❇ Rachel's POV ❇

I could practically hear every little movements from the people waiting outside the doctor's office. The clicking sound of pen from the nurses. Sounds of wailing kids from the opposite pediatrician clinic. Soothing music were playing from the radio which was supposed to create a calming effect. However, my nerves were strung even tighter as the patient before me knocked on the doctor's door.

Ella offered to accompany me here but she had already bought her return ticket. So, I told her that it was okay for me to do this alone. Well, I have been doing fine until now. The anxiety curled into my stomach and my palms were beginning to sweat. I sucked in a shaky breath, feeling my throat constrict. I bit on my lower lip as tears were starting to fill up my eyes.

"Rachel Williams."

I snapped up my head to look at the nurse who just called out my name. I sniffed back the tears that were still lingering before standing up. I steadied my shaky legs and chided myself for being a weakling. The nurse had a weary smile on her face as she gestured me to head into the doctor's office.

I stepped into the room, but could not find the doctor sitting at her usual spot. I quietly closed the door behind me and pulled out a chair to sit while waiting for the doctor.

"Hold on for a minute, Ms Williams. I'll be right there." Dr Johnson's voice seemed to be coming from behind the white curtains.

"Okay." I replied and tried not to look at the file that was lying on the table. I could feel my smartphone vibrated in my handbag, but I ignored it. Probably, it was Ella who wanted to know my test result.

"Ah, sorry for keeping you wait. Now, let's take a look at your test result." Dr Johnson drew the curtain after she was done with whatever she was doing. I nervously observed Dr Johnson's reaction as she scan through my test result. It seemed like eternity when she finally opened her mouth to speak.

"Well, I'm not sure if I should congratulate you or not. It all depends on what you hope your test result will be."

I took in a sharp intake of breath as I simply blinked at the doctor without saying anything. The doctor took it as a cue to carry on.

"You're not pregnant."

Both of my hands flew to my mouth and tears of relief rolled down my cheeks. Once the first drop of tear escaped, there was no stopping of it. The stress that I was carrying for the past few days finally found its freedom. Even though it was absolutely embarrassing to cry in front of your doctor, but I could not help it.

I dare not tell my mother about Gavin and certainly not this visit to the doctor's. I felt the doctor's hand patting on my back as she started to talk to me.

"Don't be too sad over this. You're still young, you and your husband can still try for another baby."

After hearing the doctor's words, I stopped crying and lifted up my head with wide eyes. A few seconds went by before I burst out laughing. Dr Johnson's hand stopped mid-air as she was bewildered with my reaction. She folded her arms and tried to figure out what was so funny.

I have laughed so hard that the sides of my stomach began to ache and could not breathe properly. My laughter started to subside as I calmed myself down. When I turned to face Dr Johnson, a frown creasing deep furrows in her forehead.

"Uh.. I'm not crazy.. I just find your statement amusing. As I'm actually relieved that I'm not pregnant."

Both of Dr Johnson's eyebrows shot up as she looked kind of embarrassed.

"Oh I see.. Pardon me for jumping into conclusion."

"No no it's alright.. I've taken a test at home and it says I'm not pregnant. But I want to double confirm and reassure myself."

"Okay.. So, that's all for today. Bye." Dr Johnson passed me the file which contained my test results with a polite smile. I took the file in my hands and squeezed it into my handbag.

As soon as I exited the clinic, I could feel all the pressure were offloaded from me. At last, I could put my mind at ease. Well, one problem down, but there was another one waiting for me to solve.

However, for the time being, I have decided to place all the problems related to Gavin aside. My attempts to find him were all unsuccessful. Therefore, I came to a conclusion that if Gavin was bent on avoiding me, I would not be able to locate him. I have to put the attention back to myself and get through this shit storm bravely.
*~*~*~*~*

As I walked towards the building I work in, my heart began to race. I requested for a few days off to get my head together, after what had happened.

I only told Bianca about Gavin, but I was unsure if I could pretend like nothing is wrong. When everything is wrong.

After I told my mother about everything, she wanted to jump on the next plane to Los Angeles. It literally took all the strength I had left to convince her not to come. I did not want her to see how sad I am. Ever since I have graduated from high school, I always tell myself not to let my mother see me cry.

It was during highschool I realised, whenever I cry, it was like putting unnecessary pressure on my mother. I could see the guilt in her eyes, as if she was blaming herself for not protecting me well enough. But, that was not the case. She did everything a mother could do to protect her child.

But, so far, I was not fulfilling my goal, that's why I wanted to overcome this by myself. The very first step is to stop over analysing every single thing.

So what if my colleagues found out about my situation. So what if they treat me like I am a fragile glass that would break at the slightest pressure. So what if my fiancé left me for some ridiculous reason which I still do not understand. So what if the only 2 boyfriends in my life broke up with me in such a cowardly way.

I checked with his law firm, he was not working on any dangerous case he claimed. Whatever reason that Gavin had for leaving me, I am not willing to find out. I just want to focus on my life right now. As the elevator door slide open, I told myself to chin up and be confident.

I walked past the office with a smile and my colleagues greeted me like they usually do. From what I could observe, they did not seem to know about my situation. Whatever, I should not dwell on this anymore.

When I reached my desk, I found several post-its pasted on it. Instructions were written by Mrs Wright regarding the new project she had recently started.

"Hey Rachel you're back." Katie's voice made me divert my attention to her.

"Hi Katie. Did I miss out anything interesting when I'm away?" I reorganized my desk because somehow it got messy when I was on leave.

"Hmm.. I have a new boss now, is that interesting to you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Evangeline, she resigned two days ago."

My hands stopped from whatever it was doing and my mind was giving Katie it's full attention.

"Oh my God. What happened?"

Katie shrugged as she removed Eva's nameplate on the door and replaced it with another one. The brass nameplate says Gregory Moretz.

"Greg is your new boss?" I could barely hide the surprise in my tone.

"Yeap. The upper management just announced it today."

"Wow."

"I know right."

Mrs Wright's voice came over the intercom in the middle of our conversation.

"Rachel, bring in the report sent by Star Indigo."

I quickly searched through the pile of papers sitting at the corner of my desk. My palms started to sweat in panic because I have no idea what report Mrs Wright was talking about. I just came into the office and did not get the chance to ask who was handling my work while I was away.

"Oh Rachel, sorry, I forgot to put this on your desk yesterday." Katie placed a blue file in front of me with an apologetic smile.

"It's okay, you're the one who..?"

"Yup, I don't know how you usually organise your stuff, so I just place all the files on your desk. Um, that's why it's a little messy."

"Never mind, anyways thank you for this. I was starting to panic because I cannot find it." I chuckled softly and gestured to the Star Indigo's report.

"If you have any questions about the files, feel free to ask me!" Katie said as she turned around to answer the phone call.

I took a deep breath in before raising my hand to knock on my boss's door.

"Come in."

"Let's do this." I murmured to myself, as my hand gave the doorknob a twist.

Mrs Wright briefly glanced up from her computer, she reached out her hand for the report I was hugging. I immediately placed it in her hands.

"How are you feeling? You sounded awful when you called the other day."

"Huh? Uh, yes. I'm feeling better now. Thank you for asking." I was taken aback by Mrs Wright's question. Ever since I started working here, this was the first time she had asked about my well being. I lowered my head to hide the smile that formed on my lips.

Author's notes:
Yoohoo! Phew! Rachel isn't pregnant 😁 Did any of you guessed it? 😛 I hope you guys are enjoying this story so far! 😄 Sooo Rachel and Zachary are single now.. What will happen now? 😉

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