Chapter 36 Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Iris POV
"It's about Darius."
That sentence has been stuck in my head since yesterday evening. I'm currently on my way back to the house.
I sat down at the back seat with my heart almost jumping out of my chest. Maybe he wants to punish me for not acting believable enough for Darius.
I groaned internally for what seemed like the umpteenth time, I looked outside the window to calm my racing heart.
"We are here, my lady." The driver announced pulling into the familiar yet strange driveway. It's the first time I have been away from home for more than three days.
"Thank you." I whispered but I doubt he heard it. He opened the door for me and I stepped out, straightening the strap of my purse.
I started taking slow strides inside the house, my hands becoming sweaty from how nervous I was. I opened the door and I stepped in, I froze as I saw my father already seated waiting for me with an angry expression.
"What the fuck took you so long?" He yelled as he saw me.
"I was trying to..."
"Just sit down already, I don't have the time for your silly excuse." He growled, I nodded my head timidly going to sit beside Vickie.
I nodded my head at her as a form of greeting and she returned it.
"I don't know if Darius already told you but you are spending two days here." He announced, looking at the folder he is holding.
Darius knows about this? How come he didn't tell me anything then?
"Yes Father." I agreed, not wanting him to yell at me.
"Good. Later this afternoon, I will be taking you to the hospital for a fertility test." He said.
Hospital?
Fertility test?
Is he about to have me do an artificial insemination now?
"Why would I be taking a fertility test father?" I asked, deciding that the worst he can do is yell at me.
"I want you to sleep with Darius." He said so simply as if it was the most normal thing to say in the world.
"What?" I gasped.
"You heard me right Iris. I want you to sleep with him but don't you dare get pregnant for him. If you do, I will kill you with my bare hands." He growled.
"But father..." He cut me off before I could finish.
"You will sleep with him, pretend you are pregnant after two weeks and then Vickie can replace you. Darius will surely notice the bump if Vickie were to sleep with him."
What has my life turned to? I'm not only going to pretend to be someone else, I will have to pretend I'm pregnant too.
"Father, even if I do agree to pretend to be pregnant, Vickie's bump would have been so obvious then and she will even give birth to the child before nine months." I said, pissed but I knew I couldn't raise my voice or call him out on it.
"First of all, you are already doing it. Secondly, it shouldn't be any or your concern how I plan to do my thing, I already have my plan laid out." He said.
I opened my mouth to say something, tell him this is bullshit and I won't be doing it. I'm already suffering from too much guilt of just lying to him about my identity and now a pregnancy too.
"I will book a resort for your honeymoon. Make sure to have sex with him." He said standing up from the chair and heading upstairs probably to his room or study.
Is he not thinking? How can he suggest I have sex with Darius, someone that is supposedly married to my sister?
"I'm sorry Iris, all this wouldn't be happening if I hadn't gotten pregnant." Vickie said from beside me.
"It's okay, it's not your fault." I whispered even though I wanted to blame her. A lot of things are going on in my life right now and wouldn't be so if she hadn't gotten pregnant truly.
"The doctor didn't want me to lose my life so he didn't carry out the abortion." She cleared our throat. "He helped me lie to father that the baby wasn't in the position to be removed and he bought it. He told me he would come up with a plan but I didn't know it would be something this ridiculous."
"I'm glad the doctor didn't take it out and it's fine, you couldn't have known." I whispered, pulling her into my embrace.
Shortly after she started crying, "I'm sorry Iris, I'm sorry you have to go through this because of me."
"I told you already Vickie didn't I, it's fine. There is no need to apologize. I guess this is a cross we both have to carry." I replied, patting her back.
She sniffled, nodding her head. "I honestly don't understand Father's obsession with the Acrux family." She muttered.
I wondered if I should tell her about what I heard, where he was telling his beta Napheal about him having an evidence that can ruin the Acrux family.
I wonder what the evidence is? And what exactly happened.
"I don't know either." I finally responded.
She pulled back from the embrace, wiping her eyes. "Have you eaten? Are you hungry?" She asked me.
"It's fine Vickie, I have already had something to it." I muttered putting a smile on my face to cheer her up.
She rubbed her stomach muttering incoherent words but I managed to catch one. "I promise to give you a better life."
I didn't say anything, I just watched her as she continued rubbing her stomach thinking about the news my father just told me.
But if I'm pretending to be pregnant, what does he need a fertility test for?
Or does he have another use for it?
You can never know what runs through that man's head.
And he said something about honeymoon too, is Darius planning one or is this just his own personal plan?