Yours, Never Again

Eloise’s pov

I woke up on a hospital bed, this is becoming quite regular. Victor’s hand over my stomach, he was sleeping. The weird man placed his head on the bed I was lying on and his hand over my stomach, he looks so peaceful and cute in his sleep.

I was in a VIP room, this is courtesy of Victor. I can feel pains all over my body. I looked around and I saw a mirror beside my bed. I stretched to take it so I could take a look at my face. I stared into the mirror and I screamed when I saw the bruises on my face.

“What’s wrong?” Victor woke up from his sleep. I scared him. I might get PTSD from what happened last night. The way I got beaten up kept replaying in my dream.

“That bastard ruined my sexy face,” I complained and Victor sighed. He press a button beside my bed, which was probably to call the doctors and nurses.

“Why are you here? You just like making your long legs uncomfortable.” I asked Victor.

“Eloise, look I will make sure I catch that bastard you, for us, for our..” The doctors came in.

“Good morning, Miss Keys. I hope you had a good night’s rest.”

“Yes, doctor,” I beamed a smile at him

“Okay, I am going to check you up.” He touched my stomach lightly.

“Do you feel any pains here,”

“No,” The doctor pressed my lower tummy, and I yelped.

“Your body needs a lot of rest, I’d advise that you avoid strenuous work and don’t exercise too for a while. A nurse will come with a list of food and fruit that are necessary for you to eat.”

“When will I get discharged?”

“This evening, I need to check you after you take a nap. Avoid sexual contact until the pain in your lower tummy is gone,”

I nodded and the doctors left after they administered some drugs to me.

“You had a miscarriage Eloise, I am sorry,” Victor said and I laughed.

“I was not pregnant, you saw my period didn’t you?”

“The doctor said it was possible to be on your period,” I touched my tummy and the smile on my face faded. The drugs I took made me feel sleepy. I laid down on my back, I could not cry. I was just numb, it was probably the effect of the drug or the news Victor broke to me.

Victor’s pov

I have been overseeing Silverberg and managing the Harts group. Eloise has been numb since she found out about her miscarriage. My men have been on the lookout for Sam since the incident occurred a month ago.

Eloise lives with me now, I took it upon myself to look after her on my own. She had been dealing with insomnia, she sleeps a bit during the day according to our housekeeper. She switched from writing articles for the magazine to writing poems.

Leslie made a column for her poems in the magazine, and her column made the magazine sell well but we are not happy, both Eloise and I. She doesn’t talk to anyone, she does not leave the house.

David and Victoria graduated from college already, they took over his family company and they are doing well. Our businesses were doing well. Everyone got busy, we didn’t really have time for each other.

Anderson was promoted to the COO of Harts group. He and Leslie eased my workload a bit but I was still overworking. The Harts group has so many affiliates and franchises.

I got home earlier than usual. The house wasn’t quite like it used to be, loud music was on, things I hate. I walked into the sitting room and I saw Eloise smoking weed and drinking Cognac.

“What are you doing?” I asked her. “Is what you do every time you are alone?” I checked the chart of what goes on in the house and I saw that the housekeeper was out grocery shopping.

“Did you raise your voice at me?” This is the first time I am hearing her voice in a while.

“No, I am just, look I am sorry. This is not just right Eloise.”

“Just because I am staying in your house doesn’t me you get to tell me what to do,”

“I can see you are back. Eloise, I need to rest upstairs. I am so tired from doing so many people’s work,” I dropped my bag on the couch and I took the cup and bottle she was taking Cognac from to the bar. I will be sure to ask the housekeeper to move all these things to the wine cellar.

She went to dispose of the weed in the trash can.

“Where did you get that from?” I asked her.

“I went for a run and I made some friends. They gave me some.” Good thing she said where she got it from, I get the security team to find them and make them leave the estate. Dirtbags.

“Let’s go to bed,” Eloise said to me.

“We?” I was confused.

“Yeah, we.” I picked up my bag from the chair in the sitting room and we went upstairs. She led me to my room.

“I want to take a shower,” I said to her.

“Okay, “She replied to me and she lay on the bed. By the time I was done showering she was already asleep. I don’t sleep naked again because of her. I wore a top and shorts then I joined her on the bed.

***

“I don’t understand you anymore. She is not your girlfriend nor your fiancee and she is not even your wife.” Mom said to me on the phone. Her call woke me up this morning. Eloise was no longer in the room with me when I woke up.

“Mom, I have been so busy lately. I don’t have time to do all this,”

“Then have her move out. I will find you a wife that will help you lead the group.”

“I won’t marry any other woman, I love her mom.”

“Wife her son, is she fine now?”

“Yes, she talked to me last night mom. Do you know how much I waited for that?”

“Be smart this time son, I don’t want no tragedy,”

“I would be careful, you know she will do a great job leading the group with me.”

“Communication matters the most in relationships, your introverted ass should learn to communicate to your girlfriend. If you can’t communicate while you are dating what will do when you are married.”

“I would be used to taking your advice mom. How’s Hawaii?”

“Great, I am leaving for Paris tomorrow. I want to spend time with Jacob and Cecilia.”

“Okay mom, I have got to prepare for work, my regards to your other kids when you call them,” I went to the bathroom to do my thing, I dressed up and I took my bag. I rushed downstairs because I was late.

Eloise was already dressed for work.

“Good morning,” She said as she handed me a lunch pack.

“Good morning, What’s up with the cooking?”

“I figured you were late already so I packed breakfast. Can we have lunch today together?”

“Yeah sure.”

“So you will come to pick me up at work?”

“Yeah sure.”

“Stop saying Yeah sure, It’s weird.”Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

“Ah sorry, I was just taken aback.”

“Let me get my bag, you will drive me to work. I don’t have a car yet.”

“Okay, meet me outside. Lock the door when you come out.”

She went to pick up her bag, then I went to take the car out of the underground garage. I waited for Elloise in front of the house. She came down with a pair of white heels to match her white gown and a black bag.

She got into the car and I drove to her office. She applied her makeup on our way to her office, Chan’s call in. My phone was connected to the car’s Bluetooth, so I picked it up, Eloise could hear our conversation.

“Hey man”

“Hey Bud, we got Owen. ” I saw Eloise tense as soon as she heard Owens and I placed one of my hands on her hand to calm down.

“Great news, have the men bring in to the company’s basement.”

“Okay,” The line went off.

“We got Sam,”

“Can I see him before he goes to jail or something?” She asked me. Why does she want to see him?

“Why?”

“I have got questions to ask him,” None of us said anything again till I got to her office.

“We will talk over lunch,” She waved to me, I waved back to her and I drove to my office.

I am happy Eloise is coming around, I know she’s trying to get over the miscarriage. She is so weak at heart, she didn’t cry at all, I even cried because of it.

Immediately I got to the office I ate the food she made, she had not lost her touch. I thought about what my mom said. I will start to work things out between us and as for Owen Sam, I will break his spinal cord before I hand him, over to the cops.