"Pregnancy: Six weeks!" Holding the report, I stood still in astonishment. It's quite unexpected that I've got pregnant with his baby. What we have is just a contract marriage. What should I do? How to hide this from him?
I was stunned to see these words on the pregnancy ultrasound result. How could I get pregnant after I had sex with him for only once? What should I do now?
If I told Dennis George about it, would he give up divorcing me? No. Instead, he would take me as a shameless woman who used the baby as a lever to manipulate him.
I pulled myself together, stuffed the ultrasound report into my bag and walked out of the hospital.
There was a shining black Maybach parking out of the hospital building whose driver's side window was slightly open, and a man's handsome but grim upper face could be faintly seen through it. Naturally, the fancy car and the attractive man received many stares from passers-by.
Admittedly, Dennis was a wealthy and charming man, and I had long got used to it after all these years. So I ignored the strange looks from passers-by and sat on the passenger seat.
Dennis, who was resting his mind with his eyes closed, sensed the movement, gave a slight frown and murmured without opening his eyes, "Everything done?"
"Yes!" I nodded and handed the signed contract with the hospital to him, adding, "Mr. Pearson sends greetings to you."
Originally, I planned to come to the hospital to sign the contract on my own, but I met Dennis halfway and he insisted on, somehow, giving me a ride.
"You'll take full charge of this case from now on." Dennis, a man of few words, didn't take the contract but said to me flatly before starting the car.
I nodded in agreement, saying no more. It seemed that I could do nothing else but accept commands and carry out the tasks since I had kept quiet for too long.
It was at nightfall, and our car was rushing towards the center of the city. Where was he heading for if he wasn't driving back to our house? I was curious, but I never asked about his intention, so I remained silent.
Thinking of the ultrasound report, I was lost for words for a moment. I stole a glance at Dennis, who was looking straight ahead with his sharp and stern eyes.
"Dennis!" I called, clutching my bag, my palms sweating from nervousness.
"What is it?" asked he in a cold and emotionless voice.
He had always been blunt to me and I was accustomed to it. I settled myself down, took a breath and went on, "I..."
Before I could say "... am pregnant", Dennis' phone rang while I choked down the words.
"What's up, Olivia?" Sometimes, a man's tenderness was meant for a certain woman, and so were his deep love and happiness.
In this case, Dennis' gentleness was just for Olivia Pearson, and one could easily tell from the way he talked to her.
It was unknown what Olivia said on the other end of the line, but Dennis slammed on the brake and started to pacify her. "Alright, I'll be right over. Stay where you are."
The next moment, he hung up, pulled a long face and stared at me. "Get off the car!" he ordered, leaving no room for discussion.
This wasn't the first time he had treated me like this, so I nodded, swallowed everything I wanted to say and pushed open the car door, jumping off the car.
The marriage between Dennis and I was an accident, as well as an order. Either way, it had nothing to do with love. Olivia had taken root in Dennis' heart, and my existence was nothing but a sham, or an obstacle to him.
Two years ago, Freddy George, Dennis' grandfather, had a heart attack, so he forced Dennis to marry me in bed. Despite all the reluctance, Dennis still married me obeying Freddy's will. During these two years, Dennis had simply ignored me for Freddy's sake. Now that Freddy died, he asked the lawyer to work out a divorce settlement immediately, and was waiting for me to sign on it.
When I came back to the house, it was already dark. The huge house was so empty that it looked like a haunted one. Probably because I was pregnant, I lost my appetite, and I came straight to the bedroom, took a shower and went to bed.
When I almost fell asleep, I vaguely heard someone parking the car in the courtyard.
Was Dennis home? Wasn't he with Olivia?
Before long, the bedroom door was opened. Soaked, Dennis walked straight into the bathroom without glancing at me, and then came the noise of water running.
Now that he was back, I could no longer sleep, so I got up, put on my clothes, and took his pajamas out of the closet, putting them at the bathroom door before I went to the balcony.
The rain season had come, and it was drizzling and dark outside. Meanwhile, the faint patter of rain on the roof could be heard.
Noticing some noise behind me, I looked back and saw Dennis standing out of the bathroom with the bath towel wrapped around his waist, his hair wet. Drips of water rolled down his muscular chest, and any woman would find it difficult to take her eyes off of him.
He might have noticed me looking at him and stared at me with a slight frown. "Come here!" he ordered in a flat voice.
I walked up to him obediently and caught the towel he tossed at me, hearing him whispering, "Dry my hair."
He perched himself on the edge of the bed as always while I climbed onto the bed, drying his hair behind him on my knees.
"It's Freddy's funeral tomorrow. You have to go to the George Residence early," I told him. I wasn't trying to make a conversation with Dennis, but his mind was occupied by Olivia, so he might forget it if I didn't remind him.
"I see," he replied and said nothing else.
I knew he didn't want to talk to me, so I dried his hair silently before lying down again, trying to sleep.
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After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.
"There will be no falling in love, we will only act as a loving couple when we are in public, we will share a room to make it believable, but no intimacy, touching is off-limits. We'll only have sex once a month, and that's solely to produce an heir. You won't interfere in my business, and I won't interfere in yours. You will be my wife in every sense and you will not be involved with any other man," he said, arrogance seeping from every word. I watch his mouth move, I'm not ready to fall in love with any man, especially not one as arrogant and egoistic as him. I can handle acting as a loving couple, and as for intimacy once a month. I can agree to that just to satisfy my sexual cravings with no strings attached. "Where can I sign?" I asked since I had nothing to lose. *** Nadine's wedding dreams turned to nightmares when she caught her sister and fiancé cheating! With a secret recording, she's ready for revenge. But then mysterious billionaire Logan West offers a deal: A Contract Marriage to take down her ex's empire. But what Nadine doesn't know is her life is getting complicated as she takes her chance to get revenge or risks everything for a chance at love?"
After three years of loveless marriage, Kira was slapped with divorce papers. She has shown him her unrequited love throughout her entire marriage with him, but he decided to turn blind eyes all because of his lover. Distraught and heartbroken, Kira choose to sign the divorce papers with bitter heart. But then and there, she promised herself that when she's back, he will come crawling to her, but she will make him pay for hurting her. Join Kira as she transform to a wealthy heiress and soared as the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar empire, a remarkable healer and make her ex-husband pay!
For as long as Emily can remember, she has wanted to overcome her shyness and explore her sexuality. Still, everything changes when she receives an invitation to visit one of the town's most prestigious BDSM clubs, DESIRE'S DEN. On the day she chose to peruse the club, she noticed three men, all dressed in suits, standing on the upper level, near the railing. Despite her limited vision, she persisted in fixating on them. Their towering statues belied the toned bodies concealed by their sharply tailored suits-or so she could tell. The hair of two of them was short and dark, and the third had light brown-possibly blond-hair that reached the shoulders. The dark, crimson background incised their figures, exuding an air of mystery and strength. They stood in stark contrast to the unfiltered, primal energy that pulsed through the club. Shocked by the desires these men aroused in her, she was disappointed to learn that they were masters seeking a slave to divide and conquer. She couldn't afford the fee, and she also realized that they were outside her league. Emily hurriedly left the club, feeling disappointed and depressed, unaware that she had also caught the group's attention. A world of wicked pleasure, three handsome men. Over the years, they have lived a life of decadence, their lavish lair serving as a stage for their most sinister desires. But despite the unending parade of willing subjects, one woman sticks out. A mysterious stranger with white porcelain skin and a killer body, a slave, a name with no address, the first lady to attract their eye and they will go to any length to obtain her no matter the consequences.
Her fiance and her best friend worked together and set her up. She lost everything and died in the street. However, she was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, her husband was trying to strangle her. Luckily, she survived that. She signed the divorce agreement without hesitation and was ready for her miserable life. To her surprise, her mother in this life left her a great deal of money. She turned the tables and avenged herself. Everything went well in her career and love when her ex-husband came to her.