A few days after, Emery woke up feeling so weak. She opened her eyes to an empty space on Benhail's side of the bed. He has probably gone to work or was at the gym. Yawning loudly, she moved her hand to the cabinet and picked up her phone, she glanced down to check the time, it was past ten in the morning."What? What?" She furrowed her brows. She didn't know time was far spent. She had planned to go visit Amery and Lola at home today. She hurriedly got out of bed and ran into the bathroom. She got inside, shut the door, and slipped into the bathtub but quickly ran out to throw up when she was feeling nauseous; the scent of her soap irritated her for the first time since she'd been using it, she clutched her tummy as she vomited into the toilet's bowl. She stood up and washed her face with some water.She had been feeling feverish for days now but didn't pay much attention to it. She canceled the meeting with her sister and best friend and decided to stay at home to observe and treat

Her feet looked swollen or so she thought as she struggled to take a step from where she was roosted at the edge of the bed. Emery looked down at her feet and kissed her teeth; they weren't swollen, she was just hallucinating. She had been having a series of hallucinations since she got the news of her pregnancy, she talked more to herself and sometimes she felt she was going crazy, but was a bit relieved when Agnes told her it was fine and she was feeling that way because that was her first time."Call me if you need something," Benhail said as he draped his shoulders with the blazer that was hanging in his hands before. His eyes not leaving her, he surveyed her and arched his brows questionably, "are you good? You've been stuck there for a while now, do you need help?"Emery rolled her eyes, she was pregnant not paralyzed and his niceness towards her was something that bothered her more. "I can walk," she told him, her eyes scanning the list of questions he gave her to read ahead of

"I don't know what else to do, these dresses are not fitting as I want them to." Emery huffed, squeezing a dress in her hand. She stared at Agnes, who was still rummaging through the closet to find her something to wear for the dinner party.Benhail had called to tell her to prepare ahead, and she had been preparing, but still couldn't find a dress that would do well in hiding her skin; she wasn't comfortable revealing too much skin."What exactly do you want?" Agnes turned to her, "the dresses here are so beautiful but you don't want any of them.""They are revealing too much. I want a long dress that will hide my huge thighs and flabby arms. You know it's a company's dinner, I want to look smart." She said to Agnes.A smile parted Agnes' lips, she lowered the dress in her hand in the wardrobe and walked down to where Emery was seated. "Why do you want to hide your perfect skin from the world?" She queried. "Do you know you are the most beautiful lady that I have seen around here?"E

Emery shut the door as soon as she got into the room, she unbuckled the straps of her sandals and shook them off her feet. Plonking on the bed, a smile found its way to her lips as she recalled everything that just happened downstairs; the words Benhail said about her, the kisses, the touches, and the few eye contacts they made to prove that whatever was happening between them was real. Benhail was good, there was no doubt about that.She was still in trance, completely oblivious to Benhail's presence in the room. She grinned and carefully heaved herself up to see him staring at her. She was startled by his glare, he smiled, waving his hand at her."Why would you rate me a four?" He took a step toward her, she joggled her head and stepped backward."That was how good you were, four. That's too much?" She asked teasingly."How good I was?" Benhail scoffed, "If you rate my acting a four, what will you rate my skills in bed?"Emery blushed, it's been a while since they played some bed ga

"Eat more, the baby needs more food," Agnes said, pushing the dish for Emery to fetch more food into her almost empty plate."Oh, I have eaten enough already, I can't have more." She responded. "The baby eats a lot though but I don't want to overfeed, I weigh a lot already, I don't want to add to my weight."Agnes shook her head, a small smile plastering her face. "I was pregnant before," she said.Emery stopped eating, she dropped the fork and folded her arms. "You have a child?" She asked."I would have but she died," she heaved a sigh, pulling out her glasses to wipe her eyes."Oh my God, why did she die?" Emery questioned."I was left alone to cater for her, I had nothing, she fell ill and didn't make it." She summarised, sniffing back tears that welled up at the corner of her eyes. "After he died, the man I told you about before." Emery nodded in understanding. I got into an entanglement that led to pregnancy. It was a one-night stand thing. When I found out I was pregnant, I was