"Are you alright? Should I take you to the hospital?" Dante asked as he passed me a glass of water to drink.
I had made a mess in the bathroom. I don't know if that was as a result of my rush of emotions earlier or if it was just all part of the pregnancy.
"No, I'm good" I responded uninterested in having a conversation with him.
"Alright good, cause this isn't an ideal time to not be fine"
I had no idea what the hell he meant by that but before I could put my thoughts together, he blurted out.
"I thought of a plan"
"What? What plan?" I asked
"Something to feed the media, clear off this scandal and get them off my tail for a bit" he said, stroking his chin.
"We'd announce your pregnancy"
"What the hell?" I said, spitting out the water I attempted to swallow while he spoke.
"I signed this contract, not my baby, I'm the one you're working with. Are you insane? And so what if people know you had an affair with someone else. Oh sorry you're having an affair with someone else, and so what? Why do they care? You don't owe them an explanation after all"
"People would find out regardless, Sienna. This is the perfect time, don't make this any more difficult than it already is. My reputation is at stake, my company is at stake and these people would stop at nothing to bring me down"
"And me? My whole personal business being put out there? What happens when these people find out you're not responsible for this pregnancy huh? They found out about your mistress, you think this would be hard for them to dig up?"
"Bellerose is not my mistress," Dante yelled, pulling me by the arm.
I could see the anger in his eyes. My statement had obviously triggered him but I couldn't care less. I wasn't going to let him throw a whole party just to announce to the world that I was pregnant. I needed him to own up to his mess and deal with it without involving me.
JHe let go of my arm and stormed off angrily. His mom must have heard us bickering because she immediately came up to the room after he left.
"He drove out," Mrs Abigail said, standing by our room door.
"Did you both get into a fight?" She asked seemingly concerned.
"No, not at all" I lied
"You know you can talk to me about anything right?" She asked
"Of course I know. It's fine, we didn't get into a fight" I responded.
"I know my son, whenever he gets mad he drives off to only God knows where. Did he do something to upset you?"
I really wasn't in the mood to talk about it and of course not with her.
"It was just a little disagreement, he wanted to get me some extra stuff but I don't really need anything and so I declined" I lied again
"We had a long morning and I'm sure he's just stressed out, you have nothing to worry about" I said, trying to dismiss the conversation.
"Oh Dante, still my same little boy, always getting mad whenever things don't go the way he wants, you just get some rest, don't worry about him"
"Sure I won't," I replied.
"Come and have lunch darling, the food is all ready" Mrs Abigail informed.
I didn't have an appetite after what transpired but I sure was hungry, I could practically hear my stomach growl. I had my meal in silence, hoping and praying in my heart that Mrs Abigail wouldn't ask any further questions about what happened and thankfully she did not.
After lunch, Jess called to inform me that my luggage from Marcus's house would be arriving the next day. I was really excited. It felt like it was taking forever to get here. I had a lot of things I needed amongst them. At least something good was finally happening that week.
I had no idea why, but with Dante, it always seemed to me like just when I was finally figuring him out, I realize I have no clue why he was. I know his mom told me all those things about his childhood but did it really justify him getting mad so easily and always yelling at me? I really couldn't care at all. I was happy I was getting the money he promised but I felt a bit crusty. I hadn't gone to work in a bit and staying about feeling like a stay at home wife wasn't helping me at all. I thought I'd talk to Dante about me getting back to work, not even because of the job but because I needed to be out and active. Lying about wasn't good for me or the baby, but with the way he stormed off, I guess that conversation would have to be on hold for a while or until he's finally over it.
I took a Walk in the garden and I couldn't help but reminisce on how I used to watch my mom's garden as a little girl, check on the plants and flowers even though no one asked me to. I remember one time I killed my mom's plant from too much watering, I took every opportunity to water the plant which I had no idea wasn't how it worked but oh well, good old days.
I had tried to make attempts to find my sister Daphne so I could try to convince her to help me reconnect with my family but with the pregnancy and this shenanigan with Dante, I didn't think it was the best time to do that. I assumed they must have heard of my so-called marriage to Dante because it was all over the news. Even though it's a fake marriage, I hoped if they were aware it would make them feel better that I wasn't with Marcus anymore.
"Got a call from the logistics company" Dante's voice came from behind.