4- Her Acting Skills

She reached the council office at nine sharp. As always Aiden was right on time. Elara could not ignore the fact that he looked drop-dead gorgeous despite his cheating on her.

He was a gym freak. His t-shirt was snuggling his chest muscles like a lover.

As expected, Vicky accompanied him glued to his side. For some reason, Elara wanted to weep but she chose not to. She wanted to maintain this strong façade in front of those losers. Looking at Vicky was making her sick. She wanted to puke.

She quietly signed the papers. Aiden handed over a file to her.

“I am giving you my apartment located on the main street of Akbir.” With a frown, she flipped the papers and tossed them back on his chest,

“Not interested. Give it to her.” Then she again took up her sweet mode, “Vicky. You can keep the apartment. The house. All the furniture. Even my clothes. For now, they might be ill-fitted for you, but I am sure you can use them during your pregnancy when you will become a balloon, like me. Ha-ha.”

“Shut up,” Vicky got upset making her smirk, “I don’t like using used stuff.” She huffed in fury but that made Elara double up with mirth.

“You can’t use my used things but still you managed to take my husband. You know what? You two deserve each other.”

 Before Vicky could shoot back, Aiden spoke icily, “Enough of this, Elara. If you don’t want the apartment, then fine. Stop making her upset!”

Elara felt hurt. He never acted this protective around her. She felt the bile rising in her throat and it took every ounce of her willpower to suppress it.

“Aiden! Please ask her to handover me the necklace.” Vicky hugged Aiden like a bratty child, “You bought this necklace for me. Remember?”

Elara felt insulted. But she could not give this necklace to Vicky. It was meant for her children. As a memoir from their father.

“I won't. Sorry.” She mumbled.

“I will buy you another.” Aiden cooed in Vicky's ear and circled his strong arm around her.

“B…But my heart wants it. I want THIS one! The doctor asked you to keep me happy. Please I want this one. You can buy her another one.”

Aiden sighed and walked to her with a crying Vicky against his chest, “Elara. This necklace belongs to me. I was the one who gifted it to you. Now I want it back. You can take the apartment.”

Elara stepped back and shook her head. Her hand was protectively around the necklace.

“No! I won't!” she said softly, and this time didn’t feel shame to let the tears fall freely down her face.

“Why don’t you gift her that apartment? You cheated on me. I am not taking even a tiny scrap from you. Why can’t you leave me in peace and buy your bratty girlfriend something else.” Elara could not take it anymore when she saw Vicky’s manipulation.

“Oh, my God. My belly. My belly.” Vicky clutched her tummy tightly and walked to her. She spread her palm in front of Elara.

“I beg you. Please. Why don’t you understand? He bought it for me.” Elara shook her head and tried to suppress the uneasy feeling in her throat, “The necklace and Aiden never belonged to you.”

A crying Vicky was making it worse.

“No!” She stepped back.

“Please, Elara. Aiden! Please ask her!” Vicky was getting furious now. For her, this was a battle and she wanted to win it. She wanted to tell Elara that the fatty girl was still a loser. Elara again tried to gulp down the uneasy feeling. She was confused if the nausea was due to her pregnancy hormones or Vicky's sick tactics.

“Elara!” At last, Vicky screamed, “I said, place it right here.” She waved her outstretched hand before her. Her eyeballs were bulging out.

Elara stayed quiet. Her silence was making Vicky angrier and crazier. She pointed her finger to her outstretched palm and spoke in a screeching voice, “Can’t you hear me, Elara? Place it here!”

Elara could not take it anymore. She opened her mouth and puked in her hand...

“Ughhhh Ukk”

Vicky’s eyes went wide, and she started screaming like crazy. Aiden forgot about the necklace and the puke covering her. He scooped her up in his arms.

“Don’t worry. We will go to the hospital right now.”

“Aiden please save our baby,” Vicky screamed. Her hand was placed on her belly. Aiden put her in the backseat and climbed into the car. Thalia who had just reached there looked in astonishment when the car sped away.

“She is so dramatic. How easily she is playing with Aiden’s mind!” Then she gave a proud grin to her friend, “And you did well while puking on her hand. Ha-ha.”

***

“I am sorry. We could not save your baby.” the lady doctor informed Aiden who was speechless for a moment, “You just need to keep your wife very happy. She is heartbroken after the incident.”

Aiden closed his eyes brokenly.

“Can I meet her, Doctor?” he asked the lady doctor who was now staring at his face in awe. The lady inside the room was lucky to trap a guy like him.

“Not now, sir. Let me examine her and then you can go inside,” Aiden nodded his head. The doctor went inside and got to Vicky who was fuming with anger.

“Hey. You asked me to tell this Aiden guy to take care of you. I have told him exactly that. But you never mentioned that he was a hunk, girl. You are lucky!” the doctor seemed starstruck, “Is he Aiden Lockwood?”

“Can you please stop speaking?” Vicky spat with rage, “Gosh! You are a chatterbox! Let me think. What should I come up with to trap him further?” She thought aloud.

“Oh, I have told him that you have miscarried and …” Slap!

The poor doctor was open-mouthed holding her cheek, “Wh… Why did you slap me? You asked to …”

“Shut up. Ok? Just shut up!” Vicky hissed, “Who asked you to tell him about the miscarriage? Huh?” Vicky held the collar of the poor doctor, “That was the only plus point I had over Elara. And you destroyed it! You bitch!”

Vicky wanted to kill the poor doctor.

“Listen, Ms. Baron. I thought I was doing you a favor by …”

“Favor? You call it a favor? I asked you to tell him something that could get him attracted to me even more. I wanted him to forget everything and spend time with me and here… here you told him about the baby. Now what should I do with you?”

“Ms. Baron. Please control yourself. He was not even the father of the child… I …”

Another slap!

Vicky tightened her grip around the collar, “I paid you a handsome amount but didn’t know you have a pea-sized brain. I don’t remember telling you about the real father, you stupid. Do I?” Just then the door opened, and Aiden stepped inside.

“What is going on?” he was horrified when he saw Vicky holding the doctor’s collar. The doctor got in shock when she saw Vicky’s sudden transformation,

Out of nowhere, tears started rolling down Vicky’s cheeks, “Please doctor. Tell me that the baby is doing fine. I can’t lose the baby. My Aiden won't like it when he will hear about this. He will kill you. Bring my baby back!” she was screaming at the top of her lungs.

“Vicky,” Aiden rushed to her. She turned to Aiden with wide eyes. The doctor did wrong by telling him about the miscarriage.

But this doctor was now a threat as she knew too much about the baby’s father. Vicky was planning to never pay this doctor another visit.

The baby was the only thing that could keep her glued to Aiden. Until that stupid doctor wrecked everything.

Now I need to come up with some other excuse. With some another plan.

“Aiden. Please don’t leave me. The baby has already left me. You are the only one in my life.” She sobbed like a baby.

“This happened due to Elara. She is responsible for it. The doctor asked me not to take tension. How could I not take tension when that woman has got what’s mine? She had the necklace that you bought for me. She could never give you kids. And now she has killed my baby too. Why did she do it, Aiden? Why, Aiden? Why?” Before Aiden could utter anything, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted in his arms.

The doctor was standing there open-mouthed. She wanted to give a standing ovation to this lady whose acting skills were touching the roof.