Chapter 54: Chapter 54
BEGINNING OF A CLIMAX
Janelle felt her walls tearing apart, she couldn't meet his intense and scrutinizing gaze, it was so intense. How would she tell him the little girl is his child?, Hell.... How would she explain she didn't just have a child for him, but two. She didn't know where to start from, how to explain?. It was at that point she remembered she ceased breathing, she immediately took a deep breath, in and out, in and out.
"Tell me Janelle, Who is she?, Is that the reason you were so straight on getting a divorce?, Is he really worth it?, You already had a child for him?, Now you've had a change of mind, what happened, you found he isn't worth it?." He kept throwing different questions at her.
"No, it's... it's really not what you're thinking, it's much more worse than that." she replied tearily, unable to support the weight of her body on her shaky legs.
Rashid groaned, his hands making a mess of his formerly curled hair, making it a tangled mess.
"Worse?" he questioned throatily.
"Allah!, Make me understand Janelle. You're making it worse for me to understand you. What's worse than having a child for a man?." He paused, mumbled some words incoherently before he continued, "I, I really had a bad feeling about coming here, I really did, but now... it's all making sense to me."
"Rashid.... I-i can explain, just let me gather my thoughts." She pleaded, hopefully he would let her have some alone time so she could explain the mystery.
"There's actually nothing to explain Janelle." he replied softly, that Janelle could already feel something cold coming at her.
Her eyes widened, "No... wait. Rashid I want to tell you everything, everything I should have said to you before now, I know it's coming late, but situations made me to keep it away from you." She dropped the laptop on the table and too a step closer to him, while he walked backwards. Hie eyes which was soft, looked so cold.
"There's nothing to explain Janelle baby, you want to give us a chance, I'm happy about that, and not even you having a child for another man would ruin it. Now, I feel like there's a competitor and I'm ready to give this race my all, because you're stuck with me FOREVER, Janelle Baby." Those were the words Janelle was expecting him to say, but no. This was no happy-ever-after romance. No. It was a man, being a man.
No man would want to train a child who isn't his, moreso live with a child who isn't his, unless he's a servant or slave.
"You couldn't even wait?, You had to jump to another man for a humpy dumpy ride." He scoffed.
Janelle's brows creased in a frown, "Stop it. Don't say such words to me, just stop." She said with a calm demeanor, trying to keep her almost flaring temper in check.
"Ohhh, you feel hurt, you're bothered. You shouldn't be, you're used to this type of life afterall, running from one bed to another, isn't it. Making a man fall hard for you and then tossing him aside when you've gotten what you wanted like a piece of trash, you should be names the KILLER GIRL, it would fit you more." he cursed.... "Don't even think of taking a step closer to me. You expect me to raise my hands in the air and thank you for having another man's child, when all the time you've been away, the only thing I've been doing was to sulk, feeling live I've really lost a part of me, now.... I think that was the best decision I ever made. Maybe what my mother said about you is actually true and....." he didn't even complete his words when Janelle smacked him hard across his cheeks, once and again.
She spat at him.
"Get out. Don't you ever step your feet in this place. If I cheated on you, let it be my cheating. I care no more, yes, I'm a KILLER GIRL and I'm very good at what I do, Do you have an issue with that?." She said ferociously as she kept pushing him out of the house.
"You idiot. I'll make you go on your knees for me, and I swear it, even when you do, your life would be a living hell without me. That Divorce?, Of course, we're getting it done. I don't need someone toxic and stupid like you back in my life. I wonder what took you so long to believe everything your BELOVED MOTHER said about me, I should name you MUMMY'S BOY." He was finally out of her house.
"Meet me in court next week Wednesday, be very much prepared, because I'm making good plans about that very day." she jutted her chin proudly at him.
"You wouldn't dare!" Rashid smirked.
"Ohhh yes, I will. If I could cheat on the Prince of Al Zayed and get away with it, what's mere divorce that I can't do. Ohhh just wait until that day, you better stop sulking, go home and prepare for it...." her phone began ringing immediately, she dipped her hand into her pocket and brought out her phone.
She smiled after seeing the name of the person calling her, she increased the brightness of her phone and faced it towards him..., "I know you can see who's calling and if you can't see well, it's my Lawyer, we're all prepared for next week. He's well known and I know you wouldn't like to know how I made him take up my case." she licked her lower lips and smacked it.
She saw confusion etched on his brow's, she laughed because she knew she's winning, she was once the loser, but now, Rashid didn't see it coming, he didn't.
"How-how... When did you plan all this?, We can talk about this, I would forgive you again, it's that easy for me, Don't you share the same thought with me?" He questioned, he was confused, did she plan all of this before he came or was he hallucinating. He pinched himself hard on his thighs to be sure he wasn't hallucinating.
"No no, There's nothing to talk about here, it's bad enough that I cheated on you, but worse that I had to let him cúm in me and let his spèrm fertilize my egg, now I've a beautiful little daughter.... and maybe even more. I'm sure we both know this is real, you being so ignorant about today is real, just like when you said I was cheating on you five years ago was real, so is this scene real. Instead of standing there, acting so out of line, I would rather you go home and think of something more fruitful to do," she smacked her lips before turning to face her door. "Your times ticking though... tick... tick.... tick..." she sing-sang, sashaying her hips as she walked into her house and banged the door shut
Rashid stood at a particular spot for minutes, still trying to get over what had just transpired between him and Janelle few minutes ago, he was trying to un-see everything and agree with the terms that he was just hallucinating, and after few minutes, he realized it was really real, he swung into action immediately, reared his Bugatti Veyron to life and drove off, riding like someone who lost his nuts.
While he drove off, he began counting in his head how many hours, days, he had to prepare himself until Wednesday.....
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Monday came by so quickly, ever since the incident that transpired between both of them, he's been restless, he knew he really messed things up, but what he didn't expect was how things turned against him.
Rashid was in his office, pacing around restlessly when his Personal Assistant, Tiffany, came in with a big, brown envelope in her hands.
"Sir, Sir." the same words she has been repeatedly calling for the past three minutes, yet no answer, until a call came in his phone.
"Yes, How long have you been here?" he questioned, putting his phone on vibration.
"Sir?, Long enough, long enough to know there's something troubling you, and your mind is focused elsewhere, instead of work." Tiffany said.
"What's that you're holding?" he asked, taking his seat.
"It's a Mail."
"From where?, Did you check the content?, What of if it's an atomic bomb?." Already, he had a feeling, a dreadful feeling of knowing the content of the mail, but it was his own tactics of making sure she didn't open it, he didn't question further when he saw the seal on the envelope.
"You can drop it and leave." he said to her, while she bowed and left in a haste.
He grabbed the mail and quickly tore it open, impatient to open it piece by piece, and exactly what he thought was what he saw. He grinded his teeth against each other, his hands turning to fist. It had a ROYAL seal on it, so of course, his father also knew about the DIVORCE. Now his uncle would really laugh at him.
He took the paper out.
"QATARI COURT"