A NIGHT WITH HIM

While I Was Bleeding Out, He Lit Lanterns For Her

Katie Oettgen

As I lay on the floor of our manor, bleeding out from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I used my last ounce of strength to call my husband, Cole. I begged him for help, my vision blurring. But the only thing I heard was the clinking of champagne glasses and his mistress's giggle in the background. "Stop the drama, June," Cole snapped, his voice cold. "We're about to go on stage. Don't call again." He hung up, leaving me to die alone on the Persian rug while he accepted an award with another woman on his arm. I woke up in the hospital days later. My baby was gone. They had removed my fallopian tube. Cole finally arrived, smelling of expensive scotch and his mistress's perfume. He didn't hug me. He didn't cry. Instead, he leaned over my hospital bed, pressing his knee into the mattress until my fresh stitches tore open and bled. "You embarrassed me by calling an ambulance," he hissed. "My mistress, Alycia, says you're faking it. Clean yourself up." He left me bleeding again to go announce a $10 million donation to Alycia's "groundbreaking" medical research. I stared at the TV screen, numb. The research Alycia was taking credit for? It was mine. I wrote that patent years ago under a pseudonym. They thought I was just a poor, orphan housewife who needed Cole's money to survive. They had no idea I was actually a billionaire scientist hiding my identity. I pulled the IV needle out of my arm. A drop of blood fell onto the divorce papers I had been hiding. I didn't wipe it off. I signed my name right over it. Then I walked into the bank, reactivated my dormant account with $128 million, and bought the penthouse directly overlooking Cole's house. The mourning widow is dead. The avenger is born.

Romance Crime Revenge Pregnancy Enemies to Lovers Pregnancy Personal Growth

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A Night With Him

Cara's Nigerian Series.

Iyanuoluwa Akinniyi

Episode 1.

Angela Pov

I stuff the remaining clothes left on the bed in my old bag,I look up and wipe the beads of sweat on my forehead,mom came in shortly and she smiled.

"You're done"

"Yeah"I breathed out tiredly.

"You're graduating this week right?"

"Yeah,and we are organizing a party "

"I'm having a weird feeling about this party"

"Weird?"I asked confused.

"Yeah,I don't know maybe it's good or bad"

"Mum,stop stressing yourself over this issue,it's just an ordinary party"I drawled.

She move closer to me and held my hand,she interlock our fingers together and stare at me affectionately.

"Temi nikan soso(my one and only)you know we have no one,I'm just a hopeless widow struggling to make both ends meet,if not for the scholarship awarded to you,you would have drop out long ago,please do not put me to shane please"She begged with tears dripping down her face and I hug her immediately.

"Mama,I promise I won't put you to shane"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes mom I promise"

A little Introduction of myself,my name is Angela Adesuwa,the only child of a poor widow ,we live in the oldest house in the town,we were so poor that we can only afford two square meal a day,but through don't of handwork,my mom mom was able to sponsor me to a technical school, although she's not the one responsible for the fees but she's not the one catering all other needs.

I'm graduating this week and I'll do everything to make my mom enjoy the fruit of her labor.

She enter the room again and gave me 6,000 naira ,I gasp and pull her into a hug immediately, although I asked for 10,000 naira but half of a bread is better than none.

"Thanks so much mom"

"You're welcome."

Kike Pov

I sit at the doctor's office waiting for the doctor anxiously.

What's keeping her this long?

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