The car ride was far slower than I had hoped it to be. The sun was slowly starting to dip behind the horizon, painting the skies pink and orange. I wanted the beautiful colours to take my mind away from the whirlwind of emotions inside me. Sadly for me, they were just colours.
Somehow, somewhere along the way I had fallen in love with him. I had started to think of us as an actual couple, not just a fake one. It was the one thing I never thought would happen, I thought I could just turn my emotions off as always and deliver this baby to get the money. To make matters worse, I knew Robert would never love me back.
I forced myself to take a deep breath as we pulled up to the front gate. I needed to keep my calm, too much stress might make matters worse with the baby’s health. The dark green dress I had chosen to wear fitted tightly around my body, hug
Robert glanced over to me every other minute, it did absolutely nothing to calm my nerves which were flaring up inside of me.“I am fine.” I eventually snapped at him. “Stop looking.”He didn’t reply to it and instead grabbed his phone and started going through his emails. We were in the back of an expensive Rolls Royce, I didn’t even know Robert likes expensive cars. Though he is a billionaire, so it’s not that big of a surprise. We needed something to make a big entrance in and this car was definitely nothing but an eye catcher.Robert wore a black suit, with a dark blue tie. My dress was the exact same shade of navy blue. It was a satin dress that hugged tightly around my body and showed off my bump. I had even been given a blinged out diamond choker and diamond ear
There was a little rest area before heading into the art exhibit. When this place was open to their regular art loving crowd, this would simply be the entrance hall. There were already some tables with food and drinks, as well as some chairs to sit down on. I spotted the singer taking off her heels and changing them to flats. She smiled kindly when she spotted me staring at her. I didn’t really know how to respond, so I just simply smiled back at her. Robert ‘parked’ me on an empty chair and grabbed some water and food for me. I hadn’t felt any of the pains luckily, but I sure as hell did not have the stamina to stand for this long anymore either. My feet were already swollen and hurting, and the night had only just begun.“Thank you.” I gladly accepted the drink from Robert. “Any pain?” He whispered. I shook my head. “Just my feet, nothing bad.” I told him. We stayed in that hall for a little bit so
“Oh for fucks sake.” I cursed, tiredly rubbing my temples. “Why can nothing ever go drama free for me?”I knew Liann’s family was rich, I knew that they were from around here. I vaguely remember her telling me her great grandfather invented some everyday item, and her grandfather and father just reinvested the money in startups and real estate. I would have never made the connection to what Robert had told me about Dennis Wright, I hadn’t even really bothered to google him. Maybe that was naive of me, I surely did curse myself for it now.“You know him?” Robert asked me, his eyes switching between me and Dennis. “He is Liann’s uncle,” I told him. Robert clearly didn’t remember who Liann was, so I quickly elaborated. “She is my sister in law. The demon.”“That didn’t come up on your background check.” Robert said. I couldn’t blame him for that comment. Him
Robert’s marketing team was very happy with our outing to the art exhibit. The following day I saw pictures come by of us on the red carpet, as well as the photos that were taken when I was fangirling over art. The latter really did turn out great. I was pointing at the art and clearly talking, while Robert was looking at me, with a small smile on his face. The art exhibit used them to show how interesting their art was, the gossip magazines used them to show how Robert was in love with me. It was a win-win.I didn’t feel any pain, besides the regular pregnancy ones, after the party and it was making me a bit bolder. I still kept to mostly resting, but I wasn’t putting off things until after the birth anymore either. Sure, it was still six days of rest and then one appointment on the seventh day, but it was more than what I did before.Back when I first moved into this apartment I had already bought a coffee machine. Pregnant women really weren’t su
Doctor Ward was always in a much better mood when Robert wasn’t here for my appointments. He even wore a funky tie today, with little green dinosaurs on them. Clara would love him, that’s for sure.“No pain,” I confirmed for him. “Outside of my back and my feet, of course.”He nodded and wrote it down, though I knew he must already know about all of this. I was still on a decently strict schedule to tell doctor Ward everything I felt in regards to the pregnancy. I think most of my messages never made it past the nurse, but they must be in my file at the very least.“We are slowly heading towards your due date.” Doctor Ward said as he was writing. “Nervous?”“Well, the possibility of horrible pain and death doesn’t really make me look forward to it.” I joked. Doctor Ward smiled and finished writing his sentence before putting the clipboard down. We were in the oh so familiar examination
I didn’t tell Robert about Mr Price’s visit. I didn’t want to add to his stress and the only interesting thing he mentioned was that he knew about my diagnosis. He could have spoken to one of the nurses at the clinic or maybe Robert did tell his family, I didn’t know and I didn’t really care. Maybe if people knew I was supposed to rest they would actually let me do it. Kiara texted me this morning that she wanted to come over, so I was quickly going through the house to clean everything up again. I had long cleaned up our little zoo, but since then Clara and I had also played princess and vet, so the house was in a constant state of mess. I didn’t really care, I wanted Clara to have the type of childhood where she was allowed to make a mess when she was being creative. The whole ‘nothing out of place’ aesthetic really wasn’t mine. I had just finished transferring the last of her stuffed animals and miscellaneous toys
No matter how angry she was with me before the pains started, Kiara put all of that aside when she noticed my discomfort. She was well aware of the pains of childbirth, as it was the reason that she put her plans of having a large family with multiple kids aside, so even though we were not sure if I was going into labour she was nothing but great at keeping calm.“Everything will be okay, Dalia, remember to take deep breaths.” She told me, occasionally glancing over at me. She had luckily driven to my place today, so there was no waiting time for a car to arrive nor did we need to call an ambulance. Kiara put the keys in the ignition and before I knew it we were off.I think we broke the speed limit more often than we stayed under it, but I could not bring myself to care. If we got a ticket Robert would have to pay for it, if we got pulled over by a cop they could very well join us and escort us to the hospital. The pain was still roaming around my body,
I had to stay in the hospital for a few days while the doctors checked to see if my situation stabilized. Even doctor Ward came in to speak to me and consult with my doctors. The pains occurred when my blood pressure rose and after fighting with Kiara, they had simply gone too far up. Eventually, they deduced that a hospital stay was still quite stressful, and they preferred me to sit out my pregnancy in the comforts of my own home. Once again, I was told to do nothing but rest.I hadn’t spoken to Kiara since, but Robert had brought Clara to visit me every day. At first, she got really scared to see me in the hospital, but when I explained it was due to the baby she calmed down. It was funny to see how she related everything back to the animal kingdom, and luckily for me, she had seen a documentary where the doctors closely monitored a pregnant rhino. Before we knew it, Clara was back to her cheerful self. “I’m not completely useless you know.” I s