THE BILLIONAIRE'S REGRET

7 YEARS AGO

The door to the beautiful glass walled mansion swung open to reveal sweaty and exhausted Ariana as she held a bundle of groceries in her hand with her entire body soaked with sweat due to the stress she had to go through to carry all the heavy luggage from the car in the garage right into the apartment.

She dropped them at the foot of the door and panted while she wiped a few strands of her sweaty red hair away from her face placing it behind her ears.

"Well this was exhausting." She said and looked towards the direction of the kitchen. "Joan!" She called after she had cleared her throat to take away the excessive stress they had gone through.

Joan made her way out of the kitchen and looked at the entrance. "Oh. Mrs Ariana. You came back early." She said and walked up to her. "And you look so sweaty. You see? You should have really taken my advice when I told you to allow me assist you with this." Ariana rolled her eyes.

"Forget about it. That is not the issue right now. Where is Vincent? "

"I don't know he should be in his room. " Joan said as she decided to assist Ariana pack up the groceries. Ariana took one of them before Joan could and took out a box.

"Thanks. You can take the rest into the kitchen." She then glanced at the direction of the stairs that led to their bedroom. I wonder if he's really there. She glanced at the box in her hands and opened it to reveal the crystal glittering diamond wristwatch she just got from the fashion store.

He is really going to be psyched the moment he sees this. She thought to herself and briskly headed towards the bedroom.

"Vincent. Check what I got you." She climbed up the stairs as fast as she could with extreme excitement in her body ready to at least grant Vincent one very sweet thing that would soften his mind and show him just how much she truly loved him.

I really hope he will begin to consider me the moment he sees this. She thought to herself. she finally got to the door and a strange sound made her frown when she paused before it. She raised an eyebrow and placed her ears against the door to hear the voices of a male and a female moaning within.

She clenched her fist and held the door knob swinging the door open to behold the shocking terrifying sight of Vincent and her assistant naked in bed with Vincent leaning against her as he thrust into her with all his might.

"Oh my God Vincent!!!" Ariana exclaimed with so much shock in her body as the wristwatch she held fell fast to the ground sharply sending all the glittering diamonds shattering into pieces on the cold tiled floor.

Vincent just looked up at her with lack of concern as he continue to enjoy himself pounding hard into Ariana's personal assistance beneath him on the bed.

"Oh my God. " Vincent kept on saying as he glanced at Ariana with a look that said, you can watch if you want to.

" Oh yes Vincent. Fuck me harder. " Her assistant kept on saying beneath him as they both moved in a sexual movement on the bed both enjoying themselves and not scaring that there's actually someone at the door watching them.

Ariana could not understand what happened to her. She just couldn't contain it. Tears streamed out of her eyes and she found herself going crazy. She didn't know what just happened to her. She felt so broken and terrified she immediately sprinted away from the bedroom and ran down the stairs when Joan was just about coming out of the kitchen holding something in her hands.

"Mrs Ariana you forgot....." she couldn't complete her sentence when she saw Ariana run past her out of the apartment, weeping. She frowned and glanced at the stairs.

What happened? What exactly did she see? She thought. she became confused and didn't know if she was going to run after Ariana or check up on whatever she saw but her instinct told her to go after her boss. She finally sighed and dropped what she was holding on the sofa before sprinting out of the apartment to catch up with Ariana.

Ariana found herself walking in the street right outside of her compound looking as dismayed as ever as her entire brain kept on rolling with a huge amount of sorrow. she couldn't understand what she was feeling. She was hyperventilating. She was struggling. She found herself crying uncontrollably in the streets as passers-by cleared the road for her watching her.

"Man is she crazy? " Someone said softly as he walked past her looking at her with worry on his face. Anyone who came across her would think she was a patient who probably escaped from a rehabilitation center.

Ariana just felt so broken. Why would he do this to me? She kept on thinking as she walked slowly in the streets like a zombie feeling completely empty. That was just brutal for her frail heart to bear. What has she done to deserve this? All she just needed was for him to love her back. She had done everything to please him. What more did he want? Why would he treat her like some toy like this.

It is obvious that the marriage was actually made out of contract but that didn't mean he could just go out with any other woman like she was nothing to him. She didn't know what else to think. She didn't know what else to say.

"Mrs Ariana!!!" She heard someone call to her just as she mistakenly stumbled into the express unconsciously. She saw her maid, Joan calling to her and waving at her to stop with fright on her face.

Ariana broke down into more tears as she wrapped her arms around herself feeling completely shattered. Just as she was about to turn away......

"Mrs Ariana look out!!!!"! Joan screamed with all her might as she quickened her speed trying to catch up with her boss. But it was almost too late.

Ariana turned to her left to see a public transport bus moving towards her fast with full speed. Everything happened so fast and it looked like a dream to her. She felt like this is finally her end. Maybe this is how she is going to end her life.

Fear as never before surged through her system straight up to her brain and she immediately blacked out falling fast to the ground.

..........

The next sound that woke her up was the continuous beep beep beep beep of the heart rate monitor beside her. She slowly moved on the bed and groaned before fluttering her eyes open to see the white porcelain ceiling of the hospital.

She blinked and moved her head slowly to look around her. Oh my God. I'm in the hospital. She thought and finally sat up to look around her with wonder.

How did I get here? She thought as a very sharp pain surged in her brain and she winced.

"Oh my God. My head." She complained as she gripped her skull trying to massage it as if to soothe the pain moving through her head.

"Ariana."

She opened her eyes weakly and looked up to see her friend, Clara standing at the doorstep of the room she was.

"Oh my God you are awake." Clara said and briskly walked up to her. She knelt close to Ariana's bed and hugged her. It was then that everything that happened flashed back into Ariana's mind and she finally broke down into tears as Clara did all she could to comfort her.

"Oh my God, what is the issue Ari? You look so completely destroyed right now. What is it? How did you hell did you get into the express and almost got knocked by a bus?" She asked just as Ariana's maid also stepped in with a cooler in her hand.

"Mrs Ariana you are awake." Joan said and walked up to her. Ariana kept on crying. Clara slowly tilted her head to look at Joan.

" What exactly happened? How did she get into that?"

" I really don't know. " Joan replied as she dropped l the cooler by the bedside table. "I was just walking out of the kitchen when she suddenly ran down from the staircase, running to the streets. I tried calling her but she wouldn't listen to me. But I noticed that she was crying as she ran. She must have seen something to make her cry because she was wearing a very happy face when she came into the apartment." She said and Clara returned her focus back to Ariana. She slowly pulled away from her.

"What is the matter, Ari? What exactly happened?" She asked and Ariana continued to sob. Clara dried her eyes slowly trying to comfort her.

"It's Vincent. " She said. Clara frowned the moment that name hit her ears.

"Really? Again? What did he do this time? "

"The worst!!" Ariana said and she continued to weep uncontrollably. "He has done the worst." She said. "I found him in bed with Fionna." She said and both Joan and Clara look at her with their eyes wide in shock.

"Oh my God. Isn't that the worst? God he is such a stupid fool. Why the hell would he even think of doing that? " She was unable to complete her sentence when the both of them noticed Ariana jerking in a sort of confusing motion on the bed. They both looked at her.

"Are you okay Ari?" Clara asked before Ariana immediately came down from the bed and briskly rushed into the toilet built in the same room. Clara and Joan glanced at each other with surprise as they heard Ariana making a sort of groaning sound in the toilet.

"Is she vomiting?" Clara asked and Joan shrugged. The both of them immediately walked up to the toilet to see Ariana leaning against the basin with her red silk hair falling over her face.

"Ari? Are you okay? " Clara asked her as she slowly approached her. Ariana slowly looked up with her face looking so weak. She tried to stand as she glanced at the both of them.

"Clara..." she said and suddenly slumped, falling fast to the ground. Clara and Joan were quick enough to get to her and hold her before she impacted with the ground.

"Go and get doctor. I will attend to her. " Clara said and Joan immediately nodded her head before running off to fetch the doctor. A few minutes later he revealed himself after Clara had done everything she could to drag Ariana back to her bed.

The doctor examined her and came back few minutes later with the results. He glanced at them with a smile on his face. "It's actually nothing serious. I would just advise that from now on she takes care of herself and doesn't put herself into much stress.' He said and the both of them look at him with wonder.

"What is the issue doctor?" Clara asked and he chuckled.

"She's pregnant. " He said and they all had their eyes wide as they stared at him with shock.

"Sorry what?" Ariana asked weakly as she glanced from her position in the bed at the doctor.