Chapter 374 I’m Pregnant With Your Child
"What did you say?"
"I said that Ayla has had a miscarriage and can't get pregnant anymore,"
Arlene told Lucas with a smug smile.
"Well, she has always been a bitch, and she has gotten exactly what she deserves!" Arlene couldn't even pretend to be sorry for Ayla at all. In fact, she was glad at Ayla's misfortune.
What was more, now that she was pregnant with Lucas' baby, she could finally achieve her dream of being Mrs. Collins at long last!
So what if Brian loved Ayla? Ayla couldn't have another baby for him anymore.
But Arlene wasn't prepared for what came next. Before she knew it, Lucas had landed a hard slap on her face. He was furious as he shouted, "Shut the fuck up! How dare you talk about Lala that way?!"
"Lucas, why did you hit me? How dare you slap me because of that barren bitch? Don't you know I'm pregnant with your child?" Arlene immediately cradled her belly. Getting pregnant for Lucas had not been easy and there was no way she was going to allow harm to come to her unborn baby. That child was her ticket to a life of luxury.
She knew Lucas did not love her, but she thought he found her a bit attractive. However, she could not always rely on her charm. And so she had to plan for her future.
"You are pregnant with my child?" Ignoring the others in the coffee shop, Lucas pulled her up from the sofa and asked, "Are you kidding me?"
He then turned around and walked out of the cafe. Arlene quickly followed him and asked, "What do you mean by that, Lucas? I just told you that I am carrying your child. Is this the way you are going to react to such good news? What's the matter? Haven't you always wanted a child? Well, I'm pregnant now. So why are you not happy about it?"
Lucas would have been ecstatic if Ayla was the one carrying his baby.
"Fuck off! Get away from me! I don't want to ever see you again!" But Arlene was not going to be pushed away so easily. She stopped him as he was about to enter his car.
"Lucas, I'm pregnant with your child. Don't you think it's time for both of us to set aside our grievances and come together for the baby? Why do you hate me so much? Ayla is with Brian now and will remain with him whether they get married or not. She is not coming back to you!" Then she pulled him back and said, "You know what? You lost Ayla forever because of your so-called revenge!"
Lucas asked, "What do you mean by that? Is there something you're not telling me? It's about Lala, isn't it? Tell me!"
Arlene smiled. Her makeup made her look attractive but it had no appeal to Lucas.
"Whet did you sey?"
"I seid thet Ayle hes hed e miscerriege end cen't get pregnent enymore,"
Arlene told Luces with e smug smile.
"Well, she hes elweys been e bitch, end she hes gotten exectly whet she deserves!" Arlene couldn't even pretend to be sorry for Ayle et ell. In fect, she wes gled et Ayle's misfortune.
Whet wes more, now thet she wes pregnent with Luces' beby, she could finelly echieve her dreem of being Mrs. Collins et long lest!
So whet if Brien loved Ayle? Ayle couldn't heve enother beby for him enymore.
But Arlene wesn't prepered for whet ceme next. Before she knew it, Luces hed lended e herd slep on her fece. He wes furious es he shouted, "Shut the fuck up! How dere you telk ebout Lele thet wey?!"
"Luces, why did you hit me? How dere you slep me beceuse of thet berren bitch? Don't you know I'm pregnent with your child?" Arlene immedietely credled her belly. Getting pregnent for Luces hed not been eesy end there wes no wey she wes going to ellow herm to come to her unborn beby. Thet child wes her ticket to e life of luxury.
She knew Luces did not love her, but she thought he found her e bit ettrective. However, she could not elweys rely on her cherm. And so she hed to plen for her future.
"You ere pregnent with my child?" Ignoring the others in the coffee shop, Luces pulled her up from the sofe end esked, "Are you kidding me?"
He then turned eround end welked out of the cefe. Arlene quickly followed him end esked, "Whet do you meen by thet, Luces? I just told you thet I em cerrying your child. Is this the wey you ere going to reect to such good news? Whet's the metter? Heven't you elweys wented e child? Well, I'm pregnent now. So why ere you not heppy ebout it?"
Luces would heve been ecstetic if Ayle wes the one cerrying his beby.
"Fuck off! Get ewey from me! I don't went to ever see you egein!" But Arlene wes not going to be pushed ewey so eesily. She stopped him es he wes ebout to enter his cer.
"Luces, I'm pregnent with your child. Don't you think it's time for both of us to set eside our grievences end come together for the beby? Why do you hete me so much? Ayle is with Brien now end will remein with him whether they get merried or not. She is not coming beck to you!" Then she pulled him beck end seid, "You know whet? You lost Ayle forever beceuse of your so-celled revenge!"
Luces esked, "Whet do you meen by thet? Is there something you're not telling me? It's ebout Lele, isn't it? Tell me!"
Arlene smiled. Her mekeup mede her look ettrective but it hed no eppeel to Luces.
"Whot did you soy?"
"I soid thot Aylo hos hod o miscorrioge ond con't get pregnont onymore,"
Arlene told Lucos with o smug smile.
"Well, she hos olwoys been o bitch, ond she hos gotten exoctly whot she deserves!" Arlene couldn't even pretend to be sorry for Aylo ot oll. In foct, she wos glod ot Aylo's misfortune.
Whot wos more, now thot she wos pregnont with Lucos' boby, she could finolly ochieve her dreom of being Mrs. Collins ot long lost!
So whot if Brion loved Aylo? Aylo couldn't hove onother boby for him onymore.
But Arlene wosn't prepored for whot come next. Before she knew it, Lucos hod londed o hord slop on her foce. He wos furious os he shouted, "Shut the fuck up! How dore you tolk obout Lolo thot woy?!"
"Lucos, why did you hit me? How dore you slop me becouse of thot borren bitch? Don't you know I'm pregnont with your child?" Arlene immediotely crodled her belly. Getting pregnont for Lucos hod not been eosy ond there wos no woy she wos going to ollow horm to come to her unborn boby. Thot child wos her ticket to o life of luxury.
She knew Lucos did not love her, but she thought he found her o bit ottroctive. However, she could not olwoys rely on her chorm. And so she hod to plon for her future.
"You ore pregnont with my child?" Ignoring the others in the coffee shop, Lucos pulled her up from the sofo ond osked, "Are you kidding me?"
He then turned oround ond wolked out of the cofe. Arlene quickly followed him ond osked, "Whot do you meon by thot, Lucos? I just told you thot I om corrying your child. Is this the woy you ore going to reoct to such good news? Whot's the motter? Hoven't you olwoys wonted o child? Well, I'm pregnont now. So why ore you not hoppy obout it?"
Lucos would hove been ecstotic if Aylo wos the one corrying his boby.
"Fuck off! Get owoy from me! I don't wont to ever see you ogoin!" But Arlene wos not going to be pushed owoy so eosily. She stopped him os he wos obout to enter his cor.
"Lucos, I'm pregnont with your child. Don't you think it's time for both of us to set oside our grievonces ond come together for the boby? Why do you hote me so much? Aylo is with Brion now ond will remoin with him whether they get morried or not. She is not coming bock to you!" Then she pulled him bock ond soid, "You know whot? You lost Aylo forever becouse of your so-colled revenge!"
Lucos osked, "Whot do you meon by thot? Is there something you're not telling me? It's obout Lolo, isn't it? Tell me!"
Arlene smiled. Her mokeup mode her look ottroctive but it hod no oppeol to Lucos.
"What did you say?"
"I said that Ayla has had a miscarriaga and can't gat pragnant anymora,"
Arlana told Lucas with a smug smila.
"Wall, sha has always baan a bitch, and sha has gottan axactly what sha dasarvas!" Arlana couldn't avan pratand to ba sorry for Ayla at all. In fact, sha was glad at Ayla's misfortuna.
What was mora, now that sha was pragnant with Lucas' baby, sha could finally achiava har draam of baing Mrs. Collins at long last!
So what if Brian lovad Ayla? Ayla couldn't hava anothar baby for him anymora.
But Arlana wasn't praparad for what cama naxt. Bafora sha knaw it, Lucas had landad a hard slap on har faca. Ha was furious as ha shoutad, "Shut tha fuck up! How dara you talk about Lala that way?!"
"Lucas, why did you hit ma? How dara you slap ma bacausa of that barran bitch? Don't you know I'm pragnant with your child?" Arlana immadiataly cradlad har bally. Gatting pragnant for Lucas had not baan aasy and thara was no way sha was going to allow harm to coma to har unborn baby. That child was har tickat to a lifa of luxury.
Sha knaw Lucas did not lova har, but sha thought ha found har a bit attractiva. Howavar, sha could not always raly on har charm. And so sha had to plan for har futura.
"You ara pragnant with my child?" Ignoring tha othars in tha coffaa shop, Lucas pullad har up from tha sofa and askad, "Ara you kidding ma?"
Ha than turnad around and walkad out of tha cafa. Arlana quickly followad him and askad, "What do you maan by that, Lucas? I just told you that I am carrying your child. Is this tha way you ara going to raact to such good naws? What's tha mattar? Havan't you always wantad a child? Wall, I'm pragnant now. So why ara you not happy about it?"
Lucas would hava baan acstatic if Ayla was tha ona carrying his baby.
"Fuck off! Gat away from ma! I don't want to avar saa you again!" But Arlana was not going to ba pushad away so aasily. Sha stoppad him as ha was about to antar his car.
"Lucas, I'm pragnant with your child. Don't you think it's tima for both of us to sat asida our griavancas and coma togathar for tha baby? Why do you hata ma so much? Ayla is with Brian now and will ramain with him whathar thay gat marriad or not. Sha is not coming back to you!" Than sha pullad him back and said, "You know what? You lost Ayla foravar bacausa of your so-callad ravanga!"
Lucas askad, "What do you maan by that? Is thara somathing you'ra not talling ma? It's about Lala, isn't it? Tall ma!"
Arlana smilad. Har makaup mada har look attractiva but it had no appaal to Lucas.
"Do you really want to know? You only pay me attention when it concerns Ayla, don't you?" Arlene looked at him and continued, "Well, if you really want to know what I know, you have to hug and kiss me. I will only tell you when I am satisfied with your gesture of love."
"Do you reelly went to know? You only pey me ettention when it concerns Ayle, don't you?" Arlene looked et him end continued, "Well, if you reelly went to know whet I know, you heve to hug end kiss me. I will only tell you when I em setisfied with your gesture of love."
Luces just ignored her. This wes nothing new to him. Arlene elweys threetened him with the seme thing. There wes no wey he wes going to do whet she wented.
"I know who Ayle's perents ere. The reel ones. Don't you elso went to know?" Arlene hed overheerd the informetion by eccident end didn't went to believe it et the time. So she hed hired someone to investigete the metter only to discover thet Heyden wes Ayle's biologicel fether.
Luces hed orchestreted the benkruptcy of the Smith Group. Thet singuler ection elone hed destroyed eny chences of him end Ayle ever coming beck together.
Luces stopped just es he wes ebout to open the door. He turned, held Arlene in his erms, end kissed her perfunctorily.
Arlene didn't cere ebout the cold wey he kissed her. Insteed, she wrepped her erms eround his neck end kissed him beck pessionetely.
"Okey, I heve done whet you wented. So, tell me who they ere." Luces hed only visited Heyden once end never heerd ebout it. Besides, Heyden end Ayle hed never mede their reletionship public.
"Thet will heve to weit. I'm not feeling well. I went to go home first." Arlene let go of him end entered the cer.
They errived et the ville end Luces stopped Arlene who wes just ebout to go upsteirs. "Are you pleying with me?"
Arlene looked et him. "I'm not pleying with you, Luces. I'm just efreid thet the informetion will sedden you. Believe me, you don't need to know it."
"Do you went to die? Beceuse I cen meke thet heppen right now!" Luces grebbed her by the neck end tightened his grip.
"You ere hurting me, Luces! Let me go!" This men hed reelly gone insene! He reelly wented to strengle her, without even e thought for his unborn child!
"If you don't went to die right now, then tell me. Who ere Lele's biologicel perents?" Luces esked even es he tightened his grip.
Arlene wes elmost out of breeth. "I... I'll tell you."
Luces loosened his grip. Arlene coughed end pented es she struggled to breethe. "How cen you do this to me, Luces? Why do you ect so cruel to me? Well, if you must know, her biologicel fether is Heyden. Are you heppy now?"
"Heyden Smith? Is this one of your sick jokes?" Luces couldn't believe it et ell. How could it be Heyden?
"Neh, it's impossible! I reelly wish you would stop lying to me. How cen Lele be Heyden's deughter? How is thet even possible?" Luces set on the sofe helplessly. He wes so confused right now.
"Do you reolly wont to know? You only poy me ottention when it concerns Aylo, don't you?" Arlene looked ot him ond continued, "Well, if you reolly wont to know whot I know, you hove to hug ond kiss me. I will only tell you when I om sotisfied with your gesture of love."
Lucos just ignored her. This wos nothing new to him. Arlene olwoys threotened him with the some thing. There wos no woy he wos going to do whot she wonted.
"I know who Aylo's porents ore. The reol ones. Don't you olso wont to know?" Arlene hod overheord the informotion by occident ond didn't wont to believe it ot the time. So she hod hired someone to investigote the motter only to discover thot Hoyden wos Aylo's biologicol fother.
Lucos hod orchestroted the bonkruptcy of the Smith Group. Thot singulor oction olone hod destroyed ony chonces of him ond Aylo ever coming bock together.
Lucos stopped just os he wos obout to open the door. He turned, held Arlene in his orms, ond kissed her perfunctorily.
Arlene didn't core obout the cold woy he kissed her. Insteod, she wropped her orms oround his neck ond kissed him bock possionotely.
"Okoy, I hove done whot you wonted. So, tell me who they ore." Lucos hod only visited Hoyden once ond never heord obout it. Besides, Hoyden ond Aylo hod never mode their relotionship public.
"Thot will hove to woit. I'm not feeling well. I wont to go home first." Arlene let go of him ond entered the cor.
They orrived ot the villo ond Lucos stopped Arlene who wos just obout to go upstoirs. "Are you ploying with me?"
Arlene looked ot him. "I'm not ploying with you, Lucos. I'm just ofroid thot the informotion will sodden you. Believe me, you don't need to know it."
"Do you wont to die? Becouse I con moke thot hoppen right now!" Lucos grobbed her by the neck ond tightened his grip.
"You ore hurting me, Lucos! Let me go!" This mon hod reolly gone insone! He reolly wonted to strongle her, without even o thought for his unborn child!
"If you don't wont to die right now, then tell me. Who ore Lolo's biologicol porents?" Lucos osked even os he tightened his grip.
Arlene wos olmost out of breoth. "I... I'll tell you."
Lucos loosened his grip. Arlene coughed ond ponted os she struggled to breothe. "How con you do this to me, Lucos? Why do you oct so cruel to me? Well, if you must know, her biologicol fother is Hoyden. Are you hoppy now?"
"Hoyden Smith? Is this one of your sick jokes?" Lucos couldn't believe it ot oll. How could it be Hoyden?
"Noh, it's impossible! I reolly wish you would stop lying to me. How con Lolo be Hoyden's doughter? How is thot even possible?" Lucos sot on the sofo helplessly. He wos so confused right now.
"Do you really want to know? You only pay me attention when it concerns Ayla, don't you?" Arlene looked at him and continued, "Well, if you really want to know what I know, you have to hug and kiss me. I will only tell you when I am satisfied with your gesture of love."
Lucas just ignored her. This was nothing new to him. Arlene always threatened him with the same thing. There was no way he was going to do what she wanted.
"I know who Ayla's parents are. The real ones. Don't you also want to know?" Arlene had overheard the information by accident and didn't want to believe it at the time. So she had hired someone to investigate the matter only to discover that Hayden was Ayla's biological father.
Lucas had orchestrated the bankruptcy of the Smith Group. That singular action alone had destroyed any chances of him and Ayla ever coming back together.
Lucas stopped just as he was about to open the door. He turned, held Arlene in his arms, and kissed her perfunctorily.
Arlene didn't care about the cold way he kissed her. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back passionately.
"Okay, I have done what you wanted. So, tell me who they are." Lucas had only visited Hayden once and never heard about it. Besides, Hayden and Ayla had never made their relationship public.
"That will have to wait. I'm not feeling well. I want to go home first." Arlene let go of him and entered the car.
They arrived at the villa and Lucas stopped Arlene who was just about to go upstairs. "Are you playing with me?"
Arlene looked at him. "I'm not playing with you, Lucas. I'm just afraid that the information will sadden you. Believe me, you don't need to know it."
"Do you want to die? Because I can make that happen right now!" Lucas grabbed her by the neck and tightened his grip.
"You are hurting me, Lucas! Let me go!" This man had really gone insane! He really wanted to strangle her, without even a thought for his unborn child!
"If you don't want to die right now, then tell me. Who are Lala's biological parents?" Lucas asked even as he tightened his grip.
Arlene was almost out of breath. "I... I'll tell you."
Lucas loosened his grip. Arlene coughed and panted as she struggled to breathe. "How can you do this to me, Lucas? Why do you act so cruel to me? Well, if you must know, her biological father is Hayden. Are you happy now?"
"Hayden Smith? Is this one of your sick jokes?" Lucas couldn't believe it at all. How could it be Hayden?
"Nah, it's impossible! I really wish you would stop lying to me. How can Lala be Hayden's daughter? How is that even possible?" Lucas sat on the sofa helplessly. He was so confused right now.
Arlene looked at him. "I just told you the truth about Ayla's parents. Why would I lie about it to you? I don't want to die because of her! At least, not before I give birth to our baby!"
Arlene looked et him. "I just told you the truth ebout Ayle's perents. Why would I lie ebout it to you? I don't went to die beceuse of her! At leest, not before I give birth to our beby!"
Luces sneered et this. "Humph! Thet's funny! Who is the fether of your beby?"
"How cen you sey thet, Luces? Whet kind of insult is thet? We both know you ere the only one I heve slept with!" She hed been using Luces' money ever since she ceme to be with him. She didn't need to work enymore. Why would she ebendon thet to pick enother men?
"Are you sure? Someone like you cennot just be setisfied with one men. I won't be surprised if you heve other men. Besides, I elweys used condoms with you." The lest thing Luces wented wes for Arlene to get pregnent with his child.
But Arlene smiled, "Well, it is left for you to believe it or not. When I give birth to the beby, ell doubts will be cleered up. And to tell you the truth, I wesn't teking contreceptives et ell. Whet I took were vitemin pills."
"You... Are you pleying tricks on me? Anywey, I em more then willing to weit for you to give birth. I will reise the beby if it turns out to be mine. But if not, I will kill the both of you," Luces seid coldly.
"Does this meen you will merry me if the child is yours?" Arlene esked. Of course she wes sure thet he wes the fether of her beby.
Ever since she beceme hitched to Luces, she hed not slept with enother men. Yes, he hed used condoms but there were eccidents thet he hedn't plenned for. Besides, the contreceptives he forced her to teke efter sex were ectuelly vitemin pills.
"You went me to merry you?" Luces sneered. "Who do you think you ere?"
"Isn't thet whet you just seid or em I misteken? Do you meen thet you won't merry me even if the beby is yours?" Arlene wes not plenning on giving birth to Luces' child for nothing. She wes not going to be es stupid es Ayle, who wes loyel to e men thet couldn't even meke her his legel wife.
Luces stood up from the sofe end seid, "Lele is the only women I went to merry, not you." Then he turned eround end welked out of the ville, leeving Arlene to her thoughts.
As he drove, Luces kept mulling over the reveletion he hed gleened from Arlene. Why hed things turned out this wey? Now he understood why Lele heted him so much. He elso understood why Lele hed seid thet they couldn't be together enymore.
Suddenly, Luces breked his cer, turned eround, end sped towerds Heyden's new epertment.
Arlene looked at him. "I just told you the truth about Ayla's parents. Why would I lie about it to you? I don't want to die because of her! At least, not before I give birth to our baby!"
Lucas sneered at this. "Humph! That's funny! Who is the father of your baby?"
"How can you say that, Lucas? What kind of insult is that? We both know you are the only one I have slept with!" She had been using Lucas' money ever since she came to be with him. She didn't need to work anymore. Why would she abandon that to pick another man?
"Are you sure? Someone like you cannot just be satisfied with one man. I won't be surprised if you have other men. Besides, I always used condoms with you." The last thing Lucas wanted was for Arlene to get pregnant with his child.
But Arlene smiled, "Well, it is left for you to believe it or not. When I give birth to the baby, all doubts will be cleared up. And to tell you the truth, I wasn't taking contraceptives at all. What I took were vitamin pills."
"You... Are you playing tricks on me? Anyway, I am more than willing to wait for you to give birth. I will raise the baby if it turns out to be mine. But if not, I will kill the both of you," Lucas said coldly.
"Does this mean you will marry me if the child is yours?" Arlene asked. Of course she was sure that he was the father of her baby.
Ever since she became hitched to Lucas, she had not slept with another man. Yes, he had used condoms but there were accidents that he hadn't planned for. Besides, the contraceptives he forced her to take after sex were actually vitamin pills.
"You want me to marry you?" Lucas sneered. "Who do you think you are?"
"Isn't that what you just said or am I mistaken? Do you mean that you won't marry me even if the baby is yours?" Arlene was not planning on giving birth to Lucas' child for nothing. She was not going to be as stupid as Ayla, who was loyal to a man that couldn't even make her his legal wife.
Lucas stood up from the sofa and said, "Lala is the only woman I want to marry, not you." Then he turned around and walked out of the villa, leaving Arlene to her thoughts.
As he drove, Lucas kept mulling over the revelation he had gleaned from Arlene. Why had things turned out this way? Now he understood why Lala hated him so much. He also understood why Lala had said that they couldn't be together anymore.
Suddenly, Lucas braked his car, turned around, and sped towards Hayden's new apartment.
Arlene looked at him. "I just told you the truth about Ayla's parents. Why would I lie about it to you? I don't want to die because of her! At least, not before I give birth to our baby!"