just then, Hannah suddenly stood up.

“Since today is such a special day, I suggest we all split the bill” she announced.

“That's so thoughtful of Hannah, she had always been considerate”

“Yea, leaving the bill to one person won't be nice at all.”

“Didn't Lucy brag about being project manager, then let her pay the bill” Alen said and everyone immediately agreed and signaled the waiter over.

Hearing this, the food didn't taste great anymore and my heart began to pound against my ribs. I quickly checked my account balance but I wasn't even having up to a thousand dollars in there.

My heart sank to my stomach and I looked at Jack for help, but he turned away coldly. Hannah's smile grew wider and she couldn't wait for me to make a fool of myself.

“The bill is 36,000 dollars.” The waiter announced and instantly, the room fell silent and all eyes turned to me.

“She's the one paying” Hannah quickly told the waiter, and pointed at me.

“Will you pay by card or cash ma'am?” He asked politely.

I bit my lips and looked at Jack again, but he was too engrossed with Hannah and didn't look at me.

“Umm.. I'll make a transfer” I whispered, barely loud enough for myself to even hear.

“Speak out Lucy. Why has your voice suddenly become so low? Can you afford the bill or not?” Alen sneered.

About twenty pairs of eyes were boring into my skin and I felt like melting.

My hands were trembling as I pretended to press my phone as if making a transfer.

“I'll pay the bill”

A voice suddenly came from the doorway. My heart did a flip and everyone turned back to see who it was.