"I'm pregnant." I blurted out. Hoping that would stop this madness.
"What? You're lying." She replied. "I'm not. I'm pregnant and it's my ex-husband's."
She started pacing around the room. "You're going to abort that bastard."
"No. You don't tell me what to do." I snapped.
She turned to look at me, the last time she looked at me like that was when I was 16, I had broken an expensive architect, by mistake.
"You bastard! I've had enough! How dare you talk to me like that!" She lunged towards me grabbing my hair, tightly.
"Stop!" I cried, but she didn't. "You're going to abort that bastard, do you hear me?!"
I managed to push her away, resulting in her falling to the floor. Cara came rushing into the room and saw her mum on the floor.
She glared at me, helping aunt up, I thought she was going to stop, but she didn't.
~
I cried, trying to clean myself. My body hurts so much. Cara had joined aunt earlier.
I can't believe this is happening, it has to be a dream. A bad dream.
After some minutes, I managed to clean myself and entered the bed. My breathing was heavy.
Closing my eyes, I waited for sleep to come, but it didn't. I cried the whole night.
I woke up to the sun piercing through my eyes. Did I sleep?
I stood up from the bed and went into the bathroom. I took my bath and noticed the red scar on my left arm.
I was done, I got out and wore a simple gown. My stomach was grumbling.
I haven't eaten since yesterday. Oh god. And a baby is growing inside of me.
I walked out of the room and went to the door leading outside, but there were two men, just beside the door.
Who are they?
I slowly walked closer to the door, attempting to come out. But they blocked the way.
"Excuse me, I have to go out," I said, but they did not reply to me, it was as if they didn't even hear me.
"You're not leaving this house, at least not until when you're going to your husband's house."
It was aunt, she was still on this? I turned towards her. "Why won't you just leave me alone? I've told you this before, I'm not getting married."
"I'm doing something great for you. You'd thank me for this someday."
I didn't answer her, I turned to look at the men, glaring at them. Who do they think they are?
I am a human and I have my right to movement. "Let me pass, or I'm going to call the cops."
They didn't even flinch. They were keeping me caged, I hate this. I couldn't stop the tears that slipped out of my eyes. I hate this feeling.
~
"Here, drink this," Aunt said, sitting next to me on the bed. I've been crying all day long.
I'm trapped.
"I don't want it," I said.
"You have to drink this, it's good for you, and it would stop the pain you're going through." She said.
I slowly took it from her and dropped it on the table next to me. She smiled. "I'd go bring something for you to eat." She walked out of the room.
Immediately after she left, I went to the bathroom and poured it on the floor. I don't know why, but I didn't feel like drinking it.
I went back to the room and sat down on the bed. A few minutes later, an aunt came back with a tray of food in her hand.
"Here, you should eat." She said smiling at the empty cup behind me. What did she put in that?
I didn't drink it, so I don't have to be scared.
I looked at the food before me, and my stomach growled.
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"I heard she is pregnant."
"Yes... She will... Uh, had a husband, I gave her a drink that could abort the child..."
"I'm leaving for Italy in two weeks, I want the wedding before then."
"Yes, of course. I'd prepare her."
"Do so-" "Isn't this illegal? Forcing someone to get married?!" I snapped at the two idiots before me.
"Tessa, do-"
"Tessa what?! I told you, I'm not getting married to anyone and you're not going to force me to do what I don't want to!"
I noticed the Vick guy staring at me, and I felt like poking his eyes and making him blind. I glared at him.
"I guess we'd have to do this the hard way." I heard him say.
"Hard way? Like this isn't hard enough. Why won't you just leave me alone? You barely know me and you want to get married to me? That's stupid and path-" he cuts me off with a growl.
"Shut up." He looked straight into my eyes this time. He got up from where he was sitting and walked toward me.
He looks so scary at that moment. I backed away till my back hit the wall.
He reached me and trapped me between the walls. "We're going to get married, a week from now and there's nothing you can do about it."
He was so close and our bodies touched. I felt disgusted. I needed to push him away. But he seems strong, so strong.
Tears slipped down my eyes. I don't want this. "Please, let go of me." I pleaded, and he replied to me with a growl.
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I was in my room, bawling my eyes out.
Why does this have to happen to me? What have I ever done to deserve this?
I sniffed. I took my bag behind me, looking for my phone, I turned the bag around and everything in the bag came out.
A card caught my eye.
here, in case you want to contact me... If you have any problems, you could always reach out to me.
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"What kind of a person would leave their child to suffer? I cried day and night, praying you'd come back and take me home... But you never did! You left me to die... You-""I didn't Tessa, I promise I didn't.""Really? Aunt did so many wrongs to me, but everything she said about you was right! You are a whore, a big liar, a-""Stop it, Tessa!" She cried. "I promise, I was going to come back. I left so you could have a better life! But my plan backfired against me. You can call me a whore, anything you want to call me but not a liar. A whore? That I am, I left you to be with a rich man, hoping to gain something so you would go back to school, if you recall, we had nothing and I did... I was going to come back but he wouldn't let me. I was kept as a prisoner in his home, I cried and longed every day to see you. My communication was limited but I tried to call your aunt, I got her phone number from my old jotter but her line wasn't going anymore. A month ago, he died from leukaemia and t
~**** Tessa's POV ****~It was all over. The nightmares were over, and my enemies were gone. Vick was gone.I guessed Austin already knows everything... His mother's scheme. "Since you have nowhere to go, for now, you can come to live at my family house... Well at least until you get back on your feet." He said. I frowned a bit. I didn't like him saying it until I get back on my feet. Yes, I want to be independent again, but I didn't want to leave him. Didn't he want me?I just nodded my head.~It was about a few minutes' drive, and I did not want the ride to end, it was Austin who drove the car. I sat in the back seat with Anne in my arms and Zara next to me. I caught Austin staring at me several times through the mirror. My heart pounded inside my chest. 'I love you. He loves me.We got to Austin's place. It was really huge. Like extra huge. He did say it was his family home. Austin got out quickly. He opened the door for me. I looked up at him.His handsomeness somehow always ma
---"I'm scared mom, I'm scared all we've been working for would go to waste.""Stop saying rubbish! I'm trying to think here!" Austin's mom scolded Ciara."What's the point of thinking? Nothing you do ever work out.""How dare you insult me like that? Have you no respect?""Nothing I said was a lie.""You bi-" she was cut off by the sound of the siren.It was quiet for about some minutes and someone walked into the house, it was Austin's dad.She was shocked to see her husband, she wasn't expecting to see him until Austin's wedding day."Carla!" He called her name. He rarely calls her by her name."Honey... I... I wasn't expecting you." She stuttered."I never thought you'd stoop this low, Carla." He said to her. She gulped. He sounded really angry but was calm. Mr Kings (Austin's dad) had always been calm and gentlemanly."You'd hurt your own family to get what you want..." He continued."What are you talking about?" She pretended not to know anything of what he was saying."I found
Another man came out of another car. Oh my God. He was strikingly handsome. He was brunette and tall as well. His piercing blue eyes gazed at me for a moment."Carson, it seems they aren't going to back down." He told the blonde guy."Yes Dave, the hard way it is." Replied the blonde. They were going to save us!"Ahhh!" Screamed the buff guys as they ran towards these unknown good looking guys. Quickly, I brought Anne closer to me. Blocking her sight from this terrible view. I too closed my eyes in terror.In less than a minute the noise was gone, I opened my eyes, slowly to see the buff men on the floor.Oh my God. They weren't dead as they were moving slightly. The blonde guy forcefully brought up one of the buff men. He whimpered in pain."I did suggest the easy way." He told him. A smirk plastered on his good-looking face. "Now, tell me... Where's your boss?" He asked him.He shook his head no. He wasn't going to tell him where sir Vick was...The brunette guy who I think is Dave
"Unbelievable," He muttered. "Was it all a pretence?" He asked suddenly. Almost like he already knew but needed confirmation. I had to drop this pretence. It's not going to get me anywhere, it's only going to get me more entangled.That's why he thinks I'd willingly have sex with him. If he keeps pretending, one way or the other, he could manage to pressure me into it."Why'd you suddenly drop the pretence? You know it was almost going well... Was it because of what I said?" He asked. "About us trying for a baby?" He asked. "Do you know how fucking easy it would have been to get that from you? Do you know how easy it would have been to rape you?" He held both my hands and pulled me closer to himself. Fear gripped me."Please let go of me, Vick." I pleaded."No! I'm never going to let go of you!" He growled. Different sorts of emotions ran through his face. "I will never fucking let you go!""Ple-""You're mine, Tessa! Mine!" He kept saying, angrily. Suddenly his anger seemed to have v
April walked out of his room with a smile. "Leave him be. He's taken the medication. He'd be fine." Said April.Austin had driven out of the house. He remembered the last time he had spoken to Tessa."I think that's what I meant," I said before I could stop myself but also couldn't stop myself from going on. "I know what you want, Austin. But doesn't love comes from both sides? I don't love you, I never did, and I never will. I appreciate what you've done for me and my child and if there's a way I could pay you back, I would.." Tessa had said.It brought so much pain to his heart. But he needed to get to Tessa. Now. He hoped she was okay. He hoped she'd receive him.He drove to her apartment. On reaching there he quickly got out of his car and walked to the front door. He rang the doorbell a couple of times, impatiently.The door opened a lady stood there with a child. She stared at him. "I need to see Tessa." He said.She didn't speak for about a minute. She just stared at the good-l