Meeting Ruby again raised a lot of emotions in him. Liam found himself looking in her direction a lot of times and she was watching him too, he knew because each time he looked in her direction, their eyes always met, and he felt bad that he wasn’t paying attention to what’s going on around him.After the way she responded to him earlier he had wanted to just ignore her and let her have it but it only took a while for that thought to go away, now as they both walked out of the event venue towards a much more quiet area, his head was filled with thoughts of her and all the times they had spent together, he just couldn’t understand why they couldn’t at least be friends, it’s not like they hated each other or anything like that.At least she wanted to talk to him now even though right now, he didn’t even know what they were going to talk about, he did have things to talk to her about but these were things she had made clear that she didn’t want to hear, women were so hard to deal with, h
“True, I saw everything, you did well Liam, you saved people and got the bad guys in jail,”She complimented.“Thanks, but you would have at least taken my calls or even call to tell me that a month ago,”“I am sorry I didn’t,”“It’s fine, and on other news, vine’s siblings are all doing good, her mom too, I went to see them when I got back and she is good,”He revealed.“That’s good to know, it all happened because of you,”“No, we did it together,”“Sure!”She said and there was silence, he wanted them to continue talking.“I started Kirsten’s adoption process as soon as I got back and in about two weeks, she would be legally mine,”He revealed.“Wow, that’s good to know, you are doing well,”She said and he smiled.“Thank you, it wasn’t easy though, because I am a single man but my parents helped so, yup,”“Kristen is so lucky to have you,”“The feeling is mutual Ruby, I am lucky to have her too,”He replied truthfully.“That’s good to know,”She said and there was silence again.“
He hoped his mom would not be in the kitchen and was happy when the cook told him she wasn’t there but the joy didn’t last as she entered when he was almost done eating.“Look who showed up so early in the morning,”“Hi mom, I came to get my daughter,”He said hoping that she would let him be for once but as soon as she pulled a chair and sat next to him, he knew he was in for another round of talks, the woman took every opportunity to bug him, at least he was done eating and could easily run away.“What do you want this time mom?”He asked when she stared at him in silence.“I didn’t say a word,”“Yeah, right, you always have something to say,”He responded, dropping his spoon and facing her.“Well, when do you plan on resuming work?”“Oh, work? Soon, why?”He asked, he hadn’t expected her to talk about his work but okay.“I am not talking about the job you do now, I am talking about you taking over the company, that’s what your dad and I want.”She said, He should have known, they w
Ruby stared at her phone, she has been looking at the phone for over thirty minutes now and she just couldn’t do it, why was it so hard for her to just make the damn call? How come she was a chicken when it comes to Liam? What was she so scared of? These questions ran through her mind and she couldn’t get answers to them, she was just feeling stupid for prolonging this as far as she could go, she was already four freaking months pregnant, if she doesn’t say anything now when would she have the time to? And also fuck Liam for not calling her after making her promise to take his call when he does.“Men will always disappoint you,”She whispered to herself as consolation, it’s been almost two weeks now since they met, he expected him to call but his call never came, not even a text, maybe he was waiting for her to reach out, the damnable man!“I can do this!”She whispered as she picked up her phone and slowly searched for his contact. She clicked on it and held her breath, waiting for i
What if he thinks she is a gold digger and only got pregnant with his child because she knows she will gain from it? Her thought just ran deep and wild and for the first time since she found out she was pregnant, she had the thought of not telling him at all and just keeping him in the dark about it, she thought of moving out of the country but in the end, she couldn’t do it, she just had to tell him even if he ends up saying she is those things.At least she knows she is not, she couldn’t gather the courage to call him again so she just left her phone and went back to work.Two days after she found out Liam’s family status, she still didn’t know what to do, well she knew but she just didn’t know how to do it, being a chicken was her new favorite thing, so she drove to the hospital complex feeling like hell, she couldn’t sleep last night because she had a terrible headache that almost left her lifeless, the first thing she did when she got to the hospital had her blood tested, she was
“My house?”“If you don’t want us to meet there then it is fine, I will just find somewhere else and text it to you later,”She replied, she should have thought of his not wanting her to be at his place either.“No, it is fine, I was just surprised that’s all, ten am you say? Should I forward you my address?”He asked, the excitement back in his voice, that should be a good sign right? But it made her nervous.“Yes, please,”“Sure, see you, tomorrow baby,”He said and ended the call, he called her baby? Well, let’s see if he still calls her that after she tells him the big news.After the call, she was finally able to rest, she fell asleep in the call room and when she woke up, she decided to go home, since she didn’t have much work in the first place, she just told the chief and he let her go, she went home and spent the rest of the day in bed.She woke up the next morning refreshed, she made and ate a light breakfast, took her bath, and sat in her living room going over her plans on
Liam stared at her, that was all he could do, there were no words, nothing, nothing felt real right now, it feels like he was having one of those impossible dreams that he has been having since he got back from Cacko. Everything this week has been like a dream to him, it started from when she had called him that she wanted them to meet up, to her saying she wanted to meet at his house and now, she just said, no way this is real, he must be dreaming it.“Aren’t you going to say anything? Liam?”She asked after a long pause, that got him out of his trance, he looked around wondering what he could say, no words, he grabbed her hand and led her upstairs to his room. Thank God he thought of bringing the nanny over yesterday, at least they can talk without being interrupted, that’s if he doesn’t wake up from the dream, he damn well hoped that he wasn’t dreaming because he would be very sad if he wakes up, not just sad, it would break him if this turns out to be a dream.“Liam?”She called
“About two weeks after I came back, I was always sick, at first I thought it was just the flu or my body trying to adjust back to normal life but it just kept on getting worst so I went to get some test done and I was told I am carrying, I redid the test a couple of times more to be sure,”She explained and he could picture the shock she would have been in when she found out she was pregnant, especially with what she had just told him about thinking she can’t get pregnant.“Why didn’t you tell me then? That’s more than a month ago, no make that two months ago, you should have told me when you found out, I should have been carried along,”He voiced.“I wanted to tell you as soon as I found out but I didn’t know how you would react to me being pregnant when I assured you I won’t get pregnant, I felt you would think I did it on purpose,”“What are you even saying, Ruby? You never assured me you won’t get pregnant, okay I never thought of it but you damn well know I won’t have thought you