Dear Contract Wife, You Are Mine

Maybelline Walter POV

‘I have been looking for you for fifteen years, Maybelline. I’m glad I finally found you, my daughter’

‘Your mom was my college sweetheart, but we separated after graduation and I later got married. Fate brought us together again years later, but I was already married then and my wife was pregnant at that time. We had a thing together because of an old spark, and she got pregnant with you’ My heart wrenched painfully as his words replayed in my head. I tried to hold back my tears as I sat in the backseat of the cab I boarded, but it was so difficult that I eventually had to let it all out.

‘What happened afterward?’ As much as I was already disgusted by the story, I couldn’t help but ask him as I looked into his eyes back there, but his reply rather left me disappointed.

‘My wife found out about the pregnancy, and I had to pay your Mom to abort you. I was wrong, May… I shouldn’t have done that… I should’ve fought for her’ I was impressed that he didn’t try to lie to me about what happened in the past especially as my Mom was no longer here to defend herself and tell me which was the truth and the lies he told.

‘I found out seven years later that she didn’t abort you after she left. Since then, I watched you grow from afar for four years before the death of your Mom, and that was the last time I saw you. For fifteen years, I’ve been trying to find you but couldn’t’ I huffed and bit my lip hard as his words kept replaying in my head, the image of his disgusting face never left my head no matter how hard I tried to force it away. It was draining and killing.

“We are here, Ms,” The cabby’s voice pulled me back to reality, and I realized that he was already parked at the park where I asked him to drop me off earlier.

My hand trembled as I pushed the door open and stepped out of the car. It felt like I had the burden of the whole world on my shoulders as I dragged myself to the bench and sat on it. I didn’t know which one hurt more. Whether the mistake Mom made by sleeping with him knowing he was married, the pain she went through while raising me, that night she passed away, or finding out the truth about my identity now hurts even more. Maybe she should’ve gotten rid of me when he asked her to. I shouldn’t have ever existed.

Tears streamed down my cheeks and I sank my fingers into my hair as I whimpered. I pulled my hair slowly yet aggressively, but the pain I felt in my scalp was nothing compared to the one in my heart.

“You shouldn’t have gone to see him… You shouldn’t have let your curiosity get the best of you… You shouldn’t have…” I paused and hit my head repeatedly as more tears streamed down my cheeks. My chest contracted so tightly that I could barely breathe, it felt like my heart was being torn into shreds.

“Why? Why did you do it, Mom? Why that scumbag of all men? If he loved you so much, he wouldn’t have left you to marry another woman…” I hit my chest and whimpered loudly.

“How could you be so dumb, Mom? If he loved you so much, he wouldn’t have asked you to get rid of me to make another woman happy… He would’ve fought for you…” I cried out as I slumped on the ground from the bench.

“You should’ve stayed alive and met that scumbag again… You shouldn’t have died on me, Mom… You should’ve fought for your life…” I knew it wasn’t her fault. She didn’t also want to die, and this was something I was sure of. She didn’t want to leave her daughter, but I couldn’t even think straight.

My phone started to ring, and I didn’t hesitate to answer it when I saw that it was Miles.

“Wife, where are you?” His worried voice sounded from the other end.

I opened my mouth to talk, but words failed me. The only thing I could do was shed tears.

“May? Are you there? May!” I heard his faint voice as my grip on my phone loosened and it fell on the floor.

“May! What is happening there? Are you ok? May!” My eyes slowly went close and I could barely hear his voice through the phone. I tried to keep my eyes open, reminding myself that I couldn’t pass out here, but it was too late as everything went blank.

The faint sound of water dripping welcomed me as I slowly opened my eyes. My eyes were blurry and my head banged with pain as I tried to keep my eyes open.

“May? You are awake?” Although the voice was faint, I didn’t fail to recognize it immediately to be Miles’s voice.

“May?” Slowly, I tilted my head in the direction of his voice, and I found him towering over me.

“Where am I?” My voice came out weakly.

“In the hospital…” I tried to sit up on the bed, but he held me down.

“Don’t… Stay calm,” I was forced to listen to him as I wasn’t strong enough to stand up yet.

I finally noticed the IV bag that was attached to my hand, and I exhaled briefly.

“How are you feeling now? Do you want me to get you anything?” He held my hand as he sat beside me on the bed and looked at me.

“I’m fi…” My voice trailed off and a sharp gasp tore through my throat upon realizing that I had a baby in my tummy. I quickly held my stomach and looked at Miles.

“Get the doctor… Is my bab…” I paused as the realization dawned on me that I was hiding the baby from him.

“What did you say? Is your stomach hurting?” I breathed out in relief when he asked me that. That was a close one.

“Hmm… I felt a sharp pain in my stomach,”

“I will go get the doctor…” He wanted to stand up, but I held his hand and pulled him back.

“Did the doctor tell you anything?” I blinked my eyes as I looked into his eyes.

“Anything like what?” He raised his eyebrows, and I bit my bottom lip.

“No, he didn’t. He just told me that you passed out as a result of stress and that you are going to be fine,” It felt like the whole world’s burden was lifted off my shoulders and I had to breathe out in relief.

“Is there anything you were hoping he’d tell me?”

“No… Nothing. I think you should call the doctor,” He nodded and left after a few seconds.

My phone beeped, and I lazily reached for it after I managed to sit up on the bed.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

‘Hello! This is Mr. Williams. Did you get home safely? Looking forward to meeting you again’ I huffed angrily as I read through the message. Is he thinking that I’ll agree to see a monster like him again? Hell no!