Reina's POV I spun around on my heels, walking away because I didn't know what exactly it was that I was supposed to do, I didn't know what exactly it was going to come to, but I just didn't want to imagine that Richard was going to kill him just like that. You know. A voice whispered to me, one that I shook my head trying to dispel it away from my numerous thoughts. Lying gently on the bed. I made a note right there to check on my baby with the doctor when I had the chance to do so. Just to make sure that she was fine and there was no harm that might come to her nor me, now thinking of how exactly to go there without Richard suspecting a thing was at the top of my priorities. I was sure it was going to be a girl, I wanted one, and I knew Richard wouldn't be opposed to that as well. I couldn't bring myself to tell him now, I wanted the situation to be fine. Straying my hand over my stomach which was beginning to bulge a bit, my heart soared unexpectedly when I heard the gentle
Richard's POV I hadn't proposed the first time because it was an arranged marriage but boy, no one had told me how my heart was going to slam so hard that I might not breathe. What if Reina told me a no? What if she wasn't interested in me? What if all this wasn't what she wanted, and she wanted something else? Maybe, the flowers and fine dining with decorations. Shit, I had messed this up, and I don't know how to make it even better at this point. She looked obviously smitten by it, but she wasn't making a move. I had seen this ring shortly before I went to Jackson's and I knew immediately that it was meant for her. Reina didn't love massive stones. She loved tiny pretty ones and that was the one I had gotten for her. I had ditched numerous suggestions to the wall when I had picked it up. I could still recall one who had told me that ladies love huge stones, but I haven't gotten it. I was so sure that Reina would love it and in excitement had even shown Jackson who had cursed at m
Reina's POV ‘But I wouldn't want you to do so if you are going to risk your life for it’ those words had imprinted themselves in my mind before I could even think of contradicting it. Now, I was left with what exactly it was going to turn into if I let him know of what was going on. That I am pregnant.“ Oh, that is so beautiful” I listened to my mother as she kept telling me I should lift my finger high enough for her to see. I did as she wanted, not a word leaving my mind of what had been said. “ Thank you mother, Richard said he will be coming right after the press conference, he will be coming formally to talk to you” My father snickered. “ He is finally coming to do the right thing, after what seemed to be years”I knew my father had given his consent years ago, but that had been a while, and they hadn't known all that I had gone through until I had finally opened up to them. They had stood by my side through it all. “ Have you talked about it with him?” A concerned look gr
Richard's POVRyan's hands squeezed hard on my shoulders. “ Don't tell me that you are beginning to get cold feet already?” I snickered, pushing his hands off. How exactly was that possible? How would I be having cold feet when I was getting married to the most beautiful woman I had ever known today? The one that I had always wanted to have in my life. “ Is that even possible? It is Reina we are talking about here, and she has been in my life for ages, I have always wanted to have her back in my life, so why would I?” I tried to get a smile on my face to get his mind off how sweaty my palms were. Was that even possible? I didn't want to even think about that because no matter how much I did, it just doesn't seem right at all. Reina was everything I have always wanted, so it wasn't even possible that I was having cold feet right about now, and I knew that I had to be something else. Yes, that had to be it. Gosh, you can do it. I kept on cheering myself. Yes, I can do it. I can do t
Reina’s POVI was still, stunned and at the same time broken because this wasn't what I was expecting him to say, fine, I knew that I should have thought about this probability, but there was none and now this. “ You didn't mean that, did you? I am pregnant! With your child. Not it. Our child isn't an it. It is human and you know that” “ Reina…” he tried to touch me, but I wasn't having any of that, I didn't want him to touch me. It doesn't boil down with me. Whatever it was that he was trying to do just didn't boil down with me. All the high expectations that I had all crumbled to the ground before my very eyes, I guess that I had thought too highly of how it was going to be and now, I was going to have regrets. A bump got stuck in my throat and I couldn't push it down, no matter how hard it was that I tried to. It just wouldn't bulge, why does it have to stay stuck so well? What happened to it going down and now...“ Please don't “ I put out a hand at him, stopping him while sti
Richard's POVEverything had turned blurry when I stomped out and Reina was gone, fuck it. I didn't know where exactly to start from or where exactly she might be because damn it I just couldn't breathe. Those minutes when I was in there thinking so hard, I had come to various conclusions, most of which ended up in the fact that it was none of her fault. I was the freaking one who was at fault. I had knocked her up and demanded that she get rid of it, what exactly does that make me?I was as messed up as any other guy out there who would do that to their partner. What happened to using protection? Why had I messed up and still went raw, even when I knew that I didn't want her to end up pregnant? Huh? Wasn't I at fault? Realization had dawned on me, and it had come down like everything I had never wanted to try out. I didn't know why, but when I stepped out of the room, all that I had intended to do was make sure that she knew we were together. Through every phase of her pregnancy.
Reina's POV “ Stop that, you should let your mother rest” Richard chided Kelvin as he held me away from where I was resting gently on. I would have shouted at him for being tough, but I couldn't bring myself to, not after the relapse I had a few months back. Everyone had panicked, everyone had kept praying and hoping that I was fine and even Richard had almost broken down but all of that had turned out fine when I got better. A doctor had been flown in from India who was said to be one of the best and was kept around. It had been challenging to sort him out, but he was a freshman who was a gynecologist, and he had been by my side through it all. It was said that while he was in school, he had been known as the best graduating one of his set, and immediately he was set to be inducted, Richard had combed everywhere searching for him. He had offered a fair deal, a hospital and a considerable sum of money that would set him for life just if he could dedicate a year or two to making s
Nina’s POV “ Mrs. Ryan’’ I waited with anticipation at what the doctor was going to say, my heart flipped when she held my hands enclosing it with hers. “ You are finally pregnant, with twins” The air stilled around me as the bag I was holding dropped to the ground, crystal welled up in my eyes, ones that I pushed away before asking in a hoarse voice. “ I am pregnant?” I asked again, just to be certain that my ears haven't been playing tricks on me. That indeed I was getting my gift after all of these years when I thought that all hope was lost. That it had come at the time when I needed it the most. “ Yes” she bobbed. “ You are pregnant, you are in your early trimester, so you ought to be careful. Your husband would be delighted” Squeezing the paper in my hands, my feet traipsed out of the office, while I sank deeper in thought. Maybe, perhaps this was what I needed to fix our relationship, mine with Ryan. *************** My hand clustered around my phone while I wa
Ryan's POV “Am I doing too much?” I questioned Richard who stood by my side. I had on a sea green suit and a blue lapel which was to match with the gown she had on, but she wasn't here yet. I didn't know what to do, if I was going to cry, but I wanted to do this clear headed and without shedding a tear. It wouldn't make me masculine like I was supposed to be. She shouldn't see me tearing up. Richard stood by my side, in a peach suit to match Reina's own. “You doing too much would be you tearing up when she shows up to the aisle, please don't do that. You did before and it wasn't easy for me to stop you, don't make me do that again” he pleaded. I bore a hole in him at the words he had just spoken. He wasn't supposed to say that .He was still going to rub it over my face. “You did the same to me, remember?” he quizzed when he saw the look on my face. “So I don't really think I am doing anything wrong by telling you what I just did” I shook my head, not wanting to listen to him.
Nina’s POV “ You don't get it Reina” I hadn't known when exactly this had happened, but it was too much. I had given up on Christopher right now because I had no other option, but that was because my mum looked so happy with him. I knew he was young, well, too young if I am asked, but my mother being happy was everything to me and I wanted her to be. “ You both were going at it raw, what did you expect? A truckload of gifts?”Wait, what? “ I am almost in tears right now,” I explained. I just couldn't explain it, but I was really tearing up. She stood up, patting me on the back. “ It's the hormones, you are actually tearing up” “I am pregnant, just a month to our wedding and I don't know how to tell him, the wedding gown won't fit” “ The designer can always work on it, we can have her do that” “ But still, I am not ready for this. I don't know if I want this child, it is too much for me to bear right now, what exactly am I to do?” I questioned. I had to think about this. All t
Ryan's POV That name didn't ring a bell at all, why would somebody who wasn't affiliated to them do something like that? Or was it that we didn't know what exactly we were searching for? “ I can't really say” We both got into the Porsche as I answered.“ There is no one else that would be able to give an answer except her, but I don't know where she is”“ Who?” “ Her mother of course, I am so sure Nina doesn't know anyone by that name, and it will be so awkward bringing that up to her, we need to be certain. We don't want her suspecting us now, would we?” A part of me was glad that I didn't have to do this anymore, it would have pricked me a bit to know that. Richard was a drive away from the bar when my phone rang out. “ Ryan, where are you?” I could sense the urgency in her tone as she asked. I swallowed, gazing at Richard whose eyes were probing to know what's wrong when I answered. “ With Richard, is something wrong?” “ Yes, can you come over? I am at the morgue and I di
Nina's POV I had never felt this jittery in years, months even with how tense I was, I thought I was going to mess things up. “ You have to calm down, he is just your mother's spouse” That brings us back to why we were here, my mother's spouse, the one she said she wanted to introduce to me. I had wanted to be here first, just to get along foremost before passing it on to anybody what exactly he looked like, but my mother had insisted I came with Reina. She was better than me, as it was to be expected, and she was here to keep me in place or so I had thought. “ Something bulging your mind?” I shook my head when she asked. We had just gotten to the spot, fine dining with a reservation so difficult to get even if you were well known, but we seemed to be here, my mum had said this was the designated venue, and so we had to be here on time. “ It's now or never” the door opened with a slight push from me and we were in. It didn't take so long to find the booth that we were looking
Ryan's POV A smile crested over my face while I hummed alongside to perfect by Ed Sheeran, that was how my life was like currently, it was going the right path that I wanted it to be. Stepping on the gas, I couldn't keep thinking of how everything was just the way it should be presently, but there was merely a problem and that one had to be taken care of. I slammed the brakes in front of Richard's company, swept my gaze around when I stepped out of the car, beaming at the CCTV camera that told me he had his eyes glued on it. I figured him letting out a string of curses at what I had just done, before turning his attention back to his pile of documents. When he wasn't with Reina and the kids, playing the obsessed husband, he had his head into his documents trying to work even harder. Stepping into the elevator, I waited for it to drop me in front of his office and when I did, I pushed the door open. “ You should take a breath, you are always working” I pointed at him when I was
Nina's POV I beamed at the hand that had wrapped itself around me, before kissing me noisily. Pushing him off gently, I let out a plea. “ Let me sleep a bit, hmm” I pleaded while trying to shut my eyes a bit when the scent of freshly baked potatoes and cabbage lamb roast stew had me opening them in a sec. “ You surely do know how to get me” I gave him a slight jab at the arm before staring around, my mouth watered at the sight before me. “A little bit burnt, but I guess it's the intentions that matters” Ryan said while being nervous. I could tell because he was unusually jittery, which wasn't a fine attribute of his person, unless he had done something wrong, or he intended to do something that has him this way, I hope it was the latter because I could do without any huge thing at the moment. “ Spill” I urged, taking a scoop of the delicious goodness in front of me. A moan escaped my lips sending a little tingle in-between my legs when he stared at me like I was the most delic
Nina's POV “ Mother” I ran across the pavement after slamming the door shut, accepting the hand she had given me. “ Nina” she enclosed me into her arms, savoring the moment. “ Are you okay? I heard about the verdict?” I bobbed at her, giving her an answer. “ It was nothing, I feel better now, and I am glad that I had to watch” She searched my eyes probing before she pulled away, grasping my hands in hers as she sauntered off with me in suite. “ Is something wrong?” She shook her head. We were at our house, the one where everything had gone down, where I had been poisoned, where I had come to seek refuge after Ryan, and where my father had decided to get. We had memories from this house, a lot of it and I would have kept them all if the very last wasn't as painful as it had been. She smiled briefly before shaking her head. “ Would you want anything else? I am bringing down the house”“ Mother” I exhaled. That must have caused a lot of decisions and I didn't really know if
Nina's POV My hands squeezed around Reina as as we waited for the judge's verdict, my heart slammed so hard as she made a point on how he had committed murder, and had burnt an orphanage killing kids as well. Everyone had watched the video and it had been brutal. So brutal that I had shut my eyes through it all. “ Brian is sentenced to death by shooting for mass murder, and it should be carried out immediately” she snapped the pen she held into two. He stood up, eyes bloodshot as he glared at the judge. My heart spiked as I recalled what he had done the last time, thinking of how he might make a repeat of the same thing, it was going to be heart-wrenching. “ You won't be able to kill me. You won't be able to, what makes you any different from me? You do the same thing as I do, and you are still alive, you can't!” My eyes brimmed with tears in them, as Ryan punched a hand up in the air, his eyes were on me as he mouthed out. “ We did it” I knew he was also trying to tell me abou
Ryan's POV My eyes slithered into red when I saw him pinning her against the wall. “ Fuck” I cursed, pushing against the chair in my way before shoving the door open. It came open in a crank and shoving him away from her, I threw a punch into his face. He collided against the wall, before aiming one at me. He threw one on my face, which I returned before we were pulled away. “ I will make sure you live the rest of your life behind bars” I yelled at him, venomously. Even if it was going to take my last breath, I was going to make that happen. Nina stood at the far edge, a hand around her neck as she took in gasps of air, pulling off the jacket I had on, I threw it over her before guiding her out. I made sure we were safe in the car before zooming off. I didn't know what I was going to know if he had hurt her more than this, maybe send his body rolling, I would have made him regret every single thing about his life. I might have ended up punching him to death, the rage in me st