CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX
CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX
NATALIA’s POV.
Pacing up and down the room, I pick up my phone and dial his number again but for the umpteenth time, he doesn’t answer. This is the first time he is behaving like this and he knows how much I hate to be left alone.
It is already past eight and he should be back at the hotel by now. Is he with Michelle?
A lot is going on in my head as I continue to pace around while still calling his number.
What I am doing is interrupted when the door opens and Nicholas ventures into the room and immediately I feel the hair on the back of my neck stand on edge. I know this feeling, I have felt it before and it is not one I will like to experience ever again.
Angry Nicholas is one of the worst things someone can experience and I really do not want that again, not now.
“Hey baby” I fake a smile on my face and try to touch him but he halts me in my tracks, a gesture that makes me gulp.
“Get dressed, Natalia” he orders and a slight frown appears in my face.
“Are we going somewhere?”
“Fucking get dressed” Nicholas thunders and I flinch in fear, what the heck is going on?
“Fine, you do not have to yell”
I walk towards the closet and grab a pair of gown before throwing it over my body and I pull my hair into a messy bun.
Turning around, he walks out of the room and I follow him.
After we come out of the building, Nicholas boards his car and I do the same, in no time he speeds out of the premises.
Ten minutes into driving and he has not said anything, making the confusion on my face intensify. He left this morning all smiles and now?
“Can you at least tell me what’s going on?” I ask after a few more minutes, “what’s going on and why do you look so upset?”
Silence.
He did not say anything and my frown deepens.
“Nicholas” I call out his name again, “what the fuck is going on?”
But he is still silent. Heaving a sigh, I turn my focus to the other side and close my eyes, I am really not in the mood for his tantrums right now. He always comes back angry anytime he meets with his ex wife, I should just get rid of her and move on.
I jolt out of my thoughts when he brings the car to an abrupt halt and when I look up, we are in front of a hospital and my heart skips a beat. Why the hell are we in a hospital? Did something happen?
“What are we doing here, Nick?”
He just climbs out of the car and leans on it. I also do the same but I stand in front of his huge frame, looking up at him waiting for him to at least say something.
“Three years didn’t do Justice to the fact that I loved you, Natalia” he begins to speak as his eyes rest upon me, “three years and I am still madly in love with you and you know that, don’t you?”
“What are you talking about, Nick? Why are we in a hospital? Did something happen to you?You can’t even get treated in a hospital so why are we here?”
“Did you know Michelle was pregnant?”
This is like news to me because I wasn’t aware of it, but now another kind of fear grips me. Does the baby belong to Nicholas?
I swallow hard at the thought of this, I have worked so hard for everything to come crashing down now.
“I didn’t know she was pregnant” I answer, “Enzo really kicked things off with her sooner than expected”
“You know I would kill for you?”
“What’s with all these mysteries, Nicholas? Tell me, what’s going on?” I am becoming frustrated as to why he is making my brain go sixty miles in a second. I am about to lose my mind and this man Is playing brain teaser with me.
He brings out his phone and presses a button and a familiar voice filters into my ear.
“The baby Natalia is carrying belongs to me”
My heart skips a beat the moment I hear these words and I know for a fact that Rome is the one behind the voice recording. How did Nicholas get his hands on this record? How did he even learn about it?
“Do you know who is behind the voice?”
“What are you talking about Nicholas? What is with the recording and why are you playing it for me? Can you tell me what exactly is going on in your head?”
“Michelle gave this to me and it is supposedly about you and the baby In your womb. I have brought you here because I want a DNA test done to prove the paternity of the child. You are not my original mate and I can not feel the bond between me and the child”
My heart skips another beat. Michelle!!! I want to hold her by the neck and sniff the life out of her slowly.
“So Michelle told you something and you believed her? Are you being serious right now?”
“Because Michelle never fucking lies!!!” Nicholas bellows and a scowl appears on my face.
“What?”
“You will get into that hospital and we are going to get a fucking DNA test done, Natalia and I am not kidding about it.
“Can you even listen to yourself, Nicholas?” I half yell, “how can you stand in front of me and tell me that Michelle never lies? Do you love her? How well do you know that bitch? How can she tell you something and you will just blindly trust her, where is your sense of judgment?”
“I have made up my mind, Natalia and that’s final.
He grabs a hold of my hand and leads me into the hospital despite all my tantrums, my heart is beating so fast and it feels like it is going to explode. How did Michelle find out about this, how did..
“Fine” i blurt out and Nicholas abruptly stops walking,
“I will do the test but you must promise me, Nicholas. The moment the test results say you are the father of my child, you must make Michelle pay and you must take me as your wife and as Luna. I will not allow this insult to go on anymore. Any given opportunity she gets, she makes sure to taint me the bad guy every single time and you believe her?”
“Quit making me more upset and let’s just get the fucking test done”
“And I said I will” I blurt in anger, “I will get the fucking test done”
Anger resonates within me as the thought of Michelle continues to linger, this is the height of it and I am going to make sure I take my pound of flesh.
Nicholas grabs a hold of my hand again and leads me into an office, the man stands up immediately we enter.
“Are you the one that called me, sir?” He asks and Nicholas nods.
“Yes, is everything ready now?”
“Yes sir” the man answers.
“How fast can we get the results?” I ask the man.
“An hour at most”
I can’t help but gulp at his outburst, this can go haywire at any time and…
“Get started then” Nicholas lowers himself on the chair and crosses one leg over the other.
“We will need your sample sir” the doctor says again.
“You can take whatever you need doctor” Nicholas growls in anger, “I am in a hurry”
As I stand there looking at the angry Nick, I know for a fact that he is going to make a mess of me if he finds out the truth and I can not afford that now, I have come too far to give up now. I have invested a lot of sacrifices into this and now…
My brain is working fast, I need to come up with something to delay this procedure. What if the witch’s potion does not work?
Gosh, I can literally feel the beads of sweat forming on my forehead. This wasn’t the plan.
“Come with me, ma’am” the man’s voice jolts me out of my thoughts, “we need to take the sample of the baby”
“Of course”
I let out a heavy sigh as I start to walk slowly towards the inner chambers but on a second thought I stop as an idea pop into my head. It is better to be on a safer side than ruin everything I have worked so hard for.
Bracing myself, I take another step and let myself fall towards the glass table making sure my tummy get the most hit and immediately I see Nicholas spring out of his chair before everywhere becomes pitch black.