~ IMOGEN ~

~ {Flashback} ~

"Please get the door, Imogen." Lila requested, rolling her sleeves up.

"I'm the pregnant one here, I shouldn't be overworking."

"Getting the door isn't overworking. Stop being so lazy."

I groaned and reluctantly rose to my feet, sauntering to the door pand opened it.

I was so surprised to see Faith standing by the door, grinning from ear to ear, holding a small bag.

I opened my mouth to speak but she pulled me into a hug. "Gosh, I missed you. I'm so glad you're fine."

I smiled, returning the hug.

I gently pushed her by her shoulders. "I didn't expect to see you here. Please come in."

Shutting the door after she walked in, we took our seats on one of the sofas.

"Mr. Hendrix asked me to come here. As your personal maid, I should be at your service, no matter where you are."

"Oh, that's great. I really missed you too. Doing some things on my own feels like a lot of work now." I admitted and she chuckled.

"Then it's a really great thing I'm here. Is there anything you'd like to eat right now?"

"Yes, please. Anything that's very spicy, I need it so badly."

"It'll be ready in five minutes." She giggled. "I was so worried about you but I'm grateful to God that you're fine now.."

"Thank you."

"And your stomach bump has appeared, your baby would be more than beautiful."

"I hope so too, and I hope he doesn't possess any of his parents' ugly traits."

"He? I'm pretty sure it'll be a she. And I think Hames wants a female too because he has started decorating a room for the baby and the decoration is a girly one."

"I want a boy and it's final. Please help me out with something to eat."

"Sure, Ma'am, future mother of a Princess." She teased.

I playfully rolled my eyes at her.

***

"So the point is that you're mad at him for cheating on you but that woman isn't actually pregnant?" Mia asked.

"Yes, Mom."

"So what are you still here for? She's a fraudster and simply wants Hames' money. You're  making her cause a rift between you two. She's with Lila's ex-boyfriend, and still pretends to have your husband's child. She'll extort a lot of money from Hames and leave for Dash then your relationship with Hames would've been ruined completely so it'd be a win-win for her."

"Oh…"

"I can't believe you don't trust him at all.  Married couples are supposed to trust each other as much as possible. How can a random woman walk up to you and say nonsense then you suddenly leave and not even speak to your husband about it? You've been away from him for so long now. What have you gained? Do you want to raise—"

She was cut off by the door kicking open then Faith walked in.
in, covered in blood.

"Faith, what's wrong?" I exclaimed.

She locked the door then ran to us, breathing heavily and dropped to the floor, extending her phone to me.

I was out to buy groceries then decided to go to church first when I saw my ex-boyfriend, Dash, and my sister. They were being so stealthy then I followed them because I suspected they were up to something. I can't believe she's in a relationship with him. While making this video, they almost caught me and I was almost killed."

"Almost killed?" My forehead furrowed in worry. "By Samantha?"

"Indirectly, but watch the video." She panted.

I clicked on the video which was through a hole in a door while Mom sat beside me .

It was a video of Samatha and Dash. His arms were around her waist and hers were around his neck.

‘How can you be madly in love with two people?’ Dash asked.

‘I don't know but all I know is that I certainly love you more.’ She giggled.

‘Let's stop being lovey-dovey now.’ He pulled away from her. ‘What's your next big move?’

‘My next big move? My so-called second love has his stupid wife away from him all because of my beautiful lies.’ She said and they both laughed.

‘It's sad that you had to lie against our little innocent rascal for your mad game.’

‘Who? Oliver?’ She burst into laughter. ‘You know he's not your son? He's mine and whoever the fuck is father is son.’ She laughed.

‘As long as he's not Hames' son, it's fine. Haven't you noticed how much he looks like me? We should probably do a DNA test and this time, no bribery, no tricks, no results manipulation.’

They burst into laughter.

‘Okay, let's forget that. What's your big plan? I know you have something crazy in mind.’

‘Yes, babe. I've figured out that Hames is very sick. I'll be going to him in a few minutes. I have the keys and passcode to unlock every door in his house. I'll make him unconscious again and this time, I'll make sure I'll be truly pregnant. It'll hurt Imogen more than ever and they'll finally separate. My child would have a lot of rights to Hames' properties. I'll play a great move and neither of us would lose, except Hames and Imogen.’ she smirked.

‘How are you so smart?’ He chuckled.

‘It's all thanks to you, babe. I've gotta go now.’

The camera moved from their faces. Faith was obviously trying to end the video but then something dropped.

‘Who's there? Sam, please leave for Hames' immediately. I'll sort this out’ Dash said then the video ended.

"I started running away but they had three men that began running after me and were ordered to kill me even if that's what it meant. I ran really fast and was able to escape two of the men but the last one caught me and almost killed me with hazardous objects.

"Luckily, I'm good at self defense and was able to escape him and leave really quickly. That's why I'm here now."

"So Sam is probably at Hames' now, trying to force herself on him. Oh my God." I slapped a hand to my mouth. "Oliver isn't Hames' child either." My eyes started tearing up, whether or not they were years of joy.

"If she's able to make Hames unconscious and do something crazy then it'll all be your fault for not trusting him at all." Mia spat.

"I don't care if she's my sister, she has to be arrested for fraud, sexual assault, everything, and that stupid son of a bitch." Faith said with clenched jaw and fists.

I immediately jerked to my feet, picked my bag from the table and started running out of the house.

"Imogen, be careful." Faith called behind me.

I ran out of the house and got into a taxi.

I was urging the taxi driver to drive really fast till it clearly pissed him off.

It seemed like a billion hours when the car finally pulled over in front of our mansion.

I ran out of it and paid him, running into the house.

There were no drivers around or anyone guarding the gates so I ran into the opened gate and then into the house.

I was welcomed by the smell of a female perfume and my heart was beating faster at the possibility that Sam was here already.

I immediately started scuttling upstairs and to our bedroom, ignoring how tired and breathless I was.

The door was widely opened so there was no need to break it open.

Samantha was on top of Hames with her legs on either side of him, straddling his waist. My face twisted in annoyance.

Hames weakly pushed her away, he looked very ill, dizzy and not well at all.

She didn't budge at his push because her hands were under his neck. My fists clenched and I could feel my blood boiling. My mind traveling to how much problems she had caused in our marriage and how she still wanted to ruin things further made me angrier.

"S-samatha, stop this, you'll only regret it." He spoke weakly.

She took his shirt off completely and hers as well, remaining in her boobs tube.

My mouth went agape at that and fireworks started shooting out of my ears.

"I would never regret it. I can't wait to feel you in me." She leaned her face closer to his.

As her lips were almost making contact with his, the last screw that was holding my brain in place was almost losing. Why on Earth was I just standing here looking gormless?

My bag dropped from my hand so I could tighten my hands into fists, and it made them flinch.

They stared at the bag then me. Hames looked like he had seen his entire world crumble down. Immediately, his eyes shut and he clearly lost all consciousness.

"Hi, Samantha. Please leave right now before I do something you'll regret." I smiled at her. I didn't know how I did that because with the level of rage in me, I could break her into several pieces, but I was reminding myself that I was pregnant and wasn't going to do anything that could harm my pregnancy.

She quickly got off Hames, fidgeting. "Why and how are you here?"

"This is my house, now leave." I forced a smile at her, walking to the bed.

She picked her shirt and slipped it on.

"Listen here, you won't have a chance in Hames' life anymore so just stick with your lover and stop chasing after a married man."

She looked at me like she was studying my face but left without another word.

My attention immediately drifted back to Hames.

I rushed to sit beside him, shaking him. "Hames?" Jeez, his body was so damn hot.

He looked terribly wretched and sick like Lila had said.

In the fastest way I could, I reached for a half-empty glass of water and sprinkled it on his face.

His nose wrinkled then I sprinkled again before he shifted his way back to life with squinted eyes.

"Hames, oh my gosh." I placed my hand on his forehead and felt like crying at how hot it was. He needed to see a doctor.

"Imogen?" He called in a weak tone. "This is definitely a dream." Like an old man's hand, his hand gently brushed my arm and he chortled, shutting his eyes again.

"You need a doctor."

"I need my wife." He muttered, closing his eyes completely.

I didn't realize I was crying until I tasted my salty tears.

"You have no child elsewhere, Oliver isn't your child. That's such a relief." I held his hand with both my hands, sobbing.

It felt like I hadn't seen him in a hundred years.

I immediately called the Doctor to rush down here.

His body temperature was scaring me. I really hoped he was fine.

I couldn't believe I left him because of a lie. If anything happened to him, I wasn't going to forgive myself.

Taking a seat beside him, I took his hand in my grasp again.

"Please don't leave me…" he muttered.

"I won't. I promise not to make anything or anyone come between us like that again.