Stephan and I were on the road for almost 2 hours now. I don't know where this is heading but I'm sure he knows what he is going. But I don't know. I didn't bother asking because he won't answer me anyway.

He is so focused on driving that he is gripping the steering wheel so tightly.

"Is something wrong? You're driving too fast, Stephan. You might get us killed if you keep this up." I reminded, placing a hand on top of his. "Loosened up a little."

Stephan turned his head to me then back to the road. "I'm not gonna get us killed, Doll. Do you think I will let myself of you die especially now that we will have a chance to be together? Oh no, I've been praying for this to happen and I will make the most of it."

I shook my head in disbelief. This is man unbelievable. Is his mind still in place? Since when did Stephan became so lame in his romantic pickup lines. But still he managed to make me laugh.

"Then be careful. Don't drive too fast." I told him, sitting back down on my chair.

Stephan chuckled. "Sorry about that. I always drive this way."

I cleared my throat and looked through the windows as I study the place where we are right now. Wherever we are, I hope Stephan knows what he is doing.

We are now driving through a village filled with huge houses when Stephan slows down and stopped on the side near a tree of a two storey modern looking house. It's huge.

"What is this place, Stephan?" I asked when he lowered the window a little.

Stephan looked at me then pointed at the house. "All the answers to your questions is just right there, Ariana. I wish there is a simpler way to show this but...you deserved to know the truth."

My eyes started to sting at what he meant. I followed the direction that he is pointing at noticed that Jane is outside the house. The whole yard doesn't have a gate so you can clearly see everything.

Jane is standing on the lawn, I think she was watering some tulips on their flower bed. Stephan came out of the car first and walked around to my side. "What do you want to do now?" He asked me.

I removed my seatbelt and opened car door and stepped down.

"You have me now, Ariana. Don't think that this is all on you." Stephan whispered to me as he smiled then walked ahead towards Jane. "Stay in the car, I'll handle this first."

She had her back facing Stephan. Stephan called her name causing Jane to jump and be surprised to see him behind her. I followed behind him and Jane looked shock this time.

"What are you doing here?" She asked me. "Stephan, I'm really shock to see you. It's been three years since the last time you set foot on my place." There is seduction in her tone in the way she talked to Stephan.

"Yeah, I guess I did."

Then Jane turned to me. "Why are you two here? Especially your girlfriend."

Before I could open my mouth to speak. I heard a familiar voice that made my inside  go cold and my blood boiled at my sight seeing him in my own naked eyes.

"Jane, could you come and see your Mom for a —Ariana?" Cliff's eyes widened seeing me standing there outside.

I froze in my spot. I didn't know I would be this tense seeing it already. I imagined what my reaction will be once I caught him but everything just threw out of the window. I lose everything.

Jane stared at me then back to Cliff then to me again, her expression is nothing but confusion. "What's going on here?"

My eyes narrowed at Cliff. "Yeah, what's going on here, Cliff?" I asked him, spitting some venom.

"Dad?" Jane looked at him, questioningly.

Dad?

Dad?!

She is calling Cliff as DAD?!?

"Dad, you know Stephan's girlfriend?" Jane asked him with one eyebrow raised.

Cliff walked near us as his eyes darkened hearing the word girlfriend. Now why does it feel like the tables had turned? He was glaring at me. And wow! He had a lot of guts to glare at me at this time. Especially now that I will finally have an answer to my questions.

"I'm am not Stephan's girlfriend, Jane." I corrected her but my eyes are glaring at my fiancé.

Cliff walked nearer and stood in front of Jane. "Ariana, let me explain about this." He stepped forward towards me but Stephan's big built went in front of me as well like he is protecting me or something.

"Don't come near her, asshole." Stephan's voice was low and dark as he commanded. There is not a hint of joy in that kind of tone, all I can sense are seriousness and rage.

"Guys, what's going on here?" Jane asked, unaware of what is happening. Her eyes are wide open as she looked at each one of us.

Cliff turned to her and softly said. "Honey, go and join your Mom inside. I'll just talk to Ariana and Stephan."

"Clifford, what's going on?" Another voice coming from the woman who stood  by  the door.

Another one? But based on this woman's appearance, I think this is the real woman that I should be accusing of something.

She is beautiful.

Even at her age, maybe around early or late forties. She had a short, brunette hair. She standing tall with a slender figure and she is wearing a designer dress.

"Jass..." Cliff let out a deep breath. "Go back inside, Jane. Jass, this is nothing. I'll handle this." He sounded so weak as he spoke to the two of them.

This Jass looked at me and Stephan like she is wondering why we are here. She stood next to him, placing a hand on her waist.  "Stephan, I'm not expecting to see you here."

"Jass." Stephan mouthed, clearing his throat but he still had me behind him.

Cliff paled at what is happening. He is having a hard time to speak as he stutters "Ariana, please. Hear me out first." He tried to step towards me but failed.

Stephan narrowed his eyes at him. "You are one messed up asshole, dickhead."

I gulped as now everything had sunk in my mind. Now, I finally solved the puzzle that I've been trying to figure out. I'm the—

"Mistress." Jass spat, glaring at me.

"W-what?" I stuttered.

"You're my husband's mistress, right?" Jass looked so calm saying that to my face. She made a crooked smile. She fakingly offered her to me. "Hello Ariana, my name is Jass Jackson. Clifford's wife."

My eyes widened when the bomb finally exploded. Like my world went crashing in front of me. I just can't explain how horrible it feels like.

All these time...I'm the one who should be hiding. The one who doesn't have the right to anything who Cliff is.

I'm the mistress.

Tears started to roll down my cheeks. Stephan turned his head to me and held my waist and whispered. "Be strong, this is not your fault."

"You have got a lot of nerves coming here, Ariana Cruz. What a shame. You ruined the wealthy name of your family in becoming a mistress of my husband." Jass spoke with a gritted teeth.

"I didn't have a single clue that he made me a mistress." I spoke, I don't know why my voice became so strong. But it did. "Your husband proposed to me." I told her.

And that made her gasp. The fire in her eyes got worse as she glared at Cliff this time. "You said that you wanted to make this marriage work again. You promised that you will never cheat on me."

Cliff placed both of his hand on her shoulder. "Jass, please. Let me talk to Ariana first. I will tell her the truth."

"Tell her that in front of me...and your daughter." Jass said with chin held high. Jane was watching us the whole time, she is already crying.

I just ruined a family.

This is horrible.

Cliff's feature is now full of pain and looks so frightened. He is sweating hard and keeps on swallowing. He took a deep, deep breath before walking towards me. Stephan didn't leave my side.

"Ariana, please. I'm begging you. Leave." Cliff whispered to me.

"What?" I snapped. "You made this chaos, Cliff! Now fixed it! You made me a mistress and I didn't even know?!" I slapped him this time. Then slapped him again on the other cheek. "You promised me a marriage then now I will find out that your married!? Cliff, what the fuck? How could you do this to me?!" I punched his chest hardly.

"No, Ariana. Please stop." He begged, holding both of my wrist and I'm surprised that he hugged me.

IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER?!

I snapped and pushed him away. "Don't touch me!" I stepped away from him and walked towards Stephan.

"Ariana, I love you. That's the truth." Cliff sounded so desperate and longing.

I just shook my head as I felt Stephan's hand held mine like he is ready to pull me away.

"Stay out of this, Stephan! This is about me and Ariana!" Cliff protested at us and was about lunge at us but Stephan quickly got ahead of me and punched him directly in the face on the way.

Making all of us gasp.

Jane squealed "Dad!" She ran to Cliff when he fell on the ground. "Oh my God."

Cliff's nose is now bleeding. He brings his hand to his face to know where the blood is then cursed when he touched liquid. "You son of a bitch!" He was about to punch him again but Stephan kicked him in the process. 

"Don't you dare come closer to Ariana ever again! I swear I will kill you if you do." Stephan harshly pointed his finger at him. Then he stared at Jass who was about to help her husband stood up. "Jass, don't be angry at Ariana." His voice softened. "She is just a victim here because she doesn't know. She's unaware that she is stepping into someone. Especially a family. I was the one who dragged Ariana here because I don't want to see her get hurt once again. I think it's time for all of you to know the truth and your husband is horrible. This an inhuman act of Cliff to hurt an innocent girl." Stephan explained and defended me.

"This is not Ariana's fault. Blame everything on your husband. And let me tell you that Cliff has one more girl named Samantha in the city. But unlike Ariana, Samantha knows that she's a mistress." Stephan said.

And that made Jass cry. So there is another one? He's been fooling us.

"If you want to know who this Samantha is, her real name is Samantha Grande. She's a hotel manager." Stephan said, casually. He is speaking so calm yet his eyes said otherwise. He's angry.

Jane helped Cliff to stand. "Dad, please."

"You are gonna regret this, Draco." He warmed him. "You will regret doing this."

But Stephan didn't look like he was threatened. He just remained handsome and cool. He just scoffed. "I'm not scared of you, Cliff. Or should I call you by your real name?"

I already had enough of this. I don't want to know more of his lies. My hand reached for his arm as I went closer to whisper. "Lets go now, Stephan. Please."

Stephan looked at him over his shoulder then sigh. "Alright, let's get you out of here already." He said, then dragged me away. Leaving Cliff and his family.

We reached his car and he opened the car door for me.

We left the place immediately.  Then once again, I started crying. I can't hold them anymore. I've experienced too much in one day and they are all very hard to accept.

Who would be happy especially now that I found out that he made me a mistress and I don't even have a single clue that he did that to me.

I feel grateful that Stephan didn't mind me crying on my own.

He just let me do as I wish.

And before I could know it, we are already home.

I mean I'm home.

We are in front of my condo building.

He sure drives fast.

"Um...." I didn't know how to break this silence and I can't come up with an idea on how to thank him. I was unbuckling my seatbelt when he undid his own then left the car to go around to open my door

Oh, being a gentleman I see.

"Thank you." I shyly murmured, stepping out of his Mustang. 

"This is no big deal." He chuckled, closing the door and leaned on the door with his arms crossed.

"No, I meant is about what happened earlier." My eyes looked down on the ground as I play with the strap of my bag that I was holding with both hands.

"That's a no big deal, also." He smirked.

"No big deal?" I raised an eyebrow. "Stephan, you just defended me in front of my fiancé's family. You defended a mistress." My voice was coming back. "Stephan, that's a huge deal."

Stephan smiled and placed a hand on my cheek. "For me it's not. I just defended what is right and exposed who is wrong." He spoke softly. Like gently touching my heart. "I defended the woman I love."

My eyes made contact with his at the exact moment and they held warmth and tender. He stood up straight, standing taller in front of me as he leaned his forehead on mine with eyes closed. "That was the best thing I did in my whole existence, Doll."

I embraced his scent and let this moment sit for a while. I wanted to feel his care for me. "Stephan, you don't know how thankful I am for going this far just for me."

"And you don't know how happy I am that you depended on me." He smiled, opening his eyes to stare into mine.

A weak smile came out from me. "But Stephan, I really don't know what will happen if this continues. His lies and promises." My voice started to shake once again. Jeez, I don't want to cry anymore. "Even if my love for you is very strong...but I'll be lying if I said that I didn't fell in love with him in our whole relationship. I was able to learn how to love him."

I confessed everything. I don't want to hide it from Stephan. Since he deserves to know the truth.

Stephan nodded and took a very deep breath. "I understand, Ariana. I know that. I felt it. And this is not gonna happen if I didn't let you go three years ago."

"Those are not your fault" I pulled away a little. "I was the one who ran away from you."

Stephan had his arms on my elbows. "No, you ran away because of me—"

"I ran away because I'm scared." I corrected.

"No. It's entirely my fault. I was so stupid to admit how much I like you before." His face shows  how regretful he is. "If I could just turn back time and start over. I would. I should have confessed how much I wanted to marry you and for the first time, I approved what my parents wanted me to be. But like I said...I was too stubborn and my ego still overpowered me."

My eyes were locked into his the entire time he was sharing what he feels. This is the real Stephan. This is him.

"I love you, Ariana." He stated, his voice full of determination. "I love you so much."

My heart swelled with all the sweetness that he is giving me. Now, who would not fall for a man like him? He's the sweetest and nicest man that ever came into my life.

I smiled at him and wrapped my hands around him. Embracing him tightly.

"I love you, Stephan." I responded. "But please, I ask you to give me time to recover from all of these."

Stephan smelled my hair scent and kissed the top of my head. "No need to ask me, Doll. I will help you." He replied. "I will help you recover from that bastard."

I buried my face at his chest as I nod. I can't thank you enough, Stephan.

I'm so happy to have you in my life. Thank God for giving you to me and giving us a second chance. A second change in love.

And there is no way, I would ever let him go again.

The end.

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Just kidding!

To be continued.

Just kidding! Who fell on my prank? I guess no one. 😞 hahahahaha. I'm just kidding.

Who liked this chapter? I just wrote this chapter for a few minutes because I've been waiting to write this part for so long! Comment down below how what you think. If you think this is too cheesy or corny? Comment it please then if this just made your day happy then please comment too. Well, anyway. Have a nice day! God bless xoxo.

Oh and by the way, thank you for letting me use your name Samantha and Jass.

Trivia to all my readers, all the names that I've been using in my stories are real life people that I know. Some of them let me borrow their names and some names are my friends' name. So if you want me to use your name like Jass and Samantha did, feel free to pm me and tell me how much you love my story. ❤️