Chapter 43. Oxygen

Disgust churns in Lara's stomach as she replays the conversation with Rose in her mind. Marrying an older, impotent man solely for the sake of bearing his child is like a betrayal of everything she stands for, isn’t it?

She paced around restlessly for a while, before sitting down on her bed. Her room is unkept, clothes, empty bottles of wine and milk, as well as leftover pizza left in a tray are littered all over. Rose has sacked all the cleaners, except two, to ease up the financial burden of maintaining the estate. Now it took more time to get her room fixed, because she would do it herself. But she won’t.

As much as Lara intends to reject the idea of marrying the old man, on second thought, she couldn't. Not so fast. The truth is staring at her in the face and she cannot ignore it.

After all, was it not her actions that had led to this predicament? If only she had just sat tight in silence and let the moment pass, she would have been marr