Betrayal

  (Karis's POV)

    

    It felt like my world froze, and everything became bright immediately after I saw a single word, ' positive' on the pregnancy test results with tears welling up in my eyes. "This is not a dream." My voice broke as I spoke.

    

    "Congrats, ma'am, you are three weeks pregnant." The doctor congratulated me. I was unable to hold it anymore and immediately burst into tears. They were tears of joy; after five long years of being called barren, I was finally able to conceive.

    

    I was so excited by the news my ears turned deaf to anything other thing the doctor said. I just waited for him to dismiss me before rushing out of the hospital. Suddenly everything thing seemed brighter.

    

    I was so happy that my emotions were all over the place, laughing and crying at the same time. On my way home, I kept thinking about how to share the good news with my husband, with multiple ideas popping up in my head. Tomorrow is Xander birthday, so I decided to get an early birthday present for him and then tell him about my pregnancy.

    

    I dropped by his favourite clothing brand store to get him a tie, remembering how much he loved wearing ties. It was a beautiful black tie he could easily wear with different outfits. "That will be 3000 bucks." The sales girl informed me.

    

    I handed over my card to make the payment and left after I was done, not wanting to waste any more time. A few minutes later, I drove into the De Marco estate, the place that has been my home for five years now.

    

    I stepped out of the car, my hands subconsciously rubbing my flat stomach, thinking about my unborn baby with a bright smile. It was the miracle I had been waiting for to save my marriage.

    I got into the mansion and headed for Xander's study first. He was normally there by this time of the day working. I climbed up the grand stairs before walking to the door of his study.

    

    My hands clenched around the package containing the tie and the medical results, anticipating what his reaction would be to find out about my pregnancy. I knocked before entering but my brows immediately furrowed with a frown because he wasn't in there.

    

    "Where else can he be?" I mumbled to myself. Xander was a workaholic who spent most of his time in his study when he was home. My mood dampened a bit because I was unable to share the news immediately with him.

    

    A strange sound caught my attention and my face turned to the source, realizing it was from my bedroom. My frown deepened, wondering if it was Xander as I made my way towards the bedroom.

    

    The closer I got, the clearer the sounds got; my heart started beating fast as something in my head kept on telling me to turn back, but I shrugged off the warnings.

    

    I got to the door and was about to open but my hands froze.

    "Oh my God, Xander you are killing me." I heard a familiar female voice moan loudly. Every colour drained from my face as my free hand covered my mouth.

    

    "Don't you dare cum before me, you little slut." Another male voice identical to Xander's voice groaned. 

    

    "I won't honey, fuck me as you please." The female voice screamed in ecstasy.

    

    "Oh my God you drive me crazy." He groaned again. "I know, but don't be too hard. We can't afford to hurt the baby." 

    

    My eyes blurred with tears, and all reason flew from my head, unable to believe my ears; what baby were they talking about? I barged into the room immediately, and then I saw a sight that looked like a scene from my greatest nightmare in front of me.

    

    Xander was having wild sex with my sister Emma in a doggy position on our matrimonial bed. The present in my hands fell on the floor; it was now meaningless to me; what was the need for me to work so hard to carry our baby when he was cheating on me with my sister?

    

    Xander and Emma were stunned by the loud noise; Xander immediately got off Emma wrapping his waist with a piece of bedding. "Karis, what are you doing here?" Xander asked me, surprised, his eyes looked guilty. I wavered for a bit, thinking maybe it was a mistake and he had a very reasonable explanation.

    

    "I live here, remember," I answered him, Xander tried to reach out for me, but I avoided his touch. They were the same hands that were in Emma's body earlier.

    

    "Please, it is not what you think, Emma; we just love each other too much. I didn't mean to hurt you." My eyes were drawn to Emma; she spoke with a pitiful expression, making her way off the bed. She was rubbing her little bump, reminding her it was my husband's child she was carrying.

    

    "What do you mean by you don't want to hurt me? You both are hurting me now." I muttered silently, my lips quivering. Tears continued rushing down my eyes, and my breath became rough. My anxiety was taking over.

    

    "Emma can you calm down a bit." Xander grabbed my hands, seeing I was about to have a breakdown. I forcibly yanked my hands from his hold and slapped him hard across his face twice but it didn't placate my anger.

    

    "How do you expect me to calm down Xander? You have been sleeping with my sister all this time. What will happen to me and my baby?" I barked at him going into a frenzy. I just wanted to let it all out.

    

    Xander was stunned by my words, "What baby are you talking about?" He mumbled in disbelief.

    

    "I am pregnant with our child and you .." My voice broke before I could complete the statement as an agonizing cry escaped my lips.

    

    "Can you stop lying Karis? How can you be pregnant when Xander always gave you contraceptives whenever you had sex." Emma scoffed from behind approaching us.

    

    My eyes grew wide with shock. "What contraceptives are you talking about?" I stuttered.

    

    "Do you think Xander, would let a rotten nobody like you carry his child? He never loved you but only wanted me to be his child's mother." Emma scoffed again, her words sending daggers to my heart. I glanced at Xander, waiting for him to refute her words, but he didn't say a thing with his jaw clenched.

    

    All these years, he watched me go through numerous treatments to have a baby because I wanted to save our marriage, and he had been using contraceptives throughout.

    

    "Xander, this is a lie; Emma can't be possibly telling the truth." I was still delusional, waiting for him to tell me this was all a bad joke because how could he?

    

    Xander eyes grew cold, and he clicked his tongue in distaste before drawing Emma to his side, and their lips met with a passionate kiss. He broke out the kiss and looked at me with disdain. "As you can see, I love Emma and want her to be my children's mother. So you can go to whoever made you pregnant because that bastard in your stomach can't be mine." 

    

    Every glimpse of hope I had was shattered; I walked backwards, shaking my head. He couldn't be telling the truth. My delusion didn't want me to accept the reality before me. As if his previous words were not enough Xander went ahead to break me further. "Don't behave so shocked, Karis; I never loved you these past five years. Every time I was forced to have sex with you, it made my skin crawl." 

    

    That was it, I couldn't handle it. If I stayed here a second longer, I would lose my mind, so I ran. My feet ran so fast as if I could escape my problems by running. I stormed out of the mansion and ran to the main road.

    

    Every word he said kept on replaying in my mind as I remembered what I sacrificed this past five years for our union. My heart was ripped to pieces and tears kept on running endlessly down my cheeks. 

    

    I ran till my legs went numb, and I couldn't move again. I gasped for air because my lungs felt empty, making me fall on my knees in the middle of the road.

    

    A loud, horning sound rang, and a bright light flashed at me; a car was speeding in my direction. I couldn't move away and everything happened in a flash with the loud sound of the car crashing. An agonizing, indescribable pain hit me, and everything went dark.

    

    My lashes fluttered open and I heard someone chimed. "Karis, are you done? Everyone is waiting for you." Bertha, my old friend, was smiling brightly at me, pulling my hands.

    

    "Come on Karis, today is your wedding. I can't believe you are finally married."