A Night With Him - S01 E72

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A Night With Him - S01 E72

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 72

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She watched his car till it was out of sight.

She st©pped crying then and stared at the umbrella.

She noticed he had added some dollar notes to it…to take a cab home of course.

He hadn’t been so heartless after all.

At least he hadn’t thrown the money at her.

She sneezed, the rain was getting to her.

She just hoped she found a cab soon,she couldn’t even bring herself to use the umbrella.

Harold had left her hands trembling.

This was just a terrible nightmare and she’s gonna keep up with it until someone wakes her up.

She hailed an oncoming cab to a st©p.

She got in after mentioning her home address to the cabman.

She hadn’t even noticed how her voice shook.

“Why didn’t you used the umbrella with you? Instead of getting this drenched? The cabman asked her, she didn’t respond and he noticed how far away her eyes looked.

He sighed, wondering what made her look this sad and scared.

She’s drenched and she shivered.

“He left because he was so pissed, he doesn’t want to hurt me right?” Irene asked no one in p@rticular and the driver thought she was going crazy.

“U..uh? Miss?” He asked.

“Maybe i should have stayed there, he was going to drive back to pick me. Can you take me back to where you picked me?” Irene asked the cabman.

“It’s raining pretty heavily and whoever dropped you there isn’t coming back for you. I must say it’s quite irresponsible of him to drop you off in the rain” The cabman said and Irene’s eyes were filled with tears again.

“I un-derstand if you don’t have any money to pay me, you’re probably stranded..” The cabman was saying.

“He left me some money, he’s not so heartless. He’s just pissed for now. He’s going go come back for me” Irene wiped her tears.

The cabman nodded and sighed.

He couldn’t believe she was defending someone who dropped her off in the rain.

Whoever the person is, he’s so lucky to have her.

“We’ve arrived your house miss” The cabman told her.

“Really?” She said, she wasn’t too familiar with the neighborhood and she was so lost in thought,she didn’t even know when the cab c@m£ to a st©p.

She dropped all the dollar bills Harold left for her and stepped out of the cab.

“You should take care Miss” The cabman shouted after her before driving away.

She walked into the gate,it was still raining pretty heavily,she didn’t cared to use the umbrella as she dragged her feet to the door.

She knocked on the door, hoping Mrs Nola or any b©dyguard will be the one to open it for her but Mrs Neave stood there, looking at her stepdaughter in shock.

“Oh..my..goodness!” She exclaimed in shock.

“What happened?” She asked and Irene walked in.

She dropped the umbrella and headed for the couch, her legs were shaking and she was feeling so cold.

Mrs Neave quic-kly closed the door and hurried after her.

“What happened?” She asked.

“I’m fine” Irene said, dropping on the couch.

“You don’t look fine! How come you’re drenched when you have an umbrella with you? And you’re supposed to be at your workplace” Mrs Neave said.

“I’m pregnant and fired” Irene laughed.

“What!” Mrs Neave exclaimed.

She knows for sure Harold is responsible for the pregnancy since things seems serious between him and Irene..but fired?

Ohh..He might not want her stressing herself.

“I un-derstand all of it but how come you’re looking so dejected? Your eyes are so red and swollen like you’ve cried a lot. Irene what’s wrong?” Mrs Neave asked worriedly.

“Nothing is wrong mummy, it’s just a terrible nightmare that i will wake up from soon” Irene smiled, feeling this can’t be happening for real.

No. It can’t.

“You nee-d to pu-ll off your wears,have a warm bath, I’ll lit the fireplace for you” Mrs Neave said, she untied her apron and dropped it on the couch.

She had been ma-king lunch before Irene knocked.

“pu-ll my dresses? A warm bath? Hell no” Irene laughed and Mrs Neave wondered if she was drun!k.

“I’m going to be-d” Irene got on her feet.

“You can’t go to be-d in this w€t clothes or you’re gonna wake up with a fever” Mrs Neave said.

“No,I’m going to wake up in Harold’s arms” Irene smiled, and walked to her room.

Mrs

Neave toweled Irene’s b©dy dry after getting her to take a warm shower.

Irene was re-ady to go to be-d in that w€t clothing and Mrs Neave had st©pped her and f0rç£d her to have a warm bath.

She smiled when she noticed the small ti-ght bu-mp,she’s going to be a grandmother soon but she’s so confused with everything here, Irene is not explaining anything.

Mrs Neave made her put on a thick sweater and blue baggy jeans with socks…she nee-ded everything to feel warm.

“You shouldn’t do this…this is just a dream” Irene ranted while Mrs Neave dried her hair.

Mrs Neave didn’t respond, knowing Irene would be in a better condition when she wakes up.

She put her in be-d and dR@p£d her blanket over her.

She lit the fireplace in Irene’s room,watched her sleep before finally walking out of her room.

She was so worried, knowing something was wrong.

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“Hi Mum” Damien smiled, walking into the kitchen.

“Dam, how are you?” Mrs Neave asked.

“I’m fine, starving” He gro-an ed.

“Lunch is re-ady, I’m just cleaning the kitchen” Mrs Neave said.

“Thank goodness, i should go freshen up” Damien said.

“Irene is around” Mrs Neave announced and Damien smiled but he wondered why Mrs Neave is looking unhappy.

“She c@m£ to say hi to us. She’s in her room right?” He asked.

“She’s pregnant” Mrs Neave said slowly.

“Huh?” Damien asked in surprise.

But he was happy, knowing Mr Harold is responsible, that’ll make Irene finally become his.

“And…fired” Mrs Neave added.

“What!” Damien shouted.

Irene

sle-pt for hours and when she finally woke up, she dre-aded opening her eyes.

She prayed everything had been a nightmare, she can’t possibly be in her house.

Pregnant and fired?

No!

She sighed and her eyes finally flew open.

Tears rushed to her eyes, seeing this wasn’t her room in Harold’s mansion.

She could see Damien and Mrs Neave staring down at her and she knew everything she had thought to be a nightmare was real.

She was pregnant and she doesn’t even know who the father is between Harold and that monster.

And Harold had dropped her off in the rain and driven off after saying her luggage will be brou-ght to her house.

She’s fired also!

“Why are you crying? Did someone hurt you?” Damien asked.

He was still in his school wears, he had refused to freshen up or eat after Mrs Neave told him Irene c@m£ home drenched and sad.

“I..is there really a bu-mp down there?” Irene asked,her voice was low as she pointed to her stomach.

Damien pu-ll-ed up her sweater and nodded with a smile.

He hasn’t seen anything more beautiful than this.

“A baby?” He asked in a voice almost close to whisper,he was intrigued and it took all his might not to cry.

“It’s not a baby yet” Mrs Neave said.

“Whatever it is, this is beautiful” Damien said and quic-kly wiped a tear that dropped from his eyes.

Irene sat up and k!$$£d his forehead.

“I love you Irene” He said, hvgging her ti-ght,he loos£ned his grip,not wanting to hurt the tiny baby.

~~Irene, we’re having a baby!~~ Harold’s words rang in her head and his happy face when he had said that flashed in her eyes.

He had looked like he just discovered a hvge box filled with gemstones until she told him about Ethan.

Damien looks so intrigued too,she wondered how he’s going to feel when she tells him about Ethan.

~~Irene…my heart is broken. My happiness has always been cut short? I deserve to be happy too~~ Harold’s words and sad face filled her mind and she bur-sted into tears.

He had looked so hurt and helpless.

“Why are you crying? I’m sure Mr Harold doesn’t want you to go throu-gh stress,that was why he made you st©p your job” Damien said.

“Its not that…” Irene sniffed.

“It’s what?” Damien asked, his heart was breaking at seeing his sister cry. He hates it so much.

“I don’t know who is responsible for the pregnancy… between Harold and..” She paused.

“Ethan” She quic-kly added before resuming her tears.

“What

the hell are you saying Irene!” Damien growled, getting to his feet.

Mrs Neave’s was startled also,she knew Ethan Weston to be a bad person. Damien had told her every single thing about him and the saga with Harold.

“Isn’t Mr Harold the father of the baby? I saw you go into his room that night! Why the fvck are you mentioning that beast name? Are you drun!k? What’s going on?” Damien said in a rush, breathing fast.

He couldn’t wait for Irene to say she had made a mistake in mentioning Ethan’s name.

“We didn’t do anything that night, we only had a drink. I haven’t even had s£x since i started working as Ivory’s nanny and the last two men i sle-pt with were Harold and Ethan” Irene had to explain.

Mrs Neave’s mouth fell open.

“What? What did you just say?” Damien asked.

“It’s so h@rd to repeat myself. You heard it Damien” Irene said .

“fvck! fvck! fvck!” Damien yelled, ban-ging Irene’s dressing table and ma-king the things on it fall off.

He had remembered vividly that Ethan indeed sle-pt with Irene and he had even told her how lucky she was with wealthy men.

He had freaking told her that!

“The two men, they didn’t use protec-tion?” Mrs Neave asked and Irene shook her head.

“How could you allow that? You could have gotten infected with a disease or so!” Mrs Neave said.

“They do use protec-tion! Everyone else had used protec-tion except them. Madam Perse told me… Ethan isn’t going to use it and she had made sure he’s free of any disease whatsoever and… he was going to double the money. Same with Harold, i nee-ded the money then and i was on pills so..i didn’t mind” Irene said, staring blankly into space.

She was so tired to continue crying.

Her head was aching and her eyes felt like it’s gonna fall out soon.

Damien cried, knowing Irene had nee-ded the money desperately then,to pay his school fees.

She hadn’t minded because she wanted to pay his school fees.

He felt so bad, knowing he was the cause of this.

Irene would never have agreed to such if she hadn’t nee-ded to pay his fees.

This is just so heart wrenching,

“You used pills? Then you shouldn’t be pregnant” Mrs Neave said.

She was heartbroken too but she couldn’t possibly cry before them when she’s meant to console them.

“I used an antibiotics for an ear infection, it cancelled out the damn pills” Irene said.

“Damn!” Mrs Neave sighed, if she hadn’t been in that position, Irene wouldn’t have ventured into such job,they would have probably made a living together, Irene wouldn’t have had to do everything alone.

She couldn’t secure a better job because she is a school drop out, she had dropped out and allowed Damien continued with his education when things were tough.

And Irene had finally succvmb to working for Mrs Perse when they almost died of hunger.

She has been throu-gh a lot to go throu-gh this again.

She had cared for them,not minding what she has to do to do it.

Mrs Neave wiped her tears,not able to hold it any longer.

“I’m sorry, i wasn’t a good mother” She said to Irene in tears.

“I’m sorry i made you do that Irene,I’m sorry i put you into this condition,I’m so sorry” Damien cried.

“Hey! What the heck is wrong with the both of you? I don’t regret working to care for you both. Mum, you cared for us when you could and Damien,i know you’re going to care for me when you get older and have the capacity to. None of you caused this, do not feel bad. It’s meant to happen and I’ll be terminating the pregnancy anyway” Irene said.

“What!” Mrs Neave exclaimed.

“Why? You shouldn’t do that plea-se” Damien said.

“Harold didn’t take the news so well,he’s so heartbroken. He was once broken by Ethan and it took so long for him to recover from it, going throu-gh this again is just too much for him, i can’t ba-re to see him go throu-gh such pain again” Irene said.

“Irene, you are not terminating this pregnancy. Your life is at stake here! And whomever baby it is, deserves to live. ” Mrs Neave said and Damien nodded in agreement. He hates Ethan so much but he isn’t in support of Irene terminating the pregnancy.

“Harold is hurting so much” Irene said .

“What if the baby turns out to be his. You should consider that too.” Mrs Neave said and Irene reasoned along with it.

Here, she’s not so sure whose baby it is.

“What if it actually turns out to be Harold’s?” She said and smiled for the first time.

“He was so happy when the doctor announced i was pregnant and he told me he’s going to marry me” Irene blu-shed and Damien smiled, seeing her look so happy.

She’s crazily in love with Harold,he wonder why she had refused to d@t£ him.

“Im not going to terminate it ” Irene said.

“If it’s Harold’s” She added, looking so determined.

They knew it was better not to argue with her for now.

The thought of Harold being the father of her baby made her face brightened instantly.

“Did Mr Harold fire you?” Damien asked and Irene nodded.

“He left you in the rain?” He asked and Irene hesitated before nodding.

Damien fumed, brushing his hair back with his f!ngersangrily.

“He left me with an umbrella and dollars bills for cab, I’m to blame for not using the umbrella. I intentionally got drenched” Irene said.

“Whatever! It was so cruel of him to drop you off like that! he must have gone out of his mind, he’s so lucky to have taken advantage of my likeness for him,if it hadn’t been for that,i won’t spare him a bit” Damien said angrily.

“Wow, this is actually the first time you’ll be sparing someone that tries to hurt me” Irene smiled.

“I like Mr Harold, he’s just one of the most kind-hearted person i’ve met. I respect him a lot or i would never spare someone that dropped off my sister in the rain” Damien said.

“Harold isn’t in the best of mood, you should un-derstand he would never do this on a normal day” Irene said.

“I want you to be positive Irene,just have it in mind that Harold is responsible for it and you’ll be fine” Mrs Neave said and Irene nodded.

“I’m sure he’s going to come get you back to his mansion once he’s calm” Damien said.

“Yeah” Irene hoped so but the look that had been on Harold’s face doesn’t @ssure her that he’s going to come back for her.

“Anyway, i nee-d to introduce my friend to you ” Damien said.

“Ohh… does she stay around?” Irene asked, thinking it’s another female friend.

“His name is Blaine” Damien smiled.

“OMG! Finally”

Two days later

Irene checked her phone for the ten thousandth time.

Nothing.

She had s£nt Harold tons of messages and thousands of call but he never responded.

She had wanted to go to his mansion but Mrs Neave had st©pped her.

She was so sad and broken but the thought that Harold might be the father of the baby kept her going.

She can’t even ba-re to look at her stomach whenever she’s taking her bath.

Damien and his friend had kept her company during the weekend, and they had made her laughed during her sad moments but today is Monday,they had to go to school.

She’s sitting with Mrs Neave in the living room and a movie was pla-ying but Irene wasn’t interested.

She missed Ivory so much.

She thought about her sweet moments with Harold and she was close to tears again.

She hope he’s fine,she knows he’s still gonna come around,she only nee-ds to give him time to absorb everything.

“Mum, once it’s time to make lunch,come get me in my room” Irene said, preparing to stand up.

“Sit Irene, i won’t allow you go in there and start crying. You’ll be here with me” Mrs Neave said.

“But i want to sleep” Irene said.

“Then sleep on the couch, you can place your head on my l@ps” Mrs Neave said and Irene gro-an ed.

Irene and Mrs Neave were setting the table when Damien arrived from school.

He approached them in the dining room, breathing h@rd.

“Are you that hungry?” Irene asked.

“Mr Harold has been in coma for two days, he had accident not long after he dropped you off on Friday!” Damien said with a shaky voice.

Irene rushed into the hospital reception and she luckily saw Doc Fern.

“Doctor Fern! How’s Harold?” She asked, P@nting.

“Slow down, you shouldn’t do things like this. It might hurt the baby”

“How’s Harold!” She half yelled.

“Ohh… Thankfully, Mr Harold got out of coma not quite long ago,just like a miracle” Doc Fern smiled.

“Ahhh” She sighed in relief, resting her b©dy on the counter.

She had been so terrified.

“Can i see him?” She asked.

“Uh..I’ll have to inform him first. I’ll be right back” Doc Fern said and Irene nodded.

She sat on a chair and patiently waited.

Doc Fern approached her few minutes later.

She got to her feet,re-ady to follow him into Harold’s ward.

“I’m sorry…he doesn’t want to see you” Doc Fern said and Irene stared at him in disbelief.

“He doesn’t want to see me?” She confirmed in a shaky voice and Doc Fern nodded.

She swallowed h@rd and really tried holding her tears,coupled with another heartbreak.

“Okay..will he be fine?” She asked.

“Of course,he’s recovering ra-pidly. Thanks for checking on him” Doc Fern said.

“Can i drop my number in case he wants to see me” Irene said hopefully and Doc Fern shook his head.

“He’s going to call you if he wants to see you” Doc Fern said,he bid her bye and walked away.

She stood in the reception for a while before leaving.

Her eyes were filled with tears by the time she walked out.

“Oh..my.. God! Who’s ma-king the mother of my baby cry?” She heard and raised up her head.

There stood Ethan with b©dyguards around him like flies.

He stared softly at her stomach before turning to face her.

“How are you Irene?. It’s so nice to meet you again” He grinned.

“Where’s she?” Harold asked Alex .

He had told him to go call Irene back and now he’s returning without her.

“I..i..i saw her getting into Ethan Weston car, they left alre-ady” Alex said, grinning inwardly.

“You’re joking right?” Harold asked in disbelief or rather shock.

“No, Mr Harold,i saw them clearly” Alex said.

“Well..good for her” Harold said, looking unconcerned even though he was greatly bothered.

“Darn it! Harold if you lose that lady, i would never forgive you!” Mr Marshall yelled at him.

“If you didn’t had that bandage on your head,i would have sl@pped some s-en-ses into you! Why the hell would you behave this way when it isn’t even confirmed that the baby is that bastard’s. I’m so disappointed in you” Mrs Marshall shouted at him.

“I want to be alone” Harold said.

“What?” Mr Marshall asked .

“Get out!” Harold yelled at them and they all marched out of his ward.

“That’s not my son” Mrs Marshall cried and Mr Marshall sighed.

He couldn’t believe this too.

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Oh..my.. God! Who’s ma-king the mother of my baby cry?” She heard and raised up her head.

There stood Ethan with b©dyguards around him like flies.

He stared softly at her stomach before turning to face her.

“How are you Irene?. It’s so nice to meet you again” He grinned.

“Who is the mother of your baby!” Irene yelled.

“I know about it alre-ady, you’re carrying my baby” Ethan said and it took all Irene’s might not to sl@p him.

“It’s not yours motherfvcker! It’s Harold’s!” Irene said throu-gh gritted teeth and Ethan laughed.

“We’re both responsible for it for now but after the test, it’ll be confirmed that it’s mine.”

“In your dream..i guess” Irene said angrily.

“plea-se,I’m going to do anything for you, whatever Harold did to make you love him,I’ll do more than that. I don’t only want the baby,i want you too” Ethan said and it was Irene’s turn to laugh out loud.

“I don’t know whatever stunt you’re pu-lling but I’m not re-ady for it now and one doesn’t have to do anything to earn other people’s love. ” Irene said and walked away.

She was still so distraught over what Harold had done.

He’s obviously still pissed at her,he had refused to let her see him.

“I can drop you off at home” Ethan shouted after her but she ignored him and left.

“That’s not my son” Mrs Marshall cried and Mr Marshall sighed.

He couldn’t believe this too.

Harold had fully explained to them everything that had happened and they both felt so sorry for Irene.

She had gone throu-gh a lot.

Mr Marshall wished he had met her sooner but Travis Natalie Noris was so discreet about his family.

“But..was prostitution the only option left?” Mrs Marshall wondered loudly.

“She has no certificate for a job, and I’m sure if she had managed to secure one,the earning would have been meager. It won’t be enough to sustain them” Mr Marshall sighed.

Mrs Marshall shook her head in pity.

“I wonder how many people are out there going throu-gh h@rdsh!p” She said sadly.

” I’m sure she would never have done that if they hadn’t almost starved to death. She dropped out to further her brother’s education! And to see her stepmom get back on her feet! She’s such a selfless charming lady. Harold mustn’t lose her” Mr Marshall said.

“And she’s so different from,her decency is something i so much admire, she’s h@rdworking, loving,not manipulative,humble, beautiful. Believe me,i started loving her after noticing those traits and i thought she’d be very good for Harold” Mrs Marshall said.

“What are we going to do?” Mr Marshall asked.

“I don’t know. There’s nothing we can do than leave them to sort it out themselves” Mrs Marshall said.

“You can see how adamant Harold is, that boy is so stubborn”

“Just like you. You can’t get him to do anything during this moment until he’s calm. Who wouldn’t be pissed off at such. Ethan Weston hijacked Carrle from him. You know how many years it took for him to accept it and now this is happening. Everything centred around Ethan again! If only i can get to twist his n£¢k” Mrs Marshall said angrily.

“He didn’t hijacked Carrle, Carrle willingly and greedily left with him and i can vouch Irene won’t do so. Even a blind can see the love between her and Harold” Mr Marshall said.

“I hope he’ll be fine though,he looks pretty hurt” Mrs Marshall said worriedly.

“I thought you wanted to sl@p some s-en-ses into his head” Mr Marshall tea-sed.

“I would never do that” Mrs Marshall said and they laughed.

“Call Tom to get Irene’s luggage re-ady and take it to her house” Harold said to Alex who nodded and went to carry out the order.

His head ached terribly and it was starting to bleed again because of the way he had yelled.

“And to think i trusted her” Harold said angrily.

How dare she enter his car!

That simply means she had truly called Ethan to inform him of the pregnancy,he hadn’t believed it when Ethan told him but now everything seems true.

had thought she would never do that .

He thought Ethan was telling lies cause there’s no way Irene would have his contact,not to talk of informing him about the pregnancy.

Ethan always have his way around things,he might have found out throu-gh another source but Irene’s ma-king it seems true!

Can he ever recover from the shock that Ethan might be responsible for the pregnancy?

He felt so bad for dropping her off in the rain but he couldn’t help it, he couldn’t hurt her cause he knew the way his hands were shaking while holding the wheel, he’ll end up ramming the car into something.

Irene would have probably never have survived if she was in the car with him.

He wouldn’t deny that he’s pissed with her but he still wanted to see her badly and she had went off with him again!

What the fvck!

He’s just so pissed right now.

Perhaps she knows the baby is not his.

But could she have done such to him.

Knowing what Ethan once made him go throu-gh but Alex couldn’t have lied either.

She had indeed gone into Ethan’s car.

Why did everything had to change overnight!

This is so heart sickening.

“I can’t believe you refused to eat just because he didn’t allow you into his ward! What’s wrong with you Irene!” Mrs Neave shouted.

“I’m not re-ady to eat yet. I’m okay” Irene said, hvgging her knees to her che-st.

“You were re-ady to eat before going to the hospital Rene”

“I’m not re-ady anymore, I’m just gonna throw up if i eat anything. Let me be!” Irene said and Mrs Neave sighed.

“She still doesn’t want to eat?” Damien asked, walking out of his room.

“Yes”

“Irene, you can’t make decisions for yourself alone anymore,you have to consider your baby, it’s probably starving. I’m sure you won’t want the baby to develop unhealthily. Regardless of who owns the baby,it doesn’t deserve to starve plea-se Irene” Damien said calmly and Irene stared into space.

“Mum, plea-se can you dish out the meal, she’s going to eat it” Damien said.

“Of course” Mrs Neave said and quic-kly went to.

“You nee-d to st©p thinking about Mr Harold,he didn’t let you in because he’s yet to absorb everything,it’s too h@rd for him. You know what he once went throu-gh, you can’t blame him,he’s going to get back to you when he’s calm. If you feel lonely here? I can skip school for some days and spend time with you”

“No, black @ss. I don’t nee-d your company” Irene said and Damien laughed.

“Is my @ss really black?” He asked with a pla-yful frown.

“Very black” Irene wi-de-ned her eyes dramatically and they laughed.

“You see Dam, I’m not so worried about him not allowing me into his ward, of course i un-derstand him, I’m just worried about his health and i know Harold had probably dropped me off because he knew his hands couldn’t control the wheel for long anymore, he hadn’t wanted me to get hurt, he still cared about me even when he was blinded with rage” Irene said,close to tears.

“I just wonder how he’s feeling now, i want to see him, i want to know how much damage the accident had caused him. I want to see he’s fine,i want to…” Irene paused with a sigh.

“I un-derstand you Irene. Everything will be fine soon” Damien @ssured.

Mrs

Neave served Irene her lunch and they watched her eat..

They were watching a movie hours later when they heard a knock on the door.

“Come in” Damien said, thinking it was Blaine.

The door opened and Tom walked in.

Irene bur-sted into tears when she saw her luggage with him.

“Daddy!” Ivory squealed happily jumping into Harold’s arms.

He’s just getting discharged after three days and he had insisted he wanted to go home.

The only person he had allowed into his ward during the past three days was his daughter.

He was so pissed at everyone else.

“Son, how are you?” Mrs Marshall asked.

“I’m fine” He said weakly.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes” Harold replied, Ivory was still in his arms and she was m@ssaging the plaster on his head and looking at him like a curious cat.

She knew he had accident and she do go check him in the hospital every day after school but he had bandage on his head then but now it’s plaster .

“Where’s

the bandage.” She asked in confusion.

“It was replaced with plaster” Harold said.

“Why?”

“It’s of no use anymore”

“Are you still in pains?” Ivory asked sadly.

“No” He shook his head.

“You are looking sad,you don’t even smile at me anymore” Ivory complained, burying her head in the crook of his n£¢k.

“I’m sorry princess,I’m so sorry” Harold said.

He couldn’t believe he had allowed the matter get to him to the extent of not smiling at his princess!

“I’m sorry” He k!$$£d her cheeks and she nodded.

She grinned at him and he grinned back at her.

“Let’s go to my room, i have to go freshen up” He said.

She pla-yed with his hair as they proceeded to his room.

Mrs Marshall sighed, knowing this is not the best moment to talk to her son.

He’s still looking sad.

Harold met Ivory sobbing on his be-d after he walked out of the bathroom.

He felt so relieved, having freshened up.

“Oh my God! What’s wrong?” He rushed to her.

“Irene…i..i miss her. Why did you make her leave? I want to see her, i want to talk to her” She cried .

“Damn!” Harold cursed.

“Just st©p crying okay?” He said ru-bbing her hair.

“Do you want me to call her for you, will you speak to her over the phone?” Harold asked and she nodded eagerly.

He sighed and reached for his phone.

It was badly cracked due to the accident,he’s just so glad it’s still working fine,there are some important files on it that he should have transferred to his l@pt©p and once he does that, he’s going to thrash it. He got a new one alre-ady.

He almost felt bad but he didn’t allow it get to him, he was still so pissed she had went off with Ethan.

He was still burning with rage.

He cli-cked on Irene’s contact, his heart hasn’t raced this fast for days now but just seeing her name..gosh.

He placed the phone on his ear and waited for her to pick up.

Harold” She said and his anger melted instantly.

He couldn’t believe how his heart pounded with love for her,he couldn’t speak for a moment,he only swallowed h@rd.

Damn!

He really miss her.

Are you fine? How are you feeling now? Are you okay? Do you want me to come?” She asked, getting on her feet alre-ady.

I didn’t call to speak to you, Ivory wanted to hear from you” He said and quic-kly handed his phone to Ivory.

His heart raced fast and he felt like setting his eyes on her.

He couldn’t believe hearing her voice toned him down to this extent.

Why was he angry with her in the first place?

Not like it had been her fault, and why the hell is he acting like Ethan is the father of the baby alre-ady.

What if the baby is his?!

How could he have allowed Ethan get to him again! He had gotten away with Carrle and he’s about to with Irene!

He’s going to fight for the baby and not just the baby alone but Irene.

He loves her so much to lose her to Ethan! That son of a bit-ch.

What has he been thinking all this while! He couldn’t believe he almost submitted to Ethan again!

He hadn’t fought for Carrle but that won’t be the case with Irene.

No!

He can’t live happily without her, he just can’t.

He had known what he went throu-gh without her in his life, he didn’t feel alive.

He suddenly feels so sorry for the way he had treated her, he really nee-ds to apologise to her.

He watched as Ivory’s face lit up as she spoke to Irene, Ivory never cried for any of her nanny,she never wanted any of her nanny back but damn! Irene’s different.

He’s not only going to fight for Irene for his sake alone but for Ivory’s too.

She has been looking so dull for the past few days now and seeing her look so happy now filled his heart with joy.

“Ivory, I’m going to get Irene back” Harold said to her after she disconnected the call.

“Thanks Daddy” She flew into his arms and he smiled.

And..ohh,he really nee-ds to apologise to his parents also.

Next Day

Irene walked out of the pharmacy in her street.

She had went to get some medications for her Mum,who was down with fever.

She couldn’t believe she had cried in the pharmacy, remembering Harold.

She had been so excited seeing his call yesterday but he only dashed her hope.

Though she was glad to have spoken to Ivory but she really misses Harold.

She’s starting to get pissed at him though.

She sniffed and wiped her tears as she stepped out of the pharmacy.

“Get in the car, I’ll take you home” She heard the voice,she would recognize even in her dream.

She looked up to see Harold, he was looking as handsome as ever even with the hvge plaster on his forehead but she was so pissed at him! even though it took all her might not to hvg him.

But no!

She isn’t going to give in to that.

He had put all the blame on her and even shunned her out of his life, he made her cry and feel bad.

She hissed and tried to walk away.

“Do you really want to walk down the street with your make up smeared all over your face?” He asked with a grin and she badly wanted to k!sshim.

“Yes, if the alternative is getting a lift from you!” She said curtly, trying to walk away again and before she could guess his intention,he stooped and snatched her off her feet to carry her across the street.

“Let go of me” She yelled but he ignored her completely.

She started thumping him so h@rd with her clenched fist.

“You’re a violent little thing, aren’t you? Fight all you want but don’t hurt my baby” He said, stuffing her in the backseat of a waiting limo.

Tbc….