HIS TRUE BEAUTY

“My…”

His phone ranged and he ignored it.

“My father?…”he said.

“Baby pick up, will talk about it later okay”I said calmly.

He hesitated but I insisted so then he answered.

“Alright, I will be there”.

“Baby is everything okay?”I asked curiously.

He smiled back, cleaning his mouth with the serviette.

“Sure, just that my father wants to meet us for something very important, I think we should go babe, we can address the issue too”‘he said with pleading eyes.

My face turned pale. Why did he suddenly change his mind, I don’t trust him anymore, sorry Bruno.

“I can’t,”I mumbled.

“What is it baby, I can’t hear you,”Bruno said, paying more attention.

“I can’t go with you,”I replied.

“Why?”he said, surprised at my decision.

“I can’t, I have my reasons, please I will tell you when you come back , just go without me okay”I replied trying not to cry.

He looked a little sad.

“I love you Bruno”I said and hugged him.

“Hey , you have to tell me what’s bothering you or I am going nowhere”he said into my ears.

“I promise, I will tell you everything when you get back”.

I insisted.

He sighed and kissed me.

“Alright, I love you too, so much”.

He kissed me again and left.

I accompanied him to the outdoors, then after he drove out of sight, I went back to the house sobbing. I fell on the couch and I hugged a pillow.

Am I wrong for ignoring Mr Hathaway’s invitation, he might have planned something against me. I don’t want to take risks, sorry Bruno.

**BRUNO’S POV**

I walked into our living room and found dad, and other family members already waiting for me, even Granny.

“What’s this a family gathering?”I joked.

“Come on here sweetie”.

Granny said, offering a hand.

I went to her and sat down, the faces of the others are not quite welcoming, I wondered what all the fuss was about.

Father started.

“First of all I want to congratulate my son, on his success concerning our company crisis, you did good and also soon to be the new CEO officially”.

Granny patted my hair and scattered it roughly.

“Granny!”I chuckled.

“So proud of ya”She whispered.

I was smiling uncontrollably, combing my hair back with my fingers.

“Where is Beauty?”Father asked, looking around searching for her.

“She is on her monthly stuff… it…, it disturbs her a lot, she actually loved to come but I asked her to stay back home”.

I lied scratching my ear, Granny could tell I was lying, I don’t know about the other family members.

“Well sadly that’s not her reason”Father sneered.

“Excuse me?”

I snapped with arched brows, annoyingly though I was a bit confused on how sure he sounded.

“Listen to your Father first, Bruno,”Mother urged.

“Can I continue?”

Father asked, gazing at me.

I didn’t say anything to him.

“He is listening, you can continue”Abigail replied instead.

“Last week Tuesday something happened, and I decided not to keep it to myself anymore, it’s something I still doubted up to this moment, I was shocked beyond measure, okay I know I never liked her but let’s be fair…..

“What are you talking about? Who?”I cut in.

He picked up a remote and put it on the wide screen and then he played a video.

My face was almost as shattered as my heart, I thought I couldn’t breathe, my blood was drained from my whole body and my heart was pointing faintly.

“What’s this? Can someone tell me what the fuck is going on here!”

I snapped breathlessly.

“I’m sure you had better eyesight than me Bruno, such a sweet girl. I am really disappointed, ”Granny said.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

The video was a video of Beauty and father, it showed the moment Beauty walked into his room.

My daddy was surprised to see her and asked her what she was doing there. She seduced him and. ….

I closed my eyes, my thick brows arched as tears rolled down my cheeks, my fist folding shaking in anger.

“What is this honey, you gave in? How could you?”my mom cried out loud.

“She was persistent and I am a man, what am I supposed to do! Who would believe such whore, I knew it from the start!”

He replied to my mom who was already in tears.

I rushed and grabbed on him, holding back from giving him a fist blow.

“How could you dad! Your son’s fiancee!!”.

I snapped angrily, my blood boiling.

As I stare angrily at into his eyes, my lips shaking.

“Let go of me you fool, I did what any man would do with a deceptive seductress like her”he replied.

“You look like you enjoy it huh, you enjoyed having sex with your daughter-in-inlaw to be!”I yelled out again.

“She is not my daughter-inlaw to be and never will be!”he snapped.

Grandma came and held me back.

“It’s okay, Bruno,”she consoled me.

I let go of him, my eyes widened in shock, this can’t possibly be happening.

“Bruno why are you angry and blaming dad, what about that ugly fat pig of your fiancee?”Abigail stated.

“Shut it abigail!”I snapped furiously.

“No you shut it Bruno, screw it, that fool had the guts to come into my bedroom and lure my husband into it”Mother stated angrily.

I cleaned my face and laughed sadly.

“Lured you say? Look how he used her like a whore, if that’s actually her, I doubt, because he hated Beauty he might have framed her up or something”.

“You are so blind by love that you can’t see that she is nothing but a gold digger”.

Abigail screamed at me.

“Are you calling me a liar, the CCTV is there to prove my innocence?”Father defended himself.

“You could have left , and stopped her but you … did it like you wanted it a long time”I snapped with rage and jealousy.

“Did you watch the time she was on top of dad? Of Course not you closed your eyes”Abigail snapped back.

“This can’t be, its not Beauty, she is innocent I know it ” I yelled out, my head aching.

“Sometimes people are not what they really seems , people are like that honey”Grandma , who has been speechless by what she saw, finally spoke out.

“Granny , you too? Don’t tell me , you believe she can do this, Beauty is not that type of person”I said with pleading eyes.

She sighed and held me.

“Of course not but human beings can change a lot, maybe she’s not as innocent as I thought, as we.. thought, get a programmer to confirm if the video is real or fake, however if it’s real then I am sorry I can’t take sides with you” she consoled me.

An hour later the video programmer arrived.

I made sure I was the one that got him to do the job to avoid compromise.

We also checked the CCTV which shows when she came into the compound with a cab and when she left after having it with my father.

“It’s all real, 100 percent”.

The programmer and expert replied in his tone.

“Now what are you going to do Thomas?”Abigail snapped angrily at me, she cursed and continued,”I hated that girl from the first day I saw her on that video call, very ugly and desperate”.