WHEN THE BEAST MEETS THE BEAUTY : CHAPTER 71 – 80
AURORA POV
I kept wondering what was wrong with Alex, his mood for the past weeks made me worried, and even when I tried asking him what the problem was, he wouldn’t say, I knew he was something, but not after Nora came to see him his office, I couldn’t pay attention to what they were saying, but I know for sure something was wrong, the hard look she gave me before she left say something. I was busy at my desk when his friend walked in.
“Good Morning Aurora”. He greeted me cheerfully and I raised my face to him.
” Good Morning Mr.Richard”.I replied smiling.
“You look good today”. he complimented.
” Thank you”. I smile.”Um are you here to see him? he is not back “.
” I know, he asked me to get some documents for him”. he said and I was confused.
“He did? Why? Is he not coming to the office today?”.
” I don’t think so”.
I sighed. “Mr. Richard, can you tell what’s going on? Alex won’t tell me anything”.
” Am sorry Aurora, I am not in the better position to tell you, Alex will tell you when the time comes”. he said and left to get the document in his office.
I sat down looking sad, then he came out with the document.
“Is he at home?”. I asked.
” Yeah, I will take my leave now”. He turned to leave and he almost pumped into Nina who walked in, they stared awkwardly at each other for a while.
“Am sorry sir”. She apologized smiling.
” Sure, excuse me “. He left and I noticed Nina drooling after him.
” Oh my, his fragrance is so tempting”. I heard her say and I sighed. “What’s wrong?”. she asked immediately after she noticed my mood.
” Nina, am worried”.
“Worried about what?”.
” Alex!”.
“What about him?”.
” I think something is wrong with him and he won’t let me know about it and now his friend has come to get a document for him at home”.
“Really? This means he is not coming to the office today”.
” No, I even tried calling him, his number is on hold”. I sighed sadly and Nina caressed my hand.
“Don’t worry about that, everything will be fine, I guess the reason he doesn’t want to tell you about his problems is that he doesn’t want you to be worried”.
” I am already worried”.
“Is okay, he will come around”. She smiled at me.” So, cheer up”.
WHEN THE BEAST MEETS THE BEAUTY : CHAPTER 71 – 80
Later in the day, after rounding up from work, I went to his house to see him, he was so occupied with work that he didn’t even notice my presence in his room, I examined him for a while to see the sad wry on his face and muscular drop a little due to stress and all that.
“Alex”. I called calmly, he stopped what he was doing and froze for a while immediately after he heard my voice. he raised his face to me surprisedly.
” Aurora”. He walked up to me and embraced me in his arms.” I am sorry Aurora”.
“Why are you sorry?” I asked as I pulled away from him.”Tell me Alex, what is the matter?”. We moved to sit on the bed still holding each other hands.” Is there something I should know? I am worried”. I caressed his face.
“I”. His stomach growled.
” Have you had anything to eat?”. I asked and he rolled his head.”Why are you starving yourself? Even though you don’t want to tell me what is wrong, but at least eat something”. I sighed and stood up.” I will fix you something to eat”. I stood up and left for the kitchen.
Some moments later, I was done preparing the food, I served them on the tray and was about to take it to his room when I heard the doorbell, I dropped the tray to open the see who was at the door, I took a peek and my heart flinched to see who it was. I rushed back to the kitchen with the food. A while later, I heard the door open and I knew it was Alex who opened the door.
“What took you so long to open the door?”. I heard his mother speak and she continued. “What happened to you?”.
” Nothing Mom”.
“Why are you ignoring me? Don’t you care about our unborn child”. I heard Nora say and my heart flinched. I didn’t know when I pumped into a glass cup on the kitchen cabinet and it fell on the floor. ” What is that?”. Nora said and she came to the kitchen to see me.”What the heck!”.
“What?”. Mrs. Stella asked and I rushed out of the kitchen, my gaze met Alex’s face to see the look on his face.” What are you doing in my son’s house?”.
“Mom, please not now, you all know who Aurora is to me, so, please”. Alex said.
” Well, she won’t be any more”. She said and I was confused as she took Nora’s hand and both were standing in front of me. “Let me make it clear to you, the relationship you think you are building with my son has ended and you want to know why, my soon-to-be daughter-in-law is carrying my grandchild”. She announced and my heart flinched and I stared at Alex to see the sad look on his face. ” Now take your things and leave my son’s life forever”.
Tears ran out of my eyes, and then I saw Nora walk away and then come back with my handbag and give it to me.
“She goes nowhere, Mother”. Alex said as she moved to me and took my hand.
I withdraw my hand from his slowly, I stare at him for a while and run out of the building with a heavy flow of tears in my eyes. I was walking along the busy road lost in deep thought when I felt a hand pull me closer.
” Let go of me, Alex!”. I struggled with him but his hand was tight on me.
“Aurora listens to me, I am sorry”. He said sincerely and struggled out of his arms.
” Why didn’t you tell me she is carrying your child?”.
“It was a mistake, I didn’t know how it happened”.
” But why didn’t you tell me, am I a stranger to you? What do you take me for?”. I yelled angrily at him.
“Am sorry, I know I made a big mistake, please I don’t want you to leave me “.
I sniffed and stared at his teary eyes.” I can’t do this Alex, I can’t!”. I ran off ignoring his calling, I stopped to enter a taxi and it drove off, there was only one person I wanted to cry and that was Nina, I made a phone call to her and she directed me to her house. I got to her house, I knocked several on her door crying all my eyes out as sat next to her door.
“Aurora?”. She called immediately the door was opened and she wrapped her arms around.” it’s okay Aurora everything will be fine”. She said while I continued sobbing in her arms.
Some moments later, she offered me a warm coffee to calm my nerves, I sipped from it.
“Thank you”. I sniffed.
” You want to tell me what happened?”. She asked firmly caressing my hair.
“I…i “. I sniffed.
” Are you having problems with Alex?”. She asked and I raised my face to her. “Oh, Aurora”. She embraces me in her arms and I continue sobbing.
The next morning, I woke up to see Nina making breakfast.
” You are awake, come here I prepare breakfast”. She said and I moved to sit next to her on the dinner table. “Did you sleep well?”. I nodded.
” Thank you for last night”.
“Anytime, now eat”. She smiled at me and we started eating.
WHEN THE BEAST MEETS THE BEAUTY : CHAPTER 71 – 80
It’s been two days since I found out about Nora’s pregnancy, I kept ignoring Alex’s calls and text messages and I refused to go back to the office, i want to wake from the nightmare and heartbreak.
” Aurora, please come out, you have been in your room all day”. My grandmother said.
“Granny, am coming “. I said because I didn’t want her to know what I was going on. I cleaned up my tears wearing a fake smile on my face as I came out of my room.
” What happened? You have refused to come out of your room”.
“Am sorry granny, I was busy”.
” Busy? I thought you said you were on break from work”.
“Yes granny, but I still have to work from home “. I said.
” Okay if you say so, can you go to the supermarket for me, there are no foodstuffs “.
” Okay granny, I will do just that, let me wear something more comfortable”. I left for my room. After a while, I came out. “I am ready”.
” Okay, here is the list of the things that need to be bought “. She handed over the lists to me and was about to give me money for the item, so I stopped her.
” No granny, I have my credit card with me, I will use it”.
“But–“.
I cut her short. ” No but, it’s my responsibility”.
“Okay if you say so, thank you”.
” you are welcome, I will be on my way now”.
“Okay, be careful”.
” I will”. I gave a light kiss on the cheek and I came out to my surprise to see Alex’s car parked in front of our building, he leaning on the car
“Aurora”. he called immediately he caught sight of me and walked towards me.” please, let me explain”
“Alex, what are you doing here?”.
” I came to see you”. he said blocking my path.” Please!”.
“Can we not do this right now, I am in haste”.
” Okay, I will drop you to where you are going to”.
“You don’t have to”. I stare at him for a while and walk away boarding a cab.
“Please!”. That was the last word I heard from him before the cab man zoomed off.
WHEN THE BEAST MEETS THE BEAUTY : CHAPTER 71 – 80
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