CHAPTER FOUR

ISABELLA

 

It’s been over two weeks since Alexander and I got intimate and we never talked about it after that night. It felt weird that it was barely a week since I had moved in that we had sex.

We both went about our daily activities like nothing happened.

“Ma’am, John is waiting for you outside,” Lisa said, bringing me back to the present.

“Oh, thank you,” I said as I stood up to walk outside and meet John, the chauffeur Alexander assigned to me.

He was already standing by the car waiting for me to come outside so he could open the door.

“Good afternoon Madam,” he said as he opened the door.

“Hello John,” I replied to him as I entered the car and he closed it.

“Where are we headed, ma’am?” He asked me as he slid into the driver’s seat fastening his seatbelt.

“You should know my home right? That’s where we’re going,”

“Alright ma’am,” he said then turned on the engine and took off.

I was going to my home to visit my sister, Olivia, I hadn’t seen her since I had moved in with Alexander so I decided to clear up my schedule for her.

Alexander’s place to my home was like a thirty-minute drive and in no time we arrived at my home.

I got out of the car and began to knock on the door waiting for a response.

“Who is it?” Olivia’s voice cried out.

“Guess,” I responded, anticipating the look on Olivia’s face when she sees me.

“Omg, Isa!!” She said it was probably because she recognized my voice.

Immediately the locks turned and Olivia opened the door and then jumped on me.

“How are you?” I asked her.

“I’m fine Isa. You haven’t come to visit me since you left,” She said with a frown on her face.

“Yeah I know, I’ve just been busy with work,” I replied as we both walked into the house.

“I understand. Come and join me, I was just about to eat,” she said as we both sat beside each other

“Don’t mind if I do,” I said as I washed my hands and began to dig in.

“So tell me about you and Alexander,” Olivia asked curiously as we continued our meal.

“There’s nothing to say about us, to be honest,” I replied dismissively facing my food.

“Hmm, why don’t I believe you,”

“I’m serious,” I insisted

“Hmmm, Okay sis,” she said then continued eating.

As I continued eating I felt this nauseating feeling in my throat so I ran to the bathroom to throw up with Olivia behind me.

“When did you start throwing up?” she said with a confused face because I have never been the one to be throwing up.

“I don’t know,” I replied as I washed my face.

“Hmm, Is there something you are not telling me?” she asked?

I looked at her in the eye and I knew I couldn’t lie to my beloved sister.

“Alexander and I got intimate about two weeks ago,” I finally spilled.

“Omg!! why didn’t you tell me??” she said as she walked me back to the living room.

“I don’t know, I wanted it to seem like nothing happened,” I replied to her as I took a seat.

“Girl, you just threw up which is unlike you, so you have to do a pregnancy test,” she said and went inside her room.

She came back with a pregnancy test strip in her hand.

“Here, go take the test,” she said as she handed me the pregnancy test strip.

“Why do you have this?” I asked her, looking at the test surprised.

“It doesn’t matter, just go and run the test,” she said.

I listened to her and went to the bathroom to take the test then came out a few moments later.

“Well, what is it?” she asked me curiously.

“I didn’t have the courage to look at it. Here help me,” I said as I handed her the pregnancy test.

She collected it and looked at the result. Her face wasn’t encouraging.

“Well? What is it?” I shouted at her.

She looked up at me as if she wanted to speak. “You’re pregnant Isa,”

Immediately I fell to the floor and began to cry.

“Why are you crying Isa?” she said as she sat beside me comforting me.

“You don’t understand, Alexander strictly said no kids, now look at me,” I said with tears pouring out from my eyes.

“Well it’s not your fault, it takes two to tango, so it’s also his fault for not practicing safe sex,”

“What do I do?” I cried out loud.

“I suggest you tell him and see how things go on from there,” she said, rubbing my shoulder.

“Sigh, we might as well lose Father’s company,” I said as I used my sleeve to wipe my tears.

“Just tell him and if he files for a divorce then fuck him, I’m here for you,” She said then kissed me on my cheek.

I stood up and packed my bag, determined to tell Alexander about my pregnancy and let him do whatever he pleased with the news.

Olivia and I said our goodbyes and I entered the car that drove me home.

The ride back to Alexander’s home was a quiet one. It was filled with me holding back my tears to avoid John from asking me what was wrong.

Finally, we got to the mansion and I planned to go in and freshen up before meeting Alexander.

As I climbed up the stairs, Alexander’s voice stopped me. “Hey Isabella, come have dinner with me,”

“Could you give me a moment to freshen up,” I said trying to find an excuse so that he wouldn’t see my makeup all washed up from crying.

“Nonsense, come I have news for you,” he said to me signaling me to come downstairs.

At that point I couldn’t object to him so I went downstairs and joined him at the dining table.

“So what special news do you have for me?” I asked him as I sat down beside him.

“I just landed you your first customer,” he said with a wide grin.

“Omg, Are you for real? Thank you so much,” I said as I stood up to hug him.

“Were you crying?” he asked me.

“Uhm, no not really. Alexander, I have something to tell you,” I said as I sat back in my seat.

“Hmm, what do you have to tell me, I’m curious,” he said as he relaxed his back waiting for me to say what I had to say.

“I am…”

Just as I was about to tell him, Lisa walked in and announced that a visitor was insisting to see him.

“Alright, let him in,” Alexander said as he took a slurp of his pasta.

A tall man walked into the dining room with loud footsteps that caused Alexander to drop his cutlery.

“Yes, who are you? And why do you want to urgently speak with me?” Alexander asked as he relaxed his back on the chair and crossed his arms.

The tall mysterious man laughed out loud before he spoke. “That’s no way to treat your big brother,”

Big brother? Alexander has a brother?