Sonny stared in disbelief and literally felt the world around her become numb. Tears threatened to fall from her chocolate brown eyes but they wouldn't budge. All of a sudden, the man in front of her didn't look like her husband. She felt a million and one knives prick at her wounded heart. It all still felt unreal, she was hopping he'd come home and explain that everything was one big misunderstanding. But, it was the exact opposite.
It'd been at least a few minutes since Chad had dished everything to her. And still, they stood in silence.
"Sonny, say something please?" he begged raspily.
She shook her head still trying to wrap her head around the situation and cleared her burning throat.
"Sonny say something, please", Chad pleaded straining his watery blue eyes.
"How could you?" her voice hiccupped unsteadily as reluctant tears finally fell down to her cheeks.
"I'm sorry, but it was during the time we were separated and-
"You made a fool out of me", she sobbed slapping his hands away when he tried to reach out to her. "All this time, and you didn't tell me about her?" she screamed uncontrollably as her voice echoed through out the house.
Coop sprinted from the living room on his paws to the next room to avoid any further drama.
Sonny shook her head in disbelief and backed away from Chad as if he was a monster. She held onto her stomach as if to make sure it was still there, and that all of this wasn't some horrible, horrible nightmare.
"I know you're angry but will you please calm down before you hurt our baby?" Chad asked cautiously inching closer to her.
"Our baby?" Sonny laughed bitterly while choking back tears. Her mascara had smudged, her hair had fallen from its polished ponytail and she could care less. "My baby? You already have a child on the way with Portlyn", she accused running her fingers through her hair agitatedly.
"Sonny don't say that-
"You know what the worst part is?" she sobbed. "You didn't have the guts to tell me".
"Because I don't even know if its mine! And I love you-
Chad was abruptly cut off when Sonny's palm slapped his face hard square on the jaw on impulse. The sound echoed throughout the house.
"I hate you!" she barked icily. "You never loved me or this baby", Sonny screamed at the top of her lungs
He held his jaw, still stunned by the sudden force but stopped and refocused on his distressed wife.
"You don't mean that", Chad shook his head sniffing. He was never the emotional kind, but now it felt like everything he had worked so hard for was evaporating right in front of him. Without even a warning.
"How could you?" Sonny screamed choking on her tears as they fell from her eyes like a waterfall, once it started there was no stopping.
Chad felt like the scum of the earth, here his wife was balling her eyes out in so much pain because of something he did. It felt like he could never do anything right anymore. All he wanted to do was grab her in his arms and take the pain away if he could.
Sonny slumped against the wall and fell on her bottom shaking out her unkempt hair in disbelief, screaming and crying at the same time.
He cautiously approached her and gently tried to lift her off the floor but she slapped him away again, he gripped her in a tight hug to stop the flow of the tears but it didn't stop. She tried to wiggled and squirm but he towered over her and it was nearly impossible.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry", he repeated muffled into her neck ignoring the slaps and kicks she was throwing his way. He could barely feel them anyway.
"I hate you!", Sonny screamed over and over again trying to slap Chad off of her but he didn't budge until she tired herself out and let him hug her. She didn't even want him to touch her, she needed somebody and he was closest.
Chad quickly eased and hugged her, locking his arms across her whole body and kissed her hot cheeks.
"I am so sorry I didn't tell you sooner. Trust me, every time I tried something came up", he whispered stroking the back of her head and felt her petite body shake against his chest.
Although he felt somewhat relieved the secret was off his chest, it felt like one more problem was thrust upon him.
He felt her arms lift across his waist and squeezed him before she unraveled from the hug.
There was silence, besides the running bath water from the downstairs bathroom.
Sonny's face was a deep red, her makeup had been smeared and she could feel the world literally falling into pieces. Finally, she'd forced herself to calm down but she was still clearly upset. The last thing a pregnant woman wanted to hear was that her husband may or may not have fathered a child.
She was still trying to wrap her mind around it. How could she not have known?
"Sonny", Chad pleaded. " Say something, please I'll do whatever you want".
"I don't I like you very much right now. I'll never trust you again", she sniffed shaking her head and felt a fresh batch of tears coming but she shook them away while walking toward the doorstep.
"I understand", he nodded sincerely and batted his baby blue eyes to hide the pain he was feeling.
Sonny wiped her puffy red eyes with the palms of her hands distraught on the first step of the staircase.
"I don't think you should sleep here tonight", she confirmed before slowly walking up the stairs.
"Okay", he added disappointedly and felt his eyes burn from the tears he was holding back. If it was any ordinary fight he'd be arguing back but he knew he was in the wrong so he had to respect whatever she said.
After an hour had passed he decided it was safe to saunter to his bedroom and retrieve an overnight bag for his visit with James.
As soon as she heard the doorknob turn Sonny rolled over to her side, so he'd think she was sleeping. She didn't want to speak to him at the moment.
Chad lifted slightly once he saw Sonny resting peacefully. He quickly shifted his attention to his bag as he made his way toward his walk in closet. He was stressing her out, which meant he was putting his unborn child in danger so he thought the best would be to just spend the night at James and wait until thing blew over.
After his bag was packed her over looked the spacious sleek room and felt the chills at their cracked bedroom window. Sonny always forgot to close it, and wound up with a cold. Chad walked over closing the window and sighed watching Sonny.
He lifted the duvet cover from her ankles and pulled it over her body and kissed her forehead.
"I'm sorry I never treated you right", he whispered into her ear because he knew she was sleeping. Sonny's eyes blinked opened but Chad was already at the door about to leave.
"I love you", he told her sleeping frame before gently closing the door.
Sonny stayed on her side and shook uncontrollably as slow tears made their way down her cheeks.
This can't be happening.
…….
It did, Sonny confirmed when she abruptly woke in a cold sweat after recapping the events of last night and sighed. It was one of the first nights she slept without Chad and hated it, it seemed like she heard every noise in the house and without something to cling to at night she felt lonely.
Her feet hit the white carpet floors sluggishly as she strolled into the master bathroom. She nearly flinched at her reflection.
She didn't recognize herself the woman in the mirror had bags underneath her eyes, in unison with smudge makeup and it looked like she had never smiled a day in her life.
Sonny ran her fingers through her matted hair and resisted the urge to cry, she was taken over with anger instead.
Portlyn, that lying, conniving, home wrecker.
A thought popped in her head during her morning shower and brushing her teeth, she thought she'd pay her good friend Portlyn an innocent little visit.
After blow drying her hair and throwing on clothes, Sonny found herself revving up the engine of Chad's Range Rover. She assumed he took the Mercedes with him last night.
….
Chad toyed with the keys of his Mercedes absently where he sat at the breakfast table with James and his current squeeze who sat on his lap stroking his dark hair. She was a blond Tawni look alike. And since, Tawni was on vacation with her boyfriend Travis, the bottle blond was the closest thing he could get.
All morning Chad had been moping around like a sad puppy, he hadn't eaten or slept. All he could think about was Sonny and the baby, and if he were ever going to get them back.
He flopped his head on the hickory table dejectedly. "I'm such a screw up", he pounded his head up and down like a hammer.
"Aren't we all?" James winked and tapped the blond's thigh for her to give him and his best friend some privacy.
"Where do you want me?" the aspiring actress asked seductively in her barely there clothing.
"Bedroom Tawni", he added casually.
The girl scoffed. "Its Tonya", she confirmed with an eye roll before slamming his bedroom shut.
"Females", James stated casually. "Never can find a good one".
"I had a good one", Chad said remorsefully, thinking of how bad he had ruined things with Sonny and was about to thump his head again but James stopped him.
"Easy there buddy", he tapped Chad's shoulder. " You bruising yourself won't help, man".
"I don't know what to do", he rubbed his temples distraught. " She's so pissed with me, I don't think she'll ever-
"Its not like you cheated on her really, you guys were separated she's not mad over the sex part", James said knowingly. " It's the fact you didn't trust her enough to tell her the truth", James concluded logically.
Chad crinkled his brows with a lazy grin, it amazed him every time his hard partying playboy bachelor best friend actually made since.
James laughed, " I can be deep too. But anyways", he concluded you have to stop feeling sorry for yourself and jump back in the game and fight for her". All the speaking of love inspired him about his current situation with his ex Tawni. He loved her more than life but she was with Travis now.
"You're right!", Chad rose pumping his fist. " You should do the same to", he called over his shoulder before walking into the living room to call Sonny.
"Yeah", James breathed absently with his phone pressed to his ear. He sighed when she answered after a few rings.
"Hello?" her voiced sounded sluggish and groggy.
"Taw, its me", James beamed hearing her voice.
Tawni quickly recognized his voice and slid from underneath Travis's protective arm where they slept in the middle of the night in their luxury hotel.
"Are you nuts, its 3am here", she hissed with a yawn in the darkened hotel room.
"Sorry", James quickly stated. "But I had to speak to you".
"Why?" she snapped, she was always angry when she didn't get her beauty sleep.
"I love you".
"What?" her tone quickly died down a few notched and became instantly softer.
"I love Tawni, I always have dude. You don't love that Travis guy like you do me. Let's just give us another try, I promised I've changed".
Tawni tugged at her blond curl with a heavy sigh, she quickly scolded herself for even considering his offer.
"I can't", she quickly stated.
"Fine, I'll fight for you", he stated defiantly.
"Goodbye, I'm hanging up", she confirmed quickly ending the call.
Travis stirred still sleep. " Who was that?" he yawned sleepily.
"No one", she lied and slipped back underneath his grasp to keep her mind off James.
….
"She loves me" James confirmed to Chad who held up his index finger.
"Sonny?" he asked nervously.
"I can't talk now", she confirmed grabbing her purse from the passenger side furiously.
"Wait", he quickly stated. "Where are you?"
"Visiting a friend", she quickly hung up parked in front of Portlyn's condo. She was so angry, so deceived and betrayed she wasn't sure if it was a good plan to see Portlyn but now it was too late.
Sonny sauntered up onto the front of the house and buzzed the doorbell, after a few more rings Portlyn appeared swinging her hair open. She smiled, surprised to see Sonny and flipped her jet black hair off her shoulders.
Sonny didn't smile back, but instead bit her bottom lip before going off too soon.
" Hey girlfriend what's up? Come on in".
You'll find out, Sonny thought.
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