“I want us back together, Laxus.”Laxus resisted the urge to laugh. He hadn’t even gotten the feeling of Linnie’s presence, and worrying that perhaps, her presence might get out and the public would read a different meaning to it.He was only recently accused of stealing his wife from her parents, and he could only imagine what they would say about another man’s wife in his hotel suite late at night.“You need to leave now, Linnie,” Laxus told her firmly.“I know you want me and you are still in love with me,” Linnie said.Laxus stared at her as though she had gone crazy. She definitely had no idea what she was saying. The only thing he felt towards Linnie was anger.He was angry with her for the betrayal years ago, and he was most definitely angry with her for causing his heart to be so broken that he couldn’t mend it enough to love another woman. Laxus wanted to drag her out of his hotel suite, but he restricted himself.First of all, this was a public place. Other patrons could hea

“I am what?” Linnie had to ask again.It felt as though she couldn’t understand the words of the doctor as she stayed frozen.“You are pregnant,” he said again, louder and more clearly this time.“No, this cannot be,” Linnie said, shaking her head.Yes, she had thought of it on her way to the hospital, but she hadn’t believed it herself, because the last time she had been certain that she was pregnant, it had turned out to be food allergy.The doctor must have been lying to her.“I cannot be pregnant,” Linnie was adamant.“But you are, and the result is right here in my hand,” the doctor insisted.He gave the result to Linnie to take a look herself, but she didn’t make any attempt to collect the result from him, because she was too dazed.“Mrs. Kinkaid, I know you are shocked and out of words, but trust me, you are pregnant,” he added.“How long gone?” Linnie asked; she was still struggling to accept what he just told her.“Two weeks,” the doctor. “And a couple of days,” he added.“No

Linnie sat there numbly, unable to move or say a word.She couldn’t even breathe.This could not be happening to her! Why did the universe always derived pleasure from taking things away from her when she was close to getting what she always wanted?Just why?“Mrs. Linnie Kinkaid?” The doctor tried to call her attention. “Are you still here?” He called some more/Linnie had to snap out of her thoughts, but even as she looked at the doctor, her eyes were dim and gloomy.“Did you hear what I just said?” The doctor asked Linnie.“I heard you,” Linnie said, and wished that she didn’t.Maybe if she had been deaf as at the time he gave her the worst news of her life, it would not have been true.Linnie and the doctor both stayed quiet for a while before Linnie cleared her throat.“What you are saying to me is that I am going to lose this pregnancy any time soon?” Linnie asked.She had to tell herself to stop acting dumb and actually take control of the situation. She had already bragged to

Laxus woke up feeling worse than how he had slept. He knew that after his call with Bowman, he should have gone back home, but then he had lingered, and had to deal with Linnie.Hopefully, that would never make it out to the news.Laxus slept off at the early hours of the morning, making him to wake up later than usual. He could not get enough sleep last night. In fact, he had had difficulty sleeping, because he couldn’t stop thinking about everything that had happened.He could not understand why things had to be that way for him all that time.However, Laxus felt better emotionally. Linnie’s arrival might have been what he never wanted, but Laxus realized that it was what he needed. Now, he felt as though he had been released from the emotional bondage that she had kept him in for years.He didn’t even know that he was in an emotional bondage until that very night.Maybe that was the reason why he could not give Nessy the best of himself even though she had proven before the scandal

Laxus was even more restless than he had thought he would be. He tried calling Nessy several times, but her cell number wasn’t connecting.Where could she have gone when he needed her the most now? “Did she say where she was going?” Laxus asked the maid.“No, sir, she didn’t,” she answered.“But why would you just let her leave without stopping her or even letting me know about it or finding out where she was going to?” Laxus asked, almost snapping at her.He was becoming really frantic.This was not the time for Nessy to have pulled this stunt on him. They had a small fight, which he did admit now that he shouldn’t have left, but that was not enough reason for her to pack up her things and leave, except she was guilty of the accusation he labeled against her.“I am just a staff worker here, sir,” the maid stated calmly. “And besides, she is not a child, Mr. Laxus, she is an adult. If she decided not to tell me, I couldn’t have forced her,” she added.Laxus realized that his tone was