Now and Forever novel Chapter 36

Amelia POV

'Why don't you have one with Leila'?! The thought of what I said last to Alexander haunted me as I stood on the sidewalk just outside Knight Industries, waiting for a cab to come into view.

The funny thing? I didn't even bother hiding the fact that it had to be Leila out of all the people I could have named in the whole of New York City!

"Good evening miss- hey! Your Amelia Knight!" The cab driver grinned widely when he turned around to see who his customer was.

"Oh- hey," I replied awkwardly and before I could tell him the address he peeled out of the parking space and into the busy road. "I know your home address so no worries, I'm not going to kidnap you or anything." He chuckled at the end, probably trying to make the air lighter I guess? But that was creepy on many different levels I must say.

"How did you-"

"I'm not a creep or anything, your address was on google." How is that not creepy and oh-

"Our address isn't on the internet..." I drawled out and god so help me I'm not being kidnapped..

"Okay fine fine! You got me! My brother works at your house like a security guard- but please don't tell your husband, my brother would die if he lost his job -and oh congratulations!"

"Thank you- oh wait, what for?" I wrinkled my eyebrows in confusion and looked at him through the glass separating us.

"For the baby of course!" Pardon? For the.. the baby? What baby?!

"What baby- oh wait, you think I'm pregnant?" I laughed hysterically and he looked at me like I was the one who had run mad.

"Oh wait- your serious," I immediately sobered up and that's when it hit me.. he was listening to that gossip channel on the radio, don't people have better things to do in their free time?!

"Of course I'm serious, why wouldn't I be?" He stopped the cab when we had reached our destination.

"Okay, don't you think I'd know if I was pregnant or not?" I payed the amount of money the meter read and stepped out of the cab.

"It's okay ma'am, you should watch The Gossip at 9:00 tonight it would be there so no need to deny it." He winked at me which looked like his eye had a mini seizure and zoomed off before I had the chance to fully close the door.

Ugh, what a creep...

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"No I don't think you should come Bella, it's already about to-"

Ding dong..

"Too late! Now come open the freaking door." Bella said and hung up the phone.

"Oh my god Bella! Why didn't the gate inform me you were here?" Was the first thing I said when I opened the front door. "Wow what a nice way to welcome me to your humble home, how's the little munch-" I smacked her hand away before she could even touch my stomach and threw her a death glare.

"You know I'm not pre-"

"What are you doing here?" Alexander walked up from behind Bella wrinkling his eyebrows in confusion.

"You guys really have to work on your welcoming skills," she looked between me and Alexander while shaking her head, "anyways, it's about to start! Let's go!" She pushed passed me and went in the direction of the kitchen, completely missing the turn of the living room.

"Other way!"

"Right!" She pointed up and turned around.

"Is she spending the night?" Alexander walked past taking off his tie in the process. I shrugged and started walking away when he called my name, "wait Amelia," I turned around and raised my eyebrows. "Are you still mad at me?"

"Who said I was mad at you before?" I crossed my arms, still raising my eyebrows. "Well you looked like-"

"It's staring Amelia! Hurry up!" Bella shouted, making me forget about what just happened, "coming! Sorry, can we talk about this later?" Who am I kidding? We're not going to talk about this later, talk about saved by the bell.

He nodded his head like he was saying he knew we were of course not going to talk about this later and walked away.

"Welcome back to The Gossip everybody! I'm Ashley Romero your host for tonight's episode and these are our guest stars Bethany Kingsley and Rita Garcia," the camera zoomed in on Bethany and wait-

"Bella! that's the waitress that's served us at the restaurant earlier on today!" I shook Bella's arm as I pointed at the tv, "well what's she doing on tv?!" She screamed back at me, "well how am I supposed to know?!"

"Okay shut up so that we can find out!"

"It's such an honor to be here but today isn't about now is it?" Bethany asked the host with a huge grin on her face but I knew better than to trust her, "of course it isn't." The host laughed and Bethany and Rita joined in.

"That wasn't even funny." Bella rolled her eyes and scoffed, making me smile.

"We're going to be talking about billionaire Alexander Knight and wife, Amelia Knight and maybe or not they'll be expecting an heir to Knight Industries-"

"They really know how to make things bigger than they are don't they? I mean, that's if you were expecting a baby." Bella added on quickly when I threw her a death glare.

"-she even told me herself! See, I have evidence right..." Bethany pulled out her phone and the camera zoomed in, showing her call log, "...here," she pointed at my name? Making it look like I called her yesterday.

"*gasp* that bitch! I did not call her yesterday! Let alone ever!" I screamed at the tv like it was going to make her tell the truth.

"-I heard Mr and Mrs Knight telling Mr and Mrs Knight Sr about how they're going to get I quote; 'a grand baby'-" Rita gushed and clapped her hands together like she was getting to the good part of a story, "that's not what we were talking about! These people are liars!" I grabbed Bella by the shoulders and shook her, hard.

"-oh wait, hold on- we have new news everybody! Give us a second to put it up..." A clip of me checking out of a grocery store and buying a pregnancy test? What the hell?!

"Yes I went to the grocery store today but I did not buy a pregnancy test! I swear!" At this point I just want to reach into the tv and pull their hair out of their roots..

"-that Alexander does not want the child? Alexander said and I quote; 'well I do not want a child!' When the couple was last seen today entering the elevators in the underground parking at Knight Industries-"

"How the hell did they know about that conversation?! We were all alone down there!" What are people even getting out of this?!

"-do you think Amelia only told Alexander about the pregnancy when the couple met with Alexander's parents?" Ashley asked Rita, "well yes because when she apparently told them the good news he stood up and stormed out of the restaurant probably upset about the news." Rita explained like she was sitting on the table with us.

Oh how I just want to slap the living hell out of those-

"Scandal or not? Find out next week on The Gossip tha-" the screen went black, cutting off whatever Ashley was saying.

"What the hell is wrong with that show?!" Bella screamed at the blank screen, "I know right-"

"It didn't last no more than fifty minutes!"

"Are you serious right now?!" I looked at her in horror, "I'm kidding I'm kidding! Jeez! What were you getting at the grocery store anyways?"

"I was actually getting the opposite of a pregnancy test, Jesus these people." I sighed while shaking my head and leaned back in the sofa. "What's the opposite of- oh, oh! You mean- no wonder you're being so cranky."

"Bella! Not the point!" I smacked her hand making her scrunching up her nose in paint and rubbing the spot. "Okay fine! But we can't exactly do anything at 9:45pm now can we?" Okay, she does have a point...