CHAPTER SIX: THE CONFRONTATION

The harsh drops of rain on my face were nothing compared to the pain I felt in my heart. I almost did not think that I would make it to my house. The pain spread through my entire body, weakening my bones and leaving me with nothing but torture.

I tried to get off the ground but the voice of Liam still kept ringing, reminding me of just how useless he thought I was. To him, I had no importance, to him, I was gone, never existed.

I forced myself not to cry but somehow the tears still came rushing down, hot, painful and more heartbreaking. It reminded me of just how pathetic I was. I allowed a man come into my life, bring down my defence, get me pregnant and then leave me on the floor in the rain, crying.

I was ashamed of how stupid I was. The pain was enough to get me on the feet and just when I thought I was getting stronger, I felt a hand push me back to the ground.

"Ah!" I groaned in pain as I used my arms to brace the impact of my fall. Immediately, I looked up to see the blonde staring at me with a smile on her face.

"Did you really think that you would be able to come back in here and somehow Liam would want to welcome you back with open arms?" She said.

It didnt make sense to me why she was here but something told me she was not here to just gloat.

"What do you want?" I asked, hoping that she would rush to what she wanted.

"I came to warn you to stay far away from my man. If I should find out in anyway that you still have something to do with him, I will cut off your legs."

She stood under a black umbrella but somehow, she seemed to be shivering more than I was.

"Why are you so scared?" I asked her.

"What are you talking about?" She answered, trying to hide the fear in her eyes but I was not the type to be easily deceived and I could see it clearly.

"Oh come on now. You came out here, under the rain, chasing after a woman that your husband threw out already. If you were not scared to your bones, why exactly would you do that?" I looked at her face as I spoke, hoping that I would get any kind of tip to inform me on what to do.

"Or could it be that you know exactly who I am and you are scared that he may snap out of whatever spell you place on him and leave?"

She laughed, a hearty full laughter that made my skin crawl.

"You must be mad, extremely mad to even say such words to me. Do you want to know how I even know about you? Its because Liam told me."

I shook my head, not wanting to believe her.

"Yeah, I guess you may think that you are some sort of hot stuff and that this man loves you more than life itself but he told me the truth."

"He never loved you. He needed to get better after his incident and he did not want to go to the hospital nor to his house because he knew that would give the people that wanted to kill him easy access to his life. He needed to hide in a place that no one knew him. Where better to hide than in the house of a stupid woman who had nothing and nobody?"

She smiled as she spoke and the more words came out of her mouth, the more I wanted to ruin her. "Do you know the part that amuses him the most? How he was able to get you to fuck him so easily? He did not even have to do much. Just promise you of marriage and that was all it took for you to open your legs wide for him. He could not believe that you were truly that cheap and easy to get but looking at you right now, I can tell that you are."

I could not believe what she said. I did not want to believe her words. If what she said was true, then it would mean that Liam never lost his memory, he always knew exactly who he was and all he did with me was to try and escape whoever was coming after him.

He used me and I fell for it like an idiot.

"What? Did you think you were something special?" Ivy's voice rang through my head again as she laughed.

"Oh my dear, you are the worst thing to have ever happened to him. And that is me quoting his words, not the other way round."

I wanted to ask her if Liam truly said all she said but looking at the joy on her face at seeing me devastated, I knew I could not say anything else cause it would only make her to be more excited and I did not want that.

"Are you done?" I asked her with a stoic face, happy that she could not understand why I had suddenly gone cold on her.

"What?" She responded.

"I asked if you are done," I was still shocked how i was able to switch off my feelings just like that but knowing that she was banking on me feeling worse, I had to find the strength and make it happen.

"Did you not hear me? I said Liam..."

"Used me, yes I heard you," I helped her complete the sentence. "You know I actually thought you were smart but you are dumber than you look. Maybe I helped him on purpose? After all, I saw from his ID that he was Liam Steele, CEO of SteeleTech. A big catch. Maybe I lured him to bed just so I could have something to pin him on and get more money.

A rational person would have thought that but because you are just a piece of work with no brain of your own, you would allow a man to brainwash you the way Liam did. I mean, what should I really expect from a woman who her man told her he banged another girl and she still goes ahead and marries him hoping that he wont cheat on her but knowing fully well that he already is and will continue to.

Tell me, what do you call such a girl? Ivy or...?"

I could not finish my statement before she landed a hot slap across my cheeks. I snarled at her, knowing fully well that i had no support and that if I tried to hit it, I would suffer dearly for it and I had my baby to think about.

I stayed on the ground, doing nothing. I heard Ivy shouting another words before her hand raised but a voice shouting "stop" brought her to a halt. Lifting my head slowly, I gasped at who it was.