Chapter 33
**CHAPTER 33**
**"I'll see you next time, Ally,"** said Rebecca to Allison before she gave her a sloppy kiss on the cheek.
"I'll come to visit soon," replied Allison with a smile on her face. She had a fun time today.
Rebecca nodded with a smile. She reached for her friend's hand before saying, "Just remember that you can always tell them any time before it's too late." She closed the car's door. "Bye, Ally," she bid goodbye before turning her back and sauntered towards the condominium's entrance.
Allison stared at her back, thinking about her last statement. Should she confess to her parents or not? She had been thinking about it during the whole ride, and her spine shuddered in nervousness when Rebecca told her that she could always tell her parents since it still wasn't late.
She shook her head and shrugged off her thoughts. She shouldn't think about that for now. She should think of how she would deal with her life now as Hades' wife-to-be. "Let's go buy a newspaper before we go home, William," she said to William as soon as she entered the car.
"As you wish, Mistress," William replied before turning the ignition on.
"Love," Hades greeted as soon as Allison was finally out of the car. He wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her temple, and almost moaned when he inhaled her sweet scent. God, he missed her so much.
His day wasn't good without getting his eyes on her. He missed her every second that passed by. His hands were itching to touch her skin. He thought he might go insane without Allison. What was this woman doing to him?
The woman did not reply and remained rigid. Hades looked at his beautiful bride's face and saw the coldness in her eyes. What happened? It seems that she didn't enjoy her day. Too bad, he was extremely excited to show his surprise for her.
"Allison, is there something wrong?" he asked with full concern. He suddenly regretted leaving her with only William's company. Fuck that branch in Chicago!
She answered him with silence. She stayed her mouth shut. He looked at William, who shuddered when he laid his eyes on the latter. "What happened, William?" he asked with gritted teeth.
"This happened," answered his bride's voice that made him look at her.
"What?" He asked with his voice held confusion.
"This," she repeated as she showed him today's newspaper. The page showed the journalist's article, Arnold Astute with the headline Multibillionaire Business Tycoon Hades de Vries is tying the knot with Taylor Enterprises' Heiress, is on a Love Triangle against Kane Foods Inc. Heir.
"Yeah, I know. I'm sorry about this," Hades gently took the newspaper away from her hands and looked at it, rereading the same piece of news he read this morning. "I thought we moved too swiftly to avoid any issue. I even made sure the onlookers and staff wouldn't say a thing. But they were faster."
"Moving in with you was pointless! The problem just got bigger! Why would they tell the whole world that we're getting married?! It's not even official yet!" she blabbered with her voice angrily rising as she waved her hands, a mannerism she does when she couldn't contain herself.
Hades caught her hand, placed it on his chest while holding it, and said with his face dark, teeth gritted, and voice menacing. "It is official, Allison. It is.""Even it is, it doesn't give them an excuse to tell about our engagement and create assumptions that will cause scandalous rumors! Oh God, I hope Brent is doing okay and hasn't seen the newspapers yet," she blabbered even more in panic.
It hurt a small part of Hades that Allison wasn't concerned about what the article said about him and her but instead was worried about her best friend.
"Calm down, love. I'll settle everything tonight."
"You will?" she stopped talking and looked up at him with hopeful eyes. It would be great if the issue at hand would be resolved immediately. She didn't want to burden Brent and be involved with her problem.
He nodded in affirmation. "I will, for you."
Allison shifted her position for the third time. She closed her eyes tight, trying to get herself to sleep, but she couldn't. She found it odd. Her worries about the newspaper were to be handled by Hades, and aside from the fact that she wanted to go home to her condo, she had no worries whatsoever. It was her conversation with Rebecca earlier. It had been bothering her even in her sleep. She groaned before she rose from the bed and got on her feet. It looked like her body wasn't ready to rest yet. She walked to the huge drapes and pushed them aside, unraveling the huge glass window that showed the perfect angle of the night sky with the beautiful moon and shining stars.
She stared at the whole view in awe. She had never seen a good angle of the sky like it. It reminded her of the breathtaking view she used to stare through the penthouse's glass walls, but this scene was better. Suddenly, her stomach growled. Allison looked down, touched her stomach, and remembered that she didn't eat dinner. After Hades said that he would take care of everything, she instantly went to the room, locked the door, and readied herself to sleep, but she couldn't as she still couldn't get used to her current situation. This wouldn't have happened, and she wouldn't be here if she and Hades hadn't met, to begin with
Allison bit her inner cheek. Why would he do that anyway? Why would he bring her into this situation? She believed she was not his type of woman, timid and silent. Women with curvy bodies wearing red lipsticks and having wild personalities would rather be his type, but why did he choose her? Of all women in this world, why her? Why would he tell her parents about what they did? Why did he have to tell them that she was pregnant?
Oh right. He thought she was carrying his heir, and he wanted to take responsibility. She sighed and remembered what Rebecca last said to her: "Just remember that you can always tell them any time before it's too late."