MONA'S POV
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"Any ideas for our launch party?" I asked my marketing team.

They all murmured at once,making me hold my aching head. I watched as they all pitched ideas of their own like kindergartners.

"Enough!" I yelled.

The room immediately got quiet. I smiled internally in satisfaction.

"Now. Put your ideas forward. One. At a time" I gave them a look I would give a four year old.

They nodded.

"We could start with the theme of the party?" Kath suggested.

I nodded and gestured for her to continue.

"We could go 80s theme? Or 1800s England??" She asked nervously.

I thought about it. Should we do what she suggested?. I'll give others a chance first.

"Ok kath I'll put that into consideration. Let's hear others" I said.

"Some kind of Halloween theme where we can attend in a costume of some sorts"

"We could do a masquerade ball" I kinda like that one if I was in 5th grade and still obsessed with barbie dolls.

"How about a....."

They all pitched great ideas but my mind kept going back to kath's idea. My mom would love going back to the 90s.

"Ok I've made a decision." They all waited in apprehension.

"I'll go with kath's idea. 80s theme not 1800s England" I said.

Most groaned others smiled widely. I rolled my eyes. "You guys can start with the preparations for it" with that I left the boardroom.

I entered my office,gathered my stuff and left the company. I drove straight home. I was tired and hungry and my feet friggin hurts.

I needed to stop wearing heels unless I wanted to hurt my baby. Which I did not.

When I got home. Again I was too lazy to cook. So I went to my parents house to take some of theirs. They ain't complaining. Well dad wasn't mom was irritated at me for not cooking myself.

After I had ate. I took a long hot shower. It's been a while since I really relaxed my muscles. For some Reason my mind went back to the night my baby was made.

That's was the only time I felt truly relaxed. I sighed softly. I've Avoided any thoughts of Travis. Especially the ones about telling him he's gonna be a father.

I'm not telling him. Not now or ever. Call me selfish or unreasonable, I don't care. I'm still not telling him. He didn't even look like the person who would want a child. Heck I'm not.

After my shower settled on my bed and I opened my laptop. Time to do some research on my pregnancy.

I learnt that I'm almost through my first trimester at 9 weeks. I needed to go for a check up to know how my baby's really doing.and for my prenatal care.

I found a private gynaecologist who works for celebrities and Rich moguls. I booked an appointment for this weekend.

I finally closed my laptop. I rubbed my still flat tummy. I hope my baby's doing ok.

I went to sleep that night thinking about when I'll finally see my baby. I'm in love.

"Now for the music. Since it's a 80s theme the music should be too. The likes of Micheal Jackson to Phil Collins,fela and so on" kath says.

I put her in charge of the preparations for the party. I honestly couldn't put the burden on my shoulders. I'm pregnant I can't hurt my baby.

Gosh the baby isn't born yet it's already got me wrapped around their little finger. I smiled.

My staffs eyed me curiously but also startled. My smile quickly dropped and I cleared my throat.

I noticed Kath had even stopped talking still surprised at my smile. Wow. I was still human.

"Please. Continue" I said to kath.

She fumbled a little before continuing her speech.

"And finally we would be serving light snacks and soft drinks." She finished.

I was impressed. We still had to wait till the actual party. I'm not exactly a perfectionist but I still want this party to be hitch free.

"The venue?" I asked.

"We've booked eco hotels and suits for the 22nd of September"

"Good" as usual I only came to check up on things.

I left the office and went home.

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"Monachim?"

I turned to the voice and paused. I blinked at her wondering why she would think it was a good idea to call my name.

"What?" My voice was colder than i intended,which confused me. I had no more bad blood with her. I moved on a long time ago.

"Can-can i speak to you?" She asked meekly.

I stared at he apprehensively " Why? What do you want to talk about?"

She retracted,shocked by my spite. Why was she shocked? I had a good reason why i should not be nice to her.

"It's...just-"

"Spit it out" i snapped.

"I just wanted to apologize" she said as she lowered her gaze from mine.

"For what exactly?" I questioned.

"...Everything" she sighed.

I gave her a look before exhaling.

"Come with me" I told her and made my way into the ice cream shop.

I came cause i was craving something icy. And ice cream was all i could think about. I had bumped into her at the entrance.

She followed closely behind me.

I took a seat and gestured for her to take one as well. I sighed and stared at her expectantly.

"First of all. I want to say I'm extremely sorry for all the pain I've caused you. It was never my intention to hurt you" she said.

"What was your intention then?" I cocked a mocking eyebrow at her and she looked away.

"Look. That night.-" she said referring to the night i caught her and micheal together " I promise all was not as it seemed" we locked eyes.

I furrowed my eyebrows "Continue"

"After your trip to moscow micheal called me over,saying he wanted to tell me something important. And when i got there,immediately i knew something was wrong when he kept looking at me like he wanted to eat me.

I asked what was so important and he proceeded to lock the door first. Mona-" her eyes were filled with remorse"- I know it's partly my fault for not stopping him. But he kissed me. I was shocked at first. Mona i knew what i was doing something terrible but for some reason i couldn't stop. And when he told me he had always had eyes for me and was only with you because of the benefits he was getting from you i threw caution out the window" She confessed.

After hearing all that she said all i felt at the moment was absolute rage. I felt resentful towards her and if i didn't leave that moment i was going to explode.

"So you're telling me. Because he told you a beautiful lie you decided to disgrace yourself by sleeping with him?" I asked as calmly as i possibly could.

"I'm sorry mona. I really am-"

"Shut up!" I snapped as i glared daggers at the girl i once called best friend. "I never want to see your face again" With that i walked away.

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