Chapter 6: Something Unexpected
Knight’s P.O.V:
“What is the meaning of this?” I felt something flying towards my head so I lifted one hand and caught it just before it hit me and placed, what I assumed to be a newspaper, beside me on the bed.
Then I opened my eyes a fraction to look up at Keena’s fuming face and then closed them again. “Morning sissy.” I murmured under my breath.
Suddenly, my covers were ripped away from my body and a glass of ice cold water was thrown on to my face.
“What the Hell Keena!” I sat up so fast I felt my head spin, but my glare was directed at my younger sister standing at the foot of my bed, her expression equally bone melting.
“Oh no, don’t you dare ‘what the Hell’ me! Do you have any idea what you’re doing? How your mistakes are ruining the image of the entire family?” Keena, Kareena Tyson Miller, glared at me with her grey-ish blue eyes, her dark hair with metallic blue highlights reached just above her shoulders and her brick red floral printed dress came to a few inches above her knees. From outside, no one would be able to tell that she was four months pregnant.
“What did I do this time?” I asked defeated. There was no point arguing with Keena, she’d always find something to blame on me. Don’t get me wrong, I love her to bits, but pregnant or not, she was one woman I can’t ever win an argument against.
“Have you seen yesterday’s paper?” She asked, brows drawing together. And I knew instantly what she was upset about.
“Yes.” I said, running my hands through my drenched hair and down my face.
“And?”
“And nothing Keena. It’s been taken care of, I’ve made sure of it.” And I’d never forget the lesson I’d learned while doing so.
I’d met Ava Cox during a fashion show four months ago. Tall, slender and a natural blonde, Ava was easily the most beautiful woman I’d set my eyes on. And when she’d shown an interest in me, it’d been the icing on the cake. She’d told me that she had no one she was dating or remotely interested in and I’d taken her on face value. But then had come Elaine Thunder, all long legs and brunette hair and eyes that could see right through you. Although I hadn’t noticed that about her the first time I’d seen her peeping through the corners of the storeroom doorway as Ava and I were tangled up in each other, my pants on the ground and Ava all but naked. Elain had not only intruded on a private moment, but she had made it public by selling a picture of our intimae moment to the Paparazzi. And that was when I’d found out that not only was Ava married for over ten years, she also had two sons, one seven years old and another four and it was a well kept secret in the industry.
I’d immediately stopped all contact with her until I met her again this previous week at the Galantine Spring collection show and Ava had glued herself to me on the red carpet, as if she was trying to prove to the media that her divorce with her husband was all because of me. And on top of that, her performance in front of the camera’s had been so convincing that the media had gone on to assume that we were still dating and in love and a thousand other bullshitting facts that led to the belief that we might get married. I’d tried my best to act rational in front of the camera but as soon as we were alone, I’d pushed her off me and given her a piece of my mind which had thankfully kept her away from me for the rest of the night.
Keena sighed. “Look, brother, I don’t have a problem whoever you date, but Ava is a backstabbing bitch who deserves to spend the rest of her life with a hundred and one fat, annoying little cats.” She said angrily. “I can’t believe she was able to trick you into something like this.”
“Ava’s marriage wasn’t as well known by the media. She’d managed to keep it low profile so she could keep getting bigger contracts,” I reminded Keena. “And I’ve made sure to tell that I don’t want anything to do with her ever again. I’m pretty sure she got the point.”
“But have you thought of every possibility? A woman like her is only going to find loopholes in everything you say and come back to haunt you later if you-“
I sighed. Keena had always been over-reactive about everything, but now we can’t shut her up once she finds something to worry about. Suddenly, an idea came to mind. “Hey Keena, how’s Emanuel?”
Keena stooped her ranting midsentence and turned to me with wide eyes. “Holy Molly! I completely forgot why I came here today!”
“It wasn’t about the paper?” I asked frowning.
“No! I just saw that lying on your dining table so I picked it up.” She confessed a bit sheepishly. “I came here to tell you that Emanuel had to go to New York for some business meeting so he wouldn’t be able to take me for my ultrasonography. Can you take me to my doctor today? I have an appointment in about half an hour.”
“Shit!” I jumped out of bed and flew towards the bathroom to Keena’s angry “Don’t swear!”
Elena’s P.O.V:
“This way darling,” Dr. Johnson’s assistant led me inside the doctor’s cabin. Helena stood beside me as the nurse shut the door behind us and we stood facing Dr. Johnson, who appeared to be in her late forties, almost the same age as Helena.
“Lara!” Helena went forward and shook her hand. “This is Elena; she’s just like my daughter.”
“Yes, you told me about her.” Lara smiled kindly. “Why don’t you have a seat Helena while I go check on her?”
Helena took her seat while Lara led me to the examination room that was adjacent to the office and led to the table at the centre surrounded by a thousand scary equipments and helped me on to it. I laid my head down on the pillow and she used her equipment to take my vitals.
“Well, your pregnancy seems to be proceeding just fine,” she said while poking at my belly with her hands. “But….” She pressed one area at my lower abdomen and frowned. “I’ll definitely need to do a sono. How bad is your morning sickness?”
“Awful!” I told her. “I can’t seem to keep anything down.”
“Morning sickness is common in pregnant women at the end of their first trimester, but you seem to have gotten it worse than most.” She helped me sit up and get down from the high table. “You need to alter food habits and see what suits you best. Stick to that food for the time being so your condition doesn’t get worse, but do change often so it doesn’t get repetitive. I’ll make you a diet chart that you should follow strictly until I tell you otherwise. Helena told me this is your first time visiting a doctor?”
I nodded slowly, feeling guilty for ignoring my baby for so long.
“It’s okay,” she patted my hair. “You’re here now, the rest we’ll figure out as we go.”
“Everything alright?” Helena asked us as we came out of the examination room that was separated from this room by a curtain.
“For now,” Lara told her friend. “I’ll have my assistant whip up a chart and give her the necessary vitamins she needs, but we’ll need to do a sono to monitor the baby’s progress. And I’ll also need a sample of her blood.”
“Sure.” Helena smiled at me as if sensing my nervousness.
Till now, I’d only felt that I had a baby inside me, but today I’ll be looking at my baby for the first time. I was having so many emotions run through my mind that I stood frozen as Lara gave instructions to her nurse and told Helena what to do next. But one thing I did feel was Lara’s hands rubbing up and down my spine, as if she too could feel my discomfort.
“Let’s go Elain,” Helena tugged at my hand to break me of my trance. “You need to drink some water so your bladder swells up and then we can do the sono.”
Helena and I went to the waiting room and took our seat for the time being. I needed to dink enough water so my bladder inflates and then hold back from going to the toilet so they get a clear picture of my uterus. I started by drinking slow sips of water so that I don’t need to rush to the toilet to throw up all the water that I’d drunk. Midway through our wait, Helena had to leave to take a call so I sat alone, sipping my water and waiting for the doctor to call me in so I could get this over with.
“Hey, are you okay? You look really nervous.”
I turned to the woman sitting beside me. She had short, dark brown shoulder length hair in light waves that she’d colored a stunning metallic blue at the bottom and it matched her grayish blue eyes. She was kind of petite but she was also very beautiful. “I am….nervous.”
“Oh?” She frowned before her eyes widened in realization. “Unplanned baby?”
I nodded. “It was a one night thing and we used protection. I was also on the pill, but it still happened.”
She placed her hand on my shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. “Contraception isn’t always a 100% sure. Have you decided to tell the father yet?”
I was about to tell her that the father would probably blame it on me, but then I realized that I don’t have to explain such things to a complete stranger. “I barely know the guy. We met at a bar and then he came to my home. We spent a night together and he was gone by morning.” I told her instead.
“I so sorry to hear that,” she gave me a light hug sideways. “I’m Kareena by the way, but everyone just calls me Keena.” She held out her hand for me to shake.
“I’m Elain,” I told her with a smile. It was hard not to when her smile was so infectious. “Are you here with your husband?” I’d already noticed the huge emerald on her ring finger.
“No,” her face fell. “But I’m here with my brother; he just went to fetch some coffee. My husband’s on a business meeting.”
“Oh! I s-“
“Elena Thunder!”
I looked up when the Doctor’s assistant called my name. “Well, that’s me. I guess I’ll see you around.”
“Sure. Good luck!” Keena waved me goodbye as I stood up from my chair and headed towards the Doc’s chamber.
It’s finally time to meet my baby.
Chapter 7: ComplicationsElena’s P.O.V:Lara, as Dr. Johnson insisted I call her, applied a bit of gel on my stomach, which still looked normal even though I was about three months pregnant. But when I’d told Lara about my concern, she simply smiled and told me that my tummy wouldn’t be that noticeable until I was about five months pregnant.“Just relax honey; you’ll be able to see your baby in a little while.” Lara said as she used the probe on my lower abdomen to find the right spot. It didn’t take long before an image appeared on the screen and Lara turned the computer slightly in my direction and there it was! My baby!I felt tears well up in my eyes at the sight of the tiny bundle that looked more alien than human. “It’s so tiny!” I whispered to Helena, who was standing right beside me, holding on to my hand tightly.“Of course it is,&rdqu
Chapter 8: This is ItElena’s P.O.V:The second his lips touched mine, all thoughts vanished and electricity poured into my veins.One of Knight’s hands were fisted in my hair while the other was around my waist, molding me to his body. For an instant, I forgot everything around me. The only thing running through my mind as he parted my lips to put his tongue inside my mouth, was that this felt right. A sense of belonging washed over me, a sudden peacefulness that had been absent in my life for…for the past three months…I wrenched myself back from the kiss and at the same time pushed him back with all the strength I had. It was only when I tasted the iron in my mouth that I noticed that I’d bitten his tongue hard enough to draw blood. Good. It was a very small price to pay for everything he did to me.Knight stumbled back, his eyes wide as he looked at me as if he was still in a daz
Chapter 9: RevelationKnight’s P.O.V:I watched over Elena for the rest of the evening. She was dazzling onstage. Everyone seemed to be enchanted by her; the staff, the judges and even the students. She walked the stage like she owned it, yet, her face radiant, her skin glowing. I even saw a few of the male teachers looking at her with interest.I curled my hands into fists. No one was getting near her on my watch! Elaine might think that the conversation we had was enough to drive me away, but it wasn’t. Now I knew she wasn’t responsible for that photograph and it just made me want her even more. And I wanted her back in my life, in my bed, by any means possible.Elaine walked another round on the stage and then she turned back, disappearing behind the stage. I knew this was supposed to be a break for her so the students could ask her tips and get ready for their walk. I took the opportunity to get up f
Chapter 10: Unconventional DemandsElena’s P.O.V:“Marry me, Elena.”I stared at the man in bewilderment. Did he really just say what I think he just said? Did he just ask me to marry him? Right out of the blue?“Are you out of your mind!” I yelled at him, rising from the chair and backing away from him as far as I could. “We don’t even know each other!”“We don’t need to,” he had the audacity of saying as he too rose from the ground and stood facing me. “That’s my child you’re carrying, Elena. My heir. If you want to take my child away from me, don’t expect me to just stand there and watch it happen. I will fight for my child’s custody if it comes down to that. But marriage gives us equal claim over our child.”Fight for custody? He had no idea that if it did come down to that, I’ll fin fair and squar
Chapter 11: Bonds of FamilyKnight’s P.O.V:“You mind explaining what’s going on?” I asked Robert, feeling helpless in a way I couldn’t even explain to myself.Elena was having a baby. My baby! I was about to become a father! And I only just found out about it. Dear God! Has Elena been sick this whole time? Did she have to deal with this every day? Keena doesn’t get this sick, then why Elena?Robert sighed audibly. “Look, Knight,” he gave me a stern look. “When I gave you a hint about Elain’s pregnancy, I did it because no matter how awful you’ve been as a man, right now, Elain needs someone to look after her and the baby. I’ve already lost my child, so I didn’t want a child losing its father even before it’s born. But that was all before I heard the word complications.”My heart sank. “What complications?”
Chapter 12: Some Brotherly Conversations:Knight’s P.O.V:I took a closer look at the bouquet of bright pink carnations in my hand and debated on the color choice I’d made. Red would’ve been too bold, too demanding, and I didn’t want Elena to feel trapped. Pink was the better choice and since the industrially bread carnations no longer have any scent in them, it was safe for Elena to keep it in her room…if it didn’t get flung at my face or the trash can, right after I handed them over.So I held the bouquet in my right hand and a large box of dark chocolates on my left; rang the door bell and stood quietly with my heart in the pit of my stomach. What I wasn’t expecting however, was a tall man with silver blonde hair and violet eyes, opening the door to Elena’s apartment.“I’m sorry; I must have gotten the wrong address.” I told the older man and backed awa
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