Belina - S02 E18 (Story Episode)

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Belina - S02 E18 (Story Episode)

Read Story: SEASON 2 EPISODE 18

I stood right there, at the
entrance of Oyinade’s office,
staring in utter shock. I
could not believe my eyes.

Oyinade was definitely
oblivious of the fact that I
was in the office as she
held on to Richard like a
lifeline. Richard tried to
detach her on sighting me
but she clung to his shirt,
too busy crying. I had left
my office for Richard’s,
when I saw Oyinade’s door
open. I wanted to bypass it
and come back later to see
her but a familiar shirt
stopped me. The alarm
went off in my head as I
stepped closer and I
instantly became convinced
that Richard was there. I
did not remember common
courtesy which required me
to knock before entering, I
just pushed the door wider
and there, before me was
Richard holding a crying
Oyinade to his chest with
his arms all over her.

Richard pushed Oyin away
and her shock was evident
when she saw me. Tears
filled my eyes to the brim
but I refused to give them
the pleasure of seeing me
in tears. I ran out of the
office which was already
chocking me. I heard
Richard calling but I ran out
like a crazy love-struck
teenager to the amazement
and shock of the staff.

Thank God we had a staff
entrance and the patients
could not see me. I could
not hold the tears as I ran, it
came cascading down
without stopping. I could
not stop, no, I could not. I
felt like throwing up, and I
did. Thank God no one was
there.

I felt Richard’s approach
even before I heard it. I
sprung to my feet,
desperate to get as far
away from him as possible.
He called me over and over
but I turned a deaf ear,
wiping more tears from my
face but it didn’t stop.

Richard grabbed my hand
fiercely from behind.

“What
is wrong with you, Bell?
Would you at least let me
explain” he yelled, looking
angry.

I shook myself out of his
grasp. “Let me go” I
shouted
“What you saw was
nothing. I… she was going
through an emotional
breakdown caused by her
fiancé and –”

“And what? And you
decided to offer yourself as
a substitute?” I said with
pure anger.

He looked outraged and
pained. “What? You don’t
trust me? for how long
have you had that doubt
honey?” he said folding his
arms around his chest.
“That girl told me… she told
me yesterday but I did not
believe her. I trusted you
cos I thought you loved me”
I kept on lamenting,
vibrating with tears of
anger and hurt.

“What nonsense are you
saying? What girl? What did
she tell you?” I was
confused.

I just could not stop my
tears and even though
Richard was deeply angry
and hurt, he could not bare
to see me cry. I saw it in his
eyes. I became very dizzy
and everything rotated
around me. I felt Richard’s
arms around me in an
instant but I still summoned
strength to ask him to get
his filthy arms away from
me. He did not seem to hear
because he never left me
and I passed into a realm of
nothingness.

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Oyinade jubilated like she
never had in her life. She
never expected things to
turn out the way they did.
She had merely wanted to
put ideas into Richard’s
mind by pressing herself to
him. She could not imagine
anyone being immune to
her charms. She had also
hoped that if luck shined on
her, she would have
someone see them who
could carry the gossip to
Belina.

She had planned on seeing
Belina though, just to taunt
her with words but she
doubted that they would
have very far known that
she was a psychologist and
could deduce truth from lie
with a glance. A wide, evil
grin spread across her face
as she dialed Ronke’s
number to give her the
good news.
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Richard held Belina in his
capable hands, racing
towards the hospital. His
heart was pounding wildly
even though he knew that
she just fainted and would
awaken soon.

“Bell… sweetie c’mon wake
up” he kept on saying as he
carried her. He entered
through the staff side and
some of the staff members
were around him in an
instant. They placed Belina
on the stretcher and
wheeled her into one of the
rooms. Richard was denied
entrance and he stood
outside fuming in veiled
anger which was just a
camouflage for the deep
worry in him. He wanted to
vex his power and authority
as the head and owner of
the hospital in order to
enter but he knew that the
doctor was doing what he
was paid to do. Apart from
that, he is not one to be
found guilty of pride. If he
had been in a better state
and if it hadn’t been Belina,
he would have guessed
what the matter was
without waiting for the
doctor’s report. He would
have guessed it right from
the start but some things
just skips you when you are
with the one you love.

Doctor Felix approached
with a smiling face. Even if
Belina were awake, Richard
still could not see why he
should be smiling happily.
“She is alright sir but asleep
now” he said still smiling.

Richard breathed deeply as
a sign of relief, still curious
though. Doctor Felix was
deeply happy for the couple
as he had been part of their
waiting period. He is a year
older than Richard but he
respected him more than
he could ever respect
someone five years older
than him. Apart from
Richard being his boss, he
had taught him humility. He
treated everyone equally
and even though he was
probably the youngest
millionaire in Nigeria, he
was not puffed up with
pride. The same goes for
the ever beautiful Belina, he
thought. The relationship
Richard shared with his
wife was one that he would
wish to have if he finally
found the right person.

He held Richard’s gaze with
a grin, wondering how he
could have missed that fact
considering his unequalled
doctorate skills.

“Congrats
sir, you are going to be a
father”
Richard blinked and
swallowed hard. “W… what
are… what are you talking
about?” he stammered.
Kelvin expected this.

“Your
wife is pregnant sir”