Rejected

The thought of carrying a child brought an icy chill that shivered down my spine.

Terror engulfed me. How would I face that demon? How would he react?

The room seemed to spin crazily, as it seemed I was viewing it through a dark tunnel. There was a frightening jarring in my head, my heart kept pounding violently, my body trembled, and my hand kept sweating.

I felt a lump in my throat as I climbed down from the bed, and rushed to the bathroom.

There into the toilet, I threw up until I became exhausted.

I was truly pregnant!

No. I can't. I just can't have this baby.

I entered the room in trepidation. Seated on the chair was him that I feared most. The servants already left.

"Heard you're pregnant." He spoke stiffly without sparing me a glance.

I felt faint, and the nausea was threatening again as my body began to tremble, not for the baby, but out of fear.

He looked up staring deep into my eyes.

"That bastard in you isn't mine, you know that right?" he queried.

Though he sounded calm, I could still sense the anger at the edge of his words.

What does he mean, he's not the father? He was the only one I had sex with.

"False. You're responsible!" the words escaped my mouth in flash.

His eyes narrowed and his lips pressed together in anger. He was angry but he forced out a smile.

"How wrong I was to believe that you were innocent. You didn't only get impregnated by another, but here you're trying to lay it on me. Such a faithful sinner with a notch of holiness." he smiled hauntingly.

What's he trying to say. That I was being pert with another?

This demon has apparently lost his sense of reasoning.

"Are you accusing me of infidelity after forcing me into a marriage against my own will?" I asked calmly, trying not to provoke him.

I watched with terror as he stood up and went over to the bar and offered himself a glass of wine.

"Yes. I never released inside you, not even for once. I didn't trust you and look I was right. Pure face with a bitchy attitude," he spoke harshly.

My heart sank as I remembered my first day here, was it the man of that night? Was I really carrying a bastard in me?

Tears wailed up in my eyes as I tried not to let them go. How could my once perfect and happy life turn into such a sad life?

Now he was going to kill me with the bastard in me, without remorse.

"What punishment should I give you for trespassing?" his question came like a blast to me.

My teary eyes met his cold and dangerous ones, as I shivered in fear. How could fate ever bring me together with such a heartless demon?

I was pregnant but he still wants to punish me. When would I ever be free from his torments?

Yes, that's it. I only need to be free from him.

"Then let me go."

My voice came as a whisper. He sharply looked at me, and it seemed the universe stopped at his gaze.

'Clash!' the sound of the breaking glass echoed through the room as my body began to tremble in fear.

He smashed his drinking glass on the floor.

"Never! You would stay right here and suffer. That's my revenge".

With that he left the room as my knees sank to the floor, my tears coming down in big droplets.

What have I done to deserve such destiny?

No, Leona, You have to be strong now, for your child. No matter what, it's still your baby, my subconsciousness whispered.

I wiped my face, got up, and went over to the full-length mirror beside my bed.

"You now have another life in you," I breathed touching my belly while staring at my reflection.

All this is happening because of Rita. If she hadn't betrayed me, I won't have been in such a situation.

I won't forgive her, never!

"Your Highness," a greeted coming into the room.

He bowed stretching out his hand which held a phone.

With trembling hands, I took the phone from him.

"Hello,"

" Leona, my dear," Mom's voice came from the other end.

"Mom!" I breathed as tears trailed down my face.

"Leona..." mom cried making me cry the more.

Her sobs brought down more tears from my eyes. How do I tell her that I'm pregnant with a bastard, as Romeo said he wasn't responsible.

How?

"Mom. Mom, I'm pregnant," I breathed after some seconds of sobbing.

"I know honey. I know," her shaky voice came through.

"I'm sorry mom, I'm really sorry... "

"No, Leona, I should be the one sorry, for what I have done and about to do," she sobbed.

Her words were strange to me as I became curious.

"What's it mom? Tell me. You sound strange," I breathed anxiously but no response came.

Only the sound of hard breathing and faint sobs was coming from the other end.

"Mom?" I called out.

A few seconds passed before her voice came from the other end.

" I'm sorry, Leona, but from today henceforth..." she stopped.

What's going on? Why does my mom sound so strange.

"Henceforth what?" I asked nervously as I felt it wasn't something good.

"You're no longer my daughter, and I, no longer your mother...You're a disgrace for carrying a bastard. I'm cutting off every tie between us. I... I... I disown you, Leona. From today, you don't exist to me"

The phone fell from my hand, as it seemed my world was crumbling fraction by fraction.

"Your highness!"

"My lady!"

"Your grace!"

Tens of voices reverberated in the room as my tears gave way again. What have I done?.

It's all because of this bastard in me. I will get rid of it. Yes, it deserves not to live!

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