The Shocking News

CHAPTER 6

At the office, I was going through the details of my presentation, and putting everything together when I received an SMS from Robert through the company’s private line, informing me to schedule all his meetings and visits till after the presentation later that evening.

I took note of that, and just then saw Scarlett making her way past me like a proud peacock to his office. As much as I didn’t want to admit, she looked radiant in her professionally done makeup but her gown was way too skimpy and seductive to be worn in a workplace such as this.

Quickly, I left what I was doing to stop her from going in.

“Miss Scarlett you can’t go in now. Come back later in the evening. Mr. Robert is busy.”

She washed me head to toe with an icy glare, snorting derisively in disbelief. “Excuse me, and what are you supposed to be? Have you forgotten who I am? Because it seems you have. How dare you stop me going to see the love of my life!” she growled.

I sighed nonchalantly and rolled my eyes at the mention of ‘love of my life’. She was only with him now because he was a successful multi-billionaire. Nothing more.

“Oh please, the last time I checked he was my husband, not yours…” my hands almost flew to my mouth the moment I realized the words that just slipped out of my mouth.

I had crossed the line. My marriage to Robert was supposed to be kept hidden from everyone at work including Scarlett. But now I just made it known to her. I wasn’t thinking straight when I said it. I couldn’t help it when she referred to him as the love of her life.

If Robert finds out, he’ll be pissed and might take out a huge part of my contract payment. I can’t afford for that to happen knowing my mum’s medical bills depended on that payment.

Oh God… What have I done? This wasn’t good at all. No doubt Scarlett will confront Robert about it.

Panic welled up inside me, though I tried my best to hide it so she wouldn’t notice.

But on the bright side, it really got to her because she was looking like she wanted to burn me with her eyes, her jaw clenched tight and quivering with rage.

Normally, I wasn’t supposed to talk to her in that manner. That wasn’t the kind of person I was. As a personal assistant, I was usually adept at handling this kind of situation with clients. But my pregnancy has left me more irritable than usual. And she was just making it worse.

Then she suddenly breathed out as if she’d achieved victory, a smug sinister smirk playing around the corners of her lips as she looked at me with disgust.

“I know that already. He’s completely honest with me. He explained everything to me last night after we finished making love. He doesn’t love you, darling, so stop deluding yourself. You’re just a distraction. An available option he’s using to pass the time and keep his grandpa happy. He only loves me, sweetheart. He has never stopped loving me even after I left. But this time, I have come to stay. Our love journey has come this far and keeps getting stronger by the day. Sooner or later, his grandpa is going to die, the contract term will end, and nothing will keep him attached to you. After that, I can’t wait to get my hands on you. I will make you wish you never crossed paths with Robert and make sure you are thrown out like the worthless stinky piece of garbage that you are, both from his life and from this job. So you’d better be ready for what’s to come.”

Despite that the fact her threats were intimidating, I tried to keep a steady unafraid composure. I can’t show weakness in her sight. It’ll only make her think she had the upper hand.

“I’d like to see you try,” I challenged even though I was breaking inside.

How could Robert do this to me? It was bad enough that he spent the night with her, but he also broke the contract rules he made and warned me never to break. This is such a betrayal.

If what Scarlett said about him leaving me once his grandpa passed away was true, then it was only a matter of time before that happened because his grandpa was in a delicate state now.

For long, I have been clinging to the false hope that Robert will come to love me like I love him with time. That he’ll realize his mistakes and come to his senses. But I was wrong. He didn’t love me and never will. It was hard but I had to accept the harsh reality.

Scarlett smirked devilishly and shrugged. “If you say so. Just in case he didn’t tell you, I’m pregnant with his child,” she said, rubbing her stomach and smiling in satisfaction. “We are expecting a baby.”

I was trying to recover from the impact of the first news when she dropped another. It came rushing like a thousand shards of glass, leaving me in ruins.

That was the reason I saw him yesterday at the hospital with her. He had gone with her for a pregnancy test. It was hard to believe. She just came back and he had already impregnated her.

My heart split in my chest, betrayal scarring me beyond recognition. Robert wasn’t against parenthood after all. He just thought I wasn’t the right person to bear his child.