Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

“No Mr. Montgomery. Actually, your wife is pregnant.” He announced.

“What??”

“Three weeks gone.” The doctor added.

Adrian opened his mouth but no words could come out. Words were not enough to describe how he felt at that moment… how happy and shocked he was.

“Are you sure doctor??” He asked since he still wasn’t able to wrap his head around the fact that his darling wife was carrying another life inside of her. His own child.

“Yes I am. Here’s the test result.” He said as he handed the result to Adrian. Adrian collected it swiftly amd opened it. His jaw dropped when he saw the words written in it.

“Oh my God!! I’m going to be a father.” He said out loud. The doctor smiled at him before shushing him a little.

“Careful.. you don’t want to wake her up. She needs all the rest she can get as she has been stressed a lot lately.” The doctor said.

“Yes… yes. You’re right. I shouldn’t wake her up.” Adrian said in a low voice.

“I’ll tak4 my leave now. She’ll wake up in a few hours and at that time, she can get discharged.” The doctor said and Adrian nodded his head in understanding without taking his eyes off of Ariel.

“Congratulations once again Mr. Montgomery.” The doctor said before leaving.

When they were finally alone, Adrian took his spot back on the seat next to her bed. He held her hand and placed a small kiss on it. He trailed his other hand down her tummy and placed it there.

“I can’t believe we would be having a baby. You can’t even fathom how happy and fulfilled I am right now.” He said even though she can’t hear him.

“I know that you’re still too young and inexperienced to be a mother but I promise that having this child would be one of the best decision you’ll ever make.”

“I promise to cherish you and our unborn child, be it male or female for the rest of my life. You’ll never have any regrets as long as I’m with you.” He whispered as he rubbed on her flat belly gently.

“I hope you won’t change your mind later..” He heard and raised his head up swiftly only to see that Ariel was already awake.

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“You’re awake.” Adrian said in surprise.

“Yeah..” I muttered as I struggled to sit up. Adrain helped me place a pillow behind my back so it was easy for me.

“Did you listen to everything??” Adrian asked.

“Yes, since the very beginning.” I answered.

“So what do you think?? I’ll support you whether you decide to keep the baby or not..” He muttered as he held his hand nervously. My brows knitted when I finally understood what he was saying.

“Do you really think I would murder my own blood??” I asked in disappointment.

“No… noo. I thought that you wouldn’t really fancy the idea of having a baby as you’re still in high school.” He said.

“You’re right. I didn’t really think I would be pregnant at this age but that doesn’t mean I’ll kill my baby. Besides, I have a booming career and I’m married already. What more would I want?”

“What about college??” Adrian asked.

“College can wait for now. I’m having this baby.” I said.

“Really??”

“Yeah..” I muttered making Adrian smile happily.

“You just made me the happiest man on Earth. I love you so much baby.” He said as he placed a very deep kiss on my lips.

“I love you too Adrian.” I whispered after he pulled away from the kiss. He opened his mouth and was about to sat something when my stomach grumbled, cutting him off. Unlike before, I wasn’t embarrassed.

“What would you like to eat??” He asked me.

“Do you recall that hamburger you made for me that day? I have been craving it for sometime now.” I said.

“Alright. But first, I need you to wait here for me so I can sign your discharge papers.” He said.

“Okay.” I answered and watched him smile at me before leaving. Minutes later, he came back and helped me change from the hospital gown back to my clothes before we left.

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*At home*

When we got home, Adrian set to work immediately. He didn’t let me help him at all as he didn’t want to stress me. All I did was sit near the counter amd watch him make me dinner.

Halfway through, I decided to engage him in a conversation as I was very bored.

“Adrian.” I called as I chewed on the apple I took from the fridge.

“Yes baby..” He answered.

“I’ve been meaning to ask, how did you and Alice meet??” I asked.

“Well, that was random.”

“It’s been a question that has been bugging me. I know you once told me you were childhood friends but it’s still a mystery to me. There’s nothing you both have in common.” I said.

“Well, she saved my life.” He said in a very curt manner.

“Can you elaborate??”

“Alright..” He muttered before turning to face me.

“When we were younger, we attended the same pre school. Then, we didn’t really know each other as we were just class mates until that incident..” He said and paused a little like he was recalling a very bad memory.

“You can stop if it’s too much to say.” I said.

“No, it’s fine. You should know this. I’m sure you’ve heard about the incident that happened years ago that made me a motherless child.” He said and I nodded my head.

“That night, my mom and I weren’t the only people that were kidnapped. They took another child since they wanted to use her to get money from her rich parents. They locked her in a room next to ours.”

“They brought my mom and I out first and right in front of me, I watched as they beat her up and raped her brutally. They continued till she drew her last breath.” He muttered. I stopped chewing the apple immediately I heard that part.

What type of sick people would do such a thing?? Right in front of a child?? He has been through a lot. I guess that’s the reason he always acted so cold. I stood up from my seat and embraced him tightly.

“I’m so sorry.” I whispered.

“Why?? You weren’t the one that made them do that.” He said.

“Not that. I made you remember your bitter past.”

“No you didn’t. There has hardly been a day that I don’t recall what happened that night. It’s still fresh in my memory like it just happened. Besides, you’re bound to fund out one way or the other. It’s better that I’m the one telling you.”

“Alright..”

“So, after they had killed my mom, they wanted to kill me too but one of them thought it would be better to place a ransom on me since my family is loaded so they took me back into the dark room. Only difference was that it was the room where that girl was.. Alice.”

“She was scared and shivering since that room was really cold. After the scene with my mother, I was in a state of shock, I couldn’t even focus on my surroundings until she came to meet me.”

“She tried talking to me but I wouldn’t listen. I guess she wasn’t scared anymore since someone was there with her. She told me something that finally caught my attention and made me think about my mother. Something her grandmother used to say to her.”

“Dying isn’t the end of us. We’ll always go to a better place.” We said at the same time and he turned to stare at me in shock.

“I don’t recall telling you this before. How did you know?” He asked.

“That little girl.. she gave you a necklace. Where’s it?” I asked ignoring his earlier question.

“How do you know about the necklace??” He asked again in surprise.

“Just show it to me, I need to confirm something.” I said. He stared at me in confusion before leaving. Minutes later, he was back, with his mother’s old jewelry box.

He opened it and pulled out the necklace from within. I collected it from him swiftly and stared at it. It looked the same thing without even a scratch on it.

“My necklace..”