Under His Protection

“You want out from our relationship?” He asked, his heartbeat so loudly in his chest as to what would be her answer.

“No”

“Then what is it Laura? Since last week when we want to make love you want every light inside the bedroom off, you don’t want to see my face when we make love” he replied, recalling the time he noticed the changes in her.

“Fine!” Laura breathed angrily, ” you really want to know hat has been going on? I will tell you, Iam Pregnant Michael”

It seems that the world shook underneath his feet, ” what did she just say? She is pregnant for my child? So that has been the secret she has been keeping from him?”

Michael tried to open his mouth but no words came out, he tried again to summon the word but before he could utter the word another familiar voice joined the conversation.

“Who is pregnant?”

Laura and Michael turned their gaze on the doorway to find his Excellency and Trisha standing with eyes blazing with fire.

Laura gasped as if she could not believe her eyes while Michael stood there shocked and speechless that moment starring at the newcomers.

“Wwhat are you doing here?” She asked.

“I ask again, who is pregnant and who is the father of the child?” Jadua repeated the third time when there silence envelope the room.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Laura was about to answer when another voice answered, ” Iam. Iam the father of her child”

Damn japhet!

Laura temporarily closed her eyes, she could not believe what was actually happening in her life, suddenly she wanted to be sick.

Jadua Van-Lerie threw a foul look at the man who just arrived, ” who the bloody hell are you?”

“Iam japhet, and iam Dating your daughter” he said straight to his Excellency eyes with a calm smile on his face, ” Iam going to marry her”

“Good, iam expecting an engagement party in France next week”

“What?!” Laura asked indecorously, “You can’t be serious father”

She glared at Japhet who just spouted nonsense infront of her father, ” what the hell is wrong with you? What the actual fuck did you just say?”

“Laura…” Her mother who had been silent all these while spoke.

“Japhet is not the father of the child” she informed them hotly as she wrapped her hands around her belly feeling her growing headache.

“If he is not the father of your child as you claim, who then is?” Jadua asked, losing his patience, ” who is the father Laura!” He growled.

“Who is pregnant?” Just when Laura wanted to tell Michael about her pregnancy, her parents showed up, she could not believe her eyes, it was as if her night mare just came to life. For a moment she was speechless starring at them in the doorway of her workroom, she glanced at Michael who just stood there studying her Expression with alarm in her eyes.

Laura glanced again at Michael who stood there like a statue with unreadable eyes, when he did not make a move to speak she stared back at her parents infiltrating eyes, ” The father is….”

“That is enough sir” japhet said, coming closer to her side, ” it is not beat for her to have so much stress with her pregnancy, and all. Iam still willing to marry her is she will have me”

“Very well then” her idiotic father said after a moment, ” there will be an engagement in France next week” he looked directly at his daughter, ” You young lady, You are coming back with me today, you need to prepare for your engagement”

“Jadua” Trisha objected with his autocratic approach towards the issue, he stopped his wife complaint with a hand raised, ” I will handle this Trisha”

“But….” She protested hotly.

“That is okay Laura” Michael finally spoke, his eyes remained blank starring at her, she looked up to him almost at the verge of crying, ” you should go back with them, you will be safe while in the estate under your father’s Protection”

Laura softly gasped at his word that cut straight to her heart, was that a subtle way of pushing her away? She always knew he doesn’t want a child, suddenly she felt the hot tears she had tried to fight back finding it’s way effortless down her cheek, she held herself in check, if there is any reason for her to be strong, she need to be strong for her baby.

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“Why does it turned out like this?” She asked herself miserably, it’s been a while week since that incident happened and here she was sitting in front of her dressing mirror, getting ready for her engagement party. But she could feel nothing except the fact that she was slowly dying inside as her left hand touched japhet’s engagement ring which felt cold and heavy In her finger.

Laura still could not finger out what madness possessed her to accept japhet proposal, maybe because of the fact that she had stopped thinking straight since her father dragged her back to France, that was also the last time she saw Michael in her workroom looking at her with such hurtful expression in his eyes.

Laura eyes blurred with hot tears again, she could see that she was about to ruin her perfectly applied makeup before the party even started.

“Am I making the right decision baby?” She placed her hand on her still flat stomach tenderly, ” please help mama decid since your papa doesn’t want us, iam sorry if you have to grow knowing different fathers, my little angel”

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Jadua mentally prepared himself when he saw his wife Trisha barged intois study room , he knew from her determined stridehe would be at receiving her wrath, ” why aren’t you free yet from Laura’s engagement party?”

“You can’t do this!” Trisha said angrily, her beautiful almond shape brown eyes glint with fire in hi direction, ” How can you let out precious daughter marry that man? You were not really kidding when you said you are expecting an engagement celebration here, You are an idiot Jadua!”