Can you mend my broken heart?

Katherine looked at her brother.

Even after this sudden revelation, he still looked as calm as the Pacific.

Scarlett was expecting Raymond's jaws to drop in shock but he stood there rock solid without any delta in his emotions.

So she deepened her gaze into his eyes and asked,

"You knew that already didn't you?".

Raymond took a deep breath and said,

"What I know and what I don't know is none of your business right now. Just answer to what I ask without asking un-necessary questions back to me?".

Her eyes started stinging and tears started swarming in. She couldn't believe he was the same guy who doted on her once upon a time. She couldn't believe that he could act so ruthlessly with her.

She gulped the cup of insult and asked,

"What do you want to know?"

"Was it your plan to fake the pregnancy or you were told to do so?"

She hung her head low and said,

"They wanted me to get back in your life so that I could distance Akira from you. But I knew that coming back wasn't enough. So I might have suggested this because I knew that you could do anything for the baby".

Raymond clenched his fist in anger but he controlled his emotions and said,

"Go on".

Scarlett looked nervously at Dr. Brooks and then said,

"I just suggested it to them and everything else was arranged for. I was asked to fake my pregnancy and they had all the information with them that was needed. They already knew that Dr. Brooks was my previous gynecologist so they had already cut a deal with her. Money was transferred to my account and I just had to give it to Dr. Brooks. That's all. I was told that the rest of the things will be taken care of".

She then hung her head low all ashamed of her deeds.

Raymond gave a scathing look to her and Dr. Brooks and then asked,

"Did Vikram ask you to threaten Akira?"

Scarlett looked up at him in surprise, unable to believe that he knew about that too.

"Well, we did as we were instructed. There was a packet given to Anthony and he just had to put it in Akira's car. None of it was his idea or mine. That picture of the baby, the contact inside, everything was given to us. We were just the carriers. We had no intention of harming her in any way. Trust me, Anthony is already repenting the mistake that he committed once. He will not do anything stupid again, trust me", Scarlett said and pleaded with her eyes to Raymond.

"This was the only way I had to save my brother Raymond. But I wasn't doing it all just for my brother's sake. A part of me wanted to be back with you. I just couldn't see you with Akira. The thought of you being happy with someone else other than me hounded me like anything. I thought I could win you back Raymond because trust me there was not even a single moment that had passed where I didn't regret my decisions. But you know how hard the struggle is when you are building a career for yourself. You are an entrepreneur your self. You would be knowing it better right?".

Raymond didn't utter a word in response.

His eyes were still ablaze with the anger that was brewing within him.

"It's not like I didn't want to have a baby with you but it's just that we had a baby at a time when I wanted to focus on my career. So it was not a choice, I have no other option but to abort it", she said and looked up to him, expecting him to shed a couple of drops of mercy at her for she was trying to show him her plight.

Raymond took a deep breath and then said,

"I am a career oriented man, you said that right, but there is a basic difference between you and me. Given any day I would have chosen the baby over my career and you know what, I wouldn't have taken more than a second to think about it".

She couldn't bear to hear anything anymore and started crying.

"I am sorry Raymond. Please forgive me for my mistakes. Please don't ruin my life. My brother and I will distance ourselves from you. You will never even hear from us. I promise you that", Scarlett said and knelt on the ground with her hands clasped in the front, pleading for his mercy.

"Don't worry !!! I am not going to report you anywhere, but I need something in return",

said Raymond and looked up at Katherine, hinting her that it was time to wrap up.

"What do you want Raymond?", Scarlett asked.

"Well, not just you. You both have to co-operate. We have already recorded your statements. That is enough for us as of now but just in case if we need you to tell about it all in front of someone, then you have to do that", Katherine said.

"Oh, I will. I surely will", Dr. Brooks replied promptly.

"Me too", Scarlett said.

Then she looked up at Raymond and said,

"But I sincerely hope that you are not going to mess with Vikram. Just to get the girl, he was ready to go to this extent. So if you try to poke him, God knows how ugly and bad that will turn into".

Without saying anything, Raymond got up from his seat and collected the video and audio recording from the owner and just when Katherine and he were about to exit the Cafe, Scarlett blocked his way and said,

"I am telling you seriously Raymond. Stop messing around with him. He is a man with money and power both. He can completely destroy you and your company. Don't you get that"?

"I get that completely", Raymond replied calmly.

"Then why are you trying to mess with him?", Scarlett asked.

"Who told you that I was going to mess with him?", Raymond spoke with a smile and got in his car.

Scarlett stood there all dumbstruck, unable to comprehend, what just happened.