Chapter 149: I would roll in diamonds...
Selene POV
Holding her seething glare for one final beat, I brushed past her without a backward glance. "The next month will be a reckoning for one of us," I called over my shoulder. "I can hardly wait to see who emerges as the victor,". I continued down the corridor towards the girls’ room leaving Brooke to stew over the gauntlet I’d thrown at her feet.
A part of me recognized how deeply I was doubling down; how dangerous the whole situation could escalate but I also knew Brooke was the one living in delusions as she thought she could make a fool out of me. Noah and I may have a lot of obstacles to overcome, betrayals and scars that ran bone-deep... but I would damn if I surrendered my status and self-respect to her without a fight to the bitter end.
She was a wild card I had not anticipated and I know women like her are ready to hang around for the rest of their lives if actions are not taken to permanently take them out of the scene. I will forgive Noah for his cheating because he was the King in my game of chess and I needed him badly. As for Brooke, she best prepares herself for just how viciously I could play when properly motivated.
I arrived at the girls’ room and took a moment to gather my emotions and whatever remnants of the confrontation I just had with Brooke. I also knew I was late and could almost imagine Noah’s face at that moment but my children were my world too.
As I raised my hands to knock, the door opened to reveal the girls and their nannies, Brenna and Faustina. they were all dressed in coats and hand gloves against the chilly weather. When the nannies saw me, they immediately bowed in acknowledgement. I nodded in acceptance and turned to the girls.
"Are you guys heading somewhere? You’re all dressed up," I said taking in their attires. It wasn’t something casual too that they could wear around the house. They looked like they were going out of the pack house. I searched my brain trying to remember if they had told me about going out today but everything was coming up blank.
"Yes, your majesty...," Brenna responded. "The children have a play date today organized by their school and we’re heading there. So sad you couldn’t come but we hope you don’t mind us standing in for you and also we prepared some gifts on your behalf both for the children and the teachers present.
"Am I supposed to be there?" I asked as my eyes widened with surprise. "Did you tell me about this or something?" I asked again staring at them incredulously. The girls were already shaking their heads, arms crossed over their chests. They didn’t look pleased and at that point, I knew they must have mentioned it to me but as usual, I forgot again.
"We’ve been telling you since the beginning of this month, Mom," Vina who was always on my side spoke. She had an angry expression on her face "We also reminded you last week and the other week and almost every day and you keep promising to go but half the time you’re either not listening to us or you have your eyes glued on your phone. Do you not like us anymore?"
My heart hammered against my chest with fright at her words. Today was not going to be a good day. Remind me not to ever start my day with an angry Noah.