In the Adams mansion, it had been six months since Olima Adams lost her parents in a car accident, and she had been living with her stepmother and her stepsister since then. They had turned her into a maid and withdrawn her from furthering her education.
17 Years Ago
Leo Adams had married Zoe Nelson, and she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with brown sparkling eyes named Olima Adams. But after Olima's birth, Zoe had complications.
Zoe cried as she wanted to give her husband more children, but he assured her that his love for her wouldn't change.
Two years later, Leo spoke to his wife about his intention of marrying a second wife who would birth him more children, especially a son to inherit all his properties and bear his name, instead of adopting a son, as Olima was a girl.
Zoe got emotional and afraid of another woman coming into her home and turning her husband's heart against her. So, she spoke to her best friend, Gina Edwards, to accept and marry her husband.
Zoe and Gina used to be best friends before, as they attended the same high school and lived on the island where the billionaire families lived. They were still friends even after Zoe had married.
Zoe never knew that Gina secretly admired her husband, and she proposed to Gina to accept and marry her husband, Leo.
Gina wasted no time and accepted the marriage, moving into the white mansion to live with them.
But as Gina arrived, she changed and started quarreling with Zoe.
Gina told Zoe to leave the master's bedroom so that she and Leo could use it, since Zoe couldn't birth another child for Leo.
Leo was shocked at Gina's changed attitude, as she dared to quarrel with Zoe and even called Zoe a witch for refusing to exit the master's bedroom.
Leo got annoyed and threatened to divorce Gina the following day, but Gina calmed and switched back to the good friend she was to Zoe, begging her to plead with their husband not to divorce her.
Leo told Gina, "How dare you come into my house today and dare to quarrel with your best friend, Zoe? I regretted marrying you, Gina, and Olima will inherit all my properties tomorrow. Even though she gets married to a man and changes her surname to her husband's surname, she will still be my daughter, so get ready to leave my house tomorrow, as our marriage is over!"
Gina begged Zoe to plead with their husband not to divorce her, and Zoe sighed, as she was the one who had begged Gina to accept and marry her husband.
Zoe pleaded on Gina's behalf, and Leo finally allowed Gina to stay in the mansion with them, but in a separate bedroom.
Gina hated Zoe from that day henceforth, as she avoided speaking with Zoe. She felt that Zoe and their husband, Leo, had conspired to marry her and bring her into the mansion to show her how lovely a couple they were.
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One day, Gina went into Zoe's room and pleaded with her to allow their husband to spend a night with her, since that was why Leo had married her too.
Zoe waited for Leo to arrive home that night and spoke to him about spending his night with Gina in her bedroom to see if Gina would birth him a son, because of the reason he had married Gina.
Leo refused, as he was avoiding Gina and didn't want to have anything to do with her, since he regretted marrying her. But after Zoe sent him away, Leo had no other option than to spend his night in Gina's bedroom, and he made love to Gina.
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A month later, Gina was still jealous and continued hating on Zoe after seeing that Leo loved Zoe much more than her. As she had thought, he would love only her and ditch Zoe for her inability to birth him more children.
However, Leo rather ditched Gina, refusing to eat her food and avoiding her. This provoked Gina, and she quarreled with Zoe again.
Leo became annoyed and finally brought a divorce paper home, ordering Gina to sign it and leave his house.
Gina refused, telling her husband, "I'm pregnant."
Leo couldn't send Gina away with his child growing in her womb, and he allowed her to stay in his mansion with them, but on the condition that Gina would live in the boys- quarters apartment, away from the white mansion, and she would not quarrel with Zoe again.
Gina accepted, as she had no other option and didn't want to leave the house.
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Eight months later, Gina gave birth to a baby girl named Mia Adams, but Leo never came to her again to see if they could still have more children and, most importantly, a son.
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Fourteen years later, Gina's hatred for Leo and Zoe grew worse. It was only once in her 14-year marriage that Leo dared to touch her and make love to her, as he claimed he regretted marrying her.
Gina knew she couldn't leave Leo's house again to remarry, as their townspeople had already mocked her for accepting marrying her best friend's husband, and her parents weren't in support of her marrying Leo at first. But Gina had thought Leo would love her, but he didn't love her and rather avoided her.
Gina knew that if she went out and got pregnant to see if she could birth a son for Leo, he would know the son wasn't his, as he only accepted Mia to live in the main mansion with them whenever Mia wanted, simply because Mia was his biological daughter, and Olima also wanted a younger sister to play with.
Gina's heart turned cold, and she contacted a truck driver to ram into Leo and his wife's car, as she knew they were going to Lemonhill High School for Olima and Mia's graduation ceremony, with Olima graduating from college and Mia going into senior class.
Gina later confirmed the driver's successful job, and she killed the truck driver too to hide her secret for life.
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Three months after the burial ceremony ended, Gina first moved back into the main mansion her late husband and his late wife had sent her away from. She sacked all the maids, turning Olima into her servant with Olima's withdrawal from her tutorial class.
Their family members who had been silent started visiting the main mansion to know who would take over the late Mr. Leo's wealth and oil company, but Gina was a brutal woman. She arrested all her in-laws and accused them of being the ones who killed her late husband and his admirable wife.
The arrested in-laws had to bail themselves and sign an undertaking never to disturb Gina and her children again.
Later, Gina contacted Mr. Leo's lawyer to know about his will, as she remembered Leo had told her that Olima would inherit all his properties.
Gina could have killed Olima too, but she didn't want her only daughter Mia to be alone in the big house and without a sister. So, Gina decided not to kill Olima, turning her into her lifetime maid, knowing no one would come to Olima's rescue.
When the lawyer arrived, he told Gina, "My late client, Mr. Leo's, will cannot be changed. The will stated that the oil company should be given to Olima Adams when she turns 24 years old."
Gina got annoyed and sent the lawyer away. She thought of how she would change the will to become her own and her daughter's property alone.
