Not Their Daughter, Just the Mistress Chapter 16

Not Their Daughter, Just the Mistress Chapter 16

Nolan had spent years building his medical career overseas.

There was no future between us. He shouldn’t throw his life away sitting in my living room.

Before he left, he hired a few private chefs to cook for me.

I didn’t say no to that.

After that, things started showing up at my door: toiletries, groceries, little essentials. I figured Nolan had arranged it, so I took them in.

Two weeks later, someone moved into the apartment next door.

The deliveries got more frequent.

And they weren’t just essentials anymore. Handbags. Luxury watches. Things only one person knew I loved.

I froze.

My hands were shaking when I texted Nolan.

[Stop sending me gifts. I don’t need them.]

I stared at the screen, waiting. Nolan didn’t reply. But the comments did, for the first time in weeks.

[The sidepiece is already gone. Why aren’t Everett and our FMC together yet?]

[This is insane. Our FMC is suffering so badly, why don’t we just tell the sidepiece the truth, get her back with Everett, and give our girl a chance to survive…

Every muscle in my body went rigid.

I stared at the screen, barely breathing. “You… you knew I could see you this whole time. You wrote all of that on purpose, didn’t you?”

The comments went silent for a few seconds.

Then they flooded in.

[Oh, she figured it out.]

[So what? We just wanted our OTP to get together. What’s wrong with that?]

[Fine. Our FMC’s life is on the line, so we’ll come clean. Everett never betrayed you. We made the whole thing up. Every last plot point. We fed it to you on purpose so you’d leave him.]

[That’s right. That night he left? He went to your adoptive parents‘ house and told them if they ever

contacted you again, he’d destroy the Hale family. The FMC drugged him, but he hit her, first time ever, and went straight to the hospital for an IV flush to get the drugs out of his system. Stayed there all night. The next morning, he changed into a clean suit and got you that gift because he wanted to see you smile.]

[He only kept the lion because he thought YOU loved it. The second he realized you didn’t, he gave it back to

the FMC.]

[He kicked the FMC out because she almost got you killed. At the gala fire, he thought “Winnie” meant YOU. He went out of his mind and ran in after you. When he found out it was the lion, he was so furious he could barely function. He was injured and he STILL chased you to the airport…]

[Hello?? Can you see this?? Go get your psycho baby daddy to let our FMC go! Someone’s gonna die at this rate and we won’t even get to enjoy the story anymore…]

Every lie they’d fed me came crashing back at once.

The rage hit so hard my vision blurred and my hands wouldn’t stop shaking.

Then my phone buzzed.

Nolan.

[What gifts, Winona? I’ve been swamped prepping for a surgery. I haven’t even checked in on you lately.] […Wait. Gifts? Some guy isn’t bothering you, is he?! Hold on. I’m coming. I’ll be there next week…]