The Billionaires Desires novel Chapter 2

“Mr. Trent was never here ma’am. We still have no news about your husband, but we’re not giving up yet. We would keep searching for him until we find him.” Miguel responded calmly, making me go limp on the bed as my body weakened even more, if that is even possible.

I listened as he told me about my near-death experience how he had brought me here. I couldn’t help the wide smile that appeared on my face when they told me that Avril had run back here just to check up on me and make sure that I’m doing okay. At least, now I'm sure that I’m not totally insane, It had been her voice that I’ve been hearing all this while. Making love to Nate might have been a dream, but Avril was here, so everything is fine. No wait, everything is not fine yet, but in certain that everything is going to be fine. I just have to try and get off this bed and go after that bitch, I’m still not giving up on her, I’m not letting her get away with this.

“We need to get you out of here as soon as possible, they may have bought my lies but they won’t be deceived forever, not when we are still in this country. I’ve made arrangements for us to be smuggled out of here, we leave in the next few hours.” Miguel told me pointedly.

“No… No… No…

That’s not possible, we can’t leave. No. I ain’t going nowhere. Ariel would win, I can’t let her win, I won’t let her win. Why would you even make that kind of suggestion, why do you keep making these silly suggestions, why the hell are you even here, why are you… Arrrr....” I cried out in pain when I felt the pain from my injuries. I was screaming so hard and it hurts me when I strain it. They all rushed to me to comfort me but I shrugged them off my side, choosing to sit on my own and whine. Why can’t they understand me, how can I leave, what if Nathan comes back, how would he find me, he would conclude that I abandoned him and fled, he would never forgive me, he would never love me again.

“You’re coming with me Hillary, I don’t care if I have to tie you up and drag you out of here, but you’re leaving this country tonight, whether you like it or not. I made a promise and I intend to keep that promise. You are coming with me and that is final.” Miguel scolded me angrily, before turning off to stomp out of the room. I’ve never seen him this furious, he looked even more furious when he spoke about the promise he made, I wonder who he was referring to, that person must be very important to him.

Could it be my husband, Could he have promised Nathan that he would take care of me?

That would explain why he had not left even when the others left and why he had stuck with me all this while even when I don’t appreciate his efforts to protect me. I gazed after him, staring into thin air, lost in thought. Avril came closer and sat on the bed next to me, taking my hand in hers, startling me back to reality.

“He is only trying to protect you Hills. You have to think about your child, Nathans child. How would he feel if you lost his child simply because you want to get revenge on that bitch, Ariel?

Hilly, you have to do it for Nathan, save his child, your child. I promise I’ll never leave your side again, I’ll never abandon you again. I’ll stand by you until all this is over, but right now, the war is too great for us, we can’t fight off Ariel and her thugs alone, we need to get the fuck out of here before they find us, we need to leave here tonight. 

Miguel has risked his life to get all of this together, he could have died you know, he could have left you all this while,  but he didn’t. He stayed back and protected you in the best way possible, the least you can do is to listen to him and make it easier for him to protect you. You can’t keep fighting Ariel, not in your condition, you have to…”

Ariel was talking to me in a calm tone, but I was not listening to her anymore, the only thing I could pick out from all she had said is “How would he feel if you lost his child simply because you want to get revenge on that bitch, Ariel?”

That is what Nathan had been trying to tell me, ok my God, I’m pregnant, I’m carrying Nathan's child, why didn’t I think about it, how did I fail to notice that Nathan's seed is growing within me, I’ve been so busy trying to find Nathan, trying to get away from Ariel and her goons, plotting to get revenge on Ariel. I failed to notice the changes in my body, I failed to realize that a child is growing within me. I had nearly killed my child, Nathans child, our child. I could have lost him while I was busy fighting a battle that I am never going to win. What would have happened if I had lost my child, I would never be able to forgive myself, I would not have survived it. Now I understand what Nathan had meant when he said,