Emily got out of the car first and took in the fresh air that flushed through her face. She chuckled calmly when it dawned on her that she was some minutes, or hours away from freedom. “Let’s go”, Richard said and stretched out his hands for her to cling on. Emily stared at him in shock, wondering why he wanted them to walk in together, despite the fact that they were walking into a group of people.“We should start being a family now”, Richard said and held her hands, grinning at her to relax her nerves.And with the baby in her arms, Richard’s arms on hers and a wind of excitement in the air, Emily walked into the company and towards the hall where the interview was scheduled to take place.The eyes of employees widened in surprise, but none of them dared to speak and lay out their thoughts.“The journalists are waiting”, Mike said as he approached Richard who took in a deep breath and nodded his head in understanding.They made to walk inside immediately, but Mike held him and pu
The hall was quiet, with only distant chatter and murmurs erupting at intervals. The journalists eyes sparked with interest as they awaited the information that would keep their blogs and stations booming for the next coming weeks.They had no idea of why Richard had suddenly summoned them for a press conference, but the seriousness on his face told them that it was indeed something serious.Just then, Richard walked into the room, holding Emily who had their baby in her arms. The hall turned quiet abruptly as heads turned and eyes popped with surprise.They had expected him to arrive together with Barbara since that has been the norm. But then, seeing him walking together with another woman caused their heart to drop.Richard walked with every charisma, smiling calmly and filling fulfilled. Emily on the other hand tried so hard to stop her feet from giving her away. She walked slowly, following Richard’s steps and hoping that she wouldn’t fall down together with the child in her arms
“Are you trying to tell us that you would be getting married to her?” A reporter asked and narrowed her eyes towards Emily who quickly lowered her gaze to the floor.Richard gulped down hard as he prepared to take the question.“Yes! She would be my wife once I get my divorce with Barbara”, he replied with a smile, to show that he was certain and excited about his decision.The hall went noisy again as another lady stretched out the microphone towards him.“Isn’t she the maid who was accused of wanting to wreck your home?” The lady asked and Richard turned mute immediately.He took slow breaths as he thought of the perfect answer to give.“The only person I can get married to is someone with moral standards and a home wrecker is not part of it. I got attracted to Emily and that was the case alone!” Richard replied and smiled again.He needed no one to tell him that the tension in the outside world was nothing compared to what he currently faced in the hall. Someone must have chipped o
Emily stood at the car as she watched Richard who was still busy with the reporters who had come for the press conference. He seemed like a happy man and she was glad that he eventually took the step he always wanted to take. From where he stood, he caught sight of Emily who was staring at him and that even gladdened his heart more. He winked at her while she blushed and narrowed away her gaze. Richard got done with the reporters soon and in a jiffy, they were on their way back home.“Can we go somewhere else, to relax?” Emily asked Richard who nodded his head in affirmation.Emily was scared that Barbara might be up to something back at the house. At such, she needed to get some air and clear her thoughts before returning to the house.They stopped at a restaurant that had the presence of a couple of people. It was quite awkward at first, especially because the people wouldn’t stop glaring at the both of them. At a point, Richard made to clear up the restaurant for just he and Emil
Emily barely slept all through the night. She stayed up, listening to the various blogs and websites that wouldn’t stop talking about Richard and his marital chaos.For some reasons she couldn’t decipher, she felt a glint of hope popping out almost every second. Probably because most of the comments were beginning to support Richard’s actions, while condemning Barbara for being an incompetent wife and woman.Irrespective of all, Emily was unable to bring herself to sleep. She was currently sleeping on a couch in her son’s nursery; something she wasn’t supposed to do, since that was against the deal she struck with Barbara.However, the moment she returned to her room, she would jerk up with fright and run back to her son’s room, with fear of sleeping and waking to see his absence burning in her soul.She was staring at her little son, with her eyes opened widely and void of any bit of sleep.The last blog carried the news and again, she smiled while going to the comments. Most of them
Richard watched Barbara carefully, with his brain high on alert in case she was planning a swift attack on him. Barbara on the other hand seemed to be enjoying the tension in the atmosphere. The red wine also added in making her create the mood of suspense and panicked, just like she desired.“I was asleep, right before you walked in”, Richard said with a bored tone, clearly signifying that he wasn’t ready to hold a conversation with her.His statement was clearly amusing because for the next two minutes, Barbara was laughing sarcastically.“You would be glad that I woke you up from your slumber! You have been a dreamer, and it’s going to cost you your heart really soon”, Barbara said calmly, causing Richard’s fear to heighten the more.Barbara was very tricky and the more she played around something, the more severe that particular thing was.“Stop beating around the bush of if you have something important to say. My name is very vital”, Richard said and took a silent breath. He wou
It was still 5:am. It was yet to be daybreak, and everywhere was still dark. Barbara has successfully removed every bit of sleep in Richard’s eyes, and he was left pondering over her words while tossing on his bed restlessly. Severally, he tried to toss the thoughts aside, especially because of how much he trusted Emily. But then, somehow, it kept on kicking in, and he found himself getting drowned with the thoughts and fear that came off it.When he couldn’t take any of it anymore, he got off the bed and walked down the stairs. He only wanted to have a walk, but he ended up going to his son’s nursery.The door was opened and just as he had thought, Emily was asleep on the couch in the room.He chuckled calmly and walked closer to her, admiring how sleep she looked while she slept and wondering how soon it would be to make her his wife.After minutes of admiring her, he proceeded to admire his son and just as he did, Barbara’s words came back again.The little boy had no special rese
Emily was now fully convinced that something was wrong. Richard was totally off, and it made her heart skip a beat. “Richard…what’s the problem?” Emily asked Richard, who slowly lifted his head to peer into her eyes.He had a stupid question roaming in his mind, and he knew that he would never have peace if he didn’t lay it across to her. “For the first time since I met you, I wondered what it would be like if I discovered that I’m not the father to our child”, Richard dropped and for a minute, Emily thought that she had heard wrongly.She scoffed and broke into loud laughter afterward. However, she stopped in her tracks when she observed that he still wore the serious gaze.“Are you being serious now?” She stuttered, swallowing hard and trying to stop her body from being shaky.She couldn’t lay her hands on the reason Richard would have such thoughts.“I’m sorry, but it felt like a reawakening. I mean, I’m supposed to have thought of that since I’m a man”, he tried to explain to Em