"Yes." Daniel answered without a second thought, this was his chance and he will not let it pass this time.

"Very well then, if you are saying the truth then the wedding will be in a month from now." The old man spoke, giving no room to anyone in the room to argue against his words.

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"The news about the child will remain secret until after the wedding, if the news spreads out you know that I will find out and deal with whoever spoke harshly." He added before he left the room along with the family members.

After everyone left, Daniel looked at Damien's parents who were staring at him.

"I know what you all thinking, but this, not a heroic move just to save the day, I always loved Nora but I felt that I need to prove myself before telling her about my feelings towards her, that's why I stayed away all this time but I didn't realize that I made a mistake, I lost her once and I won't let it happen again." Daniel explained himself because he felt the need to do that.

"Daniel, are you aware of what you are saying? by marrying Nora you, it means that you are going to be the father of her child?" Eleanor asked after everyone left the room.

"Yes, I'm aware." Daniel replied.

"Are you willing to raise a child that is not yours, to love and dote on him or her, to take it off as your child?" Eleanor asked him another question.

"I am, if it's hers then, yes, I am willing to raise him or her my own child." He replied shocking both the mother and the father but not Damien who was sitting there sipping on his wine.

Eleanor and Andrew stared at each other for a moment before they looked back at Daniel.

"If what you are saying is true Daniel, then you should go and ask Nora for her opinion, because I'm sure that you haven't spoken to her about what you just said, I'm not going to force my daughter to marry against her will." Andrew said before he left the room first before Eleanor.

"Thank you." Eleanor said before she left the room.

...

Outside the living room, Nora sneaked to the kitchen to eat what she has been craving from the morning now.

She entered the kitchen and saw the servants busy with preparing the meals for the guests so she didn't want to bother them. She was about to leave the kitchen when the chef called her.

"Miss Nora, do you want to eat something?" The old chef asked her and she nodded her head.

"What do you want to eat?" The old chef asked, offering her a polite smile.

"Cucumber." Nora said and saw the old man smile as he asked one of the servants to bring what Nora asked.

"Do you want me to cut them for you?" The chef asked.

"No need, I want to eat them like this." Nora said as she took two cucumbers pieces.

"Thank you." Nora said as she started to eat them and left the kitchen, she felt much better after she ate the cucumber, she had been curving it since this morning but she felt too shy to ask her mother to bring them to her.

Nora walked upstairs back towards her room, as she continued to eat the cucumbers.

She stopped and looked at her family relatives from upstairs, she sighed as she looked at them, she wondered for how long she will be able to hide her pregnancy before they find out.

Daniel, who was looking for Nora, went to the third floor to look for her knowing how much she loved to go to the roof and watch the sky at night, but he didn't find her and he decided to look for her in the garden.

Nora who was still watching the guests saw Daniel coming down from the third floor.

"I was looking for you." Daniel said as he walked towards her.

"I was just going back to my room, the place down there is so stuffy." Nora said as she continued eating her cucumbers.

Daniel looked at her and smiled. She looked so cute as continued to eat the cucumbers. He wanted to pull her into his arms and just hug her, but he couldn't do that, not yet.

"Did you need something?" Nora asked as she looked at him.

"Yes, I wanted to talk to you about something." Daniel replied.

Nora nodded her head and the two of them walked towards her room, she closed the door behind her in case anyone tried to enter without knocking.

Nora sat down on the couch and Daniel sat down beside her.

...

"Why are they smiling like this?" Ina asked Damien who couldn't stop smiling for the last five minutes.

Damien bent down and pecked her lips.

"Nothing, just happy." He replied as he held her hand and they started to walk towards a quiet place.

"Well, that's good, but can I know what made you happy?" Ina asked as she felt him tighten his hold on her hand before he brought it to his lips kissing the back of it.

"I will tell but let's move to a quiet place first." Damien said as he continued to walk until they reached a room at the end of the corridor.

...

Upstairs, inside Nora's room.

Nora looked at the man before her who was nervous for an unknown reason.

"Nora." He finally spoke.

"There is something that I wanted to tell a long time ago but I didn't know how to say it as I felt unworthy to say it at the time." Daniel paused watching her reaction, she stared at him with a confused look.

"I love you, I always did since we were young but I just couldn't say it to you because I felt that the me at the time was not worthy of you." He said and watched her look at him with wide eyes.

Up until a moment ago, she never had thought about Daniel other than her brother.

"Daniel, what are you saying?" Nora asked as she stared into his dark green eyes.

"I'm saying that I love you, I want you, is that hard to understand." Daniel replied in a calm voice unlike her who appeared to be shocked.

Nora felt as if everything around her started to spin and her heart started to beat faster.

"I.. I'm..." Nora wanted to say something but she couldn't, her tongue got tied up from the shock.

"I know what you are thinking, but I don't care about anything happening, I just want you and no else." Daniel said as he carefully and gently put his hand on her abdomen.

Daniel felt a strange feeling as he felt the small bump that formed on her lower abdomen, it felt surprisingly good and overwhelming at the same time, to know that there is another soul that is growing inside of her, a small smile formed on his lips as he continued to feel her baby bump.

"This child will be mine and I will raise him or her as my own, of course if you want to." He said as he placed a lingering kiss on her forehead before she pulled away.

Nora looked down at his hand that was still on her small bump and felt overwhelmed and surprised at the same time.

Tears started to slide down from her eyes, she didn't know what she was supposed to say or feel or how she should react.

What he is saying seems tempting, him being a father to her child means that her child will have a normal life, people want to call him or her a bastard and he will have a last name.

Nora placed her hand on his hand that was on her baby bump and looked up at him.

"I don't know what I should say, I'm scared." Nora said as she choked on her tears.

"I know, but you need to believe that I'm not doing this because I'm feeling pity at you, I'm doing this because I love you, I lost my chance once when I let that guy enter your life and made suffer but I won't lose it again, I won't lose you again." Daniel whispered as caressed her face gently.

Nora didn't know why she suddenly felt safe as if a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulder.

Daniel pulled her into his arms and hugged placing her head on his chest.

Nora soon fell asleep as the long day events made her tired, she fell asleep on his chest.

Daniel picked her up and walked towards the bed, he removed the covers and placed her in the middle of the bed gently, he removed her shoes and covered her with the soft duvet.

She removed his own shoes and laid down beside her on the bed.

...

"Oh my god, I had a feeling that he has a soft spot for Nora, what a sweet romantic guy, I'm very happy for Nora." Ina said as she sat on Damien lap.

She suddenly thought about something and said.

"What if Nora refused and didn't share the same feelings towards him?" Ina asked.

"In this situation, he has two solutions, either he accepts it or he uses his skills of seduction." Damien said as he chuckled.

"Hmm, That a good Idea." Ina said as she placed her head on his chest.