CHAPTER 5

Selena was lonely ever since her husband left to solve whatever situation had arisen at one of the factories the previous day. The house was just huge for her to be alone. She began to have all these crazy thoughts again as she looked around the house. The house had so many guestrooms and she wondered how it will be if she turned one into a nursery. The thought of that made her heart flutter. The thought of her carrying Sean's child was elating.

She was never on birth control and they never used any protection from day one. It's been a while since they started having sex together. Was there any possibility that she was pregnant? Should she wait for a couple of days and wait for her menstrual cycle to come and see whether she was pregnant or not? If she was would he happy with the news? What if she wasn't fertile and fails to give him children? Would he leave her and abandon her for that? She shouldn't be thinking of this, she was going to keep herself busy with something else.

Since there was no school because it was weekend and she had no appointment with the P.R department, she was free to do whatever she wanted but reading wasn't part of it. She was too lazy to read anything.

She decided to go and check up on her garden. It's been a few weeks since Selena seed her vegetables and they were sprouting just fine.

She looked around, pulling out the weeds as she looked through the garden. It was just a matter of time before she starts eating them. Maybe she should learn how to cook so that her husband can eat something she made herself.

She sighed as she returned back into the house but a phone call made things hard for her. Someone wanted to see her, she was insisting apparently she had news about her husband and she wanted to hear what it was.

She changed her clothes, took her bag with the phone and bank cards. Since her husband had bought her a car after she got her license she drove herself to the meeting point. It was a café and she met one beautiful and elegant woman there. What was her connection with her husband? She had seen most of the women her husband associated with before she was part of his life and yet this face was new.

'You look much younger in person,' the woman said as she sat down.

'Yes, I am young so it's normal,' she replied, not liking everything about this woman.

'You have ways of answering child but I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young. I used to be righteous but life is just one hell of a ride you will find yourself doing some things you never thought you were capable of doing,' she said as she sipped her water.

Selena made an order for orange juice while she talked with the woman she had no idea who she was.

'Who are you and why did you want to me?' she asked the woman.

'My name is Cleo and I came back to take what is mine,' she said with a smirk on her face.

'And what exactly is that?' she asked Cleo.

'Sean, he is mine. He had always been mine,' Cleo said and Selena was shocked by the way she just boldly said that.

'How can he be yours when he is married to me?' she asked wanting to understand the woman's intentions.

'He married you just to spite me. We ended things on a sad note. We had a little misunderstanding and he didn't talk it so well. We love each other so I just wanted to tell you to back off. You are no match for me,' Cleo said and somehow Selena felt so disgusted that this woman used to be part of her husband's life.

With just one glance one could tell how evil this woman was. She felt sorry for Sean for falling for such a devil like this woman. She could tell that she was lying. Sean might not have feelings for her but she knew that he would never cheat on her. He promised her before they got married. Even when he wasn't being intimate with her back then after their wedding, she had never seen him with another woman and yet this devil comes to tell her those painful words. She was trying to break her marriage but she wasn't going to allow her to do that. She had endured all the words that were thrown at her from the second it was known that she was marrying a Sawyer. She wasn't going to let some obsessed woman to come into her life and take what was hers.

'I will be honest with you then Cleo or whatever your name is. I don't care what you two shared in the past but I will tell you right now that Sean he is mine and my husband. I don't ever want to see you ever again near me or him,' she warned her and Cleo laughed.

'How very stupid and naïve of you? What can a little girl like you do to me?' Cleo asked as she sized her.

'If you continue to linger around then you will see what I am capable of,' she answered her.

'I will look forward to that,' Cleo said.

Selena was so angry she wanted to strangle the other woman but she couldn't. Any silly mistake will result in the company's image falling. Since she was the face she had to control herself and keep calm even when it was difficult. She was about to stand up, trying to avoid any more confrontations when a familiar voice said something.

Selena turned around and smiled as she saw Vivian approaching them.

'I was wondering where I had seen you but now I know. Aren't you Mrs. Sawyer, the famous wife of Sean Sawyer?' she asked her as if she didn't know.

What was Vivian doing? Why was she yelling out loud when they were friends? She gave her a look that told her to go along with her.

'It's me,' she answered lowly.

'You shouldn't just meet with anyone. This world is full of greedy people who will do anything to see you go down,' she said as she joined them.

'Who are you?' Cleo asked Vivian.

'Me, I am her best friend and unlike my friend here I will not beat around the bush. I have taken your picture and I will dig into everything you did from when you were a baby until now. I am going to expose it and make sure you never get to see the light of day again. Either you will get arrested or you will kill yourself because of the shame you will be feeling by then. What gives you the right to threaten my friend like that? If you were that special he would have married you and not her. So don't you ever dare go around spouting rubbish like that? I hope I made myself clear,' Vivian said and Selena applauded Vivian's bravery. She could go one on one with such a woman. What else was she capable of doing?

'And what was your name again?' Cleo asked, still looking down on her.

'Huxley, the famous one,' she answered.

There was only one famous man with that name and he was someone you wouldn't want to cross.

'Is he...?' she didn't finish asking.

'Yes, and even without you making a crime I can still have you either sent to a prison or you can just disappear. So choose wisely, which route you would want to take,' Vivian surprised her once more.

'This is not over,' Cleo said as she stood up.

'Think very wisely,' Vivian called out as Cleo left.

Selena hugged her friend, if it wasn't because of her she would have embarrassed herself and failed to fight for herself.

'Thank you very much for helping me,' she said as she breaks the hug.

'That what friends are for. I just couldn't help but overhear her saying all those words. You shouldn't let anyone walk over you like that,' Vivian said and she nodded.

'I will change, I promise.'

'So what did she told you?'

Selena narrated the whole story and Vivian laughed her lungs out.

'What's funny?'

'Girl, that bitch is just so mad that he didn't pine for her the way she thought he would. I once heard a story from my brother about your husband. He was betrayed by a girl he loved so much and one day she just left. Ever since then Sean changed a lot, he was never serious with any woman so when he married you he shocked a lot of people. He might still be hurt but when it comes to you I think he is genuine. You should ask him and talk about it when he returns. If an issue goes for long without shedding some light into it, things may go sour and you will never be able to sort it out,' Vivian told her.

After hearing this she could till that she knew little of her husband. What more secrets was he holding? If her husband was really pinning for Cleo then does it meant that he will waver since she returned back. Their love would probably be stronger than the one they shared. She was scared now. What if she loses him?

'You don't have to think much about it. He is a responsible man and even if he still have feelings for that spiteful woman you can still keep him with you,' Vivian surprised her with another statement again.

'How can that be possible?' she asked, wanting to know.

'If you have his child I don't think he can ever abandon you,' Vivian stated and she pondered over it. She wanted to have a family with him but using the baby as a means of making him to stay with her, it was just wrong.

'I will think of what to do after I confront him. I am not feeling well, I will drive back home first. I will call you if anything happens,' Selena said as she stood up.

'Are you sure that you can go alone?' she asked her.

'I am fine, don't worry about it,' she answered.

After kissing her friend bye, Selena went to the parking lot. She sat in her car for a while; her body was shaking that she just couldn't drive at the moment. After resting for about ten minutes, she started the engine and began to drive home. Something hit her though, Vivian had talked about the baby so she changed her course and went straight to the hospital.

After ten minutes, thanks to her name she went in to see the doctor. She was a bright woman and she liked her.

'Thank you for seeing me in such short notice,' she said as she sat in the chair that had been provided to her.

'It's nothing. So are you feeling sick or sick?' the doctor asked her.

'Not really. I just wanted to seek an opinion from a professional,' she said and she looked at her.

'Are you perhaps pregnant and planning on aborting?' the doctor asked her and she denied it right away.

'I want to see if I am pregnant and if I am I wouldn't dream of aborting my child,' she said and the doctor smiled at her response.

'I am a woman too and had been through three lovely pregnancies. Without doing the tests I can tell that you are there but I will still do it, we need to be sure than for us to do some guess work,' the doctor said as she stood up.

'Thank you.'

She spent another hour getting numerous tests and waiting for the results to come. When the results came she was nervous. What would she do if they came out negative? She just didn't know what to do anymore.

'Should we call your husband?' the doctor asked as she sat down in her chair.

'He is out of the city and I don't want to raise his hopes up,' she lied.

'It's okay then, I will tell you the results and I hope that you will accept the results as they are,' the doctor said as she opened the envelope.

She had never been that scared before. Even when she married her husband, she didn't feel like this. Meeting Cleo didn't scare her in the way that envelope was at the moment.

The doctor read through the documents and put a smile on her face.

'You don't have to be that scared. Congratulations, the results came out positive. You are indeed pregnant and its three weeks,' the doctor said giving her the envelope.

She was excited; she didn't know what to do with the news but found tears rolling down her cheeks.

'I am quite surprised to see such a joyous face about the pregnancy despite your age. You married quickly,' she said and Selena nodded her head.

'I got married at eighteen, a few months after I started my freshman,' she replied as she looked at the papers once more.

'I can tell that you love your husband. Just keep it up and when he returns please tell him and bring him with you for your checkup,' the doctor said.

'I will do so doctor.'

'I have put the time you should come for your checkups and of course you can choose another doctor of your liking,' the doctor said and Selena looked at her.

'I would like you to be my doctor. You didn't judge me when you saw me, I feel comfortable around you,' Selena told the doctor from the bottom of her heart.

'Thank you for saying that. I will take my leave now and I will call to set up an appointment,' she said as she stood up.

'Do that, if you have any questions don't hesitate to call me,' the doctor said as she gave her, her business card.

'I will give you a call,' Selena said as she smiled.

When she left the hospital she was excited. She couldn't wait to tell him but she had things to do first before that. She was going to wait until they resolved this Cleo's issue before announcing the news.

...

It was quite disturbing when he learnt that Cleo had met his wife after he left the city. Because of his busy schedule he couldn't return earlier. He returned back home after two days and when he got home his wife was not home. She was still at school and to make matters worse she had never called him to ask him about it.

While he waited for his wife to return he decided to make a meal for her. It was a shock to his staff but he had to do something to appease her anger. She might be a quiet person but he knew that she was a tricky one. Once she explodes she will cause a lot of damage.

He heard the car parking and he was overjoyed. Would she smile at him when she sees him? He hoped that she will do that. He walked to the door and stood there as she came. She stopped and looked at him. All of a sudden, tears began to stream down her cheeks. He had never seen her cry like this before. She was deeply hurt and it was his entire fault.

He walked towards his wife, and he hugged her. She didn't try to escape from him which was a relief. He took her inside and he made her sit at the table. He served her food and to his surprise she ate it all.

He thought she would make a tantrum and refuses to eat but she proved him wrong. After having her dinner, she left and went to the bedroom. When he arrived she was taking a shower. Ever since she walked in, she didn't say a single word to him. He didn't know what to say or do at this point. When she came out of the bathroom she was wearing her night dress.

'We need to talk,' Sean said as he took her hand so that the two of them were sitting on the bed.

'Yes, we do,' she said as she shook herself from him. This was about to go on another level.

'I am sorry for what happened to you while I was gone,' Sean apologized and she looked at him.

'There is nothing to apologize for. It's not like I didn't know you had a past before I came. It's not like there is much between us that we have to talk about all this. I will not ask you about what happened I don't think I am able to handle it. I just want you to think hard about what will happen from now on. I know our marriage wasn't based on love from the beginning so don't think about my feelings. I can handle them like I have always done,' Selena said and her words pierced his heart as if an arrow was shot right through it.

Every word she said was the truth and yet it hurt. Their marriage was not based on love from the beginning even when he knew that she loved him with all her heart. He knew that she was worried about the future since she now knew about his relationship with Cleo from the past. It was too confusing for him too even when he was much older than her. So he understood her a lot, what she was going through at this moment.

'Don't talk like that Selena,' he said trying to appease her but she didn't bulge.

'I know that I am being childish right now but this is who I am. I don't know what to say or what to think, which is why I will give you some time to think it over and decide what you are going to do next. I will sleep in the guest room for the mean time,' she said as she stood up but he stopped her.

'You don't have to do that. I will take the other room, you sleep here,' he said and stood up.

He couldn't quarrel with her now. She was the one hurting much but did she know how he was feeling too? She was young and wouldn't be able to understand him but he was going to be the bigger person and see this through. He lost Cleo back then but he wasn't going to lose anything because of her.

...

Selena cried as the door closes. He just left her like that in the room. Was he really considering thinking about this? Was it so hard for him to just tell her the words she wanted to hear? If he would have just told her that she was the one he wanted, that he loved her, she would be not in pain like this.

After all the time they shared, was it so hard for him to love her or have some affection for her? Was she just another woman to him, whom he could have sex with and just discard?

Would she be able to even tell him about pregnancy now? Was she going to get divorced and become a single mother while she was still a teenager? The thought of losing him was so painful that she cried the whole night. When she woke up the next day she was so tired and sick that she called in sick to school. She was not going anywhere feeling like that and especially with her eyes so swollen like that.

She was not going to give those classmates of hers something to talk about. One way or the other, she was going to see this through and accept whatever was coming. She loves him so much but she wasn't strong enough o force him to love her. She wouldn't be any different with Cleo. She was better than that. She was going to protect her child and if things didn't turn out well, she will still take care of her child. Her parents still love her dearly and they were not going to abandon her. She was going to do it and make it but now she has a headache to cure without affecting her pregnancy with the medication.