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Valerie was ready to conquer the world. All dressed up, looking pretty, she twisted around, showing it off to Ethan.
“You look beautiful. I’m sure they all will be blinded by your beauty.”
“Thanks, love.” She kissed his cheek and turned back to look into the mirror.
He eyed her through the mirror and placed his hands on her shoulders, “You look quite confident this morning. No more scared of Nina Sinclair?”
Valerie who was fixing her makeup, stopped mid–way, “I wasn’t scared of her. Just angry,” She kept fixing her face using a beauty blender, “It’s just that… she will never say mean stuff about me, in front of Rafael.”
“And why do you think that?”
“Because making me look bad in his eyes means… Rafael will come to know her reality too. I might get divorced and go away to avoid his hatred. But Nina as a mom? She would never be able to go anywhere. Plus, her social circle in Sangua is very dear to her. So, no. I’m pretty confident about it.”
“Well! That makes sense. He smiled, “should we go?”
She nodded and picked up her purse, “Here I come MSin.”
Last night, she prepared the speech that she was supposed to give to all the employees of MSin. She wanted to see their facial expressions when they would learn that she was Mr.
Sinclair. Enjoying her husband’s wealth was one thing but the thought of enjoying that power was too much to bear.
Valerie stepped out of the cab along with Ethan and looked up at the tall building of MSin.
“Good God! It’s more splendid than the Sangua one,” she told no one in particular. She wasn’t expecting such a posh structure in Kanderton.
Well done, Rafael. I’m impressed. She praised her husband silently.
Ethan wanted to hold!… hand, but she quickly freed it from his grip and spoke through her clenched teeth, “Ethan. Not publicly.”
He got the message and stepped back to follow her instead of walking beside her.
“Just remember, Ethan,” she said while walking, “I’ll be needing you here at every step. And will introduce you to everyone as my lawyer. In this way, they all will think twice instead of double–crossing me…” she sighed, “including Nina.”
Ethan nodded, his face almost expressionless, “Sure. I’ll be there, baby. Just like a shadow!” he pulled down his dark shades to the bridge of his nose and winked making her chuckle.
As they approached the entrance, a uniformed guard stepped forward, blocking their path,
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It was quite insulting for her. Her eyes narrowed to look at the tall man, “Do you even know who I am? Because once you know, I’m sure you will be fired straightaway from this place.”
He didn’t seem the least bit offended by the threat, “Sure ma’am. Go ahead. But you are not allowed to step inside.”
How dare he?
For God’s sake, she was not a random person. She was the President’s wife.
“What is your name, mister,” Valerie narrowed her eyes to look at his badge and read his name, “Mr. Fredrick …” She looked up to make eye contact, “Do you know the president?”
The smile on her face vanished when he shook his head not much impressed, “There are two entrances to this building. My duty is usually here on this gate.”
“Which one is it? I mean which entrance is used by the president?”
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not bound to tell you, ma’am. And please. Don’t come close to the door otherwise, I can call the police and p you behind bars.”
“Behind bars!” Valerie was fuming, “Ethan?”
“Yes, babe… I mean Valerie. Ms. Valerie… sure…” he then turned to the guard, “I’m a lawyer. This lady is the wife of your president.”
Guard’s brows furrowed, “Mr. Sinclair?”
“No! President of the United States of America,” Ethan snapped, “Seriously? Are you crazy? I demand you to let us pass right this minute otherwise it will be your ass landed in jail.”
The guard was again back to his poker face, “I can’t allow anyone. MSin is off. All the employees. were informed in a generic text message. If you are President’s wife, then how come no one bothered to inform you about it.”
Valerie was taken by surprise, “It’s off? But why?”
“They carried out fumigation today.”
“Fumigation?” Valerie thought she heard wrong and turned back to look at Ethan. He nodded in
confirmation.
“Yes. Fumigation. Someone saw snakes here, so the staff was given an off and they had to carry it out today!”
The color drained from Valerie’s face, “Snakes! Are you serious?”
This time the guard didn’t bother to answer her.
Just then another familiar voice reached Valerie’s ears, “What is going on here?” Valerie closed her eyes and chewed her lower lip. Her mother–in–law was here.
“Move aside. I need to get in,” she asked Valerie in a booming voice. Valerie quickly followed her order and gestured for her to go ahead.
“Yes, please. Go inside and don’t come back without spending hours!”
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“Ma’am. As I said I can’t allow you to enter here,” The guard’s patience was running out.
“Do you even know who I am?” Nina Sinclair screeched in frustration. She wasn’t even looking at
Valerie.
“Yes, ma’am. I know,” the guard nodded, “You must be the wife of the president.”
Nina’s face turned pale. She shot a warning glare to the guard,
“Are you in your senses? Who appointed you here? I’ll personally make sure that you get fired,” Valerie tried to stifle her laughter. Even the feeble girl from last night who was with Nina, was trying to hide her amusement.
“Ma’am. Don’t you ladies have anything better to do?” the poor man seemed annoyed, “They just got done with the fumigation and here you two are…”
He started wiggling his head in annoyance. However, the small audience looked up when a small team of uniformed men came out of the glass doors wearing overalls, followed by a young man. Dean pulled off his face mask and fixed his glasses.
He raised a brow and turned to the guard, “Who are these people?”
Before Valerie could explain to him, the guard said, “These are the wives of the president of the United States of America.”
