Toxic Mistress

13

The weekend was over and it was time to go back to our normal lives which I was dreading "Come on Nic" he rushed me as I slowly packed my bag "Okay okay" I rolled my eyes moving faster before I had to smack him for rushing me.

"Tomorrow Im gonna give the Lawyer the papers and we should be good" he kissed my cheek and grabbed my bag and took it to the car.

This weekend was wonderful but now it was time to go back and the only problem is, I had two men waiting for me. I grabbed my phone out my bag before he could close the trunk and got in the car turning it on. I had 5 text messages from Taylor which was no surprise 3 text and 1 call from Eric and 2 calls from Chris so I sent a sent a text to Taylor letting her know I was on my way back and I sent a text to Chris asking him to meet Tuesday and sent Eric a text asking him to meet Thursday just cause I knew it was gonna be harder with him.

"What's wrong?" James asked and I looked up shaking my head "Nothing....This is just crazy your know, you actually put a ring on my finger and I guess I just wanna move a little slow so maybe not come out and tell everybody right away" he smacked his lips clearly not happy with what I said but it was necessary until
I break it off with everyone "If it makes you more comfortable then fine"

Tuesday

I walked into the office building and seen Rachel and Taylor talking over our planning table, Taylor gasped when she saw me "Oooh my god, you were missed" I laughed as she hugged me "What are we talking about ladies?"
"I have to get you up to speed but we need to talk about you" I laughed again and shook my head "Business first then we'll talk okay T?" She sighed nodding her head and they went over everything with me, having an assistant was the best thing we ever did.  I was happy that most things were done considering the album release party was this weekend and there wasn't much for me to do but confirm everything and Rachel seemed to be doing great which was a bonus.

In the mist of me talking to Rachel I heard a glass fall so I looked to the side and realized he came from Taylor's hand, she just kept staring down so I did the same following her gaze and realized it was my engagement ring she was staring at. I completely forgot to take it off before I got out the car.

I sighed leaning my head back and patiently waited for her response.

"Nicole, that better be a promise ring or some shit" I put my head up and just stared at her then looked at Rachel "Can you give us a minute love?" She nodded smiling and grabbed a clipboard before walking away, I took a deep breath and turned to her "Do you want to sit down?" She shook her head and I nodded "Well...James took me to a cabin in the mountains and we went skiing at a resort and it was honestly the most fun I've had with him in a long time, before the trip was over he gave me a folder that held his divorce papers that him and her both already signed and then he proposed" I looked down at my ring smiling instantly.

When I looked at her there was no expression but I knew she wasn't happy "Wow Nicole" yeah she's pissed "I know" she shook her head and sighed grabbing her phone and calling someone "Yeah Rachel, you can come back now" she hung up the phone and I looked at her confused "Wait we're not done"
"We are" I furrowed my eyebrows "Don't you have anything else to say?" She chuckled "I have a lot to say but I think it's best I don't say anything...don't want to ruin your new engagement" Rachel came back over with a smile on her face "Is everything okay?" Rachel asked and Taylor nodded continuing the conversation about the party.

The whole day was awkward as hell between us, all her responses were either One word or Two but in a way I was happy that she kept her thoughts to herself because I'm sure she wouldn't have said anything that I hadn't already said to myself last night.

When I got off work I just went straight home to work on my speech that I was gonna give to Chris and Eric and I felt nervous as hell but also sad, I didn't want to hurt either of them especially Chris.

When I pulled up I saw James car parked next to my usual parking space and I smiled getting out walking to the driver side where the window was rolled down"Hi baby, I didn't know you were coming"
"I know , you want to get in?" I looked at him confused "You don't want to come in?" He shook his head "Nah I can't stay long" I shrugged then walked to the passenger side getting in.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him then passionately kissed my lips "Mmm" I moaned out "What was that for?" He didn't respond but just kept my hand in his, he was acting too weird for me at this point.

"I was taking the divorce papers to my lawyer earlier and Chasity was outside and she stopped me and gave me this" he handed me a small black rectangle box. My stomach felt uneasy as I let go of his hand "What is it?"
"Open it" I looked at him really not wanting to open the damn box "Come on Nic" I bit the bullet and open the box and my heart completely dropped looking at what was in it.

I took a deep breath and closed the box and placed on top of the glove compartment then stared at it trying to get my words together"You said you weren't fucking her...."
"I wasn't" I chuckled "Then why is there a positive fucking pregnancy test in that box" he sighed placing his hand on my thigh and I pushed it away looking at him like he was crazy "Oh my god" I laughed "I must be in the goddamn twilight zone because we were just talking about this" he pinched the bridge of his nose "I wasn't fucking her, not recently anyways.... She's 8 weeks" I laughed again "8 weeks? You're a fucking liar James and every time you speak I wanna punch you in the face so just shut the fuck up for a second and let me think" I could tell I pissed him off but I didn't care.

My body was hot and I was trying to keep from swinging on him but I didn't know how long I would be able to hold out.

I looked at my hand and got sad as I grabbed the ring and started taking it off my finger but he grabbed my wrist tightly "Don't take that ring off" I scoffed looking at him then started taking it off again but he grabbed my arm "I'm not fucking kidding Nicole, don't take that ring off"
"Why shouldn't I James? Your WIFE is PREGNANT...this is done" he shook his head "I'm going to fix this" I rolled my eyes "I'm gonna tell her to get an abortion" I shook my head "No, you can't tell her that just because of me....she might want this baby"
"But I don't want this baby, not with her anyways and she knows that" I just continued to look at my ring "I love you Nicole"

There was so much going on in my head so I don't know what really triggered what happened next but I was not surprised.

I swung my right hand and socked him dead in his face, I leaned over the arm rest and just kept swinging as he tried to grab my arms "NICOLE" he yelled but I wasn't trying to hear any of that. After he got a hold of my hands I was about to slip out his grasp and turn so I was kicking his ass in his face but to my surprise he didn't hit me back not one time.

He finally got a hold of my legs and stopped me "FUCKING ASSHOLE" I pushed him off me "How could you be so stupid? So careless? And to think I was gonna—-" I caught myself before I spoke too much "I'm gonna fix this" I rolled my eyes grabbing all my stuff out the car and getting out slamming the door.

I looked at my ring contemplating whether I should keep it on or take it off "Do not take that ring off Nic, I meant everything I said to you and I'm gonna fix this " I sighed shaking my head before finally decided to walk away with the ring still on my finger.