I stood up wiping my tears away, I hurriedly went to my car and followed Knox with that woman. They went to a shopping center. I removed my hat since it was one of the protocols of the building. They stopped at a woman's clothing shop. I was just meters away from them and I pretended to find some maternal clothes.

I saw how Knox held that woman with gentleness. He would cover her with his body every time someone would walk past them. I felt a searing pain in my chest when I saw Knox kiss that woman’s forehead.

“Careful,” Knox said when that woman almost tripped.

The woman giggled and softly slapped Knox's arms, “I am fine Darling. You’re being overprotective.”

“Of course, Darling. I don’t want anything to happen to you, okay? Anyway, after this we should buy another bag for you. And oh, of course, a new ring. You lost the one that I gave you right?”

“I didn’t mean to lose it, Darling. So please, forget about it, okay? And I know you can afford to buy me dozens of rings,” she even tugged Knox's necktie, pulling him down, and gave him a quick kiss.

Knox's ears turned red, “Of course, Darling. I would buy anything you want.”

I almost snorted when I heard that. Buy her everything? That money he had been using was my money! Our family's money. Knox was an orphaned child, I met him when he was seventeen at the orphanage and I was fifteen. I fell in love with him and asked my parents to bring him to our house and they agreed.

Since then, my family supported Knox financially, my father didn’t like Knox but he couldn’t throw him away because of me. Because I was in love with him and I thought of Knox as the man that I would spend the rest of my life with. But I was wrong, he became someone I no longer know.

Knox at that woman was choosing clothes for her, my eyes went down to her stomach. Her stomach was bulging already, Knox suddenly bent down and kissed her stomach. I felt nauseous, I know Knox loves kids, we’ve been together for almost eight years and we’ve been to a lot of doctors because I couldn’t get pregnant.

And now, I am pregnant with his child, finally. But he also has a child with his mistress.

Knox went outside the store because of a call. The woman was left inside the shop. She waved at me, I flinched.

“How far along are you?” She said while she tried to walk closer to me, but I stepped back. “Well, I am almost five months pregnant. Oh, almost six I guess. My boyfriend is beyond happy that I am pregnant. He said that his ex-wife was infertile. Oh, sorry, I am yapping nonsense. How about you?”

Her eyes told me that she knew who I was, and a smug smile appeared on her lips She went away from me when Knox went back and I hurriedly left. I was hurt by the words she said. Is that a reason for someone to cheat on their partner?

I left, I couldn’t bear it anymore, I went to my Dad’s mausoleum, and I stared at his picture. Wanting to hear his voice that would tell me, “I told you so.” I sat down on the floor and hugged my knees.

“Daddy, what should I do? Should I let go of him or should I cling to him?” I said as I cried like a child.

“Honey?” I flinched when I heard my mother’s voice. “What’s wrong, Honey? Why are you here and why are you crying?”

I felt my mother’s presence beside me, she sat down and held my hand. And I cried harder, I felt my mom’s arms wrapped around me. It was like, I was back from being a toddler, crying my eyes out in front of her.

She let me cry, and after a few minutes, I calmed down. She cupped my face, “What’s wrong with My Princess? Did Knox hurt? Tell me, I will shoot him-”

“Mom!”

My mother rolled her eyes, “I won’t kill him if he didn’t hurt you, okay? I am not that cruel… but if he did hurt you, I won’t kill him immediately, I will make him suffer like how you suffered.”

“Mom, I am pregnant.”

With those words escaped from my mouth, my mother cried. She was sobbing like a baby. And I don’t dare to tell her more, I don’t want to ruin this moment for her. My mother was there for me when I struggled to get pregnant. She was there when I cried when all those pregnancy tests came out negative.

After that my mother drove me home, and I was alone in our room again. There was no Knox, no messages or calls from him. And I was relieved that he wasn’t home yet because It broke me when I saw the email Saldivar sent me.

That night, my husband didn’t come home. I was crying my eyes out, I was beyond exhausted that night. The next morning, I read the text he sent me last night.

“Hey, Baby. I won’t be home tonight. I went to the headquarters because the Information Department messaged me that a certain group from Sicily was targeting us. I will tell you the details once I am home. Don’t forget to drink your meds before you go to bed, okay? So that we can have our little Luane and little Knox soon. I love you so much, wife.”

I read the message and I felt nothing, If I hadn’t known the truth I would be giggling and smiling reading his message. And I would respond immediately, but I am no longer Luane he knows, the loving wife that he neglected and cheated on.

I can’t believe how people can easily utter lies without even knowing the weight of the words.

Now I know who that woman was. She’s a prostitute in one of the brothels we own. She’s Erika Lopez, a twenty-one-year-old, Knox met her almost a year ago and their affair started right after they met at the brothel while Knox was investigating the incident--a prostitute was killed by a client.

That Knox, my husband was treating her like the most precious person in the world. And he spent some of MY money on that pimp. I bit my lower lip as I calmed myself down, I couldn’t believe that Knox would find a cheap woman, a woman who doesn’t even come from the same class as me.

I sent a message on Erika’s number, I saved her number after I hacked Knox's phone. And I knew she knew who I was. The way she mocked me yesterday, she knew I was stalking them. I wore a dress and under my dress was the first gun my Daddy gave me.

I sent a message to Saldivar, that I need some men that are not under the Grimaldi. I am certain that the men from Grimaldi follow Knox because he was the current patriarch, and knowing that Knox met that bitch at work. Some of my men, know that my husband is cheating on me.

I am against violence but this time, I want to let everyone know that I am the true heir to the throne. That being ruthless runs in the blood. I picked up a new car and headed to the Cafe where I would meet Erika.

And the men Saldivar sent me was on standby, I was wearing an earpiece. If everything goes down, all I have to do is signal my men to kidnap Erika.

After almost an hour, Erika arrived, wearing a red dress and killer heels. She sat across and smiled.

“I am glad that you already know who I am,” Erika uttered with sarcasm.

My hand is on my legs, ready to pull the gun and scare the hell out of Erika. My goal is to scare her, but right now, I want to teach her a lesson that she will remember her entire life.

“Well, I had done enough research.”

Erika laughed sarcastically, “Your husband didn’t come home last night, right? Because he was with me the whole night, he was attentive to every move I made and he told me that he would marry me and make our child the legitimate heir to the clan-”

“Why would that bastard child of yours will become the head of Grimaldi?” I leaned forward, “I am the only heir to the Grimaldi Clan. And whatever stupid promises Knox made were all lies. You're just someone Knox uses to pleasure him,” I said while smiling at her. Her expression hardened.

“I am carrying his child, Luane. You’re just a wife who can’t give her husband a real family. And now, everything that is yours is mine,” she said smugly.

I smiled, “Of course, you can have my trash, Erika. You can take my husband from me but not the money, the title, and the power that I hold. And if I completely divorce him, he will become as poor as the rat because everything that he had is mine. And the things that he gave you? They’re mine, you’re just a garbage collector.”

“You’re lying! You stupid bitch, I will take everything from you! You and your mother will suffer!” Erika slammed her hand on the table.

And with the anger I felt because of her arrogance, I pulled the gone, a silencer was attached to it so that I wouldn't attract attention but before I could pull the trigger a loud bang was heard and the men Saldivar hired protected me. And when I looked at Erika, a group of men pulled her away from our seat and protected her. I am sure they’re not one of the guys Saldivar hired.

Erika glared at me and the man who was holding Erika tried to shoot me, but the man Saldivar hired reacted immediately pulling me away and that was the last thing I remembered. The darkness took my consciousness away.