This was such great news, Abigail never thought that her child would start moving so early, it was only a little more than three months old, and she could feel how it was moving in her tummy, sometimes it would stop, and just when she thought that it might get a rest, she would feel another kick again.
This was a naughty child! It must be a naughty playful little kid!
She could see that she was already showing a little, and it was quite obvious. Her face was filled with the wonderful smile of a mother, and she was so happy right now.
“Miss Abigail, you get a phone call.” The maid called for her.
Abigail put down the work in her hands, and went downstairs.
Was it Joshua? Only he would call her. She has been in this house for so long now, and she never received a call from anyone.
She took the phone, still thinking, and there was a happy cheerful voice coming from the other side, “Abigail, how are you doing?”
Bill?
Abigail didn’t expect him to call her, and held on tighter to the phone, her mood was not as cheerful as Bill’s.
“Do you need something, Mister Clinton?”
She was very polite, but also distanced when talking to him, and she could feel how Bill paused on the other side, then he started laughing.
“Am I not allowed to care for you without wanting something from you?”
“There is no need.” Abigail was not Stacy, she didn’t care for him asking about her. And in the short time that she had spent with him, she didn’t get a good feeling about him anyways, he was just a spoilt brad, who liked to play with women, and with love.
“But I miss you.” Bill said what was on his mind directly.
“No, you shouldn’t miss me, there are plenty of other people you should be missing, such as Miss Caunter. I am sorry but I am really busy.” She hung up the phone, and turned around, almost running into Annie.
“Who were you talking to?” She asked Abigail.
Abigail nodded her head politely, and the phone rang again.
Annie was faster this time, and she took the call, her face changed drastically, her body stiffened, “What, no, I would never… what?”
Abigail was not interested in listening to her conversation, and went back upstairs. She pushed the door open, and saw that Rowena was in her room, in her hand she was holding the little sweater that she was making.
When she saw that Abigail came inside, she squinted her eyes, and quickly looked at Abigail’s tummy.
Abigail immediately put her hand on her tummy, and said awkwardly, “I just made this for fum.”
Rowena didn’t move her gaze from her stomach, as if she guessed something. But in the end, she didn’t say anything, and handed the sweater back to Abigail.
Did she guess what is going on? Abigail started to blame herself, she should have been more careful about it, and put the sweater somewhere less obvious, and now she acted so nervous, and was holding her stomach too.
Hmm.
Did she know? If she did, would she go and tell Joshua about it?
“Rowena…”
She said in a lowered voice, she needed to know if Rowena knew about her secret.
“Take good care of Mrs. Caunter.” She said to her, and went to the door to leave the room.
Maybe she didn’t know.
Abigail relaxed a little big, her face expression was as cold as usual, and she didn’t keep staring at her stomach, maybe she really didn’t know yet.
Abigail sighed, and hid her little sweater.
Stacy was locked up by Joshua, and Annie has lost her partner in crime, now, she didn’t know how to proceed with her plan anymore.
Jacky was still nowhere to be found, and she was like a puppet that was played by Bill, and didn’t dare to make any move by herself.
All she could do was to watch Joshua disappear in Abigail’s room every night, and listen to their seductive noises through the wall.
Oh my god! If she had to continue this way, she would go crazy!
But what makes it all even worse is that the old woman would try to get these two together, as soon as Joshua came back home, she would want to take a rest, and let Joshua take over Abigail!
This stupid old grandma, didn’t she know that she was supposed to be Joshua’s wife? That she was going to be the future Mrs. Caunter? Just wait for it, wait until she was his wife, Annie was going to kick the old one out first thing.
Abigail was again pushed to Joshua by Mrs. Caunter, and Abigail even wanted to push him away, but Joshua took her into his arms right in front of Granny.
“Don’t…” She said, and she buried her face awkwardly in Joshua’s chest.
“Don’t move, this is just for Granny to see, don’t you want her to recover sooner?” He said to her, when he planted a kiss on her face.
Abigail’s body relaxed a little, but in her heart she felt disappointment.
So, it was all faked.
“Okay, okay, please now have a baby for me!” Granny said, and waved her hands joyfully.
Abigail was carried to her room by Joshua.
“Joshua, you…” They ran into Annie on the way, and she looked sadly at him, as if she was going to cry out soon. Abigail felt even more awkward now, but as soon as the door closed, their act was done.
“You can… put me down now.” She said and pulled on his hand. She didn’t want to run into his fiance again, because, that is going to take time to clarify.
Joshua didn’t even hear her, and did not only not put her down, but he kissed her again on the forehead, completely ignoring Annie.
“Don’t… do that.” Abigail said in a quiet voice, and Joshua passed Annie, kicking in the door.
Annie’s disappointed face was burned into Abigail’s memories, and she felt sorry for her, and when Joshua finally put her down, she turned her back to him.
Joshua took his clothes off slowly, and his eyebrows knitted, he looked to Abigail, “What is it? Are you going to refuse me?”
“I… no…” Abigail grabbed her own clothes and was holding them tight, her gaze was lowered, and her big eyes covered by her lid, “You shouldn’t have treated her that way, she is your fiance.”
Even though she finally said it, but in her heart she was still confused. Joshua was like a god, dominant and elegant, and there was no person before her who has dared to tell him his mistakes.
“So what do you want me to do?” Joshua wasn’t angry, but he even asked for her opinion, this was out of her expectations.
“You should at least spend more time with her.” Her shoulders dropped, and she looked like a beautiful woman hit by a storm.
Joshua couldn’t believe this stupid evil woman, so many other women wanted him, wanted to be in his bed, so many women wanted to sit on him, but this one wanted to push him away. Was he really so bad that she didn’t want him?
The anger rose in him, and he shook his head, went to the door and waved towards Annie.
“Joshua?” Annie was surprised, as if she had just won a lottery, and went to him.
“Joshua, can I come in?” She said, full of happiness, trying to be the woman Joshua would want.
“Of course.” Joshua turned to let her inside, “Get undressed.”
Annie opened the zip of her dress as if she hasn’t seen Abigail, then she took her dress off.
Abigail covered her face with her hands, she felt even more shy than if she was the one who would get naked.
“Look at this!” Joshua breathed out a smoke ring, and demanded from her.
Abigail didn’t take her hands off, this was not a scene she wanted to see.
“If you don’t, I will make you undress as well.”
She didn’t have a choice but to do as she was told.
Joshua finished his cigarette, and killed it in the ash tray.
“Have you learned it?” Joshua angrily pushed away Annie who is sitting on himself, and yelled towards Abigail.
“I…” Abigail was surprised, and nodded her head without understanding.
“Fuck off!” Annie didn’t want to give up, and tried to climb onto Joshua again, but he kicked her far away.
Joshua put his pants and shirt back on, and looked disgusted at Annie who was on the floor, then he looked back at Abigail again.
“I… I should leave.” Abigail said uncomfortably.
Joshua was so angry, he wanted to kill her, then he took the ash tray and threw it towards Annie, “I told you to fuck off, didn’t you hear me?”
Annie was like a snake that came back to life, and crawled out of the room.
“She is your fiance!” Abigail tried to say nicely. Joshua was not nice at all to Annie, and she couldn’t bear looking at them.
“That’s none of your business!” He yelled at her, “Don’t forget that you are Michelle’s substitute, forever! You are my slave!”
Abigail went pale, and she was suddenly quiet. Right, how could she forget, she was just a slave who was paying back her debts, she never had the right to say anything.
Suddenly, she was really mad, and there was a fire that lit in her.
She put on a really icy smile, and said to him, “Yes, I am your slave, and I don’t have any right at all to spend the night in the same room as your highness, if you aren’t worried about getting your name ruined, I am.”
Why was she angry? Abigail didn’t understand herself, she just was annoyed of hearing him tell her that she was a slave, and a substitute for Michelle, she didn’t even care for the consequences of what she just said.
Her small fist was clenched tight, and she held them in front of her tummy, where she was able to feel the life in herself.
It didn’t feel as joyful as usually, as if the baby also felt the anger in her, and was disappointed for her mother.
Right, baby, this is who your mother is.
Abigail felt that she owed the baby in her. She was just a slave, a mother that was a substitute for someone else, what would happen to her baby after giving birth?
The disappointment was growing, and she ignored Joshua, who she turned her back to.
Joshua was looking at the back of the woman in front of him, and his mood dropped to a low point. He pulled her rudely and turned her around, forcing her to look at him.
“What the hell do you mean!” He bit his teeth, and looked at her angrily, as if he was a mad lion, who was about to eat his prey any minute.