Chapter 43

VIV’S POV Hey this is Aaron. I’m unavailable at the moment. Kindly leave a message after the dial. “What the actual fuck?!” I screamed at no one in particular as the phone slipped from my trembling fingers, landing with a soft thud on the plush carpet beside me. Why do I keep getting his damn voicemails?! I’d dialed his number five times already. Maybe more. Who was counting when your heart was beating out of your chest? I scowled, glaring at the glowing screen as though it were some sort of cruel joke. How dare he not pick up? Didn’t he understand what was happening to me? I pressed my hand against my belly, trying to will myself to calm down, but my pulse raced in frustration, the sound of my rapid heartbeat filling my ears. I really thought that he had liked me after all this time. I mean we had sex before their wedding night! “Damn him.” I muttered under my breath. Despite all my anger, I could not still shake off the feeling that I was alone through it all. I was stuck up alone in