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MARK’S POV
“Here is Miss Bella’s tracking report, I heard my assistant say.
I murmured a response to him, then after a few seconds, I looked up from the files that detailed everything that was to be known about GT Group’s latest investors only to catch the back of my personal assistant as he rushed out the door.
I stopped, wondering why he was in such a hurry. My eyes back fell on the report I had tasked him to that he came in to drop. Even though I wanted to personally read through every detail of the report, I was too busy so I was going to ask him to summarize the report since he compiled it after the private investigator he hired carried it out but now he was gone.
I reached for my my phone, and was about to place a call through to him but I stopped. My gaze traveled to the report lying on one side of my desk, on top of the stacks of files I still had to go through..
Going through the report shouldn’t take up to, at most, thirty minutes. So instead of calling my assistant and having him leave his work just to come give me a summary when I could just glance through it, I dropped my phone and reached for the damned report.
I first fl*pped through the whole thing and I raised my brows. It was quite bulky.
Then I reclined in my seat and started to glance through
through the words and I was already yawning until….
- it. My eyes had been skimming
I perked up and my eyes bulged in shock. The page after the whole introduction and how she was the daughter of Michael and Clarissa had said that….
I read the words again, Bella, the woman this research is based on, eloped with a man named Isaac on the…”
I paused for a quick second. The date of the elopement mentioned in the report was our wedding day! What the actual f**k!!
My brows furrowed even deeper and my insides boiled with raw anger as I continued to read through.
Bella had eloped with the man whom she was in love with. And then, she got pregnant with his child and gave birth to a stillborn child at the hospital.
The name of the hospital and the medical reports of her pregnancy and the birth of her child was attached to the report. My shock knew no bounds as I looked through the reports and continued to read through.
I dropped the papers and slumped in my seat. It was all so much that I had to take a break and process it all. I had been a fool all this while. I felt as if my heart was continuously being poked with a thousand needles, each stab emanating a deep pain from within. I didn’t want to believe.
yel there was a report well carried out by an efficient investigator right before me.
it
Besides, the signs were there. They were subtle but they were there. Everywhere!
The sudden disappearance, Her insane desire to keep the child… I shook my head at my own foolishness. If only I had been more observant, if only I didn’t let myself get blinded by love, I would have seen them and called her out for it.
Even though my feelings for her were dead, it still hurt. It hurt that she had loved another and even carried his child while I yearned for her.
I picked up the report and read through the last page… and the information there turned my heart break into rage and I crumpled the page in my hand as I clenched it into fists.
The last page gave out facts that proved that Bella was still in close contact with f**ker, Isaac. Recent pictures of them together were attached. Even while she is pregnant with my child, she dared to see her ex lover!
How much of a fool does she take me for?
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I fiercely threw the crumbled paper on the floor. My heart bled as I stared at the photos and documents. I had always believed that their love was genuine, I had blamed the universe for striking her with such disease and pulling us apart. And I had blamed her parents and Sydney for not properly looking after her health. But all this while, I had believed in lies and blamed the wrong people.
“Why?” My voice barely rose above a whisper as I squeezed out the words from between my clenched teeth. “Bella, why would you do this to me?”
Even as I was alone, shame washed over me at the quiver in my voice.
Instead of sitting here and sulking and feeling like a loser, I stormed out of my office in rage. Everyone could see the rage in my strides and the cold look on my face and they did well to get out of my way.
I got in my car and drove past the speed limit as I sped to her apartment.
Since the birthday party that she had cried off, she hadn’t returned to my place. So it was only right that she would be at her apartment or maybe she decided to go cry on her lover’s shoulders.
Well, whichever it was, I would find out when I get to her apartment.
I didn’t bother to drive the car into her driveway and properly park. I just drove the car to a halt, removed the key and charged up the stairs to her apartment.
The moment I reached her door, I didn’t hesitate to slam my fist on her door.
“Bella!” I yelled out with all the anger and pain I felt.
There was no response from inside but I was relentless. I continued to slam my fist on her door.
I raised my fist to slam it on the door for the fourth time when voices drifted to me. I paused and let my hand hang in the air.
Then the voices became louder and clearer then Bella’s voice boomed through the doorway, “I can’t give you any more money, you gambling addict! Get out of my house, now!” She sounded frustrated and from the volume of her voice, you could tell that she was raving mad.
A louder response came immediately. “If you don’t give me the money, I’ll tell your posh man that the child in your belly is actually mine!” The deep voice retorted threateningly. Then he scoffed, “How can he even believe you’re carrying his child? That day, he didn’t even have S*x with you!”
I staggered back. I couldn’t believe my ears, even the child in her belly was a lie. She wasn’t carrying my child. Relief, disappointment and anger flooded through me. I slumped against the wall opposite her room door as all the strength drained from me as the emotions rioted within.
- me.
I hadn’t wanted a child now but I had accepted it so much that I even started reading books on fatherhood, preparing myself to be the best father to my child.
The argument continued, “Mind your f**king business, Isaac,” Bella’s voice trembled.
“As long as you’re carrying my child then your business is forever my business, babe,” Isaac drawled in an irritating voice.
“This child is Mark’s. Whether you like it or not. Whether you accept it or not, you will never be called the father of my child!”
“Hmm, the man hummed, “I wonder what Mr Mark would say when he finds out that he is the father of the child in your belly in name only. I bet he will be terribly pleased.”
“I’m warning you, stay out of my business! Now get your filthy self out of my house before I call the cops.
The arguments stretched for a few more seconds while I grasped the whole insanity of my situation. Suddenly, there was a piercing scream and it was instantly followed by the sound of things clattering to the ground and breaking.
I could no longer remain here while I listened like a bystander so I rammed my shoulder against the door, then kicked it open
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my feet.
The door opened to reveal the man, who I presumed to be Isaac, straddling a frightened Bella. Her face was bruised and the man had pinned her down, probably hitting her but he had stopped when I kicked the door open.
“Bella!” I yelled and rushed toward them. The man leapt up to lunge at me but I dealt him at punch to the face, directing all the anger I felt into the blow. The punch sent him ramming back into the wall. I hit him one more time then I rushed to Bella and knelt by her side.
“Bella, are you okay?” Her gaze was unsteady and her hands lifted to my shoulders, “Mark…” she murmured weakly.
I pulled out my phone and dialed the emergency number.
Suddenly, I felt a wetness on my knees. I looked down and found that it was blood. My eyes bulged out as I realized that Bella was bleeding; blood was seeping from under her.
“f**k!”
I turned when I heard the man I had punched cuss. His eyes were wide as he took in the disaster he had created. Before the blink of an eyes, he struggled to his feet and staggered out of the
room.
“f**ker!” I muttered as I hoisted Bella in my arms. “Stay with me okay? I will get help now.” “Mark…” she weakly drawled one more time then her hands fell limply from my shoulder to her side.
f**k! “Help!” I hollered out to whoever can hear me. “Someb*dy’s hurt, we need help!” My voice sounded urgent, “Help. She’s pregnant, and she’s bleeding now!”
