The Billionaire's Secret Lover

Chapter 74: Lillian

“ I'm against the wedding. Let me see how you argue your way out of this ” I told them as I stood up

from where I was seated beside my mother. With the document in my hands, I walk to the altar earning

a gasp from Michael's parents and the Meltons.

I can't believe that happened a while ago. To think that Mrs. Melton justified her daughter cheating as a

fair game just because Michael was in love with Nina. I can't sit back and watch this without doing

anything. My friend is in the hospital fighting for her life and they are here tarnishing her image by

referring to her as a mistress.

“ What do you mean by you have evidence ?” Diana asked me. I ignored her, I don't think she is worthy

of the title of a mother. How can a mother be so greedy as to be ready to sacrifice her son's happiness

just because of wealth and properties? I can never do that to my baby. No. Never.

I walked down to stand beside Deborah at the altar. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw the

document in my hands. I guess she is thinking this is another infidelity picture but this is more than that.

“ On what basis are you against the wedding?” The priest asked me from the pulpit, as he raised his

handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his brows. I guess he was getting tired of the drama unfolding before

his very eyes.

Based on the paternity of Miss. Melton's baby. I told them with confidence. Mrs. Thompson gasped as

she turned to look at Deborah.

“ Is this true? Is my son not really the father of your unborn child?” She asked Deborah. I could feel her

trying hard to control her anger in the church.

“ She won't be able to say anything, Mrs. Thompson because she knows I'm telling the truth ” I replied

in place of Deborah who seems like she will be fainting any minute from now.

“ How did you know about this?” Michael's gentle voice asked me. I turned to smile at him, I know he's

trying not to get his hopes up again. I couldn't stand the defeated look in his eyes from earlier. I'm going

to fight this till the end for Nina.

“Three days ago, I was opportune to overheard the conversation of Deborah with her gynecologist. She

was begging her to keep this a secret forever ” I told them handing them the document in my hands.

Mrs. Thompson collected it from me, she went through them wordlessly before turning to glare at

Deborah.

“ How dare you?” A sounding slap landed on Deborah's cheek before I could blink. Mrs. Thompson

was fuming with annoyance and there was nothing we could do than to watch her unleash them on

Deborah.

“How dare you treat my son this way? He left the only woman he had ever loved because of your

bastard pregnancy? I even followed you to the hospital because I was excited to see my grandson but

you were lying to us all this while,” Mrs. Thompson continued she was trying badly to hide the tears in

her voice. She turned to slap Deborah again in annoyance. Deborah ran out of the auditorium.

Mr. Thompson was speechless as he looked at the Melton with disgust in his face “I can't believe you

would stoop so low as to do this to us, after everything we've been through. You knew the baby wasn't

Michael and you still kept this from us ” Mr. Thompson said to Mr. Melton who was ashamed of himself.

I tune out of their conversation as I went to meet Michael who was conversing with Danny.

“ Lilian, I can't believe I'm free from Deborah ” He exclaimed excitedly, the happiness was evident in his

voice.

“ Thank you so much, you don't know how excited this makes me ” Michael continued slowly he came

over to hug Danny and me.

“It's nothing, Michael. Moreover, I did it because of Nina. She has suffered a lot, I want her to be happy

and she can't ever be happy without you in her life. Promise me that you will always make her happy ” I

asked him. Even after saying that, I was convinced in my heart that the only person Nina needed was

Michael and no one else.

“ I promise you with all of my heart. I'm going to propose to her after all of this, will you help me?”

Michael asked us, looking from Danny to me. We both smiled back at him as Danny hugged him.

“ Of course, I will surely help you but first your family needs to apologize to her. I don't think her father

will accept that without an apology ” I warned him seriously. Knowing how stubborn Mr. Miller is, he will

want both Michael and his parents to apologize to his daughter before any marriage could take place

between them.....

We saw Mika and Andrea walking closer to us with a big smile on their face “ Congratulations Michael ”

Andrea said, shaking Michael's hands.

“ It was a narrow escape for me man. It's all thanks to Danny and Lilian ” Michael responded as he

nodded at Mika.

“ Thank you so much, Lilian,” Andrea said to me, he hugged Danny before letting go “ My heart nearly

jumped out of my chest when Mrs. Melton defended the pictures ”

“ I tell you, right Man, she was so cool like a lawyer. Do you think she was once a lawyer in her afterlife

” We all burst into laughter from Danny's joke? I turned to see that the priest and most of the guests

had dispersed having seen that there wasn't going to be any wedding again.

Most of the television agents were still very much around. I guess they are waiting to seek an interview

of two. I can't bring myself to imagine what the breaking news will be tonight at 8 pm. I made a mental

note to watch the news with Nina at the hospital.

I turned to see some men entering into the auditorium with a briefcase in their hands © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“ What's going on?” I asked Michael. Although I knew the Thompson were powerful people, what are

they trying to do?

“ Those are our family lawyers. I think they want to carry out the condition in the prenuptial agreement. I

have to go join them, see you later guys ” Michael called to us, he strolled down to where his parents

and the Melton's were seated with a table in between them.

Have any of you seen Deborah anywhere ?” I asked Andrea looking from him to Mika.

Andrea shook his head in negative before turning to continue his conversation with Danny.

“ I saw her when we were coming inside. I think she was going in the direction of the washroom ” Mika

told me, so I ran out of the auditorium after excusing myself from them.

I ran down the narrow road to a separate building where the male and female toilet was located. I

checked through all the toilets in the female room and was disappointed that Deborah was not there. I

was sad, I needed to get back at her for what she did to Nina.

I was about to give up and leave the room when I heard sobbing in the room opposite the toilet. It reads

“ Janitor ”. I walked slowly to the door and opened it. There sat Deborah in her wedding gown. She was

crying, she lifted her head to glare at me. Her eyes were all blotchy and red. How long has she been in

here crying?

“ What do you want? Haven't you done enough?” She shouted at me as she wiped her tears with the

back of her hands.

“ No, I'm not satisfied,” I told her, entering into the room slowly “ I want to see you rot in prison you

should be happy that, that was the only evidence in my hands else you would have been on your way

to the prison right now instead of shedding fake tears in here,” I told her glancing around the room

which was filled up with cleaning materials.

“ I don't care, whatever you like, think. I'm not going anywhere. I will make sure that you all pay for

humiliating my family and me today ” Deborah shouted at me. I shake my head at her, how can a

woman be so gullible? She isn't feeling remorseful about what she did earlier instead she's planning to

make us pay.

“ And how do you plan to do that?” I asked her with my hands folded across my chest and a tight smile

on my lips.

“ Let me remind you in case you've forgotten. As I'm talking to you right now, the Thompsons are taking

over all your parent's properties, houses, and company. So, my dear, you are penniless ”

“ No, they can't do that ” Deborah protested, she made to brush past me but I drag her back into the

room.

“ Where do you think you are going? Have you forgotten that you signed the prenup agreement ” I

scoffed at her as I turned to walk out of the room with excitement on my face?

“ I hope being poor will make you have another look at life. Still then bye ” I closed the door and walked

back into the auditorium to see Danny and Andrea still conversing together.

Deborah

As soon as Lilian left the room. I let myself slide down the wall as I cried myself out. I can't believe I

was so humiliated today. And Doctor Sanders, I'm going to make her pay for betraying me.

I wiped my eyes and was about to leave the room when my cell phone rang. I dreaded picking it

thinking it was my parents but as soon as I saw Xavier's number blinking on the screen, I rushed to

accept the calls.

“ I heard that your wedding was canceled” Xavier called out to me as soon as I accepted the call. I

rolled my eyes at him and was about to end the call. I can't believe he called to mock me.

“ Don't hang up ” Xavier threatened immediately he saw that I was quiet on the other end.

“ Wherever you are right now, I want you to escape immediately, come over to the other side of the

cathedral there will be a taxi waiting for you with the plate number 2345. I will be inside there ” Xavier

said and was about to hang up

“ Wait ” I scream at him not to end the call while I try to process all of what he has just told me now.

“ Why?” I asked him. I was weak, I wanted to go home and rest, not run away to God knows where.

“ Nina is on her way to the church right now to have you arrested as the mastermind of her kidnapping ”

“ What? ” I shouted into the phone shocked. That witch of the west! Hasn't she done enough? Because

of her stupid friend, Michael is finally going to be hers and now she is coming to have me arrested.

Why can't she keep quiet?

“ How did she get the evidence?” I asked Xavier, forcing myself out from the thoughts that envelope my

mind.

“ I don't know and I'm not planning to wait and find out, ” Xavier told me as the phone went dead in my

hands.

I stood up and rushed out of my wedding gown. I got into a spare janitor's clothes which were lying on

the floor. I removed my shoes and got into the boot beside it. I used a scarf to tie my hair, with my

phone in my hands I stepped out of the door.

Hiding my eyes from everyone, I ran to the taxi which Xavier had instructed me to. I opened the door

and got in.

Xavier smiled at me “ I love your disguise ” He said and pulled out of the cathedral. I saw the police car

pulling over where we had vacated a while back. I couldn't help being thankful to Xavier who had saved

me on time.