Divorced Heiress
Chapter 123

My heel struck incessantly against the shiny floor of the waiting room. It was impossible for me to control the nerves that ran through me from head to toe, and Abby's laughter caused by the messages she was receiving from Vincent didn't help me at all. At least one of us was having a great time.

The wait for the results seemed eternal. Time seemed to pass slower than ever before. I couldn't stop looking at the time on my wristwatch every minute that went by, and the feeling of desperation started to rise in my chest.

The situation I found myself in was as unexpected as Alexander's call coming in on my phone at this very moment.

My heart skipped a beat, and I couldn't control the trembling in my hand, causing the phone to fall to the ground and catching the attention of the nurse who had been watching me with raised eyebrows since I sat down. Abby next to me picked up the phone while looking at me as if I were the clumsiest person on earth.

"Are you nervous?" She asked with evident irony. And when she saw the name of the person who was calling my phone, she widened her eyes and let go of the phone, letting it hit the immaculate floor of the waiting room for the second time.

The nurse cleared her throat as if her patience had ended, and Abby could only give her a nervous sm le picking up the phone from the floor.

"Sorry, I have butterfingers." Abby apologized before turning her gaze back to my face with eyes wider than usual and swallowing nervously. "You have to answer."

"Will he have found out?" I asked nervously, taking the still ringing phone, and Abby stood up with her hand on her hip.

"Impossible, no one knows we're here. There's no way he could know. Just answer, woman. Answer, an

I nodded my head, agreeing with her, and took a breath before answering the call, with my eyes fixed on Abby's anxious face.

"Alexander..." I could barely say his name when he immediately spoke, interrupting whatever was about to come out of my mouth.

"Are you okay? Why didn't you tell me you fainted? Right now I'm on my way to the clinic with Vincent. left tristan with your parents, but tell me, are you okay?"

I opened my eyes in surprise and didn't know what to answer. I didn't want him to find out that I might be expecting our second child. I couldn't even process that information myself.

Of course, I wasn't going to be at the clinic. Abby brought me directly to a private laboratory and bribed the necessary people to deliver the results today. And as if that wasn't enough for her, she also wanted to take a pregnancy test to have a big smile on her face knowing that one test would come out negative and it wouldn't be mine, precisely.

It was a fact. Everything indicated that I was in a sweet waiting period for the second time because I hadn't realized my slight delay until I was asked about the date of my last period. I just needed that piece of paper to confirm it.

"Don't go to the clinic!" was the first thing that came out of my mouth, and Abby put her hands on her head as if on the verge of a breakdown. I quickly took a breath when I realized how desperate I sounded.

"I mean, we're not at the clinic, we don't have a reason to go. I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

I made my biggest effort to sound normal, but I wasn't sure if I had succeeded.

"But, Julian said that you..."

I rolled my eyes upon hearing that name. Now I understood how he found out, so I quickly interrupted him.

"I'm fine, Alexander. Julian was just worried, it's normal," I said calmly, making my last attempt to calm him down, and it seemed like I succeeded because there was no response from him for a few seconds. During that time, I looked serenely at Abby so she knew that everything was under control. She bit her thumbnail as if expecting the worst.

"You have no idea how worried you've had me. I thought..."

Alexander was interrupted for the second time, but this time it wasn't because of me, but because of the nurse's voice that had been nearby the whole time, looking at us with a disapproving face.

"Sarah Doinel, Abby Dubois, your results are ready."

Abby and I immediately looked at the nurse who handed us a pair of paper envelopes, and the nerves returned to my body with greater intensity, both because of the result that was just a few meters away from me, and because of the man who remained silent on the other end of the line.

My body didn't even react, I wasn't sure whether to get up from my seat and receive the envelope in complete silence, without uttering a word and silently praying that Alexander had managed to hear the nurse.

But his silence said it all.

Inopportune nurse.

"Results? What results? Sarah, you said you weren't at the clinic."

Upon hearing Alexander's concerned and somewhat angry voice, I could only think of ending the call, leaving him with the words on his lips.

I ran my hand through the lock of hair falling over my forehead in a failed attempt to calm my nerves, while still observing the unfriendly face of the nurse who continued to extend her hand. "She couldn't have found a better time, fantastic."

I could barely hear my friend's frustrated mumble before she approached the nurse with a fake smile on her face, and I immediately got up from my seat, but I couldn't even take a single step. "Thank you very much, you're very kind, they were ready in record time, at the exact moment."

Abby's sarcasm was more than evident as she took the envelopes between her fingers, not hiding her annoyance. The woman seemed indifferent to Abby's attitude, as she simply turned around and went back to her desk in complete silence to continue her work. "I can't believe it, aside from her intrusion, she ignores me. What kind of rude people work in this place? Did you notice? She did it on purpose. You know what, I won't waste my precious time talking about that rude woman, it's time to see what's written on that paper. Open it, open it."

My friend returned to my side, still expressing her displeasure about that woman, while looking at me with a mix of anguish and fear. She had a slight suspicion that Alexander had heard everything, but that wasn't the most important thing now, it was the envelope with the results of my pregnancy test.

Suddenly, I felt overwhelmed by the fact that I just had to open the envelope to confirm my suspicions, so I sat back down when Abby handed me the envelope with my name on it and gave me a reassuring half-smile. It was her way of letting me know that she was there supporting me.

I was mentally prepared to see Abby's huge smile when she saw her results and compare them to mine.

"Well, I waited a long time for this and I don't plan on waiting a second longer." I said determinedly, momentarily forgetting about Alexander's call that had left me uneasy.

I fixated my gaze on my name written on the envelope and my hands acted on their own, opening the envelope with trembling hands at the same time as Abby, and I carefully read the contents.

My brow furrowed as I read the only word that mattered to me, and I didn't know how to feel or react. The truth was, I felt a mix of emptiness and relief at the same time.

I looked at Abby with a smile on my face, expecting to receive the same gesture from her, but I soon realized that her reaction wasn't what I expected. She had her eyes fixed on the paper, and a few tears suddenly appeared.

"I'm not pregnant, God, it's a relief to know that. I was almost certain..." I left the sentence unfinished when I looked at Abby with a smile on my face, expecting to receive the same gesture from her, but I soon realized that her reaction wasn't what I expected. She had her eyes fixed on the paper, and a few tears suddenly appeared.

"Abby, are you okay?" I stood up alarmed from my seat to reach her, who was still standing, not moving a single muscle, not even blinking, and that began to scare me.

"Abby, you said you were going to smile from ear to ear, if I had known you were going to be moved by a negative result, I wouldn't have let you continue with your game."

As if I had said something wrong, Abby looked at me as if she was holding back tears, and her hands began to tremble as she still held the paper.

She didn't even need to say a word for me to understand what was happening, and my astonishment was huge.

"I... I'm..." Abby spoke clumsily, it seemed like she couldn't even say it out loud, and she handed me her shaking paper. I didn't bother to read it entirely, my gaze immediately traveled to the spot where there should have been a negative, just like in my result, however, what I found was completely the opposite.

"I'm expecting Vincent's child."

Abby is pregnant.