Alicia POV
I pace restlessly in the living room, running my fingers through my hair. I think I’m beginning to lose my mind, and I’m going to completely lose it if he doesn’t answer his phone again. I have been calling him nonstop for over an hour, and he never answered any of them. Don’t tell me he’s with that bitch again. Fuck it!
Finally slumping on the couch, I pick up my phone and dial his number for the umpteenth time, and this time, he finally answers his phone.
“Hey, sweetheart. How are you doing?” His sweet voice sounds from the other end, and my heart flutters excitedly. Just how I have missed this voice so much. I was happy, but thinking he might’ve been with Ariel again, I scoff as I suddenly become angry.
“Were you with her again?” I ask sadly, and I heard him sigh, which only confirms my suspicions. Tears well up in my eyes and soon they fall freely down my cheeks as I hold my phone tightly like I want to break it into pieces. Why always her? Why has he chosen her over me?
“Come on, sweetheart. You are the one I love, and you know it,” He assures me, but how sure I am, that she won’t end up making him not love me again?
“I don’t want you to see her again… Just stop, please,” I plead with him as more tears stream down my cheeks.
“Come on, stop getting unnecessarily jealous, babe. I am doing this for us, ok? Don’t be like that,” He replies to me, and even though I know what he said is true, I still can’t help being sad.
“How can I not be jealous? I love you, and do you know what it feels like to see you with another woman? The bitch I hate so much with all my life at that. I don’t want her to take you away from me,” I cry harder, and he sighs briefly.
“You know how much I hate to see you cry, can you just stop, please?” He whines, and I sigh briefly as I wipe my tears.
“Alright, fine… Max is not around, can you come over now?” I ask him, but he remains silent.
“There’s something I need to discuss with you,” I further say to him.
“Let’s meet at the hotel. I will send you the address. I can’t come over to your house,” He replies to me, and I understand why he said that. We don’t want to mess up with things if we don’t want to get caught. Wondering what’s going on? Well, that is left for you to figure out later, that is if I’m nice enough to let you figure it out.
“Alright, sweetheart. I’ll be there as soon as possible,” I reply to him before the call drops, and I sigh deeply. My phone beeps immediately with the address sent from him, and I smile as I stand up to head to my room to prepare myself to go meet my baby.
It only takes me about forty-five minutes to get ready, before I leave my room. Stepping out of the mansion, I haul down a cab and hop in after I give him the address of the hotel. I wouldn’t be so daft to drive my car there, knowing I may get caught, right?
My heart wavers excitedly at the thought of being in his arms again after so long, and I can only wait in anticipation.
The drive to the hotel was not more than a twenty-five minutes drive, and we arrive later. I head to the room number he gave to me as soon as I get to the reception. I’ve been to this hotel a couple of times with Max in the past, and I know my way around here.
Arriving at the front of the room a few minutes later, I arrange my hair and spray some perfume on my body, making sure to smell nice for him. I finally knock on the door when I’m sure I’m good enough to see him.
The door pulls open almost immediately, and as I behold Alex, my smile widens as I throw myself in his arms, hugging him tightly like my life depends on it.
“I’ve missed you so much, baby,” I whine like a baby, tightening the hug just as if he would vanish if I don’t hold him so tightly.
“You’re going to choke me to death, Alicia,” He chuckles softly, and I pull away from him.
“I’m sorry, baby. I just got overly excited to see you. Come here, baby,” I claim his lips and slowly kiss him as we head to the bed. I don’t mind going for a round with him for a start before we talk about anything else. I have missed being with him, and I need to explore all our time together today.
“Hold on, Alicia,” He pulls away from me gently as we both sit on the bed, and I pull a puzzled look. Alex was the one that always attempted to sleep with me, but why does it look like I’m forcing things now? Is everything alright?
“Are you okay?” I ask him, and he nods his head as he throws his gaze away.
“Yeah, I’m fine. You said you wanted to discuss something with me. Tell me first before we do anything,” He utters, and my heart sinks into my stomach. I shouldn’t hide it from him, considering how he’s going to feel later if he finds out about it, but I’m scared of his reaction. How am I going to tell him that I messed up and now pregnant with his brother’s child? That’s crazy and he’s not going to be happy with it.
“Alex…” I pause and bite my bottom lip nervously, fondling with my fingers. My heart hammers hard against my chest, and I gulp down the lump that forms in my throat.
“Talk to me, Alicia… Are you ok?” He inquires, and I throw my face away.
“I’m… I’m pregn… ant,” I release the bombshell, and the world seems to freeze for a few seconds as silence plays in the room. By now, I’m sure my blood pressure must’ve risen so high that I might develop a partial stroke anytime soon, due to the way my heart is beating fast.
Slowly, I raise my gaze to find him staring at me with his mouth agape and a blank expression on his face. What is he thinking about? Why is he not saying anything to me?
“Yo… you’re what?” He asks, and I gulp down nothing nervously.
“I’m…”
“Shit!” He curses under his breath and springs up to his feet. I watch as he clenches and unclench his fingers like they are itching him, rage in his eyes.
“I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to get pregnant for him, I promise… I will do something about it, please,” I try to touch him after I stand up, but he steps away from me.
“You will do something about it? What do you want to do? Abort the baby? I fucking told you to always use pills whenever you had sex with him, why the hell did you allow yourself to get pregnant, why the fuck would you do something like that?” He screams at me, and I flinch fearfully. For the first time since the five years we have been together, Alex looks so enraged. What have I done? Fuck!
“I… I… took the pills, Alex. I won’t ever do something like that, ok? I just didn’t know how it happened,” I try to explain to him, but he scoffs angrily.
“Wow! So you knew you are pregnant, and you were going to get me to sleep with you? How dare you! Do you know what the fuck that means?” He snaps at me, and tears stream down my cheeks.
“I’m sorry, Alex. I will do something about this,” I plead with him.
“You know what? I’m out of here,” I watch as he grabs his phone from the bed, and storms out of the room, slamming the door behind him…