Davina’s POV:-
I glanced at him and back at the file, “Why did you hide this from me?” he asked, I gulped hard and stared at him.
What should I say to him? I thought,
Tell him the truth! My subconscious replied,
What if he gets angry? I asked,
Let him, you should have informed him but you chose to hide it from him… my subconscious said,
I took a deep breath and looked away from him, “I had to… I didn’t have other choices,” I said while staring at the ground.
“I can’t see… you throwing her out of the house… I know you hate kids and I could imagine what you would do if I told you that… she’s your child… I just want to protect her,” I said, still avoiding his eyes, he was just sitting there and looking at me.
There was no reaction from him, why isn’t he saying anything? I thought and peeped at him. I saw him staring at me with a blank face.
“I’m not her father,” He said while staring into my eyes,
“What?” I asked in shock and surprise,
“The file was fake,” He said, putting it on my bed.
“Someone’s trying to trap me using April,” He said while turning his head and staring at the floor, “I never met any woman called Amelia Garcia and When I saw April’s date of birth, I quickly asked my assistant to find out who she is… he went through the details mentioned about Amelia Garcia and found that… Amelia Garcia doesn’t exist… someone created this… ” he said pointing his finger at the file, “To trap me…” he added.
It took a whole minute for me to process what he just said, someone is trying to trap him using April but who? Why would someone do that?
“…but why? And what would they gain by doing that?” I asked,
“I have so many enemies… they keep finding ways to take revenge on me…” he said while sighing deeply, “I have to find this person before he could do anything,” he gritted in anger, Before I tried to say anything he stood up and strolled out of my room.
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I had been laying on the bed with thousands of questions running inside my head, every time a question popped in my head It increased my curiosity to know who’s behind this and who are April’s real parents?
I wish I could find the person behind this, I thought while sighing and staring at the ceiling.
It was dark now, Coop brought dinner to my room, and I and April had dinner together before I put her to sleep. No matter how much I tried to sleep I couldn’t, thoughts of Arthur kept running in my head.
My eyes moved to my bedroom door as I heard someone’s footsteps, Arthur quietly pushed the door open and stepped inside. I watched him walk towards my bed, he was wearing a blue t-shirt and black night pants. He looked stressed and his hair was messed up. He quietly slipped into my blanket and laid beside me.
I turned my head and stared at him, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply before opening those beautiful orbs and meeting mine. He placed his arm on my stomach while turning to me and stared into my eyes.
Looking at his beautiful face I couldn’t suppress the worry for him, he looked extremely tired and stressed.
“Are you alright?” I asked with a worried expression on my face.
“I’m okay, how are you feeling,” he asked moving his palm to cheek and caressing it,
“Better than before,” I replied, staring at him.
“How’s she?” he asked glancing at April,
“She’s fine,” I replied,
We kept quiet and stared at each other, I don’t know what’s running in his head but something in the way his eyes were staring at me was telling me that something is wrong and he’s not saying it to me.
He’s hiding something!
“What’s wrong?” I asked,
He didn’t reply and kept staring at me, “Arthur?” I placed my palm over his cheek, “Tell me,” I said while staring into his eyes.
“I don’t want to,” he replied while staring into my eyes,
“Why?” I whispered,
“I can’t let you get disturbed; you need to take rest… sleep Davina,” He said putting his hand over my eyes and closing them.
“But I want to know,” I said while placing my hands over his, trying to remove them so that I could look at him.
“Shh! You will wake April up,” he whispered into my ear.
“Okay but please tell me what’s bothering you,” I whispered back,
I heard him sigh, “You need to promise me, you won’t panic after I tell you this,” he said and I got tensed, “What happened?” I asked, already sounding panicked.
“First promise,” He said,
“Yeah, Okay, Promise I won’t get panicked,” I said impatiently.
“Okay,” he replied while moving his hand away from my eyes,
I blinked and stared at him, he kept quiet, lost in thoughts. I cleared my throat, “So…” I said gaining his attention.
He sighed, “Someone leaked the news that I have a child, April,” he said while shaking his head in disappointment.
“and they even created fake news… saying that you are my wife and April is our child… the news is running in every single news channel… they even clicked photos of me carrying you out of the hospital… Arthur Spencer got married to an unknown woman and hid his marriage from the public eye… blah blah blah…” He said with an irritated expression on his face.
“What!” I panicked, “oh my god,” I placed my palm over my lips,
“Davina,” He called,
“What should I do now? Oh my-” I kept saying,
“You promised you won’t panic,” he said, cutting me off, I glanced at him and closed my mouth while swallowing my panic.
“Yeah… I’m not panicking, I just…” I tried to convince,
“I can see that,” he said while raising an eyebrow.
“hm…” I replied while zipping my lips,
“We are leaving tomorrow… early in the morning,” he said,
“leaving?” I asked confused,
“Yeah, I think it would be better if we hide for some time until everything goes back to normal… it’s the only option… I need to find out who did this and I can’t do that staying here… that fake news had gained a lot of attention and it’s impossible for me… for us… to hide from paparazzi… and…I can’t let anyone hurt you… and April… because of me…” he said with sincerity shining in his eyes.
“Coop has already arranged your luggage, so, don’t worry about luggage and all… just be ready…” he spoke,
“But..” I opened my mouth but he placed his hand over my lips,
“No buts… go to sleep now,” he said, pressing his palm to my lips.
I glared at him before turning my back to him, I heard him chuckle, “Goodnight,” he whispered while placing a kiss on my shoulder and moving his arm around my waist. A small smile formed on my lips as I heard him.
I don’t know where we are going tomorrow but I really hope that good things are waiting for us there… I don’t want to fight with him anymore, I will try my best to clear everything between us. I don’t have the strength to fight with him anymore, I thought and placed my hand on his arm, laying on my waist.
He slowly pulled me closer to him and placed a kiss over my neck, “Sleep,” he whispered, his chest vibrating against my back.
“Okay,” I replied while smiling and closing my eyes.
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