Chapter 25: Truth is Out

Caroline's POV

I did'nt have the courage to do this. I looked at Daniel who was as tensed as I was. May be he did'nt want the baby now. I looked at him pleadingly. He raised his eyebrows asking me 'what'.

I pointed towards the bathroom silently asking him to go and see. I gave the cover which had all the instructions written on it. He read them and went into the washroom.

After few seconds he came back with a grim sad expression. Oh god! Am I pregnant? Is that why he's so sad? Is he gonna leave me now? I won't even get a chance to tell him those three magical words. He's gonna leave me.

I sit on the bed and cry my eyes out infront of him. I don't care what he thinks about me at this moment. Atleast I have the right to cry for the love of my life! I heard footsteps coming towards me. And soon Daniel was sitting beside me hugging and smoothing my hair saying sweet words in my ears.

"Cara...... it's alright. We have all the time in the world to try again" he said and chuckled sucking at my neck.

"Try again?" I asked not knowing what he is talking about.

"Hmm? Yeah.. may be it was not time for us to have a baby. But we will... soon.. I mean if you want to.. that is of course." He said with a calm smile trying to soothe me.

"You mean I'm not pregnant?" I asked. And he shook his head 'no'

"Oh Thank god!" I said and sighed with relief.

"What do you mean by 'oh thank god'? You didn't want the baby?!" He asked now seriously angry with me.

"No! Obviously I'd love the baby if I had been pregnant! You came out with a grim face that I thought may be I am pregnant and that's why you're all sad. I thought you didn't want the baby and you'll leave me soon. You'll leave me all alone with a baby. And oh my god! I'd have to be a single mother" I said. Here comes my weird thoughts. But I was really hurt with my thoughts. What if I was really pregnant and all this would have happened?

Daniel shook me by my shoulders bringing me back from my world of thoughts.

"Cara! Welcome back to Earth! I don't know where you get these ideas from. But.... Do I look like such a bastard to you? Who'd abandon his own child?" He asked angrily and I didn't reply. Instead I looked down at my fidgeting hands on my lap. So he continued. "I wasn't sad because you thought you were pregnant. You assumed you were. While I was sad knowing that you weren't pregnant. With your own brain and creative ideas you already got to know that I deliberately tried to get you pregnant! Then how can you think I didn't want the baby. God! You make me sound like a monster" he sighed and got up from the bed with his hands on his waist.

"There's no need to be so sad about that. I was just voicing out my thoughts. That what if... and usually billionaires like you wouldn't want a stupid baby to come their way and screw their lives!" I said rolling my eyes as he was making a big issue out of it.

"Billionaires like me? Care to explain what do you mean by billionaires like me?!" He asked with anger blazing in his eyes.

God! He's changing the topic. I don't even understand why we are fighting.

"Can we just stop fighting? Please?" I asked with an irritated tone.

"No! I want you to explain to me first!" He said with his hands still on his waist and narrowed eyes.

"It means..... that you'd either leave me alone with a child or pay me to get the child aborted and leave me alone. Well... that's what the tabloids say! And I'm no wife of yours. You introduced me as your girlfriend to Mark, I don't even know if you mean it or not." I said with an unlady like snort.

"So that's what you think about me?" He said with a hint of hurt in his voice.

"I said that's what the tabloids say not what I think" I muttered more like to myself. I couldn't see him hurt.

I got up and stood infront of him but still could reach only upto his shoulders.. before I could say anything he just nodded at me and left. He left? Just like that.

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It was already 10 at night. I already had dinner. Everyone was there. Except Daniel. The cook came and said that Daniel won't be joining us, he's out somewhere and he'll be late.. I don't know why we fight. But what I said was true. He should've understood what I said instead of leaving. I don't understand what I should do with him. He doesn't understand my feelings! I realised and accepted it long back that I love him. I've just been trying to keep those feelings away from my mind. Because I know that after one year we'll be away from each other. One year? No.... we are just left with eight and a half months more. And he'll happily leave me to have another women in his arms. May be what I said about the baby... that he'd make me abort it or get rid of us was a bit harsh. But that was the harsh truth I know about him. Or maybe he wouldn't do it to his child after all... it's his! But either way my future is not secured with him. That night under the sky with stars made me give him a chance. But for what? To break my heart? I know in the end that it'll be me who'll end up hurt with a broken heart.

I came out to have some fresh air. So that I could stay away from my inner turmoil atleast for a second. I wrapped a blanket around me that smelled of Daniel reminding me about him.. I walked out of the gate for a few minutes before I reached the beach. In all these three weeks that I spent here. This was the beach that was a beautiful view from my window. I wanted to come here. Sophia even suggested Daniel to take me here, but obviously Natasha had to ruin our plans saying she wants to tag along. What would I do with the two of them together, so I came up with an excuse saying I'm not feeling well. It was like a stab to my heart seeing Daniel and Natasha together. So this was the view from my window keeping me sane for this long, I could forget about Daniel and Natasha jumping at each other. It helped me not to strangle them both to death.

Daniel would never understand my feelings. Being a girl listening to fairytale love stories since childhood who was always hoping for a Prince Charming... I could never tell Daniel first that I love him. He might cancel our contract and leave me then and there. May be a girl should never approach a boy first. It just kills her reputation. That's what happened to me when I shamelessly proposed to Edward. It was a dare at first but then I really fell in love with him. See! After our break up, or when dad found out that he abused me.. I don't know what happened but Edward had suddenly disappeared. And everyone in school used to see me with so much disgust.. I felt awful! And see.. for whom I did all that.. for Edward.. even he didn't respect me enough. So I don't wanna take any chances again. May be God hasn't written love in my fate. May be I'm never destined to get love. If that is it, then I shall accept it and move on.

I didn't know that I was shaking and sobbing when someone tried to steady me from behind by holding my shoulders. I looked behind to see Daniel with fear and guilt written all over his face. He sat beside me and hugged me to his chest tightly warming me.

"Caroline. Stop crying" he said. But looks like my bridge broke. I just couldn't control. It was all the anger, love, frustration that I felt for him. I want to hit him but I wanted to kiss him at the same time. Have you ever felt this?

I don't know how much time passed but we stayed like that in the same position. He held me the entire time I cried. I pulled back so that I could see his face.

"Why are you out so late?" He asked. Wow! I've been crying and all this fool manages to ask is why am I out so late!? Great. Just great!

May be after looking at my angry expression he got the hint and changed the topic.

"I'm sorry. I hurt you. I shouldn't have walked out on you like that. But what you said hurt me.... I'm not like the Billionaires you know and you talk about. I'd never ask you to get rid of our child nor would I ever get rid of the both of you. I might be a ruthless business man but I'm definitely not so heartless.... it's not your fault. I never let you inside. You don't know much about me. So it's obvious." All this time I was looking at him. He had a painful look on his face. He breathed as though it was painful for him to swallow.

"You're hiding something from me Daniel.. I always felt this but I pushed it in the back of my mind. I never asked you... what are you hiding?" I asked softly with a quivering voice.

"I'm not what I am Cara." He said and I raised my eyebrows in clear confusion. "I was not like this before. It's about something that happened in my life that changed me. I mean I'm sure you'd have thought that I have such wonderful parents who love each other so much.... then why would I turn out to be like this? Like the one who doesn't believe in love?" He asked. Well that thought never crossed my mind.. but now that I think about it... yeah... I mean yes, why doesn't he believe in love, while actually his parents should've been his inspiration. He continued saying "I think I should start from the beginning. I was a nice guy Cara. You know like what you call the boy next door type guy... marriage, commitment kinda guy. Every girl in college desired me. I was rich, I was the cool guy, but as well as the nerdy guy who mastered in his studies. That's when I met Melanie.. she was the campus's new hot girl, transferred from Greece. She was thin, fair, blonde, with blue eyes. We dated for almost four years. At 23, when I had finished my studies, I proposed to her before I stepped in as the CEO of the company. She said yes obviously and I wanted to marry her soon within a month. That's when Nick entered the scene. He's from here. From Greece. I invited him for our wedding. I asked him to come soon so that he could help out. But.... he didn't like Melonie, at all. He told me all along that I'm doing a mistake marrying her. He never told why or the reasons, only told me that I should cancel the wedding. Anyone could have seen the looks she used to give Nick. But I was a fool in love. Nick was desperate for me to cancel the wedding. I didn't cause I never understood why until.... until.. one day.. we had gone for the rehearsals before the wedding and Nick purposely locked me inside a sound proofed glass room. I could hear and see everything that happened outside. But they couldn't. That's the room Nick created for me at the venue. So that I could see the truth" I'm sure that whatever he's gonna say next is the twist in his love story. As much as it hurt for me to listen to him talking about his ex-lover, I still felt like I should help him.... may be... help him.. meet her? It's not like I wanna be the bigger person with a big heart trying to sacrifice my love. But I can still see and feel the pain in his eyes. It means he still has feelings for her. Right?

He took a deep breath and continued with his cold, detached voice. "I heard a sound from the next room. Like someone screaming at each other. Nick entered with Melanie following behind. He was trying to push her away, and tried to look through the glass wall. He purposely did all that. Purposely! Cause he wanted me to see what happened next. I heard her saying 'Please Nick. Forgive me. We'll start again. Give me a chance.'" He said in a girly whiny voice. It took all of me to not burst out laughing. But I'm sure I can't even imagine what happened to him.

"But when Nick reminded her that she's gonna get married after two days her reply shocked me. I wouldn't have minded if she had a past. A past with anyone or a past with Nick. But what she said next shocked me. She said 'It's alright. Daniel doesn't have to know about this. We'll continue our past affair and no one has to know. I always loved you. I never could forget you'. And that's it. Nick had a happy smirk on his face as he got to proove his point. His explanation to me was that, that if he would have told me before I wouldn't have believed him. And then if I'd even catch them red hand I'd think that he seduced her...... I think he was right" he said with hurt clear in his eyes.

I swear if I find that bitch somewhere, I'm surely gonna kill her with my own hands. "And then?" I asked like a fool.

He chuckled and said "And then.... I cancelled the wedding. I didn't come out of the house for almost a month. But again, it was Nick and Alex who brought me out of that depression. And that's how I turned into a Billionaire Casanova who never believed in love again. One year after that, Mom and Dad thought that I was turning into a playboy so they decided that marriage would do me good. And it turned out to be the same again" he said with a bitter laugh. "Natasha slept with Nick. But I didn't feel anything this time. Cause one, it was just a business arrangement and two, I was not in love with her. Anyways, Mom never liked Natasha. She was Dad's choice. So after that Mom never suggested Dad to get me married or find a girl for me" he said and laughed happily.

"Oh...." was all I managed to say.

"Yeah oh." He said teasing me but continued. "That's the reason I feel angry when I see you and Nick together. We were childhood friends. He only left for Greece so that he could get his masters in business and continue his dad's business. Before that in school.. he used to get every girl that I wanted" he laughed and continued "but we were still best of friends. I can't handle you both together. I loose it all" he said.

"Daniel..... I'm so sorry.... I-I d-didn't know.. but you have to know that there's nothing going on between Nick and I alright? He and Alex are like my big brothers I never had. They even call me sis... I m-mean except infront of you. They say they enjoy riling you up.." I said with a light smile on my face.

"I don't know Cara. I just can't see you with.. not just Nick. But not with any other man. After so many years.... your the girl I'm with. I did mean it when I introduced you as my girlfriend to Mark. But I can't see you with anyone. You're mine. I get jealous ok?-" He said and I started laughing. Daniel Rochester? And jealous? Omg! For me? Wow!

"You don't have to get jealous. I told you they are like my brothers. And the other men..... hmm" I acted as if I'm thinking trying to rile him up more.

"What? Why are you thinking so much? What do you have to think about sooo much?" He asked annoyed with fear and irritation clear on his face.

"Oh just shut up! You're such a big fool. You think I'm behind other men huh? Don't worry mister they are nowhere near you. Besides, they are no one to me and I have no feelings for them. But you? I love you so it's completely diff-" I stilled as I felt Daniel straighten beside me.

I just blurted out those words!

Fuck!

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Sorry guys.

I know all of you expected that she'll be pregnant....

But... anyways...

Congratulations to those who hoped that she shouldn't be pregnant.

And congratulations to those as well who did want her to be pregnant.

Coz it's not like she'll never get pregnant right.. she will.. soon.. ;-)

Actually you know there are people who are allergic to pregnancy stories. So I just wanted to give them a hint that such a scene can come further.. but then.... everyone really wanted her to be pregnant. With twins ;-P

I didn't want to disappoint you all so even I thought she should be pregnant. But then I had to change the whole plot so I sticked to the original story.

Ok.. and guys I'm trying to make looong chapters. But since you're all asking for an update soon. I have to cut short.

But I think I'm gonna end the story soon.

Don't worry not too soon. You'll get all your answers.

And oh wait! Omg! She said the three magical words. What do you think he'll do?

I hope he doesn't leave her like she thought... right?

Please... please please please

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