Chapter 33: Chapter 33

The next morning, Carol woke up very late, around a few minutes past ten, and was not surprised to see that Sebastian was not around. She looked for a note but did not see any, after which she laughed at her foolishness. When did she and Sebastian begin to have the kind of relationship in which he left a note for her when he was to go out? Realizing that she was famished, she ordered some food to be brought to her and then devoured it hungrily, after which she took her bath and headed out of the hotel, leaving a note for Sebastian that said she was going shopping.

Carol did not know where she was going to go, or what she was going to do, but she was damned sure not going to stay closeted in a hotel room while in Paris. She was almost at the elevator when her phone rang shrilly inside her bag, so she paused and rummaged inside the bag for it to see that it was her sister who was calling. Carol stared at the phone screen warily. The last time that she had heard from her sister, she had been cursing at her and unjustly threatening her. Carol was not sure that she was ready for any animosity right now, but she decided to pick the call anyway.

“Victoria?”

“Hey, stranger.” Victoria sang in a friendly voice that was highly suspicious.

“Hey, Victoria. What’s going on?”

“What do you mean by what’s going on? Can’t I call my sister again?”

“Umm…”

“Hey listen. I was bored, so I was wondering if I could come to pay you a visit, after all, you’re a billionaire’s wife now, so that means that I’m a billionaire’s sister-in-law. We can go shopping and stuff like that.”

“Oh. I’m not home right now. I’m in Paris.”

“Paris? What on earth are you doing in Paris?” Victoria asked incredulously. Carol could also detect a faint note of anger in her voice, or maybe it was just Carol’s imagination.

“Sebastian had a business meeting, so I just came with him… as a sort of honeymoon.”

“Wow! So you guys are getting along that fast? I can’t believe this. Did you fuck him yet?”

“Victoria!”

“Oh puhlease! You’re such a prude. Well, did you or did you not?”

“That’s none of your business,” Carol said, feeling flustered at the turn the conversation was taking. She and Victoria did not have that sort of relationship in which they spoke about their sex lives, or lack of it.

“Hmmm. You haven’t done it with him yet. God! You’re so dumb. What are you waiting for? You’re supposed to be sinking your class into him by now so that he will not divorce you when the time comes.”

“Yeah. If it’s so easy to do, why did you run away?” Carol retorted angrily.

“Well, I’m back to my senses. I can come Fuck him real good for you if you want. After all, it was supposed to be me be would get married to.”

“Alright. I’m getting off the phone now.”

“Wait. I was just joking. I’m serious about the visit though.  When do you get back? I really want to come to visit.”

“We’re to spend a week here. Listen. I really have to go. I’ve been standing and talking to you since. We’ll talk later.” She told Victoria and they bud themselves goodbye. Carol shook her head. Something about the call did not sit right with her. If she had her way, she would not let Victoria come visit, but she could not very well stop her, or could she? Realizing that her time was going, she got on the elevator and left the hotel.

***

Victoria got off the phone and turned to smile at her new friend, Jessica, who was sitting nearby with an eyebrow raised as she waited for her to get off the phone and tell her what the conversation was about. They were in an apartment that Jessica owned, or had rented, Victoria was not sure which one it was, but she did not really care. As long as she could stay here free of charge, she did not give a flying fuck if the apartment had fallen from the skies.

“Well?” Jessica said impatiently when Victoria only stood there smiling like a fool. As she had known, Victoria had been too drunk to remember her name two nights before. She had not even panicked when she had woken up and found herself in a strange apartment with Jessica. In fact, she checked out of the run-down hotel in which she had been staying since she ran away from the wedding and moved into Jessica’s apartment… the one that Charlotte had gotten for her. Right now, she was wearing one of Jessica’s t-shirts and apparently considered herself to be Jessica’s best friend.

“Well, what?”

“Stop fooling around. What did she say?”

“Oh, she is on a fucking honeymoon with Sebastian. She also sounds like she is enjoying herself. I can’t wait to fuck that up for her.”

“How so?”

“I’m going to seduce Sebastian, of course. Do you know that that dimwit has not yet had sex with him? She is such a damn prude and sometimes, I’m ashamed that I’m even related to her.”

“Ooooh. You’re such a naughty girl. You want to get down and dirty with your sister’s husband? I heard when you said something like that but I could not believe that it was him you were talking about.” Jessica laughed, but the laughter was a forced one. If this dummy as much as went a foot near Sebastian to seduce him, she would not take it lightly with her.

“Well, technically, he was supposed to be my husband, you know. So it’s not as though I am doing anything wrong. If anything, she is the one who wronged me. Besides, I’m doing her a favor. The man must be sex-starved, although I can’t believe that a man as virile-looking as Sebastian would just stay celibate because he was lumped up with a prude.”

“When are you going o go and visit them?”

“Oh, I don’t know. Sometime next week, or so, I imagine. Why do you ask?”

“Because I would like to come with you to visit.”

“Excuse me? You know that that is not possible. I could sense how reluctant that evil girl was to even have me come visit them. So there is no way in hell that she would allow me to come there with a friend.”

“No, no. you misunderstood me. I meant I want to visit Napa. So we would just go there together. I didn’t mean I would go to your sister and her husband’s house. Christ, no! I would love to meet your sister, though. She sounds interesting.”

“Oh, okay. Trust me, she is anything but interesting.”

“So what are your plans on how to get your revenge against her?” Jessica asked, her mind working fast. She kept deviating from the script that Charlotte had given her, but she had to fulfill her own goal first. Hopefully, Charlotte would not mind.”

“I don’t know yet. I still have to figure that out, but in the meantime, I would go to visit them and enjoy some of the money that should have been rightfully mine. I deserve that, at least. Do you even know that I don't know what your name is? What's your name?"

It's Isabelle." Jessica lied smoothly.