Memory Lane-2

He chose to ignore the last line as his eyes grew wide, then fell on my belly and then he looked up at me again. "Baby? Ours?" His lips stretched into a grin too ridiculous for a grown man. I nodded. "I'm going to become a father?" He let out a surprised laugh. "Yes," I laughed. My heart warmed at his reaction. A part of me was worried he wouldn't have liked it and now I considered myself stupid for even thinking that. He took a long stride in my direction and pulled me in his arms. "I love you," He started raining kisses on my face and finally gave me a long, sweet kiss. "Thank you so much." I smiled at him. "Please come home with me," He begged. My smile dropped. "I-I don't-" "Please." "Alec-" "Wait," He seemed to have realized something as he let go of me and took a step back. "You said you don't wanna come home because you're looking out for our baby, right?" I nodded. "Our baby, Scarlet. It's mine too. How could you ever think I could hurt my own child?" He scowled at me. "That's not what I meant-" "And when did you find out?" He cut me off again. "Last week." "Before leaving me?" He raised a brow. "No. I found out at dad's," I cleared. "When the hell were you planning to tell me? What if I hadn't come here today? Would you have told me about this?" "Of course, Alec. I would have told you....eventually." He narrowed his eyes for a moment. "I can't believe you were keeping this from me. You didn't think it was necessary to tell me about my own child?" Okay! Maybe I was wrong. "I'm sorry I just...," I muttered. "Just what?" He asked, annoyed. I stood there in silence, completely aware of my mistake. "You know what? I've had enough. You're coming home with me right now," He took my hand and started walking towards the door, producing a small key from his pocket. So I was right. This was dad's and Alec's plan. "You've talked to my dad," I muttered. He stopped in his tracks. "Yeah." "Did he tell you....everything?" "It can't change what happened," He spoke shortly. I took in a deep breath. "I know you can't forgive him. I'm just feeling guilty for what he did to you and need some time-" "Right. I can't forgive him," He said angrily. "See it like this. He took away my family and it's only fair if you give me one. You owe me that. You're coming home with me." What? Is that it? He only wants me so I can give him a family? My heart broke at his words. "Are you going to force me?" I raised a brow. He turned to me with that cold indifferent look of his and shrugged. "If that's the only choice I'm left with." I crossed my arms over my chest. When I made no move to follow him, he sighed. "Fine. I'm going to help you go down the memory lane." I blinked in confusion. What did he mean by that? "Remember the day the news of our engagement broke out to the public?" I nodded. "Your dad invited us over for dinner but I refused to go. When you tried to be persuasive, I agreed to accompany you but there was a condition." My mouth opened slightly as I remembered that day. "The condition was that you had to do anything I said," He smirked. "For a day," I added. "Exactly. I'm glad you remember. Now I'd like to avail that condition." I deadpanned. "The day starts now, Scarlet. I need you to do everything I say." I scowled at him. "Come on. Let's go home." "I don't have to agree to any of that," I argued. "Of course not. But a promise is a promise. Anyone with some morals would have taught their children to keep one. But clearly-" "Fine," I snapped. "Good," He smirked. "There's the manipulative jerk I remember," I gave him a sarcastic smile. He shrugged with a smirk. "I've been called worse." "But it's only for a day. Tomorrow, at exactly 9 p.m., once 24 hours are over, I'll be going back to my house." He looked down at his watch. It was the watch I had given to him on his birthday. "It's 9:05 in my lovely watch given to me by a lovely person," He gave me a sly smile. I tried to keep a straight face. "Whatever. The clock strikes 9:05 tomorrow and I'll be out of your apartment," I stated. "Okay," He nodded. "And you won't stop me." "Sure," He shrugged. "So what are we waiting for?" I walked towards the door and waited as he unlocked it, cutting glances of amusement at me. He held the door open for me. I walked outside and turned a corner. Alec was fast in catching up and walking beside me. We climbed the stairs and entered the main hall, where dad seemed to be waiting anxiously in a corner table. When he saw us, he walked up to us. "Not funny to plan behind your daughter's back, dad," I rolled my eyes. He chuckled lowly. "I hope everything is okay. We should get going, Scar. Jimmy must be wait-" "She's going back home," Alec cut him off and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer. "With me," He added. Dad looked between us. "Oh." "I'll be coming back tomorrow, dad," I muttered. I felt Alec tighten his grip around me. Dad nodded and then, turned to Alec. It seemed like he wanted to say something but decided against it. "Sure. See you soon, Scar," Dad said and turned around to leave. "Mr. Price?" Alec called. He turned around, looking a little surprised. "Thank you for your help." Dad seemed to have run out of words at first but then he gave an awkward shrug and nodded with a slight smile. "No problem at all." There was a slight moment of awkward silence between them and dad just turned around to leave. I felt Alec take in a breath and turn to me. "So," He started. I looked up at him to find a glow in his eyes and a smile sitting on his lips. "Let's go home, love."