OWEN'S POVI slammed the door of our room as I walked to the bed and sat on the bed. My eyes took in the view of the room, the scattered papers and squeezed ones lying all over the floor and I clenched my fist. “Charlotte.” I called out but there was no response. I got up as I checked the bathroom but there was no sign of her there. I searched her room and everywhere I thought she could be but she was nowhere to be found. Is she out with this so-called mysterious stranger again? My anger started to rise as I walked back to the room and started to pace around while waiting for her to get back. About an hour passed before I heard a car drive in and I moved the curtains to see her step out and make her way inside the house. She looked exhausted and tired but I was too angry to care. All I wanted was an explanation. A valid one. She opened the door as she trudged in and laid on the bed, not knowing that I was in the room. She groaned as she pulled a pillow to herself and hugged it t
CHARLOTTE'S POVI couldn't believe my ears. Owen suspected me of betraying him?“Cupcake-”“Do not cupcake me!” I yelled as I ran a hand through my hair and stared at him, a scoff escaping from my lips.“You have no idea what I've been doing for you. Just because you see me hanging out with him means I'm working against you? Everything I've done is for you!”“Listen to me! I'm not saying that you're working against me. I just shared my worries with you. Catherine sent me this. It didn't look photoshopped so I thought otherwise. I was trying to look out for you.”My chest heaved as I stared at him and I realized that his words did make sense. If I saw him hanging with a stranger that refuses to disclose their identity, I would go crazy too.“If you had told me about all this, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. I have a right to be angry too. Apparently, you know things that I don't. Anyone in my shoes would feel and react the same as I did.”He was right. I shouldn't ha
OWEN'S POV “Hold on, cupcake. I'll get you to safety.” I muttered as my voice shook and I kept glancing between the road and her. She was curled up in the passenger seat as she clutched her stomach in pain. Her face was pale and full of agony, with beads of sweat all over her forehead. My heart raced wildly as I stepped harder on the gas pedal, the tires screeching beneath us as I drove like a maniac. I didn’t care who yelled in frustration, nothing else mattered right now. Nothing mattered except getting my wife to the hospital. I had to save her and the baby. "Owen... it hurts..." She whimpered, her voice low, almost barely audible over the loud pounding of my heart. “I know, cupcake. We’re almost there. Just hold on, okay?” I whispered but panic was written all over my face. What if something was wrong with the baby? What if I lost them both? I swerved into the hospital premises and slammed the brakes so hard and the car screeched to a halt. The moment I parked, I jump
OWEN'S POV“I can't… Please don't make me choose. God, please…”“Mr Owen, I'll ask again. Who do you want us to save, your wife or the baby?”My breath caught in my throat, my world spinning around me as I desperately tried to get the question out of my head. How could anyone make a choice like that?“Doctor, I wanna know. If I choose to save the baby, won't it die without its mother?”“Naturally, yes. But we've been able to develop a new technology that's better than an incubator. She's formed already so it won't be difficult at all.”“S-she? It's a girl?” I asked as a smile formed on my face and I imagined holding my little princess in my arms.“Yes, it's a girl. You're delaying, Mr Owen. If we delay too much, we might lose both of them.”The room started to close in on me.and I could feel my heart racing as panic set in. Charlotte was everything to me. But our princess... the life we had just created... How could I just let them go?“I…” My voice cracked, barely audible like a whis
CHARLOTTE'S POVMy eyes fluttered open as the soft hum of machines beeping around me made me realize where I was. The hospital, again.My body felt heavy and my head pounding lightly as whatever they gave to me started to wear off. I blinked as my eyes slowly adjusted to the bright lights above me and I turned my head to see that I was all alone. I thought Owen would be here…I tried to sit up and that’s when I felt it, a strange emptiness inside me that I haven't felt in a while and my heart sank.The baby.My eyes widened in shock as my hand immediately moved to my stomach, the place where I had felt a little one growing inside me.But now...There was nothing. I knew it before anyone told me anything. My baby was gone.I bit my lip as I tried to stop the flood of emotions that threatened to overwhelm me. I couldn't break down. Not yet.I knew that Owen needed me to be strong. I had to hold on, for him.The door creaked open, and Owen trudged in, his shoulder slumped and my heart cl
OWEN'S POVI looked around in confusion as I stood at the edge of the riverbank, my bare feet on the damp soil. How did I get here?The sky was just getting dark, casting an eerie, dull light on the rushing waters in front of me. I glanced around as I placed my hands in my pocket and my heart stopped when I heard a scream.Charlotte was struggling in the water to my left with her arms flailing as she tried her best not to drown. I got ready to get into the water when I heard a small cry and I froze.On my right, my angel, so small and fragile, was barely above the surface, her tiny hands reaching out and calling to me.I wanted to scream for help but I was all alone. I wanted to leap in and save them both, but my legs wouldn't even move... I was frozen, unable to save my family."Help me, Owen! Please!" Charlotte's voice broke through the thoughts in my head, she sounded desperate and filled with fear.I finally turned to her as I took a step forward, but I stopped in my tracks as I h
OWEN'S POV“What is it?” I asked and she held the hem of my sleeve as she pulled me back to the bed with a weird expression on her face.“You see… there's something I found out. But I don't know how true it is… And it's about Caleb.”“What is it?” I asked again, firmly this time and she sighed as she let go of me.“Like I said, I- I don't know how true it is-”“Charlotte, if you aren't going to tell me what it is, then I'll call him.” I moved away from her as I pressed the dial button.“No!” She yelled as she came up to me and quickly hung up as she grabbed the phone from me.“You're acting weird right now. What is going on?” I held her face gently as she shifted from one foot to the other.“There's something I have to tell you but… I can't.” Her shoulders slumped as she looked up at me, concern written all over her face.“Why?”“Because I don't want you to get hurt. I don't want to see you cry again.”She wore a frown on her face as she dropped the phone on the bed and held my hands
CHARLOTTE'S POVI glanced back and forth at the two men sitting in front of me with my arms crossed as I waited for an explanation.“I'm waiting for an answer from any of you. What secrets are you talking about?” I asked again as I turned to Owen and he quickly avoided my eyes.“Owen!”“I don't know the secrets! He only told me that there were secrets, but he didn't tell me what the secrets were.” He finally confessed as he scooted over to my side and held my hands.“I didn't think of it too much that time and that's why I didn't tell you. I'm sorry…” He said with a small pout and I sighed.“Stop trying to be adorable. It won't work.” I huffed as I pulled my hands away but he took them back in his hands.“He's right, Charlotte. He knows nothing about it.” Ethan said and I glared at him as I pointed my finger at him.“You also kept it away from me. Don't expect that I'll smile at you just because you're Rose's boyfriend.”He quickly raised his hands in surrender as he chuckled and Owen