Chapter 37
"Finally! You said you''d be here twe- uh, what is she doing here?" Excuse me?
"First of all; that''s non of your business and second of all; you do not to talk to me like that, do you
understand? You lost that privilege a long time ago." Alexander pushed passed Le which made her
scoff and cross her arms.
Okay hold up... when did this happen?! And why didn''t I get to hear such good news?
"I lose track of a small % of thepany''s money and forgot to book a meeting and now I''m suddenly
at the top of the people you hate list?" Le then turned around to face him to which he just looked like
he wanted to strangle the living hell out of her.
Oh how I''d love to see that...
"If you call 70% a small percentage of profit loss and forgetting to book a meeting with a multi million
dorpany something that wouldn''t take you to the very top of my ''hate list'', then I don''t know
what-"
"I told you I was sorry a thousand times!" Okay, I''m starting to believe they think I''m not here anymore. I
just stood there awkwardly, suddenly taking interest in the city view behind Alexander.
"Well I don''t care. So, What was so urgent I had toe here at one am?" He asked and sat down on
his chair, putting his elbows on the desk and intertwining his fingers together.
"About that, did she really have toe?" Le crossed her arms and jolted her head in my direction
without actually looking at me. How rude!
"Hey! I-"
"Like I said, Amelia being here is none of your concern. And again, what was so urgent it couldn''t be
said on the phone, Le?" Alexander cut me off and looked Le dead in the eyes. If it made me shiver,
how about her?
She was quiet.
Like she didn''t know what to say quiet.
She looked down to the floor like she was ashamed. Wait, was she ashamed? Alexander must have
noticed this too because he put his palms on the table and stood up, slowly.
"You. Have. Got. To be kidding me. There wasn''t anything urgent was there?" She nodded her head
''no'' slowly, still looking at the floor. "Le, you dragged me- and Amelia, out of bed, at 1 am in the
morning for no reason?" He was oddly calm which made him the more scarier.
"Yeah well I didn''t tell you bring along your pregnant wife with you now did I?!" Le burst out and
stomped her foot on the ground like she was a five year old.5
"She''s not-"
"Wait- is that what this is about? You''re being a bitch right now because you think I''m pregnant?" She
turned around to look at me and her facial expression softened, just a little bit, but softened, "wait,
you''re not pregnant?" She uncrossed her arms and faced me fully.
"Well if it makes you feel any better, no, I''m not pregnant." Her face lit up like she was relieved and I
just looked at her like her change in emotion did not affect me one bit.
"Wait, really?" She bit her bottom lip, trying so hard not to smile and turned to face Alexander as if
looking for confirmation and when he nodded, her lips broke into a huge grin.
This girl makes me sick.
"So you mean to tell me.. you lost 7 million dors worth of profit, ''forgot'' to book a meeting with Kordin
Inc because you thought Amelia was pregnant?" Her smile was immediately wiped off her face and she
was suddenly interested in the floor again, making Alexander''s eye twitch in agitation.
"Oh and if I may ask, what is it to you that my wife is pregnant or not?" When Le flinched at the word
''wife'', it finally hit me like a truck.
"Huh.. Don''t you see it?" Le looked up from the floor and Alexander looked at me, confusion
stretched across his face, "how didn''t I see this earlier?" I tilted my head to the side chuckled bitterly,
"what?"
"It''s so obvious-"
"Spit it-"
"She loves you!" Alexander''s eyes widened in surprise and Le stood there like she knew that''s
exactly what I was going to say.
Un shed tears burnt the back of my eyes which was funny because; I shouldn''t care anyone loves
Alexander becausest I checked: we weren''t an actual couple.
Alexander chuckled and we both turned to him, clearly he found something amusing in this newly found
piece of information, right? "What? You find this funny?" Le asked like she had the right to.
Oh how I would love to just-
"As a matter of fact, I do. You," he gave a pointed look to Le, "have the audacity, to act like a child-
keep in mind, robbing mypany the greatest deal it would ever get just because you think you love
me? Well forgive me if I find this amusing."
"I don''t think- I know I love yo-"
"Oh this is just bullshit. Are you even hearing yourself right now?" Iughed bitterly and took a step
back, aiming for the door. "Well your just jealous that-"
"That what? The fact he''s married to me? Or-"
"That''s enough. Amelia, let''s go." Alexander grabbed the car keys off his desk and walked past Le,
not forgetting to ignore her (which secretly made me very happy).
"No it''s fine, I was just leav-" I was shoved out of the door before I could say another word and into the
elevator faster than I could count to twenty.
Alexander pressed the button for the basement parking and the doors slid closed.
"Here''s a bright idea; why don''t you just fire the stupid bitch?!" I threw my hands up in the air for more
emphasis, "I can''t." Oh he''s got to be kidding me right now. "What do you mean you can''t?! You''re the
CEO! You can fire and hire whoever you like! So why not-"
"Well that''s because if I fire her, thepany would lose 20 million dors." The elevator ''dinged'' and
the doors slid open, revealing the parking lot.
"Wha.. how.. why?"
"Well first of all; Le''s father invested-"
"What? When?" I opened the door after he had unlocked the car climbed into the passenger seat.
"My father was still the CEO and thepany was apparently in great devastation at the time. So
Le''s father invested a lot of money -20 million dors to be exact- so my father owed him. And that-"
"Is where Lees in. So, long story short; Le''s father invests in thepany, your father owes
him and now Le working here is a way of repaying him?"
"And if I fire Le-"
"She leaves with 20 million dors."
Oh how I loathe that blood sucking parasite...
***
"She real.. that bitch really said that?!"
"Shh, Be!" I smiled apologetically at the people that looked at us like we were crazy people in the
hospital waiting room.
"I swear to god I''m-"
"Mrs Knight?" A nurse in light blue scrubs called out a little too cheerful for my liking. Be and I stood
up, of course not missing the whispers and pointed looks between the other people in the room.
"Please wait here, Dr Mikaelson will be here shortly." She straightened out the nket on the bed and
fluffed out the pillow and stood there like she didn''t want to go. "Okay thanks, that''ll be all." Be
literally shoved her out the door without even touching her but giving her look that scared her.
"When did you be-"
"Okay, what do we have here... Amelia Kni-" someone who I''m guessing was Dr Mikaelson walked in
holding a folder in her hand, not looking up, "Amelia Knight- holy shit! Your Amelia Knight!" Her eyes
widened in surprise when she saw me sitting on the bed.
"Oh my.. oh my god!" I looked at Be and she looked back at me and we both looked at the woman
who looked like she was going to have a panic attack by the door. When she saw us looking, she
cleared her throat and immediatelyposed herself, going back into her professional state.
"Good afternoondies, uh.. how may I help you today?" She put the board down and the foot of the
bed and smiled politely while looking between me and Be.
"Uh hi, she would like to get an ultrasound.." Be looked down at me and when I nodded she
confirmed, "yeah an ultrasound."
"Sure no problem, uh how long-"
"I''m not pregnant." I cut her off before she could finish her sentence. "Oh, then why do you need the
ultrasound if-"
"She''s trying to prove to people she''s not pregnant- which is stupid because we-"
"I''m not going to tell the whole of New York City I''m on my period Be! And even though I do tell them,
they''re going to want proof and there''s no way in million years will I show-"
"Okay! I get it! Now, you see, that''s why we''re getting an ultrasound." Be turned to Dr Mikaelson who
just nodded and walked away to get everything she needed.
"Okay, just lie down and pull up your shirt- which I love by the way..." I smiled and put my head on the
pillow then pulled up my shirt, just enough to show my stomach, "okay this gel is going to be a bit
cold.." even though she told me it would be cold, I still flinched.
She put the wand on my stomach and moved it around while looking at the screen, "okay and... see,
you''re not pregnant," she pointed at the screen that showed my empty uterus, "would you want me to
print out the film?" She gave my tissue to wipe of the gel.
"Yes please-"
"Dr Mikaelson! Dr Mikaelson! There''s a herd of paparazzi making amotion at the entrance of the
hospital!" A nurse ran in sounding out of breath. "What? What do they want?" She took off her sses
and put them on the table beside the bed.
"They heard Mrs Knight hade to the hospital- specifically the maternal ward." She jolted her head
in my direction.
"How did they hear that?! This is a private hospital!"
"There''s a picture going around on the inte showing Mrs Knight and her friend sitting in the waiting
room.." she pulled out her phone and showed us the picture, "see? The picture of the pregnant woman
behind shows that they were in the maternal ward." She zoomed in on the poster.
"Please wait here, I''ll be right back." Dr Mikaelson took off her scrub cap and put it next to her sses
then walked out of the room with the other nurse, not forgetting to close the door behind them.
Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.
"I think you should look at this..." Be''s voice turned my gaze to the other side of the room where she
was looking out of the window.
"What. The. Hell." My eyes widened in horror when I saw the butt load of paparazzi standing outside
the hospital.
"But.. but.. but I''m not even famous!" I walked back to the bed and screamed into the pillow. "You get
married to one of the top three richest men in New York City and when people think you''re pregnant,
paparazzi wouldn''t be all over it. Sure, you''re not famous."
"Now''s not the time to be sarcastic Be," I sat up and sighed, "how are we going to get out of here?" I
looked ahead at nothing like all hope was lost.
"We have an idea of how to get you out of here." Dr Mikaelson walked in, the nurse behind her with
scrubs? in their hands.
Is this even legal?" I asked while checking myself out in the floor length mirror in the bathroom.
"It''s legal if no one sees who you are." The nurse handed Be and I masks and scrub caps. "And what
if someone sees us?" I pulled the scrub cap over my head and tied it at the back.
"No one will see you because we''ll be walking with you up to your car." The nurse said a little too
cheerful. "You just want to see my car don''t you?" She nodded her head and I smiled then put on the
mask.
"I can''t believe that worked." I whispered while backing out of the parking space. "Yeah, me neither."
Beughed and I just smiled.
"Be are you sure you won''t get in trouble? I mean, look at the time, you''re a whole 30 minuteste!" I
stopped just outside her workce and looked at the time anxiously. "Rx, I''ll call youter, yeah?"
She opened the door and stepped out of the car, "sure." She closed the door and walked up the steps
of her office building.
***
Ding dong...
"Coming!" I screamed from where I was in the kitchen even though I knew that person couldn''t hear
me; what''s that saying? old habits die hard?
"Bethany? What are you doing here?" Was the first thing I said when I opened the door. "I came to
congratte you in person for your baby." She smiled at me; Bethany never smiled at me.
"But I''m not pregnant."
"You don''t have to hide it from me silly! You told me yourself! Remember?" Her face fell, just the tiniest
bit. "Of course I don''t remember because I didn''t call you, let alone tell you I was pregnant."
"Then.. then who called me? Because I remember pretty well that it was your voice on the phone." Her
voice wavered, "Bethany, are you okay? Do you feel sick?" I looked at her, real concerncing my
voice.
"Of course I''m okay! You called me, remember? I even apologized to you and you said it was okay!"
She raised her voice, "okay Bethany, calm down. I think I''d remember- wait, hold on." My phone ringing
interrupted our conversation.
"Hello?" I said into the phone when Sophia''s caller ID popped up.
"Am.. Amelia?" Her voice cracked like she had been crying, "Sophie? Sophie are you okay?" I
motioned for Bethany to enter and close the door behind her.
"It.. it''s mom..."
"Sophie, what''s wrong with mom?"
"She.. she''s gone Amelia. Mummy''s gone." And she broke into sobs.
I froze.
The world froze.
My phone slipped through my fingers and fell on the floor with a loud crack and the sound of a million
pieces breaking scattered across the room.
"Are you- oh Jesus Christ Amelia!" Bethany rushed to my side when I fell on my knees.
The only two words I could say were:
"She''s gone." I broke into loud sobs; sobs that filled the foyer.