Pregnant and running away with the billionare's twins

Hiding inside a closet at my husband’s birthday party,my fingers trembled as I tightened my hold on the pregnancy test and house keys meant to surprise Alex.Three years of our marriage,dreams of a happy family and my love,all crumbled like a house of cards.

“Are you sure Alex,you are not going to invite your wife,Elena?”

“She would just ruin the mood..”

"Man,till when are you going to keep that woman around?"The mocking laughter of my husband’s best friend made me freeze as tears trickled down my cheeks.

"Jessica,has returned from abroad and was asking me if I could set you two up for a date.Alex,she will be heartbroken when she knows that you married her little sister.”

Someone laughed."Which one of the two sisters will you choose Alex?"

My teary eyes widened as I gasped before clutching the wall for support,how could my loving husband play with my heart and that too with my own sister,no,he must deny all of it.

Alex's deep voice finally broke through the discussion."Elena is a substitute doll for Jessica,she is so broken and unloved that she will do everything to please me.If I command that woman to die for me,she will do it without any questions."

Those words were like a blow to my chest making sobs rack throughout my body as I covered my mouth.

"When are you planning to throw her away then?"Someone whistled.

"Hmm…lets see.Don't you feel pity for an abandoned stray cat in the rain who is desperate for love after being discarded by everyone?"

Alex chuckled in cruel amusement."Elena is just like that cat,ignored by her family and always so trusting that I could not help but play along with her fantasies.She is so naive and innocent that it makes it so much more interesting.For now I will string her along.”

My knees buckled as the pregnancy test slipped past my hands,falling onto the cold polished floor with a clatter,tears streaming down my face as I was devastated with truth.

"What was that?"Silence engulfed the surroundings as the men left the room to see what was happening outside.

Collecting myself I clutched my belly before I got up,stepping outside and discarding the house keys in the trash can.

“Mommy is sorry.”With tears in my eyes I ran away,pregnant with Alex’s children-twins.All my life was a lie.

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I stood by the riverside still deep in shock,tears blurring my eyes as I saw waves crashing onto the shore.With each step ahead I walked inside the receding water,too heartbroken to be repaired.

“Mommy was a fool,my poor babies.”In tears only death awaited me at that moment yet the little kick inside my stomach paralysed my further movement as I broke down into sobs realizing that I could not be so heartless to kill my unborn children.

When I finally went home,still in shock,the lights were all turned on indicating Alex was back from his party.Steadying myself I wiped off my tears before entering the place that I bought after working three shifts a day since my husband felt‘sick’and needed my support.

The front door clicked open and the house filled with memories of Alex hugging me,confessing his love to me,whispering sweet nothings,and it all played out in my mind like a cruel joke.

"Elena,why are you so late?”The concern filled eyes that warmly glanced at me were similar to his expression three years ago when we first met.

“It’s my birthday and I was hoping that you would have prepared a surprise but even the dinner is not cooked yet.”I looked at my husband who said with some displeasure,his eyes flicking to my sorry form in distaste.

“How was the party with your friends?I thought you already had dinner.”Alex froze as I asked with indifference.

"It was fun catching up with everyone,but the weird thing is that someone threw a brand new house key in the trash.Can you imagine throwing away something as expensive as that?

You wouldn't know it ofcourse,it was a premium mansion worth a million dollars.”My fingers trembled as I could not speak a word.

"Also,Jessica is coming back from abroad."He followed me as I entered our bedroom.“She is hosting a party tomorrow and has invited you too."

Jessica,my talented adopted sister whom my parents raised for sixteen long years before realising that their real daughter was exchanged in the hospital.I was raised at an orphanage and even after coming back was never once loved by my parents and brothers who forgot that I even existed.

When I did not agree to go instantly,Alex sighed.

"Elena,Jessica is kindhearted and innocent.She wants to improve your relationship with your parents.She had done everything to be a good sister so how can you still be so thoughtless."He looked at me with stern eyes that would not take‘no’for an answer."You'll come,right?"

I met my husband’s eyes,there was not even a flicker of guilt for how he treated me like his personal maid all these years,only cold indifferent blue irises stared back at me.

"I will.”

He smiled instantly,almost as if there was no anger in his eyes.

When he bowed down to kiss me,I turned my face away making his lips touch my cheeks.

“I am tired.”

Astonished by my cold words Alex’s smile faltered.

“Alright,go to sleep,Elena."

I turned around,feeling a weight settle beside me as Alex pulled me in his arms with my back touching his chest.

“You need to learn a lot Elena,everyone is trying hard for you and you are still throwing a tantrum.”He kissed my hair holding me tightly as his breathing evened out while I closed my mouth tightly to not let the sobs echo in the entire room.

Chapter 2

The very next day, Alex with an arm locked around my waist entered my parent’s mansion to attend Jessica’s homecoming party. My body stiffened upon seeing familiar faces of his friends who mocked me openly as Alex kissed me.

"You must get along with everyone Elena, don't disappoint me.” Alex warned while kissing my forehead as he saw Jessica coming towards us.

“Sister!”

Jessica stood across from me, her off-shoulder red dress making her look like a beautiful fairy in contrast with my plain self as she held my hands, yet her eyes strayed towards Alex, following all his moves.

“Do you hate me Elena? We are sisters but you never called me once after leaving home all these years.” Jessica sniffled with tears in her eyes.

“I am sorry for monopolizing all our parent’s love and care but you must understand that love cannot be forced.” her eyes looked at Alex intensely before continuing “Mom fell sick with a heart disease but you never came to visit once, how can I mend your relationship if you make no efforts sister.”

I opened my mouth to reply yet no words left.

“Elena does not know how to properly handle relationships yet, when I have time I will bring her around to meet your parents and apologize properly.”

Despite knowing the abuse and ignorance I have gone through in the past, Alex answered on my behalf like he was ashamed of my improper behaviour making my heart sink with anguish.

I excused myself from the crowd, desperate for a moment alone. The hallway leading to the restroom stretched before me.

"Well, if it isn’t my poor sister." Jessica's voice called out mockingly from behind me.

Her heels clacked against the marble tiles as she approached me with a smirk, the glass of red wine swirling in her manicured hands while she scanned my dress from top to bottom with a smirk.

“If I didn't know better, I would have assumed that it was your grandma’s dress.” My fists clenched when Jessica mentioned my grandmother, a kind old lady who had adopted me and raised me before my biological parents found her address and forced me to return.

"After throwing a tantrum and leaving home, how does it feel to work as a petty waitress in some rotten old bar?" Her lips curled into a sneer. "Your old granny is in the hospital right?To think she exhausted all her resources in raising an ingrate like you who even left her biological parents."

“Shutup!” I screamed, trembling in horror.

Working without sleeping for days in an utterly desolate condition, I earned money to look after my grandma, the details of which I had only shared with one person, my husband- Alex.

And yet he told my adopted sister who took everything from me all my darkest secrets.

The pain when my own biological father looked at me in disappointment, my biological mother’s ignorance and even the abusive insults that the two elder brothers hurled at me could not be compared to the agony I felt at this moment.

Alex gave her perfect weapons to hurt me.

"You cheap woman! Why didn't you die all those years ago, why did you return to take my place?" Jessica sneered.

“Stop it Jessica, you already have everything you want, just leave me alone!” I glared at her to which she laughed heartily.

“Everything? You snatched Alex and you dare say I have everything?

Alex and I were always meant to be, how dare a nobody like you even think of keeping him around you, you are just a shameless woman to warm his bed while I was absent.The kind whom he could have bought after throwing some money.

I will have my man back soon.”

“Jessica!” I glared at her with teary eyes as she cornered me with a smirk.

"Tonight he will come to my place." She dropped the wine glass making it splatter on the floor.

“Tonight he will embrace me, kiss me and love me, just like he always does." 

My eyes widened with shock.

"What, are you surprised?" She tilted her head slightly looking down on me."Alex is always on a trip on the day of your wedding anniversary right?"

My stomach dropped. How did she know…

"All those trips were spent in your honeymoon suite in Paris, just that the person sharing his bed wasn’t you." Her voice dropped to a whisper. "It was me."

"Last year that pink satin dress he brought you as a belated anniversary gift, do you know who wore it before you Elena? She leaned in with a satisfactory smile. "I made sure to let your husband enjoy my love in that all night before wrapping it up for you."

Bile rose my throat as I barely stood upright in absolute shock.

"He said you were too much of a prude to try such stuff…too vanilla for his liking, that you could never satiate his desire." She laughed. "On the other hand I fulfilled all his fantasies."

The memory of that beautiful satin dress was now a horrible nightmare - How he kissed me lovingly when he lied to me that he never saw someone prettier, everything played like a reel in my mind.

I remembered cooking for Alex in that dress as he embraced me gently from behind humming a sweet melody as he raised my chin to kiss me.

‘You are my one true love, Elena.’ Those were my husband’s sweet words when he was openly cheating on me.

Chapter 3

"I have had your husband wrapped around my fingers Elena, all those nights that you were waiting for him, Alex had spent them with me. If it wasn’t for the protection he carefully used, I would have been long pregnant with his child unlike you who is most likely barren.”

“What did you say?” Those words barely left as a whisper, tears streaming down my face.

“You can never give birth to a child, can you Elena?” Jessica closed onto me without an ounce of guilt before continuing “Alex is fed up with your useless barren body, unlike a country bumpkin like you he is a billionaire raised in luxury, how can he not wish for an heir?”

Jessica closed onto me with a smile as she held onto my hand like a good sister.

“Worry not sister, when I am pregnant with Alex’s child, you will be the first one to know.”

“Jessica!” I screamed with tears in my eyes, each and every word she spoke was like a dagger to my heart.

“You are shameless! Even after ruining my entire life, are you still not satisfied?” I swatted away Jessica’s arm only for her to fall down with a cry of pain.

“Elena!” Before I could understand what transpired I heard footsteps rushing forth as Alex came running.

“What the hell are you doing?! He glared at me sharply with so much resentment and disgust that it made me freeze on the spot.

“I-Its alright Alex, Elena was a little angry, please don't be mad at her..I-I am fine.” Jessica cried, her eyes welling with tears making Alex grit his teeth in rage.

“I am asking you Elena! Why did you hurt Jessica?!”

“I didn’t..I never pushed her…” I whispered, trembling all over as I felt penetrating gazes sizing me from top to bottom with contempt as Alex’s friends arrived at the scene.

My husband bowed down to pick me up my sister in his arms protectively as if guarding her against me, the scene made a heart wrenching pain crawl up my chest making me barely stand upright.

“Let’s just leave, Alex…Elena is my little sister, she has been a little…stubborn since a young age..I don’t want her to be h-humiliated..." Jessica’s voice cracked at the end producing a miserable sob. "W-We shouldn't make a scene."

Looking around Alex saw people recording the incident making him bellow in fury.

“Elena, follow me now!”

Surprisingly Alex did not directly take Jessica to her huge princess bedroom in the mansion but turned to unlock what was my previous room- a storage closet where I used to sleep on the floor even in freezing winters.

This room was obviously now used by Jessica to keep her unused items- a storage.

“Sister, the first aid kit is kept at the back, can you bring it for me?”

“Why are you being so considerate to her? That’s the least she can do after ruining your party! I shouldn't have brought her here!” Tears streamed down my face as I saw my husband’s rigid back towards me when he walked ahead without waiting for a reply.

Even after knowing what Alex did to me, my body automatically obeyed him like a doll on strings. When I went to Jessica’s room decorated with luxury, she was already laying her head on my husband’s chest sobbing pitifully.

Upon seeing me Alex separated from her yet his anger poured on me as he clutched my hand in a bruising grip.

“Elena, massage Jessica’s feet now! It's all your fault. Do you have any idea how much you have hurt your sister?” While Alex turned away Jessica looked at me with a small smirk.

“I will not do it.” My heart was so trampled upon, that death seemed better at this moment.

“What did you say?”

“I will not do it!” Infuriated by my outburst Alex pushed me down to Jessica’s feet. I clutched my belly tightly as my knee hit the floor, astonished by Alex’s cruelty I looked at him in horror.

“Do you even know how to behave properly for once?! How dare you tell Jessica that she stole everything from you when you aren't able to do one single thing properly! Even if you had all this you would still end up being unloved!”

“Alex!” I screamed with tears streaming down my face as my husband stepped on heart without any guilt. If my body would not have been supported by the bed I would have fallen to the floor…the possibility of what could have happened to the children in my womb made fear blossom in each pore of my body.

“Alex, how can you do that? Elena is the true heiress of the Dawson family and I am just an adopted child, I occupied mom and dad’s love and even our brothers avoid her like a plague because of me, it's just natural for her to be heartbroken, It's all my fault.

What if she was hurt-”

“It's because she deserves all of it!” Listening to those words my world stopped as I sat there dumbstruck, it was my first time seeing what kind of man I actually married.

“Sister, are you alright? Please get up, Alex was too angry for a spur of the moment. Don't misunderstand .”

"Shut up!" The words burst from my throat before I could stop them. "Just shut up with your fake crying!"

The crack of Alex's palm across my face echoed through the silent room. My cheek stung, but the betrayal in that strike cut deeper than any physical pain. I touched my fingers to the spot, still burning from his hand.

Chapter 4

Alex’s hand was still raised in the air when he looked at my broken irises that stared at him in a painful shock, a gut-wrenching sob escaped my lips as blood trickled down from the corner of my mouth.

“A-Are you alright?Emily-”

Alex touched my face only for me to scurry away from him in fright, quickly getting up shakily to move away from him ,afraid that he would harm the children in my womb. Even now his touch felt like acid carving my skin painfully.

“Sister, please forgive me, it is all my fault, Alex quickly apologize to Emily.” Alex was frozen in his place when he saw my fearful eyes looking at him like a stranger.

“Emily, listen to me, if you apologise to Jessica I will forget this incident and we can act like nothing happened at all.”

The humiliation was horrifying as the hot tears trailing my eyes presented a blurry image of my husband that was soon going to father two children looking at me with a guilty expression.

Jessica innocently sobbed with her palms covering her mouth. "Oh my god, I..It was never my intention to create a rift between you...I cannot believe I caused harm to my sister."

Annoyed by Alex trying to appease me, my adopted sister got up before wobbling out of the room in a hurry like she was the person who was bullied but was kind till the end.

"Jessica, wait!" Alex looked at me unsure.

“Emily, go home and apply some medicine. You have disappointed me alot so don’t expect me to come back tonight.” Like a master commanding his slave Alex left me behind as he went searching for Jessica without looking back even once.

Three years of love and my pure sacrifice was thrown away in a moment of anger as Alex ruthlessly disregarded me for my sister.

Even after so much had happened on Alex’s birthday party, I once believed that even when I had a hellish life, at least my children would have their father’s love but at this moment I realised that neither me nor my twins had a place here.

I soon walked outside the luxurious mansion that I once called home, only to realise that I forgot my cell phone inside.

Dragging my feet despite the painful gash in my knee I stood outside Jessica’s bedroom going to knock yet the muffled voice resonating from within the bedroom made me feel like a bucket of ice cold water was poured over my head.

My whole body was shaking and I covered my mouth in shock.

“Oh Alex, you should take off your wedding ring…” in between their kisses Jessica complained in a dramatically sweet voice.

“No…to do what is forbidden makes it even hotter. Now that she's not here, let's move on.…” His hands clutched Jessica’s hand to stop her from taking off the ring before they continued to indulge in debauchery.

My husband not only slapped me for my sister but also used that opportunity to throw me out only to have happy with her. The shock was so profound that I stumbled backwards, my lips wobbling when I heard Alex’s words as he continued the disgusting act with my adopted sister.

This was the man whom I once loved even more than my life. Three years ago when Alex was going through a life threatening situation I urged his grandfather to use me as they liked for making my boyfriend’s health better no matter what.

Alex needed an organ donor who could donate him a kidney, at that time being blind in his love, I agreed to be operated upon and use my body for his well being. Later the doctors asked for a blood transfusion, and I readily agreed to them for taking my blood every month to help Alex recover.

When Alex came back home, I considered that he was still sick and needed rest, thus I worked three shifts daily, often working without any sleep to give my boyfriend better facilities.

Three years of memories crashed down around me as I watched the man I loved kiss another woman.

Even after giving up everything for Alex, all these years he just treated me like his maid. For Alex I was not even worth being a substitute for Jessica.

The diamond ring with Alex’s initials on my finger felt like it was a gash on my skin, bile rose my throat as I scratched my finger with nails making blood marks taint my skin in order to take my wedding ring off hurriedly.

I could never love this man anymore.

Today I will lessen his burden, I will go so far away that he will never find me anymore. Like a house of mirrors, my life came crashing down as I kept the ring on the flower table outside and ran away, my heels clicking against the hardwood floors.

This marriage was broken just like my heart.

Chapter 5

Hiring a taxi I rushed to the place that I once referred as home- my safe haven where Alex and I spend our most beautiful moments, now it only appeared like a terrible house where each passing moment was nothing but pure torture.

“Stop it! Please stop it!” I covered my ears in agony, the sickening sounds still lingering in my ears, and I rushed to the bathroom in a daze, my body swaying dangerously.

My stomach churned, making me lurched for the toilet, but nothing came up. After an entire day passed I just realised that I did not ate a single meal today because Alex wanted me to not disgrace him by being late at Jessica’s party.

The thought of my children’s wellbeing overpowered my senses thus I rushed to eat whatever I could grab at the moment with tears continuously trailing down my eyes.

I unlocked my phone, dialing my best friend's number.

“Please draft a divorce paper for me.”

“Alright.” Already knowing my terrible circumstances my friend who was a reputed lawyer drafted a divorce agreement that very night and I received the papers the very next morning.

It was noon when Alex rushed home with a bouquet of white lilies in his hand. Twisting the doorknob to enter through the front door he was surprised to see me having lunch on my own.

My husband gave me my favourite flowers expecting to appease me regarding yesterday’s argument yet when I simply kept them aside without a word, Alex froze in shock.

“Yesterday not only you embarrassed me in front of my friends but also ruined the party, next time you must apologize to each one of them individually for spoiling their mood-” 

I looked up and his intense gaze met my tired ones at that moment and Alex stopped with his words, sensing an unfathomable emotion in my eyes.

“I apologize that I forgot my place.” 

Those words came out as a shock making my husband of three years falter.

The screeching of my chair scraping the floor filled the utter silence as I stood up to go to the kitchen to bring a plate for Alex.

Settling it down on table in front of me I uncovered the dishes I made today. It was all Alex’s favorite.

Years ago, after Alex’s kidney transplant was completed, the nutritionist had a huge issue in serving Alex something that he liked also while making it healthy for him. Many of the doctors could not come up with a solution so I took it upon myself to learn traditional cooking from an old master.

All these years even while I was suffering from a terrible fever and was on the verge of fainting, my husband never ate anything other than the dishes that I personally cooked, to please him I suffered all along in silence.

Alex’s face contorted to that of guilt and shame when he saw me limping while I set the dishes for him.

Unknown to Alex, we sat down for our last lunch together as husband and wife.

“Elena, I drank too much yesterday…is your wound alright?” I hummed making him continue.

“There is no need to take what happened yesterday to heart. Once you apologise to Jessica everything will just return to normal.

I know you were raised in the countryside, unknowingly their unsightly manners have rubbed off on you, so you must understand that what I am doing is only for your good.”

My husband coaxed me without any sense of shame, all these years I took his berating words as reminders that I must excel in all fields to keep him happy, that I was unworthy of him, but now it was clear that Jessica was the one who occupied his heart while I could never compare to her.

“Okay, I will apologise to my sister.” Brightened by my reply Alex smiled gently.

“Perfect, I will invite Jessica and my friends tomorrow for dinner. You can cook for all of them. Your sister will surely forgive you.” The lunch ended with me feeling nauseous as I barely ate with Alex sitting infront of me, the imagery of him with Jessica clouding my mind.

“That day I could not give you a birthday present, this is from me.” I smiled through tears before taking out a beautifully wrapped box and presenting to Alex to which he kissed me, quite satisfied with the docile, obedient wife that would ultimately bow down to him.

“I will open it after I have freshened up.” I nodded as my husband walked upstairs with me following him quietly to our bedroom.

I stood outside the door, looking in through the crack while he unlocked his phone dialing a number that I guessed belonged to my adopted sister.

“Didn't I tell you not to worry about anything baby? You will get ill if you take so much stress. Elena even gave me a birthday gift.

What else can it be? It would be a stupid tie at most.

Forget it, I am inviting you and others to my house at a small get-together. Elena will cook dinner for you tomorrow, just text me the dishes you want to eat, I will ask her to make all of them for you.”

Hot tears blurred my eyes as I heard those words yet the damage was still left to be done as Alex opened his wardrobe and threw my gift at the back.

“When you come here tomorrow night…I will send her away after making some excuses. Let’s celebrate our love here.”

My heart sank with the implications of those words.

Each nook and cranny of the home was reminiscent of my past. Yet at this moment it was all pitch darkness for me inside this house as my husband discarded me and shamelessly discussed having kiss with another woman in our home- in our marital bed.

Chapter 6

It was barely dawn when I woke up, a corner of my heart still hoping that everything that I saw and heard yesterday was simply a nightmare.

Looking at the visage of the man sleeping beside me I recalled our once loving, happy family. We used to be so in love, no the truth was that I was so deeply in love with my husband that I could have never imagined even in my wildest dreams that he would betray me.

Collecting my suitcase, I looked at Alex’s face one last time, before turning around to leave.

“Mom would take care of you both from now on.” I clutched my belly promising my children a better future while taking a taxi to the hospital where my grandmother who raised me was admitted.

Grandma was worried sick about me thus as soon as I stepped in her ward she engulfed me in her stronghold, crying softly. I had told her everything previously and it shattered her heart gravely.

“Elena, my precious child, how can they make you suffer like this?!

Are you sure about this decision my dear?” She asked while clutching me warmly in her hug.

“Yes.” All the arrangements to take her abroad with me were done.

I decided to accept a new life and made a call to my manager, Mrs John at work, explaining to her everything about me leaving for abroad and starting anew. She supported me thoroughly and even sent me some pocket money to take care of myself.

“Mrs John, my husband is a ruthless person, he will continue to persist you for my location.

I have sent you a parcel. If Alex comes asking for me just give it to him. He will stop bothering you after that.”

Upon waking up, my husband could not find me and automatically assumed that I was at work thus he did not bother calling me even once to check if I was alright and just dropped a message.

[Alex: I have sent you a list of items to prepare, everything should be perfect so don't mess it up.]

In the middle of our journey, I was talking to Grandma when upon looking at the message a small tear escaped my eyes.

“I am done with this marriage.” I whispered before blocking the number.