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“Congratulations, Mrs. Stuart. You’re ten weeks pregnant,” the doctor announced, flashing me a genuine grin that reached her crinkling eyes. Her words hit me like a bomb, a cold sweat broke out on my forehead. Pregnant? How? This can’t be!“I’m…carrying a child?” I stammered, the words heavy on my tongue. My heartbeat pounded so loudly I could hear it in my ears.“In fact, the baby is in perfect condition,” The doctor confirmed, each syllable stretching out as if in slow motion. “Your husband must be proud.” She closed the file with a satisfied nod, but her words blurred together. Blood drained from my face, my hands turning cold as ice. The room spun slightly, and I gripped the edge of the examination table to steady myself.All other sounds in the room faded into the background as one name rang out in my mind: Nate.The smell of latex gloves and astringent hand sanitizer wafted through the air, making my stomach churn. Memories flashed back to the one night he came home drunk.
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VIVIAN’S POVI forced myself to leave my comfort zone and kissed my mother on the head. It was time to perform my wifely duties, but as I crossed the threshold of the hospital’s entrance, my body shook. This dinner was a trap, and I could feel every part of me begging me not to go. Not to allow Nate or his mother to discover the deadly secret I was harbouring.As I contemplated calling a cab to avoid the dinner altogether, my eyes caught a familiar figure. The skies darkened abruptly, releasing heavy raindrops that soaked me within seconds, causing me to shiver uncontrollably.“Hurry!” Ethan frantically motioned to me, but I remained frozen in place as the rain intensified.Realizing I wasn’t going to move, he ran towards me, enveloping me in his arms while shielding us both with his umbrella. The warmth of his body comforted me instantly, and for a brief moment, I allowed myself to lean into his embrace before pulling away. What was wrong with me? This was Nate’s younger brother.He
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Vivian’s POV“Your mother’s condition is worse. We need to transfer her to a higher care room.”That message consumed my thoughts throughout the night. Despite the hospital's reassurance that my mother was stable, worry gnawed at me, especially considering the high cost of advanced care. As Nate’s wife, I could easily cover it now, but what if that changed? My hand instinctively went to my belly.Nate and I had been avoiding each other since our last encounter. It didn’t bother me much; we were never cheerful buddies before, and even though we worked at the same place, I could easily evade him as I was his secretary.I placed my hands on my head. The office was unusually noisy today, or maybe I was just easily irritated, secretly pregnant and reeling from a text that threatened my fragile sense of security. My eyes glanced at the stack of colour coded folders that contained my data preparation for tomorrow’s presentation with the board, I just needed to make a few adjustments and I
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VIVIAN’S POV“This next slide shows the quarterly growth projections…” I suddenly faltered, my words catching in my throat as I prepared to transition to the final slide.Something was off. The numbers didn’t match the data I had meticulously prepared. How could that happen? A chill ran down my spine. This meeting was crucial. I can only force myself to keep going, hoping no one else would notice. “Excuse me,” Eve’s voice suddenly cut through the room, “But aren’t those numbers wrong?” She announced loudly, her tone dripping with malice. When she whispered to me yesterday, I never believed that Nate could give her an acute position in the company until I saw Eve in the same boardroom with me. But that wasn’t the most pressing issue right now.Heads turned, and a murmur spread through the room. My heart raced as the board members’ eyes fixated on the screen.“What is the meaning of this, Nate? Do you allow substandard employees to deliver presentations with incorrect data and then
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VIVIAN’S POVI looked at Ethan and tried to beg him with my eyes, but he refused to look at me.“Vivi was just saying that she was—” Ethan started to say, and he finally looked at me. I held his gaze, pleading for secrecy.“What is going on? Vivi, why are you in the hospital? Did Nate do something to you? Is that why you called me?” Tracy’s eyes darted between Ethan and me, the atmosphere thick with tension. Her questions made my heart race.“—Due for an ultrasound. I was just saying how happy I was for her and how I was going to rip Nate to shreds for picking a crappy hospital,” Ethan improvised, and the tension in the room dissipated.“Oh?” Tracy asked, a smile forming on her face as she walked towards me, her hands gently cradling my neck. “In that case, we should all rip Nate Stuart to shreds for his crappy taste in hospitals,” she said with a light smile.Ethan cleared his throat. “I believe I am no longer needed. Take care of Vivian; she deserves only the best,” he said, still n
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Vivian’s POVThe world was on hold, noises were muted and it was just the three of us. I have never felt the world should open up and swallow me instantly.“Nate, you don’t understand. It’s not what it looks like,” Tracy said, her eyes blazing with fierce determination. The air was thick with tension as Nate’s eyes bored into mine, a reflection of fury and coldness.“I believe I asked my wife a question,” Nate said through gritted teeth. Tracy scoffed, drawing both our gazes.“Your wife?” she asked mockingly and Nate’s eyes turned to slits.I reached for her shirt, trying to nudge her to let this go but she stepped forward, my fingers brushing fabric as she assumed a defensive stance.“You didn't even know your wife was pregnant, yet here you are in a baby store. Pray tell, what the hell would you be doing at a baby’s shop if it’s not for Vivi? Why would a woman you married under the influence of a priest and all of the world’s eyes be under a ‘contract’, how can you even do this to a
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VIVIANMy eyes fell as Nate turned his neck sharply back to the road, his eyes sharp and his knuckles more white than ever and his jaw ticked with a fury I had never seen and suddenly I realized my mistake.“Wait, Nate…” I said, my hands suddenly waving trying to get his attention but it seemed more like he had increased his speed with the car.“I didn’t mean that,” I tried to say it calmly “it was an accident with tracy, I swear!” but the more I spoke, the more it sounded as if I was trying to be defensive.“Nate!” I said but the Nate went went on another gear plunging the car into a higher acceleration. “Please!” I screamed as I held the door of the car for support, Nate began to slow down and I tried o breathe.“You did this on purpose!” he thundered suddenly and I caught myself shaking my head in disagreement.“You knew and You told others, how many have you told about your situation?” he asked, his eyes momentarily looking at me and the coldness that surrounded his eyes made me
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VivianI slowly raised my tear-stained face to look at Nate. “Nate, I'm not tired yet. It’s better if we resolve this between ourselves now. It would save us both some embarrassment.”Nate’s cold gaze lingered on my face. "What do you want to hear from me?" he asked bluntly.Keep the child? Have the baby? That’s impossible.Nate seemed to think he was already being very merciful. For anyone else, they’d be at the hospital tonight, not waiting until tomorrow.He hadn’t expected me to be so emotional; he thought my concerns were financially motivated—that a neat transaction would suffice, where each got what they needed without owing anything more.Nate’s patience was wearing thin. His face hardened as he spoke, no longer concerned about sparing my feelings. "Vivian, surely you don't think having a child is as simple as buying groceries?" “I'll give you two options. You can discuss it with my lawyers tomorrow.” he said as we neared my penthouse. I dreaded arriving home yet longed to esc
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Her hands trembled slightly. She was staring out the window of her office at the academy but her mind was somewhere else entirely. She had been transported back in time to the fateful day two weeks ago when the doctor had made the announcement with a wide grin on her face. "Congratulations, Miss Vivian. You're ten weeks pregnant." She had said, flashing Vivian a genuine smile that reached her crinkling eyes. At that moment, a cold sweat had broken out on Vivian’s forehead as the doctor’s words hit her like a bomb. The words had been so unprecedented, so out of left field that it took her a long time to understand the gravity of the doctor’s pronouncement. When she had finally digested her words, fear caused a knot to form in her stomach."The baby is in perfect condition." The doctor had said and Vivian had smiled at her, happy but at the same time, uncertain. "Your husband must be so proud." She had said. But would he? Nate had been so vehemently against a child and even though
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VIVIANI opened my eyes. But I was in an unfamiliar place. The darkness that surrounded me was not only palpable, it was suffocating. I tried to breathe but my lungs seemed to be constricted with something. I stretched forth my hands to guide my path but something seemed to be on my way. I tore at the barrier but it only grew thicker. It was the darkness. Was there any way out of here? How could I fight something I could not even see? I opened my mouth to scream but no sound would come out. I was stuck in this deep, dark pit with nowhere to go but down. Below me, it seemed like there was quicksand and if I did not find a way to get out of here quickly, I would be swallowed whole. I clawed at the space in front of me, beside me and above me but the darkness was too dense, too restricting. Where was help when I needed it the most? My determination had started to wane. My resolve which I thought was stronger than steel bars had become considerably weakened the more it dawned on me t
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NATEI felt overwhelmed. I had not felt this way in the longest of times, not even when dealing with Richard's stupidity. Why were things going haywire all of a sudden just when I thought the dust had settled down? I could not pretend not to know why. Gran's announcement yesterday had triggered a lot of suppressed resentment and I just had to deal tactfully with it or everything I held dear would be taken away right before my eyes. I had been called to the company the day before because Aston was making trouble. Word had spread that he had gone around contacting all the members of the board and having a secret meeting with them. I was not sure what the meeting had been about but I could guess. "Let's hurry." I said to my driver as I looked through Vivian's mail for the umpteenth time. I was about to send a message thanking her for her hard work when my phone started to vibrate. It was a call from my personal assistant. "They are holding an emergency extraordinary meeting of the
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VIVIANI typed away feverishly. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins, fueling my fingers and propelling me to think. What had this not occurred to me before? Why had I glossed over Emily's statement back then like it was nothing at all. Had I been too overwhelmed at the time that I had been unable to put two and two together? Unable to see what was right in front of me? Emily had said three companies. Three companies, but only two were behind bars. So what happened to the last one? It was a question I should have been asking for sometime now. Would I be able to find a connection that would reveal which company was the third? Would I find enough proof? I started by digging into the two companies. Their CEOs had been well known in the business world for taking over small companies after leading them into debt. There were many comments online laying complaints against them and a third name kept popping up. Could it be?... I changed the direction of my research. It w
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VIVIAN It all felt awkward. Gran had made the announcement of the century and the room was thrown into chaos. Aston looked like he could combust in anger at any time and stormed off. Gran was unwilling to listen to Nate's protests and Nate's mother just looked surprised. I, on the other hand was unsure how I was supposed to react. I was not very surprised, considering how much affinity Gran held for Nate, I was only a bit skeptical about the timing. But what did I care? I was no longer a part of the family. I was practically a stranger who happened to witness the Stuart family going at each other and it didn't matter what my thoughts were. I just wanted to escape before anyone looked in my direction and thought to rope me into it. Gran shuffled out of the room, leaning slightly on his cane and I saw my chance. Nate was still looking around, confused as ever and there was just a general tension in the air that I was sure no one would notice my silent disappearance. It felt good n
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NATEI swore internally. How had Ashton found out? But then again, the same idiot that had the temerity to give out company information had probably babbled again. Vivian looked stricken standing there, staring numbly from Ashton to my mother to Gran. She tried to say something but it seemed like the words would not come out. I wanted to hold her and calm her down like I did yesterday in the hospital but this was not the place or time and I was pretty sure she would push me away. Guilt weighed down on me heavily. This was all my fault. I had brought this situation on her and I wanted to fix it badly but I felt control slipping out of my hands. Ashton was pushing, tearing down the walls of support around me, trying to strip me of my confidence and painting Vivian as the black sheep. I could not understand for the life of me why he had suddenly turned bad. Or perhaps he had always been this way, lurking silently in the shadows, waiting for this chance to ruin me. "Vivian did nothin
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VIVIANI sighed for the thousandth time. Why on earth couldn't I be allowed to catch a break? Had all the universal forces aligned to ensure I did not have a single moment of peace? The whole situation seemed absurd to me. I did not yet know what Ethan was going on about but it couldn't be anything good, judging by the tone of his voice. Moreover, he was never one to impose, so if he was in front of my house, it must mean something quite severe was about to go down or was even going down. The taxi came to a stop in front of my apartment and I hurried up the path. I did not have to look for Ethan as his car was parked conspicuously on the driveway and he was sitting on it's hood tapping his phone impatiently. "What the hell, Ethan..." "There's no time for this." He looked worried, confused and most notably, tired. His tie had been drawn down, probably to enable him breathe properly while driving and his hair was tousled as if he had been in too much of a hurry to brush it properl
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VIVIANI was elated.I flashed a wide smile back at the sea of smiling faces. I had not felt this way in a really long time, had not felt like what I had to say mattered, like I could dispense joy so freely, so abundantly and still have so much of it left to live on. I was not sad or angry or conflicted here, I just felt like I was wrapped in a bubble of peace, woven softly into a web of comfort and it scared me that this peace was fragile. That it could easily be broken if I didn't protect it. "Do you kids remember what we learnt yesterday?" I asked, leaning towards them and adopting a high pitched childlike voice. "Yes!" They chorused with enthusiasm. I smiled and turned to the board. "Today, we will learn something even more interesting. Are you ready to learn?" They answered with as much enthusiasm as earlier. Their innocence tugged at my heartstrings. Wouldn't my baby have grown to sound like this? To make mischievous jokes and play pranks on others? Maybe it was really not
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VIVIANAnother emergency. But this one couldn't be a prank because Nate had delivered the news and we weren't exactly friendly enough to pull that type of joke on each other. Also, it involved my mother. Nate was a premium jerk but he wouldn't stoop so low. Right? I wished he would. I would swear at him and maybe even hit him but my mother would be fine and I would have worried in vain. "Oh God, oh God... Oh God." Night was falling fast but I didn't care. I rushed out of the house and flagged down the first taxi I saw. If anything happened to my mother, how would I cope with the pain, the guilt. If anything happened... Thoughts consumed me and filled my head with scenarios that were probably too far fetched but seemed feasible at that moment. Panic had taken over me and my hands shook terribly as I contemplated calling Nate. What would I say? What was I trying to find out? "No, no..." "Is there a problem?" The taxi driver was looking at me through the rearview mirror and I ave
