kiel Anderson’s Ascendency.

CHAPTER TWO.

As soon as Kiel ventured into the hotel room, his phone beeped with a message but he didn’t bother to check it yet. He was too tired to tend to the phone at the moment, a shower and some rest would help but what Gladys said wound its way into his head again. Maybe there was a mistake somewhere, he didn’t even want to think about it, she must be very busy and that’s why it was difficult to talk to his wife.

With that at the back of his head, Kiel grabbed  a neat towel from the stand and  plodded into the bathroom to have a nice shower. Standing under the sun for a while, his body was already reacting to it.

After a few minutes, he walked back out from the bathroom with a towel tied around his waist and this was when he met his mobile phone ringing nonstop.

Heaving a sigh, he picked it up and realized it was his wife. Immediately he pressed the receive button and placed the phone against his ear.

“Hello” his deep husky voice rang into the phone, “luckily you called”

“Did you check your mail?” Roselyn asked him, she didn’t even bother to acknowledge him.

“That is what you are going to ask?” A slight frown appeared on his forehead, “I came by the house and I was told your mother asked them not to let me in and that aside, what am I hearing? You gave birth?”

He heard Roselyn heave a sigh from the other end, “of course you heard correctly”

She didn’t even bother to hide it, how could she? It was not like Kiel had anything to show for himself or he was 

going to do anything to her.

“I had a son”

“What do you mean you had a son?” Kiel was a bit confused, “what nonsense are you saying now? When were you even pregnant?” He had never been more confused in his entire life.

Six months ago he had gone on a trip in place of his mother in law because she said she could not make it only for him to come back home today and his wife gave birth? What nonsense was that?

“Look Kiel” Roselyn called out to him, her voice was devoid of any kind of emotion or concern towards him, 

“You should just check your mail and get back to me. I do not have the strength to argue with you”

“What?” Kiel clenched his jaw, was she kidding him right now?

“Don’t stress the mother of my son, Kiel” a familiar voice resonated in his ears from the other end and he was sure that voice belonged to Andrew, what the hell was going on?

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“Just end the call” he heard Roselyn from the other end and like that the call ended leaving him more bewildered than ever.

Was this some kind of joke or what? How was this even possible?

Not bothering to even check his mail again, he grabbed a T-shirt from his backpack and a pair of pants before making his way out of the room.

Flagging down a taxi, Kiel was on his way to the Campbell mansion. He wanted his wife to look him in the eyes and tell him what she said over the phone.

Unluckily for him, when he arrived, his mother in law was driving out and the minute she saw him, she told her chauffeur to stop.

“Why does he keep coming back here?” She hissed silently while climbing out of the car.

“Kiel, I thought you went to a hotel?”

“What is happening, mother?” He went straight to the point, “why aren’t you allowing me into the house and what nonsense was Roselyn saying?”

“I suggest you watch your tongue, young man” madam Campbell would hear no wrong about her daughter, “didn’t you check your mail?”

“I need to see her”

“You can not”

“I have to see my wife, Mother”

“Your ex wife, you mean?” The old lady blurted and for a moment, Kiel froze. He was not expecting to hear this after not seeing his wife for six months.

“What….

“Look Kiel” madam Campbell leaned closer to him, “you are causing a ruckus outside my gate and I am sure it is disturbing my grandson inside, why don’t you leave already?”

“Mother…” his voice trailed off when her mobile began to ring and she pressed it against her ear with a snot on her face.

“Very well then” the old lady said after a while before turning her focus to Kiel again.

“You can go in, she is waiting for you”

With that, she turned around and boarded her car again while he hurried into the house but he wished he didn’t.

By the time he entered the bedroom , Roselyn’s head was placed on Andrew’s chest and the latter was stroking her hair gently.

Kiel almost went mad with anger, how dare he touch his wife like this?

“What is going on here?” He immediately asked, “you…

“You sure are a noise maker, Kiel” Roselyn cut him  off with an eye roll, “I told you to check your mail and you just came back without even checking”

“What…..” his voice cut off when she straightened up and picked a bunch of papers from the table before flinging it towards him.

“Since you are so eager to know what is going on, these are the divorce papers and I have already signed mine. You can sign them and leave, I will take it to the courthouse when I am a bit stronger” 

Kiel scoffed, this should be some kind of joke right? 

“Are you kidding me right now?” He raked his hand through his dark icy hair as his eyes darted across them, “you think this is funny?”

“Do I look like I am trying to play games here?” Roselyn retorted while heaving a long sigh, “look, I just pushed a baby out of my uterus and I don’t have enough strength okay? Just do as you are being told, I will explain everything to you later”

Kiel scoffed, he must look so pathetic right now. For six months he had not seen his wife because he was on a business trip for her and her company only for him to come back and get served with divorce papers and a baby he wasn’t even sure belonged to him?

“I don’t know what happened but can you at least tell me what is going on? A baby? We have a son? Why didn’t I know about this, Roselyn?” 

Andrew just sat there looking and how he wanted to punch his face hard, how dare he?

“We?” Roselyn’s voice cut into his train of thought, “did you just say we have a son?”

“But…”

“Let me finish, Kiel” she rudely interrupted him and stood up, “did I ever tell you that you are foolish?” 

Roselyn was being very rude now but who would stop her? Andrew was loving what she was doing while Kiel was even too stunned to say a word.

“How can I have a child with you when we don’t even have a relationship?”

“What…

“Let me finish, Kiel” she blurted, “how dare you even think you are worth having a child with me? What even gave you that impression that I was willing to share something so intimate with you, Kiel Anderson?” By now her voice was slightly raised, “you should be lucky that I was considerate enough to marry you but I can no longer keep up with this fake marriage anymore, Kiel. So I suggest you sign the papers and leave, we shouldn’t see each other again and as for the baby, he belongs to Andrew.

Kiel’s world came to a sudden halt the moment those words ventured out of her mouth.

“Look Kiel, don’t make this harder than it already is and just sign the goddamn papers already” Roselyn half yelled and Andrew gently grabbed a hold of her hand.

“No stress, baby” he whispered into her ear but loud enough for Kiel to hear, “you shouldn’t even be doing this, remember?”

Kiel was even too disgusted to say a word, were the two of them trying to make a mockery of him?

“I went on a business trip for your mother for six months and this is what I get on coming back?

“Business trip?” Roslyn laughed out loud, this must be the joke of the century, “you think I will send you on a business trip for the company, Kiel? Are you kidding me?”

“Don’t stress yourself out too much, babe” Andrew whispered to her again and Kiel almost went mad with anger. How dare he call his wife babe? Didn’t he have any regard for him at all? What exactly was wrong with him? He wasn’t even supposed to be here in the first place and here he was looking like a fool.

“You…. Roselyn stopped speaking when they both began to hear the cries of a baby and that was when he  noticed the crib that was near her.

“Roselyn..” her name rolled out of his mouth, he was too dumbfounded to even say a word after that.

“Maybe you should just come back later, Kiel” Andrew spoke to him, “Roselyn is tired and I don’t want you stressing her out the more”

Kiel scoffed and raked his hand through his hair, was the man fucking kidding him?

“I suggest you stay out of this, Andrew” he hissed angrily, 

“I am talking to my wife and I don’t think you have any right to chip in”

“Wife?” Andrew chuckled lightly, “the wife who is about to divorce you or the wife that just gave birth to my baby? Which wife are you referring to?” His voice was laced with sarcasm as he tucked some strand of her hair to the back of her ear.

“Don’t bother much with him” Roselyn said after tending to the baby, “he is just stupid”

Kiel was more surprised, from all the years of being married, Roselyn had not spoken to him in such a way before. She was always so respectful and loving towards him, she treated him like he was a king and now..

“You know I don’t think I can keep pretending to be swayed by you anymore, Kiel, '' she said again, “so I guess you sign the divorce papers and leave. I have already made arrangements, you can stay at the lake house until you are able to find somewhere else”

“Roselyn, what the heck do you think you are doing?”

“What does it look like?” She pressed forward, “look you are making me talk to much and I don’t like it, just get the fuck out of my house already”

Kiel went silent for a while, he was trying to comprehend everything that had happened.

He didn’t expect to come back from his trip to meet something as absurd as this. His wife was pregnant and he didn’t even know? What exactly was going on? He could feel his head spinning and he almost lost his footing but he grabbed on the door handle, he felt like throwing up because what was happening was not something he imagined would ever happen to him.

Three years ago when he married Roslyn, he didn’t even think for a moment that this was going to happen to him. When they married, her company was just a small fashion outlet but in the span of two years, she has become so big and powerful that everyone across the globe knew about her. Was she kicking him out after milking all his juice? He was not from an affluent family like her but he sure knew how to make things work.

“And don’t come back here again” Roselyn said to him again jolting him out of his reverie of thought, “i suggest you contact my lawyer when you want to talk about the divorce”

“You….”

“Get out, Kiel” she hissed, “you are making me angry”