Chapter 18: You've been a little secretive

Chapter 18: You've been a little secretive
I knew getting Zane to agree would be super easy and the difficult part is getting Isla's blood sample for the test.
Doctor Steven had come to the house in less than ten minutes after Isla's ordeal and he was catering to her in her room, but Zane had called him outside and introduced me to him before he left the house with Elias for their mission.

“So you're carrying out another test without her knowledge?” Doctor Steven whispered as he furrowed his brows at me. We were both standing in the hallway outside Isla's door.

“I just have to be sure,” I maintained my stance.

“Ma'am you do know she almost had a miscarriage and that only happens with pregnant women.”

It almost started feeling like the doctor was trying to discourage me or maybe he was just doing his job, but still, I wasn't pleased by his shenanigans.

“You're going to do the test! You're not here to ask questions or tell me what you think. You're here to do your job and that's exactly what you'll do,” my voice was strong and dominating, showing him how serious I was. “Don't forget you're on my husband's paycheck so you'll do whatever I ask you to do without any questions,” I declared.

He bowed slightly, “Yes ma'am, I'll do exactly what you asked, and I'll carry out the test without her knowledge.”

“Good, and make sure you bring the test results directly to me as soon as possible.”

I turned and walked away.
I was smiling from ear to ear, it felt so good to express myself and to finally be able to put someone in their place.
At that moment I wanted to scream and do a heel click out of happiness, but I had to maintain my “strong and serious wife persona”.
I heard the door close behind me as I walked away so I knew he had gone back in the room.
I was still smiling when I heard footsteps coming up the stairs towards the hallway and immediately the person whose footsteps I was hearing emerged from the stairs, my smile quickly faded away.

It was Matilda.

My smile faded, but I didn't react. I walked past her, shoulders held up high, without batting an eye in her direction, but I could see her eyeing me up from the corner of my eyes the moment I walked passed her.

I would give up anything to not see her face again, I got to my room door and turned to look at her and we made eye contact before she entered Isla's room and I entered mine.

“Omg, Amelia!!!” Shawna screamed, obviously excited to see me since I had kept her waiting in my room for a while.
“I was just thinking about the whole thing that happened with Matilda and Isla in Isla's room,” she burst out laughing, falling on the bed, and I had no idea when I started laughing too.

“It was crazy right?” I managed to say in between laughs.

“Crazy is an understatement, landing that punch on her face was the best feeling ever, I bet she would never test me again,” Shawna said with a self-satisfied smirk, eyes gleaming with pride.
Then she turned towards me now with a serious expression.
“That's why I keep telling you, sometimes you need to push your soft persona away and let your wrath out, Isla keeps messing with you because she knows you won't fight back.”

I pulled out a chair from my dresser and sat opposite her. “Shawna you know that's not my thing, I just can't.”

“Amelia you're Zane Blackwood's wife, Zane already has a reputation and his wife shouldn't be seen as a weak little lamb.”

My eyes immediately lit up the moment I remembered my conversation with the doctor. “I put the family Doctor in his place today when he was questioning my orders. I told him he was on my husband's paycheck and he will do whatever I asked him to do without any questions. I was strict in delivering the message too,” My tone and expression radiated pride, I was able to stand up for myself.
Excitement bubbled inside me as I told Shawna about it.

She strode to where I was sitting and gave me a high five. “Yes!!! That's my girl.” I could tell Shawna was just as proud as I was.
“Soon you'll be able to face Isla and your mother-in-law without feeling like you have to bottle up all your emotions and act in a certain acceptable way. I've always known you had it in you,” she pinched my nose, which made me giggle. She was like a proud mom.
Then her expression changed, like something else just crossed her mind.

"Amy baby," Shawna called out my name, her face filled with mischief.
"What's with the look on your face?" I asked her.
She narrowed her eyes at me. "You've been a little secretive."

"Shawna I have no idea what you're talking about, you know about every single thing going on in my life."

"Yeah you're right, but there's something you've been keeping from me since you got back from the hospital after your accident."

I wish I had an idea of what Shawna was talking about. "Shawna I'm kind of lost here."

"Alright I'm going to just say it," she folded her arms, taking a couple of steps closer to where I was sitting and continued "You've been secretive with you and Zane's sex life,"

For a second, it was like my brain completely stopped. I just stared at her with my mouth wide open, trying to process what she just said. And then, out of nowhere, laughter erupted from my chest, spilling out before I could stop it.
"Omg, Shawna!!!" I exclaimed, still laughing.

"Amy it's not funny, I want to know the details, now!" She demanded.

"Girl chill out, we're not doing anything. At least for now, but he has his way of tempting me and making me throw my morals out the window," I looked down, blushing hard as I had flashbacks of everything that happened a few hours ago in our room, how he touched me through my underwear and the dirty words he said to me.

"Amelia I know that look on your face," Shawna smiled at me.

"He might have touched me a bit," I covered my face because of how shy I was feeling. "But we haven't done anything."

"Why not?"

"Shawna I literally had a life-threatening accident, we can't just jump into having sex the moment I come back home, we're taking things slow."

"If you say so," She shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know if you care to know, but Elias and I hit it raw almost every night," she said, biting her fingers seductively.

"I'm not even surprised," I giggled.

“Wait a minute,” Shawna immediately paused her excitement.
“You said something earlier about the family doctor, what business do you have with him?” She questioned.

“I thought you were never going to ask. I ordered him to do another pregnancy test without Isla's knowledge. With Zane's permission though.”

“Brilliant!!” She exclaimed and asked. “The result is going to be ready today right?”

“Yeah sure, I asked him to bring it to my room when he's done, he should be done in an hour or two,” I asserted.

“All we have to do is wait.”

“Yeah,” I replied.

I was so eager to see the outcome of the test. I genuinely think those test strips are Isla's and she's not pregnant, but she's trying for a baby. Which explains why she had so many used test strips, because she had been doing the test so many times, hoping for it to come out positive.

It would be a dream come true if the doctor's test came out negative, at least then, she'll have no business staying under the same roof with me.

A knock sounded on the door and I immediately turned to Shawana, we both knew who it was. I sped to the door to open it and there he was, the doctor.
He was holding a paper and I didn't let him talk before I dragged it from his hands.

“The test results, right?” I asked him.

He nodded his head.

“And she doesn't know about this, right?”

He nodded his head again.

“Thank you,” I said and closed the door before turning to Shawna.

“The moment of truth.”

With a deep breath, I unfolded the papers, and my eyes darted straight to the bottom edge, where the answer awaited.