It was a week after the anniversary and I am currently in my office bathroom trying to control my breathing as I have just puked my guts out for the fourth time since morning.
“Are you okay in there Aria?” Bella, my friend asked in concern. I washed my face and slowly made my way out of the bathroom. Bella approached and placed a hand on my forehead. “Aria, you’ve been like this since the past week. You are going to the hospital today and I don't know what excuses you make, you are going, that's it.”
“I think it’s time I need to go to the hospital. Tomorrow I have a meeting with Mr. Lorenzo and I can’t go on like this.” I said as we started walking towards our cubicles.
“Thank god! Let's go now Since we don’t have any work.” I nodded and we both collected our things after informing our manager we left for the hospital.
In the hospital Bella and I wait patiently in the waiting area for my turn. “Aria Williams.” I stood up and walked inside the examination room.
Inside, a pretty doctor sat with a smile on her face. “Welcome Aria. How are you today? Please have a seat.” She asked. I smiled and sat in one of the chairs present there.
“I'm good, doctor. Except for heaving my guts out everyday everything is good.” I smiled. The doctor shook her head with a small smile.
“Okay let me do a few tests on you and we can see what is wrong with you okay.” I nodded. The doctor had taken my blood and urine to test and told me to wait. As Bella and I waited for the result to come back, I saw two familiar figures walking in to the hospital.
I squinted my eyes to make sure I'm seeing right. “What is Nicolas doing here? And that with that bitch.” Bella growled. But I just stared at how cosy and intimate they looked, with her arm hooked on his elbow as she smiled while he looked down at her.
They walked towards the other side of the building and I heaved a sigh of relief that I don't have to deal with them. “I don't know what is happening, why is all this happening? All I know is some are trying to ruin my life.” I shook my head defeated.
Soon our wait was over and the doctor called me into her office. Bella and I went in together. “Please have a seat, both of you.” The doctor had a strained smile. My hackles raised at her expression.
“Is everything alright doctor?” I asked nervously.
“Yeah yeah everything is fine no need to worry.” I exhaled a relieved breath.
“Then what is the problem doctor?” Bella asked, placing a hand on my bouncing knee.
“Aria I will just get right to the point. You are pregnant. All the symptoms you–” I didn't hear anything after the word pregnant. I was frozen in my spot. I heard Bella gasp beside me but it felt like I was hearing it from far away.
“Aria.”
“Aria!”
“ARIA!!” I felt someone shake my shoulders. I turned to look at Bella who was looking at me with concern. “Aria, babe you look sick are you alright?”
“Huh!” I mumbled.
“Are you alright?” She asked again.
“Yes yes I'm alright.” I shook my head with a choked laugh. “You are joking, right doctor. There is no way I'm pregnant.” I chuckled, looking at her pleadingly to tell me she is joking.
The doctor sighed. “I'm not joking Aria, you're pregnant.” Tears pooled in my eyes immediately. Why? Why do these things happen to me? I can feel my usual anxiety and panic attack surfacing.
I can feel the walls around me closing on me, making it harder to breathe.
Bella reached forwards and held my hand tightly. “Shh.. it's okay Aria calm down. You're having a panic attack.” She sat in front of me on her knees. “Look at me. Follow my breathing in and out. Yes, just like that good girl in and out.”
After a few more breaths my anxiety subsided. “Are you alright Aria?” The doctor asked with a sympathetic voice. No I'm not. I wanted to scream but I remained calm.
“Yes.” I said.
“Okay, as I said you are pregnant. And the symptoms you were having were because of that.” I nodded absentmindedly. “Since we can't determine how long you are, we need to do a sonogram and see how everything is. Do you want to have a sonogram?”
Do I want to? I thought for a second before nodding my head. “Okay then I will prepare the examination room.” Saying that the doctor left.
As soon as she left Bella turned me towards her. “Bella, what is happening? Why now? I'm scared. I don't know what to do?” A sob left my mouth.
“Aria shh… it's okay I know this is not the right time but I'm here to help you. I'm always there for you.” She rubbed my shoulders in a caring manner. “Maybe after Nicolas learns about the pregnancy he will see what is happening and take you back.”
Nicolas!!
What am I going to do with him? How am I going to tell him? If we were together I have no doubt that he would be here with me. But now I don't even know if he will believe me or not.
“What if he doesn't believe me, Bella. He is so angry with me. He wouldn't even look at me.” I cried, placing my head in my hands.
“Aria. Please calm down babe. It's not good for you. You've been crying non stop. And now it's just not you.” Her words struck me like cord.
I have a baby growing inside me. What will I do with him? I don't know the first thing about babies.
Before I could develve more on that a nurse called us. “Miss the examination room is ready and the doctor is waiting for you.”
“Yeah we are coming.” Bella answered. “Come let's go see the baby okay.” She wiped my tears and gave me an encouraging hug. I took a deep breath and stood up. We went into the examination room. The doctor was sitting in front of a monitor and there was a reclining chair beside her. “Aria, please come.”
I laid down on the table as the doctor instructed. “We will see how long you are and see when you are due okay.” I nodded. The doctor applied a cold gel to my stomach. I winced a little and she put a wand on my stomach and started moving it around.
The screen beside her showed a grey screen. She moved it around some more and stopped. “There there.” The doctor pointed at the black dot on the screen. “See that's the foetus. The tiny black dot.”
“It looks like you are six weeks pregnant and the size of the foetus is 6mm and it's the size of a pea.” My breath hitched looking at that . I kept staring at the black dot unblinking.
The doctor moved around some more and gasped. “Oh look who do we have here.” She chuckled. “Aria, congratulations you are having twins.” I stiffened. What!!!
Twins.
Twins.
I gulped as the doctor gave me all the instructions for what to do and what not to do. I was barely listening because I was panicking at the prospect of carrying not one but two kids inside me. “Aria you need to be careful. Follow a proper diet and make sure you are taking your prenatals properly, okay?” “Okay, doctor I will,” I said. After that Bella and I walked out of her office. Bella was talking nonstop about what to do next. But I was barely paying any attention as I was panicking over how I was going to do this alone and that too in my father’s house. As we reached the entrance of the hospital we were greeted by the last people I wanted to see right now. I stopped dead in my tracks when I noticed Nicolas and Ava standing outside the hospital talking about something. But they stopped talking as soon as they saw me. “Look if it isn't a cheating whore.” Ava sneered looking at me. I glared at her. “Ava you don’t know shit so I would suggest you stay the fuck away from me.” I sn
“Let me go, you are hurting me.” I whimpered when guards dragged me into an old-looking building. “What are you doing? Where are you taking me?” I tried to pull away but the guard who I never saw with Nicolas slapped me hard.“You bitch. Just shut your trap. I don't want any noise coming from you or else I will be very hard on you.” he sneered. I cowered away from him.He dragged me into a room where already two men were sitting. “Boss, you are here. Who is this?” the shorter one amongst the two asked licking his lips as he levered at me.“Boys she is our special guest, she was sent here by our boss and we have to take extra care of her, okay?” he said with a cruel smile.“Yes boss.” the men replied in unison and burst out laughing. “We were paid so much money to just teach you a lesson. You know that.” The guard who brought me here sniffed my hair. “Did Nicolas tell me to bring me here?” I asked, praying that Nicolas wasn’t behind this. He can not be this cruel.“Of course who else
“I want to break up with you.” Those are the first words I heard from my boyfriend of a year after not seeing each other for two weeks. The love of my life. “ What!? Are you serious? Why would you say something like that Nicolas?” I cried. But he just looked at me with angry eyes.“ Don't touch me with your disgusting hands.” He jerked away from me. “I don't want to see your face ever again.”******Three Hours earlier.I had been waiting for my boyfriend Nicolas King to come pick me up from my house for our weekly date. We have been dating for a year now and we have been inseparable since we started dating. I met Nicolas when he came to my half-sister's birthday party. He was my sister’s best friend and they are still best friends.I walked down the stairs carefully so I didn't make any noise. My father Peter Williams and my stepmother Rachel Williams are sitting in the living room talking about something.If they found out I was going out with Nicolas there would be hell to pay. I
It was after two hours that there was a knock on my door. I wiped my tears and slowly walked up to the door and opened it to see Natalie standing with a plate of food and an evil smirk on her face. “I was already to break you guys up but it looks like I don't have to do anything. Nicolas looks like he hates you and is done with your bullshit.” She sneered. As I continued looking at her not understanding what was happening.“You know what just happened down there, Nicolas asked not to call you for dinner because he couldn’t digest the food with you sitting there.” She laughed maniacally.“Why do you have to be so cruel? I never said or did anything to you.” I questioned with a raised voice feeling frustrated with all the things that had been going on.“You being born is the biggest mistake you ever made. You shouldn’t have come into our life and most importantly you took something that was mine since I knew what love was. You took Nicolas from me and I will never forgive you for that.
He wrapped his hand around my throat and pushed me against the wall. “I didn't end us, you did. You couldn't keep your legs closed. If all you wanted was someone to fuck I would have done that. You were going to Jackson to fuck right. Let me do that. Why go somewhere else? I'm right here.” He pushed me into the bed roughly and climbed on top of me. He started kissing my neck aggressively as I tried to push him while he held my hands above my head.“Nico, no. Stop, why are you doing this? Let me go.” I screamed as tears streamed down my face. “Did you ask him to let you go while he was fucking you?” He growled. I shook my head. As his hand started to wander over my body.“No no no please stop. Stop.” I sobbed trying to push him off me. He froze above me, then pushed himself off me while cursing.“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” He ran a hand down his face. While I pulled myself in a foetal position. This was the first time I saw Nico’s anger and it truly scared me. He was always so sweet and kind
It has been a week. A week of hell. A week of humiliation. After the day at the office, I tried calling Nicolas many times but he has not answered a single call or text. I went to his house three times and I was escorted out of the house three times by the same staff that would greet me warmly when I used to come over in the past.My situation at my house is not any different. Natalie and Rachel have gone brusque as they learn that Ava has returned. The day I came back from the office after finding out Ava returned, the whole house was trashed.Natalie was hysterical and Rachel was not able to stop her. But as soon as she saw me all her anger was directed at me.“This is all because of you. If you hadn't come in my way I would have been with Nicolas and that bitch Ava would have never returned.” She shrieked as she came at me. I tried to back away but Rachel was standing right behind me. “Where do you think you are going?” Rachel asked as she gripped my hair in a painful hold.“Nata
As if feeling my gaze on him Nicolas turned towards me. He looked at me with a cold expression. I continued staring at him until he reached my father. He completely ignored me. The King family and the Brown family followed them. My father greeted both Ava and Nicolas and their family while I stood watching them like an outsider.“How are you, Ava? You’ve been gone for long and now you are back.” Rachel talked to Ava with a fake sweet smile.“I’m good Mrs Williams, it's good to be back,” Ava replied. “By the way, where is your other daughter Mr Williams?”“Oh, she is right here. Come here Aria.” My father acknowledged my presence for the first time.I stood rooted in my place not knowing what to do. My walked towards me and pushed me gently towards the group. Seeing Nicolas after two whole weeks brought a new kind of pain.“Don't do something to embarrass me or William's family.” My father hissed in my ear. As I was standing next to them all of them looked at me with condescending lo
I didn't want to stay here anymore. I wanted to leave but I couldn’t do that. If I leave there will be consequences. So I stood in the same corner looking at Nicolas who was busy laughing with Ava. I felt a presence next to me, and when I saw it was an unknown person I frowned. “Hello Aria, how are you?”“Do I know you?” I questioned the stranger“No, you don’t but I know you.” He smiled, forwarding his hand for me to shake. I was hesitant but reluctantly shook his hand. I felt a fierce gaze on me and when I turned Nicolas was glaring daggers at me. I gulped but immediately withdrew my hand from the man’s hand. “I’m Eric Johnson by the way.” I looked at the man who was looking at me with the same smile. I forced a smile and nodded my head. “How do you know me?” I wondered who and what this stranger wanted with me.“Oh, I completely forgot.” He smacked his head as if he couldn't believe he had forgotten something so important. “I am Mr Anthony Lorenzo’s assistant.” My eyes widened a