Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Audrey Warburton was a little absent-minded at the moment.
All she could think of since this afternoon was the doctor’s words.
“Congratulations! You are pregnant.”
Suddenly, Cornell Clement pinched her arm hard. His low voice came the next second.
“Come back to earth. What are you thinking about?”
Before she could respond to that, Cornell kissed Audrey hard after holding the back of her head lovingly.
He then went into the bathroom.
Audrey lay motionless in the massive bed. Damp strands of her hair stuck to her temples and cheeks. She stared at the ceiling with her eyes brimming with tears. Her naked body was aching slightly.
After a while, she took out the pregnancy test report from the nightstand drawer.
Audrey had gone to the hospital because of an incessant stomachache.
After a urine test, the doctor broke the news to her. She was almost five weeks pregnant!
It came as a shock to her. She and Cornell had always used protection whenever they had sex.
After racking her brain, she traced the time of conception. It turned out to be last month after a party. Cornell had driven her home and suddenly asked her at the door if she was in her safe period.
Now, it dawned on her that the period was far from safe!
The pattering sound of water came from the bathroom. Cornell was her husband. They had been married secretly for two years. He was her superior at work, the president of the Clement Group.
Everything had happened so fast. She was newly employed in the company when they accidentally had sex for the first time after a party.
Days later, Cornell’s grandfather fell seriously ill. It was then he proposed a fake marriage just to fulfill his grandfather’s dying wish.
They signed a prenup, agreeing to hide their marriage from the public.
Their union could be terminated at any time.
It was an unconventional thing to do. However, Audrey only considered herself lucky at that time.
Never in a million years did she think she would ever get married to the man she had a crush on for eight years. She delightfully agreed.
After their marriage, Cornell was very busy. He spent most of his time working.
Audrey wished she could spend more time with him at home. However, she was rest assured because there hadn’t been any rumors or scandals about him with women in the past two years.
Except for his mild indifference, Cornell was a perfect husband.
Audrey had mixed feelings as she stared at the pregnancy test result.
In the end, she decided to tell Cornell the truth.
She also wanted to tell him that she hadn’t learned about him for the first time two years ago and that she had been crushing on him for many years before then.
The shower in the bathroom finally went off.
As soon as Cornell came out, his phone rang. He went to the balcony with only a bath towel and answered the phone.
Audrey checked the time and found that it was already midnight.
She felt a little uneasy. Who would call Cornell at this ungodly hour?
Cornell spent a few minutes on the balcony. Thereafter, he returned to the room and stripped away the bath towel.
His figure was a sight to behold. The packs on his belly were bulky.
His buttocks were hard and his legs were long and muscular. This man was a catch!
It wasn’t the first time Audrey was seeing him naked. Nonetheless, she still blushed and her heart began to race at this time.
Cornell, oblivious to the wandering eyes on him, picked up his shirt and suit pants from the bed. He put them on and then knotted the tie with his slender fingers. His handsome face which had a clear outline made him look more dignified tonight.
He was something to see now.
“Don’t wait up for me. Good night,” he said finally.
What? He was on his way out? At this hour?
Audrey’s grip on the pregnancy test result tightened as she stared at him in disappointment. Unconsciously, she withdrew slightly. After thinking for a while, she blurted out, “It’s already so late.”
Cornell’s fingers froze on his tie. With a faint smile, he pinched her earlobe and asked, “Are you still horny? Want me to make you cum again?”
Hearing this, Audrey blushed to the roots of her hair. Her heart thumped against her chest. She was about to say something when Cornell let go of her and said, “Be good, okay? There’s something I have to do. Don’t wait up.”
With that, he headed for the door.
“Cornell.”
Audrey quickly ran and caught up with him.
Cornell turned around and looked at her seriously.
“What’s the matter?”
There was a tinge of coldness to his voice. An icy cloud hung over them as they stared at each other.
A little distressed, Audrey asked in a low voice, “I would like to visit my grandma tomorrow. Can you accompany me there?”
Frail and ill, her grandmother always wanted to see her. As a result, Audrey wanted to take Cornell there to assure her grandma they were happy.
“Let’s talk about it tomorrow, okay?” Without agreeing or declining, Cornell left in a hurry.
Several thoughts were threading Audrey’s mind as she took a shower and got back to bed. She couldn’t sleep a wink.
After tossing and turning for a long time, she got out of bed and made herself a warm glass of milk.
A few notifications from some online blogs came into her phone.
However, she wasn’t interested in them. She was about to swipe them away when one of them caught her attention. The familiar name made her click on it.
The news read, “Famous designer, Cecilia Murray was spotted at the airport with her mysterious boyfriend earlier today.”
Cecilia was wearing a bucket hat. The man’s figure was vague, but the outline of his body was enough to show that he was dashing.
Audrey zoomed in on the picture. The next second, her heart dropped.
Cornell was the man in the picture!
So, he canceled the afternoon meeting just to go pick up his ex- girlfriend from the airport?
This realization settled like a boulder in Audrey’s gut, rendering her flustered.
Her hands trembled. Subconsciously, she dialed Cornell’s number.
The dial tone brought her back to her senses. Just as she was about to hang up, the Line connected, and a voice came from the other end.
“Hello!”
It was a particularly gentle woman’s voice.
Audrey froze for a second and then threw the phone away.
She suddenly felt sick in her stomach. Bile rose to her throat.
Covering her mouth, she ran into the bathroom and threw up in the toilet bowl.
The next morning, Audrey went to work on time.
Cornell had tried to get her to stop working after they got married.
Stubbornly, she insisted on making her own money.
Cornell didn’t kick against her decision, but he asked her to work as his assistant, helping him with the daily chores.
The head assistant, Matteo Jenkins was left to take care of the major affairs Cornell had.
Matteo was the only Clement Group employee who knew about their marriage.
Since inception, only male assistants were hired for the president’s office. Reagan was the first and only female. Her employment broke the protocol. As a result, other workers couldn’t help but wonder if she was involved with Cornell.
It took a while before they realized that Cornell never gave Audrey special treatment. Strangely, this made them despise her even more.