Elanor stood up from her seat and walked towards the bathroom to clean her body. When she undressed, she found that there was still blood on her body seeping through the blouse she had been wearing. The blood from Axton's wound. She held the blood on her chest. Her memory drifted back to a few years ago.
The sound of gunfire was deafening. Elanor, with her stomach hurting so much, covered her ears because she was too afraid of the gunshots. The sound of Axton's shout calling out to her was now heard in Elanor's hearing. Not only Axton's voice, the voice of a man who was very close to her current position, also called Elanor's name.
"Elanor!" the man shouted.
"Over here!" shouted Elanor as she raised her hand. Not long after, there was a gunshot, and right at that moment, the man who called him immediately caught Elaroh's hand so as not to be shot.
"Are you okay?" asked the man whose face looked worried even though the man's face looked wounded on his right temple. His hand was also full of blood.
"My stomach hurts," Elanor whispered as she held her stomach.
"Come on, let's get out of here," the man said as he helped Elanor up.
"I can't walk by myself, my stomach hurts too much," Elanor said.
The man looked at Elanor, and immediately he screeched at the sight of blood from Elanor's bottom. Without saying anything, he immediately carried Elanor's body in front of him. He tried to walk sneakily, avoiding the gunfire that was happening at the moment.
Elanor remained silent with her arms around the neck of the man she had so often fought with. At times like this, she felt the warmth of the man who was holding her. Looking worried and not caring about the wounds on his temples and hands, the man continued to carry Elanor.
It turned out that the man who helped her wasn't that bad at all. Maybe the man was being mean because he felt Elanor was intruding on his territory. He was just trying to keep his territory safe, that's why he was always mean to Elanor. In fact, right now, the look on the face of the man who often fought with her was that of a man who cared about her.
The man was silent for a moment as he walked after the sound of gunfire. "Jef," Elanor called out as she saw the man holding her fall silent.
Jeff—the man—was only silent for a moment before he took another step. "I'll make sure you survive. Your baby will too," Jef said as he continued to walk away.
Elanor felt her hands slippery, she looked at her slippery hands, which turned out to be blood. "Jef," called Elanor worriedly.
Jeff—the man didn't answer Elanor's call. He continued to walk Elanor out of the place. He reached the car, where Axton's men were waiting.
"Get El to the hospital!" said Jef, and after that, Jef coughed until blood came out of his lips.
"Jef!" called Elanor worriedly, and at the same time, as Elanor worried, Axton came to support Jef's body, who was about to fall.
Without saying anything, Axton immediately lifted Jef's body and carried Jef away from there. Elanor could only remain silent, even the pain in her stomach instantly disappeared. She remained silent until she arrived at the hospital. The doctor immediately treated her and saved the baby that Elanor was carrying.
Elanor gave birth to her baby safely. When she received the baby, Elanor could only be silent because her mind kept thinking about Axton and Jef. The door to Elanor's treatment room opened, the person she expected to be present at this time did not come. Axton's parents came and immediately looked for their grandson.
Mommy Axton immediately held her grandson because she was happy that her son could finally give her a grandchild. Daddy Axton approached Elanor, who was just silent. "Thank you for giving birth. You're great to survive until this moment and give birth to him," said Daddy Axton with a smile.Elanor could only smile back at Daddy Axton's words and smile. After Elanor's condition improved and she was allowed to go home, she returned to the mansion with the bodyguards who had been with her.
Arriving at the mansion, everyone in the mansion welcomed her with great joy. They even made a celebration to welcome Elanor and the baby. The person that Elanor expected to see was not there to welcome her at the mansion.
Elanor, whose body and face could smile in front of many people, was not in her heart and mind. She was just a surrogate mother, not Axton's real partner. She shouldn't be thinking about Axton, who hasn't met her until now. Her job is only to give birth to a child for Axton, so now she can just focus on her child until Axton ends the agreement with her. She has one month to stay here or more if Axton still asks her to take care of his child.
After a week had passed since Elanor came home from the hospital, Axton returned to the mansion. He didn't see Elanor at all, he went home just to rest. The next morning at breakfast, Elanor deliberately brought her son to breakfast with her, which of course had Axton at the table.
Axton ate quietly, not greeting Elanor, who had just arrived at all. Axton had finished breakfast, and he was about to stand up. "Don't you want to see your son?" asked Elanor, making Axton now turn his head towards Elanor. Next to Elanor was the stroller where their child was, and his eyes were still closed.
"Have you given birth?" asked Axton, whose face was so surprised to see the baby in the stroller beside Elanor with his eyes still closed.
Elanor tried to smile at Axton's question. "If I haven't given birth, then whose baby is this, sir?" asked Elanor.
Axton didn't say a word, he went straight to the baby's stroller and squatted down with one foot on the floor. Axton looked up at the 10-day-old baby. A very small baby with slightly chubby cheeks.
Axton's index finger touched his son's cheek as he smiled. He was so moved that his eyes teared up at the sight of this tiny baby in front of him. He then turned his gaze to look at Elanor. He smiled at Elanor, "He's our son," Axton said, and Elanor could see Axton's teary eyes. It was something that Elanor found strange. Axton's lack of news from the time she gave birth until she was at the mansion and Axton's question if she had given birth was enough to make her chest ache. Now she couldn't explain her feelings just looking at Axton's teary-eyed face.