Mallory woke up at six in the morning because she couldn't sleep much throughout the night. She wanted to grief but it was hard when she couldn't even imagine a face for who she was grieving for.
She got up and stepped into the shower. She spent more time under the water thinking about what she had said to Ezekiel than what she actually took in washing her hair and body.
When she finally stepped out she walked over to her mirror where she looked at her face and it was easy to tell that she had been crying. She opened up her moisturizer and applied it on her face before applying the rest of her makeup but made sure to add a little more than the usual to cover up her eyes bags.
She grabbed a black Chanel chiffon dress put it on before putting a Chanel waist belt and finally her Saint Laurent black heels. She put on her cartier bracelets and straightened her hair as she liked how it looked with her now ombre hair.
Just as she was done getting ready her door bell rang. She stepped out of her bathroom and walked over to get the door where both Noelle and Liam where standing.
"Grandma called me and said they're waiting for us, breakfast" Noelle said thinking Mallory wouldn't want to go but Mallory said she would get her bag and they could head out.
"Looks like she's still in shock" Liam said to Noelle once Mallory was in her room.
Mallory stepped back out to her living room. "Mal, you know we're here for you right?" Liam raised his brow. "I know" Mallory nodded.
"Do you want to talk?" Liam asked.
"There's nothing to talk about, nothing happened." Mallory shrugged as she walked towards her door. "Mal don't do that to yourself" Liam said. Mallory let go of the door knob and turned to look back at Liam and Noelle.
"The doctor said it was to small, it didn't have a heart yet. Nobody needs to know it even happened. As of Ezekiel, nothing ever happened either" Mallory said and opened the front door to step out.
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Mallory stepped into her home and walked over to the balcony where they were all seated waiting for Noelle, Mallory and Liam.
Their grandmother Eleanor had asked Noelle to invite Liam since the previous night Noelle said Liam was her boyfriend.
"You know we eat at exactly eight a.m in this home" Roman said to Mallory.
"You rarely even have breakfast with us" Mallory frowned she then turned and saw her uncle Benjamin who seemed angry. She didn't get why but as soon as she turned and saw Bellami walking out with Nick she understood why.
Noelle was already seated besides Liam when she saw Nick. Liam looked at him and was furious because they had fought the previous night as well and nobody except Noelle and Bellami saw. Not even Mallory knew because Noelle didn't want to alarm her even more.
"When grandfather says to keep your enemies close he doesn't mean that deep inside of you" Mallory said to Bellami.
"Mallory!" Amancio raised his voice at her but she didn't take her eyes off Bellami who simply chose to ignore her.
Mallory took her seat and watched as Bellami took her seat across her. "You're really joining us?" Mallory asked Nick as he took a seat besides Bellami. Noelle looked at Mallory who seemed fine for what had just happened to her. It had been a while that she didn't hear her argue with Bellami. The last time she actually heard Mallory make those comments was at their last Christmas dinner.
"Shall we begin" Eleanor tried to make things less tense. "We shall" Mallory smiled.
Benjamin grabbed the sugar for his coffee that Mallory realized he had always taken without sugar.
"You might want to go easy on it, I heard sugar does bad when you're really angry" Mallory said to her uncle who turned to look at her with a serious face. "Or maybe not" Mallory smiled.
"So tell us Bell's what intentions bring your new partner to breakfast today because just three weeks ago you came with Dimitri. Dimitri is my ex boyfriend who she had a baby with to make me believe it was from the guy who I happened to be in love with and he loved me and not her but that's a total different story but I'm sure you know about that story too already" Mallory smiled.
"Are you okay?" Roman asked Mallory.
"I'm glad you asked, because I'm not" Mallory smiled. "Maybe you and your mother should go inside and speak about what's going on" Roman said as he grabbed Antoinette's arm.
"Well don't you want to be father of the year and ask what's going on?" Mallory raised her brow. Roman ignored her but everyone else looked at her.
"No? Okay I'll just tell you even if you don't want to hear it." Mallory smiled and stood up from her seat and pulled up the small sleeve of her dress to show where she had put on a new band aid.
"I'm sorry Liam, welcome to the family" Mallory said before beginning. "I got my implant removed yesterday because it was no longer working and I was pregnant for about two weeks. I had a miscarriage which is why I left last night so unexpectedly. I was in the hospital getting the placenta removed. I asked to keep it a secret but keeping secrets isn't so great so I want my parents to actually hear what I'm going through since they never ask and especially not you father. You're beyond busy planning how to make more money by hurting people rather then focusing on your families well being. This is my way of grieving, letting out everything. If I had stayed quiet like I always do you would have never known that I was once pregnant oh yeah and also that Bellami had an abortion way before she had this baby she decided to have. We're a broken family of villains and accomplices but hey at least forbes will have a family picture of us in their magazine for the first time where we are all pretending to be happy right" Mallory smiled as she grabbed her glass of orange juice and raised it for a toast before leaving inside.
They all stayed quiet.
"Excuse me" Eleanor said before going inside as well to look for Mallory.
