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Chapter 124DAHLIA“How?” Ronan asked, looking up at me.I narrowed my eyes on him.“What do you mean by that?”“Dahlia, I….we…” he kept stuttering.“You know what Ronan. I'll tell you exactly how I got pregnant. We had sex, you released your sperm inside me. Now, it has germinated… Need more explanation?” I raised a brow at him.Ronan stayed silent, not saying a word and simply staring at me, a look of disbelief etched on his face.“I think I better excuse myself now,” my mother suddenly interrupted. Giving out a forced smile and heading off.I grabbed her arm, not letting her move to the door.“Ronan wants you to stay. So do that…” my voice was firm leaving no room for altercations.She momentarily rested her gaze on me, then nodded.“It has barely been a week since we had sex, Dahlia. As far as I know pregnancy doesn't work that way,” Ronan finally spoke up, still staring at me. He had a confused look on his face, bringing a surge of gladness to my heart. I was happy I got his mind
Chapter 123RONAN“Everything, Ronan. I have no lapse in my memory,” Dahlia let out. I had been standing there, silently hoping I was overthinking, silently praying she wouldn't recall but who was I kidding, she actually did.The moment those words left her mouth, I froze. Shocked, afraid and guilty.“You….you remember?” I stuttered, not taking my eyes off her even for a second.“I believe that's what I just said,” she retorted like she was offended at me finding out like this. Looking into her eyes, I could see the fear in them, just like mine. She had no reason to have fear in her eyes. I expected to see anger and resentment but no, I could see worry and fear. Why?“When…when did you regain your memories?” I stuttered once again. I'm never one to stutter but the situation right now was making me do that. For the first time in my life, I found it really hard to hide my emotions, to hide my fears and put up fake bravado.Dahlia sighed, lowering her gaze. “You don't want to know, R
Chapter 122 DAHLIA When Sophia told me her plan, I thought she had lost her mind. She wanted me to fake an accident and use it to my advantage, to get closer to everyone and figure out their intentions about me. She wanted me to see that they all cared, but I wasn't ready for that. I wasn't looking to connect with anyone and instead wanted to distance myself from every single one of them. “I won't do that, Sophia. I do not need them in my life. I'm not that desperate to have people in my life,” I decisively told her. She tried to speak again, but I raised my hand, hushing her. “You should go to sleep in your office. I think I'll be sleeping here tonight,” I told her. She sat, staring at me for a while before eventually sighing and walking away. And at that moment, I headed to my seat, only for a sudden drowsiness and excruciating headache to hit me. It was totally unexpected and made me lose my balance, banging my head real hard on my desk and eventually collapsing to the floor,
Chapter 121 FLASH BACK DAHLIA The night Ronan and I had a fallout. That horrible night I learned the truth about myself, that awful night I learnt I have been living a lie. It was when it all started. I found it hard to come to terms with everything. I found it hard to believe that Ronan, the same man that had showered me with love, wasn't with me because of love but merely because he wanted to get back at his father. It was all too hard, I could feel my heart ripping itself apart. I was on the verge of losing my mind that night. I left the manor, not knowing where to go. So, I made the last minute decision to head to the company. When I got there, I found that the lights in my office were still on and so I walked in, only to see Sophia asleep on the couch. At first, I didn't want to disturb her with my problems, so I turned around, about to leave to find somewhere else to be. But she woke up at that moment, as if knowing I'd be coming. “You don't have to leave, Dahlia….” She
Chapter 120 DAHLIA “Then die. Or you can get your other daughters to come pat your back and hold your hands while you die. You know, it would work out really well. One person on your left, the other on your right holding onto your hands…” I begrudgingly let out. My mother suddenly announcing that she has lymphoma had completely taken me by surprise. Yes, I hate her for all she'd done to me, yes, I detested her for being a bad mother but I've never wished her dead. Suddenly hearing that she has cancer caught me off guard. My eyes got teary, I didn't want her to go just like that, I didn't want to lose her. I might hate her but deep down I somehow wanted to connect with her, to get to experience even a tiniest bit of the motherly love she shows Roselle. At first, I thought she was lying just to get me to empathize with her, I thought it was just one of her manipulative schemes but then it turned out to be true. I hated to show her that I cared, hated to show her that I feared losin
Chapter 119 RONAN “You know why I'm taking you to go meet her, right?” I asked the figure next to me as we headed to go meet Dahlia. I momentarily paused, watching them nod. Then I continued. “All you need to do is keep her distracted…” “I get it Ronan. I care about her as much as you do, you don't have to worry, I've always had her best interest at heart…” “It's Mr. Knight to you…” I cut them off. “We aren't close enough. Do not drop the formalities,” I warned. Once we got to the door, I pushed it open and headed in first. What I was doing right now was a risk, seeing the person standing right outside the door could trigger Dahlia's missing memories. But it was a risk worth taking to keep Dahlia from asking questions. “You said someone wants to speak with me. Yet you come in here alone?” She raised a brow the moment I walked in. “Come in,” I gestured to the figure at the door. She slowly pushed the door open and walked in, her head hung low. Seeing her, Dahlia narrowed h
Chapter 118RONANI drove behind the ambulance as it sped to the nearest hospital. This was by no means how I wanted my day to end. I only wanted to go home to my wife and have a blissful sleep with her, not this and somehow I’m stuck here for what seemed like the rest of the night. It was pretty obvious I’d have to look after Sheila myself as the situation seemed more dangerous than I thought. Her life was in danger and from the look of things, I felt she had other vital information she was withholding. Until I'm able to get her to speak up on every single thing. I'd have to prioritise her safety.When the ambulance pulled up inside the hospital, she was immediately wheeled into the arms of the awaiting doctors. I watched them wheel her into the OR. Sighing and tired about how everything was suddenly playing out, unexpectedly and too quickly too, I took a seat in the waiting area, right outside the surgery room, monitoring every movement in and out of the Operation Room. Thankfully
Chapter 117DAHLIA“Get out of there now!” Ronan’s tense voice rang on the phone.Anita went into full blown panic at that moment, crying and holding onto her daughter.“I do not want to put her in harm’s way!” she kept crying.She grabbed onto my arm, still shaking and crying. I looked down at her and was confused about all this. I didn’t know what was going on, why Blake was stabbed and why letting the paramedics in would put us all in grave danger.“What the heck is going on, Ronan?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking this time. It was clear they all knew about what the fuck was going on. Everyone knew except me.“We don’t have time for explanations now, Dahlia. I’ll talk once Brandon brings you to safety….”I was about speaking again, when Brandon hushed me, speaking before I could.“Mr. Knight, is there maybe a back gate or something. We just moved here, so I haven’t fully explored the house yet?”“Get out of the car and use the door in the kitchen. It leads to another exit,” R
Chapter 116DAHLIA Looking down the liquid that had splashed a bit the moment I stepped on it, a scream erupted from me.“Ronan! Brandon!” I let out.I had just stepped on what I one hundred percent assume to be blood. Looking down at the liquid, it trailed the kitchen.My heart was thumping at this point.“Was anybody injured?” I wouldn't help but wonder, shaking.The sound of hurried footsteps approaching me from behind made me turn immediately. It was Brandon.“Is something wrong? I heard you screaming. Are you okay?” He asked, hurrying over to my side and placing a hand on my forehead as if to feel my temperature.His eyes were all over me. He looked so worried like I was his wife, sister or someone really close.I knocked his hand off my head.“I'm fine. Stop overreacting. It won't save you from getting fired tomorrow,” I mumbled. Even though I was touched by how he seemed to really look out for me.“Look,” I pointed down at the blood on the floor, not givingbhim a chance to say