Elena POV Sorry?He's sorry?Did he just throw those flimsy words at me after almost endangering my child's life and not showing concern about it?The nerves. The audacity.I stared at him dumbfounded, my mind spinning in every direction but calm. My throat tightened as I struggled to keep my cool. I took a deep breath “ just to make things clear" I said sharply, my voice surprisingly steady. "I do not accept your apology and we should continue the way we were before. That's less disappointing” I turned to head up but paused on my track and glancing back over my shoulders. “ No need to worry about Nana, I'll make sure to put up a good act for the both of us” And with that I walked off not bordering on caring if he was listening or staring or stood up with that stupid blank expression on his face.What nonsense. Throwing a mere apology in front of me like what he did meant nothing.I don't even give a damn to what he and Catherine are up to after all it's a contract marriage but hi
Elena POV “ My child, I heard what the other rascal did to you and I apologize deeply,” she said, holding my hands dearly.Her thumb brushed over my knuckles like she was trying to heal every wound Alex left behind her touch but it was far from healing.Now I know that Alex was never mine and I was never his. But I won't lie to myself that I didn't love him.I smiled faintly, more out of habit than warmth. I wasn’t sure how to respond. The words “I’m okay” were too fake. And “I’m not okay” felt too heavy to say aloud.So I just nodded.“Don’t worry about me, Nana,” I said quietly, letting her hold my hand. “I’ve already decided to focus on myself and… the baby.”She hummed in agreement, the kind of hum that was more than agreement—it was as if she agreed and at the same time thinking.Nana didn’t speak again. She just stood, dusted her hands like she’d finished arranging something important, and checked the time.Then she smiled.“Right on time,” she muttered under her breath, a litt
Elena POV Nick, who had gone to get me snacks, shouted from behind, rushing over to assist me up. He looked at Catherine who was shocked to the extent of forgetting she was in pain.“ What? That's not true, Nick, I did do it, I didn't push her. I didn't-” Now you know how it feels.“ Save it. I don't want to hear your explanations," Nick interrupted. “ Are you ok?” He turned to ask me, his tone softer.I nodded resting on Nick as he led back inside. I'm certain that Catherine would be boiling in rage.Make me regret signing the contract? Huh, I already regret more than she can make me.We got back to my ward and Nick ordered some food for us but it made me puke so he ended up finishing everything while I relaxed with an apple in my hand.“ Elena, so I've been thinking,” Nick said while still munching on the beef on his plate. “ You haven't gotten any clothes or equipment for your pregnancy and plus you are prone to outgrow your clothes eventually so I was thinking we could go shoppi
Elena POV Two days had already passed with me still in the hospital. Even though I protested that there was no need to stay, Nick still suggested I do.Yet, the main cause of the incident was nowhere to be found. He never came to check up on me, not even once. I guess my sadness became noticeable as Nick noticed the shift in my eyes, the way I kept staring at the door.“Elena,” he said gently, “I’m sure he just got caught up in something important. He’ll come.”Always the excuses for the past two days. I gave him a small smile. Fake. So fake it hurts.“Yeah,” I murmured, reaching for my phone. “Probably.”I opened the screen.There it was. The headline.Catherine Monroe Involved in Minor Accident — Billionaire Alexander Donovan Seen Rushing to Her SideAnd there was the picture. Alex. Holding her hand. Carrying her into the damn hospital like some knight in shining armor.My fingers trembled.Oh. So that was the “important” thing.I stared at the screen until my vision blurred, my th
Elena POV Two of the guards stepped in from the hallway, like they’d been waiting for the cue.“Elena will be standing outside tonight. Let her reflect on what she’s done.”“You can’t be serious.” My voice cracked, tension rising in my chest.He didn’t look at me.As much as I didn't want to say the word I needed to. “I’m your wife, not your prisoner.”Still nothing.“I said I went there because I care! I care enough to want peace in this damn family!”He waved his hand like he was done listening. “Take her.”The guards hesitated for a second, probably from the look I shot them, but one eventually stepped forward. “Ma’am, please.”No, no I can't go outside, not like this, not when I'm pregnant. What will happen to the child's health? I can't risk it. I have to try and make him understand. I have to convince him somehow.“Alex, Alex, please, ” I begged, my tone becoming softer. “ I've learnt my lesson and I won't do it again. I won't go to your mom’s house again, just please don't do
Elena POV As soon as Jessica left, leaving the both of us in the kitchen I turned to him with a start talking expression.“Balcony?” he asked.I rolled my eyes then nodded, following him through the doors, the cold breeze wrapping around us as we stepped outside.We stood in silence for a moment, leaning on the railing, watching the wind stir the garden leaves.“You’re mad?” he said eventually.“Confused,” I replied honestly. “Mostly shocked.”He didn’t respond right away. Just kept staring into the distance like it held the answers he didn’t want to say out loud.“ Aren't you supposed to be overseeing the foreign company?”“ yes but after that night you urged me to find out what happened, I was kept thinking ” he said quietly.“ So that's why you're here?” I asked“ Yes” he replied I turned to him. “Why now?”His jaw tightened. “Because what I found out while I was overseeing the company was that something wasn't right about my father and mother divorce so I figured the best person