Chapter 1

It was a sunny day and the temperature felt uncomfortable for Rose but she held on as she closed her eyes to rest for a while, hoping that the nurse will arrive on time with her prenatal examination results. 

What she did not expect was to fall asleep the moment she closed her eyes. 

The room was filled with the gentle sound of moans. Body slapping against each other and the smell of sweat. At first, Rose felt a slight pain but it soon turned to a devil in disguise as the pleasure began to creep in and she soon found herself clinging to the man for support. 

"Excuse me…Miss Rose." A voice calls, waking her from her dream world. 

Rose woke up with flushed cheeks and sweats on her forehead. She fanned herself and tried not to look at the nurse. "Yes?" 

"What are you dreaming of that makes your whole face so red?" The nurse asks lowering her head to properly look at the pregnant lady. 

She patted her chest and placed a hand on her round stomach. "Nothing. Nothing." 

The nurse stretched a cup of cold drink to her and she finally raised her head to look at the woman. "Have this. It is good for your condition and the weather is quite hot. The results will be out soon so you only have to wait a little bit more." Seeing that Rose was hesitant to take the drink, she pushed it into her hands. "I only came to see how you are doing. These kind of things, you should have brought the father to accompany you." 

A warm smile crept on her face when she heard her refer to the father. The blurred images of the steamy night she had with Mike flashing through her memory again. "He is quite busy preparing for our wedding." 

If Mike weren't busy, she had no doubt he would have accompanied her. Although the memories of their first night were blurry and she didn't really remember much, he had been kind enough to tell her they had a good night. Took responsibility for the pregnancy and was running around to prepare for the wedding. He definitely didn't want to stress her and so he didn't let her bother with it. 

"No problem but the next time you have something like this, make sure to bring him along. He will be a source of great support." She patted her shoulder and kindly smiled at her. "Take care. The results will be out soon." 

As she watched the nurse walk out of the room, she placed the cold drink to her hot cheek, trying to get the images of the steamy night off her mind. Was it pregnancy hormones that made her keep thinking about it? She could not tell. 

Meanwhile, in a hotel near the hospital, a young lady emerged from the en suite bathroom in nothing but flimsy lingerie. She picked up her phone, dialed a number and placed it on the night stand before crawling to the man who was already smiling at her on the bed. 

The last person Rose had expected to get a call from was Grace, her evil sister who seems to have made it her life's mission to make her life impossible to enjoy. She placed the phone to her ears but Grace didn't say a word. Just as she was about to ask why the other person called her, she heard a familiar voice. 

"Don't be so naughty and come over here." Mike says. 

Grace giggled in the background and told him. "Me? Naughty? Mike, you are the naughty one." 

Everything went quiet for about a second before she began hearing the sound of them kissing. 

Rose immediately got on her feet, her hand that held the phone slightly shaking. 

Grace and Mike? 

Was she dreaming? 

"Be gentle." She heard Grace say as she began to moan. The sound was so loud, Rose had to take the phone away from her ear. 

The sound of skin slapping against each other, Mike grunting and Grace moaning as loud as she could was enough to tell her what was happening on the other side. 

"You are so sweet." Mike says kissing her body all over as he worshiped her skin. 

"Mike, what are you going to do about Rose's bastard child?" 

"You don't have to worry. I have told you severally, her child and her have nothing to do with me. I am only pretending to take responsibility because of your mistake." He said and she heard sounds of the bodies turning. "If you hadn't been so jealous enough as to set her up with those men after drugging her drink, we wouldn't be here." 

"Are you trying to say it is my fault?" She whined, her tone going a little lower and sounding more seductive. 

"Of course not sweetie. You did it because you were scared of losing me." 

"Who would have thought she would enter the wrong room and sleep with the wrong man. Mike, I truly feel bad about it but there is nothing I can do now that she is pregnant with a bastard child." 

Rose who had been listening to them talk couldn't take it anymore. Her heart was racing and her whole body suddenly felt like jelly. What had she just heard? "What nonsense are you two spouting?" She shouts into the phone. "Mike, tell me this is a prank. Tell me you two are simply joking." 

Mike who was about to reach his peak was quick to come down from it. He rushed to pick the phone and glanced at Grace who pretended like she didn't know how the phone made a call. "Rose, calm down and don't do anything rash. This is all my fault. Grace has nothing to do with this. Her only mistake is that she loves me so much." 

Rose felt a sharp pain in her head and walked out of the room. All it took for her whole life to turn upside down was a conversation from these two. "How could you two…" 

"Grace has admitted to her mistake. She just couldn't tell you because she didn't know how to face you. Please…Rose, forgive her." 

Grace too quickly put on her pity show and was on the verge of tears as she apologized to her sister. "Sister, I know I am in the wrong. Please forgive me. Just this once. Sister please." 

Mike, upon seeing how guilty she looked, couldn't take it and began to rub her shoulder. 

Grace has always been a cunning young lady. She did things that made Rose look like the evil one and then pretended she was being bullied by her big sister. With her pure evil schemes, it was almost impossible to view Rose as the good one. 

She leans against the wall, closing her eyes and trying to send back the tears that were threatening to rush out. But she couldn't. Her whole life had just crumbled. She slept with a man she couldn't remember and was even carrying his child. How was she to ever live with the betrayal of these two. "I refuse to. You think you can ruin my life and go free? Grace.. how.." she sniffed trying to find the right words. "...how dare you. I swear I will find evidence and sue you for this." She didn't bother hearing any response from the two traitors before she hung up and rushed out of the hospital. 

Her eyes clouded with tears that were now streaming down her cheek, she couldn't even see the people outside well. The bright sun didn't help matters as it made her vision more blurry. 

Everything is ruined. Was all she thought before hearing a shout from a group of people and the impact of something strong and metallic hitting her from the side. She rolled onto the street, her round stomach hitting the floor with a harsh impact. 

'How fast does one's life go from a hundred to zero?'