pte

's gruff, provoked voice sound

eardrops threatening to spill from my eyes and he

. 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 w

ce Scarlett will be giving her what I couldn't - a child. A chi

a smile, my heart as heavy as a rock in my

body. She hugged him tightly and rested her head on his chest. Robert

display of affection. He only hugged me when we were in the company his family members to play our part as a couple. But the hug was

nly heard Scarlett sobbing as she buried her face in his chest.

sion. "Everything's not fine. I came to see you but she won't let m

to make sure I heard correctly. Hit her? God knows I'll neve

as he looked at me. He tightened his jaw and it quivered w

d to defend myself. "I'd never

words from my mouth as I flinched at his outburst. "She is in a delicate state now. Just know that this

thing told me he was referring to her

eeling spreading inside me. What about me? I had his ba

isits and meetings till later in the evening," I

't include her," he replied curtly "Try this next

voice at me the more. No matter what I say, no matter what I do, he'll

ng her like she didn't have legs of her own. I w

l hurt?" he a

he baby?... If anything happens to our baby, Robert it'll be all her fault. You'll hav

huffed out angrily and cast me a glare deadlier than th

and he brought Scarlett along. She was just newly employed. She wasn't an important member of the company. Only important members of the company were

t, not only to Robert and the company but also to my image. I was to do a brief presentation, suggesting approaches

s all sat in silence, their attention fixed on me. I took a deep breath and smiled, feeling prou

n everyone's faces as they occasionally stared at me and the screen behind me displaying my

ginable. A gasp filled my throat as I stared in shock at the content displayed on the screen. Instead of the c

read across the board members. The clients' once attentive gaze now filled with doubt and disappointment. I could alre

mbled as I fumbled with my laptop, desperately trying to fix my

ere it all went wrong. This has never happened to me be

sat back with hers crossed satisfyingly as if enjoying a show. At once I knew it was

itting very close to Scarlett. The look of anger, confusion, and disappointme

ccurred to them. But I couldn't even think clearly to come up with something reasonable. The clients whispered amongst themse

ents said as he stood up, breaking the

ly, so embarrassed I co

of dollars we'd put into this?" He asked angrily. "We were told this company was one of th