Love in Darkness

Chapter 36: Fetus warning

It has been two weeks since their family trip to the nature park. Magnus has been extra sweet since then. Selena always wakes up with flowers on her bedside table. It always made her smile and when she would come down to the kitchen, Magnus would be there for breakfast. "A lot of things change in him.", she thought happily. Her husband is also taking her to medical school every morning. Things are also doing okay in her medical school. Selena is still feeling bothered every time she sees Erik but she forces herself to ignore the feeling.

One day when she is at her usual spot at the mini park, Erik approaches her. "I thought I would see you here and I was right.". Erik has a smile on his face. Selena is confused and gives him a stern look, "Do you need anything?". He nods and replies, "You.".

Selena does not have to ask the meaning of it. She starts taking her things into her bag. Erik stops her by holding her wrist, "Wait, where are going? I just want to talk to you.". She looks at him and says with a warning tone, "Let. Me. Go.". But Erik did not follow and keep insisting, "No, I will not let you go until you talk to me.".

Selena becomes angry, "I said let me go!". Then she removes his hand that is gripping on hers. As soon as she is free from his grip, Selena looks at her wrist. It is red. She massages it in a circular motion. Erik must have seen it because his eyes are filled with regret. "I am so sorry, Selena. I did not mean to hurt you.". He then tries to approach Selena but she steps back away from him.

"Leave me alone. I do not want to talk to you.". Selena takes her bag and leaves immediately. "He is definitely not Eon. Eon would not hurt me.", she mutters to herself. Selena spends the rest of the day thinking about Erik. She thought to herself, "At first I have these positive vibes on him but now, he feels different. Suddenly, I do not want to be around him. He was acting weird.". She still massaging the wrist that Eon gripped.

When Selena comes out of the building, she sees Magnus' car and Magnus standing right outside the car. Her heart flips out of joy. As she approaches him, she smiles and tries to hide her hand. Magnus is looking at her straight in the eyes with a smile. When she arrives in front of him, Magnus kisses her on the cheeks. "Hello to you, my wife. How was your day?". Selena's cheeks turn pinkish-red. She suddenly could not speak. She looks at Magnus who is waiting for her to respond. She gulps and manages to replies, "Hi. Umm... My day is great. My effort of studying with you paid off. I scored perfect in all the quizzes today.". She happily shares with her husband.

Magnus is amazed. "Wow. I am so proud of you. Let's go. Let us celebrate. We are going to an ice cream parlor. I already told Nana we are going to be late so she would not wait for us.". Selena could only respond, "Okay.", because of excitement. She completely forgot what happened earlier because of Magnus.

Magnus opens the car door for Selena. Selena smiles at his husband and goes into the car. "What a gentleman.", she thought. As soon as he sits on the driver's seat, Magnus starts the ignition and they are on their way to the parlor.

As usual, Selena is looking at the window while Magnus focuses on driving. There is silence in the atmosphere but both are happy being with each other. Magnus looks at his wife and unconsciously looks at her hands on her lap. He notices that something is red on Selena's wrist. He stops the car while still looking at his wife's hands. Selena is shocked and looks at her husband. When she realizes that Magnus is looking at her hand, her eyes widen, and immediately hides it under her sleeves. Magnus instantly grabs her hand, stopping her from hiding it. Selena shouts because of the pain, "Ahh! It hurts.". He had held the red part. Seeing his wife flinching in pain, he immediately let her hand go.

Magnus asks Selena with a serious look on his face, "What happened? Who did this to you?". Selena hesitates to answer but she can see her husband's persistence. "Umm... A guy at school. But it was an accident.". He examines his wife, "Do not lie to me, Selena. I can tell that your wrist is gripped tightly. Did he drag you?". Magnus stops and sees that his wife is getting scared. He sighs and holds her hand gently. "I am sorry. I do not want you to get hurt and seeing this now makes me mad. Not at you, okay?". Selena nods. Magnus continues to speak, "But I am your husband, Selena. I have the right to know these things, I need to know. I promised to protect you and I cannot do that if I do not know what is going on.".