로그인I knelt down, ignoring the spike of pain in my stabbed shoulder. “Caleb,” I whispered, my voice was stable and thick. “Stay with your mummy for now.” I looked into his innocent face, seeing the child I would have had with someone else…with Ava if things were better. “I’ll always make sure you’re okay. I promise”. Miranda’s eyes lit up with a predatory triumph, thinking I was yielding, but I didn't look at her. I stood up, turned my back everyone in the room and rushed for the exit. I drove home in silence. Upon getting into the hargrave mansion. I heard the sound of my sisters chatting and laughing together. I marched towards that direction. “Nathaniel, you’re home?” Clara said. “After that funny stunt he pulled…playing hero for Ava after you went all lega and divorce…” Christy laughed. “Christy stop.” Clara gave her the stare. I gave her a death glare then faced Clara. “I love Ava and now she’s gone.” “Love? Nathaniel? I thought she betrayed you and you hated her?” Clar
Nathaniel’s POVI slammed the car door with a force that sent a jagged spike of pain through my left shoulder, where Jessica’s maid’s knife had bit deep into my flesh but I didn't care. I ignored the warmth of fresh blood seeping into my bandages and I ran toward the main entrance of the Hargrave Group headquarters. Getting there, I realized that I was too late. The lobby was a graveyard of camera tripods, tangled cables, and dispersing reporters who whispered my name up and down, looking all excited about the news they just got.The giant monitors in the hall still showed a replay of the broadcast. My mother, or should I say fake mother… Jessica, wore that picture-perfect "Matriarch" mask…she had always been that way…all smiles and calculated grace…while Miranda stood behind her, holding Caleb as if he were a trophy of my supposed surrender to her. The "show" was over. In the time it had taken me to force a doctor to treat Ava and bandage my own wounds, Jessica had publicly execute
Should I really take the offer and leave? This thought kept ringing in my head.The room became quiet.Jessica's voice started echoing inside my head."...Nathaniel Hargrave's divorce from Ava Collins will proceed as planned...""...Miranda and Nathaniel Hargrave will be married..."Every word felt like a knife piercing through my chest. I sat on the hospital bed without moving.My hand slowly rested on my stomach.For some reason the little life inside me suddenly felt more real than ever. My baby…the only person who is completely innocent in all this.Priscilla sat beside me while Angela stood near the window. However neither of them spoke.What was there to say?Nathaniel had just stood in this room, looked me in the eyes, promised me everything, promised to make things right and then…. And then left.Again.The Hargrave family called and he went running. Everything I have faced until now is because of his whole Hargrave family title.My lips curved into a bitter smile.A knock su
“Who? Nathaniel who?” I asked immediately as I stepped closer.Everyone in the room stared at him. Nathaniel was still looking at the laptop screen. His expression had become strange.David moved closer. “Nathaniel.”Still no answer.Priscilla walked over to my side. “Sister, what did he see?”Nathaniel finally blinked. Then he slowly looked up. “Zoom in.”The security staff quickly obeyed. The footage became clearer. The fake nurse had reached the parking exit. She looked around carefully before pulling off her face mask. My eyes widened.“That woman…”Priscilla gasped. “Wait…isn't she…”Nathaniel's jaw tightened hard. “Jessica's private maid.”Angela frowned immediately. “Jessica's what?”“The woman has been working at the Hargrave mansion for years,” Nathaniel said coldly.I looked at him. My chest suddenly felt heavy. Jessica again? Everything somehow always circled back to Jessica.David narrowed his eyes. “That means whoever sent her had access to the Hargrave family.”Nathaniel
My heart skipped.Nathaniel looked into my eyes silently.Then suddenly his face tightened.His body swayed again."Nathaniel!"I grabbed him quickly. His arm instinctively tightened around my waist while his breathing became uneven."Nathaniel look at me!"Before he could respond, the hospital room door burst open. BANG!Doctors, nurses, security guards, Priscilla and Sarah rushed inside at once.Everyone froze at the site of the room. The room looked like complete chaos. The IV stand had fallen sideways. Medical equipment was scattered everywhere and blood stained the floor.They they looked at Nathaniel...Blood had spread across almost half of the back of his shirt now.Priscilla screamed immediately."AVA!!"Sarah's face turned pale and without thinking, she rushed toward him immediately. "Nathaniel!"I saw how concerned she was. There was no hesitation or maid behavior. Just pure panic. Her trembling hands immediately reached for his face. "Oh God...you're bleeding... let me see…
As I stared into the eyes of the nurse, and something felt wrong immediately. Her eyes widened slightly above the mask, almost like she didn’t expect me to wake up so soon.My gaze slowly moved to the syringe in her hand. “This...” My voice came out weak and scratchy. “Why are you adding another injection?”The nurse didn’t answer, not even a single word. My heartbeat immediately sped up and very instinct in my body started screaming. “Wait...” I whispered slowly. “Who are you?”Still she didn't respond to me. The silence itself became terrifying. The woman suddenly reached for the IV line again.My eyes widened instantly as I spoke again.“What are you doing?!” I cried out weakly.I grabbed her wrist immediately before she could inject anything into the line. The nurse froze for one second. Then suddenly she tried forcing my hand away.At that moment I panicked. “No!”My free hand moved protectively to my stomach immediately. My baby.The doctor’s words echoed in my head again. I was
“…But do you want to build a family with me?” He asked softly. “Have kids?”I froze, trying to process the question he had just asked. It wasn’t a question I expected. Because before I signed the contract I was told that him and Jessica knew I can't conceive. Or she didn't tell him?
"What did you just say?" Priscilla was already charging toward my mother, face twisted with rage, fists clenched. “You think this is a scene? You think this is drama? My sister is in a coma because of all of you!”“Control yourself, young lady...you are drawing attention
Nathaniel's POVI stared at her like my entire world depended on the look in her eyes.She was awake. Finally. After two months of silence, after two months of holding her hand and whispering into the void, she was here, eyes open, breathing on her own. But something about the way she looked at me
Nathaniel’s POV"I'm going alone." I muttered, rushing to the locker to pick something to wear. I wore all black with a cap. I checked my phone and noticed the address was sent.I had no choice but to go alone. No police, no agent, nobody....just me. I couldn’t risk them







