CHAPTER 1

Marissa Pov:

I walked into my husband's Alaric office in our home.The maid told me he just came back, after days of not seeing him and I just found out that I was pregnant with our second child, i was one month gone. I happily swing the results in my hand as I open the door to his office.

To my surprise, I saw my husband's first love Stella, his mother and sister there with him. I smiled and greeted, I didn't feel threatened by Stella because I thought Alaric had already moved on from her. He was just being nice since she just came back from abroad.

I felt something was wrong but I shook it off, as I tried moving closer to Alaric to show him the results of our love or my love for him, I got pushed by Prissy my sister in law, I frowned and look at Alaric for help, I don't have the strength of their insult and mistreatment right now, i look at Alaric for help again but I was met with a cold emotionless face and disgust in his eyes.

“Leave her prissy” Alaric said , his voice cold and void of emotion. I smiled, when I heard him defend me. ‘he is just in one of his moods’ I thought to myself, I smiled at him and Stella. I moved closer to hold his hand, but I got pushed back by him and I tried touching him again.

“Don’t you dare!” Alaric warned, I heard Prissy and my mother in law Clarissa snickered, Alaric might have never loved me like the way he loved Stella, but he had never treated or talked to me the way he just did.

“What is going on, did I do something wrong?” I asked, shaken up by the way he just acted.

“Yes, you did. I know you were good for nothing,but you had the gut to go around sleeping with other men” my mother in law Clarissa hissed out.

“I don't understand what is going on, I have never slept with any man except you Alaric and I will never” I defended myself.

“So what is this?” Alaric snickered as he threw a brown envelope at me, “slut” Prissy said. I frowned, the picture of me with a different man, I was either hugging them in front of a hotel or kissing them. There was only one picture I could recognize…

“I warned you Alaric, I knew she would bring nothing but shame to our family name, imagine if this was found out by the press” Clarissa screeched.

“No no no, Alaric let me explain, I don't know any of these men in these pictures, except this…” I tried defending myself, but I was cut off by prissy.

“The bitch admits it,” Prissy said. I tried touching Alaric before I could, Prissy dragged me by my hair. I tried moving away from her but I got slapped by Clarissa. I looked at Alaric for help begging with my eyes, to tell them to stop, I couldn't understand why I was being framed for cheating.

“Sign the divorce paper, I don't want anything to do with you whore!” Alaric yelled, I shook my head, begging.

“Alaric, listen, I didn't cheat on you….” I tried explaining. This is not what I expected, I thought if I was pregnant again it would make him treat me better,he would look at me with those loving he looked at Stella with and he would say those three words I have been waiting for.

“Sign those papers, before I force you sign the papers and you will not like it when I do it” Alaric warned angrily . I read the divorce paper, it says I will be leaving my grandmother's house and I will be giving up my parental rights on our two years old daughter Nova if I sign it, I frown. I know Clarissa has been eyeing my grandmother's house since the government announced that the land in that area there is now expensive.

“But the house belongs to grandma Alaric, where would she go and Nova is just two, my daughter needs me,I can't sign it” I sobbed. Alaric moved closer to hold my chin wanting to crush it, I whimpered.

“Oh don't play victim, how are you supposed to pay for everything I did for you and I know your grandmother already gave you the house and Nova will never need a mother who is whore, be thankful because I did a DNA test and it says she is mine. So you will sign the papers, if not I will be forced to help and it will not be pretty” Alaric bellowed.

I moved back from him but he held me tighter, I searched his eyes for the little warmth that used to be there for me but it was void of emotion. I wanted to cry, I wanted him to listen to me and I wanted to tell him about our baby.

I took the divorce paper and signed it. I don't want him to harm our baby even if he doesn't know about him or her yet.

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I was thrown outside with my things, then I noticed my pregnancy results were not with me, I searched frantically for it, when I heard Stella's voice.

“Looking for this” she asked, holding up the results.

“I can't believe you got pregnant for some else” she snickered, eyeing me up with jealousy. “ Give it back, it's none of your business” I said sternly and tried to take back the results.

“Oh no how could I?” Stella said as she tore the results.

I rushed to her, trying to stop her but I got pushed by her and fortunately I didn't fall down, but the next thing I knew was that Stella was on the floor with her knee injured.

Alaric rushes to her asking what happened and I heard Stella say.

“I was trying to comfort her, but she pushed me, she didn't mean to push me though. She is just sad”

“You are too kind Stella” prissy stated. I looked at them, Alaric was staring at me with much hatred, he walked closer to hold me by my neck, choking. I tried to fight him off. Losing my strength and my eyes blurs. I was losing my strength.

“Never put your filthy hands on Stella again” he says and drops me on the ground like a rag doll, after catching my breath I tried walking away from them but Prissy pushed me and I fell on my stomach, I sat up and saw blood run down my legs before I black out.