Perfect disguise by Elizabeth A (speld decodable readers .txt) 📗

.47.

Diana's POV.

I turned off the car and I checked myself in the mirror. I applied more gloss on my lips and blew a kiss at the mirror. I was in a very good mood and nothing would ruin that. I picked up my clutch and opened the door of my car. My phone beeped and I brought it out. A WhatsApp message from Emily popped up on the screen.

~Check this out.~

Then there was an article below the text. The headline already stated what the article was about, so I didn't need to read it. It was about my affair with Dominic. There was even a picture of us kissing on a ferris wheel!

I sat down back. Gosh, this wasn't good. Dominic won't be pleased with this. This was the last thing he expected. I knew this might happen though. People tried to be the first to reveal the latest update of my life. I was used to seeing my name and images trending on the internet, but how will Dominic feel about this?

I patted my curly hair and got down from the car. I wouldn't allow this lousy article to ruin my good mood. 

I dropped my clutch on the couch in my office and sat down. I should call Dominic. I was about to call him when my office door opened and Emily walked inside.  She wore a black woolen jumpsuit with long sleeve cotton top and a brown fedora hat with a black stripe perfectly resting on her lovely straight brown hair.

She sat down beside me and crossed her legs. She smiled. "What's up girl? What are you going to do about that article?"

I shrugged. "I will just ignore it. I'm sure people will forget about it within few days."

"What about your mom? I don't think she will forget about it within few days."

"Yeah, you are right."

One of the reasons Liam broke up with me was because of the way mother treated him. She didn't approve my relationship with him and had always tried to put an end to it. I'm certain she was glad that we had broken up. She would to ruin my affair with Dominic once she realized he was Liam's half brother.

"So what are you going to do? You can't let her ruin your relationship like she did with Liam."

"The only reason Liam broke up with me was because he didn't love me enough to withstand my mother's discrimination."

"I can't blame Liam for that though. Your mother is very dangerous. It is only God that knows what she did to Liam to make him break up with you."

"You think my mother did something to Liam?"

"Yeah. She takes things into her own hands when it doesn't goes her way."

My heart stopped for a second and sweat broke out from my pore. What if Emily was saying the truth? Could my mother actually did something to Liam? I could remember what she did when I turned down her decision of me taking over the Lawson's airline. She'd made sure that no fashion  company hired me. I was lucky to found a job at modern mode. 

"I will try to talk to Liam. I want to know if my mom really did something to him."

"That's good," 

Emily left and I called Dominic.

"Diana, how are you feeling now?" He spoke through the phone.

"I'm good. Have you read the latest news?"

"Yeah, everyone seem to believe we are dating except Chloe."

"What? She didn't believe it?"

"Yeah. Earlier, she came to my office and heard me telling Kenneth we weren't dating. So now she thinks we are only pretending," he explained.

"That's bad. So what's your plan?"

"We need to convince her. "

"How?" I inquired.

"She needs to see us together very often," he suggested.

I went back to work after the call. I  ordered lunch. I was going to give Dominic his lunch at his workplace so that Chloe would be convinced we were really together.

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I balled my hands and hit my wheel. It was hard to believe my Mom could actually fired Liam from his job just so he would be forced to break up with me. I had set up an urgent meeting with Liam and he told me everything my Mom did to ruin his career. She even went as far as taminishing his images. 

Why would she do that? 

I got down from my car and slammed the door. I sighed. Today was going so well until that damned article and my mother ruined it. I banged the hood of my car. The fact I was her daughter didn't give her any rights to do this to me. This was my life, I was meant to be the one to decide how I was going to live it. 

I stormed into the mansion. She should better have a good explanation for ruining my relationship with Liam.

I barged into the living room. There was a maid dusting the furniture. She stopped what she was doing and greeted me.

"Welcome back, Miss Lawson," she studied my face. "Is something wrong?"

I pinched the bridge of my nose and tried to relax my face. "It's nothing. Where is my mother?"

She pointed at the kitchen across the living. "She is in the kitchen. She doesn't want anyone to disturb her. "

I nodded without a word and marched towards the kitchen.

"You were supposed to make it look like an accident, remember?" My mom burst out to someone on her phone.

I froze before the door of the kitchen. My system shut down and my pulse thumped in my ears. 

Looks like an accident?

What was she talking about?

Could she …

I shook my head. I shouldn't judge my mom like that, she couldn't be that cruel. 

"Listen, I don't want anyone to know that I was involved in the death of Emily. So I don't know how you will do it, but make sure you clear away all the evidence of that night."

My breath hitched. I took a step backward and my legs buckled. I stamped my hand on the wall and gasped out struggling to breath. Chill ran down my spine and my skin burned. I couldn't think. I just couldn't. It was hard to believe what I heard.

"Don't leave a single trace, okay?" She warned the caller.

My head spinned as I connected the dots. My mom hated my brother and Emily, but there wasn't any reason to kill Emily. She was just ten years old. I raised my head  up and my eyes widened as I realized my mom's actual motive. Emily wasn't her target in that assumed accident, it was my brother, Chad.

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