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Chapter Two.
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2025-01-15 16:10:15Pearl's POV
“How do you mean heartless? This is not mine and what is it used for?” My gaze flickers between the bottle content and my husband.
“Enough Of the lies Pearl!” My husband barks in a thunderous voice that has me recoiling. “Enough Pearl, stop…stop lying,” he grits, “...to my face, I'm not a child, if you're not the one taking it then who has it? You keep lying to me and I believe every single word you say because I believe that you'll never lie to me. How come there's an abortion pill in your things? You've been aborting all your pregnancies?” He says the last sentence with a hint of disbelief, his eyes flaring with indefinable emotion, I've never seen my husband like this.
Right now he looks like a lethal animal that's looking for a slight reason to unalive something.
“Fabian, you have to believe me, I have never been pregnant and I've never aborted any of our children,” My chest heaving with uneasiness, my heart throbbing with fear, liquid heat pooling in my lower belly.
How did that get inside my room? I know for certain that it doesn't belong to me, I would never abort my baby, Not when it would determine my peace in this marriage.
Fabian let out a dry chuckle, shaking his head, lines of doubt were still written all over him.
“Fabian, you have to believe me, I'm telling the truth, this pill is not mine, I don't know...I don't know how it got here, you have to believe me, it doesn't belong to me,” I defend myself with my honest truth.
Fabian shakes his head again and shoots me a glare, “I would have believed you on another occasion because I'm so blindly in love with you that I believe every fucking word you say, I should have figured this out earlier, you said you would never give birth, you said that earlier in this marriage, I thought you were joking I didn't know you meant it, I didn't know you could be this evil, the doctor said you were fine, I should have known that this relationship was one-sided, Now I'm beginning to think about all the lies that you have told me in the past that I'm unable to figure out,” his hurtful accusations were bruising my fragile heart.
“That's not true!” I counter.
“Oh yeah that's true, and you know what? I hate myself for choosing you over my Mom,”
I throw my arms over my stomach, hugging my stomach so tightly, my nails digging into my skin as tears wracked my body.
“Stop the crocodile tears, I can't believe what is happening right now, You've been killing my children without my consent?”
“Fabian, I'm innocent of all the things you're accusing me of doing, I would never abort a baby without letting you know, you know this,”
“No, I don't know this, I don't know you, this you standing in front of me, you really never wanted to have children?” His brow creases in amazement, he says words like he can't believe it and he isn't hearing me out.
“That was then, I was younger and scared, you know why,” my hands flare in front of me before dropping to my sides, “You know my fears with pregnancy that was born out of my Mom's death, but that won't make me abort a baby if I have one, I'm surprised you're doubting me all of a sudden,” I express my disbelief at his behavior, he may have trusted me blindly a few times but I did earn his trust.
Him saying words like this to me is a big lash to my ego.
“That’s because lately your claims are not backed up with proof, you've been lying to me a lot Pearl and I will appreciate it if you stop because you're making me feel stupid,”
“I'm telling the truth, Fabian! I'm telling the truth,” I didn't know when I lost control over my growing anger and yelled at the top of my voice in a desperate move to defend myself.
My husband grinds his teeth, his muscles twitching under his skin as he clenches his fists, his fingers curling into a ball, his grey eye liquid with rage.
I take an instinctive step backward because he looks like he is about to lunge at me.
“I can't do this,” he says, searching the room till his eyes fall on his clothes, he throws them on.
“I made a mistake by coming here,” he throws me one last contemptuous look before marching out of the room.
He shuts the door with a loud thud and I flinch back in shock.
It's a different kind of pain when you're accused of something you didn't do by someone you love so much and there's no proof for you to show your innocence.
I lean against the wall crying my eyes out in pain, I drag my back on the wall till my butt hits the cold marble floor, I hug my knees as endless tears stream down my face.
My phone rings on the nightstand where I left it last night. I lean forward to get it, my eyes are glossy with tears. I don't see who it is before picking up the call.
“Hello, Baby Sis, Happy birthday!” My brother says in his usual perky-fake Italian voice earning a weak smile from me.
“Thank you,” I say, sniffing sobs.
“When will you be ready today? I have a surprise for you,”
“I don't know,” I mutter hopelessly because the pain brewing in my heart is too heavy to step outside with.
“Are you okay, sis?” My brother's voice carrying a tinge of concern.
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Fabian's POV It's still hard to believe that Pearl could do such a horrible thing, but the truth is in my fucking face, and I have to believe it if not my life will become more miserable than it already is.My heart stirs with pain, I have been lied to all these years, I trusted her, I fucking trusted her! Why would she do such a thing to me?I need her to carry my baby, I need her to give birth to a mini-me, someone she and my mother can use to remember me when I'm gone.I can die anytime.A cough erupts from my inside and my palm flies to catch the blood that splutters from my mouth before it stains my clothes.I look around my car, my eyes searching for my tissue until I get my hands on it.I clean the blood off my hands and mouth before resting my back on the seat to ease my nerves before I start driving.My vision is blurry and void, I wish things were happening differently. I don't mean to be hard on Pearl to give me a child, but I have a fucking choice.But I'm still mad at he
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Pearl's POV “What will you like Ma'am?” The butler asks, holding tightly onto his notepad.“I'm okay, thank you,” I say with a forced smile but my brother, Paul, beats me to it.“What do you mean by 'you're okay?' Today is your birthday, I didn't bring you here to watch people,” “I'm fine seriously, I just don't have the appetite for anything,” I say honestly, Paul signs in resignation.“Give us your best wine, When her appetite comes up we will order some food,” Paul says to the butler and he nods.“Happy birthday Ma,” The butler says with a sweet smile and I return it.“Thank you,” I reply and he scurries off.When the butler is out of sight Paul drops his smile and narrows his eyes at me, I turn away my eyes from him, I know he has figured something strange.“When we were in the car on our way here you didn't say a word, I didn't give it much thought but when a foodie like you rejects food I know something is up, what's going on with you?” I shrug “It's nothing, just marriage is
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Pearl's POV “Killing my babies isn't the only thing you do in your free time?” He spits in a venomous tone and I grip the hem of my shirt, holding myself from causing a scene.“Killing what babies?” Paul retorts.“I wasn't speaking to you, so shut your mouth!” My husband sneers at Paul.“What the fuck?!” Paul springs up from his seat, “I'm her…,” I shoot Paul a warning glare, we can try to play this safe and see how far it goes.“Paul, Please sit..” I plead desperately, I'm already having so much misunderstanding in my marriage, I can't risk letting Fabian know that I'm the daughter of the man he hates the most in this world.“Yeah, Sit like the puppy that you are,” Fabian adds sarcastically, I signal My brother to not react.Fabian slams his hand on the table, earning the attention of people around, “You did not answer my question, what are you doing here?” His gaze moves from my eyes to my body, “Who are you, Pearl? So you like going out and you never, not even once left the house
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Fabian's POV “Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!” I punch the steering wheel of my car. Hard. Trying to calm the raging frustration building inside of me.I keep punching the wheel till I feel like my knuckles have had enough. My breathing becomes erratic.“I can't…” I sniff in a hot breath, “I can't…believe this!” I weave my fingers through my hair. The unleashed anger inside me causes a deep ache in my chest, I place my right hand over it. “I can't believe you Pearl, I can't believe you, that's…” Sniffs, “That's why you aborted the babies, cause they weren't mine! What did I do wrong, Pearl. I made you happy the very best I could, I did every fucking thing you asked, Hell! I didn't know how to say no to you, and you know it! Yet, you were deceiving me all long,” keeping my eyes open becomes a problem because my eyes feel so hot like someone poured gas in it, I throw my head back on the headrest, blinking to calm the hot sensation.Turning to my right, the surprise cake I bought for her is sit
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Peal's POV The moment I open my eyes, the awareness of my current reality hits me like a tidal wave. I lazily turn to the side of the bed, my husband isn't there. Did he even come inside the room last night? I waited for him to come inside the room but he didn't come till I fell asleep.I closely examine his side of the bed. It's a little rumpled, which means he came in.Maybe he is in the bathroom. I get up, heading for the bathroom. I might be walking on eggshells too.The bathroom is empty when I get there. He must be downstairs.I leave the room, and as I approach the kitchen, I see my husband, all dressed in his suit and styled hair, sipping coffee casually with a paper in his hand.I stand at the kitchen Arch, watching him silently. I feel like if I make one move a bomb will explode. Confused, I'm just standing there, feeling awkward. Until my head voice screams at me to move and I move-No-Not into the kitchen, I turn back.“Pearl!” I hear my name. The hair at the back of my
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Pearl's POV.“I can't leave him, I can't go back home,” I mutter under my breath. I've been sitting on the kitchen ground since Fabian left, thinking of how to solve this situation.I chose a path seven years ago, to be with Fabian forever and never go back home, because my Dad disowned me. I can't step foot on his property anymore. I've been laying low because we are in the same city and he might hurt my husband to get to me, and that's the last thing I want on Earth.I've kept my secret and things have been going well, only that I can't give him a child. I instinctively touch my stomach. I've tried a lot of methods to get pregnant in the past years, but none of them worked and we were still fine, living happily as a family until his mother came into the picture, I don't mean to cause a rift between a mother and her son but I don't know why that woman hates me so much. But her hatred never fazes me because my husband's love overshadows it. Now my world is crumbling.I need to fix t
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Pearl's POV.I clear up the place and go back to our room, but the door is locked. I go to the guest room to sleep.The next morning. Fabian is already out of the house by six am. He wants to avoid seeing my face this morning. It's just two nights without a cuddle and morning kiss and it's starting to feel like we've been fighting for years.I pick up the Divorce papers and look at them again. I pick the pen beside it.‘You’ve always been a fighter and you overcame every time, why do you want to give up everything so easily?’ The voice in my head berates me.Maybe he's right. Maybe I should push a little harder, at least get him to know the reasons for my actions all the years I've lived with him.Time runs so fast, maybe it's because I sat in one spot for nine hours thinking about my poor life.The front door opens and my heart sinks with incompressible speed when I see Fabian walk into the house with a woman.“What is she doing here?” I ask Fabian, I know the lady all too well becau
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Pearl's POV.“Jesus!” My brother shouts as he parks in front of me, I'm sitting on the roadside. Alone, at the spot where I told him I'd be waiting for him.He throws a jacket over my body. I'm still in my nightwear. I didn't notice it when I left the house, the evening breeze brushing my skin brought my awareness to what I was wearing. He helps me up and leads me to his car. I enter the passenger seat and he circles the car to the driver's side.He helps me buckle the seat belt. “Thank you for coming out,” I say to him.He scoffs, “You’re thanking me for coming to save my sister when she's in danger, I'm getting up by three am to cook for you if you have those weird pregnancy cravings,” He laughs but I don't.“What happened?” He asked me.I don't even know where to start explaining all that happened. So I decided to keep it short.“My marriage is over,” There's no humor in my voice.“By one am in the morning?” The surprise in Paul's tone was evident.“Unfortunately, Yes,” He huffs
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Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Forty Four.
Fabian's POV.After picking my Mom from the cell, I don't need to ask her why she did what she did because she won't give me a reasonable answer. I just drop her off at her house and head back to the office. It's already enough headache I'm dealing with in my life, I can only try to reduce my headaches.I toss my suit jacket on the desk as I walk into the room. I pick up a bottle of water from my mini fridge and drink. It's been so distressing and annoying how much I have to worry about myself and my Mom too. I throw some pills into my mouth and use the water to wash it down.There comes a soft knock on my door, “Come in,” I say. Stopping myself from thinking about whom it may be.Stephanie walks in, her pretty face is in order, but there's an edge of something…concern, Maybe.“What happened?” She asks, ambling close to me.“Nothing I couldn't take care of.” I reply, casually.“Do you have to be like this all the time with me?” By this time she's standing so close behind the desk. I
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Forty Three.
Fabian's POV.After picking my Mom from the cell, I don't need to ask her why she did what she did because she won't give me a reasonable answer. I just drop her off at her house and head back to the office. It's already enough headache I'm dealing with in my life, I can only try to reduce my headaches.I toss my suit jacket on the desk as I walk into the room. I pick up a bottle of water from my mini fridge and drink. It's been so distressing and annoying how much I have to worry about myself and my Mom too. I throw some pills into my mouth and use the water to wash it down.There comes a soft knock on my door, “Come in,” I say. Stopping myself from thinking about whom it may be.Stephanie walks in, her pretty face is in order, but there's an edge of something…concern, Maybe.“What happened?” She asks, ambling close to me.“Nothing I couldn't take care of.” I reply, casually.“Do you have to be like this all the time with me?” By this time she's standing so close behind the desk. I
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Forty Two.
Pearl's POV.Ever Since my conversation with Philip, I'd asked myself questions. Deep, important questions that I've never really stopped to ask myself. Questions like, what do I want? What's the next step? After a divorce so devastating and heartbreaking after leaving a man you've learned to love and depend on all your life. I can't have this baby and have Philip, I've already tasted his patience enough. He's been kind to me, so I did something. I called the Doctor and asked her if it would be possible to have this abortion before Saturday. That's my engagement party. He'll lose his mind if he finds out about this baby. He's trusted me. A luxury I shouldn't have from him, given my history with his family. When I just think about him, in all of this, I don't want to hurt him. I don't. He trusts me, I don't want to break that trust. I wish there was a better way out of this situation, I'll take it without blinking twice.If I fail my dad and God forbid he sends me away, Now he's trus
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Forty one.
Pearl's POV.“Hi,” I say once I climb onto the stool next to Philip.“Pearl,” His eyes sparkle. “Thank you for joining me,” the sides of his cheek deepens revealing his dimples. He's dressed casually, in a T-shirt and jeans. Just like me.“It's My pleasure,” I say.“So, what would you like to have?” He asks, looking between the ready-at-our-service waiter. He has ordered a drink for himself.“Please, if they have water I'd like to have water for now.” “Okay,” Philip nods, not immensely satisfied with my answer but he signals the waiter to bring it.The waiter goes to the fridge, retrieves a can of water and drops it in front of me.“Thank you,” I say to him but he doesn't wait and goes to the other side of the counter to serve his waiting customers.The bar is filled with people. Neon lights light up the places from corners. Low chattering mixed with low music fills the place.“If you're not okay, sitting here. We could go down to one of the tables,” Philip chirps.“It's okay, I like
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Forty.
Pearl's POV.After confronting Stephanie, the bubbling energy I had somewhere in me dissipated. Every other thing that happened from then on around me has just been a blur.I hold tightly on the last string of my self-control, not to give in to the anger and bitterness that I'm feeling and do something I'll regret later. That was why he was distant, he'd been sleeping with his secretary and yet I was the cheating and unfaithful wife. He'd been intimate with her, while I was left alone at home. Wallowing in pain and hurt, longing for him to come home. His side of the bed grew cold, for days, weeks, months. And the last time we got intimate the next thing he said after he came down from his high was ‘Pearl, give me a child’ I'd never forget that.I felt guilty and useless when I saw the pain in his eyes. I so wanted to be pregnant that minute, just to see the smile I'd longed for. For us to be happy again and become the couple we used to be.Not long after, he'd kicked me out after bri
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Thirty Nine.
Pearl's POV.Closing my room door, I turn to move but once I hear “Pearl,” I pause in my tracks the moment I hear my name. It's not just about hearing my name. I know it's my Dad. He strides towards me from a near distance in the hallway while I'm standing at the front of my room door.“Dad, Good morning,” I readjust my bag over my shoulders. “You're not going to work today,” I want to ask what I've done but he puts his hand in his pocket and I just wait for what he's about to say. He brings out a card, “Here, take this,” I stretch my hand and take the card. “I've called HR to let them know you're not coming to work. Go and do some shopping with the card, I have somewhere to take you later this evening,” at first I'm confused, then shocked and overwhelmed. My father has been very strict with me since I came back home. He'd give me work overload and not one approval have I ever gotten from anything I did and all of a sudden he's giving me the day off? That's strange.“Thanks, Dad,”
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Thirty Eight.
Pearl's POV.Monday.My legs almost wobble when I see my ex-husband and his mother standing in front of Betty's table, but I quickly hide behind the nearest table so they don't see me.I didn't know Betty understood sign language that fast because I didn't know what she told them and poof! They'd disappeared. Betty is my life saver this morning.The first question I asked myself once I saw them was, why are they here? To cause more chaos in my life. Then I remember! They must've seen the news, and Fabian must be looking for me to express his disappointment in person. I don't need to hear whatever he thinks he has to say. I did betray him. When I come out of my hiding place after I'm sure they've gone, I dust my arm and hair that I stuck under the table.“Pearl, what did you do to that man? Because the fire in his eyes when he said ‘Tell her Fabian Barlow was here’ is no joke. It was intense.” I smile tightly, “it's a long story. You'll get bored.” “Na.” She waves me off, “I don't
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Thirty Seven.
Fabian's POV.Monday.“Fabian!” My mother walks through the doors of my office when I'm talking to a client.I facepalm, “Mother, I am currently in the middle of something…” “Have you seen the news?!” She asks. Anger and devastation take another color on her face. My mother and I may not agree on a lot of things but the last thing I want is for her to be distressed.“What happened?” I ask, rising from behind the desk.“Pearl is Tucker Hughes's daughter!” I'm stunned immobile, speechless. “How do you know that?”“Philip's family announced their son's engagement and his betrothed fiancee is your ex-wife and she's the only daughter of the Hughes household.” She pauses before saying, “Did you know that all long?” My head is suddenly in an overdrive, “What? That's not possible, Pearl said she doesn't have a family. There's no way she's his daughter.” “Why don't you pick up your phone and see for yourself, I knew that girl was a lying bitch but how could she?” “Mr. Fabian, I see you're
Ex wife, let's give our love a second chance. Chapter Thirty Six.
Pearl's POV. Morning sun streams into my face, my eyes flutter open.Waking up on a Sunday morning. I feel so exhausted even when I didn't do anything that should make me this exhausted.Maybe I know why I'm exhausted. I hold my abdomen. “Good morning, Sunshine,” a small smile touches my lips. “Another day to be sneaky,” I toss the sheets off my body, I drop my feet on the floors. Walk into the bathroom to do my business. When I'm done, I take a look at myself. I slept in pink drawstring shorts and a white see-through singlet.I drag the singlet up to have a look at my body. I've longed for this feeling. To wake up in the morning, and know that my baby is growing inside me. What do I do now? I've had a hard time telling Philip the truth. I don't know who to trust with this secret. Who to tell.I let go of my grip on the singlet and walk out of the toilet. I go straight to the kitchen to have some milk. The aroma of different food spices assaults my nose as I enter the kitchen. My
