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Emily
“An abortion?!” I yelled back at him. My body was still stiff from the fall. I had no account of Amber leaving. I knew I needed her and there was so much more I wanted to tell her. I knew I was sworn to secrecy but I needed her. Cedric kept a straight face, staring at me as I concluded that I was doomed.
“You heard me right. I didn't stutter.” His French accent was getting in the way of his speech. Immediately, thoughts of me dying when it was done flooded my memories.
“You must be very sick to think I would do as you have said! You brought me here, tampered with my will and you think I would listen to you?” Cedric poured himself a glass from the bottle of scotch hanging at the corner. Nothing ever made sense to me. Even when I was a stranger to him, the least he could do was just be kind and considerate.
“No one has ever defiled me; who do you think you are to make such a decision for yourself?” Cedric glared at me. With the way he flared, I knew he was going to raise his hands on me. Men like this were easier to be with and to think that I was married to one. A cold-hearted idiot who wants nothing to do with me than to be a figurehead for him and all of his discrepancies.
I didn't want to believe the news. We just had sex one time, I didn't think that I was going to be pregnant with just one shot. I didn't want to believe it. I fought every thought that interrupted my emotions. I needed to find my way out of here.
Where would I go? Even if I find my father, would we ever get away from Cedric's and his rules? From the gathering we had a few days back, it was clear that he was powerful
Would he be able to find me even if I was underground? This was a recurrence and it was sad that I had no one to turn to.
“Well, I am now. You cannot make such decisions about my life and my body and expect me to roll with it. I am tired of you treating me like I am just a cheap whore you picked up from the street..” I realized what I was doing when I was over in New York. If I didn't get I'm the damn plane awaiting a promotion at the headquarters, then maybe I wouldn't come across this man…
Cedric scoffed. “ Your life is in my hands now. There is nothing that you would want to say to me that would allow you to keep that thing in your stomach. Need I remind you that there is a huge debt on your head and it is time to pay up.” He had this dark glare in his eyes that made everything worse. The chills I got from sitting close to him were terrifying, and I couldn't take it anymore.
He was always going to keep reminding me how useless I was to him. I sat in my silence watching how my life had fallen apart. I tried to form the words but nothing came out of my mouth when I tried to speak.
“Ever since my mom died at the hospital. I have hated going there because the last time I did accompany her, she didn't come home with me.” Tears began to form in my eyes. “Cedric, I am going to do anything else but this is too huge for me. If I do this, I have a feeling I might not make it back. I don't think I am ready to die or confront my fear just because of a harmless child.”
There was this flicker of concern, dancing at the rim of his eyes. He stood up from the chair, which was opposite my gaze, and he paced a little. “It is a foetus. Not yet a child and this is the time to do this. I'm sorry, but you will have to overcome your stupid fear. You breached the contract and you are obligated to reach the end of your bargain.”
I was swollen with rage. “You should have been the devil. You shouldn't have been born. A man that is as evil as you should not even be alive.” I couldn't stop the tears from rushing to my eyes. Carrying a child was not in my plan; that was if I even had a plan for my life. I wasn't ready to bring a child into this world when the so-called father didn't want it. It was going to be cruel for me to bring a child that would be hated; I'm this segregated lifestyle of the rich.
Cedric rushed to me, wanting to subdue me with his hands. My eyes locked with his as he trained his fingers on my neck, stopping at my collarbone. I breathed, trying to pace the rhythm of my heart but his lips were coming closer to mine. The heated conversation we had just flashed through, and I pushed him out of my way.
“I am not falling prey to your tricks again. If you want to get laid, you can go call one of your whores to satisfy you. And do not even come to me with the thought of abortion. You don't even know how much I can think of you when this goes public.” I knew my defence was weak. Cedric could have me removed if I posed a threat to him and his reputation; if he was capable of killing an innocent child, then he would do anything to me to get what he wanted. I didn't want that to be the case. I rushed out of his room and moved to mine.
“Come back here, Emily. Don't you dare walk away from me!”
“Go to hell!”I banged the door at his face, without a care in the world.
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