A/N:Thank you everyone for your reviews, follows, and favorites! Wow you guys are awesome! I loved reading your reviews! I'm so glad everyone enjoyed the last chapter , here is chapter 43 enjoy!
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Chapter 43: Forgiveness
"I'm so sorry, just please let me explain, I love you, please call me back", I say into the receiver between tears as I leave my 10 voicemail for Richard to call me back.
I try to wipe some of the tears away as I wait for my ride to get here. After Richard stormed out of his office and left the party, Bruce had offered me a ride home but I had declined. Rachel's car pulls up near the curb and she unlocks the door for me to get in.
"Kori, what's wrong?" she asks.
"I screwed up Raven, Richard is never going to trust me again", I say and burst into tears.
We drive home in silence with only the sound of me crying, Raven parks the car and turns it off.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" she asks.
"I—", I say but my words are choked with tears.
"Let's get you cleaned up and then we can talk", Rachel says.
We both get out the car and walk up the steps for the apartment, I open the door and Raven and I step inside the apartment.
"I'll fix us some tea", Rachel says.
I nod and go upstairs, I walk into the master bedroom and flip on the switch, I look around and notice it's exactly the way it was when I left for the party, 'Of course Richard didn't come home' I think to myself.
I go to the bathroom and turn on the shower, I glance in the mirror and cringe, I look as bad as I feel, my hair is frizzy, my mascara left streaks on my cheek, there are bruises in the shape of fingers where Slade grab me, I quickly wash my face and jump in and take quick shower. After I finish I dry off and change into pajamas. I open one of Richard's drawers and pull out one of his t-shirts and a pair of sweat pants.
I grab my phone and try to call Richard again, "Voicemail box full" the machine says. I sigh and go downstairs, the kettle whistles and Rachel fixes the tea, "I baked some cookies too", Rachel says.
"You bake?" I ask surprised.
"Yea, living with Gar has taught me a few things, plus there are directions on the back of the package so that always helps", she says.
I smile a little and grab my tea and plate of cookies and go to the living room.
Rachel then sits next to me,"Now can tell me what happened", she says.
I sigh, "It's a long story", I say.
Rachel says, "I have time, plus I think talking will help", she says.
"Ok, well Richard's company is doing this merger with this guy Slade Wilson; Slade has been obsessed with me since we meet. He sent me tons of gifts and he called me and said he would hurt Richard if I didn't sleep with him I had enough and decide to do something about it. So I got him to confess on tape what he would threaten Richard and that was when things got….. complicated", I say and picture Richard's hurt face as he looked at me.
"Complicated how?" Rachel says.
"Basically, I tried to leave but Slade grabbed me and kissed me and that was when Bruce and Richard stepped in. Slade antagonized Richard into thinking that we were having an affair this whole time", I say, "Richard didn't even give me a chance to explain", I say.
"Wow", Rachel says.
"You should have seen the look on Richard's face, I never seen him look so….betrayed", I say, "I screwed up Rachel"; I say and wipe away the fresh tears in my eyes.
"Kori, it'll be ok, Dick just needs some time to cool off", she says.
"I just feel so bad, I should have told him what was happening", I say.
"You thought you could handle the situation on your own, it's not your fault", Rachel says.
"Then why do I feel so guilty", I say and burst into tears.
Rachel decided to spend the night; we mostly talk and watch movies, in order to keep my mind off Richard. I check my phone one last time to see if he called, before I slowly drift off to sleep.
It morning and I feel even more groggy than before, my eyes are still a bit puffy from crying last night and my throat is sore and dry. I check my phone again and see that there is still no call from Richard.
"You sure you going to be ok", Rachel says as she finishes eating her breakfast.
"Yea, I'll be fine", I say.
"Ok, call me if you need anything", Rachel says.
"I will", I say and give her a hug, "Thanks Rachel", I say.
After Rachel leaves, I take a quick shower and change into another pair of Richard's shirt and sweatpants, I then go downstairs and flop on the couch and turn on the TV, I start flipping through channel not really caring what is on. My mind keeps wondering to what Richard is doing now, I lift up his t-shirt to my nose and inhale his scent.
"I miss you, so much", I say wishing he was here with me.
I wake up and to the sound of the door opening, I glance at my phone, '6 pm I must have doze off' I think to myself. I get off the couch and freeze as I see who is walking in.
"Hi", I say as Richard is walks in.
"Hey", Richard says and sets his keys on the table.
I stand their awkwardly, "Look Richard, I'm sorry about what happened last night, I want you to know I would never cheat on you, I only with Slade that night to get him to confess, that he was going to a hurt you so I could have evidence to turn to the police", I explain.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asks.
"I thought I had the situation, I had the situation under control, and I had handled it for the past couple of weeks", I say.
"Weeks?" Richard says in disgust, "How long has this been going on?" he asks.
I sigh, "Since we had dinner with him at Wayne Manor", I say.
"The flowers?" he asks.
"They were from him", I say.
Richard runs his hand through his hair and throws his phone in the corner of the room in frustration.
"Damn it Kori! You've hid this from me for weeks! Why!?" he yells.
"I'm sorry!" I yell, "Slade threatened to hurt you and your company if he didn't get what he wanted! I didn't want to see you get hurt! So I couldn't tell you!" I yell.
"So you thought lying to me would be the best way to protect me?!" Richard yells.
"In a way yes, like I said I'm sorry Richard", I say and start to cry, "Just get it over with already", I say.
"What are you talking about?" Richard asks.
"You obviously came here to yell and me and serve me divorce papers right?" I say and continue to cry.
I hear a noise, I look up and see that Richard is laughing, "How could you be laughing at a time like this!" I yell and whack his arm in frustration.
Suddenly Richard leans in and kisses me, I open my eyes in surprise, but slowly kiss him back, Richard wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me closer to him, I start to melt into the kiss, and Richard pulls back.
"So that was… unexpected", I say.
Richard chuckles and leans in so that our foreheads are touching, "You drive me crazy sometimes Kori, but you're the love of my life Kori, I could never divorce you", he says, "This has been yours since the day I meet you", he says and places my hand over his heart.
I smile, "You basically knocked me off my feet the first time I meet you", I say.
Richard laughs, "I love you too much, to divorce you over one stupid argument", he says.
"I'm sorry Richard, for everything, I shouldn't have lied to you and I should have told you about the Slade situation when it began", I say.
"I'm sorry too", Richard says.
"For what?" I ask curiously.
"For running out on you like that, the day of the party, I should have given you a chance to explain but I was just so angry at the moment", he says.
"It's ok", I say and sigh, "I'm just glad we got everything out in the open now", I say.
"Let's make a deal, to be more honest with each other and the next time a sociopath tries to sleep with you tell me and we can handle it together", he says.
I laugh, "Deal", I say.
"You know what we need?" Richard asks.
"Um makeup sex?" I ask.
"I was going to say ice cream but that works too", Richard says and leads me upstairs.
I text Rachel and let her know everything is good between me and Richard as I continue cooking the special dinner since I decided that it is time I told Richard the big news.
I put the finishing touches on the dinner and light the candles on the kitchen table.
"Whoa what's all this", Richard says, he comes downstairs barefoot dressed in jeans and a white shirt, freshly shaven.
"I just decide to cook dinner for my lovely wonderful husband", I say and kiss his him.
The kiss gets more heated and I pull away, "Maybe we should forget the dinner and continue what we were doing upstairs", he says and kisses me again.
I grin, "That is very tempting but you might change your mind after you see what I cooked", I say.
Richard sighs and sits down at the table; I go to the kitchen and grab our plates.
"Wow this is amazing, all my favorites!" he says.
"Dig in", I say and sit down at the table.
"This is really good", he says and continues eating.
"Thanks", I say, "You can thank Alfred for giving me the recipe", I say.
"I will", he says.
After we finish eating, Richard helps me clean up and wash the dishes.
"That was some dinner", he says and
"Well there a reason why I cooked you this dinner", I say, "I have something to tell you", I say.
"Ok", Richard says hesitantly.
I take a deep breath, "I'm pregnant" I say as calm as I can.
Richard jaw drops as he stares at me surprised, "You're what?" he asks.
"I'm pregnant", I say again.
Richard composes himself and walks over to me, he then places a hand on my stomach, "We're having a baby", and he says and smiles.
"Yes, we're having a baby", I say and smile too.
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