TAMING HAZEL

CHAPTER EIGHT

"She was acting very pregnant"

At the mention of the word pregnant, I feel my heart migrate from my mediastinum to my abdomen and blood pause in veins.

"What do you mean pregnant?" I ask curious

"She was puking, dizzy, clingy, and I even had to tuck her in bed when I took her home. She's definitely pregnant. Do you have any idea?"

"No and I haven't even been able to figure it out"

"How's that bro?, Can't you see how she's glowing?"

"I...I noticed, even the puking and the crazy mood swings but I just couldn't understand"

"Well, now you do, so do you have anything to do with it?"

I look at him and he shrugs.

"That's what I'm going to fine out right now"

"Good luck brother"

"Thank you"

"Mum will be very proud of you bro" He says with a wide grin and I shake my head as I leave the house.

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That pregnancy is mine, I know it, I feel it. The night Hazel and I made love I didn't use a c****m or took any precautions. If it turns out to be mine I'll be the happiest man in the world. Hazel carrying my baby is the best thing that can ever happen to me. But I need to confirm from her first because as we all know only the woman knows the father of her child.

When I arrive at her house, I park my car in the driveway beside hers, alight from it and walk to the door where I ring the bell. Moments laters the door is opened by Hazel and when I set my eyes on her I mentally slap myself for not realising earlier that she's pregnant. She looks like pregnancy, she smells like pregnancy, she has pregnancy written all over her.

"Ugh!, I'm sure Craig exaggerated. I'm fine" She defends as we both walk into the living room.

"When did you plan on telling me?"

"Telling you what?" She asks surprised and I'm tempted to laugh. She really didn't plan on telling me anytime soon.

"Enough with the pretense already Hazel. When did you plan on telling me that you're pregnant?"

I ask and she shoots me a horrified glance.

Busted!

Nine moments later, after regaining conciousness , she decides to talk.

"Who told you I'm pregnant?"

"Well,Craig happens to be a guy who is very acquainted with women issues so he figured it out"

She exhales heavily and sits on the couch tiredly. The pregnancy is getting the better of her. She looks very fragile.

"Fine, you win"

"So, is it mine?"

"What?, No of course not!"

She answers firmly and I feel my brain leave my skull and migrate to my ocipot . I almost loose my balance. She can't be serious!

"What do you mean no?"

"No, the pregnancy isn't yours, I'm not pregnant for you" she repeats firmly and I feel my heart sink in my chest.

"But...but we..."

"Had unprotected s*x?" She cuts me off " sorry I was on pills, that's why I let that happen".

"So who's responsible?"

I ask calmly, trying to hide the pain in my voice. I'm at the verge of bursting into tears right now. How could she do this to me?, Can't she see how much I love her?, Why did she have to get pregnant for another man?

Just Why???

"You don't know him"

"Maybe because it's me, Hazel I find it very hard to believe you, that pregnancy is mine"

"Puh - lease Klaus, drop it okay. This child I'm carrying isn't yours, so deal with it!"

"Hazel look me the eyes and tell me that the child you're carrying isn't mine"

Hazel gets up from the couch she was sitting on and walks close to me and when she's just a few inches away, she looks me straight in the eyeballs, long and hard.

"Klaus, the child I'm carrying isn't yours. You can take that to the bank"

She says confidently and a lone tear rolls down my left cheek. She's indeed serious.

Wow!

"Alright then, if that's what you sy then it's fine" I say as I brush off the tear.

"Yeah"

"Take the rest of the week off and only come to work on Monday. I don't want you working like this, it's not good for the baby"

"Thank you Klaus"

"It's nothing" I hug and kiss her forehead passionately and she looks at me in awe. " I still love you Hazel, no matter what"

With that, I leave the house.

Hazel's POV

"You did what?" Wendy asks aghast. I just told her what happened earlier and she's pacing about the living room restlessly. I don't understand why she's so worked up.

" Hazel you are depriving this innocent child of the right to grow up with a father"

"I grew up with a father Wendy and it was a horrible experience. I don't ever want my child to ever experience what I went through so I'm going to raise him or her alone!"

"Not every man is like your father Hazel, can't you see that Klaus is a good man?"

"That's what my mother thought when she married my father,see where it landed her, her early grave!"

"I'm not asking you to marry him"

"Then what exactly is your cry?"

"Don't keep the man's child away from him. It's wrong in all aspects. Hazel, have a heart!"

"Why should I when they don't have hearts either. Three guys, I mean three guys rapped and defied me brutally, I was just nineteen by then, they didn't have pity on me. Danny my boyfriend who I thought would comfort me left because I was defied and my father killed my mother, his own wife!. Tell me Wendy, why should I ever have empathy for any man?"

"Because not all men are the same. The fact that a few of them hurt you doesn't mean all of them have the same motive. Hazel this is s baby we're talking about, you need Klaus' help in raising this child"

"I am financially stable enough to raise my child, I don't need anything from him"

"What makes you think it's all about money?, You need help morally not not just financially and with this very salty personality of yours, I wonder what you will turn the child into"

"Wow, now you're judging me?"

"I can't help it Hazel, being a single a mother is not as easy as you think it is, come on"

"Wendy thanks a lot for your concern but I'll be just fine. Trust me"

"And Klaus?, He's never going to know that the child is his?"

"Never, and you'll not mention it to him"

" I'm not with you on this, I'm going to tell Klaus"

"You'll do no such thing"

"You can't stop me"

"Wendy if you mention this to Klaus, then this friendship is over"

"If that's the sacrifice for my niece or nephew to grow up with a father then I'm ready for it. Because I know Klaus is a good man and he'll stop at nothing to give his child the best life" With that, she leaves for her bedroom.

I know Wendy is just babbling, she's not gonna mention anything to Klaus.