Chapter 81: CHAPTER EIGHTY ONE

MICHELLE’s POV.

My phone keeps ringing non stop even after I have declined all the calls. I am not in the mood to talk to anyone, especially after Enzo left this morning for an impromptu business meeting to spain. It is clearly a day’s meeting but I am already missing him and how I wish he will just come home.

My phone rings again, jolting me out of my train of thought and I roll my eyes to the back of my head before picking it up and pressing it against my ear.

“Hello” my angry voice resonates around, “I am clearly ignoring your call and you are still calling”

“I am outside your house” Nicholas’s voice filters into my ear and the frown on my face intensifies, how dare he?

“You sure have some nerves showing your face in front of me”

“Just come on out, Michelle” he blurts, “this is important”

“You can talk to Enzo regarding anything Nicholas, you and I have no business talking to each other and the next time you call me, I swear you will regret it”

“I won’t leave until you come out”

He ends the call while I slam the phone on the bed before closing my eyes, he can stand there for as long as he deems fit.

My thoughts are interrupted again when my mobile begins to ring again.

The moment I see that it is Enzo on the line, a huge smile appears on my face and I hastily press the phone against my ear.

“Hello”

“My love” his husky voice filters into my ears.

“I miss you so much baby” I tell him with a pout on my face, “come soon”

“Hmmm, my meeting is in an hour, I will be on the next flight home okay?”

“Okay?”

“Nicholas is standing outside the house, you should meet him”

“I don’t want to meet him”

“I know you don’t and I don’t want you to meet him too but I hate the fact that he is standing in front of my house”

Letting out a heavy sigh, I close my eyes for a moment.

“I will tell him off”

“Good girl, I love you”

“I love you too”

After ending the call, I slip into a pair of comfortable home clothes before making my way out of the room.

These days, I get so tired easily and all I want to do is lay in bed and take a nap.

As soon as I come out of the gate, I see Nicholas who is leaning on his car and I have never seen a man more deranged than this one in front of me. He looks like a shadow of his former self.

Well, Karma is a bitch and it hit him so hard. I want to laugh but I stop myself, he is already suffering enough.

“What do you want, Mr woodsborn?” I ask him.

“Are you okay?” This is the first thing that Nicholas asks me and a scowl appears on my face, how dare he ask if I was okay? Is this even the right time for him to ask me such a question?

“If you have nothing important to say, I suggest you leave because my husband does not like the fact that you are standing in front of his house at this time of the day and I am supposed to be taking a nap and not out here”

“I am sorry, Michelle” he finally says as he begins to take slow steps towards me, “for causing you pain and heartaches, I am deeply sorry and I want to make it up to you. I want to make up for the pain I have caused you and

i want to do right by you”

For a moment I am silent as his sweet nothings continue to filter into my head. I must have loved this man so much in the past that he thinks he can still manipulate me. How dare he stand in front of me and say the word sorry? Does he even know the meaning of that word? The more I think about it, the more angry I become.

“Look Michelle” he is still talking when my hands collide with his face and for a moment he is stunned that i actually slapped him.

“Sorry?” I blurt in anger, “did you just use the word sorry? Are you kidding me right now? You come in front of me and tell me sorry, so I should jump into your arms and tell you I forgive you? Is that what you think?”

“We used to be so happy together, Michelle, we…”

“Don’t you dare” I point my index finger at his face, “don’t you dare bring up our past because I do not care about anything we ever shared. To me, you are my worst mistake and I hope the moon goddess punishes you for every single tear you have made me shed” I pause as I scoff, my hands folding across my chest, “oh, you are already being punished. Look at you, the almighty alpha Nicholas looks like a wolfless prick and what more, you found out that the woman you left me for lied to you, what other punishment do you deserve? Death?” My eyes darken the more, “do not show your face to me again Nick or you will have my husband to contend with”

“Do you even love him?” Nicholas growls in anger as he rakes his fingers through his hair.

“You do not have the right to ask me that so just get lost”

“Your life is in danger, Michelle” he announces and my forehead curls up.

Just before I can say anything, a sharp pain surges through my body and I immediately grab a hold of my stomach.

Just as Nicholas tries to touch me, someone shoves him away.

“Get away from my sister in law” Izzy hisses in anger and I can’t be more grateful to her for arriving now.

“What is wrong with you, Mish? Are you okay?” Her voice is full of concern as I nod in the negative.

“My tummy” tears well up in my eyes as the pain intensifies.

“I will take you to the hospital,” she tells me.

“I can drive” I hear Nicholas say but Izzy scoffs.

“Why don’t you take your pity party somewhere else” she snaps in anger before turning to one of the security men standing,

“Help me”

The last thing I see before I close my eyes In unconsciousness is Nicholas tousling his hair and cussing out loudly.

I gently open my eyes as I feel a familiar presence beside me and this is when I see Enzo seated beside me and he has an expressionless look on his face.

A look of confusion flashes through my face as I see him, isn’t he supposed to be in Spain? So how come he is here?”

“Enzo?” I gently call out his name, “you are here?”

“How do you feel now?” He asks gently as he tucks a few strands of my hair to the back of my ear.

“A lot better” I respond with a little grunt, “I must have been standing for too long and that’s why I felt the pain. What did the doctors say?”

“They couldn’t find anything” he tells me and I see him gulp, “it was just a pain that spiraled out of nowhere”

The frown on my face intensifies seeing the man beside me, he looks a bit weird and I know for a fact that something is going on in his head.

“Are you fine? What happened?”

“I have asked Lawrence and some other doctors to do a full body check up on you and hopefully everything comes out alright but you should take some more rest my love” he flashes me a smile which I know is clearly fake. This is the first time Enzo is behaving like this and it breaks my heart into a thousand pieces. Is he thinking about something? Is he thinking about leaving me too?

“Of course not” he gently grabs a hold of my hand and press a kiss on it, “I am not leaving you babe, you should get well soon for me”

“Then tell me…” our conversation is interrupted when the door opens and Lawrence ventures into the room.

“You are awake now” a small smile on his face, “now Enzo can relax”

“What really happened, doctor? Why the sudden pain?” I can’t help but ask him.

“I am still trying to figure that out, you are perfectly fine and you shouldn’t have experienced something like that”

My heart skips a beat at his outburst as I gulp, “is the tumor back?”

“Of course not, baby” Enzo tells me, “you are perfectly fine, you don’t need to bother yourself with such negativity”

“So what the hell are you not telling me?” I half yell, “why do you have such a look on your face”

“I am just worried about you” he tells me as he pulls me into his embrace, “when Izzy called me and told me she brought you to the hospital, I was very worried and I had to leave my meeting to fly back to Los Angeles immediately. You know how I get when it comes to you baby” he draws me closer to himself and I can feel his heart racing fast against his rib cage. I know something is definitely wrong but I can't pinpoint it, not when this man has locked me away from his thoughts.

After a while, he gently pulls away from me and cups my face in his hands, that fake smile still on his lips.

“You should take a rest and I will come back after making a call, okay?”

“Hmm” I nod, I don't want to bother him. The Enzo I know will tell me when the time is right.

Just as he is about to stand up, his phone screen lights up and a name pops up on the screen… Nicholas.