Chapter 181
\nBillionaire Lost to His Surrogate In A Love Game novel Chapter 181<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s got a husband, a kid on the way, and a comfy life, how do you think she\u2019s doing here? There isn\u2019t much that Ophelia wants \u2013 a happy family consisting of a man who loves her and a healthy baby is all she needs. And now, they are exactly what she has. So please, get the hell away from her life,\u201d said Madeleine.<\/p>\n
Tassach felt a slight pang of hurt, but he wouldn\u2019t admit defeat just yet. \u201cBut Zach is seeing another woman! How\u2019s that a happy family for Ophelia? Are you even her best friend?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo,\u201d retorted Madeleine, \u201cas long as Zach doesn\u2019t file for divorce, she will always be the young Mrs. Chambers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can you even say that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else am I supposed to say then?\u201d<\/p>\n
About four years ago, in order to pay off her debts, Ophelia had married Zachariah under a set of extremely stringent rules, which stipulated, among other things, that even if Zachariah cheated and got some other woman pregnant, Ophelia, still, would have no right to object, and could only swallow her pain.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow level with me, Madeleine. Did Ophelia sign some kind of a prenup before she married Zachariah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do you have to such a smartass?\u201d thought Madeleine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat prenup?\u201d asked Madeleine, feigning ignorance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t buy it for a second that you don\u2019t know,\u201d replied Tassach, \u201cI\u2019ve looked into it. Zachariah wouldn\u2019t have married Ophelia if Cora Fletcher hadn\u2019t run away from the altar. Since the Chambers are a prominent family, and since Zachariah doesn\u2019t really fancy Ophelia at all, there must have been a prenup in their marriage. And you\u2019ll know since you\u2019re her best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what if I do know? Will it make a difference if I tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Staring into the sky, Tassach spoke, his voice deep. \u201cI just really hope she\u2019s doing well. I had to disappear for reasons I couldn\u2019t control, but now, now I\u2019m powerful enough to offer her protection, and so I\u2019m thinking\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen stop thinking,\u201d Madeleine cut in bluntly, \u201cbecause even if she does divorce Zach, she won\u2019t choose to be with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause what could have been between the two of you ended more than four years ago, when she\u2019d had feelings for you all that time and you never once confessed how you felt about her. And now, she\u2019s married with children, so it\u2019s over between you and her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tassach froze. What did she just say? Did she really say that Ophelia had had feelings for him? Could that really have been true?<\/p>\n
\u201cOphelia\u2026liked me?\u201d Tassach asked as he gulped, his voice hoarse.<\/p>\n
Madeleine glanced at him with a weird look. \u201cIs that really that much of a surprise?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she really use to like me, as in romantically?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSince college,\u201d confirmed Madeleine with a nod. \u201cWell, unrequited feelings, anyway. Shouldn\u2019t a smart guy like you be able to tell if a woman is into you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Tassach was completely stupefied. Madeleine wouldn\u2019t understand how much of a shock that piece of information was to him.<\/p>\n
When she got away from Tassach, Madeleine threw the bag into the trash can, and fished out her phone to send a text to Ophelia, which read: \u201cDearie, Tassach Conduibh came to see me today, and I let it slip that you used to like him. I\u2019m afraid this ornery dude will interpret it as you still having feelings for him, so I\u2019m giving you a heads up.\u201d<\/p>\n
A short while after the text was sent, she received a call.<\/p>\n
Picking up, Madeleine greeted, \u201cHello, dearie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTassach came to see you today?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYup. I was surprised to see him too,\u201d answered Madeleine, \u201cand he asked me about your married life with Zach and such. I think he\u2019s still into you, so watch out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just friends,\u201d said Ophelia, \u201cdon\u2019t worry, Maddy, I\u2019ll know how to handle him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s good to know. Still, try not to be bothered by the little things like this and focus on your health, what with you being pregnant and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMessage received. Have a good night, bye.\u201d<\/p>\n
After she hung up, Ophelia was still fondling her phone, her mind cluttered with various thoughts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho were you speaking to?\u201d asked Zachariah as he came out of the bathroom, towel-drying his hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1055","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}