Chapter 2

Lyra's Pov 

My chest heaved as I breathed hard. Dorian's eyes widened in shock and disbelief. The crowd gasped and for the first time, I saw a flicker of shock on Seraphina's face.

I stared daggers at Dorian while I struggled to control my breathing and keep the tears that kept threatening to fall.

"Lyra...." Dorian tried to speak but words failed him when he saw the hurt in my eyes and thankfully, he had the decency to look ashamed.

"How could you Dorian? How could you do this to me? After everything we've been through together!" I cried and this time the tears spilled.

The Dorian I knew hated seeing me cry so he instantly became remorseful.

"I am really sorry Lyra, I wanted to tell you, but I could not. My management already agreed to the deal. I knew you would never agree with me working with Seraphina but it was for my career." He pleaded.

I could see that he was truly sorry but the collaboration was not all.

"Then what about the kiss? What about giving her the glory for writing those songs?" I asked trying to keep my emotions at bay.

Dorian held my hands together as he tried to explain.

"Lyra, I never said Seraphina wrote those songs. I only appreciated her for helping me make the album a success. She really did try in the collaboration and even made amazing suggestions to the songs. I just had to thank her."

I angrily removed his hands from mine. What nonsense was he talking about? 

"And you didn't think to appreciate your songwriter also? Was this why you said I should stay back at home?" I demanded.

"Am sorry Lyra, please forgive me." He said holding my hands again.

"And the kiss?" I asked.

"It was nothing, swear, nothing is going on between Seraphina and me, the management suggested it, so we had to pretend to be dating just to make the fans go crazy."

I removed his hands again from my own and scoffed.

"Really? And when your management made that suggestion, you didn't think it was time to let them know you have a wife?" I demanded.

After the incident with Seraphina where the doctors confirmed that I would never sing again because my vocal cords were damaged, I decided to become Dorian's songwriter. 

He was my boyfriend then and after he made his first hit song which I wrote, we got married and decided to keep our private life a secret, so nobody knew that he was married.

Dorian opened his mouth to speak but Seraphina interrupted.

"Oh please, stop pretending like you are innocent! You always like playing the victim which is why you forever remain where you are!" She taunted and turned to Dorian.

"Dorian dear, you know you don't have to explain to her, she can believe whatever she wants to believe, after all, she has her own secrets that you are not aware of." 

I looked at Seraphina in confusion. What secrets do I have that Dorian was not aware of? Oh wait! Did she know? I wondered but Dorian's voice brought me out of my reverie.

"Seraphina! Not now! Lyra is my wife and I would like you to respect that." Dorian scolded her.

I smiled, proud of Dorian. I knew Dorian loved me too much to betray me. The look on Seraphina's face was priceless and I felt like framing it.

"Dorian, believe me, your wife is keeping secrets from you! She is not who you think she is!" Seraphina insisted.

I decided at this point that it was time to tell Dorian the news that brought me to the concert.

"Lyra, what is Seraphina saying? What secrets are you keeping from me?" Dorian inquired.

I smiled at him warmly. It was good news so there was nothing to hide.

"Baby." I began. "I don't know how Seraphina got to know about it but the thing is, I am pregnant!" 

Dorian's eyes widened in shock. We have been expecting a child since we got married five years ago. I had known about it for a week now but Dorian was so busy with his concert that there was no time to tell him.

I had agreed to stay home and watch the concert on TV but I decided last minute to come and tell him about it so that it would be a double celebration for him.

I had almost forgotten about it because of Seraphina's drama.

Dorian smiled happily at me and out of excitement, he carried me up, laughing joyfully.

"Thank you so much Lyra." He said looking into my eyes, Seraphina obviously forgotten.

"It's time to keep my promise then." He reminded me.

We have agreed that when we have our first child, we will announce our relationship.

Dorian took the mic and faced the bewildered crowd who were still at a loss at what was going on.

"Hello everyone!" Dorian shouted and the crowd responded.

He then took my hands and made me face the crowd directly.

"I know this might come as a surprise to everyone, but the truth is, I am married to this amazing woman here and we are currently expecting our first child," Dorian announced shocking everybody including me.

I was not expecting him to announce it this way. I smiled proudly at him. This was the man I married.

"I know that I have never mentioned it before and it was because I was trying to keep my private life away from public eyes but I believe now is the right time to do so," Dorian added.

All eyes were on me and I felt on top of the world. For the first time in a long while, I was in the spotlight.

I smiled brightly at Dorian and at the crowd but my smile vanished instantly when I saw Seraphina take the mic with a mischievous smile on her face.

My heart began to beat fast as I feared for what evil she was planning to do but before I could do anything, she started talking already.

"Dorian, you are a good man and I don't want you to be deceived." She started and we all looked at her in confusion.

"The child Lyra is carrying is not your own."