Episode 5

"Valentina, if you leave, you'll be in serious trouble!" Alexander scowled.

"Oh, cut the drama, Alexander," she smiled. "I'm just doing what you always said to me when you left and abandoned me in this huge mansion, me wallowing in my own damn loneliness, but of course... You don't feel anything!" Valentina climbed into the car.

"Valentina Williams!" Alexander growled, truth be told she didn't even know where she was headed, it was all impulse.

"Damn, this is getting hot!" exclaimed Milan, who, in all the time he'd known Valentina, had never seen her like this.

Alexander ran his hands through his hair in desperation. "That woman will be the death of me!"

"She's had enough, buddy, that's crystal clear. I told you so, I told you she'd get tired of your rejection. I can't fathom why you won't give it a shot - Valentina is incredibly wealthy. Can't you see that amazing backside? Her boobs, for heaven's sake! Are you blind? With all due respect, I can imagine myself with that woman; there's plenty to hold onto."

"Watch how you talk about her!"

"Jealous?" Milan taunted.

"No! But as long as she's my wife, you will respect her. Now, where could she have gone?"

"Just leave her be, she doesn't matter to you. What happened with Lore?"

"That's another issue... She's threatening to leave if I don't divorce her, and frankly, I can't envision a life without Lore. She's a perfect woman, marvelous, beautiful, and charismatic. I'm the envy of all, which is why I want to make her my wife, but Valentina's complicated everything."

"I see. If Valentina tells your parents the truth, you lose your position as head of the company."

"Exactly! And it's not fair. I've worked hard for what I've made, only for Valentina to try and manipulate me. Damn it! I need to find that woman - correction, that curvy woman, because damn, she's irresistible."

"Milan!" Alexander reprimanded.

Milan laughed heartily.

"Buddy, brace yourself. Now you have a wife who's truly hurt and she's going to make your life hell."

"It'll be the other way around. I'm positive she can't hold out for long and will tire herself out. She thinks that by pulling all these stunts, I'll fall in love with her. That will never happen!" Alexander sighed.

"Fancy a drink?" Milan suggested.

Alexander agreed and they entered the house.

Valentina turned on the music and sang wildly while driving, her wound so fresh it was bound to hurt: a woman who loves and dedicates her life to her home, only for her husband to fail her, to be unfaithful, it hurts tremendously.

She had ordered some very sexy lingerie, so she stops to pick it up as a way to pass the time.

"Mrs. Williams, you could have called, and I would have sent it to you, so you wouldn't need to come down here," the salesperson spoke kindly.

"Don't worry, how much do I owe?" Valentina asked with a bright smile.

"Two thousand dollars – cash or card?"

Valentina squinted slightly before pulling out the card Alexander had given her, as ordered by her father. She paid with the card and Alexander received the notification.

"Oh, what terrible luck!" Lore huffed, and Valentina recognized that voice; she could never forget it, those moans that never left her mind.

Valentina tensed her jaw and then turned to look at Lore as if she didn't know her. Lore was carrying many shopping bags.

"Would you like anything else?" the salesperson asked Lore.

"I've bought so many things that I don't feel like it anymore, especially since my fiance spoils me so much," Lore replied with a malicious smile.

Valentina played dumb since Lore knew perfectly well who Valentina was to Alexander, but Lore thought Valentina was unaware of her identity.

"Mrs. Williams, do you need anything else?" the salesperson asked, noticing Valentina lost in her thoughts.

"Yes..." Lore whispered.

"What will you have, Mrs. Williams?"

"Everything in my size," Valentina ordered through gritted teeth.

Lore sneered at Valentina.

"Oh, my God, you should try the lingerie shop across the street, size XL, dear. This place is not for you," Lore mocked and Valentina looked at her with disbelief.

"Miss, I'm going to try this on," Valentina snatched the fiery red lingerie and Lore's mockery intensified.

Valentina rushed into the fitting room to change, an act she had never done in her life, for she was a clean and righteous woman, but Lore had drawn out the malice within Valentina.

When she emerged from the fitting room, the salesperson was almost agape at the sight of Valentina examining herself in the mirror.

Hence, Lore turned to look with a teasing grin, which vanished as she gazed upon Valentina's shapely figure.

"Mrs. Williams!" the salesperson exclaimed.

"I'll take this one, my husband will love it. I'll get several. He's very sexually active, always ready for another round, and we like to try new things. So," Valentina sighed, "this one is perfect. It'll be the first one I wear for Alexander." Valentina's sly smile infuriated Lore.

"Sorry to ask, Mrs. Williams, but... have you had surgery?"

"Oh, no, darling! All of this you see is all-natural. That's why my husband is so fiery. Just thinking about what he'll do to me tonight is making me hot. We're going to have a splendid evening." Valentina's malice-laden smile. "Oh, right, almost forgot! Poor you, you should really maybe take some vitamins or... eat enough. You look anorexic, and I think if you put on one of these pieces, it would hang loose on you." Valentina laughed in Lore's face and then retreated to the fitting room, her desire to grab Lore by the hair and drag her around the store almost overwhelming her, but she wanted to be smarter and make both Lore and Alexander suffer.

"What's up, Alexander?" Milan asked, noticing Alexander staring at his phone with a puzzled expression.

"Valentina is spending a fortune!"

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