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EMILY'S POV.

I was mad. So mad.

But most of all, I was scared.

I sat on one of the benches outside the lab, as I waited. They had taken a sample of my urine for analysis, to know whether or not I was pregnant.

Pregnant?! How the hell did I even get here?

One minute I was praying to be rescued from this marriage with Marco, and the next, I was praying to not be pregnant for a totally different man.

Was my life a joke?!

"Miss Collombo, your result is ready." I heard someone say above me, and I literally boiled.

That damned name had caused me more harm than good. Collombo.

I should have left when I could, but I couldn't let my mother rot away in jail. I just couldn't.

"What does it say?" I calmly asked the lab scientist who stood beside me. She looked quite unsure, hesitant to tell me.

In that moment, I knew I was fucked.

"Ma..... you're three weeks pregnant."

My entire body went cold for a second, before intense heat invaded me.

I couldn't move or do anything else for minutes. At some point, my vision blurred and I thought I was about to collapse.

"Miss Collombo?" She called in worry. "Miss Collombo are you....?"

"I need to see the Doctor. Now." I managed to say, but it came out as a weak whisper.

I tried to stand up from where I sat, but my legs failed me.

"Let me help you please." She offered, and I placed my hand in hers. With her aid, I was able to stand to my feet and make my way to the doctor's office.

With each step I took, my feet bounced with even more rage. How could this people alter the course of my life due to their own negligence?!!

On getting to the doctor's office, I barged in angrily. I was about yelling at the top of my lungs, when I noticed the presence of a familiar person.

He had his back turned to me, but I could still tell it was him. It wasn't even as if I normally stared at him long enough, to have memorized what his structure looked like. But I just knew him when I saw him.

"That's the lady, Mr Ferrari. She is the one we inseminated." The Doctor pointed towards me. A thousand and one thoughts swirled in my head as Dante turned to look at me.

Why was he here? Why was the doctor giving him information about the insemination?

Could it be that....?

No no no!

The moment Dante's eyes locked with mine, they went wide in shock.

"What is she doing here?" He turned to Doctor Luigi, who looked every shade of confused.

"Y... yo... you know each other?" Doctor Luigi stuttered. "She is the lady we inseminated your sperm into, Sir. Miss Emily Collombo."

Inseminated his what...?!!

I already had an idea where all these was going, but hearing the doctor confirm it, made my stomach twist in knots.

"She is what...?!!" Dante's voice boomed, making me shake in my spot.

"This has got to be a joke." I whispered, my legs feeling wobbly again. I located the nearest chair and sat down on it.

"And the results of the tests have confirmed that she is pregnant." Doctor Luigi added. Hearing that again, made my entire predicament seem even more real.

With all the crazy events of today, It felt like my heart could give up on me, anytime soon.

Immediately, the female Doctor who had carried out the procedure on me, came behind me and gently patted my back.

"Are you okay?" She muttered into my ear. "Please breathe."

Since this torturous episode began, it was the first time anyone cared to check on me. That alone made a huge ocean of tears well up my eyes.

Oh God! Why was I always the unfortunate one? Why did my life have to be full of such complexities?

For minutes, the office was silent. No one said a word, and I figured they were all thinking of a way to remedy this mess. I decided to think as well.

Suddenly, a very reasonable idea came to mind. How about we made the entire situation disappear the very same way it came?

This child couldn't remain in my belly for another single day.

"I'm getting an abortion." I eventually said, making all eyes fall on me.

"You wouldn't dare!!" Dante growled, kicking back his seat and closing the distance between us both.

He stared down at me, a challenging glare in his eyes as he repeated his earlier words.

"You wouldn't fucking dare, Collombo."

I felt so small in that moment, but I refused to cower before him.

"This is my body. You have no right telling me what to do." I bit back, holding his angry gaze.

"Don't push me, Collombo." He warned. "Don't push me."

"If taking control over my own life and body 'pushes you', then I'm sorry, because I won't do otherwise. I'm aborting this baby!" I yelled, not realizing when the tears dropped from my eyes.

"I said you are keeping my damn child!!" He blew out in rage, punching the mahogany desk in Doctor Ferrari's office.

I shook in fear, watching as he brushed his fingers through his thick hair.

Alexa had occasionally mentioned that he had a temper, but this was the first time I was seeing him display it.

"I'm sorry, Mr Ferrari." Doctor Luigi said, pulling our attention. "But in situations like this.... " He dramatically paused. "...only the mother has a say. She is the only one who decides whether or not, to keep her child."

His voice was so low, and I knew that he had been scared to give that information.

Dante Ferrari may possess the power to bring the high and mighty down to their knees, but I wasn't going to let him think I was weak.

I aggressively cleaned off the tears in my eyes, and rushed out of the doctor's office.

I wasn't sure if my next step of action was the right one, but something told me to go for it.

I was going to tell Marco everything. He deserved to know first hand, what was going on.

I had accidentally gotten pregnant for someone else, who happened to be his enemy. So the right thing to do, was let him know.

A part of me was so sure he'd ask me to abort this child. I wouldn't blame him. I also wanted to abort it, because it would be the most insane thing to be married to one man, and pregnant for his enemy!!

I got to the parking lot and hopped into my car. I hadn't an idea Dante had followed me out, but thankfully, he didn't catch up with me.

His figure became smaller in my side mirror, as I drove off.

All through my short trip to Marco's office, I prayed in my heart that this whole situation didn't escalate more than I could bear.

On getting to Marco's company building, I used the elvator to his office floor, rushing past his secretary and getting into his office.

If only I knew that this was just the beginning of a dramatic and frustrating day for me.

There on his work desk, was a familiar looking lady who was bent over, as Marco pounded into her from behind.

I may not have felt heartbroken, but I definitely felt very disrespected. His shocked gaze locked with my stoic one, before I turned and walked out of his office.

Bastard.