A/N: Hey guys! Here is the next chapter. I think you are going to enjoy it!
"What do you want?" She snapped, suddenly feeling overcome with frustration. How dare he call her? Why does he have the right to call her?
"What do I want?" He scoffed. "You collapse in the middle of court with my child in your belly, and I don't hear anything about what happened." He exclaimed, obviously feeling excluded and undermined. "I got sick of waiting."
"I didn't think my child concerned you after you decide to try to murder it." She sneered, feeling anger boil over in her chest.
"Is my baby ok?" He repeated, sounding overly frustrated with her.
"I don't have to tell you. I'll see you in court tomorrow." She hung up, inhaling a deep breath. She set her phone down on the coffee table, running her hand through her hair. She could feel her blood pressure spike just from talking to that monster. She needed it to go down for the baby. She needs to stay calm she told herself, as she inhaled a deep breath. She sighed heavily, leaning against the door frame.
"You ok?" A gravelly voice came up behind her, as a big hand rubbed over her arms. She could feel the tension that built in her shoulder slowly dissipate away from his touch, bringing her lean into him for comfort.
"I'm fine." She exhaled an exhausted breath, slanting back against Jace's firm body. He brought his arms around her, and she rested against him, feeling his heart beat against her back. She closed her eyes, feeling safe in his embrace, which surprised her. She knew then that she was falling for him. She knew it was bad idea because she met him only a few months ago, but he was here. He has done nothing but support her. She began to wonder if she should just fall, let him be part of her life for good.
"Come back to bed." He kissed her ear lightly, urging her back to her room.
"Ok." She breathed, following him back to her bed. She slipped under the covers, lying on her back. Jace was lying on his side facing her. He kept his eyes fixed on hers, and she refused to look away. He was beautiful. She resisted the urge to gently touch his face. She wanted to run her finger along the curve of his cheek, as he leaned into her fingers.
"Was that Sebastian?" He asked softly, breaking the silence.
"Yeah." She turned her body to face him better, and she kind of wished he was holding her now.
"How did you two meet?" He asked curiously, tucking his hand under his cheek.
"In college, he was rich and good looking." She murmured, remembering the prince like features he had as a young man. She worshipped him when they first started dating. She lost touch with all of her friends quickly. They got married quickly. Everything happened so quickly. "I wasn't very popular in high school, so when this gorgeous, amazing, guy asked me out, I couldn't say no." She ruffled her hair, shaking her head. Jace turned his eyes down at her words, processing the things that she said. He didn't respond for a long time, which made her feel a little nervous.
"Well I think you're beautiful, and honestly you are too good for him even before he committed whatever crimes he had done. He controlled you, and used you to get where he is. He looks shady, but he had a sweet innocent looking girl on his arm. You carried him through his political career. You deserve better than that." He breathed, playing with the slope of her torso
"You think I'm beautiful." She looked up at him under her lashes, feeling slightly astonished. She felt a little silly for only paying attention to that part of his carefully thought through speech, but she felt like a whale these past few months, making her feel ugly and fat. She had spent hours standing in the mirror, staring at her growing stomach, and this is the first time someone had called her beautiful in what seemed like eons.
"I think you are probably one of the sexiest people I have ever met." His hand cupped her hip, sending a jolt of heat down her stomach. She forced herself not to pounce him even though she really wanted to. No sex before marriage. No sex before marriage. She was not putting her morals aside because he made her feel alive for once in a long time.
"Really?" She smiled brightly, tangling her legs with his. She felt her heart pound with excitement, as he ran his thumb along her hip.
"Yes," He leaned down to kiss her lightly, as he brought her closer to him. He grinned against her lips, making her giggle. He drew away, glancing down at her chest. "Your breasts are wet." He scooted back a little bit, pointing at the wet circles on her shirt.
"What?" She squeaked, clambering out of bed, as she ran to the bathroom. Was she leaking breast milk?! She whipped off her shirt, staring at her breast in the mirror. She slid her finger over the nipple, seeing a yellowish fluid. Jace leaned against the bathroom door facing away from her. She blushed heavily, realizing that she left the car door open.
"Everything ok?" He asked softly, keeping his eyes at the wall behind her.
"I'm leaking." She huffed, crumpling her face into her hands. "This is so embarrassing." She fished for her shirt, slipping her shirt over her head.
"It's natural. You are with child. It is to be expected, if I knew you would react this way, I wouldn't have said anything." He came up behind her, resting his shin on her shoulder.
"It's ok." She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Let's go back to sleep." He encouraged quietly, taking her hand. "Or you are going to be too tired for court tomorrow afternoon." He explained softly, knowing that would get her into bed.
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Clary and Alec arrived at court, and even though Clary fainted the last time she was there she felt more confident this time. She wasn't spiraling like she was before, which automatically made her feel better about the hearing. Jace also helped a lot last night. He spoke to her in a way that no one else had while he touched her swollen belly like it was life. He was the only one that had taken the time to touch her like that.
Alec held the little partisan open for her, and she slipped through it, taking a seat at the table. She inhaled a calming breath, resting her hand on her belly for comfort. Her baby deserved to enter a world without his father in it to torture him. Alec stood next to her, shifting through his papers. Clary glanced over at the side door, as Lilith and Sebastian strode out. They sat at the opposite table, and for the first time she didn't feel like crap when she looked at him. She knew he wasn't going to get out of this. She knew that she was going to win.
"We will now begin Morgenstern VS Velrac divorce case. Miss Morgenstern, are you feeling better?" The judge asked, looking sympathetically at her. Her fainting spell might have actually helped her case she realized, knowing that it made her look even more like a victim. That's how she needed to play it because that's what she was.
"Yes, sir," She stood up, soothing her skirts down. "I am doing much better. It was nothing major, and I am feeling great today." She smiled at him before taking her seat again.
"I'm glad to hear that." He grinned at her, inhaling a deep breath. "Now you two may begin."
"My client has inquired to know the medical information involving Miss Morgenstern's pregnancy because it Mr. Velrac's baby. He has the right to know these things." Lilith explained, resting her hands against the table in front of her.
"Since Sebastian forcefully impregnated her, I feel that it is perfectly fair for her to keep these things to herself. She wants to sever all ties with Mr. Velrac for all the cruel things he had done to her like switching out her birth control with a placebo. He has controlled her life for their entire relationship, and she wants to be free of him." Alec rested a hand on her shoulder, turning his eyes to the judge. He was good at this. The first time they were in court she was so out of it she didn't notice Alec's counter arguments or anything.
"He is still the father." Lilith brought up again. Clary hated that he was her father's baby.
"A father who endangered its health by attempted to murder the woman who was carrying it." He clarified, standing firm.
"He has every right to know his child!" Lilith exclaimed loudly. The right? The right? Sebastian assaulted her, and he has the right to know her baby. No. No. He doesn't.
"He has no right!" Clary yelled, pushing out of her seat. White hot rage filled her vision, bursting over the dam into every part of her body. "Sebastian you were the worst thing that ever happened to me! You never loved me. You forced me to get pregnant. You killed my brother! You cheated on me with whores. You lied constantly. You have controlled my entire life, and I hate you. This baby has nothing to do with you not anymore. You screwed me, provided me with your seed, and now I am done with you." She didn't hear the judge screaming for her to calm down and to sit. The gavel was being banged loudly, but she didn't care.
"Please I was the best thing the ever happened to you. You would be nothing without me. I gave you everything you could have possibly needed and more. At least I'm not trying to fill this void by fucking a carbon copy of the person who tricked me! You are a fool. You made it too easy for me." Sebastian shouted deafeningly, looking furious as she huffed with fury.
"You don't know anything about me! You only wanted to use me, and I am sick of it, I am sick of you, and I wish you were dead!" She screamed, feeling like she was going to tear her hair out with frustration.
"I will have order in this court!" The judge yelled. "If either of you say one more thing, I will hold you for contempt." He threatened, glaring at the two of them. Sebastian flipped the table, making Clary flinched heavily. She held her hand over her heart, feeling it pound heavily in her chest.
"Screw you!" Sebastian stated, seeming overwhelmingly angry. "This whole thing is ridiculous. You are the most annoying needy women I have ever been with, and I was good to you for 10 years. I never hit you, I never raped you, and I never withheld anything from you. You didn't deserve anything I gave you." He snarled at her, clinching his jaw.
"Officer, please take them down to the cells." The judge boomed.
"What?! I didn't say anything! I'm pregnant you can't put me in a cell with him. He tried to kill me." She exclaimed with disgust, as an officer came up behind her.
"We have more than one cell. I have never seen such outrageous behavior before. You should be ashamed of yourselves." The judge scolded them, as they were escorted out of the room together.
Thankfully, the two cells were empty, so they were alone. She paced back and forward for a few second before sitting on the bench in the cell. She glared at the bars surrounding her, knowing she didn't belong here. She shouldn't have yelled like that, and the only excuse she could think of was that her hormone shifted or something. She has never had an outburst like that before, which scared her. She wasn't an angry person. She didn't know what to do with herself now.
Clary huffed with crossed arms, as she sat down on the bench. She hated that she had to spend even more time with Sebastian then she had to. Now they were stuck next to each other for who knows how long, and she just wanted to leave. She wanted to be done with him, but she still had two trials and this disaster to deal with. She ran her hand over her stomach lightly, scratching where she felt the baby's movements. At least this little guy still seemed happy. She tried to calm herself down because stress wasn't good for baby Jon's development.
"You never said if the baby was ok." Sebastian spoke up after several minutes of tense silence.
"He's fine." She muttered, starting at her enlarged stomach.
"It's a boy?" He questioned, glancing over at him. She nodded silently, dropping her head back against the wall. She played with her fingers, beginning to feel overly frustrated with herself for over reacting in the court house. Her face felt hot with anger and disappointment, and she couldn't get it to go away. "Good carry on the family name." He stated quietly, obviously wanting to talk to her. If he wanted to talk, she had some questions at ask.
"I'm not letting you take his name too." She bit out. "Why did you switch out my birth control?" She asked, looking over at him.
"I knew you were going to leave. I couldn't have that, now could I? It would ruin my career. I switched it out two weeks before you filed for a divorce because we were still screwing around then, and it stuck. I knew you wouldn't leave after that." He shrugged, yawning heavily.
"You could have asked me about wanting a baby. I probably would have said yes." She huffed, running her fingers through her hair. She wanted a child for years, and Sebastian always said no. He always said that they needed to wait just a little bit longer.
"You were about to file for a divorce. You wouldn't have agreed. I knew the second you were unsure about us because you started spending 5 days a week with Isabelle." He explained, looking up at the ceiling.
"I always hung out with Isabelle." She exclaimed, furrowing her brow at him.
"Not that much." He snorted, crossing his arms.
"I really want some goldfish with cheesecake ice cream." She mumbled, feeling her stomach grumble. Sebastian didn't respond, and she was glad for it. They were done talking, probably forever.
They reminded in silence after that. She felt her eyes begin to water because she was so tired of the fighting. This is the first civil conversation they've had in months, making her realize it was always like this. It was always stiff and quiet. Tears slipped down her cheeks when she realized that the only reason she was with him was because she thought Sebastian was the best she could do. She inhaled a sharp breath, wiping her eyes. She thought everything he said was true until recently, making her breath catch in her throat. She didn't want to cry in front of him, but she couldn't stop it. She was happy that Sebastian didn't say anything about it.
"Clary Morgenstern, you are free to go." The guard unlocked her ceil, holding it open for her. She inhaled a deep breath, rubbing her eyes in attempt to compose herself before having to face anyone else. She stepped outside, seeing Alec there.
"Hey." He looked sympathetically at her, holding his arms out for a hug. She held onto him, resting her head on his chest. "You shouldn't have done that. I had the judge where I wanted him, and we could have been done today." He breathed, rubbing her back.
"I know. It's these stupid hormones. I'm angry one minute, sad the next." She grumbled, releasing him.
"Let me take you home." He rested his hand on her back, leading her out of the court house. Alec huffed, pulling his phone out of the pocket. "What?" He asked before grinning widely. "Really? What changed?... Ok, I'll meet you tomorrow 8 am at my office." He hung up, smirking heavily. "Sebastian settled. He's giving you everything. He said he wanted his son to have everything he needs in life." Alec looked proud of himself for winning the case, but now Clary didn't want his money. She wanted his money because she didn't want to work to support her baby, but she didn't want it knowing that he gave it to her out of pity. Even though he said it was for the kid, Clary knew it was because she fainted and cried in front of him.
"Great." She bit out, stepping out into the sun.
A/N: So she won the divorce case, now for his trial! I seriously love writing this Sebastian the anger the passions. It is awesome. I know none of you know Sebastian's motives yet, but I love them. I have the last scenes written, and it is powerful and crazy. I don't know how long it will be till the end, but I am excited for it.
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