Coraline's POVThe duffel bag dropped from my hold and hit the floor with a full thud. It felt like time had slowed and I couldn't understand what the hell was going on."Eli, what crack are you on? What are you talking about?" " Coraline, you told me this place was shabby but that's an underhype, this is a dump. You can't stay here with Becca, I can already count fifteen health hazards in this room."Rolling my eyes, " Eli, I understand your concerns and they are very valid but I didn't plan on staying here more than a week and Becca and I have been in the hospital for over three days. We haven't been here. I was going to use the money from our agreement to rent a nice apartment." He shook his head, " I can't allow that, you're going to be carrying my baby soon, and I don't want you to go through the stress of living in a small space. You'll need all the help you can get when you're pregnant and I can't be halfway across town if you have a weird craving or just want to rant."I rub
Coraline's POVI patted my chest and coughed loudly, my throat burned causing my eyes to well up with tears. "Shit, Coraline, are you okay?" He stood and touched my arm. I shook my head and shot him a glare, did I look like I was okay?"Fuck, you're choking. Water, water, you need water." He hurriedly picked up a cup of water and handed it to me. I enclosed my lips around the cool glass and gulped down the liquid. My airways cleared up and my throat freed up as the water pushed down the bolus.I slammed the glass on the table, anger running through my veins, and twisted my neck to glower at him."Are you insane? How could you tell me that while I was eating? Were you planning to kill me?!" I forgot that Becca was at the table with us until we squealed."Sorry baby, don't mind Mommy, I'm just a little bit tired." I reached over and squeezed her hand then twisted my neck in a creepy manner and glared at Elijah again.He took a sip of his wine before talking, " That wasn't my intention.
Elijah's POV"You're in a good mood, what's up?" Tyler asked as my new investors exited the conference room."What? Why do you think so?" I narrowed my eyes. " Well, you've had a small smile and you didn't snap at your PA when she brought the file two minutes later. You even said thank you to her. I swear I saw her eyes roll to the back of her head, she almost fainted." Wow, was I really that easy to read? Why the hell was I even happy, it wasn't like Coraline was pregnant yet. "It's nothing, I just woke up on the right side of the bed today. Don't give it too much thought, tomorrow I'm going to be my normal grouchy self."Tyler gave me a skeptical look but luckily he didn't press on the matter."Elijah, I didn't want to say this since we've been busy these past few days but now that everything has been taken care of, I can speak freely. What the loving psychotic fuck is going on between you and Cora? Mei told me that you took care of Becca's surgery fees and paid all their hospita
Coraline's POV" Cora, are you even listening to me?" Mei tapped the painted wooden surface of the table, I was on my lunch break, drawing doodles on the table, trying to recollect my thoughts and figure out how I was going to survive living with Satan himself.I looked up and shook my head, " I'm sorry, what did you say?" Mei sighed, reached over, and palmed my forehead, " You don't have a fever so why do you keep spacing out?"" I'm sorry, I just have a lot going on right now. Is something wrong? Was there something important you said that I missed?" Her eyes dimmed, " Not really, I just wanted us to catch up. We haven't had any girl time since Blossom took back your house."" But you understand that I've been busy…" She raised a hand, " I understand, I'm not inconsiderate, I'm just worried about you. With all that's been happening especially Becca's sickness, I just want to know that you're not forgetting about yourself." Aww, damn, Mei was such a sweetheart, bless her. I rubb
Coraline's POV"Oh fuck, look what you did, I told you not to touch it and that it would hurt you but did you listen, nope. Fuck, stay still I'm going to put a cloth over the wound to stop the blood flow. Don't touch the piece, don't pull it out." Elijah growled, was he fucking being serious right now? He was the reason I was in pain and he was still blaming me. Gah, if I wasn't in so much pain, I would tell him where to shove the cloth he wanted to put over my wound.He pulled out the piece of ceramic in one quick movement, I screamed, and then he covered my bleeding palm with his blazer. I almost objected to the act but then I remembered he was the cause of my pain so I didn't. I didn't care if he ruined his Armani blazer with my blood, he deserved it.I hissed and bit my lip as he added pressure to the wound and then wrapped the blazer around my palm. He helped me to my feet and began to walk towards the door, " Come on, let's go, I have to take you to the hospital to get you tre
Elijah's POVI burst out laughing, I laughed so hard that tears rolled down my cheeks, " Wow, that was a good joke, I haven't laughed that hard in a while." I coughed and wiped my eyes, my shoulders were still shaking with amusement.Her expression remained stoic, " I'm not joking. I'm being honest, I don't want to get pregnant again. During my last pregnancy, I almost died, I could barely keep in my food, I wasn't eating well, was on bed rest for most of it because my body was too weak. Becca was breached and I had to give birth using a cesarean section," She stood and raised her shirt, exposing a long scar on her abdomen. " This is proof of how hard my pregnancy was. I don't want to ever go through that again." I sat up and crossed my legs, about to descend on her with all the anger in me but then I remembered Becca was sitting next to me. She had stopped eating and was watching her mother and me. I turned to her and gave her a smile."Hey, Becklebee, are you done eating? Do you w
Coraline's POVTwo lines and my life changed. Two lines on ten pregnancy test sticks, I collapsed on the bathroom floor, rested my head on the tiled wall, and wept. How did I get here, you might want to know, it all started this morning before the cafe opened when Mei handed me a plate of fresh brownies."Hey, can you give these brownies a taste? It's a new recipe that I'm trying and I want to know if it's good before I add it to the menu."" Sure." I picked up the brown square of delight and took a bite out of it. My throat clogged and my stomach immediately churned. I dropped the half-eaten brownie on the plate and spat the other part out into my palm."Oh my goodness, what the hell was that? It tastes disgusting." I grabbed a napkin and wiped my soiled palm. I walked to the trash can and tossed the napkin in it.Mei gave me a confused frown, " What! How is it disgusting? It tasted perfectly fine when I took a bite of it." She picked a brownie and ate out of it then moaned a bit. "
Coraline's POV"Can we talk after dinner, after Becca's asleep?" I say for the first time since Elijah came back from work which had been over an hour ago and we were now eating dinner. He stopped eating and raised an eyebrow, shock evident in his expression."Is it important?" He inquired, I responded with a swift nod and he swallowed before continuing his meal. This was how we lived, barely saying a word to each other and trying as hard as we could to avoid each other or maybe it was just me. I wanted to be as far away as I could from Elijah. I played with my food and soon finished eating after reminding myself that I was now eating for two.Elijah took care of the dishes while I took Becca to her room to prepare her for bed. I read her a story and soon she was knocked out and I went downstairs to find Elijah lounging on the couch, his phone in hand.He stopped what he was doing when he noticed my arrival and sat upright and crossed his legs."So what's the important thing that you