"Oh boy!" Alora exclaims.
"Thank you very much Mr. Clarkson"
"You're welcome"
I quickly hang up and hand the phone over to Alora. I don't know why but I'm suddenly very hot. I quickly take off my tux jacket and toss it aside. This can't be. This totally can't be.
I had a one night stand with Sophia?
"She is officially a whore to me now" Alora condemns.
"Do you think she knows it was me?"
"I don't know Ash, I really don't know"
"If Ace finds out about this, nothing will stop him from calling of that wedding"
"Yeah, even the fact that she's pregnant..." she suddenly stops and gasps loudly.
"What's wrong"
"Asher" She calls as walks closer to me. "What if, what if that child she's carrying is yours, not Ace's?" She asks and I feel my head spin like a rollercoaster. The possibility of that being true knocks me like a hard rock and I tiredly sit on a nearby couch.
What the actual hell is going on?
"You know Luna tells me everything right?"
"Yeah"
"When Luna was still pregnant, she told me Asher promised her that he was no longer going to have sex with Sophia since he didn't love her anymore. So, it's obvious that she had sex with you before she did with Ace"
"Alora, Alora, calm down" I say panting and sweating out of shock. "We don't know for sure if it's really Sophia I slept with, not to talk of that pregnancy being mine"
"Asher, don't even start! Don't even do this right now. This is the plain truth. Sophia is the girl you had a one night stand with and there's a high probability that, that baby she's carrying is yours!"
"Oh my God Alora, if that's the case then this is messed up!"
"Ace needs to know, we have to tell him"
"Not now!" I object.
"What do you mean not now? He is one week away from marrying a woman who's pregnant with another man's child!"
"That isn't certain yet"
"Whatever! All I know is that, that wedding can't hold, we have to do something"
"And we will, but we need to strategize, we need a plan. This is a very sensitive issue, we can't just go around spreading things we are not sure of. We need to talk with evidence!"
"Tss, don't get all lawful with me. Okay then, what do you suggest we do?"
"First, I need you to not say a word about this to any one. Not even Luna"
"Come on! You know that's impossible!" She cries.
"Princess look" I hold both her hands in mine and urge her to look at me. "Look at me" She looks at me and I stare into her starling brown eyes that reflect mine. Just that hers are charming, I don't think mine are charming.
"We will get to the root of this matter and justice will be served for everyone who deserves it but for now, we need to do things in silence and only announce results. We can't afford to be reckless. Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do!"
"Then trust me when I tell you that this is the right thing for us to do"
"I trust you"
"Good girl"
"So what do you intend to do?"
"First, I'm going to do a paternity test between that baby and I and if it matches, Sophia will be exposed"
"What happens after that?"
"We will cross that bridge when we get there, for now, let's figure out how to get Sophia's blood"
"Geez, that is..."
"Not impossible" I cut her off "Doctor Kevin was Luna's doctor when she was pregnant, there's a high probability that he is Sophia's doctor now. If that's the case, I will get him to do the test"
"And he will do it for you because?" She asks in doubt.
"I'm his God-son" I say with a smile.
"Oh, yeah, that's true. Doctor Kevin is your God-father, you really get whatever you want don't you?"
"I'll try not to brag about that" I say proudly.
"If all this turns out to be true, I will personally crash that wedding"
"And I will make sure no one stops you"
"Congratulations bro"
"For what exactly?" I ask confused and her smile widens.
"You are going to be a father soon, I'm happy for you"
"Thank you. I'll just go and fresh up"
I pick up my suit case and tux jacket and walk over to the flight of stairs.
This is actually scary. If it turns out that, that child is mine, then I'm really going to be a father. That's something I have never really thought about.
This is actually scary!
ACE'S POV
Right now, what I need is a miracle. I wish something could happen, something so intense that would stop this wedding from taking place. These past weeks have been the worst weeks of my life.
I'm not even able to talk on phone with the woman I love, but I'm stuck in my house with the woman I don't want to be with.
Mum made sure Sophia moved in with me and right now we both live in my house.
My life is miserable!
Her pregnancy hormones are all over the place and she does nothing but nag me all night and day, everyday.
She's trying, she's really trying her best to get us together but it's not working. I don't love Sophia, this union is totally against my will and not even the fact that she's carrying my child can change the way I feel about her.
Talking about the child, I don't know why, but I don't feel the same connection with that child like I did for my baby with Luna.
Even when I touch Sophia's tummy, my heart doesn't leap the way it did whenever I touched Luna's tummy.
There's no connection, no sparks and I can't help but wonder how it's going to be when the child is born.
This is totally messed up.
My office door opens and my PA walks in with Asher following closely behind him. I immediately rise from my seat, wondering why he's here.
He is one of the last people I want to see right now.
"Mr. Ace..."
"It's okay, you can leave us"
"Thank you Sir"
"What are you doing here?" I ask the moment my secretary exits the office, not caring if I'm rude or not.
"No need to be so hostile, I've come here so we could talk"
"I don't have anything to say to you"
"Well, you have questions to answer"
"I'm not going to answer any of your questions"
"Oh, you will"
"Look man, Luna is all yours now. Just go ahead an marry her, leave me the hell alone! I have already accepted my defeat"
"What a shame to hear such words emanate from the mouth of such a powerful and influential man. Your father will be very disappointed if he hears you pronouncing that word "defeat""
"You have no idea what disappoints my father" I fire back angrily and smile.
He fucking smiles.
"That's not what brought me here"
"I don't care what brought you here, all I want is for you to get your pompous ass out of my office"
"I'm going to ask you a few questions and the answers you give me will greatly affect how things will turn out for you next week"
"What are you now? Sorcerer Attorney Asher?" I ask sarcastically.
"Attorney Asher is just fine, Thank you. Just be cool and answer the questions I'm about to ask. I am not your enemy, on the contrary I want to ..." he suddenly stops and heaves a heavy sigh of frustration. "Just answer the questions, will you?"
"What if I don't want to?" I dare.
"Then I'll call you a fool"
"Cook then, feel free to do so, you can call me a looser on top of that, but I'm not going to ridicule myself by answering your pathetic questions."
"Stubborn much, huh?"
"Just get out, I don't want to talk to you!" I order and what he does takes me off guard. He gently takes off his suit jacket and carefully places it on one of the couches in the sitting area and makes himself comfortable on it, crossing his left leg over the right.
"Make me" He dares.
Asher will always be Asher.
I take calculated steps towards the sitting area, staring at Asher like he's a lunatic.
"Why are you doing this to me? Why do you enjoy taunting me so much?" I ask calmly and I can feel tears burning in my eyes.
"Forgive me if all this seems like I'm taunting you, believe me that's not my intention"
"Then what is your intention?"
"Will you believe me if I tell you that I want to help you?"
"No, and even if I wanted to, there's nothing you can do. It's already too late"
"Ace" He calls as rises from the couch and walks closer to me. "You love Luna, don't you?"
"More than you can ever imagine"
"And you want to be with her, don't you?"
"That's my ultimate wish"
"If given another chance, will you make things right with her?"
"I will do that with everything that has got life in me" I answer as a fat tear trickles down my cheek and I quickly brush it off and exhale heavily.
"Thank you very much"
"What for?" I ask confused.
"You just answered the questions I wanted you to answer"
Crap!
"Excuse me" I watch in awe as he picks up his suit jacket and majestically walks out of my office leaving me totally dumbfounded.
Why did he ask me those questions, in fact, how did he even make me answer them?
I now see the reason why he's called the greatest Lawyer in the country.
That guy can make you spill your deepest, darkest, secrets without you even realizing it!