Chapter 14

He was gazing at the lump in disbelief. What!!! Oh my God!! "You mean…I did this to you?" He raised a brow. "Are you serious, baby?"

She nodded slightly and he gasped. "Oh, my love." Hesitantly, he asked, "When was that? How did it happen?"

"That Thursday night at the garage…"

"At the garage?" His gaze upon her was full of emotions.

"Yes," She sobbed.

Could that be true? How come he didn't realize it? Oh, my poor girl. Oh my God! F*ck!! "But, baby, you mean I hit you? Seriously? I did that at the garage?" He gently held her arm and pulled her close to himself. "Talk to me, my love. My baby."

"You…you were leaning against the car and placing your arms on your car's top." She said faintly without looking at him. "That's when I came to ask why you were so angry but you ignored me. When I tried to apologize you yelled at me…and elbowed my head while talking."

He gasped, gazing at her in astonishment. "I what?!! I elbowed you on your face?!!" Remorseness gleamed in his eyes as he gazed compassionately at her. "Lemme feel it, my baby. I won't press it hard." Jeez! It was damned hot and hard. "Oh, my love, come here. Oh, my diamond." He gently pulled her until she was glued to him, resting her head on his chest.

"I'm sorry, my angel." Stroking her, he gently planted kisses on the lump. His tongue glided around the lump severally. "Oh, my baby. I didn't realize I hit you, I swear. I can't even recall doing that." He sighed.

Caressing the lump with his thumb, he said," Did you apply anything to ease the pain?"

"Not really"

"Does it hurt that hard, baby?" He asked and she nodded then he picked up his phone and ordered an ointment. Kissing the lump gently, he said, "Don't worry my love you'll be fine, okay?" His arms tightened around her as he rested his chin on her head. He was so f*ckin sorry. Damn! He never knew he'd hurt her.

Jigyasa was soothed by the way he was stroking her back. She felt very relaxed and safe in his arms. The whole stress she'd been feeling had vanished and a smile pulled her lips in satisfaction. "Weston?"

"Yes, diamond." He planted another kiss on her head and arranged her hair.

"I…I wasn't doing anything fishy with Josh that day. I only went to ask after you and he took advantage of it. Before then I'd seen you but in a split second, you vanished…that's why I went to ask cause I saw your car around him."

"Oh," He said. "It's okay my love." He brushed another kiss on the lump. "It's alright, sweetie." He paused briefly and said, "Honestly, my love, I wasn't exactly mad at you that day. That was just me reacting 'cause I had a really bad, long, and stressful day…especially when I lost the contract that I'd been working my whole ass off for…"

She gasped in astonishment and lifted her gaze upon him, "You lost the contract?"

He sighed. "Yeah, I did 'cause I went late. It was so frustrating, my love, and…and I just couldn't handle it."

"I'm so sorry about the contract." She said, "You know, I panicked, racking my brains to figure out what could have infuriated you that much. I… 'd never seen you so angry my whole life…"

A smile pulled his lips, " Aww! Really?"

"Until then I didn't realize how dangerous you can be."

He laughed. "Dangerous, sweetie?"

"Yeah, I'm serious. You were so aggressive. Man! I was scared as f*ck."

"Scared?" He looked down at her tiny face on his chest."Scared of me?" Now she's confirmed it.

"Your reactions startled me." Resting her chin on his big chest, she met his eyes. "You acted violently when you stormed out of the car. You either ignored or yelled at me…and I thought you were gonna hit me."

"Oh, my God! Baby, I will never lay my hands on you." He sat up to gaze at her properly. "Is that why you flinched all through?

" Yes," She said. "Especially when you told me to get out of your sight…that hurt so bad and that was after you hit me…and the way you started smashing stuff."

He searched her glassy green eyes for a while and said, "My love I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for the whole mess. I was such an asshole for frightening you. I was just so f*ckin' furious and didn't know what I was saying or doing. I…I didn't mean to yell at you, baby. I didn't mean to call you a bitch, okay? I'm sorry I scared you, sweetheart."

"I know I hurt you." He continued. "But, baby, understand that I wasn't in the best of moods and wasn't thinking straight. I'm so sorry baby." His voice was so tender. "Whenever I accidentally do or say things that startle you, please call my attention, okay? I'm sorry, my one and only baby. I love you, baby. I f*ckin love you. Sorry, I called you a bitch. I never meant that okay?"

He pressed a gentle kiss on the lump and said, "Sorry I didn't hold you that night… I…I just left you all hurt. Although I kinda noticed you were restless that night, I didn't know you were in pain because I hit you. I'm so sorry, my love." He was gently massaging the lump with his thumb. "Don't worry, I've ordered an ointment and some pain relief for this. You'll be fine, okay?"

"You never replied to my message."

"Oh," He said. "I'm so sorry about that, sweetheart. I just wasn't stable enough to reply at the moment. I saw your calls and messages, sweetheart. I love you my love." He pressed another kiss on the lump.

Although she tried to resist the smile, she didn't know when it pulled the sides of her lips. The satisfaction in her was incomparable as those hurtful feelings vanished. She was as fresh as a daisy.

***

Holding Raiden in her arms while sitting on a sofa staring into space in the luxurious living room, profuse tears were flowing down Elodre's puffy eyes. She was pale and all swollen.

Oh, God, where's her husband?? Where has he gone? Has he gone to meet Heather? She whimpered and sniffled.

Why is she going through this trauma when she's innocent? God knows she's innocent. God knows Raiden is Cayden's son…his replica.

Soon, a pang of guilt that drove chills down her spine rippled in her.

Suddenly, the door snapped open, and she jerked when Cayden staggered into the living with a bottle of Whiskey in his hand. He was all sweaty and fierce.