Fifteen
What''s that beeping sound? I feel so tired but I still open my eyes. I see two men talking next to my
bed. Uncle Jason and Harry. I try to get up and JJes to my side in a second and helps me up.
"You''ve got to stop these hospital visits Be. I''ve seen you on this bed enough times." I noticed
he''s so dramatic and sometimes I wonder if it''s a family thing. I mean, everyoneins that I''m
so dramatic. Though I''m not.
"It''s only twice JJ. Infact, the bed gets evenfier." I try to joke. I look around and notice I''m in a
private room. No annoying disinfectant smell, arger tv and a bigger room. It looks exactly to which
Sydney had been in. Speaking of him. "Where''s Sydney?"
Harry lets out a frustrated sigh. "He left. His fiance needed him." I try to let out a nonchnt shrug
but somehow it hurts. I got the anxiety attack when I was with him and I me him for it. He leaves
when he gets a phone call from his annoying Bianca? Okay. Maybe not annoying but I''m annoyed.
He''s supposed to be here. He really doesn''t care about me or the baby.
"What happened? What did the doctor say?" I try to break the awkward silence. Has Harry told JJ
about Sydney?
"I''ll go get Dr Greene." JJ says and I nod at him. Talk about deja vu.
*****
Apparently I''ve been so stressedtely and since I''m at the beginning of the second trimester, I
could still be in danger of losing my baby. Stress is so harmful to the foetus. Noted. No stress. I also
get to have a bed rest for 3 days and Harry is back to being a mother hen therefore less time for
him and Amelia even though she says she understands. To cheer him up I invited her over for a
sleepover.
Mr Keels forbade me from going back to work until six months after the baby is born. Says he can
handle the work and I should avoid stress. I was so used to the ce. I''ll miss Bill. His position is
still secured as my PA and he was transferred temporarily to another head of department. He''s so
efficient in his work.
A week after I''m from the hospital and I''m so bored and out of my mind. Maybe I should go for a
walk for an hour. We also need some items from the store.
After I ensure I have my phone and cash with me, I start my walk using the longer routes. I buy the
items which are not so much. I really I''m happy that I don''t feel so easily exhausted and apart from
the slight bump that I have, no other physical changes can be seen. Yeah I know there will be
increase in my body size, but I''m already mentally prepared. I don''t have anyone to feel
insecure about for and I''m really trying not to have any kind of stress especially from normal things
like this.
I pick up the few items and start heading home. Fifteen minutester I see a ck Porsche in front
of our house and I groan. Now what does he want? I think about going for another round but I know
I''ll be so exhausted by the time I''ll be back. I take a deep breath and go to the house passing the
car but the voice that stops me isn''t Sydney''s.
"Hi. I didn''t expect you here." I try to smile at Bianca but she gives me a tight lipped smile. OH! UH!
Does this have to happen now?
"Come in. Let''s talk inside." I hold the door open for her and she gets inside without a word. "Can I
get you some..."
"Drop the act Isabe. You''re pregnant with another man''s baby and now you''re after my fiance?"
Wait, what? She thinks I''m after Sydney Kings?
"Did you talk to your fiance before you came here to use me of such things?"
"I don''t need to when I have the proof here. I know you''ve been meeting at different ces. Don''t
you dare deny it." She throws some papers on my chest and they fall. I bend to pick them and
notice they are photos. I study them and dread fills me.
They are photoshopped. One looks genuine enough when we had the forced -well, on my side-
lunch together. Another one os when we were outside the hotel when Sydney was trying to tell me
about his n. Well, in this one we seem to be... kissing? Just when I have to avoid stress. Great!
"Can we call Sydney and talk about this? Maybe he can exin everything to you. This," I say
showing her the photos. "are not real. Apart from this." I show her the real one. "I''m not into
engaged men." Apart from yours.
"I really hope I can trust you Isabe. I don''t take things lightly and I would rather not mess with
me." What is she....?
"Are you threatening me Bianca?" She tries to smirk but fails. Or maybe I''m used to her fiance''s
smirks. Gosh! That''s sick.
"Maybe I am. Maybe I''m not." I re at her as she does the same and the front door opens.
"Hey I saw a Porsche outside. Is he..." Harry stops when he notices us.
"Harry. Bianca here was just leaving." I give him a smile. Bianca leaves without a word but when
she reaches at the door, she stops. "Isabe. You better watch your back. The business world is too
dangerous for armatures. No offence." With that she leaves. NO OFFENCE? I will show you
offence.
"What''s that about?" Harry asks in a concerned voice.
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"Long story short, she insinuated I''m a slut going after her husband to be when I''m expecting
someone else''s baby." I might be attracted to Sydney but there are boundaries. She is.
"So she doesn''t know about his fiance''s secret?" I shake my head no. It''s now or never to tell Harry
about Sydney''s n.
"There''s something I have to tell you after you promise me something Harry."
"You called me Harry." He only picked that up. I re at him. " Okay. Okay. I promise." He lifts his
hands in a surrender position.
"Promise me you won''t go after the person I''ll tell you about." I show him my please face. He looks
at me for a minute until he obliges. "I promise. Or promise to really try not to."
"Fair enough." I take a deep breath. I have to tell him.
"Sydney nned all this. He wanted this baby." I say pointing to my tummy.
"WHAT?" Harry shouts. I hold his hand still to calm him down.
"He confessed to me three weeks ago when we had Lunch but I never told him his n
seeded." My voice lowers.
"He said he needed the baby and even though he didn''t know me, he nned to make me his
surrogate and pretend to be wife for a year. A picture perfect family for a business deal." I stand
from my seat and look away.
"We would divorce and I would get paid and leave him and my baby for good." I never thought
about this and talking about it makes me feel like I need to cry. "That day he took me to hospital, he
found out he''s the daddy." Aarrggh! Hormones. Harry takes me in his arms and the familiar scent
engulfs me making me feel better but suddenly the flood gates open and I cry on his chest until no
more tears are seen.
"I''m going to kill that man you know." Harry states as he ys with my hair as he always does
whenever I''m u pset. I don''t respond since I''m too sleepy to understand what he says.