Chapter 4 - Signing the divorce papers

[Matilda]

"Should I remind you of it for the umpteenth time?" Kaden smirked, taking steady steps towards me with his jaw clenching hard. I stumbled back, my body trembling as I fought to steady my breathing.

"Kaden I...I..." My voice trailed off as my back met the cold wall. Kaden hovered over me, his silver orbs fixed deeply on mine, I tried to say something but my words got cut in my throat, all I could see was a man I love with my life. A man I would do anything for

"I asked you a fucking question, would you like me to spell it out again?" Kaden snapped, his silver eyes pinning me down. He smirked and took a step back, arms crossed over his chest.

My heart raced as my gaze shifted to his powerful arms, his muscles flexing with every movement, I quickly looked away, swallowing hard against the intense tingling that spread across my stomach

"Matilda, let me remind you one more time, that you are nothing but a nightmare," Kaden paused, dragging his tongue across his lips. "A nightmare who used some disgusting whorish trick all because she wanted to become Mrs. Donovan, just like you've always wanted, to wear the title."

I clenched my fist, swallowing the sudden lump that grew in my throat. "I didn't...,"

"Don't!" Kaden interrupted with a sharp voice. "The person you used and manipulated to get into this family is no more, the one who stood by you because of whatever you two had three years back is gone, he is dead, and it's time for you to get lost!"

"I never did it! Why can't you believe me?" I snapped, my voice breaking as more tears streamed down. "Everything I told you was the truth and that was how it happened!"

A scoff broke the tension, drawing my attention to Cherry, she was sprawled out on the bed like she was watching her favorite show, smiling as if she had already won. My stomach churned at the sight of her.

Kaden's voice broke through again, drawing my attention back to him.

"I never expected you to admit it. Matilda, I just want you to know that you are a whore and a disgusting liar and that is what you'll always be. Your time here is up, sign the fucking papers and leave, you have until 9 a.m. tomorrow, if you're still here after 9 am, I will have you thrown out."

Kaden's words slammed into me like a freight train, I blinked at him, lowering my head as I bit down on my lower lip, hard enough to draw blood. How much longer can I take this? How much longer will I be humiliated like this?

I took a deep breath, forcing myself to straighten up as I voiced out the most difficult sentence I had ever uttered in my 23 years of living

"If that's exactly what you want, I will leave!!" I said, barely audible.

Kaden's brows furrowed as he locked his gaze on mine. I should have known Kaden was never meant to be mine. I was such a fool to think that I could change that.

"I will sign the papers and be gone before 9," I said, my voice cracking as new tears streamed down my cheeks. Without looking at either of them, I grabbed the file and my phone from the bedside table and walked out of the room

"It's okay, Tilda, this is how it ends, he will never love you, and that's a fact, you couldn't even give him children, and he's expecting one from his mistress," I mumbled under my breath as I walked down the stairs, only to halt on my track as I met the gaze of my sister-in-law - well, ex-sister in-law to be.

"Hmm, it looks like Kaden did what he should have done to the disgusting slut a long time ago!" Loretta hissed, brushing past me with a mocking laugh.

Slut. That word echoed in my head louder. That has been my second name ever since the incident three years ago, and no matter how much I told them my side of the story, they never seemed to believe me

Taking a slow deep breath, I stared down at myself. I was only putting on a robe, which means I'll have to spend the night in one of the guest bedrooms and pack my things tomorrow since I've been thrown out of our matrimonial bedroom

"He will never love you, you have to leave!" I whispered to myself as I made my way to one of the guest bedrooms. Shutting the door behind me, my eyes moved to the file in my hand and I felt like another knife was stabbed through my chest.

"Can I survive without Kaden?" My hand moved to my chest, gripping my clothes tightly as the pain coursed all over my body - where do I go from here? How do I start over - an orphan who fell in love with a man she was never supposed to fall for

Tears rolled down my cheeks as my legs gave out beneath me making me crumple to the floor - it was just too much

My eyes darted to my hand as my phone buzzed, I immediately stiffened back my tears staring at Julia's name on the caller ID

I picked up the call and pressed it to my ear.

"I thought you said you would call back, you just ended the call because you just didn't want me to hear me rant about that asshole, right?" Julia's voice dripped with annoyance, but I couldn't bring myself to respond, all I did was stay silent, letting the tears fall freely from my eyes

"Tilda? Are you there?" I couldn't hold it anymore, my sobs broke free, my hands flying to my mouth in a desperate attempt to muffle them

"Tilda? What is it...why are you crying? Is everything alright?" My best friend asked on the phone, and I just shook my head as if she could see me. "Fucking talk to me, what is wrong?" She yelled!

"It's Kaden, he...he..."

"What happened? Is he back? Don't tell me that bastard laid his hands on you because he will be dead before tomorrow morning,"

"He's divorcing me Juli, he...he, Cherry is pregnant, she's moving in, and he gave me until tomorrow morning to leave his house!" I stated, attempting to hold back my tears.

There was silence on her end for a second before her voice boomed out again.

"Perfect," Julia snapped. "But Tilda do you know why I'm so mad right now? Is that you weren't the one that threw the papers in his face, listen to me, wipe off those tears, and get it together, I'm coming over, we are leaving tonight, not tomorrow, he can go fuck himself!" Julia snapped and hung up the phone.

My phone slipped from my grasp, I reached for the file and pulled it out, staring at the nightmare that had become my reality. I picked up a pen from the file and signed the papers, I placed the paper back into the file only for my hand to halt as it came into contact with another paper, I pulled it out, my brows furrowing together as I stared at it, my eyes darting at the numbers

"A cheque? Ten million dollars?" I shook my head as I stared at the cheque - just as he had always seen me, a whore who came for his money. I pushed his cheque back into the file and rose to my feet, but suddenly halted as I felt another wave of nausea hit me

"What's wrong..." My words trailed off as I quickly ran to the toilet, emptying my entire stomach again

"Why do I feel this way?" I sank to the floor, my head spinning repeatedly. I hugged myself, attempting to pull myself together, but suddenly froze. My heart began to pound as a random thought crossed my mind. I quickly took out my phone, my hand hovering on my screen as I clicked on my monthly flow calendar.

"Twenty days late?" My breath hitched as the numbers sank in.

My heart hammered against my chest as I stared at the calendar. Hold on, my body's reaction—the nausea, the exhaustion, all of this were trying to form a straight line.

"Could I be?" The hope that flickered inside me was refusing to be silenced. "Am I pregnant with Kaden's child?"