Author’s POV
Grace walked ahead of Dom but he grabbed her hand when they were descending the stairs.
“What are you doing? Your family is there”
Grace whispered trying to pull back her hand.
“So what? I don’t care. Let them see how much i care for my captives…”
He smirked.
“You can’t be serious”
She shook her head in disbelief when he didn’t let her hand go.
Dom looked at his family, especially his mother. His mind was filled with storms and she is the only person who can calm it down.
His family raised eyebrows when they saw them holding hands.
“Grace you changed the team or what?”
Bella teased.
“No! He is trying to force it on me… Suddenly became my fan…”
Grace waved off dramatically and Dom raised his eyebrows at her.
Everyone laughed at her reply and Dom’s reaction.
“Dom… I am really curious… How is it going?”
Anamika laughed.
“Grace, leave him… Come here!”
Bella said grinning evilly at Dom.
“We have a lot to bitch about…”
“Yeah!”
Grace stepped forward but Dom grabbed my waist and pulled her closer.
“Don’t mess with me!”
Dom warned Bella.
“Or else?”
Bella challenged.
“Or else I’ll kill your cats and feed them to my dogs…”
He smirked and Bella gasped.
“Don’t you dare look at my cats, Monster…”
She threatened.
“Alex!”
She whined looking at him.
Alex pulled her closer.
“Why do you mess with him then… Ignore him!”
He pecked her lips.
“God knows when you two are going to get along.”
Anamika sighed at them.
“Let’s go… Dinner is ready.”
“You are mean…”
Grace whispered to Dom when he pulled the chair for her.
“Thanks i didn’t know about that.”
He said in mocking tone while rolling his eyes.
Maids served the dinner and Grace twisted her face in disapproval. She wasn’t in a mood to eat anything which was served.
“I am sorry but can i have just fruit salad… I don’t feel like eating any of this…”
She looked at Anamika.
“Off course… No need to ask.”
Anamika gave her assuring smile.
“But are you okay?…”
“No papaya!”
Dom ordered the maid and everyone looked at him. Anamika froze in her place when he said that.
Maid looked at him confused.
“Make it without papaya, did i said it in French to confuse you…”
He looked at the maid and she gulped.
“Sorry Chief!”
She mumbled and walked away.
“What’s wrong with you”
Grace asked.
“She didn’t do anything to deserve your rude reply… She needed clear instructions.”
“Dom! Come with me, now!”
Anamika got up from the chair.
“You guys can continue your lunch… It will take time…”
She looked at Massimo.
“Don’t wait for me… I’ll eat later…”
She walked away before ordering.
“Dom, come with me!”
Everyone looked confused but no one dared to question her. Dom got up and followed his mother.
Anamika led him to nearest bedroom and closed the door.
“What’s going on?”
She looked at Dom and he rubbed his face with a sigh.
“I don’t want to assume, Dom… Because this assumption might break our heart… But whatever you said at the table is giving me hope.”
“You are right…”
Dom ran his fingers in his hair and squeezed the back of his neck.
“You are always right.”
Anamika’s mouth parted in disbelief.
“She is pregnant!”
She mumbled as her eyes watered.
“Is it true?… Our Grace is pregnant?”
“She is pregnant!”
Dom declared and Anamika smiled with glossy eyes.
“Why are you not happy?”
She asked when she noticed that he is not smiling. He is tensed.
“Don’t tell me you are thinking some shit like Alex… He almost lost everything in that, dom. Don’t forget it…”
“Nahh!”
He shook his head.
“I am not going to repeat his mistake… I want this child. It’s mine and it’s a part of my love. I can’t even think like that…”
He said but she noticed the nervousness in his body.
“Come sit!”
She made him sit on the bed and sat beside him.
“What’s bothering you?”
He sighed.
“Grace! Her health!”
He looked at her.
“We all know that she couldn’t conceive because she has problems. We tried back then but doctors said that bearing a child can be risky for Grace… And she is still not recovered from the accident… She is not aware of anything… It’s a big challenge to make her remember and now she will panick after knowing about her pregnancy…”
“Dom!”
She squeezed his hand gently.
“Her injuries are really bad. I can’t tell her directly…”
He grabbed his head in defeat.
“She doesn’t remember me at all… I don’t want to lose her. I don’t want to lose my child… Why everything is so messed up?… She thinks Vlad is her family. This is not good, we are her family… My blood boils whenever she calls him family, he destroyed us. He destroyed my life… I can’t tell my own fucking wife that she is pregnant and we are going to have a family…”
“Dom, calm down…”
Anamika placed his head on his shoulder and rubbed his back. No matter how old her son is, she is always there for him.
“Everyone knows that Grace is your wife… You don’t need to worry about her health, leave it to me. We will hire world’s best doctors for her. I won’t let anything happen to her and our baby… Trust me!”
“Promise?”
He mumbled like a child.
She patted his back.
“Promise!”
“But you have to do something to bring back her memory… We don’t have a time”
She said.
“Vlad is doing everything in his power to get her… It’s natural for her to go back to her brother but we need change it, we can’t give her back now. She is pregnant!”
“The fuck i am letting her go.”
He replied.
“What have you decided?… When are you going to tell her about pregnancy?”
She asked.
“I don’t know how she will react”
He sighed.
“For her it’s her kidnapper’s child… Which she had because of hook up…”
“Don’t say that again… God! It sounds so wrong.”
She groaned in disapproval.
“You have to tell her everything, Dom… Little by little, slowly and with patience but you have to… Or do something which will help her to find out everything like Bella did…”
Dom frowned.
“What did Bella do?”
“She placed that picture in your book…”
Anamika answered and Dom raised his eyebrows.
“She did it!?”
He mumbled.
“Yeah! Now don’t think too much… Be happy, you are going to be a father!”
She grinned.
Dom smiled when she said that.
“Father!”
He felt warm feeling in his chest.
He was happy but worried about Grace’s reaction. How would she react?