Alpha’s Virgin Wife by Baby Charlene
Chapter 111
Nosheba sat nervously in Queen Jadis’ room, her both hands crossed below her chest.
Raksha was standing in front of her, leaning on a table and resting his jaw on his fist. Both were anxious and awaiting the confirmation to know if their happiness would be complete or not.
“I don’t think Rancho made the mistake,” Raksha mumbled, staring downwards.
“There’s no way he could’ve switched your bottle with Shilah’s ‘ cause the letters would’ve still been there, making it easy for Mato to discover. What if… What if you are truly pregnant, Nosheba?”
The thought of it alone brought more heat to Nosheba’s forehead. Goodness! Could it be true? What if she was truly pregnant? With… With a boy?
The door went open with Queen Jadis walking in and both Nosheba and Raksha sprang on their feet immediately, their ears itching for the feedback. But with the look on Queen Jadis’ face….
“Talk to me, Mother. What did Rancho say?” Raksha asked snappily, opening his both palms like he wanted the answers to jump right in.
Nosheba didn’t need to urge for her glowing eyes said it all.
“Well…” Queen Jadis sighed. “I spoke with Rancho and he said he had done exactly like I instructed. Shilah’s bottle was the only bottle he tampered with and as soon as he had left the room, he flushed it down a pit”.
“So…. does this mean my own bottle was never touched? And the test result is genuine?” Nosheba asked, beady-eyed, and the Queen nodded with an ace smile.
“Ahhhh!” Nosheba screamed but quickly restricted herself with her hand going over her mouth.
The Queen let out a laughter.
“I’m pregnant!! Yes!! I’m pregnant!!”
“Yes!!!” Raksha ran to her and lifted her up her feet. “You’re carrying my son! You’re carrying my son!!”
“Yes!!!” Laughters filled the room.
“Wait!” Queen Jadis’ voice broke the moment and the two stopped jubilating as they turned to look at her.
“How can you be sure the baby does not belong to the King, Nosheba?”
“Oh! That is not a problem because I only had sèx with the King once. And that once, I made sure to take some herbs to flush it away. So, if there’s any s*eed growing inside of me” she turned to Raksha and smiled.
“It’s Raksha’s”.
“Oh! My love” he lifted her up again and kissed her.
“You don’t know what this means to me”.
“This calls for celebration” Queen Jadis beamed. “Our plan is finally coming into effect. But, how do we know it’s a boy?”
“Oh! Come on, mother…”
“I just have a very strong feeling it’s a boy, My Queen” Nosheba chipped in.
“Either ways, it’s a good thing the King has a distraction and wouldn’t think of Shilah anymore. You needed to had seen the look on his face when the Physician told him I was the pregnant one and nobody else. He was more like…. disappointed”.
“Dakota is just like his father – always wanting his favorite to have the best things” Queen Jadis stated spitefully.
“Well, he doesn’t have a choice now” Raksha smirked.
“And for the meantime, I think we need to concentrate more on Shilah’s own baby. Don’t forget she’s still pregnant”.
“That’s so true” Nosheba furrowed her brows.
“We need to get rid of that thing in her womb as soon as possible”.
A short silence stepped in.
“I think I have an idea” she clicked her tongue. “I think I know of a good way we can poison and k*il*l the child”.
“But how?”
“Don’t you worry about that, Raksha” she grinned.
“Just get me an effective poison and leave the rest to me”.
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Shilah stood alone in the bathroom, washing her face for the umpteenth time. Dyani was waiting in the main room and she knew she couldn’t take such face to her to avoid much questionings.
Another tear slipped her eye, but it got mixed up with the water on her face and she had to wash it off again.
So, the whole time, she wasn’t even pregnant? How could she have thought differently? Why didn’t she… Why didn’t she make sure before putting her hopes high?
Recalling the King’s happiness two days ago when she had taken a walk with him – how excited he had been – she had really wanted to be the reason for that happiness. She had really wanted to be the one.
She felt so… ashamed cause even the King had thought she was pregnant. She felt… ashamed of herself.
“Shilah? How long do you need to wash a face?” She suddenly heard Dyani’s voice from the door and realized she had to hasten up.
“Uh… I’m almost done” she sniffed, took the slightly w*et napkin and cleaned her face with it.
Then, she left the bathroom afterwards.
“What took you so long? Were you throwing up again?” Dyani asked as she helped her sit on the bed.
And Shilah responded by shaking her head negatively.
“Hold on, why do I have a feeling you’ve been crying? Your eyes…”
“Huh? No, I’m not crying!” She defended infirmly. “I just feel a little dizzy, that’s all”.
Dyani could tell she was lying, but there was nothing she could do. Taking a deep breath, she itched her hair.
“I really did think you were pregnant, though. How come your own result was negative? And… you said you’ve missed your flow for the month, right?”
Shilah bobbed her head.
“Then, how come you’re not pregnant? Could it be possible you have a feminine problem? Hmph” Dyani huffed.
But to that, neither she or Shilah could provide an answer.
“I don’t think we should be worried about that” Shilah sniffed.
“The most important thing is..we know who is pregnant now and the King is happy. It’s goodnews for all us, Dyani. That is the most important thing”.
Dyani was marveled at how selfless she could be.
With a warm smile, she got hold of her hand and squeezed it tight.
“You’ll always be a sweetheart, you know that?” She leaned forward and pulled her into a hug.
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The room was a mess – broken plates all over, scattered fruits and decor, ruffled bed, fallen table, hot and scuffed. And on the floor was Queen Chaska, crying and rolling herself.
Gina was kneeling beside her, tired and out of ideas on ways to calm her down. What else could she possibly do? k*il*l herself?
“Please, My Queen, you might fall ill with this behavior. You’ve been crying for hours now….”
“And what else can I do aside crying, Gina? WHAT ELSE??” she yelled tearfully.
“My entire life is finished! Everything is finished! With Nosheba now being the head, I’m done!!”
She kicked the closest thing beside her and dipped her fingers into her hair.
“Please, My Queen. Please!” Gina pleaded.
“This is not the right way to go about this. There might still be hope…”
“What stupid hope?!” She yelled again. “That witch is carrying the King’s son! She’s carrying the King’s heir and you call that hope?? What hope?!” She yelled bitterly and painfully.
“I’m just tired, Gina! Leave me be! I’m tired”.
She laid flat on the floor and bursted into more tears.
She couldn’t help imagining how Nosheba would rub it all on her face and mocking her about it. How would she walk? How would she live? Just how??
She wailed some more. And just then, a knock was heard.
“I don’t want to see anyone! Tell whoever it is to GET LOST!!” Chaska yelled angrily.
But before Gina could stand up to go to the door, the door went open on its own with Nosheba walking in.