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The comment section suddenly quietened down with Xavier calling me almost instantly.
“Mia, there is no need to misunderstand my friends. They just like to joke around with Vanessa and me, your comment made them uncomfortable. I know you must be sad to see the post, but understand, you disappointed Mom too much this time.
She wanted us to attend the royal party together but at the last moment you were absent, I know I couldn’t make it to our anniversary dinner but I am busy unlike you can’t throw tantrums like this always.”
you,
I listened without a word making Xavier feel
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odd.
“Mia, when you come home let’s sort this out first, you should apologize to mom quickly.”
“Okay” horrible emotions choked my throat as I barely managed to utter a word. The man who killed my child was asking me for an apology.
“Mia…why aren’t you asking anything about me?”
“No need, I already have my answers.” With that I did not wait for him to respond as I hung up quickly, breaking into heart wrenching sobs that made my entire being immersed in pain.
My parents were against my and Xavier‘ s relationship yet when they realized that I
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loved this man too much to live without him, they gave our relationship a chance but it was all in vain.
I booked a taxi home and it was almost dawn when Xavier arrived home in a delirious state. The pitter patter of his feet woke me up, thus when he saw I was wide awake, he froze trying to come up with an excuse.
Xavier, fearing that I would scold him for drinking late, asked me why I wasn’t home for the past three days to which I just turned my body away from his direction.
“Are you now pretending to angry with me?” he asked somewhat softly.
“No sobering soup for me tonight?”
“I am tired.” Taken aback by the cold
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response he sighed before adjusting the duvet
to warm me up.
“You are pregnant, you should rest well. The child will be the future alpha.” When Xavier sat beside me, the aroma of a fruity perfume assaulted my senses making me unable to sleep.
I got up, collecting my pillow and blanket before making my way outside amidst tears.
“Mia?”
“I don‘ t feel comfortable here.” As soon as I shut the door behind me, Xavier looked at the place beside him in shock.
The next day, I left for the office early in the morning without waiting for Xavier to wake
up.
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“This project is the most tedious and would require you to work overtime, do any of you want to take it? The budget allocation is higher and you will be paid a good bonus.”
“I will do it.” As soon as I agreed to work overtime my colleagues were all startled while my boss asked hesitantly.
“Mia what about your husband…also you are pregnant so we thought that you would soon go a maternity leave-”
“Unfortunately, I had a miscarriage so I would not be needing any leave.” The tense atmosphere made the meeting abruptly come to an end, my boss asked others to leave while retaining me in the conference hall.
“Mia, I am sorry if I am overstepping my
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bounds but is everything alright between you
and your husband?”
“You are an exceptional employee and I always wished to promote you but then you would not have liked being separated from your family. I was wondering if you want to work at the main branch in the capital city.” she said, her tone careful to not offend me.
I smiled gently” Thank you for considering me. I would love to relocate.”
Surprised, she paused.“Actually, my husband was at the Southwest bar last night when he heard Alpha Xavier talking to his friends.
When I saw her hesitating I urged her to
continue.
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“He was discussing about your baby, saying
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that since you are an orphan you might not
know how to raise a child, thus he asked a friend of his, uh… Vanessa, to help him around with the baby.
I am sorry Mia, I just thought that if I were at your place I would want to know if
my
husband talks like this about me outside.”
I felt like a bucket of ice–cold water was
poured over my head.
So this was what my husband really thought
about me.
I gave a teary smile, shaking my head.
“Thank you.”
At that moment my phone rang with Xavier’s caller ID flashing across the screen.
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“Mia, did you leave early today? You are working too much when you are already in your second trimester, didn’t I tell you already to resign. I am not sure if you ate your
breakfast because when I woke up there was none for me.” At first he sounded concerned yet there were hints of displeasure in his
voice.
I simply hummed as he continued.
He paused. “Even though I could not attend the anniversary dinner, I got a gift for you.”
“Did you?” I asked indifferently.
“You love diamonds in a heart shape, don’t you? I bought a pendant for you… Strange, where did I keep it.” he mumbled under his “he
breath incoherently as I heard the sounds of
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shuffling around.
I heard him fumble through his pockets, muttering, “Strange, it’s not here-”
The rest of the words were swallowed as he recalled that he had given the pendant to someone else. In yesterday’s photo, Vanessa was wearing a diamond heart pendant around her neck. The imagery flashed across my eyes, making me tear up.
To quickly cover up the incident Xavier made
an excuse.
“I must have lost it somewhere-”
“No need; I forgot to get you anything anyway.”
“Mia you have been like this since yesterday.
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since you cannot do much, the least I expect from you is to take care of the household chores, cook and look good for me. Stop behaving like it was a big deal!”
“Yes, it was unimportant.” Tears dribbled my eyes listening to his cruel words.
Yes he did buy me a gift, one that must be first worn by his childhood sweetheart and later given to me as a charity.
“I can never make you happy no matter how hard I try. Also, Xavier, my favorite gemstones have been sapphires since I was a child, never once in my life have I worn diamonds.” With that, I hung up.