Heartbroken And Jilted

Orange High Regency Hotel.

Mia rushed straight into the hotel ignoring her cellphone which was ringing incessantly and made her way towards the room.

Seeing the sign R4019,she paused to regain her composure then she walked over,she took out the card from her clutch and swiped it over the door panel making her way into the now open room.

She took slow and cautious step into the room,the scene she saw unhinged her and her muscles went taut in an instant.it was one thing to see it on the screen and it was another personally witnessing it,the sureallity of it all crushed her soul and grabbed the threshold of the door to maintain her balance.

She kept shaking her head in disbelief,rooted to the same spot,the duo who were tangled in the sheets moving rhythmically were lost in the frenzy of passion that consumed them, unable to notice her presence.

Her clutch slipped onto the floor distracting the two adulterous pair.they both stared at her wondering how she came in unannounced.

"Mia,I can explain. . "Leonard scrambled to his feets fumbling for words and shaking in fright.

"You. . ."

"Enough of your pretentious attitude Mia", Eddie yelled as she held Leonard back, glaring at Mia in disgust and disain."As if you're any better than us".

"Eddie. ."

Give me your laptop Leonard,I'll reveal her true colors to you she's nothing but a slut", Eddie interrupted reaching for her shoulder bag.

"Eddie how dare you say . . "

"Just keep quiet Mia,heavens knows how long I've been waiting for this day", Eddie wrapped the blanket around her tightly and picked the USB from her bag inserting it in the laptop.

The screen lighten up, showing the scene of a couple tangled passionately under the sheets.

The image on the screen made Mia's froze,as she stared onto the screen shocked and ashamed, that was the day she and Lucian spent a night together.

"Now do you think you have any right to accuse us of infidelity,we only returned your actions with equal vigor", Eddie harrumphed,a faint sneer of satisfaction crossed her face.

Leonard stared at the screen in awe,fueled with rage and jealousy he pointed to her accusingly.

"How dare you Mia,how dare you do this?", Leonard thundered, his eyes smouldered with anger.

"Very well,that had been cheating on her since long ago and now they dare to oin the blame on her."Enough!",she yelled.

"I really give it to you two,so brilliant and amazing, you've successfully plotted a superfluous scheme and you're asking me how dare I, you two have been cheating on me since years ago so it's only fair for me to return the favor",Mia chuckled.

"You're able to fool me but do you think you will be able to defeat Lucian or the Henderson corporation,dream on",Mia added.

"So you've figured it all out,now that spare us the unnecessary hassle of explaining,so please see yourself out", Eddie replied and embraced Leonard, crawling under the sheets.

Mia closed her eyes at the gruesome scene before her which did nothing but arouse her tears and sorrows.

After a long while of blanking out,she staggered out of the hotel and into the busy street,she sat down on the bench in a park in a slouchy position in tears,her chest burned with each breath as she sucked in air to cry out again,her head pounding with searing pain but the worse of it was that she had no tears left to shed.

She sat in the silence staring blankly into space,the street turned dark but she was still there in the same position lost in a world of her own not noticing the snow.

The streets became dark and quiet with fewer peoples left,the shrill sound of her cellphone resonated through the quiet night jolting her out of her revire.she clumsily reached for the phone in her pocket and answered it without glancing at the caller ID.

"Mia?", she could recognize her aunt raspy voice.

"Aunt Miley is there something wrong ?", Mia asked sensing her aunt's worried tone.

"This is this disastrous,check the news where are you right now?" .

"I'll be on my way home now,what exactly happened?".

"A lot, lot has happened Mia", Aunt Miley replied worriedly."I warned you about transferring your shares to Leonard now the company is that the brink of collapsing, in just a day while I wasn't around the company is at the verge of bankruptcy",she added.

"What!",Mia rushed to her feets immediately.

"The companie is at the verge of bankruptcy in just a day,does he think he can defeat the Henderson corporation with just few allies he gathered now we're the one bearing the brunt, I'm afraid the company is going to collapse cause things are spiralling out of control and he's nowhere to be found".

"No,no such thing will happen I'll find a way",Mia replied.

" I'm afraid it's inevitable besides you know nothing about business and all, don't worry I'm already trying to contact some of my old pals ", Aunt Miley replied assuringly.

"I'll also try my best Aunt",Mia muttered after ending the call .

The price I had to pay for love is high,not only am I heartbroken and jilted my family's company is also at the verge of collapsing that I will not allow to happen at all cost,I would not allow my parents hardwork of many years to be in vain.

Glancing onto the dark skies,she felt hopeless and yet hopeful,she took slow steep steps, her muscles aching from being in the same position for too long,she stared at the white snows which had melted into a huge pile of grey slush.

She hailed a cab and headed for her apartment, the news of the company almost collapsing was already making the headlines on all media.

"O'Connors Corporation at the brink of collapsing".

"O'Connor's Corporation to declare bankruptcy".

"In just a day,the mighty O'Connor's Corporation had been reduced to nothing but an empty shell".

"The end of the mighty O'Connor's Corporation".

The headlines scorched her eyes as tears rolled down her cheek.This was happening all because of her stupidity,all because of the so-called love.Perhaps if she had listen to her Aunt's and the lawyers warnings, perhaps if she hadn't doubted Mark's solid evidence ,if she didn't believe Leonard's lies all this wouldn't have happened.

"Enough of the perhaps and blame allocation,all I have to do now is to revive the O'Connor's Corporation,to find someone to intervene before the situation spiral out of control and that she was going to do.