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Zara heard the way her so-called husband scoffed at Clara's words and she immediately felt bad. He didn't cause her feelings, why is she even bothered by that? She wondered if it must be because of the pregnancy. There can't be any other reason, she thought to herself.

"Uhmm!" Fred was confused and didn't know what to say anymore. His mother just placed him in a very tight corner right now. How the hell is he supposed to navigate through this now? He wondered to himself.

He moved closer to Zara and she looked up at him. Fred caught the sad expression on her face, and that threw him off balance. He looked at her but he could no longer see what he was seeing.

"Sorry about that," Fred said and Zara was surprised, why the hell was he apologizing to her? She thought to herself.

"What for?" Zara decided to ask, she wondered what he was up to. He might be planning to embarrass her, but Fred will never say sorry. The few days she has spent with him already told her how arrogant he is.

"I'm so