¹⁸IT HURTS, OUR BABY

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IT HURTS, OUR BABY

Somewhat, he felt so bad being a brother and at the same time being a son of his mother; he should've taken them with him before, like earlier the better.

But he needed to be strong and be the backbone of these two important people, or everything would be in vain.

He wanted everything in place if he ever got them out. Nothing can take them away from him.

And since he can be their only salvation, he just needs one step to get free of suspicion.

“How's Mother's situation? I hope he's doing ok so that it will be easier to lure him out without getting scared.”

Iko pulled out of the hug, wiping his tears.

“Mom is stable; we don't have to worry about that because the medication was not done by Father in three days, but I don't know about tomorrow.”

Iko looked at him in silence, his eyes saying we can't delay Mother's situation, but he dared not. He knew that aside from the two of them, no one was on their side to help them.

“You are right, we need to act tonight. From what happens at the dinner, I'm afraid that Father will medicate Mother tomorrow.”

Iko's fist balled, mumbling his hatred and willingness to kill. He got out of the bathroom and took something from under the bed. Pulling out a rectangular box, something was glowing inside.

“A phone?”

Iro took the phone out of that small compartment, and then he looked at it.

The whole mansion was programmed inside it with CCTV.

“Where did you get this?”

Though he was dumbfounded, he already had an idea, their mother was talking about cooperation, and knowing he didn't hate them, he felt warm.

But his thoughts were wrong.

"I connected the control room to this phone, I'm watching Mom from here. That's why I knew how Father was treating Mother, and this helped me a lot in exchanging the syringe."

After hearing the story of the phone, Iro was smiling ear to ear.

“You’re so talented; I'm lucky to have a brother like you. Mother, we will take you out,” Iro said.

Then he turned serious and scrolled the phone, searching for a blind spot.

"Mother is on the second floor; from these few blind spots he---

Iro's mouth was covered by a small hand, taking the phone away from him and pulling him back to the bed.

Subsequently, the door was opened, and their chest was pounding loudly; then it was closed again, and they breathed scared like shit.

They forgot the checkup every night.

The next day, Rowan went upstairs, leaving Devi still asleep. He took a vial and a syringe out of the hidden cabinet in his room.

He went out of the room without qualms and headed straight to a corner where Ivi was chained. Upon opening the door, the syringe in his hand lost its way, and Rowan ran down in panic.

Immediately he called the security team to check the CCTV and called everyone, including the sleeping innocent Iro and Iko.

Downstairs he was walking back and forth, mortified, after the locked person was nowhere in sight.

He was not afraid of losing Ivi, but he's terrified of what his father will do to Devi. He just got married to the man he loves on the condition that he will have Ivi pregnant again and again until an Enigma is born.

But he doesn't want to touch Ivi anymore, and by injecting him with chemicals that slowly kill the human body, he will be prevented from mating out of love.

His eyes shot at the two half-sleepy figures sitting next to each other. He was highly suspicious of them, but he had no evidence, and the CCTV didn't catch anyone.

“Why aren't you two frantic?”

It was Iko who met his father's eyes and gave the most innocent answer to the question, making Iro laugh inside but show a tired, sleepy expression.

“Papa, what is 'frantic'? And it's not breakfast yet; why pull us out of bed? What's happening?”

He stretched both of his hands, yawned, and put his head in Iro's lap.

“Iro, where did you bring Ivi!”

He didn't scream, but it was laced with deep accusation.

“Leave me out of whatever is happening. I'm not always home, and the last time I saw him was when I was ten. I don't even remember his face.”

He also yawns, and he scoops Iko's little body up, about to go back, when he was grabbed from behind.

The accusation inside Rowan was driven by instinct, and he couldn't prove it, but he knew this damn guy had something to do with it.

“Don't make me repeat it, Father. If you don't know where he is, leave me out of it because I don't even remember having a mother or a father.”

Rowan let go of Iro, like he was slapped by the truth. The man in front of him was the son he wished he never had, and Iko was never meant to be his, they should've never been born.

Those words struck him. He never wanted to father him, he was forced to have him, but what's with the pain after hearing it raw?

Devi was not happy to see how frantic Rowan was because Ivi was missing without a trace, and the pain Rowan showed after Iro talked back.

He doesn't like it. If Rowan continues to mind what was happening and keep making such faces, he will lose everything.

“Argh!”

Rowan's listless eyes fixated on Devi, and seeing the blood on the sofa made him pale. Devi suddenly paled, hugging its stomach.

“Rowan, it hurts, our baby.”

And the stage ended with Devi passing out. Rowan ran outside and shouted to everyone to keep searching in and out of the city, carrying two life

His face was slapped by surprise when he turned in a corner, and he staggered back. Thanks to his men, he got his footing steadied.

“Father?”

Rowan hugged Devi closer to him. He knew why Roman came, and he didn't expect to meet him in such a situation. No news can be kept away from him, especially if it concerns Ivi.

“Where is Ivi? We can't have him missing when it's only a day ahead!”

"Father---

He was slapped again, almost letting go of Devi.

“I'm sorry.”

Rowan left, rushing to bring Devi to the hospital, leaving Roman in a rage.

“Get back here!”

But Rowan never turned his back.

Roman ran to the control room and checked by himself all the CCTV recordings.

On his way, he bumped into Iro and Iko's room; they were still wearing their pajamas with a bowl of food in their hands and mouths covered with milk.

“Useless pieces of trash! Get out of my way!”

The first time Roman showed his true colors in front of Iko.