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CHAPTER 31

ANNA POVWe haven't even spent up to three days here. Why is he suddenly in a rush to leave. "something must be going on" I presume in my mind.I wanted to ask him why but I kicked against it when I recalled what he told me. I shouldn't question his orders and do as he says I interpreted those words he said to me the previous night.."Nevermind" I said quickly before he spit out something annoying."What about them" I asked another before he could walk away. The way he stopped on his track and turned to look at me sent momentary lapse of shivers down my spine."Did i say something wrong?" I wondered in my mind"Them?" He repeated the last word in an hoarse voice, raising a brow. He held a baffled expression. "I mean what about dad and mom. I thought our honeymoon was arranged by them. Won't they be offended when they get to know we only spend few days here? I explained, my voice gentle, picking my words carefully. "Oh, them" Jonathan noded in understanding. His tensed shoulders dro

CHAPTER 32

JONATHAN'S POVInside his office, I sat in front of the manager with boldness, looking at him sternly like he had something written on his face. Mr Albert doesn't seem moved by my sudden appearance in his office. As if he had been expecting me for long.His face held less expression and a slight smirk.."Such a mischievous fellow" one would nearly spit out, just merely looking at him right now.Being the manager of one of the most popular hotel in the city must have taken a thorn on him somehow or rather he is someone who must have experienced the bitter side of life in his early days. Walking into his office some minutes ago gave me quite some chills. With the way he glared at me the instant i set my foot into his office, it felt like he wanted to devour me. I guess he must be holding grudges against me for messing with his niece or maybe his job and position. "Mr Clarkson, how are you doing?" He spoke out politely like a professional that he is. "I hope you are enjoying your ho

CHAPTER 33

LUCAS'S POV The atmosphere in the hotel is welcoming. Hotel attendants and security looking neat and professional in their uniforms. I walked to the reception desk flashing my thirty two set of teeth at the receptionist. She happened to be carried away by what she was writing. Maybe a hotel log and visitors book I guessed. "Good day miss" I greeted, diverting her attention from what she was doing. "Good day sir" She replied with a smile, closing the book and putting it aside to attend to me. "You look beautiful" I complimented marveled by her beauty. She is a blonde with plump lips and brown eye balls. "Thank you She blushed. How may I help you?" She asked professionally. "Oh yeah, I am here to see Mr Clarkson" "You mean the newly weded couple?" She explained "Yes, I guess you are current" "Do you have an appointment with him?" She asked "Yes, I do" I retorted She wanted to place a call but I stopped her immediately. "Don't worry, I've called him th

CHAPTER 34

JONATHAN'S POV. The guards bowed as I made my way into the mansion while lucas followed behind. "You could have just told me you are coming home instead of your so called directions" He complained I only chuckled in response. "Welcome young master" The maids greeted in unison. I came straight to my parents house to inform them about my next move. My father is someone who doesn't like to be kept in suspense and He always want a complete details and explanation for every action. I could have waited for the news to get to them but Dad being an intelligent man always finds sudden decision fishy. It is better to clear him of doubts and suspicion Mom's nagging is something I doubt if I will like to listen to. I walked into the sitting room to meet my parent comfortably sitted. Dad was handling some paper work. It is obvious he just got back from work. He has an habit of attending to unfinished work immediately he returns home. Mom on the other seem to be carried away by the m

CHAPTER 35

ANNA'S POV "No, please" I wanted to scream but my voice came only in a whisper. Before, I could try to relinquish myself, I was shoved against wardrobe. My heartbeats increased. I suddenly perceived the familiar scent as he pressed his body against mine, kissing my shoulders and neck. Jonathan. Waves of relief washed through me. "When did he arrive?. How come I didn't notice his presence? Has he been watching me?" Those questions I really wanted to ask him but there was no time to do so as he kept kissing and touching my body. He roughly pulled me from the wardrobe, pressing me into his body. My bare ass came in contact with something hard. His erection. I wanted to protest when he suddenly pinch my nipples. "Ouch" I winced. waves of pain and pleasure spurt through me. JONATHAN POV. Earlier, I arrived and was welcomed by the silence of the suite. No sight of Anna At first, I thought Anna has gont out until I move further into the room and started hearing the sound of

CHAPTER 36

ANNA'S POVThe water ran over my shoulders and I did not move. I stood under the shower long after the heat had faded into something closer to warm, then closer to cool, and still I stayed there, trying to understand what had just happened between Jonathan and me in that room.My body had responded to him in a way I was not prepared for, and my mind had spent the last hour trying to catch up. I turned the water off and stood dripping in the sudden silence, listening to my own heartbeat instead of the pipes, and told myself that whatever this confusion was, it would pass by morning.It did not pass by morning.When I came downstairs the next day, Jonathan was already at the breakfast table with his tablet propped against a vase, scrolling through something with a stillness that felt deliberate. He did not look up when I sat down, which was unusual enough that I noticed it immediately."Good morning," I said, reaching for the coffee."Did you have a nice time with Lucas yesterday aftern

CHAPTER 37

ANNA'S POVJonathan said nothing about the garden that night.I braced myself for it the moment I stepped through the door, certain he would be waiting in the hallway with that same unreadable stillness he had worn at the window. He was not there. He was not at dinner either, and when I finally passed his study close to midnight, the light beneath the door had gone dark hours earlier than usual.The silence should have felt like relief. Instead it felt like a held breath that never let go. I found myself replaying the moment at the window more than I wanted to admit, turning it over at odd hours, trying to decide whether the stillness on his face had been anger, or something quieter and harder to name. I did not have the courage to ask him directly, and he clearly had no intention of bringing it up himself, so the question sat between us unanswered, gathering weight with every day that passed.Over the next several days, that silence became a pattern. Jonathan was polite at breakfast

CHAPTER 38

ANNA'S POVRose was already seated in the front sitting room by the time I reached it, perched on the edge of the pale blue settee as though she had chosen the most expensive piece of furniture in the room on purpose, to remind everyone present exactly whose house this was not.She wore a coat far too elegant for a woman claiming financial hardship, and I noted it without meaning to, the same way I noted the careful way she had arranged herself in the room, angled just so toward the door, as if she had planned exactly how she wanted to be found. Rose never did anything without calculating the effect of it first, and I had learned that much about her even from a distance.She looked up when I entered, and something calculating flickered behind her polite smile. "Mrs. Clarkson. I was hoping to see Jonathan, actually, not his wife.""Jonathan is not here." I sat across from her, folding my hands in my lap to keep them from betraying how unsettled I felt. "You will have to make do with me

CHAPTER 39

JONATHAN'S POV"What about our son, Rose?""Son?" The word caught me off guard, and I sat up straighter at my desk. "You never said anything about the baby's sex before now.""Because I only found out myself last week." Rose's voice carried a note of satisfaction, as though she had been waiting for exactly this reaction. "The ultrasound confirmed it. A boy, Jonathan. Your son, if the timeline means what I think it means.""That is not proof of anything.""No, but it is a start, is it not? A son changes things. People care more about an heir than they ever cared about a daughter, and we both know your father would agree with me on that, whether either of us likes it." A pause stretched long enough to feel deliberate. "I want to meet. In person, not over the phone where you can hang up on me whenever it becomes inconvenient. There are things about the pregnancy your lawyers never bothered to ask, and I think you will regret finding out about them secondhand instead of from me.""If you

CHAPTER 40

ANNA'S POVThe dinner party ended earlier than usual, guests trickling out with hushed comments I could only imagine the content of, and by the time the last car pulled away from the drive, I felt wrung out in a way that had nothing to do with the hour.Lucas found me on the terrace, still in the dress I had worn all evening, staring out at the dark garden below where nothing moved except the occasional flicker of the fountain lights."You are still thinking about what he said," Lucas said, not quite a question."I am thinking about a great many things he said tonight." I wrapped my arms around myself against the evening chill. "Including the part where he warned you off, as though I were something to be fought over rather than a person with an opinion of my own.""He was not entirely wrong to be concerned."Lucas came to stand beside me at the railing, close enough that I could feel the warmth of him even without our arms touching, and for a while neither of us said anything at all.

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