Chapter 4

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We pulled up in front of a castle, I kid you not I mean an actual castle..Fuck it, no one told me that Cowper family was this rich??

Maybe after the whole pregnancy saga I could talk to Luther to get me a job or something, it wouldn't be so hard, at least I wouldn't be a burden on him.

"Ivy", Luther called.

"Remember what I told you this morning?", he asked.

"That i should act like I'm your girlfriend?"

"Yes, now you have to make this look real as shit, , you have to act like you're madly in love with me , that's the only way to make this work, else there's nothing I can do for you, and Laura is going to be there "

"So what if she says something?", I asked.

"She wouldn't, she knows I'll kill her myself ", he said.

I nodded my head, I can do that, pretend to be in love that's not so hard, right??.

"You ready to go?", he asked.

I nodded. He got out of the limo and then brought his hand out for me, I took it, ouu, such a gentle man.

We got out of the car and and headed towards the house.

Everyone there bowed, I mean everyone.

The Cowper family held power, dangerous one.

They led us into the house, the down floor was empty, it was like those ball rooms you'd see in movies, but the entire floor was made of marbles, the type that sparkled.

We were headed to the back of the house and then I could see a pool from a distance. It was beautiful. Then I saw a table, 5 people were on it and the only person I knew there was Laura.

There were two middle aged women ,. laughing and discussing a two middle aged men talking calmly.

"Don Danger has arrived", the guard said announcing our presence.

Everyone stopped talking and then looked at us.

I could see the intense hate on Laura's face, intense.

They all stood and bowed at Luther, I mean all of them including Laura, all except one middle aged man.

Wait, did they just call him Don Danger?

He walked to them, kissed the women on their cheeks, he ignored Laura, he shook the man's hand and then hugged the other man,I think that's his father.

Ben bowed, I swear I didn't know what to do.

"It's nice to see you again Danger", one of the women said.

Why is everyone calling him danger??

"Nice to meet you aunt Lucy, Ivy this is my aunty Lucy", he said pointing to one middle aged woman .

"This my my God mother Mrs Anna, and my God father Mr Briggs, that's Laura you already met her, she's my god sister, and this is my father, and family meet Ivy, my girlfriend ", he said.

Laura scoffed out loudly.

He helped me to my seat, they were all looking at me, staring, observing.

"When did you get a girlfriend?", his aunt asked.

"Two months ago", he said.

I'm famished, shall we eat please?", he said.

They nodded and started eating, I was shaking, I could barely touch my meal because all eyes were on me, I felt so uncomfortable.

"What happened to you and Laura? i thought you two were in a relationship?", his godmother asked, I'm guessing that's Laura's mother.

"It wasn't anything serious ", he asked.

"Nothing serious? are you kidding me? we've been dating for 3 years now ", Laura defended, she was calmer than how was she earlier.

"It was nothing serious, I didn't see it going anywhere ", he said again.

Laura swallowed hard.

"How did you two meet?", his aunt asked.

"Well she -"

"I'm talking to her Danger, let her talk ", his aunt said.

I lost my voice.

I cleared my throat, I'm fucked. Oh God we didn't talk about this earlier.

"Actually uhm, we met the day I lost my job, it was at a club and uhm, I had uhhh, very bad day I guess and he was, he was there for me to comfort me and... yeahh that's how we met", I said.

"A club? that sounds like where you'd meet a whore", Laura mumbled under her breath.

Luther looked at her, she swallowed.

"Sorry, I didn't mean that ", she apologized immediately.

"What do you do for a living?", his godfather asked.

I swallowed hard, "Well I use to work as an accountant for a company and uhm, ever since I lost my job I haven't gotten one yet", that was because instead of job hunting I started looking for ways to track Luther and tell him about the pregnancy.

"Why did you get fired?", he asked.

"Apparently funds got missing, lot of funds and it went missing without a trace and so I couldn't account for it, so they found me irresponsible and fired me", I said as sincere as possible

"That's a bad reputation", his aunt said.

"I know, but I was good at my job, I worked there for four years and none of that happened until I took a one month break, I wouldn't call myself perfect but I knew what I could do and I did it well", I explained.

"I heard you are carrying, a child", his father spoke up finally.

My heart beat increased.

They all looked shocked, "A child?", his godfather asked shocked.

"Yes sir", I answered.

"Do you know what it means to be carrying the heir to the Cowper's lineage in you?", he asked.

"Yes sir"

"Do you know the pressure and responsibly that comes with?", he asked.

"Yes sir"

"Good, that means you're going to be watched thoroughly for the next 7 months till you're due, because we don't want anything happening to the baby", he explained.

"Yes sir I understand that ", I said.

"And not only that, we cannot announce the Cowper heir to the world just randomly, this is out of wedlock and we do not allow it here, so you two will have to get married, as soon as possible ", he said.

"What?", Luther said shocked.