CHAPTER 94: JOSHUA

Alisha’s gaze was fixed on Katherine’s bag, and when Katherine noticed her focus was right in her bag, she defensively pulled it aside, keeping it out of sight.

She glared hard at Alisha who wasn’t bothered by her look.

Alisha’s lips trembled to speak, but she couldn’t.

After fixing her makeup, she gave Alisha one last cutting look before she left the restroom.

Alisha watched Katherine leave while her heart hammered against her chest.

The feeling was painful, too painful that clutching her chest to reduce the pain wasn’t helpful at all. She gagged for breath and before she could stop herself, she threw up in the sink.

She remembered that package, the medicine.

Years ago when she and Nathan were still together, he’d openly introduced Katherine as a friend and his ex-girlfriend, while promising that he didn’t have any feelings for her or some sort.

Katherine and Alisha had started on the right foot, making plans to go out, shop, and even attend fashion shows together while taking her as her plus one.

Katherine was like a sister to Alisha and she treated her as one. When Alisha became pregnant, Katherine would come over to the house to prepare some homemade meals for her because she didn’t want Alisha skipping any meals of the day, or even getting takeouts when she would be out for work.

Alisha’s naive self thought that Katherine was simply looking after her. But now, she doesn’t think so anymore.

Alisha experienced her first miscarriage a month after she’d announced that she was pregnant and Katherine had sobbed along with her.

The second time, the same thing. A miscarriage a month after she announced it to everyone.

Alisha was too heartbroken after losing two children, so she decided to be careful with the third pregnancy. She never told anyone about it, not even Nathan in case he would blab it out to Katherine by accident.

And that time, it took two months and then she had her third miscarriage.

Alisha had been one self-control away from committing suicide.

After a heartbreaking day of returning from the hospital after a check-up, she decided to make a meal for herself but the loss of appetite made her throw it away in the trash. And that was when she saw that drug.

She read it and immediately knew it was an abortion pill. She immediately demanded from the servants and one of them had confessed she’d used the pills on herself and wouldn’t dare use them on Alisha.

Alisha had to let the woman go and she completely forgot about the incident. Katherine kept visiting to make sure that Alisha was recovering.

Her fourth miscarriage was when she realized the sly snake Katherine had been the entire time.

Thinking about it now, Katherine had been too nice to her. For someone who still had feelings for her ex-boyfriend, they had been fucking long behind her back because she even came to find out about Nathan’s infidelity.

And for all she knew, Katherine could be the one behind all her miscarriages from the beginning.

This thought made goosebumps rise on Alisha’s skin.

Unable to resist the urge, she threw up once again into the sink. This was still a speculation, and she needed to find out the truth.

If Katherine were the one behind everything, she would make sure the latter pays for all her misdeeds.

Katherine was outside. She saw a lot of influential men, and what was surprising was that she recognized one of them to be one of the judges at the Top Model Awards.

His name was Mr. Joshua Fernandez.

He was fifty-eight with a beard dyed pure black as if he was embarrassed to accept he was already withering. Same with his hair.

Once he saw Katherine walking seductively towards him, his lips perked into a grin.

"Mr. Fernandez," she greeted, kissing him gently on both cheeks while making sure she lingered a second too long so her fragrance would fill his nostrils. "It’s so night to see you."

The man didn’t back off and simply accepted her advances with open arms.

"The pleasure is mine, Mrs. Cross," he said, his gaze lingering on her deep V cleavage.

Katherine had intentionally worn a gown that would reveal her cleavage. After getting invited since she was also a brand ambassador to the brand, she’d acquired an invitation.

Realizing that important people would be there, and her love for Nathan had started to wilt away after the way he’d been treating her, she decided to throw everything away and make use of what she had to win the top model awards.

For the past few days, there has been no scandal about her name. The ones that had already been revealed were all starting to die now because the netizens were already starting to get tired of watching and talking about the same thing over and over again.

Katherine believed she would get the award. She’d been topping the charts for a year already, but just in case Alisha did something since it always seemed the latter always came prepared for war, she had one of the judges in her support.

"You look stunning," said Mr. Fernandez, his gaze still on her chest as he sipped his wine.

Katherine was a little irritated but was also glad at how easy it was to enchant him with her beauty.

"Because we should go somewhere more private," he added, finally looking at her face.

She smiled brightly at him as she touched his shoulders. "Aren’t you supposed to be married, Mr. Fernandez?" She asked coquettishly.

The older man grinned as if he’d just won a lottery.

"No one has to find out about it," he replied.

And that was all she needed—a confirmation from him.

Together, they left while Katherine turned off the voice record. If what she was doing was revealed, she would take the man down along with her.

Alisha tried to continue mingling with people, but no matter how much she tried to continue a conversation, her mind would always go back to the drugs she’d seen in Katherine’s bag.

She scanned the party, searching for Katherine, but she didn’t see her around.

She frowned deeply. Katherine had only left the restroom a few minutes ago.

’Where could she be?’ She wondered.

Alisha sighed.

Even if she found Katherine, what was she going to say?

She couldn’t let the latter know she was Eva yet. At least not now.

Alisha was confused about what to do.

If truly Katherine was the one behind all her miscarriages—the idea of what she was going to do to make the latter pay made her body shiver in rage.

"You’ve been staring at that corner for a while now. Is there someone whom you’re looking for?" Alisha suddenly heard.

She turned to the voice and saw a man who seemed to be around her age or probably older.

His silver gaze was on her, his hair styled perfectly well. He wasn’t too muscular nor too lean. He simply had the physique of a model.

She recognized him. He was Tyler Myka, a renowned male model in Lexora.

She usually saw him on television and billboards showcasing all his wins but this was the first time she was seeing him in person.

"Not at all," she replied while managing to show a smile.

Tyler stared at her for a few seconds, before looking into the corner Alisha had been staring at mindlessly.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am," she replied with a tight smile this time around.

"You’ve come really far as a rookie," he suddenly said. "You’ll probably break records as the fastest rookie to get a top model award in less than six months. It would be unbelievable."

Alisha was sure of where he was going with this conversation and she wasn’t in the mood to listen to it.

She would rather look for Katherine than stand there and listen to Tyler speak.

The man was about to say something when Alisha suddenly cut him through.

"Excuse me, I have to leave."

Without waiting for his reply, she turned to leave while his eyes trailed behind her, narrowed.

Alisha didn’t have an idea where Katherine could be, but if she was completely out of plain sight, then there was a chance that she was plotting something.

But she still didn’t see Katherine anywhere so she concluded the latter must have left the party.

Alisha went to the parking lot, curiosity clawing at her skin.

There, she saw Katherine but she wasn’t alone.

She was with someone, making out with them while the sound of their smooches irritated Alisha’s ears.

Alisha couldn’t see the face of the person because their back was turned to them.

Quickly, Alisha searched for a place to hide, shocked to find Katherine there, making out with some man.

When the couple was done, they got into the car and drove off.

Alisha was still too stunned to move but she was glad this happened.