“She’s stable and the babies are fine too.”

The doctor casually tells Alec as he examines my eyes for further changes.

Alec seems shocked. “Did he just say babies? Wait! Did you sleep with that devil? 

I blink hard until tears find their way down my face. I wasn’t expecting twins

“Is that why he proposed to you in the first place? Because of the babies, huh? He only cared about the babies.

" He doesn’t want them. He didn’t accept the pregnancy. It’s the reason he asked for a divorce.”

Alec rolls his eyes in disgust as his eyes accommodate a familiar figure by the door.

“Can you excuse us? I need to talk with my wife." Williams strolls in casually.

“She’s not your wife anymore.” Get that into your thick  skull, Alec fired at him.

When Alec grudgingly left the room, he drew a chair and sat beside my bed.

“You might be wondering why I’m here, Well, I figured out that you would delay in signing the copy I sent you earlier today, so I brought in a new one.” He carefully placed the papers in my way and stood up immediately.

“There’s really no need for this. I have signed the copy you sent and I will ask Alec to pick it up from the house.”

Oh! I see, your little playboy is happy to pick up from where he stopped,” he replied, smiling coldly. “Does he know that you tried to blame his doings on me? His face remains expressionless even after making such a grave accusation.

“You can also bid the $20,000 goodbye. I will be glad to watch you get arrested for your inability to pay up the bank.”

“What? How did you know that I was owing the bank?

Aside from my parents and Alec, whom I just informed about the debt, I didn’t tell any other person about the debt, not even Williams.

Instead of giving me an answer, he looked at me in disgust and sauntered out, leaving these words behind him: “You will find out when the police come for your broken ass.”

Why is he threatening me like he has some connection with the bank I’m owing? And why exactly is he always ruthless? Does he not have any atom of empathy in him? He was the reason I was lying down on the hospital bed.

“What did he say to you? 

Alec cuts me off.

His eyes followed my fingers, pointing at some papers beside my bed. “He brought the divorce papers.”

“What is wrong with him? I thought you had already signed it.

“Yeah…. Told him you would help me retrieve the one at home.”

“I do not have a choice, do I?”

I smile at him as he picks up his car key from the side stool beside my bed.

Immediately Alec stepped out, I quickly picked up my phone and called William’s secretary.

Luckily, she answered on the first ring, “Mrs. Nicholas, how are you doing? We’ve missed your presence at the office.” Although she seemed genuinely happy for me, her undertone reeked of full-blown mockery. “I’m good, I quickly chipped in, eager to do away with the pleasantries. 

 “Mrs. Ophelia, do you by any chance know of Mr. William’s connection with Wema Bank?

“You don’t know? 

This has always been my problem with Mrs. Ophelia; she never fails to answer questions with questions. If I were going to get any valid information from her, I might as well not flare up unnecessarily.

“I do not know. I really want to know. ” 

“He’s a major shareholder at the bank,” she starts. “I hear he’s even planning to buy up the remaining shares at the bank.”Oh! I see. He has really got his hands on some good investments. What other investment does he have?”  

“Hasn’t he told you about them yet?” There she goes again, with another irrelevant question.

“Yeah, he told me about some. He wants me to find out about others myself”

At that moment, I wished I could get into Mrs. Ophilia’s head to dig up the information. 

She coughs slightly. “Erm……He has several investments. He’s the sole owner of the Foster properties at the outskirts of the town. Mackon hospital is also owned by their family.

I nod in assimilation. “He definitely has a lot to his name.’ I finally added.

“And you’re so lucky to be married to him” she happily agreed. 

I chuckle weakly, “Happy to be married to him indeed”

“Will you be resuming office alongside the boss?

“ I don’t know yet.  Goodbye Mrs. Ophelia” 

Williams will definitely be disappointed when he hears that I have paid up the debt.

The satisfaction he craved  in seeing me humiliated won’t be coming anytime soon.

Ding!

A confirmation message from the bank. “Transfer successful”

I heave a sigh of relief. 

Alec had asked me to marry him the year we left college, although I had grown so fond of him, I couldn’t say I found him as attractive as I found Williams.

It is true that he’s well-built with similar features as Williams, but he didn’t possess that terrifying aura I am getting so accustomed to.

I carefully pulled up myself and made for the door. My back was aching and I felt like stretching out my wobbly legs.

When I got outside, I noticed a Buggati Chiron Super Sport 300+, packed at the far end of the Hospital garage. 

“That’s William’s car”

I couldn’t be mistaken. 

I try to wave the thought aside, it could be some kind of coincidence.

No, it can’t be. William’s secretary had proudly announced that William’s was the only one who owned a Buggati Chiron Super Sport 300+, in the whole of the city, it was specially customized on his demand.

Could it be that William’s is here to see someone?

I was curious to know why his car is packed in the hospital without his driver inside. Whatever it is that brought him to the hospital is something personal, maybe a secret illness.

Almighty Williams is definitely down with an illness, but what can it possibly be?