United In Betrayal

Chapter 23

Amara was tired of staying in the room. Micheal hadn't even come upstairs to check on her.
Maybe he was talking to Claire. No, she won't give them that chance. She angrily left the room and went downstairs only to meet him alone in the sitting room, sulking like a child.

"Honey, what's going on? What happened?"

He looked at her and shook his head. What was he going to say? That all his luxuries are not his anymore? Or that he was stupid enough to think with his heart and not his brains.

"Talk to me honey, you can tell me anything."

But he didn't respond again. Instead, he stood up and walked to the bar and she followed. He poured himself a drink and gulped down the entire glass. He poured the second and was about to down it when she held his hand.

"Is this how you'll give me a welcome? Drinking to my face? Michael, you know very well how much that woman wants to break you yet you allow her words get to you, you know she doesn't want our happiness. She's upstairs, doing goodness knows what and you're here, planning to drink yourself to stupor. Where's the warmness you promised me, you're beginning to shatter my hopes even before I start my new life with you. You want to drink right? Fine. We'll drink together." She left his hand and brought out a glass.

No!
He won't let her drink it. It would harm the baby.
He quickly took the glass from her and took her in his arms.

"I'm sorry baby. Forgive me. I promise, I won't do this ever again. I'm sorry."

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She wore the white chiffon jacket and looked herself over.
This was madness but she will go through it just to make her ex husband burn.
She was wearing a little white short and a crop singlet, then she wore the jacket, leaving the buttons open. She had finished her dressing with a silver gladiator. She was visiting the beach after all.

A light knock came on her door and she paused. It better not be Amara or Michael. She made a mental note to start locking her door.

"Come in." She said and turned to the door.

Ebere walked in and locked the door immediately before getting on her knees.

"I've offended you madam. I've offended you a whole lot, please forgive me."

"What's this one? What's wrong and why this drama?"

Ebere broke down in tears, surprising her boss the more.

"Okay. Why not stand up from there and tell me what the problem is? You can always talk to me, you know that. Stand up."

Claire helped her sit on the bed before sitting down beside her.

"I can only forgive you when you tell me the crime you committed. I've created this boss-employee relationship between us and so far, it's been good. So, talk to me."

"I'm pregnant." Ebere sobbed.

Claire stood up and walked to the door. She opened it to check if there was anybody in the corridor. She closed it back and bolted it, then went back to her former position.

"Who is the boy? Did he deny it? Tell me his address and I'll get him arrested immediately. But you, why would you have unprotected sex at the first place? Now look. Young girls of nowadays, who's he?"

Ebere knelt down again and her tears flowed more.

"I've wronged you in so many ways when all you've done is to show me love. You're even ready to fight for me. I'm not proud of myself anymore, I hate that I did this to you. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me."

"I'll forgive you after I teach that boy a lesson. Give me his name and stop crying."

"I can't ma. I can't bring myself to say it." Ebere cried.