All Chapters of Black Coffee With No Sugar: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The words echoed in Amy’s head long after she left the office.I’m pregnant.At first, she thought she heard wrong.Surely she did.Because the moment she stepped into Zion’s office that morning, she hadn’t expected that.She remembered pushing the door open gently, ready to ask Zion if he had reviewed the investor documents she sent earlier.Then she saw her.Victoria.Standing too close to him.Too comfortable.Too familiar.Amy’s steps slowed instantly.The atmosphere already felt wrong before a single word was spoken.Then Victoria smiled.That smile.The kind women wore when they believed they had already won.And then—“I’m pregnant.”Amy froze completely.For a second, the world became soundless.She looked at Victoria first.Then slowly at Zion.Waiting.Hoping.Praying her ears had betrayed her.But Zion looked shocked too.And somehow… that hurt even more.Because if he looked surprised, then it meant this wasn’t planned.Meaning there was a possibility.A real possibility.

 The Zion Mansion had never felt this quiet.Not even on the nights Zion deliberately stayed away from home because work consumed every waking hour.Tonight, the silence was different.It accused him.He unlocked the front door and stepped inside, his movements slow, almost reluctant. Usually, this time of the evening, he would hear something.Amy arguing with one of the maids because she insisted on making her own coffee.The television playing in the living room even though she wasn't watching it.Her laughter drifting from the kitchen whenever Mrs. Agnes, the head

The walk back home was unhurried.Grandma insisted on carrying one of the grocery bags despite Amy's repeated protests."I may have gray hair," she said with a playful glare, "but these arms still work perfectly."Amy chuckled, adjusting the heavier bag on her shoulder."I wasn't questioning your strength.""Oh?""You were thinking it.""I was being considerate."Grandma laughed, the sound warm and infectious."That's your generation's problem. You think helping someone means doing everything for them."

By the time Zion's car pulled into the apartment complex, night had settled over the city. The streets were still busy, but the steady movement of headlights and the distant noise of traffic did little to distract him from the thoughts circling relentlessly in his mind.Victoria was inside that building.For days, he had been chasing fragments—phone records, deleted surveillance footage, suspicious transfers and names that seemed to lead back to the same place. He had spent countless hours trying to understand how a single announcement in his office had turned his marriage upside down.Now, for the first time, he was close enough to someone who might have the answers.Zion stepped out of the car before his driver had completely opened the door. Olivia and two members of the security team followed closely behind."She's on the ninth floor," Olivia said, checking the information on her phone. "Apartment 9B."Zion nodded."Let's go."They entered the building, and the security guard at t