All Chapters of Divorcing him: Mr billionaire doesn't want our baby: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

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VIVIANCheckmate. Eve looked like I had just physically assaulted her. Her face had gotten redder than a sea of blood and her hands were balled up in fists beside her. She looked like she was ready to hit me but I couldn't be bothered. I was determined to thoroughly embarass her so she would avoid me the next time she happened to run into me. "Or maybe the only person you were capable of winning over was him? I mean, you couldn't get Nate and you realized your charm was limited to the likes of that deadbeat brother of his?" It was too much of a stretch to qualify Aston as deadbeat but it worked together anger her even more so it didn't matter."I'm disappointed and I feel sorry for you." I tutted and pressed my left palm to my lips to conceal a smile. I saw her movements out of the side of my eyes and quickly sidestepped her before her hand landed on my face. I felt heat rise from my belly but I held myself back. What could would it do to engage the moron in a physical fight now?
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VIVIANMy mind raced through a thousand possibilities. Life would be easier if I just took Nate up on his offer. It sounded shameless but in reality, I deserved this much. I had put up with so much, cried so much and lost so much. The least he could do was take responsibility in this way. But even as the thought crossed my mind, I dismissed it. Nate was no longer responsible for me and if ever I needed his help, I would have to strike a reasonable deal with him. "I'm fine." His face fell when I spoke and he bit his lower lip. "Just consider..." He started to say but I cut in quickly because we had gotten to my bus stop and I was running late for my class. "I'm fine for now. But if I ever need your help, I'll let you know." I said. He still looked worried but he brightened up a bit after I had spoken. "Promise me." He said but I pretended not to hear him. "I'm off." I said and opened the door. He looked like he was about to say more but I did not wait around to listen. I watche
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VIVIAN My heart pounded in my chest. If I breathed any faster, I was sure I would collapse from the exertion. Why did things keep spiraling out of control despite my best efforts? I hugged my mother goodbye with shaky hands and rushed out of the hospital to hide the alarm on my face. She was already battling one problem and I did not want to add to it by telling her the news about Tracy. A taxi came to a stop in front of the hospital and I hurried in before the couple who had flagged it down. "I'm sorry!" I yelled out the window at them after giving the driver Tracy's address. "Let her be okay. Please, let her be okay." Disturbing tales of evils that had befallen single women who lived alone played through my mind and I begged the driver to go a little faster. Should I call the cops? I thought about the time Emily had called me out like this and I ended up with a gun to my head. Surely, this situation was not as precarious as that, right? I jumped down from the taxi imme
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VIVIANAnother emergency. But this one couldn't be a prank because Nate had delivered the news and we weren't exactly friendly enough to pull that type of joke on each other. Also, it involved my mother. Nate was a premium jerk but he wouldn't stoop so low. Right? I wished he would. I would swear at him and maybe even hit him but my mother would be fine and I would have worried in vain. "Oh God, oh God... Oh God." Night was falling fast but I didn't care. I rushed out of the house and flagged down the first taxi I saw. If anything happened to my mother, how would I cope with the pain, the guilt. If anything happened... Thoughts consumed me and filled my head with scenarios that were probably too far fetched but seemed feasible at that moment. Panic had taken over me and my hands shook terribly as I contemplated calling Nate. What would I say? What was I trying to find out? "No, no..." "Is there a problem?" The taxi driver was looking at me through the rearview mirror and I ave
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VIVIANI was elated.I flashed a wide smile back at the sea of smiling faces. I had not felt this way in a really long time, had not felt like what I had to say mattered, like I could dispense joy so freely, so abundantly and still have so much of it left to live on. I was not sad or angry or conflicted here, I just felt like I was wrapped in a bubble of peace, woven softly into a web of comfort and it scared me that this peace was fragile. That it could easily be broken if I didn't protect it. "Do you kids remember what we learnt yesterday?" I asked, leaning towards them and adopting a high pitched childlike voice. "Yes!" They chorused with enthusiasm. I smiled and turned to the board. "Today, we will learn something even more interesting. Are you ready to learn?" They answered with as much enthusiasm as earlier. Their innocence tugged at my heartstrings. Wouldn't my baby have grown to sound like this? To make mischievous jokes and play pranks on others? Maybe it was really not
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VIVIANI sighed for the thousandth time. Why on earth couldn't I be allowed to catch a break? Had all the universal forces aligned to ensure I did not have a single moment of peace? The whole situation seemed absurd to me. I did not yet know what Ethan was going on about but it couldn't be anything good, judging by the tone of his voice. Moreover, he was never one to impose, so if he was in front of my house, it must mean something quite severe was about to go down or was even going down. The taxi came to a stop in front of my apartment and I hurried up the path. I did not have to look for Ethan as his car was parked conspicuously on the driveway and he was sitting on it's hood tapping his phone impatiently. "What the hell, Ethan..." "There's no time for this." He looked worried, confused and most notably, tired. His tie had been drawn down, probably to enable him breathe properly while driving and his hair was tousled as if he had been in too much of a hurry to brush it properl
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NATEI swore internally. How had Ashton found out? But then again, the same idiot that had the temerity to give out company information had probably babbled again. Vivian looked stricken standing there, staring numbly from Ashton to my mother to Gran. She tried to say something but it seemed like the words would not come out. I wanted to hold her and calm her down like I did yesterday in the hospital but this was not the place or time and I was pretty sure she would push me away. Guilt weighed down on me heavily. This was all my fault. I had brought this situation on her and I wanted to fix it badly but I felt control slipping out of my hands. Ashton was pushing, tearing down the walls of support around me, trying to strip me of my confidence and painting Vivian as the black sheep. I could not understand for the life of me why he had suddenly turned bad. Or perhaps he had always been this way, lurking silently in the shadows, waiting for this chance to ruin me. "Vivian did nothin
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VIVIAN It all felt awkward. Gran had made the announcement of the century and the room was thrown into chaos. Aston looked like he could combust in anger at any time and stormed off. Gran was unwilling to listen to Nate's protests and Nate's mother just looked surprised. I, on the other hand was unsure how I was supposed to react. I was not very surprised, considering how much affinity Gran held for Nate, I was only a bit skeptical about the timing. But what did I care? I was no longer a part of the family. I was practically a stranger who happened to witness the Stuart family going at each other and it didn't matter what my thoughts were. I just wanted to escape before anyone looked in my direction and thought to rope me into it. Gran shuffled out of the room, leaning slightly on his cane and I saw my chance. Nate was still looking around, confused as ever and there was just a general tension in the air that I was sure no one would notice my silent disappearance. It felt good n
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VIVIANI typed away feverishly. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins, fueling my fingers and propelling me to think. What had this not occurred to me before? Why had I glossed over Emily's statement back then like it was nothing at all. Had I been too overwhelmed at the time that I had been unable to put two and two together? Unable to see what was right in front of me? Emily had said three companies. Three companies, but only two were behind bars. So what happened to the last one? It was a question I should have been asking for sometime now. Would I be able to find a connection that would reveal which company was the third? Would I find enough proof? I started by digging into the two companies. Their CEOs had been well known in the business world for taking over small companies after leading them into debt. There were many comments online laying complaints against them and a third name kept popping up. Could it be?... I changed the direction of my research. It w
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NATEI felt overwhelmed. I had not felt this way in the longest of times, not even when dealing with Richard's stupidity. Why were things going haywire all of a sudden just when I thought the dust had settled down? I could not pretend not to know why. Gran's announcement yesterday had triggered a lot of suppressed resentment and I just had to deal tactfully with it or everything I held dear would be taken away right before my eyes. I had been called to the company the day before because Aston was making trouble. Word had spread that he had gone around contacting all the members of the board and having a secret meeting with them. I was not sure what the meeting had been about but I could guess. "Let's hurry." I said to my driver as I looked through Vivian's mail for the umpteenth time. I was about to send a message thanking her for her hard work when my phone started to vibrate. It was a call from my personal assistant. "They are holding an emergency extraordinary meeting of the
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