The choice is yours

Chapter 46 The choice is yours The door of my office opened with force that I jolted in fear. I looked up from my laptop, removing my glasses. I watched as Britney stormed into the room, she flung her bag on the sofa and stood in front of me defiantly. 'What the hell Britney?" I asked even though I know what the hell was actually about. She has been trying to get across to me but I haven't shown up at home. I knew she wanted to fight but I wasn't in the mood for it. 'The hell? I think you know what I mean. When was the last time you came home?" She asked. 'As you can see for yourself. I've had a lot to do lately, I have a lot of things to attend to," I said, pointing to the loads of paperwork on my table. 'You mean you've been busy attending to your new fiancé? Crap! What's this engagement all about. You were supposed to get her to hand over the company to you. Why did you decorate her finger with a diamond ring?"she said, shouting on top of her voice. 'This is an office Britney, this can wait till I__" 'Never, this has to be discussed now. The last time I checked, you said Myra didn't matter,that I carry your child in my womb and that's all that matters to you. Tell me what changed in the matter of weeks that you had to flaunt her in front of the whole world?" 'I don't have to tell you about everything, woman. How many times do I have to tell you that I love you, but this that I'm doing is for a greater course." I explained frowning. 'No, you don't, if you do, you won't propose to her. And this that you are playing with, you are being fooled…by Myra. This is all her plan, to cast a spell and to fool you" she said looking dead serious. I burst into laughter and stood up, walking to her. 'Tell me, what does she want again? She is wealthy, I'm the one who wants something that she has and proposing to her is how I'll get it." 'Everything isn't about money, haven't you considered that she wants power, control and possibly revenge?" She replied. 'Revenge on what exactly?" 'Look, I know this sounds strange but she knows about Bella. She knew that I destroyed her face with a broken bottle that night. Only you and I were there,I can't stop thinking about how she got the information?" I continued to observe Britney in silence and at the same time, thinking about the possibilities of all she said. In truth, no one else saw us that night, how did she know about it? 'I don't know what she told you but Myra doesn't seem like a woman who loves to be controlled. Something isn't right about her… she seemed too perfect," she added but i said nothing and then she said the most unlikely thing. 'Unless Bella is alive, Myra claimed they were friends right? What if Bella told her about what happened that night and sent Myra here to cause some trouble?" She pointed out. 'That's not possible, I strictly warned her to never show her face, that I'd kill her if she does." I replied, 'But you didn't kill her right?" She pointed out again. 'That's not possible, she can't possibly survive in this cold world without the wealth of her family. I'm sure she die__" The door opened and Myra walked in, stopping me from finishing the statement. Britney turned towards the sound of the heels. Her expression tightened as she saw Myra, she instantly got worked up at the sight of Myra. 'You are here already?" Myra asked, taking no notice of Britney's bittered expression nor her tensed shoulders. 'Of course, I am." Britney replied sharply. 'This is my husband's office after all. It's you I should be asking why you are here flaunting around him as if you own him." Myra didn't say anything,she merely walked past her. By then, I had walked back to my chair and sat down. Myra got to me and hugged me on the side,then she kissed me on the cheek,her warmth radiating through me. 'That makes the two of us then," she said finally. She sat on my table. As she did this, Britney rushed to her side in anger. She brought up her hand, ready to strike Myra across the face but Myra caught her hand in the air right on time. 'Don't you dare, it seems like you don't know who you are dealing with?" She yanks her hands away , making Britney wince in pain. 'Royce? Are you going to watch why she…why your mistress maltreats me?" Britney said,still rubbing at her hand where Myra held. I looked at both of them wondering what better way to deal with the situation. Even though Britney is my wife,I have something worthwhile to take away from Myra. 'Britney, I think it's high time you left." I said. Britney opened her mouth in shock and with frustration written all over her. 'You can't do this to me. Are you really going to choose her over me? Your wife and the mother of your unborn child?" She queried 'Leave, Britney, if you make me repeat myself, I'll have the security throw you out, " I said. She took one look at me again and sighed with resignation. She took her bag from where she had flung it earlier and she stormed out of the room. 'Is this how I'll have to keep facing ridicule from Britney? Do you know how embarrassed I was when she came to my office?" Myra said immediately Britney left. She stood up from the table and walked away from me. As she stood up, I was able to take a good look at her and she looked stunning as ever. 'What do you mean?" I asked because in truth I'm surprised 'I don't think I'll go through with this engagement and wedding. Maybe we should just call this damn thing off," she said to my utter disbelief. She took the ring off her finger and dropped it on the table. 'What do you mean to call it off, you said yes to me in front of everyone" 'Then what about her? It's bad enough that everyone sees me as the mistress, the home wrecker. Now it's your wife threatening me and wanting to slap me" she said 'Don't take her seriously, she's just jealous as it should be," I said. 'You know she's pregnant right? Maybe it's the pregnancy hormones at work." 'I don't care about that! I can't have her threatening me. Divorce her Royce, I don't want to live as a mistress for the rest of my life." 'That's not possible," I retorted. 'Why not? Marrying me will guarantee a lot of things, I'm wealthy and from a well to do family. Taking out a nobody wouldn't mean anything will it? And also, don't forget the shares you want," she said. At the mention of this I got irritated immediately. 'Come on Myra, what has Britney got to do with the shares?" 'It's your choice, I'll await your response. And the earlier the better," she said and walked out of the room. As she left, Britney's words came rushing to my ears again. ‘She knows about Bella' ‘What if she's here for revenge?' The fact that she was clamouring for me to divorce Britney was disturbing because that was exactly what I did to Bella on the day of our anniversary. Myra had shown up and claimed to be Bella's friend,years later. What if she's here to take revenge just like Britney mentioned. If that turns out to be true,then the earlier the better, I must first get her to become my wife, get her shares and then if she still becomes adamant I'll have to take care of her. I took the engagement ring from the table and tucked it away. It really won't hurt to push Britney aside a bit.