Chapter 13
1180 Words
Henry POV
“What’s wrong with you today?” My brother asks after we finished a meeting and walk outside to my office
“What do you mean?”
“You are a little off. You smile all the time and I doubt if you listened to anything from the meeting” he says and I laugh.
“Is good that I had you then because I don’t know what propose I vote” We enter my office and I check my phone again. Chloe is at her doctor's now and I wait to know what he tells her. If everything is good with the baby and all.
“So? Henry what’s wrong?” George asks again and then a text from Chloe
‘Everything is good with the baby. I’m almost nine weeks old. Details at home’ I smile and I feel extremely happy when I read the text from Chloe. She feels my house is her home. How beautiful.
“Henry?” I look, George
“What’s wrong man? I have called your name for a while now. Who is on the phone?”
“Chloe. George for the first time in my life I feel complete, I feel I have a purpose.” I sigh
“I find my home”
“I’m happy for you Henry. But why you are so off today?”
“I’m going to be a father. Chloe is pregnant” I say with a huge smile on my face. He looks suprised in the beginning but then he smiles and hugs me
“Congratulations Henry”
“I’m so stressed but so happy at the same time”
“You did it already? How long have you two been together two months?”
“Two and a half”
“You count? That’s a first”
“I know. I told you, I’m home” he smiles
“I know the feeling. Ok let’s finish so we can go earlier home” he says and he sits down and I sit on my chair.
“First everything good with Chloe and the baby?”
“Yes. She texts the baby is good and she is nine weeks. The rest she will tell me later. I told her with have a meeting with the President of BH company and she doesn’t want to bother us”
“I’m happy for you. Let’s get finished here and details later “
“Chloe I’m home” I yell when I enter the home. It's a nice feeling you enter your house and there is someone there waiting for you.
“In the kitchen” I hear and when I leave my stuff I walk to the kitchen. I see her cut salad
“Hey. Sorry, I’m late. The meeting was endless” I say and I kiss her cheek
“It’s fine. I was late too. Antony and Noah suprised me with a cake after the class”
“That’s great. You told your parents?”
“Yes. After the doctor. They want us for lunch this Sunday”
“Sure. I don’t mind” I turned her around and she left the knife down on the counter
“I love you,” I say and I kiss her
“I love you too,” she says and she smiles. But something is off
“How was the class? I don’t want to press yourself”
“It was as always. And don’t worry. The doctor says is good for my pregnancy. And I’m not stupid to press my body. I will do things as far as my body allows”
“Good” I kiss her head
“You are so cute when you worry like that. Now let me finish the dinner because I’m starving”
“Ok. I’m going for a shower and I will come to help you” I kiss her head and I go upstairs. My phone rang when I finished the shower
“George something happened? We were together an hour ago”
“Hey, Henry it’s Amber”
“How are you, Amber? What’s wrong?”
“I’m calling for Chloe. Is she ok?”
“Yes. She is fine why?”
“Something happened in the class today and upset her”
“Amber stop walking around from the subject and tell me what happened”
“She asked not the say anything. But in her condition, I’m really worried”
“Baby relax” I hear George telling her
“Amber, what happened?”
“Your mother came from dance school when we cutting a cake that Antony brought for Chloe”
“My mother?”
“Yes. She put me and Chloe in the corner and started saying mean things to us” She is sobbing
“I don’t want to say them but the main thing was that Chloe and I are not enough for her sons” That’s why I saw her a little off earlier
“Henry we have to do something. They can't be involved in our lives anymore” George says
“I know. Let me check Chloe and we will deal with them in the morning”
“Ok. I have to calm Amby too. Good night”
“Good night” I end the call and I dress quickly. I walk downstairs, Chloe has everything ready and she has also set the table
“I was going to call you. The food is ready”
I walk closer and I hug her. I lift her and my face is buried in her neck. I smell her and her perfume fills my nose
“Henry, are you ok?”
“I will ask you the same. I know what my mother did today” I put her on the counter and looked at her
“I knew Amber would tell you. How is she?”
“She has George. And you have me. Whatever she said is the words of a bitter woman. I’m so sorry you have to listen to this.”
“For a moment I thought she was right. I’m...” Before she continues I kiss her
“You are for me. We meant to be together and I’m not leaving you for anyone. You entered my life and deified you, you made me feel comfortable with you from the beginning and you make me believe that, even if it seems a cliché, everything in our life happens for a reason. Whatever she says it doesn’t matter to me. I spend all my life doing what they want. Now I’m doing what I want. And I want you in my life forever”
“I want you in my life too.”
“Then don’t listen to her.”
“She is your mom”
“She never acts like one. If she cares for me she will see how happy I am. Come on let’s eat. Our baby is hungry” I say and she giggles.
I will deal with my mother tomorrow.
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