Chapter 5: Plotting Against The Bride
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In the taxi to Rose’s house, I kept replaying what Sebastian said few minutes ago.
“with that baby in your stomach, you’re a walking target”
What did he mean by that? and how did he know I was pregnant? I didn’t have the answers to these questions but I knew I had to be extra careful cause one thing was certain, I wasn't safe anymore.
I dialed Rose’s number to tell her i was on the way, after a few beeps, she answers
“Hey girl, what’s up?!” she said, her voice as enthusiastic as ever.
“I’m on my way to your apartment, hope you got food? I’m starving” I replied, I hadn’t eaten anything all day, my stomach was literally begging me to put something in it at this point.
“There’s enough food to feed a nation girl, pull up” she replied. Suddenly, I noticed a black SUV following me from the passenger mirror, it had been maintaining a safe distance for a while. Told the driver who then took another route to confirm, indeed we were being followed.
He sped up in an attempt to lose them, but they matched his speed, i began to panick but the taxi driver assured me that he new the ins and out of New York and that he would lose them in no time, which he did.
After a few turns, there was no SUV in sight. We finally arrived at my destination and I gave him extra tips for handling the wheel well and making me elude my stalkers.
I knocked at Rose’s door while taking a look at her compound. Aside from the grass that’s way overdue for trimming, her place was beautiful.
after a few knocks at the door, Rose finally opened, welcoming me with a very contagious smile, it’s been over a month since she went on vacation and seeing her right now was the only normality in the rather chaotic life I had attained.
“Hey girl, come in” she said as I entered her apartment, I found my way to the kitchen cause I was this close to fainting, I found a box of pizza in the fridge and microwaved it.
“So, how was the vacation girl?” I brought the pizza to the couch where she was and placed it on the table.
“It was everything, Leo treated me like a princess, I love that man so much” she replied taking one slice of the pizza.
“I’m so happy for you, you deserve it” I stated, and she truly did, she wasn’t the luckiest when it came to relationships so I’m just finally happy she’s getting treated right for once.
“What about you, any man in your life currently?” she asked jokingly, my smile faded as i quickly remembered my predicament and she’s noticed
“what’s wrong?”
“There’s something I gotta tell you” I searched through my bag.
“Come on, tell me already. Enough with the suspense” she said with growing curiosity.
I brought out the pregnancy test from my bag and gave it to her.
“I’m pregnant.”
her eyes widened with shock as she saw the two lines, she glanced over at me then my stomach.
“And who’s the father?” she asked.
“Gabriel” i replied.
Her jaws dropped with shock “Gabriel as in your boss?” she asked, a flicker of excitement on her face, she stood up to process what i had just told her.
“How did it happen? Are you guys a thing?” She insisted on getting the full gist.
i narrated everything to her, from my one stand with Gabriel to Camila breaking into my home to Sebastian cryptic statement to being followed by a black SUV on my way here.
“Just one month without me and your life is already in danger Emma, how did Gabriel take the news?” she asked sitting back on the sofa.
“At first he advised me to abort it but later he had a change of heart and now wants me to keep the baby, he even offered that i moved in with him” i replied.
“You should, walking around with a billionaire’s baby isn’t safe, that Sebastian guy is right, you’re a walking target” she said, her eyes checking out the windows “and Camila doesn’t strike me as the type to be messed with, she already broke into your apartment, what’s next?”
I sighed, sinking deeper into the couch “I just wish she wasn’t in the picture”.
Rose glanced at me mischievously “well you know what to do”
I stared back in confusion.
“What do you mean?” I asked, intrigued.
“Get Camila out of the picture so you can have Gabriel all for yourself, you know how much you love that man, Camila is just there for the money” she replied, picking another slide of pizza.
It had never crossed my mind to prevent the wedding from happening. But if I allow it to happen, I’ll be miserable and that witch Camila will get everything I ever wanted, this was the time to fight for my future and that of my unborn child.
“And how would I do that?” I asked.
“Simple..get close with her, become her best friend even, then find out her secret and use it against her” Rose suggested, laying back on the couch.
Me and Camila, besties? The thought of it made me chuckle, but it was a brilliant idea. If I could get her to reveal a secret or weakness to me, I could use it against her and prevent the wedding from happening.
“Say no more, you’re looking at Camila’s best-” my phone buzzed, I glanced at the screen.
Unknown number
I picked up “Hello?”
“It’s Sebastian, we need to talk, it’s very important”.
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