Evelyn's POV

"Chrissy.... now what do I tell him?" I cried.

"That you're pregnant." I threw my pillow at her.

"That I know! But how...... he seems so annoyed even with the thought a baby." I was lost in my thoughts. I'm happy. If not happy, I'm at least fine with the idea of a child in my life.
I have no idea how Nick will react. But I do have to tell him.... "I'm going to tell him first thing in the morning."

I was determined. And I will. If I was the old Katherine I wouldn't even care about his opinion. I would've happily enjoyed being a single mom.... but now this is going to be his last chance.

But now.... I don't have the finances. I never believed in saving. I spent what I earned. First, I need to get the building painted. And the windows, furniture... ugh! I spent what I had on making a kitchen upstairs. Now that's all blown into ashes. Oh god! Why can't he send all the problems one by one? Why altogether?!

I spent the entire day roaming around the mansion. I had a stomach filling lunch and dinner. I ate as much as I could. I needed all the strength for tomorrow. I didn't wait up for Nick. I also needed my sleep and I was scared where I'd open my mouth as soon as I saw him.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow's the day... I thought and closed my eyes as I slept with a peaceful silence.. for now.

Nicholas's POV

"Give me one good reason why we shouldn't divorce"
"You have time till tomorrow. Think and tell me. And I'll tell you if we should still be together or not. Okay?"

I remembered my words... I just can't wait to see what she has in mind to make us stay as a couple. I do hope she'll tell me she loves me. She's tortured me enough.

I fixed my tie for the last time and came out of the room. I saw Rand and called him up to me.
"Have you seen my wife?" I asked and he shook his head.

"She hasn't come out of her room yet, Sir." He said and I nodded, signaling him to leave.

I guess she's still sleeping. I'll have to talk to her tonight then.

Evelyn's POV

I searched the entire house for Nick, but he was nowhere to be found.

"Rand!" I called out as soon as I saw him roaming. What's he doing roaming around rather than being in the kitchen.

"Yes ma'am." He stopped in his tracks with wide eyes.

Anyways... "Uhm... Did you see Nick?" I asked and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes ma'am. He already left... Uhm..." I raised my eyebrows at him. "I actually heard the bodyguard tell the driver that they will be headed towards the main company office today." He said looking down.

I'm very suspicious about this man. But I'll talk about it to Nick once this issue between me and Nick is solved. I just moved out of that room without an expression on my face.

I walked out of the house and nodded at the driver standing near the car to start the engine as I sat inside. "You do know where Nick's main office is right?" I asked and he replied with a faint 'yes ma'am' and started to head towards it.

I hadn't planned any new way of telling him. You know... like how other women practice how to tell their husbands. I'm just going to go and scream at him saying "I'm pregnant!"
Well, that's what I'm going to do.

The driver stopped the car in front of a huge tall building. Oliver was standing outside the building. He frowned but came to my rescue when the guard near the door stopped me for an ID or something. Stupid rules! What if I'm not working here. I might be here to visit!

"Sorry ma'am. He didn't know who you are. And you don't even have a visitor's pass. You've to collect one at the gate there." He gestured to a lobby like area outside the building. Oh right. Visitors pass! I just followed him and waited until he finished talking to the receptionist. He escorted me till the elevator and pressed a button 27. "Ma'am I'll be down here if you want anything. And the secretary will let you through. I've already spoken to her. You can call me if there's anything." He said and gave me a broad smile which I returned obviously. He seemed to be in a really happy mood.

The lift went straight up to 27th floor without stopping anywhere. I was pretty excited, though I knew I'm going to get screwed pretty badly. For some odd reason I felt like laughing.

The lift doors opened to reveal a lavish lobby reception. But no one was there behind the table. There was just one another door to enter. I was about to enter it when a voice stopped me from behind.

"Excuse me Miss?!" I heard an angry, frustrated voice of a lady. I turned around and her eyebrows were raised with her hands on her hip with a file in her hand.

"Mrs. Perkins" I completed her sentence. "Oliver just spoke to you about me. Mr. Perkins?" I reminded.

"Oh yes yes. I'm so sorry ma'am. Should I show you the way?" She asked me before looking back to her desk. She was obviously busy, so I shook my head and smiled at her to ease her worries. She looked quite fine to be a secretary. Why do men have such pretty secretaries. Do they even see their qualifications or just the looks?! Anyways... she seems to be a nice girl.

"No, I think it's fine. It's this door, right?" I asked.

"Ah yes. Another door- Uhm- straight- inside" she stuttered at and I nodded with a smile.

Oh god! I just hope this goes well. I thought and opened to find another a waiting room in there. She did say another door after I go inside. There was one to the left, right and one straight in front of me.
I know Nick was in there and I just have to say the two words. I believe... no! I know he'll make a good father. I just need to convince him. If not.... I'm on my own.

I held the doorknob and turned it. I took a deep breath before I pushed it open. I saw the chair turned towards the other side. Nothing was seen, it was like no one's in here except that the chair was turning slighting. The chair was so huge I couldn't see him.

"Nick... I'm pregnant!" I finished quickly. But quick enough for him to hear it clearly.

I heard something fall behind me and I turned around to see that it was a file. A slowly moved my eyes from the person's shoes to his face. Because he seemed familiar. Because his face too was very familiar. Oh shit! Oh shit!

I looked back to see who was behind the seat.
Shit! Mr. Perkins?! It wasn't Nick. Suddenly, I was pulled out of my thoughts when Nick pulled me. My hand on the doorknob slowly slipped. I looked back to see Mr. Perkins with a surprised but satisfied expression on his face. Oh god.... I hope I haven't ruined this.
Nick pushed me into the room that was earlier on my right and locked it quickly before he led me into a bedroom. I sat down silently on the bed.

"I didn't know you'd fall so low Katherine!" He hissed my name. Low? "When I asked you to give me one reason not to divorce you... I didn't mean this! You knew that if my father entered this situation we'd never divorce especially if you are pregnant! I never expected you to be like other girls. At least they'd be actually pregnant. You're totally faking it. Fuck! I don't know how I'll even look at my father now. I was going to tell him about the divorce today and I still thought we won't have to go through one." His eyes were closed tightly as his finger stroked the bridge of his nose. "But thank you." His eyes pierced into me. "For proving me wrong! For stopping me from doing a mistake! Cause now... we will get an annulment." He said and turned around.

"Wait!" My voice came out loudly. "I am actually pregnant Nick! I'm not faking it." I said gritting my teeth together. I swear he's getting on my nerves.

"Just... shut it!" He said waving his hand dismissively and walked out.
He walked out on me! Did he really just walk out on me?!

Argh! He wants proof that I'm pregnant? Then so be it! I walked out of the room to see that Nick was in the room his father was earlier in, probably giving some explanation.

I walked out angrily but quickly controlled myself when the secretary gave me a scared look. I went back to the ground floor and texted Chrissy on my way asking her to give me the address of her gynaecologist friend. That way I could get my results quickly.

I heard a beep and looked down to the message she sent.
'Dr Patricia, New Moms hospital, Stamford Road'

I texted back a thank you and sat in the car. I showed the address to the driver and sat back as he nodded knowing the address. Why only Nick? This will also be like a perfect pregnancy confirmation for me too.

We arrived soon at the hospital and when I entered, the receptionist showed me to the doctor's cabin. Thankfully I didn't have to wait much as the doctor sent me with a nurse.

She gave me tube and looked at me smiling. I had the 'WTF' look on my face, so she showed me the sticker stuck to the tube. That clearly had my name and under that was written 'URINE SAMPLE' in bold letters. I gave her an annoyed look, but I still tried my best to polite.

"Could we do a blood test, please?" I added a please at the end half-heartedly.

"Well actually... people prefer urine test... you know blood and syringes..." she said and continued talking but I had tuned out already when she brought a steel plate like thing that had a small packet. She swabbed some antiseptic onto the opening of my arm and poked it with her finger to find my nerve. She finally opened that small packet to reveal a small syringe which she connected to a test tube and brought near my arm and I quickly closed my eyes. I felt that small ant bite like pain then opened my eyes when she pressed a cotton into my arm and pushed it upwards to close my arm.

I wish Nick was here with me at this moment. Especially with baby pictures around me and mothers accompanied by their husbands just made me utterly jealous of them.
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I waited three hours in the car just to see the results. The nurse said that the earliest I could get the results was in three hours and that she'll even give me a call. Who takes three hours to determine if you are pregnant or not? I mean.
Anyways. I get my blood report and I'm out of here. Just then, exactly after three hours I got a message regarding my report and a call.

"Hello? Ms. Perkins?" Someone asked on the other side.

"Yes." I replied unsure.

"It's Dr Patricia here. I'd called to say that I've got your test results and it clearly says that you're positively pregnant-"

That was all I heard before my phone fell onto my lap. Couldn't Nick just believe this? That I'm pregnant? Why do I have to prove each and everything to each and everyone. I wiped my tears and got out of the car again and went inside the hospital as I showed my bill to the receptionist who quickly provided me with my report. I thanked her and then gave a call to Oliver.

"Ma'am?" He asked skeptically.

"Sorry Oliver... I had to call you. Nick's phone seems to be not reachable." I lied easily. "So, could you tell me where you people are? I need to give him this file very urgently." I didn't exactly lie. I had to show him the report, didn't I?

"Of course, yes ma'am." He agreed and gave me a hotel's name. Thank god, he didn't ask any further questions. But I doubt! What's my husband doing in a hotel?! Lunch time... may be having lunch. I sent my driver home and drove myself to that hotel.

When I reached the hotel.... Uhm not exactly hotel... it looked mostly like a restaurant that had separate private booths. 'What's my husband doing in a place like this?'
I literally had to go peek into each and every booth. But I stopped at the right one when I saw Nick with a girl sitting on his lap when his hand rested around her waist. What happened next happened very suddenly when she pushed her lips onto his and I slammed the booth door open startling Nick to pull himself apart from her.

And not so surprisingly, that girl turned out to be Melanie. This is what he meant by, he had to meet her? Wonderful! He opened and closed his mouth like a puppet. Even though she seemed to be very happy. Especially with that cunning smile on her face. Looking me eyeing her, he pushed her off himself and stood up as he straightened his suit jacket and came forward to talk. But I held my hand up which quickly shut him up not before he breathed a frustrated sigh. Frustrated? Him? Funny that. I threw my report on his face that was in an envelope before I walked out of that place and got into the car.

'Bloody asshole!' I thought and got into my car. I should've never trusted him in the first place. I turned the key as the engine roared into life.

Nicholas's POV

"Melanie! I told you!" I turned towards her as soon as Evelyn left.

"What?" She said pulling her straps tightly.

I looked at her angrily. Angry at myself that I couldn't push her off soon enough? I let her sit on me. I do feel like an asshole that I let her kiss me. Angry that I couldn't do anything to that bitch! Angry that she was a girl!
I closed my eyes thinking what I can do with this wh*re. I looked at the knife on the table and up to her. Guess she misunderstood what I was going to do and tried to run which made it easy for me to pull her by her hair as I grabbed the knife with my other hand and cut her hair above her neck. Oliver came back running to the booth when she started screaming like a mad woman. I threw the knife aside and picked the envelope that had fallen on to the floor.

'New Mom's Hospital'
Hospital? I tore the envelope and opened the letter. It seemed to be some kind of report.

Patient name : Evelyn Katherine Perkins
Patient sex : Female

What happened to Eve now?

Beta - HCG 2736 mIU/ml Males: 0.0- 2.6

Non-pregnant women: <5.0

I didn't read further. Bloody what does that mean?!

B-hCG levels between 5-25 mIU/ml may be indicative of early pregnancy. Correlation with other clinical findings should be sought in evaluation with determined B-hCG levels.

End result said.... 'Positive'

Positive!
That meant she was really pregnant. She didn't fake it to convince me. I came out of the restaurant to see my driver waiting with the car. I signaled him to come out and give me the car key. I got into the car and drove away from that place to find her.

Evelyn's POV

I lost control when I saw a truck coming towards me and a huge stone right in front of the car. I turned the steering wheel to the right, but the back of the car hit the rock and the car just.... I felt the car just slipped as I smashed my head onto the glass window and all I saw was red...