Chapter 254 - Fallen for him

"Hey wait!" Tim was stunned when she got up on her feet and walked to the counter with her bag in her hand, thank god she later asked Clara to help her get it.

She paid in a rush and asked them to keep the change.

Tim has caught up with her halfway and tried to hold her, but she flashed him a glare.

He retreated but still followed her, trying to match her pace. "Sonya, calm down." He felt like an idiot as she just kept walking and he followed.

"I'm so sorry, if I've done anything wrong. I only wish to touch. Does it sound like I want to take advantage of you? I'm not like that." He kept explaining himself, but Sonya turned a deaf ear to all he's saying.

She felt her heart stuffed and annoyed. He didn't do anything wrong and actually, It's understandable that he wanted to touch her belly, but Clara said give him a chance.

She came because she thought they would be having that chance, but he just proved once more that he only wants his baby.

At that moment, she decides to stop hoping that it would be more than just about the baby between them.

She's done.

The expectations are making her feel uncomfortable when he is doing something opposite.

"I'm sorry, please. Sonya? Okay, let me drop you at home.

Let me return the money you paid.

Sonya, please." Just like that, he kept pleading with her till she stopped a cab.

He wasn't used to holding women against their will and right now, he wanted to, but what if she got angry and tried putting up a fight and hurt herself and their baby?

He didn't want to take that chance. 

Why is it so hard? He thought.

Just like that, she left.

He rushed inside his car and followed, but not too obvious to make her see him and try to hurry the driver.

The car stopped in front of Clara's house. He rushed to catch up, since she's at home, but to his surprise, she didn't go in immediately.

She sat at the 4th staircase by their doorstep and covered her face with her palms.

He felt lost.

What was he doing wrong? He wondered, and immediately she felt a presence and looked up, she stood up immediately and slammed the door shut after going inside.

"Hey, let's talk please. Did I hurt you unknowingly?" Tim asked, knocking on the door.

"Is everything alright?" Clara asked, holding onto Sonya who seems to be in a rush to go to her room.

"Talk to me." She urged, hugging her.

"He only cares about the child. He barely looked at me. His eyes were glued to my stomach like I'm just a carrier. He even asked to touch my stomach." She ranted, not holding it in.

"You're not just a carrier. Maybe he's over excited and not sure if you want him. Believe me, he's a good guy." Clara assured.

"I don't care. Just tell him to stop showing up. If he's needed, I will call for him." Sonya said and pulled away, but Clara held her.

"Are you in love with him?" She asked and she shook her head.

"I don't know. Perhaps because we will be having a child together, I feel drawn to him, but I'm stopping that now.

I'm stopping hoping we could actually build something aside from this baby and it will be an additional joy to the one between us. 

The only joy for him is his child. I meant nothing, so yeah, I'm done." She said.

"You're falling for him." Clara counters and she only breathes heavily, not saying anything.

"Maybe, but don't tell him that." She said and walked away.

Clara felt a bit lost, but she didn't want to call Leo at everything, so she walked out to open the door.

"Hey." She gave him a tight smile.

"What's up?" He returned her greeting and for the first time, Clara was in front of him and he still crane his neck to see if another woman was around.

He realized that he felt so bad over something he wasn't even sure about. What was his offense exactly? 

He had no idea.

"I swear to god that I didn't know what I did." He said to Clara after confirming that she's really not with her.

Clara had a complicated expression on. She took a deep breath and opened up to him, "she thinks you only care about your baby." 

"Well, that's not true. I want to know her." He said.

"Stare less at her tummy then. It makes her feel uncomfortable. She even calls herself nothing but a carrier.

If you don't have any plans for her, please let her be. I don't like seeing her like that.

That doesn't mean she won't allow you your right." Clara said and was about to turn away.

"Please wait." He said.

"She didn't let me see her for so long and I was just taken back to see her bump mature that much.

I was really interested in knowing her. I didn't invite her out just to stare." He said and Clara didn't know what to say.

Sonya is damn stubborn.

For her to say she's done, then she is.

Nothing will change her mind unless Tim proved to her that he meant it.

Or her feelings for him couldn't be contained anymore.

"Make her realize that. I don't know what to say." She said and bid him farewell before closing the door.

Tim was devastated.

It felt like all his past crimes were coming back at him.

He wasn't lifting any load, yet he felt so drained.

Sigh.

Seems like he needed Leo's guidance again.

Just how on earth was Leo able to tame someone stubborn like Clara.

He was the Casanova. The man expected to know all, but now all this is happening.

With a dejected heart, he left.

"Let's talk." Clara said, knocking the door to Sonya's room.

"If it's about him, don't even bring it up. I will be out in a while." Sonya replied stubbornly.

It was expected anyway, so she just left.

...

Meanwhile.

Reuben noticed how odd Ella has been and right now, she was sleeping with her back facing him.

She kept claiming she was busy since two days ago and didn't come to visit him, so he came to her house the previous night.

She was a little stiff, but still welcomed him.

He insists that they go out, but Ella said she's feeling too weak for that, so he decided to stay instead.

It's morning now and she's still sleeping, which was unlikely.

She would have gotten up and held him just like he would have held her, having sweet talks and mocking each other's breath.

But now, her back was not even hugging him.

"Baby, it's morning already. You said you had something important to do, don't you?" He asked and she bolted up.

"I overslept." She said and was about to walk out when he called her name.

"Ella?"

"Oh gosh! You whiny boy. I forgot haha." She moved closer to him and hugged his waist.

"Everything okay?" He asked in a serious tone.

"Work happens. Pretty busy lately. My employees are doing their best, I shouldn't slack off." She said and leaned to kiss his lips, which he returned.

"Go get cleaned up then." He said and hit her butt cheeks playfully, while she scurry towards the bathroom.

He looked at the bed and decided to arrange it while she's bathing. He pulled away the pillow and immediately he did, what greeted his eyes was a pregnancy test kit.

It has been used and upon picking it up, his heart skipped. It showed a positive sign.

Is that why she's acting so weird since yesterday? He thought.

Ella, who had entered the bathroom suddenly recalled that she didn't take the kit from under her pillow and rushed back.

Hearing her footsteps, he quickly returned it under the pillow and pretended to be putting on his wrist watch.

"You done so fast?" He asked, hiding his excitement.

He thought she's taking her time to tell him and didn't want to rush her.

"No. Just wanted to…. Yeah found it." She took a small face towel hanging on the handle of the bed and left.

Immediately she walked inside the bathroom, Reuben pulled up the pillow and it seems she had sneaked the test kit away.

Oh god!

Words couldn't describe his happiness. Damn! 

He had been thinking about it before, but now he had to hasten it up.

He should marry this lady after a long while that they've been together. They practically did everything couples will do and now a baby has bound them together more than they already were.

Ella soon stepped out and was getting dressed. As if guilty of something, she didn't dress up seductively in front of him as usual.

"Baby, is there something you want to tell me?" He asked.