"Positive?!" Ruhi stared at the double lines in disbelief.
"Positive again. How is this happening, Oreo?"
"Fuck!!" She tossed the sticks when the third one showed positive too.
It was already 10 AM, and she had a meeting with Rafael at 11 AM. The initial idea was to tell him about her moving out plan sooner or later during the day, depending on how his mood was. But now she had to see his reaction about her pregnancy too.
She struggled to focus on her daily business and breakfast, wondering if he would want the baby aborted. She didn't want to be pregnant, but the thought that he might want the baby gone angered her.
It started drizzling lightly when she went down to the kitchen to get her morning coffee. She saw her grandma on the other end of the front yard and walked over, debating if she should ask her what would be the best thing to do, now that she was pregnant.
"Oh, didn't know you were still at home. Antonio wanted to
“What do you mean you won’t be going? It’s not that jackass’s party. It’s in the loving memory of my wife.” Antonio tried to convince Ruhi about the party on Thursday night while eating dinner with grandma.“I don’t want to see him again.”“Come on, Ruhi. You don’t have to see him or talk to him. Besides, Anna will be flying in tonight. She will keep you company tomorrow.”“Who’s Anna?”“My god-daughter. She’s as precious to me as you and Rafael are. She takes care of my Italian sect of business. I will be going to the airport to receive her after we finish eating. You can come with me if you want.”Ruhi felt grandma appearto be a little reservedwhen Antonio talkedabout Anna.“I’d love to. This Panzanella is out of the world, grandma!”“So is this pasta,” Antonio added.&ldq
A feeling of helplessness washed over Ruhi as she walked out of the event room. She headed to the bathroom as large tears pooled in her eyes whenshe thought about Rafael with some other woman."Mira!" She tried to avoid whoever it was, but her coworker called her again and followed her."There you are. We are heading to the memorial hallway, wanna join?" Sarah asked her while the others were going downstairs to the hallway. It was a place filled with large portraits of Francesca in her ballerina costume. Antonio had bought the hotel after her death and had the hallway dedicated to her.Ruhi decided it was better to go with her coworkers than crying in the bathroom and coming out with bloodshot eyes and ruined makeup."What's the matter? You okay?""Oh yeah, totally. That crab dip was super spicy, made me tear up." She carefully wiped the tiny droplets at the corner of her eyes with her finger and followed Sarah."But
"Rafael! What the hell are you doing?" Ruhi threw punches at his back as he carried her out of the room."Taking you home, of course.""Put me down! Everyone is watching us.""And why do I care? You are my wife." Rafaelignored the onlookers' eyes as he walked down the hallway to the elevator."I care, you asshole! I don't want to be known as your stupid wife."He slung her down once he walked into the elevator and pushed her against the wall panel."Why? So you can flirt with wankers like Wade?" He growled next to her ear, anger flashing in his warm brown eyes."That's none of your business. You brought thatlong-logged Czech modelwith you. So you shouldn't even be talking."He caught her off-guard by pulling her close andpinning her against his muscled chest whileclaiming her lips hungrily. Ruhi bit him on the lower lip and pushed him away without giving a chance to her treacherousbody to mel
Both the dogs came out running as Rafael dropped Ruhi to her feet and locked the front door."What the hell, guys? She left you. Aren't feeling even a tiny bit mad at her?" He asked his dogs, but they ignored him and rubbed their noses against Ruhi's knees."Aww, I missed you guys. You are soo soft but you never sit next to me." She said to Chunky Monkey and hugged him. "So now you come to me? After I left the house... you are just like an asshole I know." The dog licked her ear and woofed at Rafael."Enough you two. Off you go! She's mine." He picked Ruhi off the floor and pulled her close."No, I'm not!" She turned and hurried to the door, but he caged her between his arms. His breath fanning her cheekbrought prickles all over her skin, and her body ached with need.She wondered if people were hornier at this stage of their pregnancy or because it had been a while.Her body put up a tough fight against her willpower, with t
It was a foggy morning when Rafael woke up at the crack of the dawn to work out as usual. He felt tiredlike he barely slept for an hour. A delicious tingle ran down his body when he realized he indeed slept only for a couple of hours. It wasn't an ordinary morning when he always woke up alone in his bed.Ruhi had thrown the blanket on the floor and wrapped her legs around his. He felt her warm breath on his face and her lips on his forehead.His head was resting on her ample cleavage while her hands were around him in a protective hug."My baby!" He smiled at her peacefully sleeping face and untangled her arms around him.Feeling the loss of warmth, she cuddled closer and rested her head on his shoulder. He was soon slipping into a blissful daze because ofher nearness."Damn!" Giving up on the idea to go down to the gym, heput his arm around her, pulling her to his chest.He felt strangely at peace watching her sleep. Reachin
"It's freaking noon already!" She babbled on and ignored his words, for she knew she would want to cuddle with him and fall into a sweet slumber. The cozy blanket and his naked torso were too much to handle."Ruhi...!" He shook her hard when she won't stop talking."Please don't go. I don't want to live here without you." He couldn't believe the words coming out of his mouth without his control. He was begging her to stay, something he never imagined, even in his scariest nightmares. Begging and looking vulnerable were unthinkable for him."Oh, my God, Rafael!" Ruhi pulled at her hair with both her hands, looking scared."Is my begging so scary to you?""What?" She looked clueless, and it relieved him that she didn't even hear what he said."What happened now?"She regretted not going to the gynecologist yet and getting checked up in case there were going to be any complications. She was so lost in the heat and passion that she forgot
"Who would want to listen to my conversations?" Ruhi repeated it a second time, now more to herself, wondering if that unknown infiltrator heard her talk to Lisa about her pregnancy.There were many nights she spent wide awake, yearning for the feel of Rafael's body next to her. The thought of someone hearing on her private times when she imagined him touching her while she moaned his name, made her feelembarrassed and pissed at the same time.The chief security officer was in the room within minutes and took care of the bug while talking to someone on the phone. More men arrived with devices that could detect radio frequencies."How long has this plant been here?" Rafael caressed Ruhi'scheek and placed his hands on her shoulders to calm her down."It's been a while. It was there when we had sex for the first time.""Samepot?""Yes. I was decorating your dad's living room for over two days before I s
"I think she's currently either working alone or with her mother-in-law, but she's not innocent as your parents think. Her husband is harmless and incompetent. And yet, their business is flourishing even when they suffered a major setback following her father-in-law's death.""You think she was behind this bug thing and stealing documents?""I think so.She must have found out from your mom that you were looking to hire a new cook. Her father-in-law wanted to take my son and heir away. He had tried to harm Anna too. Adira learned the ropes from him and runs the business just like him. She's greedy and ambitious. And after her cunning mentor got murdered, she turned to Lucas de Mello."Ruhi gasped, "So she wanted Rafael dead whenwe were at the beach?""The attack at the beach was to get you killed. Lucas de Mello and Adira, both wanted you dead. I think she still does."Antonio's words were hard to digest for Ruhi. Her sister was nasty an