Chapter 31: Michael


    I stood up abruptly from the couch as I turn to go after Nina but Deborah pulled me back. I still can''t


    wrap my head around her pregnancy. Is this one of her scheme to separate me from Nina?.


    And to think that both of my parents are aware of it, it''s no wonder mom and her were getting closer the


    other day. How can she be pregnant, I''ve never released inside of her, hell! I never had sex with her


    without using a condom.


    “How many months is the pregnancy?"I said as I turn to look at her awaiting her reply.


    "I_________” she fidgeted on her seat avoiding my eyes nervously


    "Michael, my son. How are you?” Mr. Melton said as hees over to greet me cutting her off from


    whatever she wanted to say.


    "I''m good sir" I reply as I turn to leave "I''m sorry I have a meeting with important investors in thirty


    minutes" I lied to him as he nodded for me to go. That''s one of the specks of being a rich CEO, you can


    lie using your business as an excuse.


    I took the elevator to Nina''s office but was told she has left. I turn back taking the elevator to the


    parking lot defeatedly.


    My hands are tied especially now that Deborah is using a child against me knowing fully well I wouldn''t


    be able to do anything against it.


    I just hope she understands myst word to her, even though I end up marrying Deborah, she will


    always be the woman I love but can''t have.


    I enter my car as Mark drove me to thepany. Mark keeps ncing at me from the mirror as I chose


    to ignore him. My thought was on Nina, she didn''t even behave like she cared. Did she move on from


    me? Has she fallen in love with Austin? “No, she can''t do that," I said shaking my head.


    "Is everything okay sir?" Mark asked looking at me cautiously.


    "I''m okay, just drive," I said as I turn to look out of the window. As a child, I''ve always been fascinated


    with the view of New York. I remember vividly any time my parents are taking us out, I will roll down the


    window and gaze appreciatingly at the houses, shops, and even the green scenery but today I was not


    seeing all of that. My world was dark and it''s like a heavy burden has been ced on my shoulder, who


    should I turn to in my time of sorrow?


    Mark dropped me off at the office as I rode the elevator to my office.


    Aurora greeted me but I ignore her and walk into my office, pulling down the blind I off the light as on


    themp as I rest my head on my couch. The tears fell from my eyes as I wipe for the things I''ve lost.


    I don''t know what I''m going to do about Nina, I love her so much but is she worth the risk? I don''t want


    to lose her in this game that Deborah Melton and Austin Walker are plotting. Should I hold on to her or


    let her go? I don''t know what to do, I''m just so confused right now.


    "Aurora, I don''t want to be disturbed"I called into the inte as I went into the adjoining room to take


    a cold shower.


    I''ve just finished taking a shower and dressing when I walk back to my office to see John waiting for


    me. I guess Mark must have told him for him to rush down here but John isn''t the person I want to see


    right now I need Nina beside me, I want to cuddle her. I want her to whisper sweet nonsense in my


    ears. I want to feel her in me.


    " Is everything okay sir?"John asked as he watches my face seriously.


    I sigh heavily as I sat down on the couch opposite him “I''m not okay, John" I replied slowly as I look at


    him with raw vulnerability.


    I''m tired of being the strong man. I''m tired of putting family first in everything look where it has got me,


    making me lose the one woman I love with all of my heart. Is this my reward for being a yer?


    "What''s wrong with you sir?” John asked getting concerned as he reaches for my hands.


    “Deborah Melton is pregnant," I said to him looking at him.


    "Really, sir?" He said smiling happily "That''s good news our ns are easy, I assume it for Austin


    right?. We just have to tell your parents about it and the wedding will be called off quickly_______”


    “ it is not Austin''s but mine" I scream at him tired of him babbling on like an idiot”


    “What?"John stood up from the couch shocked "Howe?” He asked slowly.


    "That is the question have been asking myself too and I''ve not received any answer since I heard the


    news" I reply as I shrugged defeatedly.


    " I thought it was a joke when I read the news on social media this morning ”


    "It''s not a joke. I''ve been pushed to an extreme end there''s nothing I could do but marry Deborah"


    "But________"John try to protest


    "No, but that''s my decision, and it final" I reply as I went back to my table to get ready for work.


    John stood up and walk out of the door when he saw that I was adamant about my decision to marry


    Deborah.


    I went back to typing away on the system getting ready for the runching party of hotel Italia. To think


    that I brought the dress that Nina will be wearing to the party with me and now Deborah would be


    wearing it.


    I heard a knock on the door breaking me from my thought as I called e in"


    "Sorry to disturb you, sir, "Aurora said immediately she walks into my office scared.


    "Yes, Aurora, What is it?” I asked her as l forced myself to smile seeing fear in her eyes.


    "Your parents are here to see you," she said still standing at the door.


    "My parents?” I asked her shocked “Send them in" I told her after I have get over my shocked


    "My son" Mom''s sweet voice called to me as she enters my office smiling while dad follows behind her


    closely.


    It has been a long they havee into the office like this since when I took over the duty of CEO when


    dad retired.


    "Mom" I greeted her as I walk over to her and peck her on the cheeks she smiles as she and my dad


    sat down on the couch, John has just vacated a while ago while I sat down opposite them crossing my


    legs.


    "Son, I''m so happy today," Mom said excitedly "thank you for letting me see my grandchild"


    I mentally rolled my eyes at her as I smile too, dad was watching us curiously, he thought maybe I will


    refuse the pregnancy but I don''t want to witness another child''s death on my hands. If marrying


    Deborah will solve all these problems then I will dly do it for Nina''s sake.


    "Are you okay with the wedding date?” Dad said still not believing me that I''m happy that the wedding is


    going to take ce.


    "Yes, it''s okay with me though if you want it by tomorrow I will dly do it too" Both of my parents


    gasped looking at me.


    "Why mom?, isn''t that what Dad and you want for me to get marry to Deborah and give you


    grandchildren? I''m fulfilling that wish for you"


    "Yes, but you are not only doing this for us but for yourself too" Mom answered back trying to make me


    see reasons with her point.


    "What''s in this for me?" I question softly while looking at her


    "You get a wife, a child, and the merger of apany. A happy life. What else do you want


    Michael?”She said sounding like she was doing me a huge effort by making me get married to


    Deborah.


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    "What do I want?” I shouted and stood up looking at her as paced to and fro my office, my voice rising


    a bit louder "I want a wife that I love, a child that I dly put into the womb of his mother with


    happiness and apany that I dly work for” I replied ring at her while dad just looks at us


    without saying anything.


    To think this was all his idea in the first ce, now he''s ying deaf and dumb "But you will get all of


    that in the long run" Mom argue back "I always tell you, son, that I and your father__________”


    "Didn''t marry for love but youter fell in love with him," I reply cutting her off, frustratedly as I ran my


    hands through my hair tired with all of this.


    "Mom, I''m tired of hearing all of that. What happened to marrying for love and treating a woman right?


    What happened to all those scraps you''ve raised us with. Was all of that just for the moment? What if I


    was someone else, probably one of the children in your numerous charities, is this the same advice


    you would have given him. To marry the woman who is pregnant and he''s not even sure he''s the owner


    of it. Answer me mom" I screamed at her, tired of all the games she has been ying with me since


    birth. Why teach a child something and when it''s time to utilize that training, you tell him it''s wrong.


    "Don''t talk to your mother like that" My dad snapped at me, warning me seriously.


    "When you were banging her you didn''t realize she''s going to get pregnant. Now that it is here, you


    want to back down from your responsibility. No, never not while I''m still alive, you are going to marry


    Deborah Melton in two months, that is my decision and my decision is final" He said as I sat down


    defeatedly.


    What was I thinking, that if I should shout they will change their mind. No never, my parents can never


    change.


    Sometimes I keep asking myself if I''m really thirty-five years old or if years were just added to my year.


    "You heard what your father said, It will be better for you to treat Deborah right, or else I will personally


    see to it that life is unbearable for that street urchin you im you loved," Mom said angrily threatening


    me.


    "There will be no need for that, we broke up just as you wanted but you shouldn''t have lied, you should


    have told me you chase her out not that she went to meet Austin," I said whining her, I just want to


    know if Nina left on her own that Sunday or mom chased her away.


    “I never say that to her," Mom said as I rx, I trust her she wouldn''t stoop so low as to belittle herself


    in front of Nina, she really did leave by herself.


    "I only pointed to her how she can never be the woman for you and being the smartdy that she is,


    she left on her own" Mom said as she turns to leave with dad beside her.


    “Make sure that whatever you have with Nina Miller from now on will be purely business rtionship, in


    as much as I hate to admit this, she is an asset for lush beauty. Good luck with the runching of hotel


    Italia" Dad said as he walk out.


    I walk to the window and stood looking out on the street to see different people hurrying home from


    work.


    One thing is very clear to me that I am not the father of Deborah Melton''s child. I won''t allow a bastard


    to bear my name. Never.


    If this is the game Deborah and Austin are willing to y then I''m ready to give them hell. My first n


    is sessful which is to convince everyone that I will be getting married to Deborah now I''m only left


    with Danny and Lilian after that Deborah will let down her guard then I will reveal the truth to the world


    and will get married to the love of my life.