Discovering My Stranger

Patching things up

Kate’s P.O.V

A weekend later I was home without anything much to do. Janet called to inform me she would pass by and check on how I was doing. I wasn’t even bothered to dress nicely it was only my best friend coming over. When I heard a knock on my door, I got up to get it.

“I don’t even know why she’s knocking when she could just…” it wasn’t Janet at the door. I wasn’t expecting Liam to come visit me unannounced.

“Interesting outfit you have on” he said. He was mocking me as he looked at me from head to toe. I rolled my eyes at him in disbelief.

“ha-ha very fun. What are you doing here?” I asked while I stood in only an over-sized t-shirt

“Can I at least come in?” I rolled my eyes and gave him way to come in.

 I walked to my living room and made myself comfortable on my sofa. I was in an oversized tee with shorts underneath which were clearly not visible at all. It was hard to find anything comfortable to wear my baby bump had started to show since it was now nearing 5 months.

“To what do I owe this visit from my boss” I said this in a serious calm voice. Liam and I still hadn’t talked normal like before. I just kept my distance from him and he was busy with the ladies. Every other week he would have lunch dates and so on.

“Katherine, I miss you. I miss us” he was seated right opposite me at the end of the sofa.

“It’s only Saturday and I was with you at the office just yesterday.” I said in response.

“No not in that way. Can we drop this whole thing of ignoring each other? I miss us spending time together at work and outside work. You don’t talk to me about anything else except work. I don’t even know how you are doing in your condition. I want to be there for you because not only am I your boss but your friend too.” He moved closer and held my hand. “Please lets become friends, I don’t know where I went wrong” I shifted and shook his hand off.

“Liam, I don’t need you pretending you don’t know what’s going on or what happened. Am pregnant and ever since we found out you have been busy with different girls. Before we found out I was pregnant everything was okay. The weekend in London and the days after that.” Tears started forming in my eyes and I think he noticed.

“Just let me be am not good enough anymore.” I couldn’t control my teas and they just started flowing stupid hormones.

“Kate am sorry, I was just confused and didn’t know what to say. And about the girls am sorry I was trying to distract myself.” He said

“Distract yourself from what? That your assistant who you were toying with is pregnant?” I was angry and raised my voice.

He moved closer to wipe my tears. I liked being close to him but this was just a bad idea. I rose from the chair to stand and he did to. He put his hands on my hips and gently pulled me closer to his body. He started to move in closer until our lips met. He kissed me slow and I kissed him back. I missed the feeling of his lips on mine. Soon the kiss became heated and then I realized I had to stop him or we weren’t going to. I pulled away.

“I don’t need you to feel pity. Just leave me alone”

“Am not feeling pity I just want to sort things out” he said. I walked over to the door.

 “Liam please leave. I will see you at work on Monday” I was still crying and I don’t know why it hurt so badly. He was my boss I wasn’t supposed to catch feeling for him. He walked over and stopped in front of me.

“Please give me one chance. I will take care of you and the baby”

“We can manage on our own thank you, I can’t pull you into a situation even I can't make sense out of, just leav…………ouch!!!” I cried out in pain and Liam looked shocked from what he saw next.

“You are bleeding” he screamed. It’s true I was bleeding and the site of blood made me pass out and thank God Liam was there to catch me before I fell to the floor. Everything was blurry and when I opened my eyes I was in a hospital and the doctor was talking to Liam.

“You really need to take good care of her. She’s stressed and that can make her lose the baby” the doctor said to Liam.

“I will try my best. We just got into a small argument and then she started bleeding.” I could hear the sad tone in his voice.

“I will give her a week’s rest and please make sure she rests.” The doctor instructed him.

We didn’t stay long at the hospital. Janet came over when Liam informed her that I was there and we left together. During the week I decided to buy some maternity clothes. Liam called me not less than 5 times a day to check on me and see if I was okay and needed anything. He also came home every evening to make sure I ate and was resting. I began feeling suffocated by Liam and Janet’s presence.