The Sabotage

Chapter 7

LILY'S POV

"What's going on here?" Robert's gruff, provoked voice sounded as he came out of his office.

Quickly, as Scarlett looked at him, I wiped the teardrops threatening to spill from my eyes and held back the sobs forming at the back of my throat.

I summoned the courage to lift my gaze to Robert's eyes. The eyes of the boy I fell in love with the first time I saw him walk into our class. The eyes of the man I longed for his love and wanted to spend the rest of my life with even though he was so dumb he couldn't see it that way. It was hard to believe that one day those eyes would be seeing me out of his house and life forever, welcoming Scarlett as his new wife.

No doubt his family members will approve especially his mum since Scarlett will be giving her what I couldn't - a child. A child that didn't come about by mistake. A child Robert approves of.

"Nothing is happening," I said and forced a smile, my heart as heavy as a rock in my chest. "Everything's fine. I w