THE BILLIONAIRE’S PERFECT MATE

‘So, what do you decide on doing? Do you want me to give birth to your child in prison? If you let this go, I may consider your request to pay your sick father’s medical bill. So, what do you say?’, Sophia asked holding her belly. Since she hit her stomach on the steering wheel earlier, she had been feeling pain, but she didn’t pay much attention to it as she had thought it was as a result of her stressing herself too much.

‘Are you being serious right now?’, Jack who was surprised by what Sophia had said asked. ‘Is that a yes from you?’, Sophia asked.

‘Are you sure you wouldn’t go back on your word?’, Jack who knew how dubious and manipulative Sophia was asked.

‘That depends on how you behave. If you don’t go running your mouth, then you have my word. But remember this, the day I hear about this from a third party is going to be your father’s last day on Earth. Is that understood?’, Sophia said, whispering in Jack ear, expecting an acknowledgement from him but which she never got.

‘I will take your silence as a yes. So, get rid of her body as fast as you can as you will be driving me home’, Sophia said, walking away to sit in the car, patiently waiting for Jack to be done with his assigned task.

As Jack wrapped up his late girlfriend’s body in nylon, he couldn’t help but feel guilt towards her as he had just betrayed the love she had for him. As he dug the ground burying her in the cold ground, he kept on apologizing silently for betraying her trust. His dad had been bedridden for months, waiting to be operated on, but the operation had been delayed due to lack of funds. Jack had begged Sophia countless times to loan him the amount required for the surgery, but she didn’t budge. Hearing her mention paying the fee, he couldn’t help but get selfish. The dead should be forgotten while the living should be focused on, he had thought.

‘Check your phone. I just transferred the fee. Continue being a good boy you are’, Sophia said to Jack who was driving her home. Checking his phone, Jack confirmed Sophia’s claim.

‘I will be stopping by the hospital before heading home’, Sophia who had noticed she was bleeding said, holding her belly.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

‘Is anything the problem? Are you sure you are fine?’, Jack asked upon noticing that Sophia was in pain.

‘Just keep your eyes on the road and stop asking questions’, Sophia yelled, making her stomach hurt which made her groan in pain. Detecting something was off, Jack increased the speed, heading towards the hospital. On getting to the hospital, Sophia was quickly rushed to the emergency room. By this time, she was already bleeding heavily and had become weak. The only thing she remembered before she blacked out was seeing the doctors running to save her life.

On opening her eyes, the first set of people she set her eyes on were her parents.

‘Darling, you are awake. Hope you are fine?’, Her mother who was sitting by her bedside asked.

‘Baby are you fine?’, Her dad said, holding her hand.

‘Mum, Dad, what are you doing here?’, Sophia who was lying on her sick bed asked, surprised.

‘Don’t you remember? You collapsed. Jack called to inform us. You blacked out for two days’, her mum explained.

‘Two days? The only thing I can remember is my belly hurting and me bleeding. On getting to the hospital, I blacked out. What did the doctors say happened? Sophia asked, facing her mother who couldn’t respond as she didn’t know how Sophia would react to the news.

‘Mum, what’s the problem? Why are you silent? Dad, can you please say something since Mum has refused to speak’, Sophia said scared, facing her dad.

‘Baby, you will need to take heart. I know you are a strong lady, and you will be able to handle this. You lost your baby, Sophia’s dad said, avoiding her eyes as he couldn’t bear seeing the pain in his daughter’s eyes.

‘Which baby are you talking about? Are you joking right now?’, Sophia who was already getting up from her bed asked.

‘You need to take things easy baby. I know it hurts but there is nothing that can be done about it. Your life was at risk. They needed to save you’, Sophia’s mum said, trying to calm Sophia down.

‘Who told them they could take my baby out? Why did they take it out without getting my consent?’, Sophia yelled, crying.

‘Your life was in danger. That was the only thing to do’, her mum said, pulling in her crying daughter for a hug to console her.

‘You will be fine, darling’, her dad said, trying to console her. Her dad’s phone rang making him excuse himself to be on his way to work as his attention was needed.

Sitting down tirelessly on the bed after having cried her eyes out, something came to Sophia’s mind which made her scared.

‘Hope Edward isn’t aware of this?’, Sophia asked facing her mother with whom she was left alone with, feeling scared.

‘No, he isn’t. He hasn’t come to check up on you’, her mum responded.

‘He must not know about this. Hope Richard isn’t aware too?’, Sophia asked.

‘No, he isn’t. He hasn’t come looking for you’, her mum responded.

‘It’s all her fault. If I hadn’t witnessed that scene, I wouldn’t have gotten into the accident’, Sophia yelled.

‘Whose fault?’, her confused mum, asked.

‘Ellie, Edward’s mistress. It’s all because of her I lost my baby. If she hadn’t called me out, this wouldn’t have happened’, Sophia said with her heart hurting.

‘How do you intend to keep Edward under your control with your baby gone?’, her mum asked.

‘That’s why I said both Edward and Richard must not be aware of this. I promise to make Ellie’s life miserable for making me lose my child’, Sophia said with rage and vengeance in her heart.