I'm pregnant

AVERY POV

Julian didn't want me. How stupid could I be to have thought so and even went ahead to ask him what we were?

I never expected him to utter such a word, but he had.

I was back inside the bathroom for the second time, staring at myself in the mirror. After the declaration from Julian, he ushered me out of the office, saying he needed to be somewhere.

He hadn't even glanced at me, and he had left!

Pulling out a tissue towel from a box near the sink, I blew my nose on it, staring at my coworker beside me as she gagged.

"Disgusting," she wrinkled her nose.

I had never been the most ladylike. Perhaps it was one of the reasons Julian only saw me as a tool for his pleasure.

He had never seen me as a Luna material.

As the tears subsided and my composure returned, I walked out of the bathroom and into the office, hoping I wouldn't encounter any unpleasantness for the second time.

But I had never been the goddess favourite, so my request definitely fell on deaf ears.

"Do you all know that girl who's been working in the same place as you? Well, I need to tell you a story, a true one at that," Sophia said as soon as she noticed me.

Her voice, which I believed was deliberately loud, caused me to wince.

I thought she left.

"There's this girl called Avery Wells, who approached my brother while she was in college. Isn't that right, Anna?"

Anna nodded, jumping out of her seat. Anna was a blonde with slate-grey eyes, a head shorter than I was, and had a distinct mole on her face.

She sat opposite me. I had known her for three years, and might I add that I had helped her in the Saint Clair industries.

Seeing Anna three years ago had reminded me of myself: poor, orphaned, and looking out of place, I had taken a liking to her.

But it seemed she had joined Sophia. She walked towards the said woman and stood beside her.

"Right," Anna replied finally.

I didn't stop walking until I got to my seat.

Sophia cleared her throat and continued, "A nasty college student who deliberately seduced my brother into her bed. She slept with him so that she was going to be his personal secretary and has been going behind you all ever since."

A collective gasp rang out through the office, and silence followed soon after.

My hands clenched and unclenched. The urge to stand to my feet and punch Sophia's face until it drew blood filled me.

But I restrained myself. Not because I wanted to do so, but because the eyes that were currently drilling holes through me, at the snap of Sophia's finger, could break my bones.

Biting my lower lip as Sophia continued, my gaze locked on the blank screen of my monitor.

"You might be wondering who the slut that had been going behind you all back is when it's a known fact that relationship is forbidden in the work environment." I heard the amusement in Sophia's voice as well as the clanking of her heels as she stepped toward my desk.

"Yes, it is the same Avery Wells, and she's been acting all so innocent, but she's anything but that." She placed her hand on mine and leaned into me. "I am going to destroy you."

I stared at her; the malicious intent in her eyes was evident. I withdrew my hand from her and returned my gaze to the blank monitor.

I didn't do any of the things she had said. She was spreading a rumor about me forcing Julian into bed, yet he was the one who had seduced me first.

I didn't know when it was a crime to love someone, but right now, I wish I hadn't.

A wince escaped me as I felt a pang at my side.

"Everyone," Sophia clapped her hands and tried to gain their attention once more while I tried to ignore the pain that was now spreading throughout my stomach area.

It didn't look like a normal pain. Regular pain shouldn't be this intense.

Standing from my chair, I started to walk towards the entrance, but Sophia intercepted me.

"It's not time for your break," she said.

"Excuse me," I murmured.

"No, we pay you your dues. You're meant to work until break..."

"It's break time, ma'am," Leslie politely interrupted Sophia, who looked like she'd strangle her for speaking.

"Thank you," I mouthed, and Leslie shrugged.

"Be back in ten minutes; anything other than that, you're fired..."

I tuned out Sophia's voice. Of course, she was right about them paying me for my job, but she wasn't my employer. Julian was, and he was the one who had the right to fire me, except I leave on my own accord.

I arrived at the clinic in ten minutes. It was a ten-minute drive from Saint Claire Industries. I could walk the distance, but due to my condition, I doubted it was something I could manage.

"Miss Wells," Doctor James said, a bright smile adorning her rounded face. She was a woman in her mid-fifties, with salt and pepper hair and dark brown eyes.

She had been my doctor for as long as I could remember. She was a human and that kind of doctor who knew about the supernatural world and was cool with it.

She helped people of any species whenever she could and kept her mouth shut.

It was the reason I had come to her the first time I found out about my condition.

After running a few tests on me, I sat in her office, waiting for the result.

Doctor James returned, and she peered at me through her glasses, sitting on her straight nose.

"Have you been overworking yourself?" she asked me, and I shook my head, then nodded again.

I gaze at her with a sheepish smile, "I might have been doing one or two late-night work."

"I know it's more than that. You're emotionally stressed. I don't know what's going on in your life at the moment, but it would be best if you push out most of the negative energy."

It wasn't as easy as she was making it, but it was attainable, so I nodded.

"Thank you," I said.

"Otherwise, the baby is doing fine. Just do away with some stress, and you'll be fine," she added.

I thanked her again and bid her goodbye.

Getting to the entrance, I halted and squinted my eyes as I noticed Julian. He wasn't alone. He was with Emily.

A wheelchair was brought towards them, and Emily was placed in it while Julian pushed her towards the entrance.

Was she here because of the coffee burn? And he had come with her?

As they approached the entrance, I rushed to the side of a potted flower, hiding myself, even though it was a terrible idea as they could easily see me if they glanced at my side. It was a better choice than standing and trying to force a conversation.

"It hurts, Julian, it hurts," Emily sobbed.

"It's okay, it's okay," Julian whispered, caressing her hair.

Bile rose up in my throat as I watched him fuss over her, and I pushed it back down, wincing as I felt the acidic taste in my mouth. I clasped my chest as my heart throbbed with a dull, persistent ache.

I was pregnant and in pain. He should be fussing over me this instant, but all the affection was directed to her.

When both left, I walked towards my car, stepped into it, and pulled out my phone.

Staring at it for a few seconds, my mind reeled to the baby—the innocent child I was brought into this world and a part of both of us. I couldn't hide it forever. There was no need to when I could tell him this instant.

Just maybe, maybe if I told him about the baby, he would want me and took back all the things he had said to me earlier. Breathing out, I clicked on Julian's number and typed, "I'm pregnant; we need to talk."

I hit the send button without thinking twice and stepped out of my car again. There was a private room in the hospital for discussion, so I strode towards there.

I stayed in the room for a brief second, and I smiled as the door opened.

However, the smile vanished from my face as Emily stepped in instead of Julian.