His Beautiful Addiction

''I want you to sit down. '' Tiana said and Michelle's eyes widened;

''Sit… sit down? '' she asked, a little confused.

Tiana chuckled and then tapped on the spot beside her, ''yes, sit down here.''

Michelle gulped as she sauntered to the spot she pointed and sat down shakily.

''Now, now, that wasn't too hard, was it? '' Tiana laughed but Michelle couldn't even say a word.

She prayed no-one would walk in and see her in this pitiful position.

''What do you want? '' she asked again when she saw that Tiana was just watching her and grinning.

A peal of laughter left Tiana's lips; ''no rush dear, we have a lot to discuss. ''She paused, then suddenly she became serious; '' where is your husband? ''

Michelle looked up at her in fright; did she want to expose her?

Tiana laughed; '' don't worry, I'm not going to tell him, he's as bad as you and even worse, so what's the use of telling him, I just want to know where he is. ''

Michelle breathed out in relief; ''he said he was leaving for an important event, don't know where or when he would be back.''

Tiana smiled; ''perfect, now listen carefully;'' she paused making sure she had Michelle's attention;

''I want you to get my car and my driver ready, I want to go home.''

Michelle's lips paled; ''Douglas instructed that we shouldn't let you go… ''

''Shh… did I ask of what your husband said? I just told you what I want, are you in or out? ''

Tiana asked with a tone of finality and Michelle bit her tongue. She knew who Douglas was and right now, Tiana staying here was the topmost priority to him, but in comparison with what could happen to her if she didn't let Tiana go, she didn't have a choice. ''

''Promise me you won't tell Douglas about my affair, please… ''

Michelle's eyes watered as she pleaded with Tiana. Tiana watched her amusingly; right now she looked like a fish taken out of the water, a 360-degree contrast to what she looked like when she barged into the room to scream at her.

She was no different from Douglas, just different people with the same ambitions. She wanted her husband to take the company no matter who went down and not minding whether it was right or wrong so she did not deserve mercy, and besides, there was no way she would hide the secret and let Elizabeth continue to live with the mistake of a husband that she has, but for now, she had to put up with her;

Tiana smiled sweetly;

''I will not tell him, besides if I wanted to do that, I would have done it a long time ago because I caught you both screwing in the family home, so don't worry, your secret is safe with me. ''

Shock flashed through Michelle's eyes; so all these while, Tiana knew her secret but was quiet, to think that she let her wag her mouth but didn't even say a word. What kind of a witch was she?

She felt like disappearing into the ground, she didn't trust Tiana but at that moment, she didn't have a choice.

''Thank you, I'll get your car ready now.'' She said, staggering up from the couch;

''And make sure I'm not followed, understood? ''

Michelle nodded and walked out of the room. Tiana fell back on the couch laughing out loud; she never thought she could be that intimidating, just seeing Michelle shake like a puppet cracked her ribs.

After a few minutes, the door opened again and Michelle walked in; ''the car is ready, and I've given command that you should not be followed, please I'm going to tell my husband you threatened me so I let you leave, please cooperate with me.'' Michelle pleaded, she didn't want to get into trouble with Douglas. 

Tiana watched her amusingly and then she smiled; ''Okay; ''

''Thank you;''

Tiana stood up from the couch and walked to the door where Michelle stood, but just when she was about to walk past, she stopped and turned to Michelle;

''Perhaps, have you found your sister's killer? '' Tiana raised one eyebrow, inquisitively.

Michelle frowned, she wondered how her sister's killer correlated with anything they were saying now, but all the same, she shook her head;

''No, ''

''Mm, '' Tiana paused with a smile; '' do you know who killed my husband? ''

Michelle's eyes flashed with uneasiness, she knew her husband had a hand in Nicklaus's accident but she didn't want to admit it, so she kept quiet.

Tiana watched her quiet stance for a second, then she closed the gap between them and placed her hand on Michelle's shoulder, ''just know that what caused Mia's accident was the same thing that caused my husband's, and I think we both know who killed my husband. ''

Michelle's eyes widened in shock as they stared at the woman smiling sweetly but mischievously,

''You're slow Michelle, very slow. '' Tiana muttered with a chuckle as she walked out the door leaving Michelle stunned and dumbstruck on a spot.

Michelle's heart slammed against her chest as the earth underneath her feet shook,

No, Tiana was lying; she was just looking for a means to tear them apart.

Michelle didn't want to believe a word she said, but the more she thought about it, the more she suspected that it might be true. She tried to remember all the times Douglas was with Mia. They were vague in her memories, but all the moments she could remember, Mia was always trying to avoid him. She stopped visiting their home and she didn't attend any of their parties.

She had always thought that she was busy and couldn't attend but what Tiana said now was making her actually think that Douglas did have a hand in her death.

Michelle held her head with both hands as she shook on the couch;

''No, no, this is not true. ''

Why should she trust Tiana, she had never liked her even for one bit, and now all of a sudden she wants to solve her sister's murder?

No, she just wants to create discord, she just wants to break her family apart, the way hers was broken but she would not let her, no she would not let her use her weakness against her.

Michelle took in a deep breath to calm herself. Tiana was a liar and all she did was tell lies.