Gonzalo ✔

Chapter 50

Rosa's POV

Word count: 3596

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After a while of staying by myself, Gonzalo came into our bedroom to check up on me. Then he managed to convince me to eat a little and somehow got me to calm down. We even discussed extensively about what my mother did.

"I...can't find it in me to be so hateful towards her despite how she spoke to me. I understand her. No one would willingly put other people's children above their own." I told him truthfully, remembering the slight fear and unease in her eyes when she spoke to me.

She'd been nothing but kind to me all these years and she never made me feel less of myself. I would've never known I wasn't her daughter if she hadn't mentioned it due to this situation.

I could also vividly remember how those men in blacks would come in their SUVs and speak to her and my dad privately for so long. She obviously got tired of looking out for me.

"I'm so hurt that she would do that to me but...she has her reasons. She's human. I don't hate her. It's just sad to know she would keep repeating it that I wasn't her daughter, meaning she cut off all ties with me. I don't want to see her."

"Done. I'll make sure she never appears before you."

"A-and, what about Leo and Greta? She wants to take them with her. What if for some reason, she-"

"Hey. She's not taking them anywhere. Leo wouldn't even go with her if she begged him to leave with her and I don't trust her with Greta. Relax. I'll sort it out. I've known her for years so I'll handle it. I just need you to relax." Gonzalo told me and I inhaled deeply.

"I'm relaxed. I'm calm. Just hurt that all this happened." I shrugged with a depressed sigh.

He scooted closer to me and eyed me. "So, there's something I should've told you when you woke up that I didn't."

The got my attention. Was it about his brother? I never asked what happened to him though I knew he wouldn't want to let me in on the details of how he and his men chose to deal with such people.

"Okay. What's that?"

"Uhm, you're kind of...pregnant." He pursed his lips while eyeing me.

I stared at him as if he'd grown two heads, then chuckled.

"What are you saying?" I scoffed out a laugh but he was staring at me seriously. A frown morphed onto my face as I blinked when he kept staring. "Wait, for real?"

"Yes love. We're pregnant. You're going to be a mommy soon. You're carrying a child in your stomach, my child. Our baby." He told me slowly, patiently and my eyes widened.

"Gonzalo! I'm pregnant! Why didn't I know this?" I mentally berated myself as it dawned on me. I realized the gravity of my actions. "Why? Why?!" I clutched my chest, bowing my head as pain shot through my heart.

I could've killed it. No wonder Gonzalo had been pissed at me. How could I have...oh goodness!

"Hey, hey calm down. What's wrong? Don't you want to have a baby yet? Let's talk about this." He grabbed my hands and held them to his chest, searching my face warmly.

"No! There's nothing to talk about. I endangered my child's life. What if I'd been hurt or what if Gustavo had planned to kill me? What if they assaulted me sexually? What if an accident happened when they dropped me off and something happened to the baby? I'm such a-"

"A great sister who would willingly give her life in exchange for her brother's because she wants what's best for her family. Also a oblivious mother who wasn't aware she was putting her unborn child which she wasn't even aware of in danger. You would've never done it had you been aware. Stop scolding yourself."