CHAPTER 31

JANE POV

I could still feel pain around my abdomen, there was a sprinkle of gashes from my eyes! Was my baby dead? Why wasn't anybody telling me something about my condition? Marcus was going to be mad when he found out about my case.

My thought was caught short when the door slowly opened and Marcus was standing in front of me. I would have laughed at the seriousness of his face but this wasn't the right time, I had made up my mind to tell him everything if he asked.

Some tears still found their way to my neck because of the pain I felt. "How are you feeling?" I wanted to reply but my mouth felt heavy so I couldn't speak. He had stood by me and made sure anything I needed was gotten instantly.

They discharged us from the hospital as Marcus had pushed me to the car with a wheelchair since he insisted that he didn't want me to be under a lot of pressure, thank God he hadn't found out yet about the baby! He looked at me and smiled a little as I also returned him with a grin.

He carried me and placed me in the car as he asked his guard to return the hospital wheelchair before driving home alone since he would be driving both of us in his car. I didn't want to be in a car alone with him, why did he want to drive me home?

The instant that we were both alone I could feel his gaze on me. "I don't want to ask but I just can't help it," he said, turning to look at me. "Why didn't you tell me you were having Noah's baby?" he asked, looking at me through the rearview mirror.

I was so tight-lipped that I didn't know what to let out. My hands were getting moist and my chest was thumping very fast. I glanced at him but he wasn't staring at me which made it more painful.

"I didn't know what to tell you, you could have killed me or made me abort the baby," I said shakily as he locked the side of his door loudly making me close my eyes in fear.

"I'm not the way you classify me as. I did those fucking things because my dad had forced me to do that," he mumbled like I had made him mad.

I was in total shock when his hands went around my waist as he pulled me into a hug. I could feel my whole body go stiff, why did he hug me? "I'm not a bad person Jane, your baby with Noah is safe with me," he said calmly.

I was going to say something but he had chipped in before I could. "I hope you never hide anything that would cause your life because I wouldn't forgive myself," he whispered close to my ear as he kept rocking my back gently.

The drive home was silent as he kept glancing at me. Sometimes it was just a glance or a stare through the rearview mirror, he even went as far as staring at me through the corner of his eyes.

I couldn't say he was the only one staring because I was also glaring at him. He was making me nervous and I wasn't relaxed with his gaps but I couldn't say anything. I knew there was an upheaval of character between us and I wished it would end because it might become a tremendous thing between us which I wouldn't like.

We got home and I had been carried to my room by Marcus. He was a soft person and I just didn't understand him, he had given me my drugs after I had eaten. I slept off afterward.

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I was horrified by the strong arms that had refused to let me move. I was appreciating the comfort they brought but flickered my eyes when I remembered that I wasn't married or neither was I with my boyfriend.

I looked to my other side to see Marcus snoring heavily. He looked tired and funny when he slept, his mouth was left open and his legs were all over the place as he kept snoring with his hands still on my waist entangling me.

I didn't even feel that he was tangling me in one position. It was funny how the man I had hated and thought was horrible was now sharing a bed with me, the fact that I didn't even feel frightened or awkward was making me blush.

"Marcus, I'm in pain," I cried out when I noticed him opening his eyes slightly. “Just one minute,” he groaned and held me down making our faces meet each other.

“You would get late for work?” I said quietly like they were words being forced out as I removed the hair which fell to my eyes. “I’m the boss Jane, why don't you find another excuse to chase me from your bed,” he said, making me bend my head a little before blushing.

He moved close to me and kissed my head. For a few seconds, it felt like we were married and it felt beautiful that I didn't want him to leave but they were all caught short when he got up from the bed.

I sighed and stood up as my eyes kept staring at his well-built body that I had almost choked on my breath. I kept coughing as I seized the cup of water beside the drawer which I used to take my medication and gulped everything down my throat.

“Are you okay?” His deep morning voice came out, sending electrical waves down my spine. He moved towards me and stared at me, making me move a bit from him but he moved closer to me and pushed my hair to my ear, “you look hotter in the morning,“ he said pushing me on the bed.

Did he just remark or was that a declaration? I was still in my thoughts when his lips jostled mine and that was it, I was lost into total pure bliss.