𝐄𝐱 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞

22. A Family of Three

And if I could, I'd get you the moon
And give it to you
And if death was coming for you
I'd give my life for you
'Cause you are, you are
The reason why I'm still hanging on
'Cause you are, you are
The reason why my head is still above water

Unfortunately, Rosa couldn't stop the rest of the world from talking.

"Who is that? How come we've not seen her before?"

"She does look familiar though..."

"You know... I think she's CEO's ex-wife."

"No, you're right! Why else would Young Master be holding her hand? That's his mom..."

"So, it is CEO Xi's ex-wife!"

"But didn't I hear the woman is a common housewife? How is it possible she turned out to be someone so extraordinary?"

"It's CEO Xi's ex-wife, of course she isn't someone ordinary..."

Rosa's face got increasingly blanched as the comments of the people around her drifted into her ears.

She balled her fists angrily, her nails almost piercing through the ball of her palms. She had to accept the truth. The woman who Tahseen was leading slowly into the ballroom was Tahera.

The Tahera she had been hankering to humiliate all night. The Tahera she had been waiting to make an appearance. Now that she did, how come it was completely different from what she imagined?

Tahera, that b*tch, she shouldn't be able to present herself like this, so glamorous, in a million-dollar dress on top of that! This is all wrong! This is not the spectacle I want to see!

For the past two days, Rosa had been practicing her insults, even in her dreams she was throwing shade at Tahera. And now? The reality was worse than her worst nightmare!

Tahera was beautiful, graceful, calm and collected. More than that, she had Tahseen that disgusting son of hers leading her by the arm as they ambled into the ballroom. With Tahseen at her side, she naturally had all the attention.

Even Taahir was staring at her transfixed. Witnessing how absorbed he was, Rosa went several hues paler. The abuse and insults she kept memorized in her mind gradually turned into misgivings...

She was struck by a sudden ominous feeling. She could see it crumbling before her, her plans sifting through her grasp.

Tahera had landed a crushing blow on her by just arriving there. The tables would definitely turn if she was allowed to stay any longer. She would be the laughing stock instead of her. No, she couldn't let that happen. The night's show was Tahera's 'Humiliation Extravaganza', Rosa wouldn't allow last minute changes! As they say, the show must go on!

She quickly collected herself, forced a smile and looked at Tahseen with fake motherly kindness as she said with underlying accusation, "Tahseen, where did you go off to? Do you not know that your little irresponsible disappearing act has all of us here, especially your father and me, deeply worried?"

Rosa broke the silence, intending to use her words to pull everyone back onto Tahseen's disappearance. She purposely put herself in the sentence beside Taahir to let everyone know she was his chosen partner, the future Mrs. Rahman.

However, she forgot the 4-year-old Tahseen never liked her to begin with. He disregarded her completely. The little boy walked past her to Taahir's side and pushed his other hand into his grasp.

Both Taahir and Tahera were startled by his action. So was basically everyone else in the room. The boy had in his one hand, his mother and in his another, his father... forming a picture-perfect family.