The Billionaires Forceful Marriage

Chapter 8. Confronted

James POV's

I drove my car into my garage at the family home (the Valdez mansion). It was already 14:25. As I entered the house my mother appeared at the doorway, looking up at me. For a short woman she is quiet terrifying when she's angry.

“Where have you been, do you realise that you missed your fiancé s appointment!? What is wrong with you James, I’ve never known you to be late for important appointments? “

"Mother I'm so sorry. I will apologize to Rose and the baby. It's just that yesterday I was caught up in a meeting with a few foreign investors and it was late and I didn't want to drive home last night so I stayed at a nearby hotel and I must say I was too tired to call anyone and tell them where I was ".

My mom looked at me from my head to my toes and back up again. I could see she might have been a little satisfied with my answer.

"Ok, you can come in but you're not forgiven yet".

My mother walked into the house and I followed after her.

When I got into the house I could see that everyone was seated at the family room watching some ridiculous show. I greeted them all and went to my room to take a shower. When I returned fully showered and dressed I joined the rest of the family in the living room. I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong, because my sister stole glances at me and laughed every once in a while. I plastered my focus back on the TV screen and continued to watch the show.

****

It was evening and everyone sat at the family table but there was a twist, Rose was now sitting at the table besides me and not the one serving my family's food. I looked on Rose's plate and there seemed to be no meat on her plate. Which was strange even for her.

"Rose why aren't you eating meat. I mean there's chicken and-"

"Don't you get it brother, your baby doesn't like meat therefore she doesn't like meat. Looks like someone didn't pass on the family genes to his baby!

My youngest sister, Kayla burst out laughing, but now I was really getting uncomfortable with it.

"Kayla stop teasing your brother, he had a rough day at work"

My mother reprimanded her.

"You know what? I can't stay like this Rose why don't you tell James the good news because if you don’t I certainly will".

My sister asked Rose, with a wide smile on her face.

"Yeah Rose why don't you tell me what's going on?”

Please say she isn’t pregnant please say that she isn’t pregnant.

I begged her in my head.

"No James, it's not such a big deal ".

Rose hesitated while replying.

"Come on Rose tell him the good news!”

My mother cheered Rose on with excitement in her voice. Rose turned to me, so that she could look at me in the eyes.

“Mom if it’s that Rose is pregnant, I believe I already know that… isn’t that why the whole rush wedding is for?”

"Well James we're not having a baby... James, we're having two babies ".

Rose nervously said to me. I chocked on my food and looked at her with a shocked expression on my face.

"What do you mean by, we're having two babies? “

"James I, I mean that we're having twins ".

No. No this cannot be happening. There's no ways that I could have made this mistake. I mean it was only a onetime thing. Oh my stars, why is this room spinning.

****

I woke up from my sleep with a heavy migraine. I looked up and saw Rose besides my bed and I quickly stood up and grabbed her by both her shoulders.

"Tell me please, Rose please tell me we're not having twins and that all this was a dream, created by my crazy mind or better yet the wine I drank is causing all this illusions ".

Rose looked at me in the face almost about to cry.

"I'm sorry James but I'm pregnant with twins ".

And at that she started to cry.

I looked at her with fury in my eyes and banged my hand against the table besides my bed.

"How could you be so stupid to get pregnant and on top of it how could you be pregnant with twins Rose?!”

I scolded at her and she cried even more. She quickly stood up from my bed and angrily faced me.

"Stop blaming me okay! I didn't get myself pregnant and last time I checked you rapped me! "

"Who cares if I rapped you, I made love to you once Rose, just once and in return you not only gave me one burden but two! ".

My mother walked in on us arguing and both Rose and I kept quiet. My mother walked towards me and she glared at me.

"James how dare you? How dare you blame her for your carelessness? And instead of looking at this child as a blessing you go ahead and think of it as a curse. I'm ashamed to call you my son ".

I could now see tears forming in my mother’s eyes.

"Mother it's not like that it-"

"Shut up! I don't want to hear another word from you. For the life of me I can’t imagine that you’re even my son. Your father sent me here to call you, he wants to see you in his study”.

My mother took Rose by her shoulders and gently walked Rose out of my room.

James you've just ruined your own life multiplied by two.

I thought to myself.

I walked into my father’s study and watched him as he drank his cold scotch.

"Come on in son!"

My father directed me towards the chair opposite to him. I walked over to the chair and sat down.

"So father what did you want to speak to me about? “

"I was just wondering how was your meeting with Mr Bower yesterday, that carried so far into the night that you couldn't come home last night? “

My father took another sip of his scotch, not taking his eyes off from me while sipping.

"Well father that Mr Bower is a tough man. It took us hours just to seal a deal ".

I tried putting on my best business face, hoping that the old man will fall for it. My father, still eyes on me stared at me as if he didn't believe me.

"Well son that's strange, because I was just on the phone with Mr Bower and he told me to tell you that he is truly sorry for not making it to the meeting yesterday, because his daughter had given birth yesterday! “

Shit I'm so busted now.

I starred at my father with embarrassment written all over my face.

"Father I can explain ".

"That's great! Explain and please start where you and your secretary are having an affair whilst Rose is carrying your children!? ".

I didn't know how my father knew this, but I knew that lying was not an option anymore, therefore I kept quiet.

"You better get your act together James, otherwise you'll end up losing everything I ever gave you or you ever earned. If I were you I would try to stay away from scandals ".

“Father I promise that this will never happen again”

“Oh it better not happen again because if I hear of one more scandal involving you and any other woman… mark my words son you’ll regret that day you called me your father. Now get out of my sight”

I turned on my heel and walked out of my father’s office. I guess keeping my affair secret was not an option now cause if my father could find out about it so easily then I stand no chance against the paparazzi.