"I am your wife not her, you proposed to me not her, we were going to get married, I just panicked and ran away for a while, if Nicole hadn't been such a betrayer then right now we won't be here,"
She respo loudly, Rafael shook his head at her delusion.
"Keep thinking that Natalie, newsflash, I won't have loved you if I had ended up marrying you, I would have taken what I wanted and divorced you, remember you signed a prenup, well thanks to your sister, my beloved wife, you won't lose anything, that's the only thing you have from this whole thing, as for my heart, it only beats for one person and that my wife, Mrs. Nicole Salvador, oh and about the certificate, I got it changed, I don't need to be public about it and my wife is dropping all your brands, you can go about your business yourself or I will pay for the fines of breaking the contracts,"
Rafael said, got up, and left the place without a back glance, all the way out he could hear Natalie shouting that he would regret it, that's where she was wrong, he never have regrets, nope, he never ever regret his decision.
Rafael already knew Natalie was going to play dirty, so as soon as he left her, he called his legal team and told them to get into action, he wasn't going to let anyone, not even a relative who is bitter make Nicole cry, he would deal with Natalie if she does anything stupid.
After that, Rafael called his friend Caleb to meet him at the office, he was going to make the announcement himself, there was no need to wait for Natalie to do it, it would be better if they heard from him, not like he cared what people say but his wife might care, it was her that he was worried for
"Hey, man, for the first time ever, you called for me, what's up?"
Caleb asked when he walked into Rafael's office that afternoon, Rafael stood up to greet him.
"Hey, man, I had something to tell you, I didn't want you to find out from the announcement."
He said gesturing for his friend to sit, which he did while looking at him expectantly.
"What's it, man?"
"My wife, you remember us talking about her twin?"
"Aha, yes, the one I told you to hook up with me and you refuse, I was thinking of asking Natalie for her contact myself,"
"That's not going to happen,"
"Hmm, why? Are you gatekeeping your wife's twin sister? Wow, that's so greedy of you,"
"That's not gonna happen because she is my wife,"
He let out, Caleb looked at him as if he had lost his mind.
"Huh, Rafael, man, are you okay? You married Natalie, the other twin is not known, no one actually knows what she looks like, there are no photos of her anywhere, so how is she your wife,"
Caleb asked, looking at him like he was crazy.
"She is my wife Caleb, her name is Nicole,"
He responded, Caleb, stood up, laughed, and sat back down. He looked so confused, if the situation wasn't so unfunny Rafael would have laughed at him.
"Wait, I don't understand, like how? I don't get it, wait, you are trying to tell me that the lady at the wedding then wasn't Natalie?"
"Yup, she is not,"
"And you knew back then?"
"No, I didn't until after we got married and about two or three months after,"
He revealed.
"What?! What happened? I don't understand, how is she not Natalie, I mean she looks like her, talks like her, walks like her, even smile like her,"
"That's because they are identical twins Caleb,"
"Could you mind explaining what happened from the beginning because I am hella confused right now, no cap."
"I will if you calm down,"
"I am calm, now shoot,"
Caleb urged, Rafael then told him everything that happened, everything, not leaving out a single detail even his motive of wanting to marry Natalie from the beginning and when he was done, Caleb was just staring at him mouth opened.
"Dude, wow, that's so many details, I can't even, well, they look so alike,"
"Yeah, I know right,"
"So how do you tell them apart?"
Caleb asked and Rafael smiled, that was actually the easiest part of everything, telling the twin apart even though they looked hundred percent the same, he just had to look into his woman's eyes, in fact, he can tell from just her appearance who she was even if they both wear the same thing.
"That's easy, my wife is the calm and shy one, also she got the looks for me,"
"Obviously, no wonder she didn't want to dance with me or a lot of people at the wedding, she didn't really know us and was just being her usual self, now I feel bad for thinking she is too proud, I mean she made us come back together and made you fall in love so she is definitely good,"
"She is, she is the best,"
"So? What do you intend to do?"
Caleb asked him, he already knew what he was going to do, before whatever interview Natalie did will be wired, he had to make his move.
"I just need to get my wife's consent to publish the announcement before whatever interview Natalie did come out,"
He disclosed.
"I think that's the best, not like it would help but at least it will do some damage control, I just hope this doesn't blow up and that Natalie cares for her sister enough not to expose her to the hungry lions."
Caleb said, as much as Rafael wanted to hope in that too, he knew that was impossible, Natalie was out for revenge, she was blinded by it and nothing, not even family could stop her, if not maybe her parents would have been able to stop her, his only wish now is that he can be able to shield his wife from the public and their destructive tongues.