After spending the sweltering night in Zion’s office, he and Maya eventually made their way back to Maya’s home. After they had arrived at their destination, the two of them showered together. Maya and Zion were snuggling in bed together when Zion got the idea to give Maya a foot massage. Taking about the plans for the twin, which, of course, could be one. Zion, though, wanted two. His message was quite soothing, and it was clearly done with a lot of affection. Maya was well aware that she was incredibly blessed to have Zion in her life. So she laid back and let the foot massage calm her down.
“How was your day today?” Zion asked his wife.
“After a while of sitting around doing nothing, I decided to go out with my friend Mishka. My day got trashed when I bumped into my ex-fiance. But it’s nothing to worry about. I dealt with it. He won’t come back to bother me. I’m not sure if he knows what’s going on in my life, though. I went shopping after that. My bump is starting to show, so I needed some comfortable clothing. Then I came back home to prepare lunch for you. ”
Zion gave her a friendly smile before planting a peck on the top of her head. Then he laid down next to her and stroked her stomach. The man couldn’t wait. He was eager to experience the sensation of the children kicking inside her stomach, but there were no kicks yet.
“Do you have any idea when they’re going to start kicking?” He asked while he laid his head on her bump.
“Not sure. Maybe I should start with prenatal care. What do you think? ”
“True. So we can know what is happening at every step.” When Zion said that, Maya smiled. She kissed him and then laid her head on his chest to sleep.
“Good night, Zion. I love you.”
Zion gave her a grin and then gently tilted her head around so that she could look at him. After giving her such a passionate kiss, he leaned in and whispered, “Good night, my love.” Then he touched her tummy and whispered to her tummy, “Good night, kids. Daddy loves you.” He pulled Maya close to him, and she laid her head on his chest. That’s how they slept.
Little did they know it was the calm before the storm. Maya shouldn’t have gone out that day if she had known. Zion got up the next morning, took a shower, and got ready for work. He went downstairs to have his breakfast and asked for the day’s newspaper. But Lucas wouldn’t give Zion the newspaper because he knew everything in it was a lie, and he also knew that his master would notice that the pictures had been modified. Still, Lucas told Zion that the mailman didn’t come today, which was a lie. Zion turned his head up to meet Lucas. He knew Lucas was telling a lie. After that, he requested that Lucas hand over the newspaper to him. His aura changed, and Lucas knew he might get in trouble if he didn’t give Zion the newspaper. He walked back to the spot where he had stuffed the newspaper, and then he carried it to Zion. He stood next to Zion with shaky hands and resisted the urge to give the man the newspaper. Zion forcefully took the newspaper out of Lucas’s hand. The front page of the newspaper had a picture of the CEO of Connor Group with a woman in bed. Then, further images were attached showing Nathan Connor with Maya in the vicinity of her vehicle, as well as those showing the two of them in a sexually suggestive position, with him grabbing her hand. If only Zion had looked closely at the picture of the girl in bed. The man didn’t, though. He ran upstairs to wake up his sleeping wife.
“Maya! Maya! Don’t you dare pretend like you’re sleeping?” Zion tried to pull Maya out of bed. “Is this how you took care of things for both you and your ex?” Maya was a bit confused about what Zion was talking about. She was still experiencing feelings of drowsiness.
“Zion, I still want to sleep. I’m tired.”
“Like hell, you are, after sleeping with your ex. You must be very tired.” Maya didn’t answer. She still hadn’t registered her surroundings, as she was about to climb back into bed. Zion pushed her, and she went to the couch next to the bed and bumped her head on it. She let out a loud scream as she held her stomach. As she held her stomach and looked at her husband, tears poured down her face. Maya took a direct hit from the newspaper that Zion flung at her. Maya picked up the newspaper and saw pictures of her and Nathan.
“Zion, there’s no way you can believe this, can you?” Maya thought that her marriage to her husband was unbreakable. Then she remembered what Ivy Jones had told her the day before. She knew Ivy had won when she looked at Zion.
“Maya, how certain are you that this pregnancy is actually mine?”
“What!” Maya couldn’t believe Zion. The man had gone too far. If she ever slept with Nathan, why would she bother telling Zion that she ran into him yesterday? “Are you sure, Maya, that the baby is mine?” Zion let out a yell. Maya couldn’t believe that Zion would even think of something like that. She was mad, but she also knew that Zion could do anything to her if she talked back. Her only goal was to keep Zion away from the bump. She looked at Zion one last time and tried to walk away from him. But he pulled her back, and as she fell this time, she landed on her back on the top of the bed. Maya did not let out a scream, but rather, her tears just kept streaming down her face. She was still taken aback by the fact that her husband would suspect her of having an affair with another man and also assume that another man was responsible for her pregnancy. Zion hit the mirror so hard that Maya jumped and let out a scream. Zion was hurting himself, so Maya ran to him to tell him to stop. She took his hand and begged him not to hurt himself anymore. Zion pushed her again, though. Maya was tired, and she was not feeling well this morning. She was suffering from both upper and lower abdominal discomfort along with stomach cramps. She knew that anything could happen if she was so worried.
“Get away from me, bitch!” Maya stopped and turned to look at Zion. First, he made the accusation that she had been unfaithful to him. Second, he tried to hurt her. Thirdly, he said that he didn’t know if the baby was his or not. Now he just called her a bitch. Maya knew that if she stayed in the same room as Zion, she might hear a lot of hurtful things. He has already done enough. She felt defeated. Then she felt a warm liquid pouring out of her sex. Even though she didn’t look, she knew what it was. Maya left the room with her hand on her stomach. She was suffering from discomfort. As she made her way outside, she noticed that she had an uncontrollable flow of blood pouring from her sex. Maya passed out when she saw the blood.
Then Lucas, who was on standby just in case his master lost it, saw Maya coming out of the room. He could tell she was weak, so he picked her up and rushed her to the hospital before she fell. Lucas had no idea what to do or who to call, but Maya needed her family right then. He knew that her actual family was never supportive and also that they could be the ones who linked those pictures. He looked down at the phone that he was holding in his hand. The phone had no password. Only two people were contacted the day before, and he noticed that Mishka’s name was one of them. He didn’t know who that was, but he called the number and told the person on the other end that Maya was in the hospital. Mishka immediately stopped everything she was doing and went to the hospital after she received the call.