My ex's brother

chapter 4

"Ella! I know you're there! Open the f*****g door!" David screamed, banging on the door like a man possessed.

"I hate you! And I'm not pregnant!!" Ella screamed, holding back tears. Alex stood there, clearly thinking about something.

"You're not? How about this?!" He laughed ironically and started sliding the note under her door.

Ella's eyes widened as she saw her ultrasound printout.

"Where...did you get that?" She asked quietly, completely confused.

"You thought I was stupid, didn't you?" He laughed and then banged hard on the door again. "Open up, I won't do anything to my pregnant wife..."

Ella sighed heavily... then motioned to the man in the room to hide in the bathroom. Alex reluctantly walked towards the restroom, looking over his shoulder a few times as if to make sure he was right.

Ella opened the door, letting her furious husband in.

Before she could say anything, David slapped her hard on the cheek.

"You wanted to abort my baby, didn't you? Are you f*****g crazy?" He said, grabbing his wife by the neck. “Don't think that...”

Before he could finish, he was hit hard from behind and knocked to the ground.

"What the fuck... A-Alex?!" He screamed, groaning in pain when he saw his brother's face.

"Touch her again," David's brother said coldly.

"And I'll break your arms and legs!" He growled violently, releasing David.He lay there in shock, then laughed and turned to Ella.

"So maybe it's not my baby, but my brother's, huh?! You slutty w***e!" He was hit hard again.

"Aren't you the one who's having an affair with your secretary?" Alex asked his brother, looking into his eyes with an indifferent look.

David looked very scared now. "How do you know that? You psycho!"

He pushed the man's hand away and stood up, dusting off his suit.

"My wife and I keep our affairs between us, no interference," He said it a little more gently, with his nose bleeding.

"What about things between you and your secretary?" Alex asked with an icy expression on his face.

David looked so scared that he turned pale. However, he did not want to show that he was afraid.

"I repeat, do not interfere!" He started walking towards the door.

"Ella, come on, the guests have a lot of questions for us." He smiled disgustingly and extended his hand to his wife.

Ella hesitated for a moment, but decided that she had to play along in front of everyone for now to avoid any drama.

"Alex, we'll talk about this later..." She sighed, moving away from the man standing next to her.

"You won't talk." David said, pulling Elle by the hand.

Alex looked at it, thinking about how to get her out of this house unnoticed.

...

"Oh, you're glowing, my dear!" My mother-in-law kissed me. "The belly isn't visible yet, is it?" She asked, touching her belly.

"Yes... it's an early pregnancy, at this stage nothing is known yet..." Ella sighed as she met her husband's gaze, clearly dissatisfied with her answer.

"Of course, but we have the best doctors in town, there's nothing to worry about, right, Mom?" He said in a calm tone , putting his hand on Ella's shoulder. She smiled nervously at her mother-in-law.

"Well, well, well..." David's mother replied, no less enthusiastically.

At the same time, Ella's parents approached.

"Daughter, we are so happy for you!"

Her mother made a show of hugging her daughter and kissing her forehead. Father shook David's hand and congratulated him.

"Yes... Thank you," Ella smiled, looking into her mother's eyes. She saw anger, uncertainty in them... but above all, hope and a glimmer of happiness. She knew well what her mother meant.

In the crowd of people, she looked for the man she had just met, hoping that he would save her after what she saw in the room.

However, three hours had passed and she had not seen him anywhere.

...

It was almost midnight and the guests were slowly leaving. Ella sat exhausted at the table, listening to the business discussions between David and his partners.

"I'll go to the bathroom, okay?" She asked her husband, kissing him on the cheek. Of course he agreed, while others raved about their relationship.

She was walking along a dark corridor, looking for the right door, when she was suddenly pulled into another room by someone.

"Ella!" Vanessa shouted enthusiastically.

"Why did you lie to me this morning?" She looked at Elle with offended eyes.

"Umm... I actually only found out about the pregnancy at this appointment, and David wanted to keep it a secret until tonight to officially announce it to everyone." I smiled awkwardly, hoping he would swallow my excuse.

"Okay, let's skip the formalities." Vanessa stopped smiling.

"This baby isn't David's, is it?" She asked reproachfully.

"Excuse me, what?" Ella asked in disbelief.

"Ohh, didn't you understand the question, my dear?" Vanessa smiled crookedly.

"Maybe your child isn't Georga, just like his siblings?" Ella smiled back.

Vanessa's face turned red and grim. "Only Felix isn't his!! Dylan is his carbon copy!"

She hissed angrily. "And our third child is his!"

Vanessa looked like she was about to explode.

"I really feel sorry for Felix. What's it like being born out of wedlock? Don't I feel left out in this sick family?" Ella continued to bite her sister-in-law.

"Just let my mother know what you said!" Vanessa growled and walked towards the hall where the party was taking place.

Ella sighed and went to the bathroom. She sat there for a long time and thought about what to do with her life. When she finally decided to leave, she immediately ran into her mother-in-law when she opened the door.

"Mrs. Draycott-"

Before she could finish, she received a hard slap in the face. She stood speechless for a few seconds, then looked around and saw that there were other people standing around, including David.

"Call my daughter a slut one more time, and it won't end there. Know your place."

Ella stood there, unable to believe what she was hearing. She was speechless, and before she could say anything, her mother threw herself at the woman's knees and begged her forgiveness.

"Mrs. Draycott, please forgive my daughter's stupidity!" She begged her kneeling before her. "She's still young and stupid, I'm sorry about her."

"Yes, she's stupid and mouthy." Mrs. Octavia crossed her arms over her chest. "I'll forgive her, but only because she's carrying my grandson. Next time, I'll openly regret that my son married her."

Ella's mother almost started crying. She apologized several more times.

Meanwhile, Ella was literally speechless. She watched the scene with shock and disbelief that such brazen people existed. She wanted to speak up, scream straight into their faces that she hated them and that they should get the f**k out of her life forever. But she couldn't.

In all the confusion, she spotted Alex at the back of the crowd, walking determinedly towards them.