Lahat ng Kabanata ng Billionaire's Regret: It's Great to See You Again, Daddy!: Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

KATHERINE'S POV "Mom!!" I groaned in my sleep and turned. My eyelids felt too heavy to open and I didn't try to push them. "Go away, Franklin. I'm so tired," I mumbled. The banging continued and I suddenly felt hot. Why can't he just let me sleep? Once again I tried to force my eyes open but it wasn't opening but I was no longer deeply asleep like I was earlier. My senses were awake long enough for me to know that the sound of banging on my door and Franklin calling me was nothing but a dream. I tried to go back to sleep, eyes still heavy but I couldn't. The first thing I noticed was the heaviness in my chest. It pressed down on me like a weight, thick and smothering. My throat scratched as though I’d swallowed ash in my sleep. I coughed, half-awake, and rolled onto my side. The air burned my nose. Something wasn’t right. I blinked into the darkness, but it wasn’t dark. A dull glow seeped beneath my bedroom door, shifting and flickering like a restless thing

ALEXANDER'S POV "Where's Katherine? How is she?" I asked him, my voice sounding breathless.He sighed and shook his head."Alex.."No!No!!"Tell me she's okay. Tell me she's alright!" My hand reached out for his collar and I gripped it tightly.My chest felt very heavy and my breath was rushed. I could feel the nervous and worried eyes of the nurses behind me, but I wasn't bothered.No one would escape my wrath if anything happens to Katherine.His hands gently held mine and took it off his collar, he looked calm for someone who was just threatened."She's alive, Alex."I let out the breath that I didn't realize I had been holding and bent my head.She's alive!!Thank goodness.That's all that matters."Where is she?" I looked at him."At the ICU."My heart dropped."ICU?"That meant that she was seriously injured.He nodded in response."We're trying our best to make sure that she's okay.""What do you mean by that? Aren't there enough doctors in this hospital? I don't want you to

ALEXANDER'S POV Time seemed to go by so slowly and I got to find out what it means to be patient. I watched as Franklin played with some toys the nurses gave him and tried hard not to think about anything but it was almost impossible. Yes, I've always wanted to spend alone time with my son but definitely not like this...not when Katherine's life was at risk. The past thirty minutes had me pacing around the room, glancing at my watch, peeking through Frankie's room window for a nurse while at the same time, following the news report on the incident at Katherine's place. So far none of them seemed to have calmed my mind. Katherine lay some meters away from us in the ICU, unconscious, hurting and relying on oxygen, yet everyone seemed to go on like nothing happened. "Dad..." Franklin's soft voice called me and I turned my attention away from the window. "Yes son?" He grimaced and like a strike of lightning, I was already by his side. "What's wrong? Are you okay? Can you breathe

UNKNOWN POV Stalking had become my favorite plaything—better than touching myself. Nah, not sure this is better than... God, you’re such a fucking bitch!" I laughed at myself, almost giddy at my own antics.Still, the laughter couldn’t drown out the truth eating me alive. Ever since I found out that the cops didn’t suspect the fire was an accident, I’ve been restless—not exactly worried, but afraid my plans might be destroyed before they even come into bloom.Ruining someone else's plans was definitely Katherine's strongest suit because why can't she just die?Or simply leave, if not die?She just had to fight for her worthless life and ruin everything for me.My legs were sore from sitting inside the cramped van but there was nothing I could do, one move and I would expose myself in front of everyone and that was the last thing I needed.For now, it was certain that the identity of the culprit was still unknown, I wouldn't want to speed up their investigation by exposing myself.The

ALEXANDER'S POV It's been two days.Forty fucking eight hours!!!And yet Katherine is yet to wake up.I managed to maintain my composure in front of Franklin for the past two days but it was hard.I was slowly losing my mind.Franklin's questions didn't even help matters and the fact that I had to constantly reassure him, even though I wasn't even convinced, yet was just a different ball game.All I see and hear is the oxygen mask in front of Katherine and the sound of it slowly beeping.My patience was as thin as a piece of spaghetti, if there was something even smaller than that.Nate sensed it also.He avoided coming to Franklin's hospital and whenever I tried to meet up with him in private, he always comes up with the excuse that he has a patient to see and runs away.But not today.He has to give me an explanation today otherwise he won't be able to do anything else.My footstep was heavy and I knew without being told that I looked like a crazy man, unshaved moustache, rough ha