Chapter 2 Betrayal Hurts The Poor

• "Are you for real? Tell me you're joking, Edward. I might just consider you a comedian. I'm speaking with Mr. Richard, owner of the biggest pharmaceutical company in the world now, and you are asking this?" she said. Edward's heart saddened when he noticed her lips curved into a smile as she mentioned Mr. Richard's name. She couldn't hide the excitement she felt inside, and he felt jealous.
• "That doesn't justify you ignoring me when I called you, right? You should have introduced me to him as your husband. Isn't that what a wife should do?" he said.
• "What? Introduce, you say?" Sandra paused for a minute and examined him from head to toe as if her brain was processing what Edward just said, and she burst into uncontrollable laughter, displaying mockery.
• "I should introduce him to you as my husband? The daughter of Mr. Hudson married to a cleaner? Haha," she laughed in mockery.
• "Nah, that isn't the right thing to do. Mr. Richard is trying to help the company climb back up the social ladder again, and I don't want to do anything that would discourage him," her words made him look at himself.
• "Help? Don't tell me you are trying to partner with him?"
• "Of course, that's what I'm doing."
• "Why?" Edward asked in surprise.
• "Why? Are you too blind to see that our company is gradually losing all of its glory since my dad passed?" she said.
• "Yeah, and that's because you and your mom aren't handling the company as well as your dad did. If your dad was alive, he wouldn't be happy with the decision you're making to partner with a company that suspiciously came to the limelight a couple of years ago and successfully took over the world. You need to do a proper investigation about—"
• "Enough!" she screamed at him, making his words hang midair. "You're just trying to say I and my mom are the problem of the company? You're saying we aren't managing it well, right? Why don't you do it yourself then?" Sandra attacked.
• "C'mon, you know I would have if you had given me the chance to—" he didn't get to complete his words as she hissed and left the lab.
• Edward was lost in thought as he watched her walk away when a giggle brought him back to the room. He turned and saw his colleagues laughing at him.
• "Why are you laughing?" he asked angrily.
• "Nothing. But she's right though. I can't imagine a person like Sandra Hudson being married to a mop boy. It's kinda degrading to her status."
• "Yeah, me too. I think Mrs. Hudson should consider. This marriage ain't right," his jealous colleagues laughed at him until a voice echoed through the room.
• "Stop that right now," the voice was no other than Mr. Cassel, an old lab scientist. He signaled to Edward to come closer.
• "Don't mind them. They're just jealous because you're married to Sandra Hudson. People get jealous of something they can't get. Just continue with your work. I'm sure she was overly excited with Mr. Richard's presence that she acted that way," he said to him.
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• After cleaning the big lab, Edward proceeded to clean the restrooms. The company had many restrooms: the menial staff's restroom, which was downstairs, and the executives' restroom, which was on the top floors. As the head cleaner, he was given the top-floor restroom to clean.
• He mopped each one of the restrooms, and when he reached the last one, he heard noise emanating from inside. Bringing his ear close to the door, he could hear a feminine voice moaning and two bodies colliding against each other.
• "Who's in there?" he asked as he wondered why two workers would be making out in the bathroom during work hours. He knocked on the door twice but didn't get an answer. Just as he was about to turn to leave the workers to whatever they were doing, the feminine voice echoed again and sounded louder. His heart plummeted in his chest when he recognized the familiar voice. His mind began racing fast, and he tried to console himself, praying it shouldn't be what he was thinking.
• Slowly, he pushed the door open and peeked into the restroom, which was partially covered in smoke. He waved his hand to clear the smoke so he could have a clearer view, and the first thing his eyes met was the smooth skin of a blonde lady, fully naked, and a man with his pants down, having sex with her with a cigarette in his mouth. The man was Mr. Richard, but Edward's heart melted when he discovered the lady was Sandra Hudson, his wife.
• "SandrAAA!!!!!!"
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