Under His Protection

CHAPTER 33-THE TRUTH

It was just as Vincent had expected, the press conference was a success and within the next twelve hours, the country was going crazy about how much of a gentleman Vincent was and Isabella was no longer criticized.

With the news flooding TV stations, Radio stations, and all media across the country that Vincent Storm was already married to Isabella and that they were also planning their wedding, the old information and hate about Isabella had evaporated into thin air.

Jessica and Vincent’s mother would indeed be disappointed in themselves as their action had helped Isabella because rather than making her the victim, they had in fact orchestrated her to become the luckiest girl in the country.

“Thank you for going that far just for me,” Isabella remarked as she watched the press conference over again, she was constantly in awe at how Vincent had managed to save the situation.

One major good news was that Isabella had new supporters, especially from those who never liked Jessica, and with their wedding taking place soon congratulations continued to pour in for Isabella but she knew this meant war with Jessica and even the Whites, which made her wonder why she had not heard from them yet.

“What rubbish!” Mr white roared as his hand cleared off his table in a single stroke that left every piece on it crash-landed on the floor, he could no longer control his rage as the all-news headline did not fail to remind him of his failure.

Mr. White’s anger knew no bounds as she knew what this news would cost him, not only would it make him look weak among his colleagues because he had always bragged about having Isabella under his control but majorly because he knew Don Fernando must have seen the news and this only meant trouble.

Mr white could feel the tumult that was raging in his mind and he bit down on his lips in frustration, he was already out of plan and was certainly confused.

“How did you let things get out of hand!” Mrs white shouted as she barged into her husband’s office, she had left her husband to handle Isabella after their last meeting and was so surprised to see the news that morning.

“What do you mean me? I didn’t do anything!” Mr white replied furiously, he hated the way his wife always made him look stupid whenever things like this happened.

“I can’t believe you do not want to own up to your mistake!” Mrs white ordered as she lashed out at her husband. ” This is your fault and you cannot deny it,” she reprimanded with her tone increasing in pitch as she stared straight at Mr white.

“You had assured me that you had everything about Isabella under control and weeks later this happens! just what on earth have you been doing?”

“Perhaps I need to remind you what this means to us and the company,” Mrs white declared as sat down in anger, she knew deep down this was not entirely her husband’s fault but she was just too worked to admit it.

The truth was that Mr white understood what his wife was trying to say, with the news circulating in the country he knew Don Fernando must have seen it and once he learned how genuine the wedding between Vincent and Isabella is, there would be no way out for them, as his life and that of his wife would be at Don Fernando mercies.

“But come to think of it, how is all this my fault? Let’s not for the real reason why we are going through all this!” Mr white remarked angrily, he had always known he become like this if things did not go as planned.

“I did it for the company!” Mrs white asserted with a shrilled voice, as she gave her husband a cold stare.

Some years ago, their company was on the verge of collapse and they did all they could to get back on their feet but nothing worked at that time, and then Mrs white thought of using gambling to make money after she was good at it and that was where she met Don Fernando.

He had offered to help her after losing all her money, she knew how dangerous he was but she didn’t have any other choices as she had just lost all they had left to her failed games.

With frustration and determination in her eyes, she agreed to Don Fernando’s terms, at first it was for having fifty percent of the company but after the grand re-opening where Don Fernando had met with Isabella, they manipulated their way into making Isabella the ultimate price.

“You cannot blame me for this, if it wasn’t for me we would have long lost this company to bankruptcy and would have gone penny less, I had to do what was right for us at that moment!” Mrs White argued as she tried to defend herself.

“I know you did this for us but you went too far trying to use the daughter of my best friend for our gain, now look what this has cost us, we are on the verge of losing everything including our lives!” Mr Whute shouted in anger, He had been against involving Isabella from the beginning but his wife had insisted.

“Now is not the time to shift blame, I had gotten a call from Don Fernando’s secretary but I refused to pick it up.” Mrs White announced as she grimaced in fear, they knew this meant that Don Fernando had seen the news for sure.

“Oh My God!” Mr White exclaimed as he heaved a heavy sigh, this only meant that didn’t have much time left to take action. “What do think we should do?” Mr White asked as he waited patiently for his wife.

He would never admit it, but Mr white knew his wife was better at solving problems than he was and right now, he was too scared of the outcome not to ask for help.

“I have been thinking about threatening Vincent to stay away from Isabella but since they are already married I think it would take more than that,” Mrs White explained.

“Threatening Vincent would not yield us good results either seeing that he is also influential and powerful,” Mr. White remarked after much thought, he knew how powerful Vincent’s family was and something as mere as that would have no effect.

“But what other plan do you have in mind, we do not have much time on our side, and with the look of things they already have the mass in support of them and you know how powerful that is.” Mrs White added she was already out of plans and delaying any further would cause more damage

“How about looking for…” Mrs White tried to suggest but was quickly interrupted by her husband, “Oh My God!!!” Mr White Exclaimed jumping out of his chair as he stared at his phone in horror.

“What is it?” Mrs white questioned as she stared at her husband, who was vividly in terror.

“I- it’s Don Fernando!!” Mr white stammered as he pointed at his phone which was still vibrating, “W- what do I tell him?” He continued as he wiggled in fright.

They both knew why Don Fernando was calling and right now refusing to answer his call would only make matters worse. “What do we do now?” Mrs White whispered as she trembled in fear, she had refused to pick up his secretaries number for the same purpose.

But Don Fernando didn’t relent, and they knew better than to ignore his call the second time, “Good day Don Fernando,” Mr White greeted politely as he answered the call, he had asked his wife not to make any sound and let him do the talking.

“I presume you are having a nice day sir,” He. continued as he tried his best to gain his composure.

“I will cut to the chase as you already know why I am calling,” Don Fernando asserted his voice hard and firm.

“And What is it, if I may ask sir?”Mr white questioned as he tried to feign ignorance, “I do hope the news about my bride being married to someone else is only but a facade as you already know the consequences of breaching a contract with me.” Don Fernando stated with a calm but mischievous tone that indicated his subtle wrath.

“Oh that sir, it is certainly not true it was staged, it is for an upcoming movie, there is nothing to worry about isabella is and will remain your bride.” Mr white asserted and without further discussion, Don Fernando ended the call.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

“What have you done?” Mrs white shouted as she looked at her husband in disbelief, “That was the only option, we needed time!” Mr White exclaimed.

“What do we do now??” Mrs White questioned, she knew her husband was right but lying to Don Fernando seemed to be a bigger risk.

“We would have to tell Isabella the truth!” Mr White announced,” I think with the contract and fear of Don Fernando, Isabella would have no choice but to give up Vincent.”