"What a lousy day for a Chrismas." I said with a chuckle,with my head resting on his chest. "I'll make it up to you tomorrow. I promise." He said taking a breathing in the scent of my hair.

I missed my head,whisperering a sloppy 'good night'.

The night was as quiet as it could be considered the house was in a forest. Yeah,it was quiet to a certain point.

'Don't leave me ,please. I wanted to tell you but I didn't know how to. Don't leave .wait,please let me expl...don't leave.'

That's the closest I could get to explain his nightmare. He was literally sweating,torsing and turning.

He bolted from the bed,heaving and sweat dripping form his face. He wiped the sweat off his face,and covered his face with his face right after. I set upright,concerned as fuck. "It's just a bad dream." I cooed,stroking his hair. "I'm here for you,baby. Everything will be ok."

First of all,I knew not what was going on. All I knew was that the man I loved had a nightmare and I had to help. I had no idea what to do but all I knew was that I had to do something.

I stoked his hair until he went back to sleep again,and I also went back to sleep,though I barely made it part two hours of sleep without waking up.

"Morning,sleepy head." I greeted him as he appeared from the cornerr,with a towel around his waist. "Morning to you too,babe." He said walking closer and coming me a light kiss in the forehead.

I had made breakfast,bacon,roast,bakery bought waffles,eggs and just cleaning up after myself.

"Could you please pour the coffee." I say putting the dirty and I mean dirty,dishes in the sink. He poured the coffee and I wiped the spills,and we were ready to have breakfast.

Some time during breakfast,"Do you have plans today?" I asked. "I have a meeting I have to get to down town,and that's just about it. Why do you have something in mind? I will cancel mine."

I wanted to tell him of my plans to go the doctor. To verify that I really was pregnant. "I was just asking,no particular reason. But I was planning on going to the mall but before that I'm going part my house to get a few things." replied simply.

Truthfully I was going to my house and the mall,but first I was going to ny house,then the hospital,and I had asked Ana to make an appointment for me with Dean. My OBGYN and a friend. I had about two hours to waste before leaving.

"Oh,I come and get you from the mall then." He said,putting a mouthful of pancake in this mouth. He had refilled his plate about two times since we started eating,while I was struggling to finish mine. And to add to that he commanded I finished my good,like a kid.

"No,I'll be fine but...you could go and help me choose. Nothing beats going shopping with your boyfriend." I said with a big goofy grin. He laughed lightly at my comment and continued eating.

"Oh,and I'm going back to work next week. Can you velive that? Two months have passed." I said with a distant smile. His gaze moved from the plate infront of him to me,momentarily.

He returned my smile with a pained look on his face,though I highly doubt he was pained about me going back to work. But the thing that bothered me was the nightmare he had. He refused to tell me about it. Shrugged it off and said very simply mighty add that,'it was nothing'. As if nightmare happened everyday.

"What day?" He asked shortly after clearing his throat. I shifted my eyes from him to the food in front of me,grabbing the eggs.

"Nest week wednesday." I said sheepishly,ignoring the sound of his voice. The voice of a man that was on the verge of loosing.

"That is way too next!" He said it like could change something. Like if it were up to him,more hours would be added into the day,and more days into a month. It was non of amusing. "And why is that?" I asked. He ignored it,or maybe it could have been that he did not hear because he did not reply.

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I waited for him to leave and then I began getting ready to leave.

A knock in the door,ten minutes before I could leave. I was busy combing my hair and making sure my makeup was okay,when it rang.

I ran to the door,in heels. I was not driving but I was going to get my car,at my house.

I opened the door with the expectation of finding someone behind it. Oh,and then it struck me we were in a forest,but it could have been one of the quarts. It was a possibility or it could have been the chauffeur.

I looked from left to right,looking for someone,but no one. I even took a step toward to get a clear view to the gate corner to see if anyone was there,but my foot colided with an object. I looked down at the feet. A medium sized box,wrapped in a black papper and a white now say there.

I picked it up,checking one last time before going back inside. It was wrapped beautifully and had a little bit of weight to it. I tookbit into the livingroom and set down to open it.

'Feast your eyes.' The little voice at the back of my head said.

It was really a great. I took all its contents out,one by one. Each one of them my favourite chocolate flavour. I was speechless. Was Nick trying to make me get,because if so he was succeeding it in.

I picked out only one,for the road. A little more was attached to the lid,which I only saw when I took it to close the box. I unfolded it to read and it read;

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Still thinking about you

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I took the beautifully wrapped box of chocolates and sat it on the kitchen counter,to put the chocolates somewhere cool,we're I could put them,assuming they were sent by Nick.

I went back into the bedroom to retrieve my purse,put on a little bit of perfumewas,and mentally noting to get my wallet from the left side drawer.

I went into the closet,looked to my right,were a few of my things where. Perfume,body cream,face cream,and a few essential things I used daily.

I wenk back to the bedroom,picked up the purse from the bed and remembered to get wallet from the drawer on the left.

On my way out,I took out two peaces of chocolates and literally ran out the door. One of bodyguards was already waiting. "Sorry for making you wait. I will be taking my car."

"But Sir said..."

I interrupted him.

"I know what he said..."

That was a lie. I did not know what Nick said to him but I had a pretty too idea. It went Some thing like; 'my girlfriend wants to run a few errands. I want you to drive her whereever she need to go.'

I could see him sayibg thta,in my head. That was until I heard a familiar voice in my head.

'I don't talk like that pluss youll be safer.'

I could have sworn it was Nick speaking,but then again,i was perfect with accents,in my head. From portugess,to french and any other accent I have heard,and i could even talk like Jennifer Hudson.

Frankly speaking,i was not lieing. Plus it's not like anything bad would come of it.

"...and we talked about it, so I'll be talking my car."

Yeah,I was lying through my teeth,but he did not know that. I casually walked to the garage,not daring to look back and letting him call my bluff.

In my head,I was running to the car,but in reality,my steps were slow,almost calculated.

"I am not allowed to let you go on your own." He bellowed behind me and I pretened not to hear him, kept going toward.

It was expertly parked between a grey Audi R8 Spyder and a black Bugatti's La Voiture Noire. Though it was a 2019 edition it was still magnificent. With a grey Bugatti BIVO parked next to it. My car felt so out of place,and if I felt that way,I wonder how it felt. Being parked best to a car that cocts 19million.

That feeling you get when being followed,I had it.

I looked at the small screen of the car and it was not just little old Scarlett being paranoid. A car was following me. A grey Lamborghini. Like who in their right mind chauffeured with a Lamborghini? Another car,other than that one would have been better.

I stepped on the gas,my speed going high. It was adrenaline pumping,and it felt like I was participating in a race. Who knew potentially risking my life would be so exciting and rewarding.

From trying to get away from someone following me to almost getting arrested by a tragic police,that was how I got to my house.

I got out of the car,leaned on it and waited for the chauffeur to arrive,he had been a good distance away from me all the way. I coundn't even shake him off no matter how hard I tried,and I tried believe me.

I didn't wait for him to get out the car before calling Nick. I enjoyed my privacy and being alone as much as the next introvert,but this guy was getting on my nerves,though I knew it wasn't intentional. It was an order,one he had to follow. Which reminded me that I had a few of my own I had to follow.

"Nick?" I said before he could even utter a 'hello' or 'hi'. "Hey,baby. Missed me?" He said,and I scoffed. I wish I had called him to tell him I missed him,even though I did,but I had a more serious,pressing matter to solve.

"No. I didn't call to tell you I miss you."

If I did that,called, every time I did,my phone bill would go through the roof.

I retorted,in my head.

"Oh." Was all he could say.

"Why did you have someone follow me? I never said I needed a body guard...or a chauffeur. I am fine on my own and will you please tell him to leave me alone." I said,watching the guy approach after packing the car and handed him the phone to speak to Nick. He took the phone, though hesitant.

They spoke for a few minutes and after that,the guy was gone. Just like that.

Anastasia was nowhere in side,not that I expected her to be home. She was at work and I was kind of,maybe hoping to go and see her.

I went inside,took a deep and long breateh in,taking in the smell of the house. The smell of my room. It still smelled the same. Like me,though I could not quite put it right.

I packed two bags,ate my jar peanutbutter while ttempting to watch the movie I missed the week prior.

I was never going to miss another girl's night.

It had something to do with haunted houses. It was basically a horror movie,and I loved horror movies. If that didn't include watching them at night with the curtains and windows open, and alone. The nighmared were endless.

Fifteen minutes into the movie,not that I was really concentrating,I took the things I had parked,my book-let and left.

I reserved a call,and a call from Ana was unexpected.

"Hello,Ana?"

I unswered,tow rings later.

"Hey,this wouldn't take long. Don't leave as yet. I'm on my way. Two minutes." And then she hung up. I didn't mind because she was the one that called me. For a fact I hated it when someone I called hangs up on me,yet I'm the one that made the call in the first place. It was just not right and annoying.

I got out the car and went back into the house,made myself comfortable on my bed and looked out at the forest. It was still as beautiful and magnificent as the first time I saw it.

Not Ex actly two minutes like we agreed in,she arrived twenty minutes later.

"I got you something!" She said enthusiasticaly,barging into my room holding two large paper bags and a box. My gaze shifted from the phone to the girl that was rocking an all white outfit white cut-out heels. "Hello to you too." I said playfully. "Oh,forget about formalities. Your boyfriend sent you a gift." She said,jumping in the bed.

"Boyfriend?"

She moved closer. I don't know how,but the items where still in her hands.

"Ofcoarse silly. Your boyfriend, Nick."

She said placing them inbetween my car as I sat upright with by legs speed out.

"This actually arrived a few days after you're return from Seattle."

She pointed to a paper bags with blue stripes,or where they white? I couldn't tell.

"This came after you left to the babysitting job."

She pointed at a red paper bag with flowers.

"And this..." Sge pointd to the neatly wrapped black box. "...arrived yesterday. I did not open them,appart from the red one. It contains a medium sized box with a watch." She cooed.

I shuffled through the bag. The blue had the same chocolates I left at home. Me that too in two boxes. The red bag contained a box,that contained a diamond watch. It probably cost his a fortune. Last but not least,the box,contained a black silk evening dress and strap heels,in black. The silk was Italian. You could tell from the touch,and it was expensive.

A note was attached to the lid.

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Montè at 8

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I squealed. Dinner with Nick was no ordinary dinner in a room filled with strangers.

A private room in the most exclusive room,with just the two of us. After that I night of pure bliss. Pain and indescribable pleasure.

I took the dress and smelled it,call me a weirdo or whatever, if smelled familiar but nothing that belonged to Nick.

I was intrigued but yet scared. Who would the things belong to if not Nick.

My stomach muscles turned,and not in a good way. I got a feeling that whatever was coming next was not going to be good. With that feeling,I ripped the box. It probably looked savage to Ana,but I did not care. I continued. A small glass perfume containers fell from one corner of the box. It was a cologne container.

I sprayed it on the wrist,rubbed them together and smelled.

The scent hit me hard. It took me to a place I never wanted to go back to ever again. It was a scent I had grown to know very well,and it belonged to mine other than Steve. My ex-boyfriend.

I was sure my complexion paled. My breathing stopped and I felt dizzy. "What's wrong? Wait,are you ok?" Ana asked, panicked. It three me out of my daze,my blackout. How did he find me? Am I still look like the woman he knew before? And here I thought I had changed.

"No,I'm ok. Just building castles in the air." I said with laugh. One that I knew she will but,though I highly doubt she did.

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My drive to the hospital was nothing short of short. No tragic, no anything.

Ana was following behind me,parked a number of spots away and I unfortunately parked near the hospital's bitch' car.

"I'm here for 11:30a.m appointment." I said to the brunette girl,that was the floor assistant. Every floor had a reception area. Where you would get info about any doctor working in that floor. They were relatively smaller compared to the hospital's main reception area,on the first floor.

"Your name please." Said the reception in a calm voice,considering the brown haired lady next to me that was screaming her lungs out.

"Will he be ok? Will she make it..."

She just kept throwing question after question on the poor reception,and she didn't know a thing.

"Scarlett Wilde."

The receptionist looked at the screen and typed a few things in. "You may go in." She said in a small voice.

I was alone at that point. Ana was called by guy,that I figured to be a resident sue to the uniform he was wearing.

Walking down the coridor that let to Dean's office,I heard a few words took me two months back.

"Please doctor,save my sister's life. She's the only one I have left please." Sobbed a woman wearing a pink female suit and matching stilettos. She looked to be in her early thirties the eye bags and tired but still crying eyes,made her look ten years older. She held on to Dr. Rhodes leg,begging.

It was heart breaking, to see a woman cry to that extend.

"Save my sister please,and her baby please." She pleaded. The sympathetic,and sad look on Rhodes face said all I needed to know. Between the mother and the child,one had died.

I closed the door,not waiting to hear the heart breaking news.

"Hello there. I was expecting to see you today." Said Dean with a smile. "Is that an insult?" I placed my hand on the left side of the chest for the traumatic effect of a broken heart. "What a way to welcome me in your office. I made an appointment just so you know,and I'm doing well thanks for asking." I said pulling out one of the chairs and sat. "Too to now. Anyway how had you been all this time you've been away? You never came to visit." He stated the obvious. "I had families to visit. It ain't like we get a lot of time to do that with the job we have." I leaned back into the chair. "Making yourself comfortable I see." He said. I smiled. "I can't disagree with that. By the way what are you doing here. Personally,I never though you would make an appointment. " I ignored his last comment about me making an appointment.

"I wanted some tests to be done and also an ultrasound." I said with a straight face. His eyes widened with shock. "Who is the lucky guy?" He said after recovering. "No one you would know." I said with sass. Which kept him quiet.

He took the blood tests but I kind off,maybe,may have chickened out of doing an ultrasound. I had to wait for a few hours for the tests to come out and I didn't really feel like waiting,so I left,saying I'll get them later. In three to five hours.

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This up and coming chpter I'll be introducing a new character.

Well,the character ain't really that new,but yeah.

I introduce to you...

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I'm not going to ruin the surprise )

I wanna thank every single one of you for reading my book. It has been a pleasure reading the comments( And yeah I'm a big fan of fifty shades😊) and getting the motivation I needed to continue. And your votes mean more than you pressing on that little heart.

Thank you..

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And I still love you all very much❤❤❤

Your Girl

Hinata