Sydney Mdlalose's Fate-Twisted Fairytale(Edited)

Chapter Thirty-Nine.

Andre's P.O.V
"Elizabeth. Where are you going with this?" She sighs. "Okay, before I finish my plan off. Tell me what your opinion is about the idea."

I lean back against the cushions and shrug. "I mean, it doesn't sound like a horrible plan but I don't know if I can be married and still be with Sydney.

Imagine how that'll look. I don't think my mother will agree with it at all. It's a good deal, almost." Elizabeth nods. "Okay." Her gaze moves away from me.

"This person who's to replace Sydney in my deal doesn't want to be loved by you. They just want peace, on both sides."

I frown. This is suddenly becoming obvious. "Are you...is it you?" Her eyes look into mine. She doesn't have to say anything or react. Her eyes have already told me.

I sigh. "Definitely not going to happen. Elizabeth. Here, you'll be the only one at ease. You'll have the company, you can build your own legacy whilst on my side I might lose the one woman I truly love and I'll forever have Karen at my neck."

Elizabeth shifts in her seat. "It was just an idea." I lean forward. "Where did this come from?"

She looks at me again and my eyes immediately divert to the floor. Oh. "I'm sure we both know the answer to that." She says. I rub my hands together. "And you know, if it wasn't for Karen, things could've worked out and this plan wouldn't sound so out of place for you."

"Elizabeth-" I call. "No, don't explain. You had time to do that and you decided to ignore it. Not once did you ask how it made me feel. And, really it's not something I want to talk about with you anymore."

I get up and pull her chair towards me and seat myself back on the couch. I take her hands in mine. "I know you hate me. I know you hate my entire family. And your will to take away what means most to us makes sense.

I'm sorry I never addressed it. I was hurt, I still hurt. Its not something I want to talk about."

Elizabeth places her hand against my cheek. "Andre. You can apologise and drop to your knees if you want to, but nothing will ever bring my baby back. Nothing. Not even owning your stupid company. I just want-" A tear rolls down her cheek.

Her head goesdown and she exhales. "I want to make you feel what I feel. What it feels like to lose the one thing that gave you a reason to breathe, to look forward to something."

In case you haven't figured it out yet. A year ago, when I still liked sleeping around, Elizabeth was someone I was with regularly. Along the year, she fell pregnant. Yes, as in a human was growing inside of her. My human. Our human.

When my mother found out, she threatened Elizabeth to force her to abort it. I was unfortunately informed about it after the abortion was done and could not fight or have a say about it.

I hate my mother for this. Our relationship will never ever better because of this. She stole a blessing from me. A huge responsibility yes, but still, I deserved to have that choice.

Elizabeth changed thereafter. Believe me, she wasn't always a bitch. It came with the loss.

As I've previously mentioned, my mother is the devil himself and I hope you understand what led me there.

Elizabeth's hand drops onto my thighs, where our hands are intertwined. "I was really excited to grow our baby. And with you, I knew I had very little to worry about."

"What can I do to at least reduce the pain if I can't take it away?" I ask her, tightening my hold on her hand.

"I know you hate your mother for this just as much as I do." She starts. "So, let's do the one thing that will upset her most. Get married. For business purposes."

I sigh. "Elizabeth. I can't. I can't lose Sydney over this." "So what? I'm sure she knows by now what it is that you have to do to get the company. Get married.

She will probably understand. Talk to her. I know you're not ready to speed run your relationship to that point yet."

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Sydney's P.O.V
It's getting dark very quickly. Keith has been asleep for the past two hours. I tried waking Thando so she can keep me company but she begged me to let her sleep.

As for me, I can't seem to fall asleep. The motion of the jet is comfortable but also uncomfortable. There is light music playing in the background.

Keith moves around and opens his eyes. He looks out the window. "Have I been asleep for that long?" He sits up, adjusting his seat.

I shake my head. "No, the sun just set too quickly."