❀HIS❀BRIDE❀

🌈SIXTY ONE🌈

Karen

These constant weaknesses and stuff like that is becoming noticeable. Mom has just come to spend time with my family. I really don't know if I should let her know my plans too.

"Mom..." I sit on her bed, and she turns away from her mirror.

"What's with you and putting on big outfits?"

Now, how do I go about this?

"Or you're pregnant?" she asks. "Chisom, I'm not dumb ok? I'm educated so I know what's going on but go tell your husband about this and stop hiding it. Don't try getting an abortion or getting a surrogate mother," she says.
"How do you know about all these mom?"

"I'm your mom Chisom." She sits beside me. "I have carried kids in my womb before. I know what it feels like to be pregnant with fear and insecurities. I know how you're supposed to look when you're pregnant. You're all fat and stuff. If you think your baby bump isn't obvious then you're wrong. Just tell your husband. It'll be wrong if he hears it from someone else first..."

"I want to Mom but still, I really don't want to go through what I have gone through for Royal."

"He was young and knew nothing. His dad made him do unwise things. You're both married now so he is supposed to take full responsibility. If he doesn't then you can sue him. Keep this baby, and tell him about it."

I swallow my saliva and exhale.

Okay fine. Maybe I really need to do this and let him know.

———

Which I still never did tell him about it and he still is not asking or acting like my baby bump is showing. This is my fifth month. My baby bump is showing. It's clear. Really clear. Anyone is going to see my baby bump before my face but still Asher is acting like nothing's going on. More like I don't even exist. He's cold towards me and barely talks to me except I talk to him. I know he knows about this but is just tryna act cool to me.

"Hey." I stand behind him. He's watching Royal ride his bike. He has his hands in his pockets and his hair is falling across his face. "I'm tryna talk to you, Asher."

"What?" He does not even turn to look at me.

I exhale and get one of his hands out of the pockets to hold it.
"Sorry about the e-mail you saw weeks ago. I know that's stupid of me not trusting you...I'm..."

I am lacking words to say right now so I just pause and exhale.

"I'm not killing our baby or allowing it stay in someone else's womb. It's mine and I'm carrying it. I know my baby bump is obvious but still I'm sorry I didn't tell you and I hid it away from you..."

He does not respond.

"Asher say something to me." I shake him.

"Where's that idiot?!" Someone comes in. I turn around and it's Sienna. She's carrying her baby in her arms and is having fast walking steps, approaching us. "You said this baby isn't yours, right?! Well, this is the DNA test!"

As she says that, she gives me a scornful look and looks back at Asher.
"What's your problem?" Asher asks, without even much stress.

She throws the paper at him.
"This is my problem?"

"Why should I believe in such DNA test? I wasn't there to give anything for a test sample..."

"Sure but I got a strand of your hair..."
"I'm not gonna believe you Sienna, leave my house, you're creating a scene. Jeez!"

"What?! I'm creating what?! A scene?! What more? I have to. I don't care if this is a private area. They're gonna bill you for my nuisance and I don't care because you need to take responsibility or else I'm gonna sue you."

"Watch it Enna!" I step in.
"Or you're gonna do what? Ohh...you're pregnant too? Wow, that's nice. Father of three, it's good to know that. I'm not leaving here at all because I brought all of my things. I can't be taking responsibility of Natalie alone!"

Oh my Gosh! I don't wanna believe this! At all!

"Or you want us to go to the hospital for another test?! I'm ready for it, Asher! Quan is not the father of Natalie ok? You are! I've gone for two DNA tests with your strands of hair and it's been confirmed. Natalie is your property."

I look at Asher, and he looks at me too. Why must people always come in between my happiness? I'm always unlucky.

"Okay Enna fuck off! We've had enough of your trashy statements. I trust my husband."

"Sorry, he cheated on you with me before he married you and he tried putting it on his friend. It's good you trust him but sorry, he is not trust worthy enough. Samantha!" She calls the maids and moves into the house.

"Sam! Samantha!"

The maid hurriedly comes to meet her. "I don't know how you're gonna do this but get everything in my car into this house right now!"

I am fast enough to stop Samantha.

"If you do that, you're fired Samantha. Geez Enna! Samantha is old enough to be your mom. Don't boss her around like that."

"But she's a maid huh? A mere maid. She has to work. Get my things! And Natalie's things too! This is her father's house!" She storms upstairs.

Already, Royal is on Asher's body and they're inside the house.
"What the fuck is she talking about?" I ask Asher.

"Don't believe her. Ignore her, and when she's tired, she'll leave."

"No! We need to get her arrested for invading private property."

"Chill."

"Who is she?" Royal asks.
"Someone random and unimportant," I tell him. "You hungry? I'll tell Nanny to fix you something."

"No. I ain't. I just wanna tour round Nigeria for now. I miss it there."

"Why?"

"This isn't where I'm from."
"But grandma's from here ok? Nigeria isn't somewhere you'll be going to anytime soon."

He twists his lips to the side.
I look back into Asher's face.

"What's gonna happen now?"

"Maybe I should go for the DNA with Sienna and prove her wrong. That child can't be mine. It's Quan's. I don't even know where she got my strands of hair from."

I exhale. "She's just a lunatic."

I really need your suggestions everyone !
I want to start rewriting this book 2 from
The top in a different way. What do you all think?