"Breakfast in bed?" I must be dreaming." I came out of the bathroom and saw him setting the food tray on the bed."You're not." He grinned."Is this a reward or something?" I grabbed a toast and bit into it."Why would you think so?"I shrugged. "Doesn't seem like you ever so anything without a profit. Typical business man." I tilted the cup of hot chocolate in a mocking cheer towards him before bringing it to my lips."What if I can prove that I can be more to you?" His question had me startled me for a second."There's no point. I like where we're at." I wasn't sure about that but I didn't want to give myself false hopes about where our relationship would go."You sure about that?" He smirked. The same annoying smirk I always wanted to wipe off with a corresponding smack."We have great chemistry in the bedroom, yes. But there's never going to be anything more to us. You said that. Stop trying to mess with my head." I got agitated in that instant.He was quiet for a few seconds and

"Hello, Mr and Mrs Hawkins." "Hello doc," Zachary shook hands with the young man who was going to see to the conducting of the ultrasound."Everything alright, Mrs Hawkins?" I nodded. "Yes, just a little aches here and there." I said. He assured me I would be fine, I just needed to rest."Please lay down." He said.I did as I was told and waited until the cool gel was applied on my abdomen. I felt Zachary's strong palm hold on to mine. Hearing my child's heartbeat for the first time brought tears to my eyes. I blinked back the tears that stung at my eyeballs furiously. Zach gave my hand a squeeze and pressed his lips to my forehead."From the look of things, your baby's pretty healthy. You just have to control your stress levels. Another dangerous spike in your blood pressure could cause a miscarriage." The doctor informed us.The thought of losing my baby, scared me to no end, I couldn't even respond when the doctor spoke. Zachary spoke on my behalf while I just laid there wonderin

*One week later...*"No I don't drink," I dissuaded the waiter from pouring me a glass of tequila.."You don't drink?" Rajesh asked."I don't. Something soft will do." I said to the waiter and he went on his way to do the needful.I spun on my bar stool to face him squarely, "So Rajesh, what do you do for a living?""I'm an IT consultant." He said.I hummed, "Interesting job." "We all know you're a model so there's no need to ask." He chuckled. That was a sour topic but I held on to my plastered smile. "I had to quit for a while." I informed him."Oh because of your marriage?"It was for reasons like these that I hated how public my marriage was. Zach's parents and my mother turned it into a carnival and almost everyone knew about it."Yeah that." I responded, picking up my glass of juice to take a sip."Trouble in paradise?" He knowingly asked. I chuckled. "Let's just say marriage is not as rosy as it looks on the outside." "Yeah it's not." He concurred, just before downing the co

She hadn't said anything to me since we left her mother's house. I glanced at her eyes that had gotten swollen due to how hard she had been crying. She didn't want to leave. I knew, but not having her near me was making me go crazy. I had to treat her with an iron fist to make her listen. Of course I didn't mean any of those things I threatened her with but her believing otherwise was a good thing.I had missed her despite how much I didn't want to admit it to anyone, even myself. I adjusted the blanket over her once again, been doing that nonstop since she fell asleep. I truly hoped there would be a form of normalcy in our relationship dynamics when we got back to the US. But with how much she hated me at the moment, I had doubts about that thought.I reached for her phone and unlocked it. It was surprising how predictable her password was- her middle name. I scrolled through her contacts and had Rajesh's number permanently blocked and deleted. I blocked him on her social media accou

"Why are you so quiet?" He asked me at dinner that night."Oh uhm, nothing.""How was your day?" "It was good." I said playing around with the food on my plate."We're going over to my parent's house for dinner tomorrow." He announced."Oh." I took a sip of water. "Is there a specific reason why?""It's their anniversary." "Wow, I actually didn't know that." I said thoughtfully.He hummed, "Mom says you two have been drifting apart." I shut my eyes. I had been waiting for this query. "I haven't been in town, you of all people should know that.""But since you came back you two haven't spoken to each other." He said."I'm not sure I want to go anywhere." I wasn't in the right state of mind to dress fancy and smile over a three course meal. "Why?" He asked."I need bed rest remember?" I gave him an excuse and he saw through it."That's an excuse. What's wrong with you?" He probed."Nothing.""There's obviously something up with you and I need to know what it is, Hannah." He insisted.