Sweet Revenge.

Chapter 3.

Two weeks had passed quickly, Emily had not heard from Jason. He travelled a few days ago and no one had heard anything from him. Emily was just sitting outside on a bench in the garden, she had finished her assigned chores. She didn't want to chat with the other maids, she was too depressed to talk to anyone. She had been thinking of a lot of things lately, especially since she found out she was pregnant and hadn't heard from Jason for over two weeks. Suddenly the gate opened and a car rushed in, Emily stood up from the bench to take a better look at what or who was coming into the compound. Just then, a Mr Regan, his wife and their young daughter came out of the house all smiles. Emily who already was in the garden, hid behind the tall trees and flowers to watch was going on, she was curious about who the family had come out to see. The door swung open and Jason came out of it majestically, but he wasn't alone, after him, a beautiful, hot blonde came out of the car. Emily looked on in confusion and in fear.

"What is going on here?" Emily though to herself as she continued to watch, a few maids rushed out and began to unpack the bags that were in the trunk of the car.

"Welcome home son, I'm so glad to see you" Mr Regan said all smiles as he hugged his son.

"Thanks dad, it's nice seeing you too" Jason responded after the hug.

"And who is this if I may ask? Mrs Regan asked as she gave her son a naughty gaze. Jason chuckled softly and looked at his parents.

"Mom, dad, I want you to meet Diane Marcus, she's the top designer in America and at Charlie Oz and the lady I intend to spend the rest of my life with" Jason said. Emily's heart broke immediately she heard those words leave Jason's lips, her fingers and feet began to feel numb and cold. Her feelings for him wasn't the only thing that Jason stepped on, but he couldn't even at least hold on with his plans to propose and try to look for a way to help her fix the issue at hand, the pregnancy issue. Emily watched on as the family cheered and welcomed Diane and in no time, everyone moved into the house jubilating and laughing. Emily just stood there with tears in her eyes and confusion ringing in her head, she never expected this to happen, especially at this crucial moment. Just as her thoughts were running far and wide, she heard her name.

"Has anyone seen Emily? I've been looking for her for about thirty minutes now!" A person yelled. Emily's eyes immediately widened in terror.

"Oh no, Mrs Smith" Emily whispered and immediately, she sprang out of the garden and began to head to the large building. She made her way into the kitchen and not shockingly, Mrs Smith was there, her hand akimbo. Immediately the woman heard some footsteps, she turned hastily to see who it was.

"And where have you been Emily?" Mrs Smith asked sternly.

"Ehhhhh I went to throw out some trash" Emily stammered.

"You've been throwing out trash for the past one hour huh?" Mrs Smith asked again, her facial expression showed she wasn't buying any of Emily's lies.

"Did you forget that you were supposed to be helping out with the cooking thirty minutes ago? Or are you just avoiding kitchen duties?" Mrs Smith asked again, her voice more stern than before.

"No madam I definitely mean what I said, I'm sorry madam" Emily said gently. Mrs Smith looked at the young woman for about five minutes before she left out a sigh.

"You've been pretty off lately and it bothers me. But whatever the problem is, get it together, even if it's just a night, we don't just have a guest, we are expecting guests, Mr Jason is engaged so people are going to be here tonight" Mrs Smith announced. Emily's eyes sunk deeper immediately she heard those words.

"Alright madam, I promise I won't slack off till everything is done" Emily answered with a smile on her face. She didn't want to give anyone any reason to suspect anything was wrong with her.

"Very good. Alright let's get busy" Mrs Smith said as she patted Emily on her shoulder. Emily smiled and immediately rushed into the kitchen to help the others.

Night came quicker than expected and in no time, the mansion premises was already filled with guests, both family and friends. The weather was a nice one so the dinner was set to take place in the large garden. Guests had already taken their seats on various tables of their choice, with drinks made available by waiters at the beck and call of the guests. Everywhere was busy but still, Emily managed to slip her way out to the roof of the mansion, it was an open place for her to view everything that would take place during the dinner, she usually came their anything she was less busy on her night shifts, that was before she met Jason. Glits and glamour filled the place as important personalities as well as designers trouped in and greeted each other, the live band played sweet melodies as more people walked in and greeted each other. Everything was sailing smoothly till when the Regans entered into the garden. By this time, everyone had already gotten a table and immediately the audience spotted the family coming, they all stood up in a bid usher in the hosts. The Regans walked in majestically and all smiles, behind his parents and younger sister, Jason and his fiancé walked in. Emily could see the glamour all over them, Miss Diane was indeed beautiful and classy, so was Jason, his style was breathtaking. Emily watched as the family entered and greeted everyone they cared to greet, she watched as Jason smiled leisurely with Diane by his side without a care in the world. Her heart sank, tears began to flow from her eyes once again as she watched them, after a while, everyone sat down. Mr and Mrs Regan, alongside their daughter took their seat at a special table in front while Jason and Diane proceeded to the stage, a waiter met them with a tray in his hand with two glasses of champagne in it, the couple picked a glass and the waiter gallantly walked away.

"I want to thank everyone who honored this invitation. Honestly I'm so touched by the turn up. Once again thank you" Jason said.

"Today, I have two important announcements to make. One, is an important matter of the heart, while the other, is a matter of great accomplishment" he continued as he stared at Diane with a smile on his lips, Diane reciprocated it.

"I want to announce my engagement to this beautiful and elegant woman standing beside me. As we all know, she isn't just anyone, rather she's a force to reckon with in the fashion world. I am indeed blessed to say, I'm marrying Diane Marcus" Jason said. Everyone cheered and clapped for the couple after the announcement. Jason waved his hand a bit and once again, everywhere was silent.

"And for the second announcement" Jason began, then he signaled and almost immediately a group of people began distributing what seemed like a mini book to the guests while two others walked close to the stage, Jason nodded to them and immediately, the two men opened the large banner they carried together.

"It is my pleasure to announce the launching of our new collection this season. I call it, Renascence" Jason announced. Everyone in the audience was wowed, including Emily. She was thrilled for the same reason as the audience, rather she was horrified. The picture on the banner looked like something she drew, even the theme of the collection was her's, she remembered telling Jason about her designs and what she wanted to name them as a collection, Renascence.

"This isn't correct, he didn't copy my designs right?" Emily muttered to herself as she scrambled her way out of the rooftop. Soon she was down once again and immediately rushed towards the people who had been sharing the mini books.

"Can I get a copy please?" She asked desperately.

"I shouldn't give this but, here you go, everyone already has a copy" one of them answered as he handed over a copy to her and walked away. Immediately Emily began to go through the pages and her worst fear was confirmed, Jason Regan had indeed stolen her design. Emily gasped in terror, she slowly lifted her head and looked up at Jason, who was still talking. Tears began to flow from her eyes, anger and hate had consumed the very essence of her soul, she slowly and steadily began to head towards the garden, with the book in her hand. She had walked up to the entrance of the garden, and then she stopped. Jason was still talking when immediately, he spotted Emily from afar and he stopped his speech immediately. They both exchanged tense glances for about a minute, tears began flow from Emily's eyes as she stared at him.

"A toast, to love and bigger accomplishments" Jason said as he raised his champagne glass, everyone present followed suit as they all chanted "Cheers". Jason placed the glass on his lips and drank all of it's content while he still stared at Emily. Emily froze at the spot, her eyes reddened due to the tears she shed and the pain in her heart. Slowly she turned, feeling defeated and wounded and walked slowly out of the garden. Just as she stepped out of the garden, Mrs Smith ran towards her.

"Were the hell have you been?" She asked angrily. But Emily was in no mood to answer any questions, she looked at Mrs Smith and walked out on her. Mrs Smith didn't stop her or try to call her back. Just as Emily walked wearily on the premises, a strange lady walked up to Emily and tapped her on her shoulder, she turned and saw who it was.

"Emily, Mr Jason said you should meet him at the rooftop, immediately" the maid announced. Emily nodded and the lady walked away. Emily made her way to the rooftop once again, she met Jason, he was already at the rooftop waiting when Emily got there. Immediately he heard footsteps, he turned and saw her and immediately smirked.

"I'm glad you came here" Jason said.

"Jason what is all these? I'm not just pregnant for you, but you stole all my designs, all of it" Emily said as tears streamed from her eyes once again. Jason scoffed,

"First of all, put Sir or Mr to my name, you are in no position to call me Jason" Jason began, Emily's eyes widened in suprise when she heard him say what he said.

"Have you forgotten that I trained you? Taught you everything you know?" Jason asked haughtily.

"They were all my ideas Sir, I drew everything from scratch and you were still in the process of teaching me how to create different kinds of patterns for a dress, but you never taught me how to draw" Emily answered firmly. Jason scoffed.

"You ungrateful b***h, I taught you all you know for free and this is all you tell me? You are impossible!" Jason shouted. Emily just stared at him in suprise, she had never seen Jason this arrogant and vile before, the sight of him acting this way didn't just suprise her, it horrified her.

"At least you should have told me, I wouldn't mind if you had at least told me" Emily responded calmly but firmly, Jason scoffed again.

"Do I need your permission to do anything? Who the hell do you think you are?" Jason asked spitefully.

"Anyways, that's not the reason I called you here. As you have already figured out, I am already engaged to a very important lady. I don't want you blabbing your mouth about you and I to anyone. Anything that happened that night was a mistake, we were both drunk so we didn't know what was going on, I must have thought you were Diane" Jason said casually.

"So what should I do then?" Emily asked, her voice was already chocked up with tears.

"Abort it, abort that thing in your womb. I'll make sure the abortion goes smoothly, don't worry. Also you mustn't tell anyone about this else, you'll pay with your life" Jason answered. Emily scoffed when she heard Jason's words, she slow lifted her face and looked him directly in the eyes, she walked towards him until she was standing directly in front of Jason.

"Never. I wouldn't abort this child" Emily said firmly as she looked into Jason's eyes with scorn. Jason chuckled.

"You think you can blackmail me? I am more deadly than you think" Jason said.

"I don't care about that Jason, all I know is I am keeping this child. You can't humiliate me in this manner, you have humiliated me enough" Emily replied.

"Very well then, you leave me no choice. I'll make sure I shut you up before you even know it" Jason swore, Emily began to laugh, her laughter was mixed with both disappointment and pain.

"I put it to you Jason Regan on this day, the 5th of May 2014, that I, Emily Ross would become a force to reckon with. I'll raise this child with all the love in this world and I'll pay back these insults a thousand folds" Emily said. Her eyes beamed with pain and determination, she clenched her fists as she spoke, she didn't care about the outcome of her actions but she did it anyways. Jason looked at her in suprise, he had never seen her this way before, but he still kept his cool.

"We'll see about that Emily, we'll see" Jason said as he walked out on Emily, leaving her at the rooftop. Immediately he left, Emily broke down in tears. She had never known this kind of pain and betrayal all her life.

"Emily, you are finished, you are indeed finished" Emily muttered to herself as she cried.