Healing

Rosaline's POV

"Congratulations Miss Barker, you're 3 weeks pregnant. However, you're in a critical condition with your baby and you need to be at bed rest in order for your baby to grow healthy. You've been under lots of duress lately, you need to be under the close watch of a nurse."

Staring into space, I felt numbness in my chest. I didn't know how to react to the news, I had asked Xavier to leave cause I couldn't stand him around me. Hearing this news alone was too much for me to handle.

Tears welled up in my eyes and after the doctor had left, I picked up my phone and sent a quick text to River to help pack my bags from Xavier's house and come meet me at the hospital. She replied with a thumbs up soon after, so I rested my head back on the pillow and closed my eyes. Then the door opened.

"Princess?" My heart sank.

"Please let me explain." His voice almost like a whisper.

"Explain? Alright then, explain why your dick was buried deep into a woman you claimed to hate and have nothing with, explain why you lied to me about going away for a business trip, explain to me why you had to betray me that way. I'm waiting."

Tears flowed down my cheeks.

"I-I-I- don't know what came over me I swear, I just, it's going to sound stupid. I just don't know why I did that Rose. I'm so sorry." He pleaded.

"Of course you are. Until I ask for your presence, do not show your face to me again. Go back to being with the woman you've always loved and wanted. It's over!" I gently stood up from the bed, picked up my phone and bag and walked out of the hospital.

Soon enough River arrived at the parking lot, so I went to her and asked her to drive away. Not wanting to scare her on the way. She drove all the way to her house and I wanted nothing but to lay my head down and sleep. I felt extremely numb and empty. I felt betrayed and unloved.

We got to the villa and we both came out of the car, when we got in the house I didn't admire it cause I had my mind full. But it was gorgeous and huge too. I sat on the couch and rested my forehead on my palm.

Letting myself relax, I let the tears I've been holding in rush down my cheeks. Soon enough heavy sobs broke through me and I struggled to breath properly in-between cries.

River immediately pulled me into a hug and patted my head gently.. Soon after she cried with me as I became inconsolable.

"I'm pregnant." I managed to voice out and I immediately heard her gasp.

"You're what?"

"3 weeks gone." Sighing heavily, I closed my eyes tight to prevent myself from crying again. "And I caught Xavier buried deep inside of Alesia in his office." My voice wavered as I looked up to no one in particular.

"Oh dear. How could he even do something like that? What's worse, with no one but Alesia?" She pulled me into a hug again.

"I just don't want to see him anymore River, at least not now. I can't bring myself to look at him, he disgusts me now. I need space to collect my thoughts on what to do with this baby."

"What do you mean what to do with this baby? Of course we're raising it together. I'll protect you and my godchild with everything I have, I'll even ask for help from my parents. Don't forget they both love you as their own."

"I don't know yet River, my heart hurts so much." Tears poured down my cheeks as I sobbed into my hands.

I woke up the next morning feeling extremely tired, my phone rang all through the night, knowing exactly who was calling, I put my phone on silent. I decided to not stay in my room all day and just do some cleaning.

I took a long warm shower and washed my hair with my fruity shampoo. After the shower, I dressed up in a black leggings and pink crop top. I packed my hair in a messy bun and went straight to work.

I dusted the whole house, and proceeded to mop the floors, I did the dishes and also cleaned the kitchen counter. I took out the garbage cans and cleaned the storage room. I had just came in with the garbage can when River came out of her room.

She looked around for a split second and squinted her eyes in confusion.

"Don't tell me you cleaned up the house!"

"Yes I did, I'll be cleaning up the rooms next. Im just going to get the mop and bucket."

"Why are you doing that!!! We have a house help remember? Do you want to hurt the baby?" She screamed at me.

"I'm only pregnant River, not handicapped." I rolled my eyes.

"So fucking what? Didn't you hear what the doctor said? He asked you not to stress yourself out. You might hurt the baby."

"I'm fine mommy." I teased.

"Give me that." She collected the cans from me and dropped it on the floor close to the counter. Then she pulled me to the couch and sat beside me. I knew she was so desperately trying to say something but was scared it'll upset me. So I smiled at her reassuringly.

"Rose."

"What is it River, tell me."

"How long do you plan on staying without talking to Xavier?"

"Till whenever I'm ready to talk to him." I sighed.

"He has been calling me all night. He sent me countless messages begging to see you, knowing Xavier, I can tell he's extremely concerned about you."

"So what? If he was truly concerned about me then he wouldn't have cheated on me in the first place. He didn't only cheat, he fucking lied to me about his business trip. If not for the anonymous message, I wouldn't have found out about this."

"Wait, what anonymous message?" She asked confused.

"I got an anonymous message a few days ago to go to a location at a specific time, turned out to be the office." I explained.

"How did the person know what would happen except it was talked about in the first place?"

Now that she mentioned it, it did sound like a planned event but it didn't matter cause Xavier fell for it anyway. He fucked her willingly, there's no way she would have forced his dick inside of her.

"It doesn't matter River, whether or not it was planned, he still fucked her willingly."

"True, but I still think you should listen to his explanation first before you make a decision you'll regret."

I stared at her tiredly.

"Okay." I nodded.

"Good. He'll be here in a few hours."

My eyes widened.

"River! You invited him already?"

"You just agreed to meeting him? So I gave him the go ahead to come here, it's not like he wouldn't have come with or without permission."

I sighed heavily and shut my eyes tight.

She's right, maybe he knows about the pregnancy, maybe he wants to strike a deal, i don't know.

I'll just have to wait and see.