Chapter 37 Fleeting Shadows
Chapter 37 Fleeting Shadows
"Kill him?"
"You heard me right, Tay"
"What..isn't that like too much? Can't we just pay him off or something?"
"Do you ever think with your brain for once, Taylor?" Camilla asked sternly, then walked out of the bathroom.
Taylor exhaled and picked up Camilla's phone, following her.
Ursula stood in the garden with a baby wrapped in a blue pram in her arms.
Ethan opened the door to the greenhouse.
His face was swollen, sober and repentant.
Each step he seemed to feel too heavy for him.
Her hand automatically stretched towards him like it wasn't under her control.
Ethan approached her faster.
He reached out his arms as if to receive the baby from her.
But when he got close to her and took the baby from her, he did something she didn't expect ever.
He hugged her, kissed her on the forehead and said "it's all over now".
Then, her name began to echo in the greenhouse.
"Ursula"
The baby began crying loudly.
Ethan was being pulled by a lady further away from her.
Then, he mouthed what she interpreted as "I'm sorry"
She could hear her name even louder.
Ursula's sleep was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder.
"Wake up" a voice, the same voice that was calling her name, commanded.
She rubbed her eyes, looked at the face that appeared blurred to her and then rested her head back down on the soft and feathery pillow.
"Didn't you hear me?"
She looked up at the ceiling.
Everything felt like a fever dream and she tried to break out of the dissociation.
And then she looked at Ethan.
"The baby!" she jerked, sitting upwards immediately.
"What?" Ethan asked, scanning Ursula to check for any injuries.
He yanked off her duvet immediately searching for a sign of danger.
None.
It was then that Ursula realized that everything had been a dream.
She cleared her throat.
"Um- nothing"
Ethan exhaled.
What a nutcase. Is she finally accepting the baby? Why does she always have one drama or the other? Stupid girl.
"Well, a nurse will be coming to check on you today, this morning actually. So, get ready and eat something before she arrives here. Do you understand?"
Ursula didn't nod, as she always did.
She just stared at him.
I wonder what that dream meant. Mum always used to tell me that every dream has a meaning and I should never ignore a dream...am I worried about leaving my child all alone with him? Am I getting.. attached to this life growing inside of me?
"I would kindly appreciate that you let me know if your brain lags sometimes for you not to understand English or does your brain only understand English every other day apart from business days?"
Why is he so bitter? What's always boiling his soul? I mean how can he even be happy when he doesn't respect women and takes advantage of them just because he's rich and powerful?
Why is she such a pain in my ass? What is happening right now? Has her brain frozen itself again? She annoys me so much and always knows how to get to me and I hate it. I have to be at the conference right now.
"Urs-"
"I've heard what you said. You don't have to say it again"
He sighed.
"You're lucky you're pregnant".
Then, his phone rang.
He stepped out of the room.
Unknown number.
He picked, his breath slowing down as his mind suspected who it could be.
"Hello" he said
The man over other the phone laughed and then said.
"Should I say long time no see or long time no call?" Sean said and laughed again.
"What do you want?"
"To tell the world the truth?"
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"No, not actually. I'm not going to tell everyone the truth."
"Who are you and what do you want?"
"You should be calm and let me talk if you don't want any consequences"
Ethan said nothing, he continued walking till he got into the car.
He signalled his driver and bodyguards to excuse him.
"I'm listening"
"Now, I wanted to expose you to the whole world but ..I won't do that because that would be like eating the dessert before the main course, you understand?...uh..I just need one person to know the truth and that one person only"
Sweat gathered at Ethan's brow.
He couldn't wait for the call to end so he'd talk to Camilla on what to do next.
"..What do you mean?"
"Well, your supposed beautiful wife"
"My wife?" Ethan dropped his suit on the leather seat.
"Do you know her very well? If you did, I don't think you'd ever forget or forgive yourself and if she knows you very well, my goddd, I don't think she'd ever forgive you and neither will the world"
The man(Sean) hung up.