Ex-husband Wants Me Back

Chapter 5

Jade's pov

Two months...it had been two whole months since I had gotten married, two months since I had moved into the cold silence in this enormous house and two months since I last saw my husband.

Silas had done everything possible to cut me off and I never even saw him at work as he made sure to change my department and place me as far away from himself as possible. I wasn't really kind as I probably had nothing to say to him and I understood perfectly where our marriage stood. What bothered me though, were the tests staring back at me each sealing my fate with every passing moment.

'Pregnant' the test read and another showed two blue lines and another showed a plus sign...all of them meaning one thing.

"I'm pregnant," I whispered to myself as I gripped the sink and stared at my reflection. My eyes were bloodshot red and I looked extremely pale, evidenced by how long I lived without tasting a single drop of food.

How could I be pregnant? How was this even possible? The last time I had had s*x was...my drunken mishap with Silas which had gotten me into this mess of a marriage in the first place.

I made my way into the shower and let the hot water wash over me. This was a nightmare and I was unsure how Silas would react to the news, heck I didn't know how to react to the news.

Would he believe me? There was only one way to find out.

As I went about my day I felt like a ghost watching everything pass by me as I tried to comprehend the turn my life was about to take.

"Jade, are you alright?" Julia, one of my coworkers asked me with a concerned expression on her face.

"I'm a little sick but I'll be fine, thanks." I plastered a fake smile on my lips for her benefit before I turned to my system and got to work. No matter how I tried, I couldn't stifle down the urge to puke my guts out and I ran to the toilet.

After several attempts, I rinsed my mouth and splashed some water on my face.

"I have to tell him," I told my reflection in the mirror. If anyone were to come here and see me like this, speaking to my reflection they would assume without a doubt that I had lost it but this was what I had been reduced to, this was my life now.

"He isn't coming home and the office is probably the only place I'll be able to catch him." I reasoned and with that, I let out a shaky breath as I smoothened out my hair and made my way out of the toilet and towards Silas' office.

His secretary flashed me a smile like she always did whenever she came into my department ever since she had heard Silas and I had gotten married.

I knocked on the door for a second before I made my way in and the first thing that caught my attention was a devastatingly handsome Silas clad in a simple grey tux, glaring at me from behind his table. Has he always been this handsome?

"What are you doing here?" His voice boomed as he rose from his chair.

"I need to talk to you," I said in a small voice as I moved around the ball of my feet awkwardly.

"And whatever it was you wanted to tell me couldn't wait?" He curled a brow at me.

"Why did my secretary let you in without informing me first?" Silas' annoyance was notable.

"It doesn't matter, you are already here. Say what it is you want and be gone," Silas told me harshly and I gulped as my heart raced and sweat trickled down my back. I opened my mouth to break the news to him but my words seemed to be lodged in my throat.

"I don't have time for" he began.

"I'm pregnant," I blurted out and cringed as Silas' expression morphed from one of confusion to one of pure rage.

"What did you just say?" He asked slowly but I remained silent as I hugged myself. He suddenly let out a dry chuckle as he rubbed a palm over his face.

"You must think I'm a fool," he exploded and I shook my head rapidly.

"You think you can w***e around and pin down another man's child on me and I'll just accept it?" He glared at me with fire in his eyes and I looked away.

"It's your child, Silas, I've been with no one else since that night," I muttered and he remained silent for a moment.

"You are more cunning and devious than I originally thought," Silas stared at me blankly.

"Was this your plan all along? Were you pregnant before you made your way to my room so you could pin this down on me?" He roared and I took a hesitant step back as he approached me.

"I would never do that to you Silas and honestly, I'm just as shocked as you are," I told him as he came to a stop in front of me.

"I'll never accept that child as mine," he gritted out and my heart dropped.

"Abort it," he announced as he turned and headed back to his chair and my eyes bulged.

"Silas I-" I began but he turned and the intensity of his eyes cut me off.

"I don't care whether or not that child is really mine, Jade. I don't want it, I don't want to have a child with you, so abort it and move on." He told me coldly, his voice ringing with finality as it signaled the end of the conversation and I stared helplessly at him.

What had I done to make Silas hate me so deeply?