CHAPTER 4
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Valerie touched her stomach in pain. It was as if something wanted to escape from her stomach. She tried to keep her cool and looked at her husband as she placed her hand on the Holy Bible.
“I will take you to me by husband,” she repeated the priest’s words.
“I promise to be kind, honest, and loving,” she muttered.
Her parents wondered what was going on and why she placed one of her hands on her stomach.
Kyle put on a smiley face but a closer look suggested that he was anxious about her attitude.
“In good times and in bad times,” the priest said, also looking anxious and waiting for her to repeat.
“In good….”
“In good times and….”
“In…” Valerie muttered as she vomited on the podium.
The guests collectively made a uniform noise as Valerie immediately ran off the Church premises through the backdoor door to puke, the traces of her vomit lining up on the ground as she rushed out.
Confusion enveloped the whole congregation as they continued to ask each other questions without answers.
“What exactly is going on with her?” Valerie’s father, Simon, asked his wife.
“I don't know,” his wife responded.
“This is strange”
“She vomited and just ran out”
“Where is she?”
“Is she pregnant?”
“How could she be pregnant?”
“It's not possible”
Kyle ran after her as his men also went outside to examine the situation.
“Take her in,” Kyle said to his men.
“Let her have some rest”
Kyle’s men escorted her to an empty hall where she sat down on a bench.
“What's wrong with you?” Kyle queried, his voice loud and demanding.
“Why would you ruin your special day like that?”
Valerie buried her head in her hands as she adjusted her wedding gown which was already becoming a burden to her at that point.
“Do you have any idea what you have just done?”
“Look at me,” Kyle demanded as he shoved Valerie’s head away from her palm.
“Are you pregnant?”
Kyle’s eyes were red with anger as he awaited a response.
“I….I am not”
“I am not sure,” Valerie muttered, aware of the fact that her one-night stand with Nicholas might have led to her current condition.
“What do you mean you are not sure?” he yelled as he punched the wall angrily such that there was a c***k.
“Look at this b***h I thought was a virgin”
“Tell me, are you a virgin?” Kyle demanded angrily as he lowered his head to Valerie’s mouth as if he were expecting her to whisper the answer.
Valerie couldn't give a response as she felt ashamed to even open up her face which she continuously buried in her palm. She hit her feet on the floor repeatedly as if she was in regret.
“Call for her parents,” Kyle demanded swiftly to his men.
“Why do you want to humiliate me this way?” Valerie managed to voice out with hot tears streaming down her face.
“You don't have to call my parents into this”
“What do you mean I shouldn't call your parents into this?” Kyle retorted.
“They deserve to see what a mess their daughter is”
“This is just the beginning”
“You think you can smear me with your shamefulness?”
“Imagine myself bringing myself to the level of marrying a little never-do-well like you and yet you think you can disgrace me?”
“What was all that shenanigans for?”
“I will get to the root of this matter and we will find out if you are truly pregnant or not”
“I just hope you don't become the doom of your parents because Simon is surely at risk of something disastrous,” Kyle yelled.
Just as Kyle was roaring in anger, Valerie’s parents walked into the hall which was just opposite the venue of the church premises where the disrupted wedding took place.
“What stunt was that over there that your daughter pulled?”
“Do you not see it as a sneer to my reputation?”
“What would the press say?”
“Or you don't know that the press monitors even my private affairs?”
“Kyle Wesley is shocked as his young bride pukes on the podium at his wedding. That would be all over the news. Do you know how hard I have fought to maintain my reputation?” Kyle snarled.
“We are sorry Sir, this was not planned. It was all a…..” Valerie’s mother said as stretched her hands to beg Kyle.
“Will you shut up! Shut up!” Kyle yelled such that his voice could be heard clearly outside the hall.
“I am talking to Simon and not you a filthy woman with a p********e for a daughter”
“You can't talk to my mum like that,” Valerie retorted with tears all over her face.
“Shut up!” Kyle snapped.
“How many times do I have to tell you when and how to talk”
“Are you stupid?”
“We are sorry about this whole misunderstanding,” Simon chipped in.
“No, no!”
“You have to do better than being sorry”
“Tell me, is your daughter pregnant?”
“Am I about to marry a w***e?” Kyle yelled, clenching his fists.
“No, Sir”
“I’m sure she’s not,” Simon responded.
Valerie gave her father a fearful look as if to suggest that he had made a mistake vouching for her.
“Really?”
“She’s not pregnant?”
“She better not be when she comes back from the clinic for tests”
“Trust me, you don't want that to happen”
“Because that would mean our deal is off”
“And you will have to pay my money with every filthy thing you own and maybe even your blood”
Kyle’s face lit up in shock. He had tears struggling to make their way down his cheeks but he didn't let them out. He had to be a man and at least pretend to be unfazed.
“Take this filthy b*tch out of here,” Kyle commanded his men.
“Run tests on her at my clinic”
Valerie was soon taken to the hospital and an ultrasound device was connected.
Valerie had a lot of fears and questions but she had already accepted that she was pregnant. The strange reaction she had been having and her missed period was enough clue.
What would happen to her father if the test confirms that she is pregnant? Would Kyle sell their house as he threatened? These questions were constantly on Valerie’s head.
Valerie thought that she might have a chance to avert problems if only she could bribe or tempt the nurse into faking her result.
But what could she bribe her with? She had no money on her. At least, not the kind of money she could bribe someone with. Two of Kyle’s men were also in the room to monitor the process.
She winked towards the nurse as she placed the ultrasound on her belly.
“Ma’am I’m going to need you to stay still,” the nurse said.
“Please help, don't reveal”
“I’m not pregnant,” she whispered to the nurse as she looked to check if the men in the suit were watching her.
“Please! Please!” she whispered again.
“Ma’am, you have to follow due protocol”
“We can't have you fooling around, we are watching,” one of Kyle’s men said in a baritone voice.
A few moments later, the nurse kept an apprehensive look that suggested something had happened.
“What’s that?”
“What’s the result?”
“Is she pregnant or not?” Kyle’s aide demanded.
Valerie was deeply troubled and sweating profusely.
“Well, Valerie, that’s your name right?”
“You are 4 weeks pregnant”
Valerie could not take it anymore as the tears streamed down her face.
Kyle was soon contacted on the phone by one of his aides who monitored the process.
“She’s pregnant, Sir,” Kyle’s aide said.
“I knew it”
“I knew she was a b***h,” Kyle said as he hung up.
Valerie’s father, Simon, couldn't bear the whole charade as he began sweating profusely.
“Please, Sir,”
“Do not sell off the only house that I have”
“We don't want to be homeless”
“At least, I have worked for you and your company over the years”
“I deserve a second chance”
Just as Kyle was pleading, Valerie walked in with Kyle’s escorts. She covered her face in fear and shame.
“Look at the w***e”
“Look at her,” Kyle trolled.
“Who is responsible for this filthy demon in your belly,” Kyle demanded forcefully as he dragged Valerie by her hair violently.
Her parents could only watch in agony as Kyle degraded Valerie.
“Who?”
“Talk to me,” Kyle yelled as he pushed her toward the wall.
“We are going to have an abortion”
“That's the second chance you lots are having”
“We are removing that filthy thing off your belly”
“Only I can impregnate you and you should be lucky to have me think that way”
Valerie screamed in pain as she begged Kyle to allow her to have her baby.
“Please let me birth the child”
“We will have our child,” she pleaded, kneeling.
“We don't have to do this”
“An abortion is dangerous”
Valerie’s pleadings fell on deaf ears as Kyle’s eyes were fierce with anger.
“Take her back to the hospital and conduct an abortion immediately,” Kyle commanded his men.
Valerie was soon driven to the hospital as she kept begging to the hospital but no one listened.
She soon reached the hospital and was laid on a bed by the nurses.
They conducted tests on her to determine the type of abortion to be done.
“I’m afraid this is going to be a surgical abortion,” the doctor said as he conducted tests and checked her temperature.
“We are going to perform this process immediately.”
“Take her to the ICU,” the doctor ordered his nurses.
Just as Valerie was being taken to the Intensive Care Unit while on her bed, she heard the voice of a man yelling.
“Valerie?”
“Valerie?”
“Where are you?”
The masculine voice was approaching closer by the second.
“Where is she?”
“Where have you held her?”
Valerie soon locked eyes with the owner of the voice. She immediately fainted in shock as she could not believe who she saw.
Kyle’s men quickly swung into action to restrain the man from entering the ICU.
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