{Andrew Render Me Speechless}
Cali POV
I wasn’t expecting Camila to save my ass at that moment. Somehow, I was able to get them in and I walked inside the living room. Nova sat down with them in the living room while Camila followed me inside the kitchen, not like I told her to.
Somehow, I feel I should let her know her brother is responsible for the pregnancy. Sincerely, Camila will always find the truth in anything that gets her interest. Her eyes are on my pregnancy, she wants to find out why her brother suddenly gets close to me, how everything happens so soon.
I understand why she’s curious, but she’s taking it long. I lean on the black refrigerator while Camila carries the whistling kettle, she’s totally ignoring her.. Perhaps, she might be minding her business. I open the refrigerator to get two bags of Milo and Holland Michigan milk. I drop them off the cabinet and clear my throat.
“Thanks for saying my ass earlier. ” I uttered with my lips apart because of how I’m smiling at her.
“It’s nothing… ” She replied simply and smiled afterwards. Gosh! She’s been different, just with this conversation.
“You seem more silent than usual. ” I said in a cool voice. Just trying to make her open up to me.
“Silent? ” She asked and shook her head.
“We have visitors already, I don’t want to ruin their mood with my cracking jokes. ” Camila added and I arched my brows.
“I’m not talking about jokes, Camila. I noticed it actually… It’s fine. ” I managed to gather my words together.
“Don’t get yourself worked up because of me. ” She uttered and picked two mugs for the tea.
“Make it three mugs. ” I uttered and she paused to stare at me.
“Are you craving it already? … ” She seems surprised.
“Yeah, the aroma from it makes me want to taste it. ” I replied simply and opened the refrigerator.
I look at Camilla and she keeps moving and pouring the tea into the mugs. A thought came to my mind which left me thinking, maybe I should tell her that I heard her brother is responsible for the pregnancy.
But, Andrew hasn’t said anything about it and his family doesn’t know about it. I don’t know what’s keeping him waiting. Maybe he needs time to think about it. I figure out how my feelings are, it’s more or less like I’m wasting my time. Huff!!!! I breathe through my mouth. Camila looked back worriedly.
“Are you okay? ” She asked and I nodded. She arranges the mugs in a glassy tray and we head to the living room.
“How have you been doing in Cali? Zoey asked as I walked in.
“Cool. I visit the companies once in a while and everything is fine. I miss you tho. ” I uttered truthfully.
“But you didn’t visit —”
“Thought you need space. That’s why, but I had Nova and Camila with me before Crystal showed up to make me safe when I sleep at night. ” I explained and they nodded. I don’t know what conversation Camila and Nova are having with their eyes. They both stood up at once which left me curious.
“Aren’t you staying in the living room? We are not sending you guys away. ” I uttered, looking confused.
“We want to check up on Crystal and Ann. ” Nova replied and I looked at Camila. She nodded and they took off.
Now, it’s me alone with my brother and my best friend. I rest my back properly on the arm chair.
“How, where, when did you see Crystal? You didn’t tell us anything about her. ” Calvin bummed me with questions and I looked at him.
“Replying to his question will get Andrew’s name in the conversation… ” I thought. Took me seconds before I realized, I’m keeping him waiting, I love Zoey and I wish I can tell her what’s going on.
“You can tell her later, when your brother is not with you both. ” My inner mind uttered. I sighed deeply.
“Andrew and I have been friends lately and he came to my place to check up on me—” He interrupted my words.
“Which Andrew? ” He asked as he sat up instantly.
“I know he will ask this particular question but that’s not it. Will he stand the news of Andrew being the father of the quintuplets. ” I thought and cleared my throat.
“Andrew Wester. ” I replied and he smiled. Wait, did I just see him smile at the name only. I look at Zoey with a questioning expression on my face.
“Andrew Wester is friends with my younger sister. ” He uttered with no suspicious expression on his face.
“What do you mean? ” I asked while Zoey nodded.
“He’s a good business man and a good CEO… He knows how to keep friendships more than I ever imagined… Before you got pregnant. I talk to him about having an introverted young sister since he loves ladies with less social lifestyles. He asked me a few months ago about my younger sister and I told him she’s pregnant. We were thinking of setting a date between you and him. Get to know yourselves but he couldn’t do those because you got pregnant for someone else. ” He explained after his shrugging, sighing, smiling and sniffing.
I became dumb for minutes. What did he just explain now? I stare at him as if he suddenly became a horror of art.
(Stuttering) “You are kidding right. ” I uttered in a cool voice I could muster.
“I haven’t said something like this before because I find it unnecessary… And most of the time, you do tell me you aren’t ready… ” He uttered and tears stayed around the brink of my eyes.
“Did he get maids for you when he didn’t see one in your house? ” Calvin asked and nodded.
“He was wondering how I was coping with no maids to assist me with a few things… I tried to convince him not to get one but he insisted on getting one. He got four from an agency, I did research on it to find out if they are legit enough. Crystal was among the four girls but she’s being abused and bullied by the three grown ups– ”
“She was bullied? ” Zoey exclaimed with a priceless expression on her face…
“So Ann’s words were right… ” Calvin mumbled and I shook my head.
“The fault isn’t from the agency but the people in the agency. At first, I felt attracted to Crystal and I liked her. She couldn’t come to my room as usual. One of the girls told me she wasn’t feeling well, so I told the three to get dismissed. I feel disturbed for not checking up on her so I decided to go and see for myself. At least, how she’s fairing but to my surprise… ”
“What happened to her? ” Zoey snapped at me and I made an O shape with my lips.
“You gotta be kidding me… Calm down and I will explain everything to you. ” I uttered but my voice sounded like a warning.
“Okay.. ” She mumbled and I resumed my explanation.
“Crystal was beaten up, just because I like her more than the three. I was speechless when I saw the cuts from the beatings. I called Andrew because I told him I don’t want maids. I rescued Crystal and had the securities to have them tied up. I left them under the sun and it rained that day, but I didn’t give the fuck. ” I explained and picked up the mug.
“Did he return them to the agency when he came over. ” Calvin asked and I know why he’s asking. He wants to talk them to his warehouse for ingrates and other crimes.
“I don’t know what Andrew did to them because I didn’t bother to ask him about them. ” I replied and he picked his phone. Zoey stood up from her seat to sit down beside me.
“Do you have anything to do with Andrew apart from friendship? ” She asked and I looked at her but was fast to return my eyes back on what Calvin is about to do on his phone.
“Wait. What’s he trying to do? ” I wondered and I saw Andrew’s name flash on his phone screen.
“Wait! ” I exclaimed without realizing. Zoey looked at me with a questioning face “What’s wrong with you? ”
I was about to say something when I heard the main door to the living room open.
“Who could that be? ” I thought and my heartbeat raced faster than it was.
“Babe! Babe!! I’m back.. ” Andrew said from the entrance and he closed the door. I became a statue on the seat.
“Did you find the father of your babies? ” Calvin and Zoey asked at once. No words, just silence.
“Landon told me you missed me.. I’m here to cuddle you to sleep tonight.. ” He said as he kept walking. I was so scared to look sideways, because looking sideways is to the entrance door passage.
(A loud thud)
“I guess he dropped his package to the floor, out of surprise. I slowly turn sideways. ”
“Andrew?? ” Calvin called with a perplexed face, he stood and their eyes met. I was scared, lost, speechless. I couldn’t feel my hands and I found myself dropping the mug of hot tea but my loud scream followed.
“Babe! ” “Cali!!! ”
(Andrew, Zoey and Calvin, they all screamed my name the way they called me. But Andrew rendered me speechless.
“He called me babe and he said CUDDLE. Oh! Heavens… ”
(Whimpering and sobs.. )
TBC.