Chapter 27

Tallulah sat on her bed with both hands beside her while she stared at her bare feet as she swung them.

"It was all an act to get Annika off his mind".

She repeated Mateo's words scoffing.

"It was all an act to get Annika off my mind".

She remembered the words clearly when she overheard him speaking to Camille the other day. At first, she thought it was a misunderstanding but then….

"I mean, why does it even matter? This marriage means nothing, absolutely nothing to him but why does it hurt me so much?".

The swinging of her legs ceased all of a sudden as she shut her eyes gripping the sheets on the bed firmly.

"At the end of it all, this is just about the money for daddy's businesses. I feel so victimised right now".

She let out a shaky breath and ran a hand through her curly red hair raising her head up and opening her eyes.

"I don't need to be here anymore, I'll just leave at the slightest opportunity". She paused remembering s