Chapter 62
“Oh my God! Oh my God!” Emily panicked as she watched the blood flow and unsure of what to do while Blair grunted in pain on the floor grabbing her tummy. Emily rushed to her in an attempt to hold her but Blair pushed her away
“Get away from me!” she yelled loudly “Call someone, Call 911”
Emily looked at her, realizing she had to be the one to call 911, with shaky hands she fished out her phone the same moment Jackson breezed into the room, the spectacle before him suddenly dawning on him and his mouth fell open and like a reflex Jackson rushed towards Blair.
“What happened? Are you okay?” he asked instinctively and not sparing Emily a glance. Immediately Blair pointed towards Emily with animosity festering in her eyes
“She pushed me!” she said and Emily gasped in shock, she was about to defend herself when Blair cut through immediately.
“Call 911, my baby” a protective hand unconsciously went over her stomach shutting Emily up and dividing Jackson’s attention between them.
“Emily!” Jackson called “Call an ambulance”
After Blair was rushed to the hospital, Jackson and Emily waited alone in the emergency room with an awkward air encompassing them as they stood side by side. The air was still and quiet even with the buzz and rush of an emergency room, Emily found herself unable to look at Jackson. What he could be thinking and why he wasn’t saying anything to her, did he believe Blair? Did he really believe she would push her.
“I didn’t push her” Emily said, the words falling out her mouth because she felt she needed to but immediately the words fell out, they didn’t sound believable, more like she was trying to make herself believe them and no one else. Why didn’t it sound true? She didn’t push her.
“I didn’t ask” Jackson said bluntly “Maybe you didn’t, but why do you feel the need to prove yourself”
“I ” Emily found herself unable to speak
“I didn’t know she was pregnant” she said again “And I didn’t push her, goddammit”
“Did you know she was pregnant?” Emily asked.
Jackson was about to respond when the doctor walked and straight towards them “Are you relatives?” he asked and Jackson spoke first.
“I’m her fiancee” without a moment hesitation and Emily felt a stab in her chest, she knew but his confirmation hurt more than she expected it to and she felt the teas sting her eyes but she was determined not to let them fall, maybe he could’ve just stayed forgotten.
“How’s she? And the baby?” Jackson asked immediately.
“You knew she was pregnant?” Emily asked like it just dawned on her, Jackson turned to her unsure of what to say he turned back to the doctor instead.
“Mother and baby are fine” the doctor said “We’ll just keep her for a few days to monitor her”
“You knew she was pregnant?” Emily said again after the doctor had left
“What are you trying to do Emily?”
“What do you mean what am I trying to do? You know what Jackson? You weren’t worth remembering at all and you shouldn’t have done that, made me remember when you knew all this” Emily didn’t wait for a word back when she stormed out of the emergency room and without even a glance back. She felt the tears gather at the corner of her eyes and this time she let it fall freely down her face as she walked out, unsure of where else to go, she hailed a cab with her heart broken on her sleeves.
It didn’t entirely surprise her when she found herself back at Ethan’s house, after all it was her home too. She stood at the door, staring at him while he stared back at her with a smug look on his face.
“We’re still married by contract at least” she said, eyes never leaving his.All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.
“I never forgot that” he said and opening the door wider for her to come into the house, the familiar scent hit her nose and she inhaled it fully. She turned back to Ethan who watched her curiously while she was dressed in her party clothes which was a black silk dress and she asked.
“You’re not mad?” she asked and he shook his head
“Well not really” he said
“I mean I left you to go be with your brother and made out with someone else at his engagement party”
“To be fair, Emily you don’t owe me anything. This is a contract marriage but I was the one who went ahead to fall in love with you”
“What!?” Emily turned fully to look at him, his words echoing in her ears. It was hard to believe.
“You’re in love with me?” she asked again, to hear him say it again and to be fully sure she wasn’t hearing thing and Ethan nodded. He locked the door behind him and walked closer to her, taking her hands in his but Emily felt the guilt brewing within her.
“When did you- how did you why did you ”
“It’s impossible not to fall in love with you Emily and I’ve said this a thousand times, if you just give me a chance to show you how I truly feel about you” Ethan said and Emily stayed still, a bit dumbfounded. It felt unfair, she didn’t want to be that person but she stayed still and she let Ethan pore his words over her, she let him completely wash her with his words, maybe it was what she needed that moment, a distraction and just maybe just Ethan could provide that for her.
“Did you know about Jackson’s engagement?” I asked to know if I was the only one that was left in the dark.
“Yes” Ethan said “I did, after the dinner at father’s house and Jackson knew regardless of whatever he told you and you could forget about him now”
Emily kept quiet unsure of what to say because the pain had began to gnaw at her chest again but she managed to keep it together
“Let me in Emily” Ethan said again, in a pleading voice.
“On one condition” she said
“Hit me”
“Tell me the full story about Amelia Sinclair”