Anika
After the talk I had with Nathan, I met up with his mother in my hotel suite. We were in my suite's living room, lounging on the couch with wine glasses in our hands.
"He has decided. He's going to marry me."
I told her.
Her eyes lit up.
"That great!"
"But he has a condition." I told her.
Madam Natalia furrowed her eyebrows.
"What is it?"
"He'll marry me, and be my legal husband. But he will keep Marie as his mistress." I paused.
"And I agreed." I added.
Her eyes widened and stood up.
"What?! That preposterous!" She exclaimed, and began pacing in front of me.
Then she turned to me.
"What were you thinking?! We wanted that girl out of our lives! And yet you agreed to his stupid condition?! Be his mistress?! It's unacceptable!" Madam Natalia yelled at me.
I glared at h
