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Chapter 44
Chapter 44
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“What the hell?!” I threw my hands in the air and said as my breath calmed, “Why did you just appear like that? You almost gave me a heart attack.”
She folded her l*ps, “You almost gave me a heart attack when I noticed you sit- ting here too.” She arched her sleek brows, “Have you been stalking me? Well, I’m sure today’s stalk was a success because you heard everything, didn’t you?”
I looked at her, “You…you…”
A cold smile formed on her l*ps, “You what? Don’t tell me you heard nothing.”
Then she tutted and her brows furrowed in concentration, “Don’t lie now, Sydney.
I rolled my eyes, “What I meant to say is, you shouldn’t drink so much coffee,
you’re pregnant.”
Bella chuckled and I wondered what was funny about what I said. Then she
sobered up, rolled her eyes and said, “Who asked you to order coffee?“”
I gaped at her, at a loss for words. The coffee was ordered for me! I didn’t in- vite her to sit down and share a drink, but I didn’t want to argue with a pregnant.
woman. Besides, it was no use arguing with Bella, just a big waste of time. I sig-
naled to the waiter, “Bring her cup of juice.”
Bella smirked, “Big of you to order for me
I ignored her, grabbed my phone from the table. Then I put down the fee for my coffee and her Juice. I added some tips too. I stood up, ready to leave but Bella grabbed my hand.
“I asked you a question,” her voice was low and dangerous.
I looked down at my wrist where her fingers tightly wrapped around it then I
held her face and pulled my hand from her. “Whatever happened or might have
happened between you, that man and Mark, I don’t freaking care,” I told her firm-
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ly in an indifferent tone. “It’s not my business if you had gotten yourself impreg- nated by some thug. It’s your business and you’ll deal with it however you like. I won’t tell Mark anything,” I couldn’t help but assure her. It would be terrible if something happened to her child because she suddenly had a high blood pres- sure. “Be rest assured, by tomorrow morning when I wake up, I will have forgot- ten everything that happened today. I have too much on my plate to add your complicated life issues to it.”
She regarded me for a while, “Are you sure?”
I threw my hands in the air, “What part of I don’t freaking care do you not under- stand?! I don’t care about you, Bella. I don’t care about Mark or your stupid preg- nancy or whatever might be going on in y’all lives. I f**king have my own busi-
nesses to deal with.”
I breathed deeply after I finished. Around us, I could glimpse some people peek- ing at us before swiftly looking away. I guess my voice had been louder than I in-
tended.
The dumb woman that was unfortunately my sister was obviously having a hard time believing that not everyone was interested in whatever goes on with her and Mark because she abruptly snatched my phone from my hand.
I immediately tried to reach for it but she moved it away.
“Give my phone back to me, woman!”
She grinned at me, the phone tucked behind her and away from me, “If you real- ly don’t care like you’ve publicly proclaimed the stay right there and let me block my man’s contact from your phone then afterward I’d delete it and then you can
have your phone.”
I scoffed and folded my hand on my ch*st . “Get it over with and give me my
phone.”
I watched her pupils move from side to side as her fingers tapped on the screen, her eyes reflecting the light from the phone.
“Can I have it back now?” I opened my palm toward her, itching for her to place
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my phone in it.
She folded her l*ps and squinted her eyes at the phone, “One second…”
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I couldn’t stop hissing and rolling my eyes as I waited for her to finish. Few sec- onds later, she stretched out her hand and to hand me my phone with a huge grin plastered on her face then she abruptly pulled it back again
“Bella, give the phone to me. I don’t want to make a scene here.” I blurted out.
My patience was rapidly waning with each passing second. If I didn’t have so
much important information on the phone, I was sure I would have left it for her.
I tried to reason with her again, “At least,” I pointed at the phone in her grip, “As you must have seen, I haven’t been in touch with,” I raised my eyebrows as | made air quotes with my fingers around my next words, “your man since the di-
vorce. So I’m not a threat to you.”
No matter what I said, Bella still clung to the phone, “Sit down and have a cup of coffee with me, then I’ll give it back.”
Seriously!
“I don’t want to sit down and have a damned cup of coffee with you. Just hand over the phone!” I stated clearly, exasperated and holding back the urge to lunge at her.
“Okay then,” she reclined in her seat and tucked the phone in her pocket. She glanced up at me with a deceiving sweet smile, “You can leave.”
My ch*st rose and fell in anger. It was so unfortunate that she was pregnant else I wouldn’t have hesitated to vent out my anger and frustration on her. And I knew that was what she was also betting at, it was why she dared to be so dar- ing. She knew that no matter what she did, I would not get physical with a preg- nant woman and even if I did I would be at fault and the cops will definitely not. favor me when they arrive. Afterall, I was beating up a defenseless and helpless
pregnant woman.
I rolled my eyes and sighed in resignation. I plopped down on the seat. Then I summoned one of the waiters and demanded a new cup of coffee while refus-
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ing to acknowledge the sickening look of satisfaction and triumph that Bella
wore boldly.
“Just a cup of coffee, please,” I said to the diligent waiter who was already by
my side. The waiter nodded and smiled and went back to fetch my order.
I finally turned to face Bella when I heard her sneer. She had a derisive look on.
Then she opened her m*uth and poured out her mocking words, “And here I was thinking you were rushing to meet a man. I think too highly of you, don’t I?”
I glanced at her, “You think too much about irrelevancies in that head of yours,
Bella. Well, I don’t waste all of my invaluable time on men like you seem to al-
ways do, I don’t have spare days to spend plotting how to ruin someone’s mar-
riage or devising how I would sink my claws in a rich man’s pocket, I have my
own career to spend time on.”
She was quiet for a while, a storm raging in her eyes as she pinned me with
her hot gaze. Then she took a deep breath and said sarcastically, “So what is
this career of yours? Being a stalker and eavesdropping on people’s secrets for
some meager change? For as long as I’ve known you, you have been jobless
and broke.”
For a number of times this morning, Bella had made me speechless again. It wasn’t like I even wanted to listen to her dirty and embarrassing secrets, she was the one who blurted them out loudly on the noisy street.
I instead just pointed to the nearby luxury building complex that I had stepped out from, “I work there, otherwise, why would I be here?”
I felt a ridiculous sense of satisfaction as Bella’s face fell and her m*uth dropped open. She clearly hadn’t expected that I actually had a job or a career. She thought everyone fed off mummy and daddy’s money and chased after a rich man for a secured future.for herself and her illegitimate children.
“That’s where Atelier studios is located,” her eyes were bulging as she turned
to me.
“Hm hm,” I hummed and shook my head.
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“How in hell did you get a job there?!”
I shrugged, “What can I say? I’m lucky.”
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Her eyes sized me up with contempt, her l*ps tilted into a sneer, “Whatever, you’re probably the lobby cleaner or toilet cleaner.”
I only smirked at her words. “You sure?”
But as usual she was truly only interested in herself so she ignored what I said and dropped the most shocking words I think I would hear today.
“Actually,” her brows creased as she cocked her head and gazed outside. Then she faced me, “I once had a child, you know.”