Daniel waited for Nora to come down so they could eat their breakfast together but it seems that she took a long time to come down.

Not wanting to wait any longer, he made his upstairs towards her room, knocking on the door he heard her voice telling him to enter.

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Daniel opened the door and entered the room and saw her standing by the window looking outside, she became nervous once she saw him enter the room.

"I see that you already had your breakfast." Daniel said as he looked at the empty plates on the table.

Nora nodded her head.

"I needed time to think about everything that happened." Nora said as she walked towards him.

"And have you decided, but before you say anything, I need you to know that I'm okay with anything you decide so I don't want you to feel pressured." Daniel said wanting her to know that she has the freedom to make the decision that she wants not because she is forced to.

Nora who stood in front of him now smiled and nodded her head.

"And there is another thing you should know before you say anything." Daniel said as he held her hand.

"What is it?" Nora asked seeing how hesitated he seemed.

"You need to sit down first." Daniel said as he guided her towards the couch and sat down with her.

Daniel took a deep breath before he broke the news to her.

"Your grandfather knows about the pregnancy and I told you that I am the father."

Nora blinked a few times not believing what she just heard, she wasn't that shocked that her father knew about her and was shocked by what Daniel said.

"Why did you do that?" Nora asked him.

"Because he wanted to marry that disgusting cousin of yours, I didn't want you to suffer again after what happened." Daniel explained and noticed that she looked at him with sad eyes.

"I'm sorry." Daniel apologized, he only did this just to prevent her grandfather from marrying her forcefully.

"No, you don't need to apologize, I should thank you for saving me." Nora said and watched as Daniel massaged his forehead and avoided looking at her.

"Is there something else I should know about?" Nora asked and Daniel nodded his head.

Daniel didn't know how to tell the rest of the news but he knew that he needed to tell her.

"Your grandfather set the wedding date in a month from now." Daniel declared the news to her.

"What?" Nota sat up from her place quickly which made her dizzy and she almost lost her balance and fell on the ground but Daniel's reaction was fast and he caught her and helped her to sit down again.

Nora felt that this was too much for her to take, she was going to get married in a month from now to a man that she only thought about him as a brother for her entire life.

"I'm fine." Nora spoke, saying how worried Daniel looked.

Daniel sighed, he didn't want to feel that he was forcing her to marry him.

"I know that it's not your fault, it's just that everything happens quickly and sometimes it makes me feel that I'm suffocating." Nora said, she felt that many things are happening at the same time to the point that she doesn't have enough time to process everything.

"I don't care about your grandfather, if you don't want to get married in a month, just say it, I promise that no one can force you to do anything you don't, Nora." Daniel spoke to her in a gentle voice cupping the side of her face.

Hearing his words, Nora smiled, it feels good to know that you have someone to stand beside you and support you.

"Can I ask you to do something for me?" Nora said as she looked at him with her grey eyes.

"Anything." He replied in a heartbeat.

Nora stayed silent for a moment before she spoke.

"I want to leave here just until I give birth, this will allow me to have the time to think about everything, can you help to do that?" Nora knew that what she was asking was too much but she hoped that he would agree.

Daniel smiled and nodded.

"That can be arranged, give me a few days and we will leave, we go back to Canada and stay there until the baby comes or we can stay there as long as you want to." Daniel replied, offering her a charming smile.

Nora sighed in relief and thanked him.

...

"What are you saying? why do you want to leave?" Eleanor, who was shocked by her daughter's sudden decision, asked.

As always Nora stayed silent whenever her parents were involved in her decisions.

"Aunt Eleanor, Nora is feeling pressured by staying here, she needs time to herself to think everything over." Daniel explained on her behalf.

Eleanor sighed and sat down beside her husband.

Andrew looked at his daughter who was looking at her lap and didn't look at them since she entered the room.

"Nora, is that what you want?" Her father asked her in a calm voice.

"Yes." She replied.

"Then it's settled, we will do as you say as long as it makes you happy." Her father said shocking everyone in the room including Nora.

Andrew looked at his wife and waited for her to do like him and let their daughter decide on her decisions, their part now is to support her.

"Alright, do as you like." Her mother said not completely agreeing with her daughter's decision.

"Thank you." Nora thanked her parents.

The next two days, Nora spent it getting ready to leave, packing her clothes, making sure that took everything she needed.

It will be hard for both her and her parents, it's the first time that Nora leaves the mansion, but she nodded to do that. She needed to depend on herself if she wanted to be a good mother for her child.

Daniel entered Nora's room and saw her laying on the bed taking her afternoon nap. He closed the door slowly and walked towards the bed, he stood there watching her as she slept.

His eyes fall on her small baby bump and he couldn't help himself not to touch it, slowly and gently he rubbed her baby bump, it felt so weird and scary at the same time to touch it but it also felt good, Daniel bent down and kissed her forehead before he tugged her with the blanket and left the room.

...

At Damien and Ina apartment.

Ina woke up and didn't find Damien beside her, she could hear his voice speaking on the phone with someone in the study room.

She wanted to get up but her body was stiff and painful, she needed to use the bathroom quickly or she would end up peeing on herself.

She tried to ignore the pain and push herself to get up but she ended up whining in pain.

She sighed and decided to wait until Damien finished his phone call.

Damien put his phone on the table and went back towards their room, when he entered the room he found Ina already up, she looked like she was crying as her face was red.

"Ina, are you crying?." Damien said as he walked towards her.

Ina didn't reply and stayed silent, she was embarrassed by herself.

Damien sat down on the edge of the bed and tried to touch but she pushed his hand away.

Damien didn't pay much attention to her behaviour since she sometimes woke up with a grumpy mood in the morning.

"Let's go and take a warm bath." Damien said as he removed the covers and noticed something.

Did she...?

Damien quickly understood what happened, he picked her up in his arms without hesitation.

"You will dirty your clothes." Ina tried to stop him but he ignored her words and picked her up walking towards the bathroom.

"Nothing is dirty about you." He said and kissed her forehead.

He helped her to take off her clothes before he took off his own clothes and stepped inside the shower cabinet, Damien washed her body and made sure that she is clean now, he doesn't want her to feel disgusted by herself.

Ina stared at him as he washed her body gently not leaving any part uncleaned.

"Thank you." Ina said cupping his face.

Damien stared into her green eyes, seeing her hopeless like this in the bed, unable to move to wait for him made his heart hurt.

If he didn't take that call he would have stayed in the bed with her and noticed when she woke up.

Ina knew what he was thinking, he was blaming himself for what happened like every time something happens to her.

"Stop blaming yourself, it's not your fault." Ina said and kissed his lips before she pulled away.

She really didn't care much about what happened, him taking care of her and pretending like nothing happened was enough for her.