Chapter 5

Kayla's pov

“There's no way I'm expecting a baby now.” I said a little above a whisper. For so many years I was happily married to him I never got pregnant and now that I plan on ending things with him, this? 

I can't accept the result, there has to be a mistake.

I gently touched my flat stomach, already beginning to love this little life that wasn’t even born yet. The doctor had told me that the numbers were still unstable and that I needed to take extra care during the early stages of the pregnancy.

“For the baby’s sake, can you forgive me this time, Kyla?” Justin asked. I turned to look at him angrily without replying to him.

I was raised by a single mother, and though I had the confidence to give my child all the love it needed, I still remembered asking my mother for a father when I was young. I don't want my child to go through the same childhood I went through, it was difficult growing up without a dad.

“Justin, please excuse us.” Lucy said to him while holding my hand lovingly. 

“I already know everything. Kyla, you should have told me earlier,” Lucy said, her eyes red from crying as she carried in bags of my favorite foods and things. I didn't want to see Lucy hurt because I know she's been very good to me.

I didn't know what to say to her when I heard everything she said to me, I didn't want to hurt her, but I was really hurt. 

“Justin is a jerk. If you weren’t pregnant, Kyla, I’d make him give you all the assets and divorce you. But now that you’re pregnant, I can’t let you or the baby go through this alone. He’ll take care of you both. When the child is older, if you still want a divorce, I’ll support you,” Lucy said, gently patting my head. That sounded like a good idea, but I don't think I can put up with him for that long, he hurt me so much that I now feel stupid for ever trusting him in the first place.

I cried and buried my face in Lucy’s embrace.

Lucy had to leave and Justin drove her back home.

*******

I was all alone In the hospital, so I decided to call my mom and tell her what's going on.

“Mom, I'm pregnant.” 

Haley was thrilled. “Finally! I told you, if you didn’t work so much and stopped worrying about other things, you’d get pregnant. You made Justin wait too long.” I was left speechless when I heard what mom said to me.

I was used to Haley’s way of thinking, but still, it hurt. Why does mom always demand that I be a good student, make a lot of money, be a perfect wife, but never care about how I feel, what I want?

“Mom, is this what you have to say when you know that he cheated on me? He betrayed my trust!” 

“So what if he cheated?”

I was beyond shocked to hear what she said and the tone she used.

“I'm filing for a divorce.” 

“You wouldn't dare.”

“Mom, I'm the one married to him, and I have the right to divorce him!”

“Justin has been so good to you, how can you leave him? His cheating is because you didn’t take care of yourself, you couldn’t get pregnant. Maybe you should look at your own shortcomings. You’re so useless! I’ll be there soon to help you take care of the baby. You can’t let your marriage or the baby go wrong!” Haley said quickly, then hung up without giving me a chance to respond.

I was heartbroken but not surprised, she's still the same as always.

I was confused and devastated while I was laying on the bed. I can't believe that my world is falling apart in one day. Everything that seemed perfect was all Fallacy.

Picked up my phone again and started going through her profile. I couldn't help but compare her to myself and she was almost perfect. She is a talented Artist with so much love from strangers, maybe I wasn't good enough for him.

******

I had already gotten better and was discharged from the hospital. 

Justin took my bag upstairs but I stayed down seated on the couch, going up would remind me of his infidelity.

When Justin was done dropping my bag and other things upstairs he came back downstairs and met me sitting on the couch.

We both knew I needed to rest during the early stages of pregnancy. I didn’t want to argue with him, but I also felt that things would never go back to how they were.

“I ended things with her already,I can prove it to you.” Justin said to me, even though I acted like I didn't care I still cared. 

Justin tried to text Ella in front of me, wanting to clear the air, but the message was shown as rejected. Ella had blocked him.

I looked at his face and noticed it froze for a moment.

And just like that, the project was over.

“Did you end things with her? It looks like she ended it first.” I said to him angrily and walked away. 

The room I hated so much is the only place I could go to right now because I want to stay far away from him. The sight of him disgusts Mt so much that I want to puke whenever he's around me.

Seeing the way she blocked him I guess her husband must have seen the pictures flying around the internet and maybe he scolded her which is why she blocked Justin. But I don't think he's going to be upset because he does the exact same thing. I remember walking up to him that  day at the VIP area and there were other girls warming the bench for him so he's not a saint.

If she blocked him then it means the contract has ended, this isn't good for our company.