Contract marriage: My billionaire’s cure

“WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH MY GOD! SAY IT AGAIN” she screamed so loud that I had to take the phone away from my ear.

“Just do it okay. Come to the lobby of Campbell’s hotel. And please don’t tell Steve. I don’t want Marcus to know” Sarah agreed and I cut the call before walking outside.

“Everything alright?” Marcus kept his hand on my arm and asked in worry.

“Yeah Sarah just called and said that there are few things that I need to sign and it’s an emergency. So can I go out for a minute?” I asked Marcus and hesitantly nodded his head.

I pressed my lips into thin line, careful not to show any emotion. Then I ran to the elevator and reached the lobby. After a few minutes Sarah came racing towards me with a poly bag in her hand.

“I don’t even know how I came here. My mind didn’t even process what you said earlier. But somehow my feet took me to a pharmacy and my hands involuntarily bought a pregnancy test kit. Please tell me what you said is true.” Sarah released heavy pants, exhausted by her running.

“I don’t know if it’s true. That’s why I told you to bring these” I took the pregnancy test kit out of her hand and walked into the bathroom of the lobby.

But when I opened the bag there were several sticks.

“Sarah why did you buy so many?” I asked her as she came in.

“I bought a lot so that there won’t be any mistakes. Now pee on all those” Sarah pushed me to the toilet and closed the door.

I used three sticks and came out. I kept all the sticks on the sink countertop and waited.

“Is it positive?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think it will be positive”

“Let’s just wait” Then Sarah started blinking rapidly. “Oh my god everything is blurry to me right now. My head is spinning. I can’t even believe this is happening” She breathed in and out like she was going into labour.

“Why are you overeacting? I should be the one dying right now. Shit I’m scared” I bit my nails waiting for results.

We waited for a while and checked the sticks but they still had one line. ” I’m not pregnant. Let’s go. I’m stupid to think that-”

“Ahhhhhhhhh oh my god. Ahhhhhh. I can’t ahhhhhh” Sarah jumped up and down pointing at the sticks.

I looked at her in bewilderment and then at the sticks. Slowly two lines appeared in all of them. I blinked several times trying to figure out if this was a dream or a not.

I’m really pregnant?

Sarah suddenly jumped onto me and hugged me tightly. “I’m so happy” She cried on my shoulder crushing me with her arms.

“Sarah I can’t breath”

She quickly released me in shock and then kept her palm on my belly. “Oh I’m sorry baby. Did I crush you?”

As she said that I looked down at where her hand was. I kept my palm on my lower belly and gently rubbed it. Tears brimmed in my eyes realising there was a small baby growing inside me. My baby.

“Sarah”

“Hmm”

“Am I becoming a mother?” A single drop of tear fell down to my cheek.

“Yeah. And you will be the best mother. Mr. Anderson will be the best father”

My heart beat stopped at the mention of Marcus. What if he doesn’t want the child? What if he fear that he would become like his mother so he doesn’t want a child?

“Sarah what if Marcus doesn’t want the baby?”

Sarah looked at me, baffled. “What nonsense are you talking about? He will love the baby. Believe me”

“You think?”

“Of course” Sarah took a wet tissue out of her purse and started dabbing my cheeks.

“You should go and tell him. This would be the greatest anniversary gift you can ever give him”

She smiled at me and pulled me out of the bathroom. She escorted me to the elevator and encouraged me to tell it to him.

As I reached the floor the elevator opened and I slowly walked to our room. My fingers trembled even thinking about what was about to happen.

I don’t what him to reject the child because I want a child so bad. I don’t want him to refuse such a sweet thing that grows inside my womb. And I want him to be a part of me and the baby.

I lightly knocked the door and Marcus suddenly opened it. “Camilla” he released a breath in relief.” I was worried because you took longer”

“Oh ummm… Sarah came a little late. That’s why” I walked inside and closed the door after me.

Suddenly I felt suffocated inside the four walls. Pressing me down and crushing me into a darkness. My feet involuntarily took me to the other end and I opened the large window stretching from the floor to the ceiling. In relief I walked out to the balcony to get fresh air.

The night sky was beckoned by the stars under a glow of moonlight. Rows of towering skyscrapers stretched along the city, their windows alight from within. I kept my hands on the railing and looked down at the roads illuminating a red and yellow glow coming from cars that rolled down the roads. We were high up in the floors giving us a majestic sight of the beauty below us.

The wind blew in my face and I shuddered at the coldness that crept inside me. I heard the window open and close as Marcus came to the balcony.

He wrapped a hand around my waist and pulled me closer to his chest. I looked down and seeing where his palm was, moist filled my eyes. It was in my lower belly where the baby would be.

I bit my lips, trying to control the sobs escaping my lips. Marcus took my chin in his fingers and turned my head to him. “Camilla, what’s wrong? You are making me worry”

I glanced at him and his green eyes bore into mine, searching answers within me.

“Did Sarah say something to you? ”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

I shook my head at his question.

“Then?”

“She-she brought me your Anniversary gift” I stuttered, trying to speak to him.

“I don’t want one”

My heart sank in pain. What if he says the same thing to our baby?

“Camilla?”

“No it’s just- I want to give you one Marcus. I want to”

His eyebrows narrowed in confusion and then he nodded his head.

I turned to him and looked him in the eye. The rigid air kept us in the moment taking away the body heat faster that it was replaced. Breaths rose in puffs, arms hugged each body tightly, reflecting each others warmth. Silence prevails skipping a beat in my heart.

“I’m pregnant”

Marcus stared at me for a while and then his eyes widened as realisation dawned upon him.

“What?”

“I-i” I felt the pain surface with sudden brutality, sweeping me away in a whisk, engulfing me in despair surrendering me to the throbbing ache. All my fears flashed before my eyes thinking he would refuse the baby. I looked down and bit my lips wanting to get out of reality.

“Marcus I want the child. I don’t want you to refuse it. Please-”

“What are you talking about?”

I glanced at him and his face held shock “Why would I refuse my child and-” He angled my chin up to meet his eyes “Is it true? Are you really pregnant?” Marcus’s voice broke as he said the last part.

I nodded my head and the corners of his lips tugged up into a small smile, his eyes brimming with tears.

“I’m gonna be a father?”

I nodded my head again and then a tear came falling down to his cheek. He pulled me to his chest and buried his face in my neck, holding me tightly in his arms.

“We are gonna be parents. We are gonna be parents for a cute little baby” He whispered in my ear and I broke into cries, embracing him in a warm hug.

“I thought you didn’t want the child Marcus. I’m sorry”

Marcus leaned back and cupped my face in his palms.

“Why did you think that?”

“I thought y-you will worry that you would turn just like your mother. Even though I know you are nothing like her I thought you would reject the baby out of fear” I sniffled and closed my eyes, tears streaming down my face.

“I have that fear. I’m not denying it. But I know I have you. I know you will be there to stop me from becoming like her. I want a child with you Camilla. To have my own small family. I know you would become a great mother and I want to be a good father too”

Marcus leaned in and kissed a tear on my nose. I looked into his eyes and felt joy rippling through me, knowing that he would become a part of us.

“You are happy?”

“Mmh” Marcus nodded at me and kept his hand on my lower belly. His stared at my stomach for a while, his eyes glistening with tears. He smiled slowly and knelt down to the floor.

He kept both of his hands on my hips and kissed my belly. I ran my fingers in his hair and smiled slowly seeing how happy he looked to have a child. He chuckled lowly and bit his trembling lips trying to hold his sobs. My heart poured in love and warmth as I saw my future before me. My husband and my baby.

Marcus got up and wiped his eyes before wrapping his arms around me, engulfing me into a hug.

“This is the best anniversary gift Camilla”