Chapter 2 You are not the father

Autumn opens her eyes at the hospital. She heard the familiar sobs that could only belong to Iris. She had a look around just to spot Iris bawling her eyes out. She slowly sits upright as Iris notices Autumn had just awaken.

"Autumn, how could you. Why couldn't you wait till after the wedding to reveal that you're pregnant?" Iris sobbed even harder. Autumn couldn't understand how her sister could not have a single compassion. She couldn't even care that her sister was stripped to a stretcher? She couldn't even imagine that she might had lost her life.

"Abort it Autumn." Iris begs. Autumn furrows her brows and without thinking she slaps Iris. She didn't know when her hand had a mind of it's own, or maybe she's aware that's why she didn't feel any ounce of guilt.

Realizing what she had done she immediately apologizes. "I'm sorry Iris, my hand slipped." Autumn turns her gaze to the other side of the hospital, Iris in shock held her cheek. She was filled with rage.

She wondered when Did her sister start growing balls to commit such an act of it wasn't revealed that she was pregnant she would have returned the favor.

The doors burst open revealing Ivan. Autumn felt as if time had stopped she froze even more at his icy stares. He walks over to Autumn who has her palms over her cheek. Iris looked away avoiding Ivan's gaze.

"Did you slap her?" Ivan asked, spitting venomously. Autumn didn't move, for a moment she felt invincible, not giving Ivan any reaction until her face was greeted with a slap from Ivan. Her ears rang and although it was worse than the one her father gave her, she still manage to get a hold of her senses.

Even at that, it couldn't stop her tears sliding down her cheek.

"Just because you're pregnant you think you're entitled to touch my wife?" Ivan yells as Autumn eyes went bloodshot red. "I am your wife too Ivan." Autumn yelled in her defense.

"When will you accept you were just a substitute. I only married you at my father's whim. Now that he's dead I see no reason why I should be with you." He paused fixing his gaze at her flat tummy and then at her crocodile tears.

"Besides how can I tell that child is even mine. I'm sure it belongs to another bastard." Autumn was shocked, how could Ivan say such a thing.

"You're the only man I've slept with Ivan, what you're spewing is ridiculous." Autumn spits back, she couldn't handle what he was saying anymore, it was breaking her heart.

"Are you calling me a liar?" He raised his hand again but refrains when Iris grabbed on to his wrist.

"Ivan, she's pregnant. You will stress the baby." Iris pouted as Ivan dearly held her gaze. "Why should I care about the bastard, it's not even mine." Ivan said as Iris pleaded with him.

"Even though, the poor child should not suffer for what the mother did. Instead why don't you divorce her from having a affair?" Iris suggested. It was ironic really, Autumn had spent twelve years with Ivan as he disrespected her countless of times and have an affair with her own sister. She forgave him all those times and just when he heard blatant rumors of her affair he just couldn't stand it.

"I did not have an affair, this is your child Ivan. I swear on my life." Autumn mutters as Iris pulls Ivan away from Autumn and whispers something into his ear.

Ivan returns to Autumn, he clears his throat. "I'll have the doctor run a test, if it's mine I'll let you keep your title as my wife but if it isn't mine, our marriage will come to an end." Autumn nodded, she was confident she will be right. After all the last time she had sex with Ivan was solid alibi that it was his.

The doctor conducted the test and immediately the results came back.

Autumn's parents had heard about the reveal, they showed up to hear who owned the child.

The doctor walks in with the results as he reads it out loud. "Mr Ivan, I'm sorry to say but you are not the father."