NATALIA:
I wasn't exactly sure how to feel after the realization dawned on me. I only remember dropping the parcel before walking off back to the packhouse absentmindedly.
I went straight to my chamber just to cool my head and also process the new information. It just wasn't making any sense in my head. I didn't see this happening ever in my eight years of marriage to Ezekiel.
I guess my being pregnant for him wasn't enough. This was my third time of trying to have a child for him after two previous miscarriages. And now that it's looking like a success, this was what I got from him.
My train of thought was interrupted when the door to my chamber was pushed open.
I looked up to see Ezekiel walk into the room looking really exhausted. The whole excuse would be that he had a lot of duties to tend to but with what I found out today, I don't think I can trust him anymore.
"Hey. How's our baby doing?" He asked as soon as he approached the bed which I was lying on.
Before today, I would happily answer him with a huge smile on my face while I pondered on the type of loving husband I had. But now, I wasn't sure anymore. I don't even know who he is and what else he must have done before today.
Reluctantly, I responded, "Fine."
I don't think he noticed my cold response to him because he didn't react to it. Surprised me to the core because I would have expected him to question my ill attitude toward him.
He got himself busy by taking off his top while I saw how jacked he was. It was an usual sight but I didn't find it appealing this time around.
"Where have you been all day?" I asked. It was a question I would never ask him before today but I needed to know something.
Ezekiel suddenly turned around to face me with his brows raised. I could tell that he was confused about my question.
"Out of the pack," he responded without hiding his skepticism. "I'll be in the bathroom."
He still had the confusion plastered on his face when he decided to step out of the room.
From where I sat, I noticed that he had dropped his phone on the cabinet and that actually intrigued me. I knew I could find any information I wanted from it but then I was never one to go through his phone.
I was presently fighting a battle to take his device or not that I had to get down from the bed before I completely lost my mind. It was a lot of distress for me... A battle I didn't know I had to fight.
Eventually, I gave into the urge to take his phone and thus picked it up from the cabinet. I knew I had limited time to go through it because he would be back from the bathroom soon.
The first thing I did when I got hold of his phone was to open it. And to my surprise, he had a picture of a woman that wasn't me as his screensaver.
I almost lost my mind at that point because I never expected to see such as a shock. I knew that I had to look for more in his phone.
I didn't even need to do much when a notification lit up his device. It was from a contact saved as 'My heartbeat'. My curiosity took the better of me and I instantly clicked on the message to read the content.
'I miss you so much. When are you coming back to my place?'
That was the content of the message and it signalled just how serious the relationship between my husband and whoever the woman was.
It was going to be the same woman he sent the gift to. Chloe, or whatever her name was.
My curiosity led me to scroll all the way up so I could find the other messages between the two of them and the things I could see immediately gave me an idea of what was indeed going on between them.
The woman was pregnant for him. And from the messages, my husband was more than ready to father the child.
I heard footsteps getting close to the room and it was my signal to know that my time was up. I swiftly closed the messages and shut the device close, carefully placing it back on the cabinet before I sat back down on the bed.
I was right on time because as soon as I did that, Ezekiel got inside the room. That was a close call.
When he noticed that I was still up, the first thing he asked me was: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"I'm not feeling sleepy actually..." That was what I told him in return. My heart was beating fast because I was scared that he was going to find out that I went through his phone. My tone didn't even hide how uneasy I was.
He shrugged and went to the closet to get a change of wear.
"You should be sleeping early. You know the stage you're in."
As he said that, my mind wasn't even with him. I was busy looking at his phone. I just knew I needed to get that woman's number one way or another.
