Chapter 3. CHEATED

(FREYA'S POV)

"You really have no feelings, Ash," I whispered hoarsely. I could only stare at him with a face of disappointment. I bit my lower lip so hard that it hurt. Clenching my hands together, I held back the anger and sadness I was currently feeling.

"I don't care. I warned you not to get your hopes up with this marriage, but you seem very interested in becoming my wife. Are you in love with me?" he asked in a mocking tone that made my pride feel like it was being trampled on by him. And that made me even more angry and resentful towards him.

"Why would I love a heartless man like you?"

"In that case, good. We don't love each other. I was forced to marry you because of my grandmother and you were forced to marry me in place of your sister. Neither of us wants this marriage, so... sign the divorce papers right now!"

"Even after all the things you've done and said, you don't apologize or feel any guilt towards me? Are you really this evil?"

I swallowed my saliva with difficulty. Staring at him with disappointment, pain, betrayal, the likes of which I had never felt before. And it made me feel uncomfortable. I hated this feeling, and I didn't want to feel this, but... this annoying feeling always came up when it came to him.

He laughed mockingly. "You think you're not the same? Are you an angel with no faults? Come on, don't play innocent in front of me. You slept intentionally with me so that you can take your sister's place."

"You really..."

"Enough. I'm sick of this shitty drama. You just sign the divorce papers and give them to me. As soon as possible!"

After saying that, he walked away from me.

"Ash!" I tried to catch up with him, but my hand was forcefully pulled away by Ash's mistress.

"Stop it! Are you deaf? Or do you have no self-respect? Ash has dumped you. Dumped you. So stop bothering him and just sign the divorce papers!" she snapped with anger exploding.

I smiled sadly. Shouldn't I be the one getting angry and cursing at him? Why was I the one who always looked like the bad guy?

"Shouldn't you be ashamed? You've been flirting with a married man. He has a wife and I am pregnant! Don't you have any self-respect? Are you not marketable to single men so you wag your tail at a man who already has a wife?!"

"Watch your mouth, Bitch! Ash loves me. He loved me first. And we were already in a relationship before you married him. You're the shameless woman."

"If you still had a heart, you should have left him."

"Oh, my. Look who's talking. Get a grip! Ash doesn't love you. And stop selling that sob story about how you got pregnant with his child. It doesn't matter to him, you know that?"

"Selling sob stories?" I smiled sadly.

"Your pregnancy was a big mistake, and so was your marriage. So, stop bothering us, you bitch!"

She shouted with her eyes bulging, ready to slap me, but I quickly held her hand and glared back at her sharply.

"You'd better not look down on me. I'm not a weak woman that you can treat as you please. A slap? Don't hope you can do that to me because I will repay you many times over!" I threatened in a cold tone.

"Fucking  bitch. Let's see who's stronger!"

I widened my eyes as she suddenly pushed me so hard that I fell backward. Losing my balance to the point that I couldn't save myself.

"Ah!" I let out a scream as I felt my body hit the hard, cold marble floor. "Akh!" I whimpered in pain as I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my stomach. So much so that I cried out in pain and could only touch my stomach in fear.

"Oh, my gosh! What's going on here?!"

“Are you acting sick in front of me? I won't be fooled, Freya," Ash sneered coldly.

I cried as I whimpered in pain. It was the first time I'd ever felt it and I was so scared. I was afraid that something would happen to my baby since I was so young.

"My S-stomach hurts. It hurts," I whimpered while holding my stomach with trembling hands. “Ash, please … help me. I'm not acting!”

“You have legs. Go to the hospital yourself!”

“I'm pregnant with your child! Do you not care about the baby's safety at all?” I sobbed while holding my stomach. It was so painful that I wanted to die from the pain and fear.

“I will take you to the hospital on one condition. We're getting a divorce."

He said it so easily and without expression. Am I that bad in his eyes that he doesn't have love and care for me?

"Okay. We're getting a divorce!” I screamed again when I felt my stomach hurt more and more.

Just then, with a lazy look on his face, half-heartedly Ash helped me to go to the hospital. Carrying me in front. I felt a sense of deja vu. Back then, I thought he was a nice man and would be different, at least not selfish but it's my bad luck, I got a devil as a husband.

When we arrived at the hospital, the same doctor who told me that I was pregnant,  looked surprised to see me coming in sick with Ash carrying me.

"What happened to her?" he asked worriedly.

"I fell and my stomach hurts," I said quickly. Ignoring Ash who stood beside me.

"Your pregnancy is still so early. You should be more careful-”

"I've taken you to the hospital, so sign our divorce papers immediately," he said coldly, ignoring the nurses and doctors who were watching us.

“We are still in the hospital. Don't you have any sense to say something like that when I'm in a condition like this?”

“I don't give a damn,” he insisted, “it would be better if you aborted your baby!”

I gasped in shock when I heard Ash's cold and expressionless words. He really didn't care about the baby I was carrying or even my feelings.

"Are you out of your mind?!" I snapped angrily. I quickly sat up, trying to control myself as the pain in my stomach worsened.

"Just do it. I don't care if you agree or not."

"No, I don't. I will never abort this baby! You really have no heart, Ash! How could youー"

"Then sign the divorce papers immediately. And I won't bother you or force you to abort the baby. The choice is yours."

And after saying those vile things, she walked out of the room while slamming the door.

I could only bow my head with tears breaking out. My hands were shaking and my heart felt broken. My chest felt tight, it was hard for me to breathe.

"I won't kill this baby. This baby never did anything wrong," I whispered in a trembling voice.

"But the baby is not accepted by Ash," he says, making me give him a worried look.

"No, no," I shake my head in frustration and fear.

"But I'll try to help you."

"Help me?"

"For now, you need to leave here. It's for you and your baby's sake. Sign the divorce papers and get out of town."

"But where will I go?"

"You can start all over again after you give birth to your baby. With the O-Ortho Science company. You can find out more information about your real father. He is still waiting for you."

I looked at him doubtfully while gripping the edge of the bed. I didn't know what to do, but my baby's safety was more important right now.