Tides Of Betrayal

to see the redness. My mother had never hit me before, but I guess there's a first time for everything. The heavy knot tightened in my chest as the weight of my family's embarrassment crushed m

ght!' I rolled my eyes and then spotted a recent text from my father. 'Come to the house by four in the afternoon. Do not be late.' Somehow, this text managed to make me gulp. For some reason, I always feared my father. He was an authoritarian and he never liked when things didn't go his way. And now, I must have crossed the line. I sighed and switched off my phone again before laying down on my bed and covering myself up with my blanket. I knew the press was going to dig on my now broken engagement with Berlin. The fact that I called him a cheater in front of everyone will make people curious. I groaned and ran my hand through my hair. "Life is playing with my sanity," I mumbled to myself and closed my eyes. Four o'clock came quicker than I would have liked. I was standing at the front door of my childhood home. Letting out a sigh, I opened the door and walked into the large mansion. My heels clicked against the tiled floor as I made my way to my father's study where I knew he would most likely be since he wasn't at work. I knocked and opened the door to walk in. My father was seated at his desk with my mother beside him. They looked up to see me. My mother glared at me while my father looked at me with disappointment. "Close the door," he said and I obeyed. "Good afternoon, father, mother," I said to them. "There is nothing good about the afternoon or the day! Not after that rubbish you did yesterday," my mother shrilled making me grip my bag tighter. I watched my father place a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. He then looked at me, "Explain yourself now." I swallowed hard, "Berlin is cheating on me. He has someone else he is planning to make his second wife after marrying me. I can't do that." He scoffed and my lips parted. Did he just scoff? "You aren't the first person to experience that and you won't be the last. Do you know the consequences of what you did? I lost millions!" he bellowed. His face was turning red with anger. My heart felt like it wa