Pampered Like A Princess

Edward spent an entire month looking for her!

And to make things worse, he was indeed good friends with Sean!

To think they would spend the resources to look for her when she had already escaped!

“Why? Just because I saw that incestous affair Sean had with his sister?” Nelissa asked shakingly.

She understood that these large and powerful families had influence that rooted deep into every inch of the city. Just a slight misstep and one could be never heard from again.

Nelissa knew about the affair between Sean and Anna, hence they would definitely try their best to cover up the matter.

“Anna disappeared,” Zayden uttered. “After I helped you escape from the Bailey’s, I think Anna also secretly followed us.”

Zayden then continued, “Come to think of it, she was engaged to Edward at that time and she was also Sean’s precious baby sister.”

Suddenly, Zayden shot her a menacing look and asked, “Who do you think they would blame for her sudden disappearance?”

Nelissa understood the hint and she came to a haunting realization!

She had one but fateful encounter with Anna before in the Bailey family.

“I don’t know who you are but when Sean asks for your name, please don’t say anything or you will live to regret it.”

Those were the last words Anna said to Nelissa.

Nelissa at that moment knew that she was going to be a scapegoat!

She didn’t know Sean personally. The only reason Sean kidnapped her was because of Anna. He needed some leverage against Anna.

If Sean blamed Nelissa for Anna’s disappearance, she would be in deep trouble.

And if Edward joined the fray, she was definitely doomed.

“Nelly, has Edward taken you yet?” Zayden suddenly grabbed Nelissa’s arms and yanked down her shirt.

Nelissa’s fair and seductive shoulder was exposed at once. Zayden immediately kissed her neck, flames of envy glistening in his eyes as he spat, “You two slept together last night, didn’t you? Or much earlier?”

“Clap!”

A crisp slap was heard.

Zayden froze with his head slanted to the side. His left cheek was sizzling with humiliation.

Nelissa then adjusted her shirt and barked, “Do you feel defeated? The woman that you sought to protect ended up in another man’s arms. Back when Mary was still around, you didn’t dare do anything to me. But now, you have everything but me,” Nelissa mocked while panting, anger smoldering inside her.

Zayden always thought of Nelissa as a pearl that he kept hidden away. It was his prized possession and no one could ever touch it.

He glared at her and roared, “You better think through your choices and decide who you are going to submit to! It’s either me or Edward.”

“I will still have people watching over Mary even if you want to take over her care,” Zayden commented and left.

Nelissa’s face fell, her face contorted with worries. She knew that if Zayden really were to hurt them, she would have no ways to stop that demon in him.

All of the contracts that she signed were with Zayden; she didn’t know which ones of them were legally binding and which ones weren’t.

Especially the contract that stated Zayden had the sole rights to Nelissa’s body. Every excruciating detail was written down and scorched her heart each time she recalled it.

Nelissa thought that submitting to Edward would finally help her get rid of Zayden, but now things took a twist…

Had she known that Sean and Edward were so close, she definitely wouldn’t have asked for Edward’s help. She would rather get married to Zayden instead.

Oh how deep in trouble was her! God must be playing a game on her!

Nelissa stayed in the hospital the entire day. She requested for Mary to switch to a different ward. She couldn’t risk running into Edward since Mikaelson was on the same floor too.

It’d only bring unnecessary trouble to her if they bumped into each other.

At night, Nelissa left the ward and ran into Penelope in the elevator.

Both of them were stunned to meet each other. They hadn’t seen each other since the night at the hotel.

“Nelly, what are you doing here?” Penelope then glanced across Nelissa’s body and asked, “Are you sick?”

“No,” Nelissa shook her head and answered.

She hesitated for a moment and continued, “My relative was admitted to the hospital and I’m here to visit her.” She lied.

Penelope nodded. She then politely asked, “Which floor is she in? Maybe I can visit her too, bring her a fruit basket and…”

Nelissa abruptly interrupted her, “It’s okay. The doctor said that she can’t have too many visitors.”

Mary was also quite well known in the past; Nelissa couldn’t risk Penelope recognizing her!

“Okay.” Penelope was taken aback by Nelissa’s reaction. Maybe it was something serious and Nelissa did not wish for her to know it.

“Let’s sit down and chat somewhere,” Penelope then suggested.

There was a restaurant in the health center which was quite exquisite. Despite this, Penelope didn’t really enjoy the food there. She was a rich, young mistress of the Hales family after all.

“I remember that you were really sick that time, were you okay?” Penelope asked.

“I was fine.” Nelissa suddenly recalled her intimate experience with Edward and her face turned pink.

She didn’t want to divulge any more information. Penelope was Edward’s cousin! Any slip of the tongue would bring her disastrous consequences.

Penelope then smiled and asked, “How are things with you and Zayden?”

“Bad,” Nelissa replied, frowning.

“Wait, why? Are you still mad at him?” Penelope didn’t understand what was going on.

That night, she personally handed Nelissa’s room keys to Zayden. She was sure that they were going to have an intimate night together.

That was why she left the country straight away the second day. She needed some time to herself, for a reason that only she could know.

Nelissa didn’t answer. She didn’t want to talk about Zayden anymore.

“Nelly, you still love him, right? You wouldn’t have given birth to his kids if that wasn’t true.”

Penelope saw that Nelissa was keeping her lips sealed and thought of her sick relative.

She then continued asked, “Is your relative going to be fine? The medical bill here is a lot more expensive than usual. Can they afford it? And you…”

Nelissa then suddenly chimed in, “I borrowed three hundred thousand from Edward.”

“My uncle?” Penelope wasn’t expecting that.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Why didn’t you ask for help from Zayden? Nelly, what were you thinking?!” Penelope was freaking out.

Nelissa knew that Penelope would react like that. She then answered, “Zayden already has Susan by his side.”

Penelope was obviously unhappy at Susan. Her face changed when Nelissa mentioned her name.

For the past five years, Zayden had brought Susan to all the banquets and events in the city. Susan’s angelic smile and mesmerizing elegance became the spotlight of every event.

All the men were envious of Zayden and the women were jealous of Susan.

“Even so, Susan is nothing compared to you! You have his kids!” Penelope suddenly took out a cheque book from her bag.

She wrote a cheque for three hundred thousand and handed it to Nelissa. “Take this and return the money to Edward now.”

“You don’t know how powerful and unreasonable he is! He might only be willing to loan you money for my sake. No one dares to loan money from him!” Penelope hurriedly explained.

Nelissa looked at the cheque and asked, “Can I really take your money?”

“Just hold on to it. You can pay me back slowly.” Three hundred thousand dollars was nothing to Penelope.

“Or you can ask Zayden to help you too,” Penelope said at the end, albeit rather softly.

“Thank you, Penelope.” Nelissa totally ignored her last sentence and took the cheque. It was exactly what she needed!

She couldn’t possibly borrow from anyone to pay back Edward but Penelope was his niece. He couldn’t possibly say no to her!

After that, she would have one less favor to pay back to him. She would then need to find a solution to get rid of Edward before Sean came back to the country.

The next day, Nelissa and a few senior partners of the Victory Group headed to the Hales Group for their next meeting.

However, Edward had something going on and was absent from the meeting. The other members of the Hales group didn’t dare make any decisions without Edward’s approval so the project came to a standstill.

After the meeting, Nelissa didn’t go back to the office. Instead, she waited for Edward at the Hales Group.

After some time, she finally saw Edward’s car pulling into the car park.

Nelissa then entered the elevator and made her way up to Edward’s office. After a few minutes, she stepped out of the elevator while holding an envelope firmly in her hands.

Sophie was there too that day. She was talking to Andrew outside the elevator.

“What a coincidence! Are you here for Edward?” Sophie smiled gently and asked.

Nelissa reciprocated the smile and said, “No, I’m just looking for Andrew.”

Andrew was puzzled.

“Please help me pass this to Mr. Hales.” Nelissa then handed the envelope to Andrew.

It was the cheque she got from Penelope.

“What is this? A love letter?” Sophie joked. She also started to wonder if Nelissa was Edward’s type.

“Our company has a partnership going on with the Hales Group. It’s just a letter of appreciation from my boss.” Nelissa made up a story on the spot. It had become very natural for her.

She could tell that Sophie wasn’t joking.

Andrew received the envelope and replied, “Alright, I will make sure Mr. Hales gets it.”

“I’ll be taking my leave then.” Nelissa fixed her eyes on Edward’s office. She was scared that Edward would suddenly pop out. Hence, she quickly escaped into the elevator after handing Andrew the cheque.

In the elevator, Nelissa took a glance at Sophie and realized something.

Edward’s fiancee was Anna and his current girlfriend was Sophie. This meant that Anna had been missing all this while!

Nelissa wondered, if Anna really passed away, did she need to pay with her life too?