HIS SWEET REVENGE

Bryan’s POV

I watch her shudder in fear when I blurt out my question. Why does she keep doing the exact opposite of what I tell her not to do? I have never met anyone as clumsy as Celine and it is f***ing annoying.

I left the office early because I was no longer concentrating. The file I was supposed to work on before giving it to my secretary to finish up is still laying on my desk untouched.

I am thinking about everything, Emily, Helena, Eric, my parents, Jason and now Celine.

Eric deserves to be fired and I am glad I fired him. I hope to get this issue resolved soon. I have invited the external auditors to come to check it out.

The private investigator will also be coming over tomorrow, I called him to come within asking if he has gotten something tangible.

“Celine”, I wag my index finger at her. I don’t even know what to tell her anymore. She still doesn’t listen no matter what it is.

“I… I..”, she stops midway. She wants to apologize but her gaze goes back to Jason. He is stirring in his sleep. All of a sudden, he begins to cry. Celine wants to sit and take him up but I stop her.

“Don’t”, I command, walking over to the bed. There are flours all over her and I don’t want her to carry my baby with those dirty hands. It is unhealthy.

Jason continues crying as Celine darts her eyes to me with a pleading hint. I drop my briefcase and grab Jason calmly. He stops crying immediately as I sit on the bed, with his head cradled around my shoulder. Celine watches me in awe.

“You should go and take a shower, you are looking unclean”, I instruct her not too harshly.

Reality dawns on her and she hurries to the bathroom.

I calm Jason down. I am thinking he is sleeping already until he raises his sleepy eyes to stare at me. “Zaddy?”

An unconscious smile touches my lips and I nod proudly.

Does Jason now recognize me as his father? Is it because he is seeing Celine here now and he concludes that I am his father.

“How are you doing?”

He only smiles and rests his head on my chest. I don’t know what to do with the emotions seeping through me as I lay with a smile on my face.

A sense of familiarity washes through me. I still can’t believe Jason is mine and I am now recognized as his father.

Within minutes, I begin to hear Jason’s snore. I lay more comfortably on the bed, after shifting the briefcase to the space behind me by the right side of the bed.

I want Jason to be comfortable on my chest.

I wrap my hands around him and before I know it, I fall asleep too.

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Celine’s POV

After taking a shower with a mixed feeling, I open the door slightly to peep. I want to know if Bryan is still inside. I don’t want the same thing that happened two days ago to repeat itself.

When I see him laying on the bed, my heart begins to race and a small shill runs through me. I was embarrassed when he asked me to go and take a shower. I never knew I was covered in flour. No wonder Camilla asked me to go take a shower. I had totally forgotten about that.

I wish I had my clothes close by. Exhaling a deep sigh, I move out quietly, trying to tiptoe to my bag when my eyes narrow down to where Bryan is laying.

I realize he is sound asleep with Jason on his chest.

Unconsciously, I watch them, noting the striking resemblance and how beautiful they look together. I smile.

A sense of dejection fills me up as I realize that what I am thinking of and wishing for isn’t possible and would never happen.

What is happening to me now is far from what I have envisioned and hoped for. I have never been in a relationship but I believed in happily ever after. I hope to get that someday from someone.

I let out another sigh before walking to the bag, pulling out my nightwear and rubbing the lotion on my body carefully, lost in thoughts.

I finish up after some minutes and walk to the L-shaped sofa to lay on. I am debating on what to do with Bryan, I don’t know if waking him up is a great idea.

Letting him sleep here is neither a nice one either. I am sure he slept off without knowing. He wouldn’t like the fact that I am sitting here while he sleeps.

I keep watching the two of them, with different thoughts and emotions running through my head. I am filled with fear, a sense of misgiving, satisfaction, and gratification.

Bryan will always be cold to me but I will try not to take offense anymore. I will learn to forgive him no matter what. I will learn not to be sad about his cold and harsh behavior and I will make the best use of my presence here.

My permanent presence isn’t assured and I am scared for the future but I want to wave the thoughts away till the time comes for me to worry about the next line of action.

I didn’t know when Bryan stir in his sleep and bolt upright suddenly. I sit up too instantly. He strokes Jason’s back because he also stirs as a result of the sudden jolts, before laying him on the bed.

He pins me with a gaze full of embarrassment and I see his flushed face. I have nothing to say to make him feel less embarrassed and I feel bad that he caught me watching him sleep. I am very sure he saw me watching.

I am about to apologize to him for watching him and making him embarrassed when he grabs his briefcase and gets up, walking briskly to the door.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Sorry”, he mutters and moves out.

I blink severally, trying to figure out if Bryan was actually apologizing to me or not.

Did he just say sorry?