Betrayed

The Accident

"Why? " Gwendolyn asked tearfully.

" I just told you that I found love in Stephanie, your stepsister, " Wilson said calmly while holding Stephanie's waist like his life depended on it.

" You should have broken up with me instead of this," Gwendolyn said in tears.

" I'm sorry for everything. I hope you forgive me someday, " Wilson said calmly.

" Father, are you really going to sit back and watch Stephanie get married to my fiance? " Gwendolyn turned to her father, Zack Malcolm, and asked. But Zack gave her no reply neither did he look her in the face. Gwendolyn swallowed painfully. Of course, her father would always support her stepsister, Stephanie in everything as far as she was in the picture.

" Do you also know about this? " Gwendolyn turned and asked Jennifer even though she knew the answer.

"Gwen, it's not what...." Jennifer started talking but Gwendolyn cut her off.

" Just answer the damn question and stop beating around the bush!" Gwendolyn snapped at Jennifer.

" I'm sorry. I know that I should have told you but I didn't know how to do that. Moreover, your stepmother and stepsister threatened me to keep my mouth shut, " Jennifer said in tears.

She should have known. No wonder everyone was looking at her in pity. They all knew about it. Gwendolyn thought silently in tears.

" How long have you been having an affair with my stepsister? " Gwendolyn faced Davidson and asked tearfully.

" For four years. I fell in love with her the day you introduced me to your family as your boyfriend. I'm sorry for everything, " Davidson said calmly.

Gwendolyn chuckled. Davidson and her stepsister have been in a relationship for four years yet she just found out. What a life!

" Why didn't you tell me? " Gwendolyn asked looking at the man she had loved for five years. She never thought he could hurt her. Davidson could not reply. He only gave her a look that said 'I'm sorry '.

Never in her twenty-five years of life has she felt that hurt. She felt like a knife had been used to cut her heart into tiny pieces.

Gwendolyn looked from her father, who was supposed to love and care for her, to Davidson, whom she thought was her solace, to Jennifer, who was supposed to be her best friend, then to her stepmother, Fiona, and her stepsister, Stephanie, who had made her life miserable before she turned to leave.

With tears blinding her eyes, Gwendolyn ran out of the church to nowhere in particular. Her mind was too muddled to think straight. She needed a place to clear her mind. Images of what happened moments ago kept flashing in her mind no matter how hard she tried to get them out of her head.

She was too lost in thought to see the speeding car coming her way until it rammed into her. She lost consciousness immediately, bleeding from her ears, nostrils, and mouth.

The driver of the car, who turned out to be the famous cold billionaire, Zane Gluten, rushed out of the car to check on the victim.

" f**k! " He muttered and ran his fingers through his hair when he saw the condition of the lady. She was badly injured and may not make it if he tries to take her to the hospital in his car. He quickly bought out his phone and made a call.

" Bring my chopper and medical team to my location in the next three minutes, " Zane Gluten instructed and ended the call immediately. His eyes trailed the figure on the ground. He frowned when he noticed that she was in a wedding gown.

'Was she going to be wedded?'

'Why did she jump into the road without any care of being run down by a vehicle' Zane asked himself silently. Even though he was known as the cold billionaire, he could not help but care about the fragile lady his car rammed into.

Zane Gluten was on his way to a conference meeting. He was almost late for the meeting. So, he increased his speed to beat the time. Unfortunately, he rammed into a young lady dressed in a wedding gown who ran to the road without looking if there was an oncoming vehicle or not.

Zane's eagle eyes took in the features of the fragile on the ground. He gasped when he saw her puffy eyes. He could tell that she had been crying for hours.

' Was she planning on committing suicide?'

'Why would she want to do such a thing' Zane asked himself silently. A gasp from the young lady, brought Zane out of his thoughts.

Zane snapped out of his thoughts and turned his attention on her. His eyes widened when he saw her jerking and gasping. He quickly took her in his arms and began CPR on her not minding the blood.

" Don't f*****g die on me! " Zane screamed as he continued the CPR. Luckily, the chopper arrived at the scene with the medical team who swung to action immediately. Gwendolyn was placed on oxygen and immediately taken into the waiting chopper. The chopper took off immediately leaving Zane Gluten and a middle-aged man, Charles Aston, his personal assistant.

" What happened, Mr. Gluten? Charles asked curiously. He was surprised to see the famous cold billionaire worrying about a total stranger.

" What does it look like? A movie? " Zane asked coldly. Charles swallowed hard.

" No. It looks like... No, it was an accident, " Charles said nervously. He knew Zane Gluten could sack him for any wrong move.

" Good. Call the chairman, and tell him to reschedule the conference meeting for another day. I need to be in the hospital, " Zane said and briskly got into his car and drove off leaving a stunned Charles.

" Someone should wake me up from this dream. What just happened? Is the cold billionaire having a soft spot for a total stranger? How can the business-oriented tycoon cancel a conference meeting that would fetch him billions because of a lady he met today? No! Something is not right, " Charles thought aloud.

" Of course, something is definitely wrong! The last time something like this happened, Mr Gluten gave me the responsibility of taking the woman to the hospital and ensuring that she was fine. He also gave me some money to give her. That accident didn't stop him from attending the meeting he was going to. Why should this one stop him? Is there something he is not telling me? " Charles thought aloud again. He suddenly gasped when he recalled something. The lady his boss rammed into, was wearing a wedding gown.

"Bingo! Now I got what really happened, " Charles jumped excitedly like he had hit a jackpot.

" Mr Gluten wanted to get married to the lady secretly. But she ran away knowing that she would be stuck with a cold billionaire for the rest of her life and was hit by an oncoming vehicle, " Charles said with a grin.

" No wonder he lost interest in the conference meeting. Wow! I'm a genius! Anita must hear this, " Charles said happily.

He paused and quickly took out his phone when he remembered the assignment his boss had given him.

" Now how am I going to explain this to the chairman? " Charles asked himself while he put a call to the chairman.

" Where the hell is your boss? " An angry voice yelled at the other side of the call. Charles cringed.

" I'm sorry Mr Samson. My boss had an emergency. He asked me to tell you to reschedule the meeting for another day. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this may have caused, " Charles said calmly. But that angered the man at the other end of the call.

" To hell with your apologies! Your boss thinks he can do as he pleases simply because he is rich. Tell him that he will hear from my lawyer, " Mr Samson said angrily and ended the call.