Shattered Vows

LYRA

Leo’s POV

“I am pregnant, and Leo here is the father of my unborn child” she whispered almost inaudibly.

My eyes went blurred, and it seemed as though the whole world was spinning against my vision.

“Claire….” I stammered, my lips quavering and my hands fidgety.

“Claire, you must be joking” I yelled as I rushed towards Leo and grabbed him by his arms as though I was a lunatic.

“Tell me she is playing puns, Leo “ I yelled as he banged his body against the wall severely.

“Tell me, Leo” I shouted, the pitch of my voice louder than ever.

He kept mute, staring at me as though he had seen a ghost.

I moved towards him to hug him as it was possible that my body was dissolving from unexplainable fear.

I opened my arms so if at least I would die soonest, I had to die in his arms, but he suddenly pushed my arms away.

“Now,listen to what I have to say . I listen really good” he uttered, his voice firm, which was obvious from his voice that he was unperturbed by the whole situation.

“Andrea I am so sorry, but I can't imagine you birthing ugly babies for me, your womb are not beautiful enough to birth cute kids” he stated, his face expressionless.

I furrowed my eyebrows, and I beat myself hard to wake up from this wild dream until it suddenly dawned on me that this was reality and I burst into a loud cry.

Claire stared at me with the corner of her eyes, her expression of that; I told, you didn't listen”. She broadened her face into a wide smile, which suddenly broke into a wild laughter.

I stood there motionless, and it was obvious that the whole world had turned their back on me.

My husband, my best friend, had all betrayed me in the twinkle of an eye at the most unexpected moment with no regret .

Leo moved further to his jacket, which hung at the chair beside the bed as he crossed them around his neck and stormed out of the room.

I stared at Claire, and I could swear she smelt of deceit.

I advanced a little bit towards her.

“Why are you so wicked, Claire? What exactly did I do to you to deserve all this torments” I asked her, tears dropping down my eyes.

“Because I deserve them all” she whispered, which was followed by a hysterical laughter.

“Yoh deserve my husband, you deserve birthing kids for a married man” I asked her, my face glaring with fury.

“Now listen to me, you are just a mere leech, home -wrecker and a prostitute, but trust me, I would never allow you ruin the sanity of my home, I assure you that “ I grinned.

“I would protect my home even to myast breath” I continued.

“And as for this child in your womb, it's just a mere …mer bastard” I stuttered, tears copiously rolling down my cheeks.

“Wait …. what”Claire stammered, touching the back of her head.

“I am bleeding already” she stuttered, bursting into tears.

I stared at her, completely gobsmacked.

“You are a witch, you are” she cried, touching the back of her head.

She brought out her hands from the back of her head, and it was filled with blood.

I stared at her, speechless.

“She has killed me, my baby” she cried, her voice echoing in the whole building.

I rushed towards her immediately and tried every possible means to arrest her bleeding, but all was to no avail.

“My head is bleeding. Why are ladies so cruel and wicked…” she shouted, yelling on top of her voice.

“Stop laying false accusations and let me arrest the bleeding” I begged her.

She kept mute, and I inspected her and got head sourcing for the source of the bleeding.

After some minutes, I was able to arrest the blood.

“It's fine now” I informed her as I helped her seat on the nearby sette.

“What was wrong with you” I asked her, curious to know why she was accusing me of injuring her at the initial time.

Suddenly, she collapsed on the floor and began gasping heavily for breath .

I stared at her this time, as it may be one of her usual pranks.

Immediately, the door jerked open a d Leo came into the room. He rushed towards her as she was already shouting, rolling on the floor tirelessly.

I stared at her in utter surprise, my jaw wide open.

“She pushed me, she promised to kill my child and make sure you never marry me” she cried, pointing her fingers towards me.

I burst into a loud laughter as it was obvious that pregnancy hormones were so quick to make her act like a child.

“What exactly is wrong with you?” I asked her, still laughing.

“Why acting funny…?” My speech was interrupted by a thunderous slap from Leo, and I held my cheeks, tears streaming down my cheeks.

“I had known you to be wicked and evil, but little did i know your wickedness had attained such extent”

“What would mage you hate an unborn innocent child so badly that you would be planning to kill it if not for hatred, envy and jealousy” he roared, hus voice sending cold shivers dowm my spine.

I stared at him, surprised at how the whole events turned around against me.

“ I never touched her” I cried .

“ I swear…” My speech was cut in by another resounding slap on my cheeks, which sent tears rolling down from my face with no restraint.

“My thighs are hurting, my belly..” Claire cried while rolling down uncontrollably on the floor.

I looked at her and wondered how evil and tricky she was.

“ My belly hurts, my baby” she cried, and Leo advanced towards me immediately with all force, any I suddenly noticed a faint smile on Claire's face.

“ Look..” I shouted, trying to bring her smile to Leo’s notice, but he hushed me to shut up immediately.

He rushed towards her, carrying her on his arms as he made his way out of the room.

“If anything tragic happens to her or to my baby, I would make sure you pay even with the last pint of blood rushing through your veins” he grinned, leaving me totally dumbfounded.

“This is not ending anytime soon” he yelled, slamming the door against me.