Chapter 32

Christiana crumbled to the floor, Andrew's voice was low but at the same time, it showed hurt and betrayal. He didn't raise his voice, but she knew he was disappointed by her, he wasn't expecting her to have hurt him this much.

Andrew looked at the confused Drew on his hand, he had missed five years out of his child's life. He stayed five years in the dark with no idea he had a child at all.

He was utterly betrayed, Christiana knew how much he would have loved to be with his child, how much he would have loved to see her give birth. He missed five good years from his son's life.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

Andrew looked up at the ceiling, his heartaches by the fact that she could do such. "You...are sorry?" He asked unbelievably.

"No you are not Christiana," he spat out, gently dropping Drew on the floor. "Son, why don't you go to your room while your mummy and your daddy talk," he tells Drew calmly.

Drew nods his head before moving to his mother. He looks at her, he hates to see his mother cry, whenever she cried, he'd wipe her tears and ask her the reason.

"Daddy, don't yell at mum, I love you mum," he wiped her tears before walking away giving the both of them privacy.

Andrew couldn't be more amazed by his son's manners. His heart melted from the way his boy spoke and he smiled at him. "Do not worry," he assured Drew.

"I'm sorry," she whispered once more and that agitated Andrews.

"I don't think you are, because if you are really sorry, you wouldn't have taken those drastic steps without consulting me! Do you know how hard I found it to breathe when I woke up to see you were gone only to drop a letter?!" He spat out, trying not to raise his voice but his fist was clenched.

"You left without letting me know anything, I cried myself to sleep every night, worried about you, blaming myself for the reason you left, you don't even know what had happened to me for the last five year?! Do you?!" He yelled.

His life had been a mess. Everything was going well until the last five years. Everything changed, the happiness he once knew was no longer available and it felt as if he was being punished for a crime he knew not of.

"Then you have my seed in you, one of the reasons you should have contacted me but no! You didn't…you kept it from me for five years!" He walked closer to her. "Do you know the most painful part? I finally saw you; I was supposed to be mad at you but instead, I told myself it was fine as long as I saw you but what did you do in return?" He trailed off. "You...asked for a transfer just to get away from me?! Just why Christiana? Were you planning on keeping this a secret forever?! Why!" He asked her.

Mr. Holt had contacted him later to tell him Christiana would be in charge of the project, but he wanted to know the reason why.

Mr. Holt refused to tell him anything until he threatened him and just like that, he found out she begged to be taken off it.

"Just stop all of this!" She finally raises her voice. "You know nothing of what I have being going through for the last five years! You know nothing of the threats I received all because I was with a billionaire son!" She finally let out the pain she has been hiding for years.

She didn't want to say anything, but he was making it look as if she was the bad person when he knew not what she went through.

Threat?! Andrew wondered. She was threatened.

"You were threatened?" He asked, trying to confirm what he had just heard. "Yes...I was."

"And the time I was nearly shot was either a warning or not, they didn't threaten to kill me alone, but they threatened to kill my father, Andrew!" She finally said all that she was keeping with her for years.

Andrew couldn't believe it; she was threatened, and she never told him. Who could have threatened her? He wondered why all of this was suddenly revealed now.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you let me know, you kept me in the dark and suddenly ran away?"

"How could I tell you that your mother and crazy ex wants me dead!" She claps.

Andrew was shocked and not shocked at the same time as he knew his mother might be the cause for it but Vanessa?

"Vanessa tried to kill you?" He asked, wanting to be sure he heard right.

"Yes...there was a time she used her car to hit me but luckily, I was only grazed,” he said to him. "You know not what I went through all because of you. It hurts so much Andrew! It hurts!" She whispered.

"Shit!" Andrew muttered.

"You could have told me, why did you? When did all this threat start?" He asked.

"The threats started the day you left for Barcelona; your mother had come into the kitchen with a knife in her hands giving me an ultimatum. And I didn't tell you because I didn't feel like, I was confused and scared not only for myself but my father too."

"John.... John knew, why didn't you tell me? Why did the both of you keep to me in the dark?"

"It wasn't by choice, it was for safety reasons, the day I was almost shot, the next day Emerald had come into the room threatening me to leave or I'd really die for sure and not only me but my father Andrew! She threatened to kill my father. She gave me options, either I left willingly, or she made me leave and what was I supposed to do? Tell me!" She voiced out. "You know how much he means to me, you think I'd pick you over him? You think I'd risk my father's life to be with you?! You got it all wrong because as long as I am with you, my family would be involved and you wanna know why I was hiding Drew from you? His life is also at risk as they would try to harm him. He is my life, Andrew! He gave me a reason to smile for the last five years." Christiana cried.

Andrew was hurt not because of himself but because of what he had out Christiana through. She was going through pain and he didn't see that.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. He was so sorry that he put her through so much when he promised the opposite of it all. His heart clenched; he couldn't believe he was so foolish to not have realized everything.

"I'm so sorry Christiana, I really am."

"It's fine, all you have to do for me is, to stay away from me and my son if you really love me Andy," He missed being called Andy, that was her nickname for him.

She said she preferred calling him Andy as he reminded her of the cute little Andy in 'Child's Play.’

He was unstable without her in his life and now she wanted him out. If that would make her happy, he'd clearly leave her alone.

"I'm sorry...you want me to stay away after meeting you again?" He scoffed.

"I cannot. Do you know how hard it has been for me? I cannot be without you, please I'm so sorry, I will..." She cuts him off.

"Andrew if you really care about me, you will stay away from me for my own safety. Do you want our son to die?" She asked, her voice pleading him to understand her.

Andrew face palmed himself, clearly unsure of what to do. She wanted him away which was something he couldn't do but then he thought of his son.

"Fine! But I would love to spend some time with my son, I'd stay away from you but let me still see him," he requested, hiding any sign of hurt in his face from her. All he needed was evidence to use against Vanessa and his mother

He was ashamed to call Emerald his mother, she was a despicable human being. And Vanessa, she had totally fallen from grace.

"Okay," Christiana replied.