Chapter 202
Jonathan’s POV
Grand Del Hotel – Private Room- a few moments later
The representative was looking between us, then all of a sudden he stood up.
“Ladies,” he said, kindly.
“Could you too please give us a private moment p>
“I need to speak to Mr. Rollings alone, if you may p>
Veronica and Imelda got up and walked to the other side of the room and waited.
“Mr. Rollings,” the representative said in a very low voice.
“I’m utterly disappointed in your wife’s behavior p>
I looked at him with pinched eyes.
“I know she was born to Fredrick Harmon, but she’s way too arrogant p>
“This kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable for the heir of the River family p>
I glanced at Veronica who looked confused, but she still nodded to go along.
I swallowed my anger.
“Don’t worry,” I said.
“My wife is nothing but compliment once you really meet her p>
“Well, in that case,” he said.
“Your wife raised a topic not related to inheritance. I think we should discuss that first p>
I was uncertain as I was happy he’s skipping the inheritance talk in front of Imelda.
Seeing us being normal, Imelda walked over and flung her arm through mine.
“Is everything alright dear?” she asked with a soft voice.
“You see,” she said looking at the representative.
“My husband has been under tremendous pressure ever since this inheritance thing took over p>
I immediately understood what she was up to.
Now I also understood what Veronica meant to tag along.
Accusing her at this moment would only cause chaos.
At the moment she’s portraying herself as the person who’s protecting me.
“He’s just been carrying so much for so long,” she said softly as she looked at Veronica as if she was the reason.
“Well,” the representative said.
“Mrs. Rollings discussed about the ownership of Harmon Designs p>
“Apparently,” he said looking cross at Veronica.
“The company has been taken over by someone who cannot p>
“You’re absolutely wrong on that,” I rejected.
“Ver I paused as now calling Veronica by her real name would conflict with Imelda.
“Ms. Harmon,” I pointed towards Veronica.
“Is the real Harmon Designs as she is the biological daughter of Jane Harmon and Fredrick, whatever his surname is p>
“And Mrs. Veronica,” I glared at Imelda.
“Was adopted by Fredrick p>
“So, legally speaking,” I continued.
“She has no legal authority over Harmon Designs p>
I saw a flash of hurt cross Imelda’s face as my gaze fell on her.
“Jonathan?” She said,
“How could you misunderstand me p>
“All I want to do is protect my family and my company p>
“The company I ran for a decade p>
I had to say she was playing the role of the victimized wife very well.
She even managed to make the representative confused.
“What do you mean by that?” he asked.
I looked directly at him and decided to take my chance.
“Actually, she’s not my wife p>
The representative was looking confused at me and Imelda.
I was about to explain what was going on, but Imelda interrupted me.
“See,” Imelda said.
“I told you the pressure from the River inheritance has taken its toll on him p>
“After all, all of a sudden you find out you’re part of a family that you never knew p>
“And on top of that such a prominent family p>
“I hope you can understand p>
“As for her p>
I froze as I knew she was going to say something about Veronica.
” I do hope you don’t say anything wrong.” I said in my mind.
“She has a daughter, Janet,” she said.
“She’s her daughter with Jonathan, she had her eighteen years ago p>
“She was server at our parties back then p>
“My husband was drunk, but he handled his responsibility and still does p>
“She always makes herself look like only she cares about my husband p>
I glared at her as I saw her using her own history as a weapon.
Now she’s going to attack Veronica’s character and tarnish to the extent of no repair.
She actually has the audacity of bringing back those years.
My eyes widened in shock as I realized she was a woman with no bottom limit.
“She also has a son, Joshua p>
“He’s eight years old p>
“She had him when she left Jonathan,” she spoke in a calm and sympathetic voice.
I was shocked as to when did she plan, and when did she execute all this.
Imelda reached into her folder and removed a photograph.
“I never wanted Jonathan to know this p>
“But I have no other option p>
The photo was of Veronica standing arms crossed with another man.
At first I was shocked, but after seeing it again, I found out it was an AI image.
But the representative mistook it for real.
This is the man she was with during those or that year p>
Then she placed another document on the desk.
“This is the DNA of Joshua and that man p>
“You can see, Joshua is that man’s son, though he goes by the name of Joshua Rollings p>
The representative studied the documents with a confusing look.
“Mr. Rollings?” he said. “Why do I feel p>
He trailed off a bit.
“Yes,” I said.
“The report is fake p>
I pointed to the photo.
“As you can see, it’s fake p>
“That man is not in the same frame p>
“But Joshua is p>
“Joshua is my son as much as Janet is my daughter p>
“As for my relationship with Veronica p>
“I’ll tell you that later on p>
“Mr. Rollings,” he said.
“Marrying another while first wife is there p>
“Is a bigamy p>
“I hope you know that p>
“Don’t worry about that p>
“I have only one wife p>
“But why would your wife fabricate such evidence against you p>
“Actually, Veronica and I,” I looked at Imelda so he would understand who I was talking about.
“We can never be on the same page p>
“Please don’t think else of my husband p>
“He is a great man, and I love him for who he is.” Imelda said, sounding as pitiful as possible.
Since we came, she has been presenting herself as a wife who loves her husband and can bear any bigamy he does.
And one thing if I knew about Imelda, was p>
She was the best liar in the world.
Imelda didn’t stop, and was going to tell about Sanders.
That was the bottom line for me.
“Enough, Imelda p>
“Her name is Imelda, and she’s not my wife p>
“My wife is Veronica Rollings p>
“And she is Veronica,” I said pointing to Veronica.
He simply stared at Veronica as she walked over to me.
Imelda tripped a few steps back as she saw her plan fall before her.
Veronica remained calm.
“If you are the real Mrs. Rollings p>
“You are really a calm woman p>
“I’ve seen a lot to reach rashly p>
“And have endured to be able to live peacefully with my husband and children p>
“Would you like me to intervene p>
“No,” she calmly said.
“This is a family matter p>
“We’ll resolve it soon enough p>
I was shocked and confused at the same time.
Why was she calling this a family matter?
Why wasn’t she exposing Imelda the way Imelda did?
Why did she remain calm at a time she should have been angry?
I was so confused, I couldn’t tell was Veronica falling into a trap set by Imelda, that I couldn’t see,
Or was she setting a trap that I couldn’t see.