Her eyes widened and she immediately defended, "I'm not… why would you think that?"
He moved closer and chuckled, "I don't know if you have short term memory but I don't. I do remember that we didn't have safe s*x. Unless you were on a safe day. And I don't think you were."
The words were fading and soon he was fading too. Her eyes shut and he slumped.
. . . .
Ida woke up to find herself in a white room. And when her eyes fell on her surroundings she figured out she was in a hospital… an expensive one. Behind her, a nurse stood smiling at her,
"You're finally awake"
"How long have I been unconscious?"
"Five hours. You must have been stressed out."
"How did I get here?" she asked again still uncomfortable, "Oh… I think it was your husband"
Husband? She thought. What the hell… the picture came to her head… that man
"What did he say was his name?"
"Cian Klein, Director of Klein companies and high institutions. Since he's your husband you should know better"
"He… he's not my husband" she murmured.
"Just avoid stress. It's dangerous for you since you're pregnant. You're three weeks pregnant. Congratulations."
Ida looked at the nurse when something struck her mind.
"Wait a minute… please don't tell me you've told him I'm pregnant"
"He's aware. He asked for the test to be carried out… is there any problem??"
"No…" She said trying to hide her fear "… no… not at all"
"Good, I'm going to inform him that you're awake."
Ida wanted the nurse to leave so she could figure out an escape route. Immediately the nurse left the ward, Ida stood up from the bed and hurried to the window. She gasped, it was too high. There was no way she could jump. Even if she jumped, there was no chance of making it alive. She looked around the room for any clues but nothing seemed safe. The handle of the door bent and she hurried back and laid down on the bed,
Cian walked in, his blue eyes narrowed at her. She kept praying inwardly for a miracle. She was quite afraid to meet his gaze knowing he was fully aware she had lied to him.
The atmosphere was awkward, like he didn't know what to say to her. She changed her mind when he said, "Looks like lying is one habit of yours, don't pass much of it down to my son"
What the fuck was wrong with this man... He had already even assumed the child was a male. She glared at him as he sat beside her on the bed and his hand caressed her bare stomach from under the blue maternity shirt. She quickly jerked his hand away, "Stay away from me. This is my child and I'm going to protect him with everything in me..."
"Everything? And how guaranteed is your everything? I don't trust it enough to let you off on your own with 'our child'"
"What do you mean?"
"You're going back with me"
"I didn't agree to that..." She spoke back
"I like your guts..." He said, his eyes fixed on her, "... what's your name?"
"Nova" She blurted out and he just stared blankly at her and said, "I'm being damn serious right now. What's your name?"
"Ida..." She said, "Ida Miller, how did you know that wasn't my name?"
"Because I knew you weren't going to give me that information so easily"
Ida rolled her eyes. "You're coming home with me" She knew talking to him about this same topic wouldn't help but still she tried,
"I said I'm not going anywhere with you!"
"I didn't give you a choice"
"You don't own my life"
"But we own the child you're carrying... so I'm involved now" He said looking at her intensely... like he was going to swallow her whole. She was scared. He was serious about having her and the child.
"I'll be back to get you... I have work to attend to right now"
She just groaned and he walked over to the door, a hand stuck in his pocket and as he grabbed the door handle, he turned, took one last glance at her and the nurse walked in,
"Take good care of her" He said to the nurse and walked out of the ward.
. . . . . . .
Ida was very bored. They had brought in rich breakfast for her. Tears welled up in her eyes... How could he do this to her, No. She couldn't give in and eat it... but... it looked so good and.... she kept fighting not to give in to it. The nurse had left the food beside her bed for whenever she felt hungry. There was no escape route for her. Cian had placed two hefty men in black at the entrance of the ward making it impossible for her to escape
She was sitting on the bed doing nothing in particular. She knew she would have to live with him but she just wanted to try to find any way she could get out of this mess knowing it was almost impossible.
She looked at the food next to her and rolled her eyes. She was really hungry but felt she was too angry with him to eat what he paid for.
"The nurse got back inside, "Oh my Gosh... Ida... uhm... Mr. Cian is on his way, he'll be really mad if he hears you haven't eaten anything yet"
"That's his business. I'm not eating anything"
"Miss, Please you need to eat, besides, you're pregnant..."
Did anyone need to remind her of her pregnancy. She thought. The door threw open interrupting her thoughts. Cian walked in, he was in a black tuxedo and black tie. His hair was styled differently from the other day.
"What's going on?" He asked the nurse who turned to him, "I'm so sorry, I tried Sir... But, she has refused to eat anything. I don't know what to do anymore"
He looked at Ida who just folded her arms.
"Leave"
He said to the nurse, "Yes Sir" She left. He stepped towards Ida,
"How selfish can you be..." He muttered and she looked up at him "Even if it's not for your sake, at least for the baby. You're starving the child because you are angry with me. Who the fuck does that? Why do you just reason this way! Is this another bad habit of yours too or... Fuck" He stopped when he noticed her eyes were teary