Chapter 003

Lily

I was woken up with a sharp scream coming from outside, it was no doubt that it was Vivian seeking attention. Nolan stood up from the bed panicking, he didn't even bother to put a shirt on as he ran out of the room.

I rolled my eyes as I followed him to the guest room. He walked towards Vivian's bedside and held her in her arms. She looked like a scared little cat, even I could have been fooled by her act, were it for us not growing up together.

She wore a silky red night gown which exposed her body, she was curled up her head touching her knees as she mumbled something. Her thighs and her back were exposed and this infuriated me. Nolan held her in his arms as he mumbled something to calm her down. How cute. I stood by the door as a statue. As if remembering something Nolan looked up at me, “ shouldn't you be sleeping?” He asked flatly.

I wanted to say something but my words didn't come out. “Go and get some sleep, I'll take care of her?” He commanded.

“But Nolan, she looks fine to me, she's a grown woman for christ sake,” his eyes threw daggers at him like what I had said infuriated him.

I didn't want to argue and walked out of the room and went back to our bedroom. Nolan didn't come back the whole night. I paced on the bed but sleep didn't come. Early in the morning he came back, he didn't say a word to me and didn't even spare me a glance. I felt like my heart was being squeezed into a tiny ball.

“Did you sleep with her?” I asked in a shaky voice, well aware of the answer but I wanted to hear it from him.

“Vivian had a bad dream and was scared, so I stayed holding her as I comforted her.”

I laughed inwardly, scared? What was that bitch scared of? And Nolan didn't even have any shame and just blurted it out.

My husband slept with another woman under our roof and didn't even care about how I would feel, because she was scared. He walked into the shower, took a long bath, which made me even wonder what it was that he was washing off for ages. He then came into the room, picked out a white shirt and a black tailored suit. He went into the dressing room and put it on, like he was afraid that I would see him naked.

My eyes burned. He didn't say a word after that as he walked out of the room. I stayed in my room until midday when I remembered that someone was growing inside me and needed to be fed. I went to the kitchen to prepare myself something. But then I found Vivian, still in her nightgown ordering the servants around as if she was the madam of the house.

“What do you think you're doing?” I asked between clenched teeth. She looked at me and curled her eyes into a mocking smile. “Can't you see, your servants are lazy and I'm teaching them how they're supposed to act.”

“Oh really, and who told you that you could do that?” I asked.

“Well, you should be more worried about yourself, did you catch a cold from sleeping alone,” she said in a pitiful voice.

I laughed, same old ways, pretending to be pitiful just to get attention, which I had to hand it to her, she was doing great. And everyone always bought her act.

“I don't have time for this,” I said as I walked past her and made my way to the kitchen. She seemed annoyed at my response.

“Don't worry, they're not here to watch your act,” I told her, Nolan had gone to work and if she wanted to pretend that I was bullying her, no one would come to save her.

I made myself a sandwich and devoured it. I walked back to my room, I took a quick shower, changed my clothes, I wore a simple black loose dress and tied my hair into a bun. I didn't want to hurt the baby with tight clothes. I wanted to go back to the hospital, I had many questions for the doctor and yesterday he had told me something and I was so shocked I didn't even inquire about my diet.

I sat quietly in the chair as doctor Hayes went through a file, my hands clasped tightly in my lap as I tried not to overthink, he then turned his gaze towards the screen. “Your baby is growing healthy.” He began.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I had been holding. This was my first time being pregnant and I had been living a lie knowing that I was infertile, so I guess it was okay to overthink a little.

“At six weeks, your baby is very tiny,” he continued, “ about the size of a lentil, but this is a very important stage.”

A lentil, well that's tiny. I almost let out a chuckle but my throat tightened. I let my hand drift to my stomach, like I could feel something. My small lentil.

“Right now, the brain, spinal cord, and heart are forming,” he continued in a calm but steady voice. “So what you do from this point really matters.”

My chest tightened at his words, I was already going through a lot with Vivian now in my house and my own husband acting like her husband. That stressed me out.

Doctor Hayes continued talking about my diet and some vitamin supplements, I nodded to all his words. After what seemed like eternity I finally walked out of the room, I felt rejuvenated, like I was going to start a whole new life with different habits.

After coming from the hospital I went to the mall to look at baby stuff and their prizes. I was determined to do this and also inform Nolan, I didn't care about his reaction, but it couldn't be that bad.

Mark drove me back to the villa later that evening. The house was quiet when I arrived, I figured that Nolan wasn't back yet, and that bitch Vivian, I didn't care where she was, she could rot in hell for all I cared.

I walked to my room and I heard mumbling coming from the master bedroom. I frowned, this was supposed to be my room and Nolan's, or was it the servants cleaning, but at this hour of the day, I doubted. The door was slightly ajar, curiosity got the better part of me and I leaned my ear to hear what was going on.

“We need to tell her,” I heard that familiar voice. It was Vivian. Tell me what? I pondered.

“ Give me time, I will tell her when the time is right,” came Nolan's deep voice.

“Right time,” Vivian complained, “ and when will that be huh? When the baby is five?” She said.

I frowned, a baby? What baby?

“Nolan I'm pregnant for you, and if you don't tell her I will.”