Chapter 2 Broken

"Who is making my baby scream this loud?"

The lady asked, her voice, a perfect blend of scorn and concern.

And I could differentiate who has which.

Scorn for me, and concern for Oliver.

My heart dropped into my mouth as I stared helplessly like a dumb fool.

This couldn't possibly be happening.

"Who is this babe?"

I croaked, but Oliver's voice shushed me up immediately.

"Our days of babyshiping is over, Gwen. If you're still finding it difficult to understand what's written on those documents, sleep over it, I'm sure it'll be clear by tomorrow morning."

He mocked and continued to hug the lady.

Just then, it jogged my mind that I had seen that lady somewhere.

Yes, I had.

She was his ex lover, Selina. The one who jilted him on the altar on their wedding day a few years back.

How come she was here and Oliver allowed her to come back into his life?

I don't know what that witch had done, but the Oliver I know wouldn't act this way to me.

This was a man I have been married to for the past three years. It was strange for him to just wake up and resent me, let alone serve me divorce papers.

I reached to touch him, to be sure he was still him acting, but a hand pushed me, crashing my back to the wall.

"Aghh!" I cried, now those tears I had bottled didn't have any other choice than to drop.

"Aren't you shameless you barren witch? Dr Lucas is dead, and so are your charms, do we even have to remind you to pack?"

Leticia's voice barked from the door, after she pushed me.

Soon, she was standing before me with Sane, together with Oliver and Selina, all dreadful gaze on me.

"Listen, Gwen or whatever you call yourself. Your hours are numbered in this house, do I make myself clear?"

Her voice came again, sending another bolt of shock to my spine.

This couldn't possibly be the family I have lived with for the past three years.

I know Sane and my mother in law never liked me, but I never knew it was till this extent of kicking me out just after the demise of Dr Lucas.

I know with Oliver, there was no such thing as love, but hatred? He never showed me anything like hate since we got married, he was cold and distant, yes, but he cared for me as well. So why the sudden switch?

Our marriage may have been orchestrated by Dr Lucas who is a renowned pediatric surgeon and businessman, but is this the way it is supposed to end?

Is this the way people's marriages end?

I struggled to get up from the floor, eyes filled with tears. I didn't even know what else to say other than remind them of how much I have sacrificed for my marriage to work.

"You remember the work I put in to make this work? Huh? I quit my job for two years now, Oliver, just to carry your child and this is how you pay me back?"

There was a loud scoff from Sane, who rolled her eyes and smacked her lips in disgust. "You were desperate to be married into a rich family, if not you would have dusted your shoes and left as soon as you saw that you couldn't conceive. To think this was the only reason why my brother married you."

I felt a sharp pain in my chest as I processed all she had said.

Truly, looking back, I have been a fool for love.

I remember Dr Lucas approaching me at the clinic, telling me that he'd want me to marry his grandson, Dr Oliver.

Then I was working as a physician at one of Dr Lucas's hospitals in New York while Oliver worked at one of his hospitals in Chicago.

You needed to see how I jumped on the offer like someone who hadn't seen a man before.

But who wouldn't?

Who wouldn't jump on the offer to be the wife of a renowned cardiologist in America, with numerous groundbreaking achievements in medicine.

Dr Oliver was and still is every woman's dream.

After we saw it was taking me so long to conceive, Dr Lucas advised me to quit my job in order to limit stress which I did, and now I think I might have made the worst mistake of my life.

Cleaning up the tears that flooded my eyes. I nodded my head, making my way to my room.

I needed to get a pen and sign the damn divorce papers asap. There was no need for begging.

The only one who would have spoken for me was gone, and I was left with lions that were eager to devour me.

As I made my way to my room, they didn't take their scornful eyes off me.

Oliver didn't move to stop me, and that broke my heart the most.

I got my pen and dashed to the door to get to Oliver's room.

Our rooms were only demarcated by a corridor.

Selina was standing at my door, her evil eyes stuck on me.

"You see, I thought of something real quick. You can't just leave like that without me making Oliver hate you forever."

She said and robbed her tummy in a very passionate manner.

"No, you can't!"

My words stuck in my mouth as I got the message she was trying to send. She was pregnant with Oliver.

Now my heart shattered into a million pieces. I doubt if it would ever mend.

But that wasn't the whole message, as she screamed, "we're expecting a baby!"

Making sure that everyone in Oliver's room heard it.

She intentionally lowered herself and began to roll down the stairs, pretending that I had pushed her.

Her screams alerted Oliver and the rest and when they came out, Selina was at the last frame of the stairs pretending to have collapsed.

"What have you done to her!"

Oliver thundered. His brows arched dangerously, and his eyes attempted to devour me.