Today was the worst day so far, I think I’m going to be sick, or maybe I’m already sick but for now, I just didn’t feel like getting out of bed. Sleeping alone had lost its savor but I was too proud to go back to Carlos's room, I also felt the maids were one step away from hating me with all their hearts. Especially Victoria.“Good morning. It’s time you have your bath.” She stood at the edge of the bed with her nose in the air. I could tell she didn’t like us, not like it was her fault. I had deceived her twice. One more time wouldn’t hurt.“What are you doing here?” I murmured, closing my eyes. I just didn’t feel like getting out of bed.“Coco sent me.” I could feel her rolling her eyes as she spoke. “You have to bathe now.”I let out a long yawn, opening my eyes and then closing it again. Today should be tagged a lazy day.“When did you start keeping a record of when and if I bathed.” She had ruined my sleep but I hadn’t planned to raise my voice at her, not that I was going to apo
Carlos rushed to me immediately. He laid a hand on my forehead and his eyes widened. I even felt hot, it seemed like my temperature had accelerated within a minute and my insides suddenly felt uncomfortable.“How do you feel?” He asked and at the same time, he was calling the doctor. He carried me in his arms like I was a baby and all I could think of was how good it felt, why did I have to be in a form of danger or sickness before I could get any form of pampering from Carlos? It just wasn’t fair.I took a deep breath, could feel myself getting weaker by the minute. I was fine, or I thought I was fine and suddenly I was weak.“I’m a bit weak, just dizzy, and tired. I’ll be fine.” I tried to act strong and okay. Maybe it was just the wind. Thinking about it, I had been feeling slightly dizzy for days now, but I didn’t think it was anything serious.The doctor came and Carlos helped me to a bed. The doctor checked my temperature, and it seemed like I had a fever because my temperature
CARLOS“I’d like to hear the good news first,” Rayna said immediately. I guessed at this point she would like to live in denial, the worst it would be was that Rayna had a terminal disease and she would rather not hear it because her next words were, “I don’t want to hear the bad news, you can tell him later, when I am not here, or in your office. I just don’t want to hear it.”“You have to know what’s happening in your body.” The doctor replied patiently.“Am I going to die?” She asked outrightly, I couldn’t stop the gasp that escaped me when she mentioned death. It all died down to this woman not knowing what she meant to me.The doctor gave a pause before answering, “No.”“Calm down Rayna. Please don’t mention death, no one is dying.” I warned. I turned to the doctor, unsure of what to do.“Let us talk in the office.” I closed the soup and packed it away, “I’ll be back.” I said to Rayna, tucking a stray hair behind her ears. I was getting used to the look on her new hair, but she l
CARLOSHis nose took a hit but this time it was from my boots.I held him by the neck, “Guess what? She’s no longer yours to sell or do whatever you want with. Rayna is mine now.”Blueblood had the guts to burst into laughter, which I stopped by tightening my hand on his throat.“You’re not thinking of marrying her, are you?” he squeezed out. Surprise was etched all over his face like he couldn’t believe someone would marry his daughter.I stood up and cleaned my hands as Zane came. He pulled Blueblood up a chair and gave him the papers. My intentions weren’t to kill Blueblood or burst his eyes, I had better plans.“Sign it,” I ordered.The man was sure smart because he opened it and scanned through. There was a time I could beat anyone to doing anything I wanted but I had learned over time that people might be afraid of me, but they respected the law, since then I had learned to go through procedures to prevent my past from blowing up in my face.“You sure are serious about Rayna.” H
RAYNA“You sure you don’t have the flu too?” I asked Victoria. She looked pale and unhappy. It was the second day I got back from the hospital, something had felt fishy but in the end, all I had was flu, I was given some drugs that was all. Carlos also told me about a Doctor Cross that would be coming to check on me regularly but so far I had not seen him yet.When Victoria didn’t reply to me with a sassy tongue like she always did, I knew something was wrong. I didn’t like how she ignored me, and I always loved exchanging words with her, another maid would rather not meet my eyes.“You know you can tell me what’s wrong right?” I encouraged, them to an extent, I now saw her as a friend, she was the only female in my age range around. “C’mon, you want a vacation? Are you sick? Tell me.” She ignored me as she tucked the end of the bed and made to leave the room. I blocked the door.“You either tell me what’s up or push me out of the way.” Looks like being adamant was the only way, she w
Victoria held her breath, I released mine. I didn’t know if to be happy or not. Things were easier said than done but now I knew that it was easiest to think of things that even to say them. Actions were always the worst.“Let’s do it again,” Victoria murmured, her voice shaking with fear, uncertainty, and a little bit of hope. “I bought five strips; I’ll use everything so we can be sure.”“I don’t think that’s necessary, just try one more and that’s it,” I replied firmly. “Would you pee again, or this urine can still work?”“I’ll pay again, to be on the safe side.” She said, I stood up and went out of the bathroom. I took up the strip and stared at think single line that stood on it. The line was bold and didn’t look like a mistake. According to this strip I held in my hands, Victoria was not pregnant.I toyed with it in my hands as I waited for Victoria to call. Her voice rang in the air and the door opened.We repeated the process, again we held our breath and counted. The results
“Are you?” He turned to me, his voice sober and quiet, a bit sad but there was something in his voice that I couldn’t place. I couldn’t tell if it was regret, remorse or it was just me hearing things that he hadn’t meant.“Want me to prove it?” I smiled naughtily, moving to undo his buttons, but as I slipped my hands under, he moved away from touch. He moved so fast as if my touch had repulsed him. I wasn’t seeing things, there was no other meaning to that action.But I was willing to be understanding and not jump to conclusions. I leaned up to kiss him but all I got was, “No, Rayna.” And a simple kiss on my cheeks.“Why?” I asked, hurt by his rejection. It seemed like I had stayed away from him for too long and he no longer wanted me. Or he had finally lost interest in me. Earlier he had acted like there was no distance between us, like we were even friends, but I was wrong, it had been indifference, he probably now saw me as a member of his household, like one of the maids.“You’re
There was no way I was pregnant. Victoria hadn’t even been pregnant before she began to feel pregnant, how would I be pregnant and have no idea? There was no way Carlos would hide my baby from me, or even try to get rid of the baby inside of me without my knowledge of its existence. He wouldn’t do that to me. But the two identical drugs I held in my hands told me I was being delusional.The two lines that meant positive on the strip were the last straw. My heart broke. I smiled and dined with the man who wanted to kill my baby. Even if he didn’t want children, I deserved to know about this, couldn’t he have asked for my opinion? I was trying to convince Victoria not to abort and I didn’t know my own baby’s life would be snuffed out before it would even grow. Hatred had begun to twist around my heart so tight that I could feel the pain physically. I was so angry it began hurting to breathe but nothing would stop me from giving Carlos a piece of my mind. How dare he?As I made my way t