★SEVERAL WEEKS LATER★
•SOPHIA LANGFORD• “Congratulations Mrs Banks, you're two months pregnant.” The doctor's words echoed in my ears, causing more of my tears to fall freely as I got driven to Levi's office by his driver. Seconds had rolled into minutes.. Minutes had materialized.. Hours had morphed into days and weeks and now, my connection with the billionaire was two months old already. “I think I need to go to the hospital for a check up, I feel sick” I'd said to him this morning while he was leaving for work and with a peck on my lips, he instructed one of his multiple drivers to take me to the hospital. Ellen's message came in for the sixth time. I'd actually texted her to inform her after getting the news. ‘Think well, maybe you both had sex when drunk.’ her message read. I sniffed, typing a response. ’I'm sure Ellen, we never got intimate sexually. Yeah, we kissed and had some intense make out sessions but he never slept with me. I swear..’ I typed with hiccups. I closed my eyes, shaking my head sideways. ‘I'm carrying the cruel creditor's child. The nightstand had really happened two months and a few days ago’ I texted further and sent. ‘The problem right now is that I've heard Levi mention his name several times as a threat to his progress in the business world. He's his greatest rival for the position he's thriving to get, though we haven't met again.’ I dropped another text.. ‘The Ethan Weston you talked about?! Shit!’.. she replied ‘This is bad because this man has no family too, he'll definitely try to win you and the baby especially when he realizes that your connection with the billionaire is just a deal and would be expiring in a month's time’.. another of her texts came in, scaring the hell out of me. “I'm in trouble and now I think I fell for Levi already, I think he's used to me too. Even if he wants to admit his love and marry me properly, can that ever be possible anymore when I'm carrying another man's child?.’ That was the last message I texted before the driver spoke. “We're at the office now ma'am..” he informed me while the other guard opened the car door. I wiped my tears immediately and threw my phone into my handbag before alighting. All the staff and workers bowed and murmured words of greetings as I walked towards Levi's office which was on the fifth floor. I'd been here a couple of times so no one would deny identifying me as his wife. “Levi thinks I'm still a virgin, he'll be so disappointed” I thought. My head was in shambles I left the elevators for the stairs. “Hormone stimulation?” I thought to myself while walking. “I don't think so, Jace, it might just be a fever. We're just about to try the IVF again since the first one wasn't successful, remember? I heard him say as I got to the front of the office. My mind was so occupied with the thoughts of my unwanted pregnancy so I didn't even think about what his words meant. The glass door had a pass code I knew of and immediately, I punched the digits into the system and walked in after it opened. He was right on his seat with the upper buttons of his shirt opened. Normally, I would have drooled and admired his perfection for a second or two but I was too devastated to do that. “I’ll call you back Jace..” he said on sighting me and with a deep breath, I dropped my bag on the chair opposite him. “Hey Soph.." he called while my tears threatened to fall again just at the sight of him. He dropped the phone and walked up to me immediately. “Hi..” my voice came in a whisper as I sniffed. He narrowed his eyes, moving closer to me. “What's the problem?.. you look sad, are you crying?.” he said slowly with worry, holding my shoulders.. “What did the doctor say about your health?” he asked again. I couldn't say a word nor control my emotions anymore, I instantly hugged him, pouring out my tears on his shirt. “You received a bad news on your way here?..” he asked, wrapping his hands around me, while I kept crying.. “It's fine, let out the tears if it makes you feel better. I'm here for you.” his words made me feel more terrible and I couldn't help crying more loudly. I remained in his arms for the next two minutes, reminiscing about my life's struggles and how I'd done a lot to save my family only to end up being pregnant for my savior's enemy. It seemed like my most devastating experience. He suddenly cupped my cheeks and raised my head from his chest, causing our gazes to meet. “Are you okay?.. you've never been like this before.." he said, sounding so worried. I kept crying more and without warning, he leaned in and claimed my lips. “Kiss me if it's going to help you feel better" he broke the kiss to say and this time, i reconnected our lips without hesitation.. I just wanted to distract myself from the hurtful memories.. The kiss was slow, since it was just to stop my tears and all I kept doing was pulling his head closer while my heart skipped several beats, just the same way it usually did each time I was with him. “I'm scared..” I thought, deepening the kiss more and more, till his gentle pushes made my back touch the wall. Suddenly, the door opened and at the same time we both broke the kiss. Since Levi was facing the door, he saw the person first. “How dare you barge into my office, how did you even know the code?!..” Levi said harshly with his arms still on my waist. Wondering whom he was talking to for a second, I turned immediately.. But as I turned, I met with my greatest nightmare and the one I least expected to see. “Noo!.." I gasped inwardly in shock. It was him, Ethan Weston!. “I'm talking to you!” Levi yelled, but Ethan's surprised gaze was on me instead. “Good riddance” I heard him mutter with a creepy smirk, while my breathing intensified terribly. This must be a dream! “Get out now!..” Levi said again, unaware of what was going on. Ethan turned to him immediately.. “I never thought this could be the wife of yours that everyone is talking about” he chuckled annoyingly. My head began pounding terribly. “What are you saying?.." Levi asked confused, sounding pissed. “You married the lady I had a nightstand with…” Ethan responded, laughing shortly. Levi's grip on me instantly felt stiff.. He turned to me immediately and then back at him with shock obvious in his eyes and expression. “What?!...”ETHAN WESTON I arrived at Dad's abode that noon, looking very disturbed and panicked with my breaths so heavy like something more terrible was wrong.. Of course, I'd rushed to locate him immediately after he called, without wasting time. Sophia and my baby were the ones in question for crying out loud! And unfortunately, It took me forever to find him --- in an attic room that was the fourth location I'd searched. To make matters worse, his phone was out of reach all through the while of searching. Only the residents in heaven could tell the number of drivers and road users I'd yelled at in so much anger while driving and on getting to the last place I had in mind which turned out to be his location, there was no suitable parking space. I had to park my car under a tree that was just a stone throw away from the building and that only made me more annoyed because the ugly yellow leaves kept falling on my car, alongside the bir
SOPHIA LANGFORD If there was a sharp object around, Jessica could grab it and maybe, injure my baby with it by stabbing me in the belly.. Really. She was looking as cruel as that, with her eyes and other facial features screaming desperation, hatred and heartlessness. What the hell got into her.?.. A demon? Or the devil himself?.. Worst part? Levi wasn't in. She had mentioned that, just now and obviously, she wasn't wrong. I took a step backwards again, this time, my back reached the door so I could no longer move. It's funny how my initial courage suddenly left me within a blink. “Don't come closer Jess” I said, raising my hand to protect my face. My cheeks were still stinging due to her merciless hits and I couldn't help wondering why I initiated a fight I knew I couldn't finish in the very first place.. That was my biggest mistake! And now, she had locked the door by just p
LEVI BANKS “You should call her back, Levi” Jace said for the millionth time that morning and just like I did the previous times, I sighed, sipping from the second round of hangover soup which the waiter brought. I drank myself to stupor last night and despite being insanely drunk, I was still conscious enough to forbid Jace from taking me home. I was definitely going to hate myself more if he did so he simply lodged me inside one of the hotel rooms while he took the one directly opposite. I woke up so late with my head making me feel like something was being pounded in it and then Sophia's call came in shortly after Jace came in with the waiter who brought me a bowl of soup.. “I can't call her back Jace Johnson.." I said, calling his name in full. “And why is that? You need to hear what she has to say at least” he tried convincing. “I'm mentally sick. She's definitely calling to inform me o
SOPHIA LANGFORD None of Merriam Webster's words about negative feelings could explain the way I felt at that very moment.. Nothing could rival the sad feeling that there are no hopes for you to have a further relationship with the one you love even after you both reconcile. Just nothing!.. Heartbreak isn't actually the worst thing ever, rather it's hopelessness! I wasn't daft, I knew that once one's parent gives he or she a new partner, no matter the connection, it would finally lead to them having to be together for the rest of their lives. What was going to happen to me then?.. Levi and I aren't even on good terms and he hasn't come home since yesterday! Gawd.. I felt like a bowl of frustration was poured on me and added to the one I already had on ground. “She's going to help you with giving Levi a child urgently while your marriage with him continues existing" he add
~The next morning~ SOPHIA LANGFORD “So Levi isn't what he seems to be, yet I've been fooling myself all this while?..” One more question after that would make it the thirtieth question I'd asked myself in tears since everything happened so quickly yesterday.. I still couldn't believe it.. “I thought we...” I paused, sniffing again while the running faucet kept pouring freely on me. “I thought we both felt something for each other. I thought we could still be together again even after we separate when the contract ends. I thought I was the only woman in his life!",I lamented. The water was so cold and I was definitely going to catch the flu in no time but I wasn't even bothered. I couldn't sleep a wink last night and the headache I was feeling was more TERRIBLE than the word itself. I was traumatised.. i knew. “My life since I clocked twenty, some year
ETHAN WESTON “The cops are after Mayor, I'm afraid, they might trace the crime scene to you in no time. The investigation team had been working tirelessly..” My personal guard's words rang in my ears for the umpteenth time since he uttered them to me that afternoon.. I'd instantly contacted Alfred when he gave that information, rebuking him for failing to crop out the part of the video that had now given the cops and investigation team a chance to know who was behind Xing's death.. However, Alfred swore to have done that secretly that day and now the question was.. How exactly did they know that Mayor was the one in the video? I breathed, remembering the words I'd uttered to my guard when we conversed and he kept fearing my arrest. “Arrest me as the culprit? Mayor would rather have to die. I can not go down!” ... was my reply to him and of course, I meant my words.. I'd been out all day, only to come ba