Finding My Baby Daddy (Pandora and Benjamin) novel Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Pandora groaned, still feeling tired after ten hours of sleep. As she sat up, she felt a wave of dizziness overcome her. Before she could lay back down, her stomach turned. She jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom, hoping and praying she wouldn’t puke on the

floor.

She hunched over the toilet and heaved. Nothing really came up. She didn’t have time to be sick. And she willed her body to stop without much result. When the retching finally stopped, she dragged herself to the sink to clean up. Still, her stomach felt uncomfortable.

As the day passed, she felt worse. Nothing seemed to help with the nausea she was feeling. She tried to force down the lunch before resting her head on the desk, hoping a short nap would make her feel better.[]

Sleep made everything better, right?]

“They pay you to sleep at work?” she heard Derrik say. She jumped at the sound of his voice, but it was her stomach that made it worse. She covered her mouth and looked at him.]

“What?” he said irritably, staring her down.]

“I want to puke just looking at your face,” Pandora said bluntly.[]

“Don’t get cheeky with me just because you’re having a terrible day.” Derrik’s smug grin made her feel terrible. Here,” he said, throwing a stack of papers on her desk.

She looked through them angrily when she realized he was trying to force her into selling the house. “What is this? Derrik, don’t you understand? You’re not getting my house and I am not going to give you the money either!“]

Derrik’s next words were loud enough for everyone in the office to hear. “You’re a selfish piece of shit. Sitting here, all high and

mighty, but you look ugly and all wrinkled. You make me sick. What the hell did I see in you?” He paused for a second before resuming. “Now that you look exactly like you did while we were married, you’re all ugly again. The fake extensions did make you look a little better. Why did I ever want a worthless and ugly woman like you?“]

“Get out,” Pandora gritted out. She felt her colleagues looking her way.

“Because of you, my girl lost another baby,” Derrik said, this time his voice a whisper. She could hear the pain in his voice, but she didn’t give a damn about what Derrik felt.

“That is none of my problem.” She picked up the papers and threw them in the trash. “Get out right now. And if I see you here again, I will get a restraining order against you. Did I make myself clear?” she challenged.]

Derrik narrowed her eyes but he didn’t move a muscle, defying her.[]

Pandora picked up the phone and dialed the security head. “Get this piece of shit out of my office. Make sure to let the other security detail know that he is no longer welcome here.“[]

“We are not done here, Pandora!” Derrik hissed as he was pulled out of her office by security.[]

Pandora had to cover her mouth and she slowly sat down on her chair. She tried her best to breathe through her nose, willing the

nausea away.

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Pandora sleepily walked to the front door, knowing that Keira said she would take her to work. It had been three weeks since she woke up feeling sick and it was not getting any better. In fact, she felt worse than before. She almost got into an accident the night before because she felt woozy while driving.

Opening the door, Pandora allowed Keira in before moving to her couch and lying down on it.[]

“It has been three weeks. I think it is time you went to a doctor,” Keira said as she felt her head.[]

“It’s just a bug,” Pandora muttered weakly and then pressed her lips together when she saw her friend frowning down at her.

“What did the clinic say about your tests?” Pandora blinked because she had no idea what the other was talking about. “Last month you got tested for STDs remember?”